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Year: 1862

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its coils with contemptuous resolve. When
it encamped in arms against him, he crush
ed it. When it fed for a more remote
theatre, he pursued and scattered it, When
it returned with augmented volume from
its successful recruiting among the abort
ginees of the South. west, it found the hero
we'll in advance, grieved, indeed, and with
the lines of care deepening on his face,
when succor failed to come; but finging
out bis lines dauntless against the dark
masses of the foe, and with a calmness that
in such moment was morally sublime. 1,
was there he fell, not over hopeful of vic.
tory we may suppose. but 6ghting calmly,
smitten with the love of his country, re-
solved that from him she should receive no
detriment.


"Providence gave to the departed hero q
field of rare duty and of eurpassing glory.
The circumstances under which he fought
his last battle will only pour a richer an
nointing upon his name. If fame is to be
measured BY the nearness in which the
departed repose to the popular heart, by the
depth Of emotion excited by the mention
of their deeds, by the tribute of unaffected
praise that spontaneously springs to every
lip, then secure is the memory of him whom
We tonight honor.


he died when we needed such vslor,
such wisdom, such devotion as bis. And
so We might say that his life was incom-
plete. But it was not incomplete when We
remember the contagious power Of virtue,
the enkindling force Of patriotism. To die
Year: 1862

ALARM IN INpIA.-By our latest European
advices we observe that the British government
has a prospect of fresh trouble with the
Sikhs, and that the batteries of artillery at
Bombay on the point of embarking for Eng
land, were stopped by pressing dispatches from
Bengal When we remember the bloody
conflicts between the Sikhs and the English
under Lord Cough and what formidable foes
the former proved themselves to be, this intelli-
gence is significant. 1t is true that we are
without particulars of the circumstances which
have aroused the apprehensions Of the British
authorities in India; but, from the state of
feeling prevailing among the Sikhs for con-
siderable time past, there is little doubt that
they are ripe for open revolt, In which event it
will require all the energy and resources Of
the government to control them. No more
dangerous insurrection could occur; for the
turbulence and fury of this section Of the na-
tive population of India are only second to their
military skill in battle. We therefore sin
cerely trust, for the sake of humanity, that no
such outbreak az is threatened will occur; but
we cannot at the same time close our eyes
to the possibility of Great Britain being soon
again involved in an Indian war. Now, or
Yesterday, she was anticipating one, and Q
great one, in the West; but suddenly all eyes
may be turned to the East, where we may see her,
with her Oriental dominions in peril, battling
desperately with dangerous enemy How would
it be with England and her Indian possessions
if such an outbreak took place during war
with this country, when her forces were drawn
away and unavailable to quel IT. There would
simply be an awful massacre Of the English in
India. and the three presidenties would be lost
to her forever. Let her, therefore look well
to the East while she frowns upon the West.
Year: 1862

GENERAL SIGEL.--The report that General ST.
gel has resigned his commission, and is about to
return to his former occupations at st. Louis,
will we trust, turn out to be unfounded. Al
though 1t has obtained credenee amongst his
friends, we still indulge the hope that his sense
of duty will have prevented him from carrying
out the intention which, II Is stated, he seriously
entertained. The country cannot afford to lose
Just now the services of an officer who has
shown himself as disinterested and patriotic as
he Is able From the time when his mastery
retreat from Springfield pointed him out as o
leader of strategic pretcnsions, down to the pre-
sent moment, the breath Of calumny has not
dared to impeach his integrity and devotion to
the cause of the Union. He Is said not to be
popular with the officers Of the regular army;
but this. If true, which we doubt, Is compensat-
ed for by the affection and respect of all those
who have served under him, and by tho admi
ration and esteem of the country generally
We sincerely hope that General Sigel has been
induced to reconsider the determination attri-
buted to him. He is too good soldier and too
sincere patriot not to feel that it is neither the
part of the one to question the decisions of his
military superiors nor of the other to allow tenn
porary disappointment to withdraw him from the
duty which he owes the republic al this solemn
crisis Of its affairs.
Year: 1862




leader OF the rebel guerrilas in Missouri.


CONVENTION OF RAILROAD OFFICERS.


The Convention of railroad managers. convened ~ the
request Of tho Secretary Of War to arrange an equitable
tariff for transportation Of troops and munitions o
war; will meet in the concert room Of Wizards Hotel
to morrow at noon


THE IMPORTATION OF SHIP TIMBER-sHlp CANAL
CONNECTING THE ST. LAWRENCE, THE GREAT


LAKES AND THE ATLANTIc-rHE BANKRUPT LAW
Mr. Ward. Of New York, presented in the House TO-
day petition OF the merchants and ship builders en-
gagged in the sale and manufacture Of ship timber con-
Cured in by the leading shpowners and underwriters,
requesting Congress to adopt measure to prevent
the expectation of ship timber during the continuance OF
the war


Also the memorial OF the American Geographical and
Statistical Society asking ntercesson Of Congress in
reference a ship canal connecting the river St Law
and all the great lakes the northern boundary
with the Atlantic ocean in the Bay Of New York. in any
future adjustment Of the commercial relations between
the United States and Great Britain.


Also several petitions in favor Of the passage OF
general uniform bankrupt law


OFFICIAL ADvIcEs FROM EUROPE.


The last advices Europe OF dates previous to
the receipt there of the news Of the frs; OF cur
sores Of Victories but tho Secretary OF state says
ne indications of satisfactory reaction in favor
Of the United States in great Britain as well as
throughout tho Continent; and especially satisac
lion is experienced over the congratulations upon
the settlement of the Trent affair received from Russia
and Italy II is said they are not only generous, but
touching appeals to the American people to restore'
maintain and preserve the federal Union The settle
OF the Trent affair is regarded the bow Of promise
Of peace, and freedom Of commerce.


PAYMENT OF CLOTHING CONTRACTORS.


The committee Of Boston mcrchants-Hon. Marshal p.
Wilder, John stetson and Joseph $. fay-arrived here
this evening The object Of their mission is TO urge the
provide for the payment Of clothing con
tracts, amounting several millions, due in Boston.
which have been unpaid since October IA. An effort
will also be made by the committee procure the ray
ment Of interest upon the indebtedness The delay Of
these payments has embarrassed some Of tbs Boston
M chant
Year: 1862

Elsewhere in this days paper, we print
q few extracts from the leading English
and French journals, On the American !
question, which will attrsct attent on on
this side Of the Atlantic,
II we know anything Of the temper of
the people OF the Republic, the covert
threats contained in the journals from
which We quote, and the evident anxiety
Of certain political parties in Great Britain
and on the Continent to become parties to
our domestic quarrel, Will make not q
shadow of difference in tho loyal
determination of the North to put
down the rebellion and bring the
leading rebels to justice, no mat
ter how long and fearful the struggle, nor
how enormous the cost Of the undertaking.
While. then, there may he an iuclinac
ton to9ield anything but the national honor
for the preservation Of peace with our
transatlantic neighbors. We are sure that
that has only to be threatened, to produce
effects that will astonish the world
in one day this whole country at
the call Of the President, would be turned
into one vast camp, and though We have
alreadv sent six hundred thousand men to
the field, six hundred thousand more
would answer the new cry to arms. Every
workshop would be converted into
8 rnanufactoy Of materials Of WAT,
and every rod Of frontier and
mile of sea coast would bristle with the
means Of aggression snd defense, What
France, during her most glorious days,
dared against the combined forces Of
Europe, We can moro successfully repeat
here. But we pray that intervention .may
not be tried. We sicken at the thought
of the horrors that it would entail We
rrow sad at the view Of the civil
ization Of the nineteenth century which il
would open up-at the feebleness Of Chris
tianity and civilization that WAT orslave-
" and constitutional freedom, would dis
close. But If it comes-of which there is
but little fear-there is but one line Of pol
icy to pursue: To appeal to tho Justice o
Heaven and the world, and resist it to tht
end


Every American will re-echo thes'
words; and long before the worldwide


contest which intervention would inaugu
rate could be brought to g close, we ST


sure that thnty-four united and harmooiou


American States would be making CON


mon cause against a common foe,
Year: 1862

will quickly be found to put II through
from which the Times cannot escape
ltsstumptail humbuggezy can not conceal
its hypocricy. Let US have something
practical instead Of its eternal stumptail
hnhh1inr
Year: 1862

The New York Worzd maintains that the
mass Of the people IN the North do not
suffer On account Of the existing Wat, and
it fortifes it's statement by the following
table, which shows the deposits in the
savings banks of New York State for the
Year: 1862

correspondent of the Chicago Post,
wiring from Corinth says:


"There is no Disgusting the facts, that our
army is becoming somewhat anxious in re-
gard to our national affairs. The unnecess-
ary and dangerous agitation OF the Niger,
question in Congress is cooling the spirit and
ardor Of great many good and brave men,
whom the army cannot we'll spare. This
agitation afford to all secession sympathizefss
in the North pretext for political onslaughts
upon the administration, which were seized
upon by every rebel in the South and pub
lished broadcast to show the people OF this
benighted region that this is crusade against
slavery. The Abolitionists, in and out of
Congress, aided by the Northern secession
lists in and out OF Congress, who put forth .
ridiculous pietense OF speaking for the DEM
ocratic party, are doing great deal Of injury
to the cause in which be national armies
are engaged. Many officers are resineing their
commissions in disgust on this account
Congress ought to adjourn, or the people
ought to hang the abolition and secession
traitors OF tho North, as an essentiol prelim-
mary to the hanging uf those in the South.
Year: 1862

4 80 a. AhAe


cipation of Defeat. 20 s


The addres which has been issued
by the Democrotic members of Con-
gress to the people of the United States,
has fallen like bomb-shell in the
midst of the Abolition Republican
leaders in this part of Buckeyedom,
and created the utmost CONSERVATION.
1t came upon them like a clap of thun-
der from a clear sky; because they have
been vainly fancying that the Demo
cratic party had received q shock in
last years gubernatorial campaign,
from which it would not soon, if ever,
recover. n


They have brought ruin and con-
sternation upon the whole country, and
not being able to calm the troubled
waters and restore peace and harmony
themselves, they would, if they could,
play the part of dog in the manger, by
permitting no other persons to do it.
They go upon the principle mentioned
by Byron in his Don Juan, when he
said: ,.e W..
"Well, Wsll-the world must tarn upon its


axis,


And all mankind turn with ii, heads or tai s
And live and die, make love and pay our tax


and as the varying wind shifts, shit our


sails" .ee


The business Of shifting sails = they
well understand, having SHIFTED as
often as once year ever since the
the memorable HARD CIDER campaign
of 1910, and become SO much accus-
toned to such "gyrations' as to be able
to SHIFT at pleasure, without incommo>
ding themselves; and tits altogether
probable that whenever the present
MODEL Congress musters sufficient
courage to pass bill upon the subject,
these same leaders will find out the
great secret about TAXES, the burthen
of which must, sooner or later, come
upon the country.


Alarmed at the prospect of certain
defeat next Fall, in case the Democra>
cy become aroused, as they certainly
will, the party leaders and wire>work~
ers very naturally begin to cast about
for the purpose of finding some new
HUMBUG with which to deceive the
people, and under which they can ral>
| ly their discofaant forcFsy and although
they have time and again asserted
and been ready to SWEAR upon the ABB
clifton Confession of faith, that the
great Democratic party was dead and
buried, they now seem to be sorely
troubled, lest it will arise from the
grave and save the country and the
Constitution from that ruin which they
have been striving to bring upon them.


Although they have persistently
claimed that there was no longer any
ONE PARTY in this country, they have
lately opened their eyes vide enough
to see that there is such a thing as a
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, and they may
now be seen in little coteries at stores
and on the street corners counseling
together about the future. They see
the hand writing upon the wall, and
already their knees begin to smite each
other, in anticipation of the great de-
feat that is soon to come upon them.-
We advise them to take it easy; for
that defeat is sure to come, and no new
organization can save them. That
game is "rLAYED OUT"
Year: 1862


Oft hast thou wished thy minstrel friend
To give page to thee;
One word alone to be my theme
That word, Sincerity.
Say, has some hope in life been cross'd,
Some trial been severe,
Some bright illusion won and lost,
Some lover insineere?
Whate'er the cause, thy secret keep,
1 do not seek TO know;
would not wake from memory's sleep
Thy source Of hidden woe.
Would could show how much of crime,
How much of sorrow here,
Were blotted from the page Of time,
Would men but be sincere.
While sailing o'cr lifc's stormy sea,
BY many tempest toss'd,
The man who enters falsehood's maze,
Is surely wrecked and lost.
While he who nobly speaks the truth,
Though it may cost him dear,
Finds, by tho peace within his breast,
Twas well to be sincere.
Oh what world would this become,
How changed our lot would be,
Could we but trust without a doubt
All mems sincerity.
Year: 1862

EFFECTS OF INTENSE CoLp ON MAN.
But there is still degree Of cold be-
yond all that which | have described
IL is when there is a strong wind blowing
from the north, at n temperature of forty
or fifty degrees below zero. The sensa-
ton with which you endure it / can only
characterize rs continued struggle for
life. Then you do not only feel the cold,
but you actually SEQ il. The air is hazv
with floating particles of frozen moisture.
The sky is like vault of solid steel, so
hard and pale does it appear. And the
wind is like blast out of that fabulous
frozen hill of the old Scandinavians.-
The touch of it on the face is like cutting
with an exceedingly dull and Jagged knife.
| endured this weather during two days
in an open sleigh, but, very fortunately,
it was blowing ,on my back, or l should
have been obliged to give up the battle.
Every man | met who was travelling
against the wind, had face either al
ready frozen or just in the act of freezing.
Those purple faces surrounded with rings
of ice did not seem to belong to human
beings. DR.. Kane described to me his
sensation upon being exposed two days to
a violent storm, at temperature of for
ty'seven degrees below zero. Although
the physical effect was not particularly
painful, yet the mental effect was such as
to make him and his men delirious for
some days afterward. The physical ef-
feet of an extremely low temperature
perhaps the lowest which the human frame
is capable of feelug-is a sort of slow,
penetrating, deadly chill, rather than an
accute and painful sensation. But after
tho battle is over, on entering warm
room then painful sensation commences.
| experienced curious counterpart of
this on the African desert. During the
warm hours of MONDAY, with the air like
a blast of furnace, l did not suffer any
feeling Of intense heat; but, after sunset,
when the temperature fell rapidly, then l
began to glow like live coal. II would
seem from that, that the absorption of
either heat or cold into the body, is much
less sensibly felt than the giving of it out
again.-Bayard Taylor.
Year: 1862

WINTER BuTTER.-A good way to
make butter in cold weather is to set the
milk where it will freeze, and take the
cream off before it thaws out. Keep the
cream frozen until enough is collected for
n churning, and then let it thaw gradually.
Tho butter will be as good as any made
in the winter 1t is alternately freezing
and thawing which makes the butter bit


ter. Those who have never tried the
freezing process on milk will be surprised
at the quantity of cream obtained.-
BETTY WRINKLE, an Rural NcW Yorker.
Year: 1862

THE OCEAN CEMETERY.-The sea is
the largest of cemeteries, and its slumber-
ers sleep without monument. All 9th
er graveyards show somo distinction be-
tween the rich and poor, but in the ocean
cemetery the king and peasant, the prince
and the clown, are alike undistinguished.
The Same wave rolls over all-the same
requiem by the minstrelsy of the ocean
is sung to their honor. Over their re-
mains the Same storm beats, and the same
sun shines, and there, unmarked, the weak
and powerful, the plumed and the union
ored, will sleep on until awakened by the
same trump, when the sea will give up
its dead. l thought of sailing over the
slumbering but devoted Goodman, who,
after his brief but brilliant career perish
ed in the President-over the laughter
loving Power, who went down in the
same ill-fated shipwo may have passed. In
this cemetery sleeps the accomplished and
pious Fisher; but where he and thou
sands of others Of the noble spirits Of the
earth lie, no one but God knoweth. No
marble rises TO point out where their ash
es are gathered, or where the lover of the
good and wise can go and shed the tear
of sympathy.-Giles.
Year: 1862

MOUNT VEsUvIUs.-The eruption of
Vesuvius, at latest accounts was exhibit
ing renewed activity. So great were the
showers of ashes that the cinders and SCOT
were carried even to Sicily, and the steam
ers plying thither were blackeped by the
shower. Even at Naples the roofs of the
houses were covered with fine layer of
ashes, and during rain storm. the win
dow panes were obscured by the mud
formed by the falling rain and SCOT.
Year: 1862

DEAN SWIFT was at one time solicited
to preach n sermon for the benefit of the
poor When the preliminary exercise
were gone through, he arose and selected
the text. He that giveth to the poor
lendeth to the Lord"


"Now." said the witty pastor, abrupt
ly closing the book, "if you like the Sc
curity down with your dust"


This was the whole of the sermon and
it occasioned large, collection which
was the only thing wanted.
Year: 1862

LOVE is as natural to woman as fra
GRANGE is to rose. You may lock a girl
up-you may cause her to change her re-
ligion or forswear her parents - these
things are possible; but never hope to
make the sex forego their heart worship,
or give up their reverence for cashmere
for such hope will prove as bOotless as
the Greek Slave, and as hollow as bamboo.
Year: 1862

RE-ENL1sTING.-A correspondent from York
town Informs us that the Louisiana Zouave bat
talon has re-eusted for the war. The spirit of
re-enlisting has exceeded the most sanguine ex-
peetatons Ii the recruiting is at all comparable
to the noble spirit in the army we only fear we
shall not have arms enough for the men. But let
them enlist-let them come forward like mes to
sustain their countrys cause, aud arms will no
doubt be found for them. There is way they
can be had, if no other, and that is to take them
from the enemy This be done if our men
will it. But there is the deadly pike yet to be


brought into use.-Many regiments may be armed
and drilled with that to do and efficient work


on the battle feld-Riehmond Enquirer.
Year: 1862

CoTToN.-Our readers will motto the fall of cot
ton in this market. Several things have caused
it. First some of the factories have already
purchased nearly enough to supply them till the
next crop, and quite as much as they consider it
expedient or safe to hold Next, capitalists, who
have been investing considerable amounts in the
article are disappointed in their hopes of speedy
removal of the blockade, and scarcely inclined
to risk more upon an article which, by even tn e
barest possibility, may fall into the hands of an
enemy who docs not hesitate to steal it wherever
he


Those planters who prefer to sell, would do well
to adopt the Mississippi system OF selling by sam
ple retaining the cotton on their own premises at
the risk of the purchaser, and subject to his will.
Fayetteville Observer.
Year: 1862

WRoNa.-The authorities at Raleigh grant too
many persons commissions to raise companies in
particular counties and neighborhoods. In some
localities dozens of men are authorized by the Ad-
iutant General or the Governor to form companies,
and the consequence is they are in each others
way; ali get few men but none full companies.
1t is a. evil that should be stopped. All can
not be officers. There ought to be some limit to
the number of commissions granted in each coun-
ty and neighboshood. We don't know who is to
blame at Raleigh for the blunder in giving every
man who applies a commission or official authority
to raise company, but some one is to blame GER
tain. We have not word to say about the quail
fcations of those appointed-no doubt they would
all make good offcersbut it is impossible for so
many to get up companies, while they prevent or
retard the formation of few new companies in
their respective counties.
Year: 1862

Is Fayetteville &gft IN case Wilmington as tn
kcn?-1his is a question which should not escape
the attention of the Government, since the enemy
has not yet failed to take any place on coast
he has attempted to capture Wilmington should
fall we think Fayetteville would be as easily pos
sessed by the enemy as Nashville was, but such a
misfortune would be ten times more disastrous as
;be Confederate States Arsenal is there, and the
only place for the manufactory of arms worthy the
name in the Confederacy 1t should be made Sc
cure at whatever cost Salisbury Banner


We have often thought about the danger the
Arsenal at Fayetteville would be in if Whining
ton were captured by the enemy. The Cape Fear
River is navigable from Wilmington to Fayette-
vile, 12O miles. But We hope our friends down
there have considered the matter and are prepared
for any emergency. 1t is thought that Whining
ton is prepared to resist attack. We hope SO.