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Year: 1862

An order, just issued and directed to
Col. GEORGE p. FISHER, announces by
authority of the War Department, that
delaware, having filled her quota of vol
unteers for the war, will be exempt from
the draft. This gratifying result has been
brought about by the unceasing efforts Of
Messrs. FISHER and CANNON. These
gentlemen with most persistent energy
have succeeded in raising the quota oi
volunteers of our State To its maximum
standard, thus avoiding altogether the
necessity of resorting to draft in order
to meet the requirements Of the War n,-
partment.


While the true and loyal people of
Delaware are ready and willing. At any
and all times, to enter the service and de,
iend the flag and constitution Of their
country, they will nevertheless, feel glad
to know that the involuntary method of
drafting them into the army has been
dispensed with, and that their position as
State and their patriotism as citizens
owing allegiance to the Federal Union
have equally been yindicated through the
industry and perseverance of the noble
men-CANNoN and FIsHER-whom they
have chosen as their standard bearers in
the cause of the Union, in the coming
election. Now that they have established
the honor of Delaware, and proudly placed
her among the most loyal of all the loyal
States of the Union, by a patriotic and
voluntary response to the calls of our i'm
periled country for help in the field, let
us also go to work as did Messrs CANNON
and FISHER, and strengthen, before the
world, our devotion and fidelity to the re-
public by electing to Office in November
next these men who will stand by the
people, the Government and the Union,
in all that relates to the glory and per-
petuity of our once united and happy
country.


10 be successful in the field we must
have honest and fearless men in council.
WILLIAM CANNON and GEORGE p. FISHER
have proven themselves such and should
receive the popular endorsement. Let
the people of Delaware stand by them in
November, as they have all along stood
by the Union and its manifold interests
Thus may we perpetuate to the latest
generation the priceless heritage of bless
ings'-ciyil, political and religious
which our fathers bequeathed to us in
trust for the happiness and glory of our
common postcrty throughout all time.


The following is the order reyoking the
draft -
Year: 1862

AN INQuIRY.-A correspondent re
quests us to ask the city Fathers ifthere
is now amy law in existence to prevent
hogs from roofing up private and other
property? A number of the "swinish
multitude' are now at large in the public
streets, and if the ring and yoke law is
still a live ordinance, he, in common with
other citizens would like to see it enforced
who can answer our correspondent ?
Year: 1862

CONGRESS was to meet yesterday
its session to end on the 4th of March.
In this era Of our country, We hope the
session will be devoted to acting wisdom
and patriotism, more than to talking
about them.


The Presidents Message will be looked
for with profound interest, and will be
given to our home patrons as carly as
possible.
Year: 1862

Oh be not the Grst to discover


A blot on the fame OF friend,
A flaw in the faith of n lover.


Whose heart may prove true TO the end
We none Of "a know one another,


And Oft IN error We fall;
Then let Us speak wei of our brother,
Or speak not about Kim at all.
4 smile or a sigh may awaken


Suspicion most foul and undue;
Aud thus our belief may be shaken


la hearts that are honest and true.
How often the light s.nle of gladness


Is worn by the friends that we meet
To cover sou! full of sadness,


Too proud TO acknowledge defeat.
How often the sigh Of detection


Is heaved from the hypocrite's breast,
To parody truth and affection,


Or lull suspicion to rest.
How often the friends we hold dearest,
Their noblest affections conceal,
And blossoms the purest, sincerest,


Have secrets they cannot reveal.
Leave base minds 10 harbor suspicion,


And small ones 70 trace our defects
Let ours be noble ambition,


For base is the mind that suspects.
We none of us know one another.


And oft into error we fall;
Then let US speak well of our brother,


Or speek not about him at all.
Year: 1862

OPEN RESIsTENCE TO The LAW.


The MILITIA UNDER ARMS.


There has been f,r long time among
our population party adverse to the
accepted institutions Of our contry. That
party was daily gaining ground, and it
was successfully recruiting, among the
week aid the ignorant who were led to
believe that they would sand better
chances in opposing the working Of our
State organization. Its number reached
from 100. to I5o, it is said, and We
have already seen some Of them at work.


They had lately one or two Illicit NEE
tings in the vicinity Of our village, and
there; resistance to orders emanatins
from our military authorities had been
discussed, when an event created burst
Of their whole scheme and required the
military display We have witnessed this
week throughoM.the whole parish.


A party Of Militia men composed ol
Year: 1862

BosToN, Sept. 9.-Fhe Old Sixth Massachusetts
regiment, received the Heartbeat ovation in their
march through Boston this afternoon. They
leave for Washington via New York and will go
through Baltimore.


The citizens war committee publish an address
this afternoon urging every able bodied man to
have in his possession at once the necessary arms
and clothing TO meet any emergency that may
occur
Year: 1862

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 8 The city comm issi on
ers to make the draft gave notice that they will
commence the 2Dtb to make the draft for the
quota required from each ward and precinct, un
less the same be filled before that time by volun-
teers which will Obviate draft
Year: 1862

In the last number of the Independent,
HENRY WARD BEEcHER contributes an ar
ticle, in his best style, on the virtual dis
banding of Bowdoin Street Church, Boston.
The Church was organized in 1925, and his
father, Rev. LYMAN BEEcHER was its first
pastor. He contrived to live nearly score
of years, and support family, which at the
time Of his removal numbered ten children,
on salary Of eight hundred dollars. We
quote that portion of Mr.. BEEcHER's article
which relates to HE own admission to the
Church:


If somebody will look 10 the old records
of Hanover street church about 1929, they
will find name there of a boy about fifteen
years old, who was brought into the church
on sympathetic wave, and who we'll re


members how cold and almost paralyzed he
felt while the committee questioned bin
about bis hope and evidences" which,
upon review, amounted to this; that the son
of such father ought to be good and
pious boy. Being tender hearted and quick
to respond to moral sympathy, he had been
caught and inhamed in school excitement,
but was just getting over it when summoned
to Boston to join the church On the morn


ing of the day, he went to church without
seeing anything be looked at. He heard
his name cal ed from the pulpit among ma
ny Others, and trembled; rose up with every
emotion petri6ed; counted the spots on the
carpet; looked piteously up at the cornice;
heard the fans creak in the pews near him;
felt thankful to fly that it lit on bis face,
as If something familiar at last had come to
break an awful trance; heard iaintIy
reading of the Articles of Faith; wondered
whether be should be struck dead for not
feeling more-whetber be should go to bell
for touching the bread and wine, that be did
not dare to take nor to refuse; spent the
morning service uncertain whether dream
ing, or out of the body, or in a trance; and
at last walked home crying, and wishing be
knew what, now that be was Christian,
he should do, and how he was to do it. Ah,
well; there is o world of things in childreD's
minds that grown, up peopledo not imagine,
though they too once were young! 2
Year: 1862

President. To make the case plain: The
advanced age of the veteran warrior as
the head Of our army when the war began,
was matter Of record. His infrmities
were those that belong to the lot Of men,
kindly and wonderfully Ightened In his
case, but still such as to incapacitate him
for position that needed all the powers Of
nob1est aud 1ipest manhood. The salt
water journals helped the President to an
embarrassment that was serious and ma
tonal. twas months after a change WIS
seen to be necessary, before the salt water
Journals would allow the people to sec il.
Lying reporters published it that
the horse and saddle Of the old
:chieftain had gone forward and he was
about to take the field The salt water
journals PIT pare their readers for the It'd
lngs that the hero Of Lundy's Lane in 1914
had lived nearly half century later to
lead in person our rushing cohorts through
Manassas Was this justice, or was it
mockery to the feeble old man, lifted by
four men into his carriage for his daily
1ldese Was it helping the Government to
hold public opinion with reference to Gen.
scott's years and physical feebleness, car
tying it to point where it was Drawing
public opinion to retire him? Is it helping
the Government to shelter in any of its
servants, incapacity and incompetency Is
the President aided when the press fur
Dishes him for all who chance to be en-
trusted by him with important duties, in the
field OF state, with hot pressed regulations
antedated, and kept brightly yarnished2
Nedo not SO read it. The people are OF
sufficiently strong stomach to bear the facts
without their being rubbed into pauada


and sweetened out Of all recognition by
Journalists. TIE Government can bear


criticism il it be made honestly, and it asks
facts on which to base its actions. The


salt water journals delight in 8 fog, a mist


The medium between President aud peo,


pie should be transparent sAfthere be dis


asters let the people know them, at least


as soon as the rebels do. If there be


failures Of generals, let it be the failure ol


individuals aud not Of principles. Let Us


bave an end of sustaining tAgo7ernment


by distortion and perversiou 1t facts The


salt water journals cannot too soon cease


from their error Of deceiving alike people
ou1 prnsi1eut
Year: 1862

For the first time during the war Ohio
soil has been polluted with the tread of
armed traitors. A band crossed at Buff
fngtOn's Island and passed down to Ra-
cine, which place they took, killing one
man and wOunding two. This is near
Point Pleasant from which place a tele-
gram is received saying that the loyal and
rebel forces are within sight of each other,
and conflict is expected. The people of
the river counties have the defence of their
own homes upon their hands, and must be
active and vigilant as they have never been
before.
Year: 1862

They have black brigade upon the for
tiications at Cincinnati. They have done
good work, andOnly complain that they are
not allowed to volunteer. They cant see
the beauty Of the policy that impresses
them into a work which they would have
jumped at the chance to volunteer in.
Year: 1862

A soldier in one Of the hospitals, who
had lost one Of his arms, was rejoicing
over the fact. Said he: Ny grandfath-
er lost leg in the Revolutionary war, and
our family have been Dragging over it ever
since. That story Is an old one, and am
to be the hero Of family" a-
Year: 1862

There are nearly as many persons en-
ployed in the mills at Lawrence at present
as there were in 1860, and in few weeks
there will be a large Increase over the
number employed that year.
Year: 1862

f1c7VRE REGA11ERT.-The splendid collection
OF Framed Engrasings At 56 Dearborn street.
WILL be sold this evening without reserve.
Presenting rare chance to get fine picture
st loT rate
Year: 1862

The mental and moral madness which
impels portion Of our countrymen to re-
sist all efforts to rid the Republic of the sin
and curse Of slavery, will be profound
wonder to historians in the future. How
blindness could have been, in this age, so,
complete; how partisan hate could have
been so controlling, and how the laws Of
Heaven and earth could have been so inso-
lently det1ed, they Will never eease to In
quire, and the inquiry will never cease to
provoke their astonishment There can
be no doubt Of th. verdict that posterity,
removed from the excitemeDts and the pas
sions Of the hour, will render. Not we
whose efforts square with what the best
civilization and the highest morality
teach, but the apologists and defend
ers Of despotiEm, WHO labor for the re-
storation Of the barbarous maxins Of the
Dark Ages, have cause to fear the judg-
ment Of those who come after us. Many
pro-slayery Senators and Representatives
who now: tickle crowds BY their appeals to
prejudice and hate, and move multtudez
by their manifestations Of partisan zeal,
will be set down as infamous for their de-
fences Of wrong; and what a sweeping


condemnation will be visited upon those


whose folly permitted them to be deluded


by the baseness to which their leaders re.


sorted! It it always shortiyed triumph
that the apostles of evil enjoy.
Year: 1862

We hear of the sacrifices Of feeling that
the Northern organs Of secession are
making in supporting the Government
in its war for the Union We quote
paragraph or two from the secesh organ
here only to show that the "feel-
ing" that is sacrificed in inditing
sentences like the following must be
exceedingly sensitive, or that the support
Of the Government is very feeble. Says
the Times Of yesterday:


The policy Of the Government is to stimu-
late pillage and slave insurrection, and the
Times knows that the practices Of our sol
diers, even when guilty Of the most infamous
outrages, have been upheld by the precepts
Of the Abolition press and the encouragement
Of Abolition Congressman who have cried
"havoc, and let slip the dogs Of war r"-Tsnass.


And thus It is TINT all the stupendous inter
ests Of this vast country, and the great expert.
ment Of republican government, are made the
sport Of the Abolition conspirators in and
about the administ ration at Washington.
HeW 1ong2 How 1onge-Iimes
Year: 1862

We need say nothing to induce the farm
ers OF the Northwest to devote each q por-
ton Of his arabic landau acre or tWo-to
the culture of Sorghum. The success Of
those who have paid attention to this crop,
is q sufficient guaranty that others may
also find profit therein. An inducement
for further trials is found In the fact that an
eminent chemist has been led by the de-
monstration Of the fact that the crop is
adapted to our soil and climate, to institute
series Of experiments, having for their
object the cheap and easy manufacture ot
sugar from sorghum syrup. We have nc
doubt of his success; and when he sue
ceeds we have no doubt either that the
West viii become heavy exporter Of sue
cha1ine products.
Year: 1862

4 NEW STYLE OF Uk1oS1sM.- New
York Union Club have just decided By vote
Of thirty five to fifteen, that treason to the
United States is not a crime Of sufficient mag.
nitude to be a cause for expel1ing member
Of the Club who had been guilty Of it. What
kind of q Union Club is this5
Year: 1862

The pretense Of the secession organ in
this city, that the Administration stands by
j. Wesley Greene, is only a cover for the
guilt Of completely with his ofense. The
officers Of the Administration were too
shrewd to be duped by his shallow afirma-
tions, and far too honest to become bis part
ners' in deceit; they kicked him out Of
their presence, whence be made his way in
"zigzag' course to Chicago, where he
met either the veTdancy or the treason that
he was in search Of The secesh organ can
tell which string he played upon. We are
not in his secrets.
Year: 1862

B The New York Independ,at has raised its
price to s2.00, in all cases whether furnished
in clubs or singly. This is the advance price,
when not paid in advance $250 is charged
This last financial feature we should think, q
journal Of the reputation Of the Isadspendem
would discard entirely, We need hardly say,
what nearly all our readers well know, that
the Independent is the leading hebdomadal in
the country
Year: 1862

~ "Chopping Bees'' are getting very
popular throughout the country that is, a
number Of sturdy men get together on a GER
tain day and chop winters supply Of wood
for the families of soldiers in the army.
Year: 1862

Tue RECENT ABORTION MURDER IN NEW
YonK--Angustus L. simms, the "gay de-
ceiver'' in the recent abortion murder in New
York, at the close Of his testimony in the case
was arrested bJ. order Of Judge McCann, as
an accessory before the fact, and committed
without the chance Of bail. He is as unmiti-
gated a scamp as ever appeared in court Of
Justice. In his evidence before The Court, he
tried to throw the blame of her misery upon
his poor dead victim.
Year: 1862

"t would not live Away" says the hymn.
and the sentiment has, like every great truth.
BEEN set forth in THOUSAND forms. One Of
the most truly beautiful which we have ever
met Is that Of
Year: 1862

Last night heard a Wide Awake,
Whose face was very long,
With caps and lamp all by his side,
A singing of song;
The song, it was pretty one,
AID charmed my listening ear,
l only mind the chorus now,
And will sing it here.


CHORUS.
Oh, Rye Coffee


You're sweet enough for me,
Without a grain Of sugar, if


The niger can be free.
l saw cape, and well knew
I'd seen it oft before
And oft I'd seen that Lard>Oil Lamp
Go zig gag past my door;
But now the cape was old and torn
The lamp it had no ole"
Yet sweetly there that " vide Awake
Sat singing all The while.


CHORUS.
Oh, Rye Coffee!


You're sweet enough for me
Without one grain of sugar, if
The niger can be free,
I would not say that Wide Awake
Was singing Of lie,
l think that Java does not suit
His taste as well as Rye
The man who'd give Old Abe his vote
And pass the Douglas by,
Would likely spurn tbe Java cup,
And swallow down the Rye!


CHORUS.
Oh, Rye Coffee!


You're good enough for ne
Without grain Of sugar, if
The nigger can be free.
| wonder if that Wide Awake,
As he sat a singing there,
intended to repudiate
His taxes just and fair.
I wonder if that Wide Awake
Was posted we'll as l
That he was cheating Government
When drinking Of the Ryes


CHORUS.
Oh, Rye Coffee!


You're good enough for NE
Without a grain Of sugar, if
Tho nigger can be free.
Confounded be Rye Coffee,
Corn Coffee and a that.
That will still drink Java, you
May safely bet your hat
Confounded be the mer who made
The tax needful thing :
But I've better chorus here,
Which please stand up and sing


CHORUS.
Go 'Hay, Niger


The masters servant he =
But let Us all pray for the time
When Coffee shall be free,
Year: 1862

Operative and Mechanical Dem ess:ss.


tist, would respectfully inform
the citizens of Pomersy and Vi LII
cinity, that the cause Of his necessary absence
being removed, he is again prepared to serve
his former customers, and such others as may
favor him with their patronage, and for this
purpose can be found at his office in the s'Gfb-
son House from the 1st to; the 9Th Of each
month; when he will be prepared to execute all
work in his line in the best manner, and in
sure entire satisfaction to his custemers.-
Charges moderate 45-1y
Year: 1862

GEN. PuELps-Mr. j. B. g. Almond
says that boy by name of Irwin Par
don, whose services he claims, has come
within your lines. The course which
have adopted in such eases is this: If
l have any use for the services of such
a boy I employ him without any scru-
pie; if have not | do not harbor him,
It's my subsistence would by no means
serve for SO many extra men that do
not need Ii you have any use for him
use him; if not, Is be not like any other
vagrant about the camp?


Respectfully,
Year: 1862

should be punched and treason crushed. He came with
no hostility anmosity in his heart; he came Tor the
defense or s weak the restoration OF the errns, the
punishmentef the guilty the establishment Of the
Union and constitution in Tennessee. Come my corn.
trymen he exclaimed let us gather around the old and
lovely flag with heart and soul, reading upon its
folds the baHowed words OF Webster. Liberty and
Union, one and inseparabe, now and forever.n


The Governor then retired in u burnt Of applause.
Year: 1862

WE WILL SELL GOODS DURING 1862 FOR


w cash only. No books or memorandums will be
will be kept. No goods will be allowed to leave the
store until fully settled for. No orders will be fill,
unless accompanied by the cash. This notice is in
tended Tor one and all and we very much hope that
no one will ask us to depart from this rule as we are
determined to adhere to it without respect Of persons


Dec 20 3m MARONEY, BOSW ELL d BRO
Year: 1862

The following somewhat remarkable narra-
tive Is related by a western lady now on a
visit to this city from Mariposa. She Is her
self character She has crossed the plains
twice-first in 1919. during which her hus-
hand perished-and is the first American lady
who returned to the east by the way OF the
Isthmus of Panama. She is genuine hero
ine-a fine specimen of stout-hearted western
womanhood - and her adventures in the
wilds of the unpeopled west have been nu-
Year: 1862

The soul is the rational part of man. and
by its powers of thought and reason is dis
tinguished from the body, and from plants
and trees, and brutes. And this soul is i'm.
mortal. Your body will die; your wife aud
children and all the dear objects around you
will sink to the grave; your house will
cfumble down; the earth will grow old
and decay, like moth. eaten garment; the
sun will go down to rise no more; aud all
the stars of heaven will be put OUTPUT the
soul will live for ever.


And do you ask the worth of a soul that
will never die2 Oh, could you carry this
question into heaven, you might receive an
answer that would reach its mighty import.
God would tell you that he preserves the
world for the sake of souls; Christ would
tell you that he laid down his life and poured
out his blood for the salvation of souls; and
the redeemed saint would tell you to read
the worth of bis soul in that star more ex.
ceediDg weight of glory" which he there
enjoys. Oh, could you carry this question
into hell, and ask in that dark world what
soul is worth, you would be answered in
hopeless tears and killing groans. Let not
your own unhappy experience teach you in
that world what you have lost by losing
your soul. ALE.