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Year: 1862

A FRIEND Of my own tells rather good
story Of two eonvivial youths who were re-
turning from public dinner in q state Of OBJ
fistication. One OF them took It into his head
that the broad door-steps of one Of the hous-
es in Bedford Square was his bedroom, and
invited bis companion to take shake down
with him as It was 50 late. His friend agreed,
and the pair proceeded to divest themselves
/ of some Of their clothing, and laid down; each
with his head resting on the scrapers as It
might on pillow. An early policeman found
them sleeping softly, their hats, and coats, &c,
suspended on the rear railing, their boots ar
ranged with supernatural accuracy and neat
ness, side by side, upon the edge ofthe upper
doOr-Side-Ec
Year: 1862

current Of trade, however shallow.
Everybody knows that to cut off tho trade
Of an enemy is sure way to weaken him.
Then why does the War Department in
sist upon supplying the South with gold
for cottonp


The reason is that England wants COT
ton; her people are hungering and starving
for lack of it There is danger, they say,
of disorder and insurrection, in England,
because our atrocious war has stopped
their cotton supply, closed their mills, and
turned loose thousands Of furnishing and
desperate operatives England must have
cotton to feed her starving poor; she must
have it, perhaps, to prevent revolution. It
IS this war which has taken away from
her a staple so essential to both her
prosperity and peace, and she may claim
the right Of intervention to end the war,
restore her supply Of cotton, and secure
herself against great and threatening dan
gers. Hence it is that our government is so
desirous to buy all the cotton it can; and
does not hesitate to pay gold for it, though
1t knows that the gold will forthwith reap
pear in the form of supplies for the rebel
army, glitter in their bayonets, and crash
through Union ranks in balls and shells,
That is bad enough all men know, but tits
deemed moi 60 bad as Intervention


When the reckoning is hereafter made
Of all the wrong and injury England has
wrought us in this war; of the money she
has cost us; the torment and torture she
has inflicted upon us; the sickness and
wounds, and deaths she has caused Us the
great aid az d comfort she has given the
traitors, and the many heavy and foul
blows she has struck us, they too shall not
he forgotten.
Year: 1862

The beard to determine the facts as 20 the na
ture ana occasion Of the disability OF such otcers
as appear tn be disabled TO perform military ser.
vice bas ad djourned sine die to reasonable when
additional cases shall be presented
Year: 1862




There are several reasons why our county
commissioners should appropriate money to
pay bounty to those who may voluntee,
from this county. And first, such bounty
will stimulate enlistments. Other localities
have tried it, and the result has been highly
S satisfactory. Another reason is that GU,
neighboring counties are offering such boun'
ty. and it is but reasonable to apprehcnd
that any Of our citizens who may be think.
ing Of enlisting will 60 out Of this Count y,
into another, in order to secure the bounty
In this way enough might leave this County
to make our full quota, and not single one
Of them be credited to US. and if it should
become necessary to resort to drafting, our
noighboriDg counties who, perhaps may not
have furnished Of its own citizens, halt its
quota, will be exempt from draft, while we
who by niggardly refusal to give liberal
bounty, have driven volunteers out OF the
county, will be compelled to furnish full
list.


AL classes Of men, Of all political parties
are decidedly in favor Of making an appro
priation, and we hope it will be done speed:
ily
Year: 1862

On Thursday, bill passed both House,
Of Congress, providing that on and after the
first Of August all postage and other Unit
ed States stamps shall DO received for all dues
Of less than five dollars, ard which may be
received in exchange for United States notes
No private corporation or bank shall make
and issue any token, note or device OF less
than ore dollar to circulate as money. ANY
person so offending shall, on conviction, be
punished by fine not exceeding five hund
red dollars, or imprisonment for six months
or both, at the discretion 0: the Court.


Tho treasury department will at once
make arrangements for issuing large quanti
ties OF new stamps, exactly like the present
ones except being printed on much thicker
paper and without gum on them. These
can at any post office be exchanged for the
ordinary stamp. They will be precisely the
same as the legal tender Treasury Notes,
since each is irredeemable and derives it.,
sole value from being the pledge Of the Gov
ernment's faith. The bill was signed and
returned in aboat an hour after it's passage,
and in short time the small change diff
Guilty will be obviated for the time Lei,:g, at
any ra.e.-Roner
Year: 1862

1t is truly encouraging to witness the
patriotism that at this moment pre- vades the
entire North. Scarcely had The call for more
troops been made. ere the sound Of martial
music proclaimed than the soldiers of the
Union were marching to The deliverance Of
their country. New Hampshire and YER
mont have both sent regiments to Washing
ton in answer to the call. Vermont has the
honor Of taking the lead.


Massachusetts is coming up to the work
robly. some Of her cities offering rs high
as seventy five dollars bounty, in addition
to that given by the Government. When
we arrive at that point in patriotism where
we are willing to make any sacrifice for the
Union, We shall surely win, but until then
there is no surety Of success.


At the south, every man is soldier. and
every dollar is at the service of the rebel au>
thorities. We have got to to come TO it and
the sooner the better.
Year: 1862

BUFFALO, July l6.
The Governor Of New York has taken
upon themselves the authority at once tc
offer state bounty himself OF $50 to each
recruit, and to provide the amount sufficient
for that purpose, trusting to the next Leg
islatur to legalize it.
Year: 1862

A very large and enthusiastic meeting
was held in the State House square this
evening, the object Of the meeting being to
raise funds to aid in raising recruits for this
COUNTS quota. $4,000 Rave already been
subscribed.
Year: 1862

fB The southern rebellion had its orr
gin in the mischievous ambition Of few
bad been, who playing upon the passions
and the prejudices Of half barbaric peo-
pie, promised them the complete subjection
Of the whole nation to single class and q
single interest, both Of which, when only
tolerated and kept under constitutional con
troll, have sapped our political morality,
stained our history with cruelty, and have
always been, and must always be, drag
upon our national prosperity. An insnr-
rection Of such a character is Lot only
without palliation, but it has not paral-
lei ia the annals Of national crime.
Year: 1862

The steamship America, outward bound with cargo
OF 300 bales Of cotton announced as having been
lost The Yankees, however, did not obtain the
coveted vessel and cargo Finding the blockade olera
bly, enectual at the mouth Of the river, the America
put back aud came in contact with snag below the
erts and surrendered TO the arms of old rather Mss
sipp No hurt far could learn, the owners
OF both vessel and cargo being in a position TO with
loss and not have the least effect on their bank
Year: 1862

Addressing the other soldiers he said he intended TO
share their fate the next battle feld-come veal or
woe he would be with them-and whatever might be-
tide whether victory defeat ensued Of one thing he
assured ths the cause is safe we will conquer in the
end" Tbs address very brief; but the effect was
magical putting the soldiers In glorious spirits


We chronicle the incidents with nexplicabe pleasure
Heretofore the President has not exhibited that warm
human sympathy which so becomes the leader Of great
cause dark hour, and which wins tho heart and in
spires tho courage Of the soldier nothing eso does
one touch Of nature makes the whole world kin. Let
the President show himself Of feeling; let him
visit the hospitals let him all proper occasions, en-
courage the men who fighting our battles and he
wqucky become what he ought all along TO have BEEN
the loved and honored chief OF glorious cause aud
great people. nf.r
Year: 1862

From the Memphis Appeal, March 2s


On the 18th instant the steamer Red Rover tender TO
the floating battery Island No. TO- perforated by


forty pound piece Of she'll which ntered her hurricane
and made big straight line OF holes clean through
everything 10 her bottom the tmbers OF which sprung
sufficiently 10 them leaking. The leak stop
ped. Nobody hurt.
Year: 1862

If we would have our bodies healthy, our
brains must be used, and used in orderly and
vigorous ways, that the life giving streams
of force may flow from them into the expec-
tant organs, which can minister but as they
are ministcred unto. We admire the vigor-
Gus animal life of the Greeks, and with JUS
tice we recognize and partly seek to initiate
the various gymnastic and other means
which they employed to secure it. But,
probably. we should make fatal error if we
omitted from our calculations the hearty and
generous earnestness with which the high
est subjects of art, speculation and politics
were perused by them. Surely in their
case the beautiful and energetic life was
expressed in the athletic and graceful frame.
And were it a mere extravaga nee to ask
whether some part of the lassitude and wear
mess of life, of which We hear so much in
our day, might be due to lack of mental oc-
cupation on worthy subjects. exciting and
repaying generous enthusiasm, as well as
to an over-exercise on lower ones, whether
an engrossment on matters which have not
substance enough to Justify or satisfy the
mental grasp, be not at the root of some OF
the maladies which affect our mental con-
valescence? Any one who tries it soon finds
out how wearying, how disproportionately
exhausting is an overdose of light litera-
turu'' compared with an equal amount of
time spent on real work or this we may
be sure, that due exercise Of brain-ol
thought--is one of the essential elements
of human life. The perfect health of man
| is not the same as that of an OK or horse.
The preponderating capacity of his nervous
part demands corresponding life Corn
hill Magazine.
Year: 1862

The following beautiful sentiment is taken
from "Meister Karl's Sketch Book, enti-
tied '',The Night of Heaven" 1t is full of
touching tenderness:


ut is dark when the honest and honorable
man sees the result Of long years swept
cruelty away by the knavish, heartless ad
versary. 1t is dark when he feels the clouds
of sorrow gather around, and knows that the
hopes and happiness of others are fading
with his own. But in that hour the memory
of past integrity wsll be true consolation,
and assure him even here on earth of CLEANS
of light in Heaven. 1t is dark when the
dear voice of that sweet child, once so fondly
loved, is no more heard around in murmurs.
Dark when the light, pattering feet no more
resound without the Threshold, or ascend
step by step, the stairs. Dark, when some
well known air recalls the strain once oft at
tuned by the childish voice now hushed il
DEATH Darkness; but only the gloom which
heralds the day-spring Of Immortality and
the infinite light of Heaven"
Year: 1862

A farmer of this County concluded a few
weeks since that he would get along without
the Journal. Times were hard; and he
wanted large Eastern Paper He discon-
tinued the paper A few days since he call
ed at our Office and told us that he was sat
is6cd that he had already lost fifty dollars
by the operation. He desired to buy a lot
OF lumber, just such as was sold at Camp
Harlan, but not having the journal, did not
see the notice of the sale, and heard moth
ing of it until the day was passed and the
lumber all sold He is satisfied that he
will have to pay fifty dollars more for lum.
her that will answer his purpose no better
than what he could have bought at the above
sale Does it pay to do without your Coun.
ty paper?- Mt Pleasant (lowa) Home
journal.
Year: 1862

TIE new Monitor, Passaic, has completed
its trial trip to Fortress Monroe. Beside
the apparatus for firing its great gun there
were other principles involved in the vessel
which needs application to show their value.
First, the water tight nature of the turret.
Second, the arrangement for using the com,
pass; and third, the sea going qualities OF
the ship. 1t has been proved that the first
of these requirements has been met. The
second principle is grand one. 1t enables
a sailor to steer the heaviest iron-clad
through q looLsing glass. No compass can
perform its functions within such an iron
prison as a turret. The magnetic needle
acts sluggishy and lifeless, pointing never
correctly. There was another difficulty to
be overcome. 1t has been removed ID
beautiful manner. The reflection OF the
compass, movements is conveyed to the
helmsman through q mirror, the compass
itself being raised,far above the deadenine
influence of the iron house. In battle the
compass is removed, it being only essential
at sea. The third principle tried Is the
general sea going qualities Of the new Mon
itors. The steadiness of the craft is won
derful. Moving through the toughest tide
she is as free from rolling and pitching IA
one could well imagine.
Year: 1862

Gov. MORTON has written an able petit
ton to Congress, in favor of increasing the
pay Of private soldiers to 81 S per month,
The Justice of the proposition is so clear
that Congress cannot fail to respond prompt
" and favorably.
Year: 1862

Tue freeing of the slaves of the District
of Columbia has made little or no change in
their domestic condition. Most OF them
still remain with their former masters and
mistre.ses. receiving wages, while very few
can be induced to leave the district
Year: 1862

fair weather hold out, a fair crop will be
realized. In Germany there will be less
than an average crop, andthe same is true
of Southern Russia. The crop in France
will be fair if the harvesting weather is
only tolerable, The prospect in England
isiqotgood, though much better than last
year. Fine weather before and during
harvest would make great difference in
the yield. The crop in Northern Europe
does not promise more than an average.


twill thus be seen that, on the whole
the prospect abroad is for less than an ay-
erage crop, but even this is vastly better
than the eprospecto tho crop last year.


In this country the crop will be fair
East of the lakes the wheat andsrye crops
will be abundant. The fall wheat of the
West will5be far above the average, while
The spring wheat crop will be much smaller
than usual. The diversion of labor to the
war will probably diminish the yield of our
farms fifteen per cent. To this is to be
added the losses caused by the ravages of
war in the border States, which will make
a serious difference in the net result.


1t will thus be seen that there will be an
abundance of flour and wheat for home use,
and plenty in addition to export, should it
be needed abroad. The prospect for ship
ments throughout the year is good, if not
SO promising as last year.
Year: 1862

The effort is all We need, tonake The war
brief aud disastrous to the desperate rebels
in arms. The Government should not need
prompting to that effort; but fit does, the
people should not hesitate to dictate its
Year: 1862

THIS large brick building Is still open
A%A-l for the reception and accommodationot
HfTITtSEsA the travelling public, under the super
&& TIltxllh intendence Of the owner himself. With
AstEEEeAHz5lS assurance to all who patronize him,
that they will find al his house, equal to any in the
State and the table supplied with the best this market will
afford the Proprieor returns thanks for The liberal patron
age extended him in the past and hopes by strict tten
ton future, make this house rs heretoore-comfoa-
BILE TO the Traveller and profitable to himself.
Year: 1862

It is stated that minister OF Ftchburg ectured so
powerfully ew days against the use of tobacco,
that several Of his audience went home and burned their
cigars-holding one end Of them In their mouths.
Year: 1862

The GunhOat Engagement Abov= Fort Pillow.


The Chicago Tribune, Of the 10th ut., alluding to
the gunboat battle of tie 10th ult ab I'VE Fort Pillow
is forced to pay the following just compliment to the


Efficiency of our feet, the efficiency and gaantry of its
men:


We refer to the account for the further details from
which it will appear that the Cincinnati stove in
twice by the rebel rams and barely escaped sinking in
middle channel with all On board The participation OF
her consors in the fight gallant and effective, and
the enemy withdrew We shall need have more proof
than possess, to confirm the tales of some OF
the correspondents to the extent Of the enemys dis
asters, or that they will not again give battle. Ibis
affair must stand in the wholesome if unpleasant list of
sarprss in this war; the list which cost the lives of
many brave at Hampton Roads, and at Pittsburg
Landing. All of Them grow out of the folly of under
valuing the enemy. Fort Pillow, we were led to be-


eve tor the askng,a ripe apple ready to drop
into mouths, when suddenly out from under its guns
steams powerful fleet of macad vessels, of who's ex-
stence, and certainty of whose power fleet to
have been d'qnately aware. 1t makes an attack
gallantly ard perslsteny fought and resisted, leaving
the result drawn battle. We do write this pass
censure upon any OF the brave of Otilla who
certainly redeemed the FAULT, if any there was but The
lesson is one that should BE- remtmhered.
Year: 1862

him and bis friends who broks up the Charles
ton convention, a democrat would have been
elected last fall to the presidency, and before
another contest, such an arrangement would
have been made as to have prevented the dis
solution of the Union and pei haps civil war.
Ny latest dates are to the 22d of February,
and tremble at the thought of receiving other
dispatches, &c, lest they shall announce the
existence of civil war.


My prayers are. regularly offered up for
the reunion of the States and for the peace
and concord and happiness of my country.
But let what may come to pass, you may rely
upon it, as you say, that neither / nor mine
will ever be found in the ranks of our your
enemies. May God Almighty avert civil war,
but if unhappily it shall come, you may /
think doubt ldOubtlessl count on me and
miRe and hosts of other friends standing
shoulder to shoulder ia the ranks with you
and other Southern friends and relatives
whose rights like my own have been dsre-
gard by the Abolitionist. ! love Iowa and
Wisconsin because of the honors conferred
by them on me and because ! served then al
ways faithfully but / viii not make war with
them against the South whose rights they
shamefully neglected. Nor viii ever sane
ton any effert to coerce the South to submit
to the North in reference to a question
slavery with which the North have no right
to interfere and that too in palpable violation
to the constitution of my country The treaty
with France-the low of God himsely and
every principle of Justice, reason and expert
ence of the world.


The history of the world shows that negroes
are wholly unfit for self fgovernment-that
they are 8 thousand times happier as slaves in
the United States and elsewhere, than when
free in their own native land. Even those
who are freed in the United States and those
stolen from the South and run off into the
North and Canada-are in worse
condition--as in this Republic and
in the West Indies-than when slaves It was
and il so with the slaves whom l took with
me TO the North and Paul admitted to me
that he never was so well fed or clothed or
provided for after he got his freedom, as he
was whilst he was my slave He denounced
the abolitionists who cheated him out of his
earnings, and hs begged me and my wife to
let him return to us but we would not because
he sued me, though beat him In the case


thank you for your efforts for nyson Viii
liam, for your letter and for the Congressional
Directory May God bless you, your family,
aud your own Sunny South, which / will still
hope and pray shall be united to the cold
North. When you see them, make my warm
regards to all my Southern friends, and espe-
ciaIly to Clay and his father, Toombs, Mallory
and their families.


The dissolution of the Union will probably
be the cause of my own ruin as well as that OF
my country and may cause me and mine to
go South.


Your frie2d, sincerely and fervenLly,


GEO. w. JONES.
His Rxcellency Jefferson Davis, of Missis-


sippi, President, &c, Montgomery, Ala.
Year: 1862




If any proprietor occupant of any building in any
city within this District in the occupancy of the
Federal army, shall display suffer be displayed from
hs her house any reasonable flag other emblem in
tended to insult the Federal army loyal citizens 1t
shall be the duty Of the Local Provost Marshal tax
immediate possession Of such building and th
ernment


WIN. 8. HILLYER,


Provost Marshal General,
jy6.tf District West Tenn.
Year: 1862

From this time forward, what will be the


final result of the great civil commotion


that has for the last ten months so seriously
disturbed our heretofore unparalleled pros


perity, and threatened to annihilate our


National existence, will be question that


will engross tie whole attention of the


larger portion of the American people, and


the greatest minds of the country will at


tempt its solution.


From the spirit manifested by the people
of Tennessee since the recent splendid vic.


tories Of our troops in that section, herald
ing the approach of the Army of the Union
with undisguised expressions of loyalty, and
manifesting their love for the stars and
stripes by cheers and rejoicings, we are led
to believe that the union of all the States
will be maintained, without reconstruc-
tion," and without compromise. When the
film that has been cast over the eyes of the
great mass of the Southern people by such
men as JEFF. Davis and his abettors, has
been removed by the infexible power of our
Government, and they see that the 'Lincoln
Army" is only intent upon strict enforce
mcnt of the laws under the Constitution,
then will they lay down their arms and
joyfulIy again take protection under the
banner of Columbia, the home of freedom.
Let the people of the South who have been
betrayed into this unnatural war by the am
bilious and designing men who now hold
the reins Of power in the socalled Confed-
crate States, understand the motives Of the
leaders and people who are now carrying FIRE
and sword to their very beartbstones for the
preservation of the Union, and feeling
will spring up among them that will burl
from power and place and cast forever into
oblivion. the ruthless leaders of this rebel
hon, and once more it viii be = pride
among them to be called an American
citizen. In confirmation Of this, We have
but to call to mind the feeling existing
anong the fifteen thousand prisoners taken
By our gallant troops at Fort Donclson. |
Of these, over two thousand expressed a !
willingness and strong desire to enroll |
themselves in our army, and the whole