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Year: 1862

"Timnhy Titcombn has keen scalpel, and he thus dssects men On the subject of truth telling :-' have known eminen, men who had nut the power to state fact in It's whole vol ume and outline, because, first, they could not comprehend it perfectly, and secondly, because their power of expression was limited. The

 lenses by which they apprehended their facts were not adjusted properly, so they saw every thing with blur. Definite outline. clearly cut edges. exact apprehension of volume and weight, side of their observation and experience. They had broad minds, but bungling; and their Ian guage was no better than their apprehensions- usually it was worse, because language Is rarely as definite as apprehension. Men rarely do their work to suit them, because their tools are

 imperfect There are men in all communities who are believed to be honest, yet whose word is never authority on any subject. There is a flaw or warp somewhere in their perceptions, which prevents them from receiving truthful impress sions. Everything comes to them distorted, as natural objects are distorted by reaching the eye trough wrinkled window glass. Some are able to appreheud fact and state it correctly, if it have no direct relation to themselves but the moment their personality, or their personal in terest, Is involved the tact assumes false propor tions and false coors. l know physician whose patients are always alarmingly sick when he IS first called to them. As they usually get well l am bound to believe that he is good physi- clan; but am not bound to believe that they are all as sick at the beginning as he supposes them to be. The first violent symptoms operate upon his imagination and excite his fears, and his opinion as to the degree of danger attaching to the diseases of his patients, is not worth so much as that of any sensible old nurse. ln fact, nobody thinks of taking 1t at at all and those who know him, and who hear his sad represen- tations of the condition of his patients, show equal distrust of his word and faith in his skill, by taking it for granted that they are iu fair to get we'll"

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Year: 1862

POETRY OF THE WAR. They have sent me the sword that my bray. boy wore, On the field of this young renewn- On the last red field, where his faith was seal ed,

 And the sun of his days went down. Away with the tears That are blinding me SO; There is a joy in his years, Though his young head be low; And pllga with solemn delight evermore On the sword that my brave boy wore Twas fer freedom and home that gave hin away,

 Like the sons of his race of old; And, though aged and gray, am childless this day He is dearer, thousand fold There's glory above him

 To hallow his name

 land that will love him

 Who died for its fame; And solace will shins, when old heart is sore, Round the sword that my brave boy wore. All so noble, so true-how they stood, how they In the battle, the plague, and the cold; Oh. as bravely and we'll as eer story could tell Of the flowers of the heroes of old.

 Like sword through the foe

 Was that fearful attack,

 That 50 bright ere the blow

 Comes so suddenly back And foremost among them, his colors he bore And here is the sword that my brave boy wore. It was kind of his comrades, ye know not how

 kind,

 It is more than the Indies to me; Ye know not how kind and how stcadfast of The s.lder to sorrow can be-

 They know well how lonely

 Hew grevious wrung,

 Is inc heart that irs only

 Love loses so young; And they closed his dark eyes when the battle

 was OCT And sent his old father the sword that he were
Year: 1862

OF the four million Slaves in the South,
there are rot fifty thousand full-grown
men and Wamen who do not know that
the object Of the rebellion wes the perpet-
uation Of their enslavcmcnt. They know
right well that the utter overthrow Of the
rebels must destroy the Internal system
which dcgrades them to the level of beasts
They secretly hope and pray for emanci..
patton, and in that hope they maintain a
fearful quiet Only a few of them have been
made 10 believe that the Northern people
design selling them to Cuba. They arc too
aLrewd to squanler their lives III hopeless
instructions, and are anxiously awaiting
their time. Their apparent indifference is
no proof that they prefer slavery to free
dom. They are now in q proper temper
to accept the boon Of liberty with graft
tude, and may be freed with safety; but
oisappoint item, riyet their chains moro
firmly, and all the latent fcrcencss Of thei1
cont1diug nature will be reused to activity
The unsettled condition Of the Soutt
would tempt them to insubordinatiou, ant
reckless gueT1iilas would not hesitate Il
arm them with the torch Of the incendiar,
and the knife Of the assassin They hay
already been made familiar with all til
mysteries Of insurrection; and it would b
singular, indeed, if in the madness Of di:
appointed hope they should not prAc,ic
their lesson. As IN act of simple human
ity to white men and LACK men alike, "
should remove this terrible danger frot
Tic Infatuated South.
Year: 1862

THE EXPECTED REYUGE IN MExICO.-The
Washington correspondent of The BuAepin
writing May 23d. says;


We continue to get occasional evidences Of
the correctness Of the opinion that jeff Davis's
original plan was to retire with his army into
Mexico and there conquer a new domain for
slavery, if he found the North united and de-
termined in its loyalty. Two causes have op.
Grated to interfere with the programme-Arst,
the Virginians in his army have no idea of
abandoning that State and his troops from the
Cotton States are only kept in Virginia by the
argument that it is wiser to defend their homes
far in front of their State lines; and second the
Union successes in the Southwest have rather
cut off his line Of retreat towards the Rio
Grande. He relied confidently on Forts Jack
son and Philip and the other defenses below
New Orleans to repel US thence and to keep
open the route thence TO Mexico He was
equally confident that his disposition for keep
ing the Mississippi closed above Menaphis
would win. But, disappointed in both points,
If he retires to Mexico he must 90 as a single
fugitive, stealing his way through bayous and
by-roads; and esehewing the highways on which
alone an armed force csn move. If he could
take his troops with him. he would doubtless
seek to unite the army of Virginia with that
under Beauregard. with the purpose Of making
desperate struggle there. and, in case of fall
ure, to cut ms road into Mexico. That scheme.
however will hardly be tried now, for reasons
already stated. In the West the stakes are set,
BeauregaEd must fight when HaIeck wants him
to fight, and must win; failing in that, his career
is ended, and his army destroyed. We have
heard no fear as to the result, although there is
necessarily not a little anxiety in regard 10
movement on which so much depends.
Year: 1862

INDIAN KILLRD.-An Auburn Indian. few
days ago killed another Indian near Pilot Hill,
by running bayonet into his throat, the wea-
pom first passing through his cheek and mouth.
The bloodthirsty savage also cut the throat of
his victim with a knife.
Year: 1862

The progress OF recruiting, although not
progressing with the enthusiasm and rapidity
the exigency warrants, still is going on slowly
and surely. The bounty question has been
left in such an undecided condition that many
are deferred from enlisting at present. Could
it be SO arranged as to ensure the sustenance
of families. We have no doubt plenty Of men
would spring forward and sign the muster
rolls. As an Indication Of this fact, ]. Il. Nc
Wicker informs us that over one hundred and
fifty have applied to him for the bounty which
he offered. Let our wealthy men settle the
fact that soldiers families shall not suffer,
and there will be no trouble.


In this respect the Board Of Trade have set
an eminent example, and their battery ia filling
up with astonishing rapidity. The Board al
ways patriotic, and unstinted in lay1shing
their money, not only have ensured q good
battery, but have agreed to care for the fami-
lies of those who enlist, to watch over the
members of the battery and provide for them
when sick and wounded. Rev. Robert Coll
yerin his speech on last Saturday night struck
the right chord when he said not only that he
would pay the volunteer bounty but would





him to his home when wounded and care for
him. Let other associations Of wealth and
| prominence come out in the SAME manner and
| give men the assurance that when they leave
| tor the wars they Will not leave behind then
suffering families; that their situations viii
+ be reserved for them, and that q watchful cart
will te bestowed upon them.


| Wa 1rou1H mako aaT narrqGf tn ff,i
young men Of our city to make the movemen
that has been originated By some Of their nun
Der triumphant success. The Young Men
Christian ;Association have taken the matte
under their auspices, and at q business NEE,
lug yesterday, passed series Of resolutions
endorsing the undertaking, and appointed
commit, eto cooperate with the Young Men
and to use all the power Of the Association
through the Northwest, to raise regimen
that shall go into the war, q Christian organ;
zation. Many Of our lesding citizens at
de- ply interested in carrying out this ides
and have pledged themselves to render !
Efficient aid.


The cid members Of the Anderson Rifle
are earnestly moving in the matter of REQ
ganization. The Rifles are already represent
I'd in the field By . large number Of officer
and priyates, and We trust that the remain
Of this crack corps will fonox their COZ
ra6es


Oace more we appeal to the youBg men {
this cisy to come forward. Volunteers uus
be had or We must submit to draft. You
county needs Jou and needs you instantly
Come forward for the honor Of Chicago sud
illinois.
Year: 1862

WoOI-Received LAST week, 9a,8s3 ms ship
ped 103 220 There Is very little doing in the wool
trade at present. So the season is about over. The
amount Of wool handled in this city does not CON-
pare with the above receipts and shipments The
greater proportion s wool that has been purchased
In the country BY Eastern buyers, and only passes
through here en- route for the East. The market
is without change The current prices paid By
dealers here are as foI1QWBs
Year: 1862




Whvsas, In view of the great crisis
through which the Nation is now pas
sing, and that Michigan is called upon to
aid in enforcing the armies Of the
Union, the undersigned, Mayor of this
City, does hereby request and appeal to
all patriotic and loyal citizens to lay aside
their ordinary business, on Thursday the
31st of July, and attend mass meeting
appointed by joint committee Of citi-
zens of this city, and Saginaw City, to
be hell in this city on that day for the
purpose of arousing the interest of the
people, and stimulating enlistments. |
appeal to all to give one days efforts in
behalf of our common country. To this
end / invite the cooperation of all who
love their country in the endeavor TO
rekindle throughout this region the
patriotic zeal already aroused in other
localities and throughout the North,
which shall entirely consume all who
strike at the Union of our fathers, and
who sympathize with their treason and
pslliate their guilt.


luf CHAS. b. MOTT, Mayor,
Year: 1862

A blacksmith having been slandered. was
advised to apply to the courts for redress He
replied with true wisdom: Il can 20 into my
shop and work out better character in six
months than can get in a court house in a
whole year."
Year: 1862

A BURGLAR CAUGHT.-A fellow calling him
self John Smith was arrested yesterday after
noon at S O'clock, breaking into the Office Of
John Oliver, at the west end OF the Lake
street bridge. Two others were with him at
the time who made good their escape. Smith
was found concealed nndsr the Wells street
brldge aud only captured after a severe fight
in which the officer Was badly injured,
Year: 1862

NOIlCE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT AP.
plcaton will be made to the Legislature of North
Carolina at their next session. for Charter for Railroad
from shelby or some other point the Wilmington and
Rutherford RailrOad to the South Carolina line for the
purpose of continuing said Road the Iron Region of
TO enable the Iron Masters obtain SUP.
ply OF CtaI from the Deep River Coal Mines.


Sept 9, 1862. 72-3mnd
Year: 1862

BLANkETs FOR EysRyBopY.-We are
informed tha: Gen. Baker is nov prepared to
serve out blankets TO everybody that belongs
TO tae military service of this State, who IS in
need OF the article. There a a fall supply on
hand, and all that is 10 be done is to send in
your orders.
Year: 1862

Congressman. SO this war, the greatest of all


will fill our public Offices with men who have
proven their patriotism upon the battle fold.
Corrupt politicians will be crowded out Of
sight forever. Political parties will be swal-
lowed up in the one great party of the Union.
From the highest to the lowest office in tho
nation, the soldiers who are now re-establish-
ing the Union will be chosen to administer its
affairs and conduct it to greater prosperity and
greater glories than it has ever yet seen.
Year: 1862

some months to bring his release about, ard
this morning he 10 free man. He has ample
opportunity to retrieve his character and be.
come useful member Of society. Kind friends
will assist him to do 90 and vs trust he will
accept their kind offices. We think be will.
Year: 1862

SCARCE.-News Of all kinds is scarce
in fac. it is not TO be obtained at any price
or upon any class Of security. At home the
people are in . transitive state-we may be
likened unto the cstsrpller which is about TO
tsks upon itself tie plumage Of the butterfly.
We are enduring q etats Of stagnation, Incl
dent upon universal mad and close blockade
Of the river. few days more and the roads
will be ps ssable and the Father of Waters
will be navigsble once more. Then We shall
put on airs and have great change in busi
ness. News 10 not only dull about home but
there is noae from abroad. II there is any
waiting to be transmitted, We are unable to
get it. because the telegraph is out Of fix
Island No. 10 might be taken a dozen times
in fact all the Islands in the Mississippi calen-
der might be taken, and We be in the most uI-
blissful state Of ignorance thereof.


We beg the Indulgence Of cur patrons until
some e.hing is turned up. or turns up of its " n
accord. We still live in hopes and expect
something rich within few daye.
Year: 1862

An advance into East Tennessee has at
last commenced, according to q dispatch
from indianapolis. The army under Gen
Morgan, so long apparently inactive 8
Cumberland Ford, is in motion, and has
gone forward to complete the work so
completely and successfully prosecuted in
Middle and Western Tennessee. We shall
have stirring news from that quarter in a
feT DAYS
Year: 1862

Our Memphis dispatches this morning
arc of unusual interest, as showing the
state Of affairs in that city. What is wanted
is tho firm establishment Of Federal rulc
there in strength sufficient TO rcassurc the
rebels that there will be no after-cla and
return Of the rebels to the city: And this
assurance will he shortly giycu.
Year: 1862

right hand. had strong arm then
to shield and support you. Do you
cafe TO wear my token. when / have
only my left hand to put II on withr'


For all answer she held out her En-
ger. waiting for the ring. He hesitated
still. .-.. f-..-


"Do you understand all Il meansf-
Do you care to marry one-armed
MANI" -


al care to be yours, II you think
me good enough to wear the honor Of
your name. / shall only be prouder Of
my hero because he bears about with
him token Of how dear he held his
country and his manhood"


And so the ring vas placed again on
Clsrs Cages finger, and the next week
they were married. He had wanted
her before but he needed her now; aud
she had come too near to losing him to
delay her happiness BY any coy pre-
lenses. r.


He has gained strength rapidly
perhaps because he tsilied to be well.
or because he was so happy. His
country had yet work for him to do
As one who had right to cay "come"
and not "go," he has aided in the cause
of recruiting under the recent calls
He who has given so much has right
TO ask others to risk something. To
those who know him his example Is
more eloquent than his words.
Year: 1862

This word is not of unfrcquent occur
renee where semi-seccssionists are to be
found; in fact it forms the sum total of the
pro-slavery "Democratic" presses of the
North and South. and those who are led
and controlled by-them-and il is we'll to
have definition of it as understood by the
masters in the South. Their sympathi-
zers among us use it very freely. and as
general thing apply it to those who advo-
cate liberal view of human freedom and
the doctrines of a Republican Government
We want all the apologists in this section
to read the subjoined from the oracle. of
their masters. The editor of the Southern
Literary Messenger. "a monthly magazine
published at Richmond. Va. says:


"An Abolltionist is any man who does
not love Slavery for its own sake. as
Divine institution; who does not worship
1t as the corner stone of civil liberty: who
does not adore il as the only possible So
cisl condition on which a permanent Re-
publican Government can be erected; and
who does not, in his inmost soul, desire
to see it extended and perpetuated over
the whole earth as means of human re-
formation. second in dignity, Importance
and sacredncss TO the religion of Christ
lie who does not love African Slavery
with this love, is an Abolitionist.,,


After such an explanation. where is the
man who has the least claim to decency
or respect for himself who is not willing
to be called an Abolitionist.
Year: 1862




In his speech at Lebanon. Tenn. on the
% inst. Gov. johnson spoke on the twin
subjects of slavery and secession:


Men tell us we must compromise. W.
will compromise only by making them
submit; by doing as jefferson did with
Burr conquer them and make them obe-
diert. What better government do we
want than the present? What have we
got to compromise? Has any one "lost his
rights" in the Union? If so. let him
come forward and look me in the face and
tell me what he has lost. Lost your rights?
Well. have determined to give all who
say this chance to get their rights, by
sending them off South to fight for their
rights. and give them in exchange for
some Of those poor fellows in the rebel
army who have found their rights and want
to come home. 1 don't think these fell
lows who bluster about rights have much
appetite for fighting. Some of them
would rather go b the devil than enter
the army. Rights indeed. They gave
me mine by turning my sick wife and little
Doy INTO tue StreetS. nat IL the way
they gave me my rights. Let me tell
these clamorers that there are 100000
white people and only $4,000 slavehold-
ers IN Tennessee. .seaate~t s.ski


Now. keep forcing this issue upon the
people; make it question whether the
government or slavery shall perish. and
will cling TO the government to the last.
and perish amid its fallen columns. Rath-
er let Africa sink under the ocean than
this republic shoold perish. Persist in
forcing this slavery issue and slavery is
gone. Clayton.
Howell Cobb's Secretary, said to me on
ono occasion: We of the South are de-
termined not to submit to President who
has risen from the mass. of the people as
Abe Lincoln has. Here is the full blown
idea of aristocracy-that you. the people,
shall not send up one of your own men, a
plebeian, without wealth, or negroes, or
family. to rule over conceited and ambi-
tious aristocracy, who estimate men not
by their brains or virtues, but by their
wealth and lineage.
Year: 1862

PowER OF iMAcISATIoS.--In illustration
of the power Of imagination. the case Of
the old lady who watched the vane, to see
when her Rheumatism was going to begin.
Is not equal to that Of the store-keepef.
who painted the lower part of his stove
red. and saved seventy five per cent in the
consumption of wood thereby during the
winter. The illusion was so complete.
that one man tried to make him pay for a
pair OF boots that be had burnt on the
stove.
Year: 1862

kF There is a man IN Cleveland, Ohio, Who
announces that the world will come to an end
on the 18th day of August, 1868, and on that
day . mass convention of the whole earth will
assemble al Cincinnati TO settle up the business
Of the past and arrange matters for the future.
Year: 1862

The aubioined table, compiled from the CEN
Gus of 1860, is interesting at this time It will
be seen that the free negro population of the
South is considerably in excess of the North;
Year: 1862

When the enemy were thus drawn up in
line of battle on their chosen position, the en-
gagement at once became general and fierce.
The musketry fire, as described by officers
wounded in the battle and now here, was the
most continuous and sustained of the war
1t rolled rapidly and fiercely from right to
left, and back and forwards, with irresistible
fury. Qua artillery was brought splendidly
up, and played its part, as usual, well.


For two hours the continuous exchange OF
musketry and artillery continued, until the
enemy began to show signs Of wavering. Our
extreme right had been gradually but surely
pushing the enemy, crowding him toward the
"Gap," and threatening his flank.


At five o'clock, general charge was or
dered, and our men, responding willingly to
the call, sprang forward with an impetus that
carried all before it.


The rebels fell back, endeavoring again TO
bring their disordered columns into line Of
battle, but failed, Wildly cheering, and de.
termined to win, our lines pushed toward, and
drove the enemy from point TO point, as the
last rays of the sun guided the mountain and
reached its summit,


The pass was won, and the enemy were IL
rapid and disordered retreat down the slope
towards Boonsboro. The pursuit was con
tinued until darkness put an end to the con
test, Our troops bivouacked for the nigh
on the battle field whilst its pickets extended
some three miles forward and beyond tn
little village OF Bolivar (not the Bolivar Q
Aarper's Ferry)
Year: 1862

Pesr OFFICE IRREGULARITIES MISSING LET
rERs--We have frequently had occasion of late
to complain to the authorities at the city Post
Office Of the ncn-receipt OF letters mailed to us
from different parts Of the country. Whether
owing to the want of proper exertion on their
part, or to an impossibility Of recovering them,
We have not been fortunate in the result Of our
applications. There is one thing, however, that
strikes as as curious in connection with the
forms used by the department in such cases.
We have before us two communication bear
ing the Postmaster's signature, in which, in
reply to our complaints about couple Of these
missing letters, We find the following printed
paragraph" Efforts have been made 70 trace
The letter, but, regret to say, i has not as We
Year: 1862

GREELEY VOLUNTEERING FOR F0Rr LArAY-
ErTk--In the Tribune of yesterday poor
Greeley says:-


For our part, feel that the President COULD by
live hundred like rs, purge the loyal States Of
traitor ernissariee and thereby hasten by single month
the overthrow 81 the rebellion should joyfnlly be


imprisoned and would not ask for a habeas corpus We
should be glad at such small cost 10 contribute tho
discontinue Of the most supendous crime Of century


IL appears from this statement that Greeley 5
nine hundred thousand abolitionists, who never
smclt battle, have been reduced 10 five hundred
by the recent elections, and are now dssirous of
being imprisoned in Fort Lafayette to escape
the draft. We hope that the President will
take poor Greeley at his word, and shut him up
with five hundred more like him (if so many
men like Greeley can be found outside the in
sane asylums), without further delay. This
step would "purge the loyal States" of five
hundred and one practical traitors and avowsd
disunionists, and would not only "hasten by q
single month the overthrow OF the rebellion 2
but would absolutely end the rebellion at once.
Since Greeley contemplstes this prospect 80
joyfully, there Is no longer shadow Of excuse
for the administration il il shall longer neglect
its obvious duty in the premises.