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Year: 1862

Many good Christians neglect an i'm.


portant Christian duty--visiting the


poor. They excuse themselves by the


plea Of great pressure Of duties and


cares, or by their regular contributions
to societies which have in view the re-
lief of the wretched and suffering


But they lose much by their neglect, in


their own spiritual enjoyment, in the


love of the poor and in the favor oil
| God. A lady contributor to one Of ou I


exchanges says:


Go amongst them. See their misery


and study their wants. But go not as
fine lady among inferior creatures,
and talk and act as if you regarded
it as a condescension; but 90 as SIM
pie and sympathizing woman among
her poor. unfortunate sisters. AS
Lord Shaftesbury [ who is intimately ac-
quainted with the character and the
wants of the poor said, in speech in
Parliament last winter, "Whst the
people want is sympathy-is that heart
should be brought to heart; and that
persons Of all conditions and Of all de-
grees Of wealth should show that they
regard the poor as persons OF like pas
sions, like feelings, like hopes with
themselves. II this sympathy were
shown, the difficulty of governing the
masses of society would be materially
lessened."


And the rich need such intercourse
as well as the poor. at Is better to
90 to the house Of mourning than I'd
the house Of feasting." says the wise
man; "for BY the sadness of the coun-
tenance the heart is made better" At
one of the great meetings on Home
Evangelization, lately held In Edin-
burg, Rev. Mr.. Robertson said: "He
would tell the most refined and in-
structed people, that there was no
place on earth where they would learn
more useful lessons than in the hum
bile dwellings OF the poor, and the
wretched homes of the pro6igate.


Go, then, my sister, go into the highs
ways and bywsys, into the lanes and
alleys, and crowded filthy streets, and
dark courts. Go and seek them out;
90 and see where and how they live
Go and breathe the air which they
must breathe day after day, and month
after month, till they can breathe 1t no
longer. Go and see what they eat and
how and where they sleep. Go and
see the little child pining away. day
after day. like delicate flower, grad
ually fading and dying for want Of the
pure air and sunlight of heaven. And
then come back to your comfortable, or
perhaps luxurious home, and say' II
you have the heart that it is right for
you TO fritter away the time aRd talents
that God has given you for good in sel'
fish pleasures4-in the Injuries and ss'
perfuities Of the table or the toilet.
Year: 1862

"Now l lay me down TO sleep


/ pray the Lord my soul to keep,


If should die before wake,


pray to the Lord my soul to take''


Who are you, man or woman, fol
whom this prayer has not old, sweet as.
sociations who, hearing its words,
hear not too, the "memory bells" ring.
ing up from the golden plains of your
childhood, and feel not the soft gales
from the morning land of your life
sweeping over your soul?


You may be man now, in the pride
and strength of your glory you may
have carved out for yourself an honor.
able name and destiny in this world
mayhap you are the owner OF proud
lands and proud homes, and your heart
has grown hard in its battles with the
world.


But stop moment and listen to this
little verse-so simple that the meiest
babe who learns to lisp the words can
comprehend them and so grand in its
sublime significance and faith, that the
wisest shall only have learned fully the
true lessons Of life when the soul utters
them as it did in its infancy.
Year: 1862

WATER DRINKrNe.-Improper drink
ing of water has killed thousands.
There have been instances where thirs-
ty armies. after a long march, have
come to the river, when the men would
lie down on their faces and quaff an or
dinary quantity Of water with these re
suits: some died almost instantly, others
became crazy, and some staggered like
drunken men. Avoid drinking water
as much as possible. When you feel
very dry rinse the mouth with water,
but do not swallow it. Men when bea-
ted should not drink anything cold.
In a high state Of perspiration ice water
only aggravates the thirst. Drink slow
ly. A half tumbler of water will suf-
fee the thirstiest man in the world, il he
drinks Il By sips. Take from twenty
five to one hundred sips and swallow
each time-it will quench thirst better
than quart drank in the usual manner.
In fact it is almost impossible to set
down full glass of water in this man
ner.
Year: 1862

THE TRUE MEN Now.-Tbe men who
hold BY the old flag. in this the darkest
hour since that which saw IL unfurled
as the signal of human freedom amid
the bloody baptism of the American
Revolution, will be remembered "for.
ever and aye" Even the base ingrates
who have deserted The stars and stripes
win honor the heroic fortitude oftbose
who resolve to adhere 10 that glorious
emblem of liberty. 10 the moment ol
their direst peril.
Year: 1862




We ask an attentive perusal of an i'm
portant letter from Gen Scott, published
in to-days paper. 1t shows in clearer
and palmer light than ever before, the
Infamous treason that filled the heart of
the old scoundrel James Buchanan, who
while occupying the Presidential chair
destroyed the Union and sold his country
to secession and rebellion.


BRING THE TROOPS HOME To VOTE


The editor of the Gazette says;


:" If all we can learn from the Delaware
soldiers now in the field be true they
would poll heavy majority against the
mongrel Abolition ticket, on which Mr.
Fishers name stands"


Now We are decidedly in favor ofbring-
ing the troops home to vote, or else so
arranging matters as that they may be
legally entitled to cast their ballots in
camp for whichever ticket they please.
II. as the secession editor of the Gazette
says, they will vote against Mr.. Fisher,
OF course loeofocoism can have no posi-
bile objection to giving them the privilege
of doing so, and We would have to be
satisfied with the result. But we are moi
yet ready TO believe that the men who
willingly volunteered to defend theil
country with their lives, are silly enough
to aid, abet and encourage by their bal
lots the vile and wicked rebellion they ar,
now freely pouring out their patrioti,
blood to destroy and subdue on the liel,
of battle Nobody but sympathisn!
traitor would offer such an atrocious in
suit to our brave volunteers. They vot
the ticket of treason and disunion indeed
Let them speak for themselves througl
the ballot-box and they will triumphant,
yindicate their loyalty aud patriotism
from the abominable slander. We trus
that the Government may show them al
opportunity TO vote
Year: 1862

The contempt of a large portion of the
once democratic party for the treason
able and anti.democratic conduct of some
of the leading secessonisis who are now
trying to manage that party, to the injury
OF the country, and for their own benefit,
is so intense and cordial, that they have
deserted those ranks of corruption and
treason by hundreds, and will, in Novem.
ber vote with the Union men of the State
in favor of their country and its Consti-
tuition and against all soressionsts and
loeofoco conlederates Of the rebellion.
As honorable, patriotic men aud demo.
Gratis of the Jefferson and jackson school.
they are determined that "the Federal
Union must and shall be preserved ire
spectiye of any and all parties.
Year: 1862

Gen. Wool landed at Seaford on Monday
last with body of infantry and cavalry. to
guard the polls on election Tuesday
TO secure a fair and peaceable election
They were detached in squads of forty or
hfty to the various voting places in Kent
and Sussex counties, where they were need
ed. This is novelty in our State, but
made necessary by the violence of the Sc
cesSlon synPathizers at the Inspectors cleo
ton, when, where they had a large prepon-
derancc Of voters, such was the pressure
that the feeble and the timid were in MANY
instances intimidated from going to the
polls. The change between Tuesday last
and the previous election was most percept-
lDle-the window being accessible on the
latter day at all times. The soldiers inter
tered Ill no way with the voting, being on
the opposite side of the street, but their
presence seems to have have had the effect
at least to prevent discord at the window.


Of course the sympathizers were mad.
"iiu SIulhDled aC the presence of Uncle Sans
soldiers; pronounced it unconstitutional.
Everything seems to be unconstitutional
with them that preserves order and protects
Union men) and breathcd bitter curses on the
men who chad these men from New York
brought here to control our election"


They protected both parties alike, and
gave us peaceable election, but that did
not appear to appease their murmurings,
Notwithstanding it was an advantage to
them, they say, Of thirty or forty votes.


The soldiers were from the 9th n. York
artillery, under command of Capt. Webster
Smith, and were as well deported set of
men as ever shOuldered musket
Year: 1862

Havoc OF WAR.-Our own regiments,
many, of them, have been most seriously
reduced by battle and sickness, but the most
terrible destruction Ola regiment we have
heard OF was in the case Of the Alabama
10th, which at the battle Of Corinth had
G75 men; two days after it was reduced to
285, and in day or two after in the sub
sequent battle the Major with ten men were
lett tor active duty, all the rest being either
Killed, wounded, prisoners or sick! A gem
eral of division in the same army was order
ed to advance to attack the Federal forces.
to which he replied that he could not move,
his whole division being reduced to less than
two regiments.
Year: 1862

Babies are fine things in their places -
We like them at home in the nursery, the
only proper place for that class of juven-
lies coming under the denomination of ba-
bies. But in church babies are nuisances.
Now Growing, now crying, constantly kick
ing up some noise or other, they distract
the attention of the audience, and disturb
the nerves of the speaker. Candies will
sometimes keep them quiet, but not often
Babies never sleep in church-not they.
They are as wide awake as weasles, but by
no means as still Some fond mothers take
their babies to church for the purpose of
showing them. This is bad policy. No
body except the doting parent ever sees
any beauty of babies in church We new
er saw baby yet, however smart at home,
that did credit to itself in a public assem-
bly,. 1t would be sure to do something to
make everybody hate it before the meeting
was half over. Mothers, therefore, who
wish to preserve the characters of their
babies for being well behaved and quiet
babies, should never take them to church
or in a stage coach.
Year: 1862

There is a class of dumb preachers in the
South who are working some mischief to
the cause of the conspirators. They are
monuments-those of such men as George
Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and An
drew jackson. The last named of these,
whose word has hitherto operated as spell
in all parts of the South, had monument
erected to his memory in the city of Mem
phis, Tennessee, one side of the shaft bear
ing the following inscription The FEEDER
al Union-it must be preserved This in
scription was mutilated. The silent preach
er could not be permitted to bear his tes-
timony against the separatists. The word
federal was especially singled out for de-
struction In this mutillated condition the
monument stands today The defacing of
that inscription in marble bears witness of
the barbarity of those who perpetrated the
deed, and their conscious guilt in that they
could not have their fellow dupes confront
ed with the earnestly told truth. The time
will come when marble will not be good
enough to restore the inscription so wick
edly defaced, and so pregnant with truth
and life to all parts of the country.-NeaC
York Commercial AdUertiSer.
Year: 1862

A Harrisburg paper states that, during
the terrible freshet Of week before last, a
cradle was seen coming down the rushing
waters near Madadayil!e, Pa, and being
suspected Of containing something, it was
watched by several persons for three CT four
miles, expecting it would a some
point of its journey come near enough to
the shore that it would be safe in venturing
after it in boat At last, at a bend in
the swoolen stream, the cradle came suf-
fciently near that it was secured, when 10 ,
and behold, upon lifting up light cover
ing, a beautiful babe looked up and smjI-
ed! We remember of reading in that
sweet book of old, of time when the
daughter of one of Egypt's proud rulers
went to the river to bathe, when something
was seen in the distance, to bring which
one of her maids was sent, when upon
opening, babe was seen, which looked up
and SMILED. The above incident brought
this ancient one to mind. A kind person
took the little one in charge, and although
week has elapsed, and inquiry upon in
quiry has been made, no clue to the his
tory of the little stranger has been discov-
cred.
Year: 1862

The society for improving the condition
of the laboring classes in London, highly
commend the use of tubular bricks for
purposes Of construction. According to an
official statement made by the society, a
size has been chosen which, with the omis-
sion of the hearders, reduces, by about
one third, the number of joints, and great
ly improves the appearance of the work ,
giving it more boldness of effect and res
emblance to stone than that of ordinary
brickwork. The size is twelve inches long,
and three courses rise one foot in height
a size equally convenient for the workmen
in the manufacture, and in the use of the
bricks. Nine bricks Of this kind and size
will do as much wailiing as sixteen of the
common sort, while the weight of the for
mer but little exceeds that of the latter
When passing through the machine, or in
the process Of drying, any number may be
readily splayed at the ends for gables, or
marked for closures and broken off as re-
quired in use, or they may be perforated
for the purposes of ventilatism.
Year: 1862

sugar moIasses, tobacco and corn exceed tbos,


o. any other Southern city. There IS probably


not much cotton there now, but the fact tha,


we also virtually possess a great part of the
COTTON growing territory, will secure its speedy
export WIN or without the will of the planters


II is nearly half century since an enemy
appeared before New Orleans. That enemy
was repuised with q slaughter which renders
memorable the plains of Chalmelte. But this
''me an army captures the city almost without
Ioss OF blood-though it has doubled it's nonn.
Iauon many times since then. Such are tho
advances made by science; and such are III.
irresistible powers which the Nation now bring,
into the field against it's enemies.


The Mississippi is now virtually oponcd
throughout the entire length That was the
'ork which the men OF the Northwest laid opt
or themselves year ago. The West has done


soou share OF the work; but it has been left
The men of the East to accomplish it.
Year: 1862

TORT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS are being
made at Fort Delaware for the accommodation
OF large number ofOur rebelIious countrymen
from the sunny South. Over two thousand
Will be made as comfortable as circumstances
wiil permit This will be about as near to
Cape May as they will be able to get this Sum.
OleT.
Year: 1862

The only srtcle ever offered to the French people that
would CuRL STRAIGHT HARi the above Toilet being
manufactured for the sole benefit Of Louis Napoeon
which article 10 indispensable to his toilet room.


The subscribers, feeling confident that this Toilet must
necessarily take the place Of all othe1s ever offered 10
the public take pleasure In expressing their confidence
in the article, gaining It from practical use.
Year: 1862

The following Is 8 copy Of letter found
on ) rebel soldier captured st Bowling
Green. 10 1t Wss the ring 90 particularly
spoksR Of Il illustrates the OhivalFiC
spirit ana the scholarship Of the masses
Who compose the Secession forces:


so Sis; this ring was made BY me the
lead Was A bullet that killed colonel sl2.
cum Of the 7ls N. Y. regiment / taken
this out Of his head my self and made this
ring out Of IL sis you will keep this for
me until return and II you will keep it
for me you viii oblige me and if | never
live 10 get back sis keep IL in memory Of
me don't lose 1t II live to get back In
tend 70 get II plated and II never do get
back sis you viii get it plated and keep
it the Ballet that killed Colonel Slocum Of
the Us New York regiment he was brave
nan but on the wrong eide A hot headed
Abolitionist 90 Enough About The ring.
Year: 1862

After, what shall we do for money to
carry on the war? the question which will
first engage tile attention Of Congress will
be, How shall we fill up the old regiments
Of volunteers? It is troublesome one to
answer. That they can be filed by new
recruits, except by the offer Of bountics
that ntl,hcr the Federal Government nor
the States can afford to pay, is improbable.
The Federal Constitution aud most Of tile
State Constitutions stand in the way Of a
draft for that purpose. We see nothing left
but consolidation; and that is a thug
to which all men who understand the value
Of 1egimental pride in the army, will be
slow to resort. But can We go on as we
art geing row? The average Of the rcgi-
ments that have been a year II the service


is not five hundred men; and we have.


such as they are, twice as many comuais-


Stoned officers, receiving large pay, as are


demanded by the number Of men in the


field. To consolidate will, if the console


dation be made with wisdom and without


fayoritism, weed out Of the service


thousands Of heroes with shoulder


straps who have proved their in-


competency for the places they fill; but it


will demorallzc the men9 II belong to
the old Nineteenth" matter of honest


pride with the privates Of that regiment,


and to humble that pride ~ oblitcratiue
the number on the army rolls, and By send
ing thc rank and file, with new banners
and under strange leaders, 10 the field with
the members of another organization, will
be to make bad work which no plea ofne-
cessity can repair: A regiment is an unit
in an army. Those who compose it.
have a personal interest in lis
history, its achievements, and its
reputation, which we Of civil life cannot
appreciate. To-day there are in the differ
ens regiments tens If thousands Of privatcs.
each Of ~lom would, so great is their
esprit d" corps, refuse commission in anv
other II gimcnt than bis own, and for rcas-
ons that are satisfactory and conclusive
at least to them. This pride in the
past and this hope in the future cau-
not be tampercd with by any rude or un-
skilful hands. But skeletons in the
army are as hateful as skeletons in the
closet, and something must be done. What
slsll that something s:c? We suggest to
men ot sense and experience, who are able
to appreciate the motives which shape
soldiers action, and the conditions prccc-
delt TO the successful organization of an
arn'y, the carly solution Of the problem
over which the next Congress must debate,
sotAd the civilians Of that body may not
enter upon the work unprcpared.
Year: 1862

his spring sowing, he ri. DC grateful
to any one who can show him
where a few scontrabands' may be
obtained. Necessity makes its own
laws. The Western States have sent half
million Of men to the army. Three
fourths Of these are farmers and farmers
sons. The labor Of every man Of them is
needed at home. Their absence in the
army will reduce the productive industry
Of the West more than three hundred mil
lions Of dollars per annum. There will be
a constant effort on the part Of farmers to
fill the vacuum. Laborers OF every color
and nationality will be in high demand.
Any one that can husk corn, drive team
and do general outdoor work, will be
gladly accepted, no matter if he be as black
as the ace Of spades; and no class Of citi-
zens will exhibit more solicitude to secure
contaband help than the Democratic farm
e1s Of Southern Illinois


But the number of contrabands that will
find their way into the West, is but mere
drop in the bucket compared with the de-
mand for laborers. a few thousand will
embrace them ali and they will be 80 widely
dispersed as to be imperceptible to the eve
Of any but tory demagogue. Resolutions
may be passed by every political conyen-
ton Of both parties, denouncing the en-
ployment Of contrabands, but that will not
prevent single farmer from hiring them
If he can getthem. The tremendous, ire
pressible demand for farm labor will break
through the resolutions of partisan conycn-
tons, and laugh to scorn the idle gabble Of
tory newspapers.


When the war is over, and the rebellion
put down, our brave boys Will come home
to resume their former places in society,
while the few cont1abands" in the North
Will skedaddle to the sunny cline Of Dixie,
to work On the old plantations as free men
and women; this is the natural solution
of the whole matter.
Year: 1862

Wh1n1ng.--A subscriber has shown us a
copy Of the Germantown Paper, and called
our attention to its whine over the defeat Of
Squire Gunckel, at the Justices election last
week, 1t claims that he was defeated by q
"wiry trick of the Democracy" who took ad.
vantage of the Republicans, We are unable
to "see it" We take it for granted that all
parties were posted on the fact that an cleo
ton was to be holden for Justice of the
Peace, and were made aware of the time and
place The Republicans we're especially in
formed Of the matter by the paper which they
read-and literally support, we hope, We
will not do the Republicans the injustice TO
suppose that they were ignorant of the exis-
tence and uses of rags, lamp-black and oil, +"
and of their availability and adaptation to the
fright of suffrage They are not innocent
Of the various small arts employed by parties
about election time, and theft conscientious
scruples in the use of "doubtlul powers as
applied to bringing out the full vote" are
probably not greater than those entertained
by the ''rest Of mankind"


The more we examine the dolorous claim
of our Germantown contemporary, the less we
are able to see that any injustice was done to
Squire Gunckel by the Democracy at the re.
cent election in Tulpehocken. 1t must be APP
parent to people who have acquired moder-
ate share of intelligence, that the knowledge
of the election being general and that an
election implies a contest between two or
more for place, no advantage in these re-
CARDS can accrue to any one. b If parties neg
lect to improve their Constitutional privileges
on such occasions, it is their own fault, and
it is childish to whine about the results, and
charge that they were obtained through par.
tizan advantage il ual48 5I


The gentlemen who were candidates for
Justice of the Peace at the recent election in
Germantown are our personal friends They
are estimable, intelligent gentlemen. Mr.
Gunckel, who was the incumbent, was the
Republican, and Mr.. Kern was the Democrat
ic candidate for Justice. Mr. Kern was sue
cessful, and the insinuation that he obtained
his election by any kind of fraud win not be
made by his honorable competitor, who is
cognizant of the circumstances attending the
election. And he is not the man to whine
over his own defeat, or, indeed, procure 9TH
ers to mourn over the event
Year: 1862

The Weather.-We now have most re-
markabIe weather for this season of the year,
it being as pleasant as early spring, during the


day time. In the mean time the wells are con
timing to go dry, and in many places the peo-
pie are suffering for water lIm
Year: 1862

Pleasant Party.-One Of the most agree
able parties of the season came off last night
in Roberts Reception Room, Conover Build
ing. 1t was gotten up in excellent style, and
the affair passed off most admirably.
Year: 1862

The Warblers s-Ths evening the Hofer
Family will give their first Concert in Huston
Hall, Their singing, and Flute and Violin
solos are pronounced perfect Don't fail to
hear them tonight The papers everywhere
are loud in their praise.