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Year: 1862

As I rummaged through the attic,
Listening to the falling rain
As it pattered on the shingles


And against the window pain
Peepng over chests and boxes,


Which with dust were thickly spread,
Saw | in the farthest corner


What was once my trundle-bed
So | drew it from the recess


Where it had remaiped so long,
Hearing all the while the music


OF nv mothers voice in song,
AS she sung in sweetest accents,


What | since have often read;
" Hush, my dear; lie still and slumber
Holy angels guard thy bed"
As I listened, recolleetions


That | thought had been forgot,
Came with all the gush Of memory,
Rushing thronging to the spot;
And [ wandered back to childhood,
To those merry days OF yore,
When | knelt beside my mother


BY this bed upon the floor.
Then it was with hands so gently


Placed upon my infant head,
That she thought my lips to utter


Carefully the words she said
Never can they be forgotten,


Deep are they in mem'ry driven;
"Hallowed be Thy name, o Father!
Father! Thou who art in heaven
This she taught me then she told me
OF it's import great and deep;
After which learned to utter


Nov | lay me down to Sleep
Then it was with hands uplilted


And in accents soft and mild
That my mother asked, Our Father,
Oh do thou bless my dear child y
Years have passed. and that dear mother
Long has moldered meath the sod,
And trust her sainted spirit


Revcls in the home of Cod
But that scene at Summer twilight
Never has from mcm'ry fled,
And it comes in all its freshness


When | see my trundle-bcd.
Year: 1862

A QUINTUPLE TAX UPoN PRINTERs.-It is to be
presumed that the Tax Bill, which was recently
under consideration in Congress, has been mate
rally altered, for the copy before us certainly
contains some extraordinary items OF taxation.
There seems to have been desire on the part OF
the trainers Of this measure to ignore the first
principles of correct taxation. Instead of making
articles of luxury objects of the heaviest taxa
ton. articles OF absolute necessity seem to be
availed of for that purpose. Whisky and other
liquors are taxed altogether too low, whilst artl-
cles of necessary consumption are taYed alto
gether too high This objection may be carried
throuch the bill, Take, for instance, the
newspaper business. That occupation is taxed
to death. whilst the brokerage business is left of
by paying small annual license. 1t is right
that the proprietors of public Journals should
bear their part in the general contribution to the
needs Of the treasury, but it may be doubted
whether it is good policy to make newspapers
dear, the effect of which is to take them ont of
the hands Of the poorer class. BY the effect OF
the bill the publisher of a newspaper is taxed
on his income and in other ways like everybody
else Then comes the taxes which bear particu-
larly on his vocation. He is taxed on the paper
he employs three mills pound which is about
fifteen cents rcam. He is next taxed three per
cent on the value of all the newspapers he prints.
In the third place he is taxed five per cent on
all he receives for advertisements. In the fourth
place he is charged duty of three cents on all
messages sent or received by telegraph In the
fifth place he is required to pay tax of three
per cent. on the value OF the printers ink used
by him, Here are five distinctive ways in which
the publisher of newspaper, after paying his
proportion Of the general taxes like other per-
sons is taxed on his special branch of business
We are not sure that these are all, for the Tax
Bill is surprisingly multirarious. We doubt
whether any other branch of business is made to
contribute in so many different ways and so
lorOolv n 1JOrujuU (tIU.
Year: 1862

THE NEGRO Thieves S-Parson Brownow in Il
late speech at Cincinnati said the greatest negro
thieves in the world were the Confederate sol
diers. He spoke feelingly on this subject
They have stolen from him likely negro boy,
fourteen years old, and worth thousand dollars.
lie had never heard from the boy since he was
taken away, and never expected to see or get
cent for him. 1t was n solemn fact that the
Confederate soldiers had stolen more negroes
during this war than and the Aboltionists had
stolen for forty years. These soldiers were the
oIsoourings of the earth. Not one-half of them
had ever owned negro or were connected by
any degree of social affinity or consanguinity
with anybody who ever did own negro. Not
only did they steal negroes, but they entered the
houses and took the clothing from the beds broke
open the drawers and took all the money and
jcwelry they could lay their hands upon. They
are emphatically thieves as well as traitors.
Year: 1862

In cases Of actual or threatened war
against, insurrection in, or invasion Of,
the State, or in case of sctual rebellion
in, or war against, the United States, or
in case the President of the United States
shall make a reqnisition ON the Govern.
or Of this State, the Commander.in-
Chief may order out by draft, voluntary
enlistment, or otherwise, tho whole, or
80 much of the militia Of this State as
the pnbhc necessity demands and he
may also. in like manner, order out any
portion of the militia, for the service Of
the State, Co suppress riots, and to aid
civil officers in the execution of the laws
Of this State, or of the United States; he
may appoint the number by draft, accor-
ding to the population Of tue several
counties of the Stats, OF otherwise, as he
shall direct. aud shall notify the Sheriff
Of each county from which any draft is
so required Of the number Of persons his
county is to furnish.
Year: 1862

tending to the other wounded. he inquired
how long it would be before he could at
tend to him, and was told in a few min


utes. "All right, said the wounded man,


and then walked outside ard watched the


progress of the fight for short time, and


then returned and waited the surgeons OPP


poTtunity to attend to him. Finally the


arm was amputated without a mur-


mur from the unfortunate man. After the
stump was bound up the young man put
his good hand into his pocket and took out
a piece of tobacco, from which he took a
chew, then walking over to the fire, he
leaned his well arm against the mantel-
piece, rested his head AGAINST his arm, and
kept squirting tobacco juice into the fire,
whilst his eyes were cast into the flames,
all with the most astonishing com mposure, as
though he was indulging in some pleasant
reverie. he remained in this position for
some time and then walked OF, aud went
cut Of sight near where the fighting was
going on. 1t was certainly a case of fHe-1
at~ 1aK6h0P TO SV1zOEn tHOnor u Due-


The following statement is made By the
of the Congress, in a1description
of the battle with the Merrimac. It gives.
our d Indiana Twentieth the sole credit of
having saved the crew Of the Congress
from being taken prisoners:


That we were not captured, seemed al
most providentiaI, and occurred thus: When
the white flag was displayed, the rebel tug
boat, which was detached to take us pris-
oners, came steaming up to our side, when
the sharpsbooters of the Indiana Twentieth
Regiment, who were stationed at Newport
News, poured volley into it, A mid
shipman, named Freeman, was killed by
the discharge, and fell from the side OF our
vessel down to the deck of his own, dis
tauce of fifteen feet No doubt many
others of the rebel crew weTs likewise
killed or wounded, for they at once hauled
of, not anticipating such treatment from
the Indiana troops. To the skill and gal
IantrY of the latter alone, do the officers
and crew of the Congress owe their deliver
anee from durance vile.
Year: 1862

Desirable Goods.-Our readers will mo-
tice the advertisement Of Mr.. VIM, Fish, Of
the 9th Street woollen Factory. Having
used the manufactures OF his establishment
in our family, and tested their excellence and
durability, we are prepared to recommend
them to our reapers. We feel sure that his
goods will be found to wear rather better than
most fabrics made at the mammoth factories
in the East
Year: 1862

Something Nice-We are informed that
there Is gentleman 10 town making arrange
ments for the exhibition of large and fine
collection of European Oil Paintings, as soon
as suitable place can be procured An
invitation will be extended to our citizens to
examine them. Catalogues will be furnished
ut the place of exhibition
Year: 1862

Last Night-Go I'VE need hardly re-
commend our readers to be present and wit
ness the exquisite performance of Mons Rob
ort Heller at Huston Hall tonight He is
without doubt, the greatest Magician in the
world. As musician he is not excelled
by any one in this country or Europe, And
in the matter of "second sight" he is the
great original and all others are to him as
penny dips to gas light He is the most
wonderful man in the world Tonight is his
last appearance here, prior ogoing to Europe
Again-dont fail to see and witness Mons
Hellers entertainment this evening.
Year: 1862

A Surprise Party.-We hear it rumor-
ed that there is . coal-yard somewhere in the
region Of 5th street and the canal We don't
knoW any thing about its location, or even its
existence and although such knowledge is
important to secure custom, it is not strictly
necessary to our story, The other night--sO
we learn-ths supply Of fuel necessary TO
keep warm two stoves in the vicinity, gave
out and as the night was cold and business
was not closed up the chaps who had charge
Of said stoves each took a box, Of capa-
cious dimensions, and-strAnge coincidence
went to the coalyard aforesaid at the same
time for supplies of the mineral fuel 1t is
reported that the men were mutually surpris-
ed In the dusk each thought the other a
policeman, and they ''laid low" until each
thought the other gone, when they accom-
plished their mission, and their stoves were
soon after made to glow with-sball We say
borrowed heat .....


That cOal.yard is doubtless getting used to
surprises" ........... I..
Year: 1862

The Constitution of the State makes
it the duty oithe Executive to convene
the Legislature, "whenin his opinion, the
interests Of the Commonwealth may re-
quire it," In obedience to that require.
ment l have convened you at this lime,


/ regret that cannot congratulate you
on the existence Of peace and prosperity
in all our borders, but We have cause OF
profound thnnkfulness to the Great Dis
peusor Of fall blessings for SO much of The
State a' has been held lIom The hand of
rebel spoiIer.


The Constitution makes it the duty Of
the Executive to 'communicste the con
dition Of the Commonwealth to every
session Of the Legislature" regret
tina! there is portion of the State
still held by the rebels in arms against
both State and Federal authority, the
condition of which cannot fully place
before you. ~ aa
Year: 1862

Smith O'Brien has issued an address to the
people of Tipperary, in which he calls upon
them to say whether they ''are disposed to
acquiesce in the insult which has been offered
to their representative, The O'Donoghue,
who was recently struck off the commission
of the peace for the part he took in the Dub
lin meeting of sympathy with the United
States. O'Brien calls on the various constitu-
encies of Ireland to meet and inform their
representatives that they are unwilling to
contribute either men OF money for the pur-
pose of iDjuring their benefactors, the
Americans.
Year: 1862

A touching event lately occurred in Eng.
land, on the bank of the Thames, near Lon
0op, which illustrates the faithfulness aud
sagacity of the dog. A young gentleman,
possessed of fine dog, but for some uuex-
planned cause wishing to get rid OF him took
a punt into which he put the animal, ro wed
to the middle of the stream, and threw the
dog into it with the intention of drowning
him. The poor animal tried several times,
till almost wearied, to climb up the perpeu-
dicular sides of the boat, but was as often
pushed back, when, overbalancing himself,
he fell overheard; as soon as the faithful dog
saw his master in the water, he ceased his
efforts to save himself, seized him by the
clothes, and in that position held him till as
sistance was rendered, by means of which
the life of the unrelenting master was saved


He that diggeth a pit shall fall into
it. Return good for evil The dog in this
case was the best man of the two.
Year: 1862

Under the heading of Every Man to the
Front" the Nashville (Tennessee) Banner, of
January 20, says:


The Department of the West is now the
grand theater of the war transferred from
Virginia to Kentucky, and from the line of
the Potomac TO that of the Ohio. Columbus
is the Manassas of the great basin of the
country, holding sure and secure gateway
to the Valleys of the Mississippi, Cumberland
and Tennessee, if ii is successfully defended.
Nashville to-day occupies somewhat the
position of Richmond before the battle of
Bull Run. In the mingled fortune of war
we are about to take our turn to little of its
hardships. Our brothers Of the Old Domiu-
ion have seen the elephant and heard the
lion roar-have experienced the pressure of
hard times, and suffered the anxieties of
uncertainty, and the natural vicissitude of
such struggle has at length turned the
rough eide of the war up at our own door.


We very greatly fear that many of our
good people who have been jog-trottiDg
along their prosperous routine, are sorely
puzzled and perplexed at this state of things,
and are but lily prepared to face the music.
To all such weak-kneed and supple-jointed
there can be one argument addressed. We
are into the war--Do matter how we got
into it-and the surest way to get out is by
cannon, sword and rife. And to those who,
in the trepidation which seizes the tame.
spirited, imagine there is a probability or
possibility of the enemy planting its impious
stabdard--a standard which once claimed
the homage of all of us, but whose very
folds are now blackened by the hideous at.
mcsphere of tyranny, in6delity and crime
if there are those who dream that the ban
Der staff of the enemy will be driven further
into the soil of Tennessee than that of East.
ern Virginia, we have only to say; peace to
such miserable delusions.


There is no question in our mind of the re-
suit which this winter campaign will close if
we are true to ourselves. Now is the time
for action. Let no man think to escape the
responsibility which has been imposed by
the great, good God on every man, on all
men here in the struggling South. Let no
man console himself with the heartless
sopbistry that he can live under any govS
eTDment. Such q spirit is fit for slaves not
for the Heaven sent impulse of freemen. No
Southern man, of an upright, independent,
manly nature, can ever live under the Lin
coin despotism. The craven who contents
himself with skulking like a pig with his
nose in the gutter instead of breathing the
air of Gods blue welkin, might manage to
exist, and to fish out of the miasma of his
own degradation disgusting subsidy, like
the rag pickers who filch livelihood from
the alleys and sidewalks of life.
Year: 1862

SEAsoNABLE INQUIRIES it cost any
thing to print newspaper?
How long can printer afford to furnish a
paper without psy2


DO printers eat and drink and wear any
clothing2


If they do, how do they get them2


Do l owe for my paper2


Is not this good time to call at the Cap
tain's Office and pay up2 So do.
Year: 1862




Mr.. Bright's speech on Monday last in his
own defense, is conceded to have been very
earnest and able. In the course of his re-
marks he said;


Let the blow come; am ready for it. l
do pot mean by this to show any thing like
Indifference to what is 10 be the action Of this
Senate, nor to intimate that do not appre-
ciate the good will and friendship of every
member on this floor; not at all, sir. | mean
by it that am not conscious of having said
done or written any hing Inconsistent with
my position as an American Senator at any
time since l took my seat upon this floor
seventeen years ago.


Mr.. Bright concluded as follows:


Ny case is in the hands of the Senate. l
repeat what have said alre 4dy-I have doue
nothing l would not do again under the
same circumstances. That had been touched
upon with some severity, aud what did |
mean by that2 Why, that did not antici-
pate the proportions of this rebellion. did
not believe gun would be fred, having a
man in the Presidency, whom, l am sorry to
say, helped to put there, and who, be.
lieve, was false to his trust. Deceived by
his constant promises as to what he would
do, could not believe that war was neces-
sary consequence.
Year: 1862

6grHRAL CAMERON IN RUssIA.-Ffom private
letters received in this city, direct from st.
Petersburgh, we learn that General Cameron,
Minister TO Russia, had safely arrived the capi-
ltshed and that he also had his first interview
with the Emperor Alexander. According to the
rigid etiquette Of the Russian Court, IL 10 not
the lapse Of some time after the arrival of Min
lister, But In this case an audience was almost
immediately granted, and the reception made
the more cordial by the earnest solicitude with
which the Emperor inquired concerning the con-
dition of the American people, their resources,
numerical power, intelligence, wealth, and pro-


During this interview the Russian Monarch
ment, and his admirstion for the success we had
made In the development Of the vast extent Of
territory now within the jurisdiction Of the Fed
efel authority. That authority, in the opinion
Of the Emperor, should be maintained at all
hazards. IL the Great Republic of the West was
broken down, and ceased to WELD an influence,
the ccurse OF empire and civilization would be
the happy homes Of millions Of free, Intelligent
people would be given to infdellty and barbar
ism, ruin and desolation.


After such ex pressions TO the American Minis
and hearty sympathy Of the Emperor Of Russia,
nor can there be any misrepresentation concerning
the deep interest he manifests In the success and
destiny Of the United States. This feeling was
fattering assurances to offer that the interest of
the American people was no less sincere In their
solicitude for the success and mighty progress Of
the Colossal Empire of the North. Representing z
sucn widely different systems, and governed by
authority % distinct and broad there Is still no
reason why Russia and the United States should
not be united In true and stern alliance, and
WELD an irresistible influence the destinies Of
the world.


We are grathed to add that the health Of Gen
Cameron and that Of his family was never better.
-Har,iSbx,g Telegraph.
Year: 1862

We learn from the Memphis Bulletin
that on the night of the 18th instant par
ty OF I've slaves escaped from their mas
ter, living about twenty miles back from
the river in Arkansas, and reached the
bank Of the river below Memphis early on
the morning Of the 10th. Before they
could procure means Of crossing, g party
Of guerrillas came up in pursuit The ne
groes tried to escape, but were fired on by
their pursuers and one Of their number
wounded. Another plunged into the river
and swan TO a sand bar, where the fog hid
him from the sight of the guerrillas. The
guerrillas then seized the three remaining
negroes and returned. After they had
gone the unwounded man returned to the
shore and picked up his wounded oomrade,
who had fallen In the water. He was,
however, 80 severely injured that he died
soon after. Some soldiers who heard the
firing, crossed the river in q skif and
brought away the survivor.
Year: 1862

BETHEL, MANASSAS AND SuILoH--It
is little remarkable, rs we heard it re-
marked yesterday, that the scenes Of three
of the most noted battles Of the present
war and of the most brilliant Confederate
victories should bear such solemn and i'm
pressive scriptural names as those which
stand at the head Of this notice. And the
most solemn and significant of all is that
given to the battle of last Sunday, being
that By which the Hebrew prophets refer
red to the coming one, the hope of the
nations understood by Christians as point
ing to our Saviour Wilmington Jour
nat.
Year: 1862

STORY READING.-At certain age, held
rem Of both sexes delight in stories. 1t is
as natural a, it is for them to skip, run and
jump, instead Of walking at the Staid pace
oI tH"!r grand par, ntS NV some Iar.
cnts--vcry we'll meaning ones too-think
they DO a wise thing when they deny this
most innocent craving and Legitimate out.
let. They wish to cultivate they say "A
taste for solid rcadn-.' They might as
will begin to feed new born babe on meat
let nursing should vitiate its desire for It,
The taste for meat will come when the child
has teeth to chew it so will the taste for
''SoIil reading" as the mind natures, i. G.,
If it is not made to hate it by having it
forced violently upon its attention during
the story loving period. That there is a
time for all things is truer of nothing
more than this. Better far that parents
should admit it and wisely indulge it, than
by Il too severe repression give occasion
for Stealthy promscous reading. g.-Fanny
Fern.
Year: 1862

TROUBLED WITH Hun, R.-An applicant
for exemption on account Of physical disabl-
ity, informed the examining physician that
he vas troubled with heart disease. The
doctor told him to run up and down the
stairs leading to his office once or twice
The applicant did this when the physician,
after listening to the motions of the heart,
said: "lou will pass, sir; a dollar, if you
please But, DOCTOR said the man,
"let me run down stairs once more, and
then try me" The doctor asSented, the
man ran down stairs-aud- forgot to come
back.
Year: 1862

HOME PoLlrENEss.-W need is there
OF courtesy at home? Why should | stop
to be polite t. those am with all the
time? They ought to know that | feel
kindly toward them takethat for granted and
not to mind the little ovcrsishts in manner
and act Bat home cannot do this. Its
lte rests upon little things. Because it
knows Your love it demands the expression
Of it, and when that expression goes out
spontaneously to others, it cannot bat sigh.
The heart is always a little jealous, and we
mast have Il care that We do not unwilling
! " rouse its iieicer fires. Besides, think


the decay of courtesy ia families, the alb
s2uce of ordinary civility toward each 9th
er, the suspension OF little charities, is
something worse than carelesSness.
Year: 1862

- Infinite toll would not enable you
t. sweep away a mist but, by ascending
a little, you may often overlook it altogeth-
cr. So it is with our moral improvement.
We wreStle iiercely with q yicions habit,
which would have no hold on US if we rs
cended into higher moral atmospheric
AS have heard suggested, it is by adding
to our good purposes, and nourishing the
affections which are rightly placed, that We
shall be able to combat the bad one.
Year: 1862

The CARNIVAL on IcE.-The great winter
sport of skating is becoming more and more
fashionable with us every year. and at present
the various ponds in and adjacent to the city
are crowded with the brave and fair many of
whom il is easy to see belong to what we con-
ventionally term the Upper Ten Thousand. Till
within the last Two years it was rare thing to
see lady on skates; but now the ladies in some
cases outnumber the gentlemen on the ice.
The practice of the gliding art as well as being
healthy aud graceful rs an exercise. has the adj
vantage of stimulating q certain branch OF in-
dustry and invention. The same ingenuity
which has been so often displayed since the
commencement Of the war, with regard TO i'm
plemcnts of war and cher military and naval
requisites, has developed itself in improvements
in skates, which affords another example Of the
fertility Of the mechanical genius of the coun-
try. No sooner is there demand felt for any
thing reasonably within the scope of human
ability than numbers come forward to supply
it.; for talent always follows the market, and our
people have evidently no lack of the inventive
faculty. The skating season promises to be an
unusually fine one, and we have no doubt that
all who have the taste and leisure for cultvating
the athletic amusement will find il source of
health as well as enjoyment.