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Year: 1863

The story about the rebels being in a state Of
starvation is absurd They have plenty to eat
Of bread and meat, but little Of anything else.
Luxuries arc not thought ol-ihey are things Of
tae past. A very laIge crop of wheat and corn
has beeu raised-enough for all their wants in
this respect. Their diet for the balance of the
war will be extremely simple, but ample
Year: 1863

that she cannot mike any money out of
our dismcmbcrment, she will lore Us as
well as Of old.


But the cnmity Of the aristocracy will
never die; at least while we are demo-
cratic nation. And VIC need moi, and shall
not, forget either the existence Of this en-
nifty, nor the ground ofit. Wono know
it. The war has revealed 1t, and shown Its
measurement. And when this war is over,
there will be reaction which will plague
the undying enemies Of this nation Their
cnmity will be sure to react upon them
enTvne
Year: 1863

fsTNUNAL G8ANT AND TIE P1RES-


mEECYs


Gen. Grant is great stratcgist- He has
headed off The attempt Of the New York
Herald 10 kill him by advocating him for
the Presidency, and has written letters to
his New York friends to that effect. The
old hero suggests that there is time enough
to look up candidates for the Presidency
six months hence, and that in the mean
while the friends Of the Union would bet
ter consult the interests Of tho country and
his own desires BY filing up his wasted
regiments in order to enable him and
them 10 give the finishing blow to the re-
LelIion es speedily as possible.
Year: 1863

TINS remark was made day or two since
by burly looking boy Of fifteen years, to
another lad of about his own age-a pale
faced delicate youth, and whom he had
been tantalizing, with the object of provo
king him to fight


no, Charlie, dare not fight. I have no
i'll VII towards you, and am sorry only to
hear YOU talk in that strange manner to me.
But. Charlie, were it in my power to save
YOU from death by fighting, would do all
could"


The rough boys heart was touched at this
ard extending his hand he said


II believe YOU. Come over into our yard
and viii give you pretty pair Of pig
cons"


The boys walked off together, with hearts
brin,.full of kindness, and we are quite GER
tain that our own was filed with better feel
inc towards our fellow mortals through the
force Of this touching example. e.-Poftlarao
Press.
Year: 1863

gay~The power of money is on the
whole over estimated. The greatest
things which have been done for the
world have not been accomplished by
rich men, or subscription list, but by
men generally of small pecuniry means.
Christianity was propagated over half the
world by men of the poorest class and
the crestest thinkers, discovers, inyen-
tors and artists, have been Of moderate
wealth, many of them little raised above
the condition of manual labores in point
of worldly circumstances. And it will
always be so. Riches are oftener an
impediment than stimulus to action ;
and in many cases they are quite as
much misfortune as blessing. The
youth who inherits wealth, is apt to have
life made too easy for him, and he soon
crows sated with it because he has moth.
inc left to desire. Having no special
object to struggle for, he finds time
hangs heavy on his hands he remains
morally and spiritually asleep; and his
position in society is often no higher
than that of polypus over which the
tide floats
Year: 1863

DD We are glad to learn that in one
instance a Pennsylvania cavalry regi-
ment has waited until the enemy actually
got in sight before they beat ave
came near writing retreat There are
no retreats in that State; our troops
onlv "fall back" On this occasion they


not only waited till they saw the enemy,
but actually made show Of resistance,
and defantly held out till they were
overwhelmed by numbers and had
three men wounded. The desperate ma


tnre Of this resistance is doubtless the


cause Of the slowness of the rebel ad-
vance mentioned by the dispatches
There is evidently war spiritaroused
in the land Of PENN-State journal,
Year: 1863

Constant wrong-doing, in however slight a
degree, cannot be without jar Of the entire
moral nature. Il cannot be, without putting
one out of harmony with the entire economy
under which we live --Recreotions Of a Coun-
Try Pa~on.


Iidlness is nothing else than the carrying
into the hundreds of little matters which
meet US and touch US hourly the same grand
principle which directs The sublinest msgni-
tudes and affairs Of the universe. Tldiness
is, in short, The being right 10 thousands of
small concerns in which most men are sloyen-
ly satisfied to be wrong THE same.


hesitate not to asert, that to put things
right, and to know that things are put right
bas a wonderful eGec, in enliyening and
cheering The same.


This principle Of the peculiar interest and
pleasure which are felt in an evil remedied,
a spoiled thing mended, a wrong righIed. may
cast some light upon the Divine dealing with
this world II is fallen, indeed, aud evil
but it will be set right. And then perhaps
it may seem betttr to its Almighty Maker
than even on the First Day of Rest. And
the human being who systematically keeps
right, and sets right, all things, even :he
smallest, within his own little dominion, en-
Joys pleasure which has disniied founda-
tion which is real, simple. innocent, and
lasting The same,


We cannot, from the make Of our being,
be always or be long in state Of excitement.
Such things wear us and themselves out
and they cannot last The really and sub
stantially happy people of this world are al
Vya ga Inn nd The


1t takes two things to make a violet-the
root and the season. The season cannot
make violet without any root, and the root
cannot make a violet without any season.
And so il is with the human soul. God makes
nothing without the germs in you, and the
germs in you make nothing without God
and when these germs are brought under the
influence of Gods love, and they reach out
and accept it, then comes on the garden of
the Lord in the human soul.-H W. Beecher,


Nothing can be more beautiful than loving
household. There is no garden, there is no
beauty in the heaven, nor upon the earth in
the fairest days of the most favored seasons,
that for one moment can compare with the
beauty Of loving household.-1he Same


A man is an iron-olad only the iron mail
is inside instead of outside, If he ia well clad.
49, The Same


Blessed be the child that lives in family
that is organized according to tho principle
that superiority is to minister to lnieriorl'y
according to Christ's declaration, "Whoso-
ever will be chief among you, let him be your
servant = and blessed be the man that lives
in a society that 10 organized on the same
principle - The Same,
Year: 1863

Packages of that filthy and reasonable
sheet The N. y Caucasian are being sent to
all the post Offices in the country, addressed
to some leading Copperhead of the neigh.
borhood, 80 that he may direct them to diff.
ferent persons Of his acquaintance, and
then have them distributed by the Post
Master. We trust no Post Master in Cecil
will let himself be made tool, nor his
office q vehicle, for the dissemination of
such trash. The duty of the Post Master
is to deliver the package to the person to
whom it is addressed and then, to charge
two cents postage on each paper directed
and left in his office for distribution.
Year: 1863

We have received lengthy address
TO the citizens of Cecil county from James
Touchstonc, who is the nominee of the 10Th
"Mass Meeting for State Senator. We will
publish it next week, and will remark in ad-
vance, that the document is an amusing
affair. Mr.. Touchstone may relieve him
self of any uneasiness in the premises as we
can assure him that he will not get three
hundred votes in this county
Year: 1863

- But little while ago The National
lntelligcncer and other half breed Union
journals were bowling, in chorus with the
Copperhead newspapers about outside,
" abolition" interference with the domestic
regulations of the slave States. Now, this
same National LnteiHgencer and its half breed
co'adjutors are terrible disgrundled at the
enlistment of slaves in Maryland, and have
Joined in the Copperhead howl about the
gross injustice being perpetrated upon the
loyal people of a loyal State. With the
half breeds as with the Copperheads, slavery
is our only bond of Union and whenev er
there is niger in the case they all ride in
the same boat. We know


Birds of n feather


WILL flock together"
But we are happy to inform The mteUigencer
and all outsiders that the toyal pcople of
Maryland-the men who do the fighting and
voting, are capable Of attending to their
own affairs.
Year: 1863

Tho readers of The Whig will find an
article in bad temper from the pen ofMr. Mafit
which came in at SO late an hour as to prevent
u reply in our over crowed columns this week
1t will be attended to next week.
Year: 1863

ceived Income blanks in this county are re-
quired by an order from the department, to
fill them up immediately, and hand them
into the Assistant Assessor. If the parties
are at q distance from Elkton they may sub


scribe to the required oath before Justice
Of the Peace, and send the return to the as
SCISSOR by mail also the number of carriages
and amount of taxable silver plate on the
blank which accompanies the Income blank
Year: 1863

ONLY 20 CTS!!


During the present political campaign The
Hhig will discuss freely and fearlessly all the
issues before the people, without attempting to
dodge or ignore any of them and in order that
sound and correct doctrines may le generally
disseminated, we offer it from now till the cleo
ton on the following terms
Year: 1863

81 DoNT LIhF My Business. There is
no greater falIacy in the world than that
entertained by many young men that some
pursuit in life can be found wholly suited
to their tastes. whimS and iancies. This
philosophers stone can never be discovered;
and every one who makes his life search
for it will he ruined. Much truth is contain
ed in the lrishman remark " 1t is never
aisy to work hard" Let, therefore, the
fact be always remembered by the young.
that no life can be found entirely agreeable
to man. Success always lies at the top of
a HILL if we would reach it, we can do so
only by hard, persevering effort, while be-
counts nothing in the battle of life De
termined, obstinate perseverance, in one
single channel is everything.


Hence, should any of our young readers
be debating in his mind change of bust
ness, imagining he has u genius for some
other, let him at once dismiss the thought
as he would temptation to do evil lfyOu
think you have made u mistake IN choosing :
the pursuit or profession you did, don't
make another by leaving it. Spend all your
energies in working for and clinging to It,
as you would to tho life-boat thai sustained
you in the midst of the ocean.


If you leave it, it is almost certain that
you will go down; but if you cling to it,
informing yourself about it until you are
its master, bending your every energy to,
the work, success is certain. Good, hard,
honest effort, steadily persovercd in, will
mako your love for your business or pro-
fession grow; since no one should expect
to reach u period when he can feel that
his life work is just the one by which he
could have done best and would have have
liked best. We are allowed to see and feel
the roughuass OF our own pathway, but
not that of others; yet all have them
Hunts MerchantS Magazine.
Year: 1863

B9y~ The Savannah News, in speak
ing of the fight at Murfrcesboro and
Gen Bragg, says:


The fight of the 31st was certainly
one which would do any commander
credit; and we havo yet to see tho
reason for censure in his abandonment
of Murfreesboro for a stronger position
when he found himself hopclessly out.
numbered by the enemy. Let us get
the facts before we pass judgment.
And as for the requirement of invaria-
bio success as TEST Of merit-the
greatest military captain the world
ever saw-Frederick, of Prussia, would
have stood it but poorly; Bonaparto
would have been lame duck, and as
for Washington, as his career was pref
ty much one of defeats, had he been
operating in our times the press would
have given him fits, or tried to do it.
If Gen. Bragg is Lot a thorough soldier
in temper, habits education, and mental
constitution he is not man Of
large capacity, of indomitable pluck
and untiring energy-we are good
deal mistaken in our judgment of him
but, then, it is true our judgment on
such matter is n worth much. All, if
be had but ten thousand more men the
world would have been sounding his
praises this very day.
Year: 1863

The preparations of the Rebels to launch a
formidable iieet Of iron clad rams in English
ship yards approaching completion. Two
rams were to be launched from Laird's works al
Liverpool about the middle of this month, and
a third at Glasgow the first of the month. These
vessels. according to the New York Herald cor.
respondent. are heavily plated, have each two
turrets, and are armed with projecting iron ram
on the bow. They are built for sea going ves-
sells, aud are intended to have high speed. The
fact that they are constructed by eminent ship
builders, who have the best materials to select
from, is sufficient to warrant their perfect adap-
tation to their work The vessels turned out
under these auspices will be no such clumsy af
fairs as the Rebels have been able to construct
in their own ports.


We do not anticipate that these vessels are to
be directed against Northern ports. and the ap-
prehensions of New Workers reg irdng that event
may be deemed premature. The Rebels have
more important work to do in clearing their own
harbers of Instructions, caused by the blockade
and t is probable in that direction that the blow
will fall. Whenever they become strong enough
they will attempt TO sink the feet at Charles
ton or some other important port, and then main.
tain an open harbor for blockade runners The
authority above mentioned surmises that these
vessels will be on our coast in September. 1t is
impossible that they should arrive as soon as
that, and it is doubtful if they in a condition
for active operations before the end of the year
By that time, however, the whole FIVE which are
understood to be under construction will probably
be arrayed against us. If we do not finish up the
war before that time. the contest will be n a
measrre transferred from the land to the ocean
and we shall have work for the Monitors which
they have not vet encountered.-l Chicago Times
Year: 1863

As is announced elsewhere, Mr.. Vallandigham
arrived at Niagara Falls. on the Canada side, yes
terday morning. In anticipation of his arrival,
We had dispatched one of our editorial corps to
that point in order to facilitate any communica-
ton he might have to make to the people of
Ohio. At an early hour last evening we received
dispatch from our reporter to the effect that Mr..
vallandigham had handed him the copy of an
address TO the people of Ohio, which he would at
once dispatch to the Times by telegraph. At a
later hour we were advised from the telegraph
Office here that the Government Military Gen.
sor had forbidden the transmission of the address,


Never mind We shall soon have the address
by mail A censorship has not yet been estab-
lshed over the mails, and il will be wise in the
partisan dynasty at Washington to refrain from
attempting the establishment of one over them.
The poor imbeciles may amuse themselves and
annoy the people a while longer by obstruction
of free communication by telegraph, but they
will not venture to interfere with the mails, the
expresses, or the railroads. They have still the
power to excite popular contempt of themselves,
but they have not the power 10 separate Mr..
vallandigham from the American people.-[Ch
cago Times.
Year: 1863

The speech of Mr.. Lincoln, delivered on the
occasion OF the late victories of our armies, is far
from being conciliatory. He refers to the Decla-
ration of Independence, and To the words "that
all men are created free and equal" which, in
his opinion, includes the negroes and all other
people of color This is precisely what the
Declaration of Independence did not mean, or
George Washington would not have owned
slaves. and no provisions would have been made
to give the Southern States a representation in
Congress based on three ffths of their negroes.
The question of slavery was entirely left to the
States and it is morally certain that, had the
negro in those days been declared the equal of
the white man, no Union would have been form :
ed, and no Constitution adopted.


According to Mr.. Lincolns Interpretation of
the Declaration of Independence, it was similar
to his emancipation proclamation, declaring all
negroes, with one fell swoop, free, and the equals
of the whites. If that had been the understand
ing, all subsequent acts of Congress would have
been in iagrant violation oft: and the fathers of
the revolution, from Gen. Washington down to
Madison and jackson, would have been perjured
men. If the Declaration of Independence de-
clared the negroes free and equal to the whites,
why was it that so many States continued to hold
negro slaves, and why did the New England
States. which desired the abolition of slavery be-
cause it was no longer profitable, find it necessary
to pass act to that effect by their respective
Legislatures


President Lincoln has mind singularly con-
stituted il he imagines piece of parchment or
paper can make the negro equal to the white man
it can only make him equal before the law. 1t
is not what Mr. Lincoln or the faction he repre-
sents think of the negro that can elevate or de
press him. The equality of the negro to the
white man is a question of antbropology-a
question of science, which can not be determined
by Presidential dictum. Mr.. Lincoln will not
change the law of nature in that respect any
more than Canute, the Dane. could bid the tide
to stand still. But Mr.. Lincoln can do great
mischief by employing the wealth and power of
a great Nation to carry out his partisan views,
irrespective of the past and wholly unmindful of
the future. The most fearful cslamities that
have befallen mankind, had their origin in fanst-
icism.-[ Philadelphia Age
Year: 1863

A PROCLAMATION.


It has pleased Almighty God to -harken to the
supplicatiOns aud prayers of an afflicted people,
and To vouchsde to the army and Navy of the
United States, on the land and OH the sea, victo-
ries go signal and so effective as to furnish rea
sonatle grounds for augmented confidence that
the Union of these States will be maintained.
their constitution preserved and their peace and
prosperity permanently preserved.


But these victories have been accorded not
without sacrifice Of life limb and liberty incurred
by brave, patriotic and loyal citizens. Domestic
afflction in every part of the country follows in
the train of these fearful bereavements. It is
meet and right to recognize and confess the pres.
of the Almighty Father, and the power of
His hand equ lily in these triumphs and sorrows.
Now. therefore, be it known. that | do set
apart Thursday the 9th day of August next, to
be observed day for national thanksgiving,
praise and prayer. ami invite the people of the
United States To assemble that oucasion in
their customary pl,ces OF worship, and in the
forms approved by their own conscience, render
the homage due 10 the Divine Majesty for the
wonderful things He has done in the nations be
half, and invoke the influence of His Holy Spirit
to subdue the anger which has produced and so
long sustained a needless and cruel rebellion: TO
change the hearts of the insurgents. to guide the
counsels OF the Government with wisdom ade
quate to 80 great a national emergency, and to
visit with tender care and consolation throughout
the length aud breadth OF our land all those who
through the vicisstudes OF marches, voyages
battles aud sieges, have been brought to suffer in
mind, body or estate and family, to lead the
whole nation through paths of repentance and
submission to the Divine Will back to the perfect
enjoyment of Union and fraternal peace.


In witness whereof | have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the United States &c
be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this 18th day
of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty three, and of the Inde
pendeuce of the United States of America the
eighty eighth.


ABRAHAM LINCOLN.


BY the President:


WILLIAM H. SEWARD,
Year: 1863

cE- The recent French election showed Louis
Napoleon that the people were dissatisfied with
N. Persigny, his Minister and personal friend.
The consequence was that the latter had to retire
and make room for some person who was not so
obnoxious to the French people. The willy En-
peror understands how to make himself popular
a little better than some other rulers that might
he ma med
Year: 1863

African of the Southern States (! thai
the negro would be educated SOL
dier, have arms placed in his hands
and told to fight in the cause of his
own and his nations liberty But such
are the mutations of time and oh
how rapidly is time Fastening his
work ..f .


"Truth crushed to earth will rise again;


The eternal years of God are hers;


While error, wounded, writhes in pain,


And dies amid her worshppers %


The right will prevail over the
wrong in spite of the intrigues of Nor
thern Copperheads or the bravery OF
Southern tories and their Indian allies
One thing rejoices us: The lying
tongue of Vallandigham can harm us
no more. To a statesman (whether
assumed or really expatriation is one
of the worst of punishments. Val.
can now hold sweet communion with
spirits, and plot treason to
his hearts content.


The Northern soldiers have left
their homes and friends to fight for
the preservation of that great legacy
of freedom which their fathers SO
dearly bought. Thousands have al
ready yielded up their lives for this
glorious cause, and yet hundreds of
more are ready to take
their places and peril all for the
sake of saving the Union. Then,
is it to be wondered at that the SOL
diers should have their Indignation
aroused to SO high a pitch, when they
see their neighbors, whom they have
left behind, plotting against them and
laid and comfort to the
very foe we are striving to crush ?
We say, Death to all such cowardly
and if we ever live to reach
,ur homes We will render such men
scarce. ..r. a


Mr.. Editor, when reflect upon these
ihings, and find that men, whom we
nave left at home in the full enjoy
nent of domestic peace and social
blessings, are plotting against us.
while we are enduring so much hard
ship and peril. for their benefit, as well
As ours, | can hardly contain myself.
In giving this expression to my views
and feelings know that express
The sentiments Of all the soldiers.


Yours truly, ura ss


w. II. HoIsINGroN,
Year: 1863

The following bit of romance Of the
war is from letter dated at Lake
Providence, La: .r-


"The lst Kansas regiment, of which
have spoken before, is encamped
near us. One Of the members Of that
regiment, a sergeant, died in the hos
pital two weeks ago. After death,
his comrades discovered that their
companion, by the side of whom they
had marched and fought for almost
two years, was a-woman. You may
imagine their surprise at the discov-
cry. went to the hospital and saw
the body after it was prepared for
burial, and made some inquiries about
her. She was Of rather more than av-
erage size for a woman, with rather
strongly marked features, SO that with
the aid of mans attire she had quite
a masculine look. She enlisted in the
reigment after they went TO Missouri.
and consequently they knew nothing
of her early history. She probably
served under an assumed name. She
was in the battle of Springfield, where
Gen. Lyon was killed, and has fought
in a dozen battles and skirmishes.
She always sustained an excellent rep
utation, both as u man and q soldier,
and the men all speak Of her in terms
Of respect and affection. She was
brave as lion in battle, and never
flinched from any duty or hardships
that fell to her lot. She must have
been very shrewd to have lived in the
regiment so long. and preserved her
secret so we'll. Poor girl she was wor.
thy better fate. Who knows what
grief, trouble or persecution induced
her to embrace such life ?? a!a