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Year: 1862

The Botton Journal publishes letter which
IL says was written by one of the most widely
known and distinguished gentlemen In Wash.
ington, himself for may years resident Of
that city, and universally esteemed for his
sound judgment as well as for his kindness of
heart. We make few extracts


/ regret exceedingly that Mrs. Lihculn's
hospitable assiauities to crafty the multitude
OF strangers drawn together in the capital by
the interest Of the war, should have been so
misconstrued In the press. It was certainly
not her purpose to turn the deep, earnest feel
ing Of the nation engaged In the grand effort
OF crushing the rebellion and restoring the re-


public, into the frivolous pursuit of pleasure,


and to run itself out in dances and balls.


There was no ball or dance at the White


House, and surely the attempt made by Mrs.


Lincoln to admit the throng Of brave and dis


tinguished patriots and their wives and dsugh-


ters to the civilities Of a repast at the Presi-
dents house, TO make the Acquaintance Of each
other and the public ofhcers engaged ii the
civil administration, under circumstances


making it notable and agreeable, ought not to


be considered as mere frolic and amusement.
Gen. jackson acted on the idea that all


those who came to Washington, and were
really the representative men of the country,
whether in or out of Congress-civil or mill.
tary men-were entitled to the courtesy and
hospitality of the President. These could not


be extended even to the numbers who came to
Washington in his day through ordinary din
ner invitation. He, therefore, filed his house
occasionally with large evening parties, and
the large room for dining was spread for a
grand repast, constantly renewing, as the
guests filling the table one time receded and
opened the way for another. The old man
told me that he had left his farm with an outfit
Of Ave thousand dollars, and he left for his
Hermitage again with barely enough of his
500, 900 salary to pay his expenses back. He
felt that his salary was meant to enable him
to perform his executive functions, and to &C.
company their discharge with those attentions
toward the public personsges of our and other
nations due to them and those they represent,
according to the customs Of all civilized coun-
tries. From Polk down to Buchanan the suc-
Tcessors Of Jackson have thought their pay was
meant merely for their own emolument.


Mrs. Lincoln intended to invite on success
sive occasions all our army officers and their
friends and visitors in Washington, but after


the notes were out for the first, her children


sickened, and she had to receive her visitors
en- the third night, and then the death of one


and watching by his side and with the other


has broken her down. She is indeed most
unhappy, broken-hearted woman. How cruel,


then, to misrepresent and persecute her in the
newspapers, when she made a sacrifice of her
feelings and exhausted her strength and means
to do what she thought her duty and what So
ciety e1pected-nay, solicited from her.
Year: 1862

A correspondent of the National Intell-
gencer asks this question, and argues that
they are not. He says the notes issued
under the Treasury note bill, passed some
time since by Congress, are made legal
tender They therefore, have precisely
the same value within the limits of the
United States as gold and silver. Wherein
have they not Can any one answer p
Being the equivalent to coin, how can there
be any possible necessity for funding them ?
Suppose the Government was working
gold mine, and derived from that source
enough of that precious metal to pay all its
obligations, would any one suppose that
the coin when issued should be received
back, and bonds of the nation, bearing
interest, given in return for it? Certainly
not. Then why should it be necessary to
redeem the legal tender notes and give
bonds for them? If the answer is made
that the necessity for funding is to reduce
dedundant currency, does not the same
answer apply as well to the case of payment
in coin? If any ask how is the paper cur
rency to be got in, the answer is easy
Lay enough tax to redeem say twenty y-fve
millions of the notes per year, and apply
that amount to their redemption and des-
truction; and sooner or later they will all
be called in, and the Government be freed
from that debt AS duties and imposts
are to be collected in specie, the annual re-
demption could be made in the precious
metals. And the twenty five millions tax
could be so laid as to be no appreciable
burden to the people. Spirituous liquors,
tobacco, railroad passengers, and stamp
duties would pay the whole of it, and no.
body would sensibly feel the exaction, for
it would be, in the main, voluntarily assum-
ed.
Year: 1862

A Faithful Dog.-The widow of Lieut.
Pfeff of Illinois was enabled to find her
husbands grave at Pittsburg Landing by
seeing dog which had accompanied the
Lieutenant to the war The dog approach
ed her with the most intense manifestations
Of joy, and Immediately indicated to her,
as we'll as he was able, his desire that she
should follow him She did so, and he led
the way to distant part of the field, and
stopped before a single grave She caused
it to be opened, and there found the body
of her dead husband. 1t appears from the
statement of some of the soldiers that at
the time Lieut. Pfeff fell, this dog was by
his side, and there remained, licking his
wounds, until he was taken from the field
and buried. He then took his station by
the grave, and nothing could induce him to
abandon it but for sufficient length of
time each day to satisfy his hunger, until,
by some means, he was made aware of the
presence of his mistress Thus had he
watched for twelve days by the grave of
his slain master.
Year: 1862

our land, in all time to come, the asylum
OF the oppressed and the permanent abode
of liberty and religion.


Resoired, That our devout thanks are
due to Almighty God for the success which
has crowned our arms; and whilst we praise
and magnify His name for the help and
succor He has graciously afforded to our
land and naval forces, in enabling them to
overcome our enemies, we regard these
tokens of His Divine favor as cheering in
dications Of the final triumph of our cause.
Year: 1862

1t would have been better, as buchanan
thought, to have no war at all. Just LET
our Southern friends alone The thou.
sand millions story is a big lie.


Reduced wages. low prices. depression Of
trade, decay of business scarcity of work. and
impending ruin on every side demand it,


Everybody knows that the reduced
wages, etc, are all the fault of Lincoln
The loss of fat salaries by the Southern
friends also demands it. but the thirteen
are quite too modest to say so.


We have our own opinion as to the real
origin OF this damnable attempt. The
Southern Te6et leaders are ut the bottom, of
1t. Nothing is more certain than this to
our minds. The chiefs of the rebellion
see that their work is about to prove a
disastrous failure, and so they send word
to this effect to their Northern allies =
Give US two or three free States to vote
for our men, and we will bring back the
Cotton States IN solid phalanx, and hold the
offices together as before This is certain
ly the programme VIII the people see it
performed


Fellow citizens, all you who love your
country, by whatever name you have been
known in the past, let us frown down all
such miserably selfish plots of artisans as
this which we have been reviewing, and
casting aside all old party ties, unite to-
gether on the broad platform of Union
Away with partisan watchwords and names
at an hour when the nation is struggling
for life. Our dear mother country is in
peril, let US fly TO her rescue: Let us all be
true Union men, true democrats, true re-
publlcans, not in a partisan, but in na-
tlonaI sense. We close this article with
quotation from the last letter written by
the bold, patriotic, and lamented Douglas.
Let it be traced in letters of gold over ev-
cry door in the land:


/ know of no mode in which loyal citi-
zen may so we'll demonstrate his devotion to
his country as by sustaining the flag the
Constitution and the Union under all circum.
stances, and under eeery administration re-
gardteSS Of party p1litiss, against all assailants
at home and ABROAD


Noble words Let them be the motto of
every loyal man these turbulent and stir
ring times
Year: 1862




Gsa.The General Synod of the Lutheran
Church, recently in session at Lancaster,
adopted the following patriotic resolutions:


Whereas, our beloved country, after
having long been favored With degree of
political and religious freedom, security.
and prosperity, uneXlmpled in the history
OF the world, now finds itself involved in
bloody war to suppress an armed rebellion
against its lawfully constituted government;
anil ~hcrc0< the Word of God. which is
the sole rule of our faith and practice, re-
quires loyal su6jectiOn to I" the powers that
be, because they arc ordained of God to
be "a terror to evil docrs and praise to
those who do we'll, and, at the same
time declares that they who resist the
power shall receive to themselves condem-
nation; and aohereoS we, the Representa-
tlves OF the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of
the United States, connected with the sew
eral Synods, assembled in Lancaster, Penn.
sylvania, recognize it as our duty to give
public expression to our convictions of
truth on this subject, and in every proper
way to cooperate with our fellow citizens
IN sustaining the great interests of law and
authority, of liberty and righteousness
BE At therefore


Resot0ed, That it is the deliberate judg-
ment of this Synod that the rebellion against
the constitutional Government of this land
is most wicked in its inception, unjustifa-
bic In It's cause, unnatural in its character,
lnhuman IN its prosecution, oppressive in
It's aims, and destructive in its results to
the highest interests of morality and relig-
ion


ResoI0ed, That, in the suppression of
this rebellion, and in the maintenance of
the Constitution and the Union by the
sword, we recognize an unavoidable neces-
slty and sacred duty which the Govern
ment owes to the nation and the world !;
and that, therefore, we call upon our peo-
pie to lift up holy hands in prayer to the
God OF battles, without personal wrath
against the evil-doers on the one hand, and
without doubling the righteousness of our
cause on the other, that He would give
wisdom to the President and his counsel
lors, and success to the army and navy, that
our beloved land may speedily be delivered
from treason and anarchy.


ReSotUed, That, whilst we regard this un-
happy war as righteous judgment of God,
visited upon US because of the individual
and national sins of which we have been
guilty, we nevertheless regard this rebel
lion as more Immediately the natural result
of the continuance and spread of domestic
slavery in our land, and therefore hail with
unmingled joy the proposition of our Chief
Magistrate, which has received the sane
ton of Congress, to extend aid from the
General Government to any State in which
slavery exists which shall deem fit to imi-
tate system of constitutional emancipation.


Resolued, That we deeply sympathize
with all loyal citizens and Christian patri-
OTIS in the rebellious portions of our country,
and we cordially invite their cooperation
in offering united applications at Throne
of Grace, that God would restore peace to
our distracted country, re-establish fraternal
relations between all the States, and make
Year: 1862

Have ready an empty hive. with the frames
arranged. to receive the new swarm. After re.
| Iaoving the parent hive a short distance and
putting an empty hive on it's stand, take out the
! frames and the bees by quick motion. shake
/ them on a sheet directly in front of the new


hive. In removing the frames with bees, look


for the Queen. and if yoa see her place the frame
off the bees. IF you do not find her in the
combs you will seldom fail TO notice her on the
sheet as she crawls to the hive. The parent
stock should then he placed on the old stand, to
catchup the returning bees. If the queen is not
seen, it may be certainly ascertained in from
five to fifteen minutes, by the bees running in
and ont as though they were searching for some
thing. II they cannot find her they will return
to the spot where the old hive stood As soon
as the bees begin to leave the new hive in an
agitated manner. the entrance must be closed
to contine them until she is found and secured
If too many bees leave the new hive it should be
placed on the old stand for short time.


Colonies should not be divided by separat
ing one into two equal parts, giving each one
half OF the comb and ices. But the queenless
colony should contain at least two frames Of
brDods containing fresh or unmatched eggs also
one frame Of honey. If either swarm bee ONES
weak by the bees retnrning to the other hive


the stand may be exchanged without any RISK -
" Be sure and keep your colonies strong"-this
is the great secret of bee keeping.
Year: 1862

Form OF OATH FOR CoNTRABANDs.
The following is the form of oath
usually administered to contrabands
that come within our lines at Freder-
icksburg:


"You Cicero, do solemnly swear you
will bear true allegiance to the United
States, that you will take good care of
the horses and mules, and if any of
them get away you will go after them,
no matter how dark it is, and will also
black boots to the best Of your knowl-
edge and belief. So help you General
Mcdowell"


The gravity Of both parties, while
it is being administered, is said to be
edifying.
Year: 1862

WHY CLING TO THE NIaGER.-Gov
johnson said in his speech at the capt
tol on the 4th inst, that if a negro was
stolen the Union must be broken up if
he was not returned, but if Southern
merchant swindIed his Northern credi-
tors out of 100000 it was all right.
A striking case illustrating this point
is given in a late number of the New
York World IT, president Of one
Of the cty banks id one Of the lead
ing men Of the metropolis, owned a
large fortune which was in the South,
among which were 100000 in North
Carolina State bonds. To avold CON
tscation, he resigned his position in
the bank and even went to Carolina to
reside. But it was all III vain, the con-
tiScatlon act swept all away.


Here is a gigantic swindle and rob
berry committed on Northern man by
the Southern rebel chivalry to the
amount Of 100000, or the price of at
least 42S negroes in good times. Moth
ing is said about this outrage, but
what an uprcar we would have heard
had this Northern man taken from one
Of the chivalry one negro. Why this
difference ? Why is the negro hel | so
sacred above all other property p
Why is it if sull or dog becomes dan
gerous it can be killed and its owner re-
celve no compensation, but if slave
be hung for murder, every taxpayer
in the State is made to put his hand in
his pocket and pay the owner for his
negro ?-NushUiWe Union.
Year: 1862

AKIN G. A ne t1aftlCru
Times vouches for the truth of the fol-
lowing story:


"Pat Malone, you are fined FIVE dol
lars for assault and battery on Mike
Sweeney"


II have the money in my pocket, and
III pay the fine, if yer honor will give
me the resate"


1--WE give no receipts here. We
just take the money. You will not be
called upon second time for your
fine"


"But yer honor, III not be wanting
to pay the same till after l get the re-
safe"


"What do you want with it?''


eff yer honor will write one and give
it to me, I'll tell ye.''


"Well, there's your receipt. Now,
what do you want with it


''I'l tell yer honor. You see, one of
these days Ill be afther dyin', and
when l go to the gate of heaven Til
rap, and St. Peter will say, who's
there p and I'll say, It's me, Pat Ma
lone,' and he'll say, what do you
want p and I'll say, I want to come
IN and he'll say, Did you behave like
a dacent boy in the other world, and
pay all the fines and such things?' and
Ill say, Yes, yer holiness and then
he'll want to see the resate, and l'll put
my hand in my pocket and take out the
resate and give it to him, and I'll not
have to so ploddin' all over hell to find
yer honor to get one"


MIRTHFULNEss.- The power of dis
covering comic point, Of appreciating
humorous hit, and enjoying the fun
of droll question, is gift not to be
despised. 1t is not vain, silly or un-
becoming thing, as some moping owls
and grave billiards suppose. 1t is in
deed, like all human faculties, liable
to abuse, and capable of being perver-
ted to evil but it is essentially good
gift, and ought to be turned to the
good account of which it is suscepti,
ble, and to manifest itself in the in
crease of cheerfulness, the happiness
and affection of social and family life.
w might 60 farther; we might say
and adduce much evidence to support
the position, that, as hunor is dlscerned
by those who can, to some extent,
catch the feeling and spirit of the
humorlst, SO the sense of discomfort of
humor is one phrase or department Of
sympathy, and thus the springs Of
mirthfulness and kindness are not far
distant; and many home, amid the
alterations Of JOY and sorrow that
darken or brighten the course Of life,
has found an ever fresh gladness in
the comic vein or jocund humor of
some member Of the family. Many
of the best men we have ever known
the best in the highest sense of the
word-with the best hearts, have been
men who thoroughly appreciated and
highly enjoyed true humor.-NortA
British Recieao
Year: 1862




Hereafter no guards will be placed
over private houses or private property
of any description whatever. Com
manding officers are responsible for the
conduct Of the troops under their COM
mand, and the articles of war and reg
ulations Of the army provide ample
means for restraining them to the full
extent required for discipline and eff
cheney. Soldiers We're called into the
field to do battle against the enemy,
and it is not expected that their force
and energy shall be wasted in the pro-
lection of the private property of those
most hostile to the government. No
soldier serving in this army hereafter
will be employed in such service.


By command of Maj. Gen. Pope.
Year: 1862

PREACHING AND Practice CON-
BINED.-At a Methodist meeting in
Boston last week, the clergyman made
an appeal to his people to enlist in the
the army. "Why don't you come for
ward lively ?" said he. 'I'll enlist now
after you receive the benediction,
that will be proper time to enroll your
selves under your country's fag."-
The result was that in few minutes
after the services were closed the cler
gyplan found his own name at the head
Of sixteen true men, who will all 60 to
the Union army.
Year: 1862

A petition is in circulation III this city,
praying for the repeal G; the Prohlbitory
Liquor Lazy by the ensuing General Assembly,
on the ground that it discrminates in favor OF
foreign manufacture and against the domestic
article.


We have ever been an advocate of strin-
gent prohibitory law, believing that if proper
ly enforced it would almost totally eradicate
the great evil of intemperanee; but, as the
law now on the Statute books has been for
years literally dead letter, We think it had
better be repealed, if there is 10 way by
which it can be made effective. I he law ap-
pears to have taken a stride in advance Of
public sentiment. There is much TO be do"e
yet in the way of moral suaSion before the
cause of temperance can be / IT 10 the law
A judicous license system. ait. ough the idea
of licensing an evil is abhoront in the cX
tremc, would be preferable to no law on the
subject, or to law which nobody regarded
Year: 1862

y Iowa MONEY FOR TAxEs.-We hope the
Legislature will enact law making the issues
of the State Bank of Iowa receivable for tax
es. There is no propriety or justice in the
State refusing to accept, in payment of liabil-
tiles due it, currency which it sanctions and
guarantees to the public.
Year: 1862

Mr.. SEwARD's DIPLOMACY ON THE Trent


QUESTION. acknowledged ability of the
Secretary of State is shown in his reply to
the British demand for the delivery of Mason
and Slidell. The omission of the British
Government to specify in what manner the
seizure was'a violation of international law


which probably was caused by the fact that
England could not specify this without over
throwing all her own precedents- gave Mr..
Seward an opportunity to put the delivery on
the American ground in regard to neutral
rights, and to quote pertinently some old
American arguments which were once used
against British seizures of American seamer
Year: 1862

A WESTERN ARMoRY-The upshot of the
present desperate struggle for the location of
United States Armory in the West is likely
to be that no new armory will be established
and that the Springfield (Mass.) armory will
be enlarged to answer all present require
ments. This can be done at much less cost
to the General Government; and in view Of
the conflicting claims for the new armory,
it would give more general satisfaction.
Year: 1862

Richmond about Z o'clock this morning. On
arriving here all who needed clothing were
Immediately supplied by the Quartermaster.


A scouting party left this place this morn
ing and proceeded to Great Bethel and found
the place occupied bya guard of cavalry only
The place was taken possession of by the
scouting party, and guard left there.


The names of the returned Richmond
prisoners will be sent if there are any from
the West.
Year: 1862

It is said that over the door Of General
Buffers Office, at New Orleans, are the
suggestive words, There is no difference.
between BE and She adder in their
venom" The General understands the
nature Of the animal, and how to treat it.
Year: 1862

WANTED TO RENT IN BROOkLYN-BY THE lST OF


w May, Two story and basement cottage brick House,


by small iainily OF grown House must be within
waking distance of the ferry running thereto


Any one having the above will find prompt paying tenant
addressng With fun particulars rent &c Charles, boz
Year: 1862

MEASLES IN CAMp.-There are some
twenty or thirty soldiers sick with the measle..
at Camp Mcclellan. The hospital is full and
several are iu the barrscks. The measles are
Of mild but not Of malignant type. and the
probabilities are that none of the cases will
prove fatal
Year: 1862

Sany persons carry with them bad breath,
greatly to tho annoyance and often TO tho disgust
Of these with whom they come in contact, with.
out being conscious Of tho fact. To relieve
yourself from all ieass regarding this, use
Year: 1862

Raising above faction. and looking with
no partizap bias, the enlightened Judg-
ment of the nation is emphatic for strlk-
ing down the rebellion, and maintaining
the Union in its integrity. against any
and ALI enemies. That the President has
steady eve to such consumation we
are assured from his messages, and in
deed from all his official acts. 1t is then
fair touchstone OF fealty to the Repub-
lie. in this its hour of trial, to give cor
dial support 10 the Administration. II Is
an important question, not only how we
shall overthrow the rebellion, but how we
shall preserve the peace of the country
when the rebels shall have been subjuga-
ted 10 lawful authority. To US there ap-
pears but one way, and that plain one
Il,iafuse into the revOlted States enough
leaven of liberty from those which are
loyal, to make freedom as broad as our
domain.


A vigorous effort is to be made to inau-
surate the colonization of Florida on
these principles, and the measure has
the sanction of a large majority OF both
Houses of Congress. Mr.. Thayer says
that if he can be authorized TO colonize
that State with loyal citizens of the North
West, he WILL in ninety days from the
time he lands in.Florida, relieve the Coy
ernment or the expense Of blocking her
Ecoast@hot less than twelve thousand dol
lars per day-and to put the Government
in possession of large amount OF cotton
and naval stores. These are only few
of the immediate advantages which are
expected to result from the carrying cut
of this scheme, and alone offer strong
arguments why it should be attempted.
-HasLingion Chronicle