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Year: 1863

LIVERPOOL, FEBRUARY 3, 1863


SIR have your let err with enclosures which return
and which believe are perfectly in order / do using
your own terms, indignantly repudiate the use of the
terms advocate aud client" l am neither the advocate
OF the Southern people, they my clients They
depend upon their just right to selEeoyernmept and
the sharp edge Of their swords upon any word or deed
That can be said or done in this country


touching the business placed in my hands il purely
an affair OF business on which, effected shall charge
my commission, as, no doubt you do in your Office But
any party request you to sell foi him. presume
this renders you bis broker not his advocate and am
surprised that you should not the difference between
the two. presume, also, that il any one imputed that
your opinions great moral question were coored bv
your business. you, gentleman, would take exception
to it, did My opinions slavery are not matter Of
today but have long been before the public IF Won will
refer to the chapter this subject in my work Won will
find what they at the commencement of tha war
and they the precisely now You will find that
held, as hold slavery to be not only crest
moral wrong, repuenant to the age we live in but also
most luxurious to the white people Of the South and e.
pecay the working class. then held as do now that
the Independence of the South would end slavery
under the force OF public opinion the rst time able TO
reach My objection to the ngi alton now attempted TO-
that IN my Judgment its effect f have any, will be to
impede emancipation Of the only kind that can benefit the
negro. hold that any encouragement to the North to
commune he warts to to uin and that nvecvo
ana abuse addressed to the south will destroy that potent
ano Der ehcal influence which the opinion Of this country
Woud otherwise command and which might effectively
use to the extirpation OF this evil


am, sir, your obedient servant JAMES SPENCE.
Year: 1863

Ever since Mcclellan was dismissed from the command
OF the Army Of the Potomac the abolition SITS have ceased
their On to Richmond" clamor and say nothing about


delay" inactivity Generals whose heart is not
10 the cause They are apparently satisfied with all
quiet the Rsppahannock they dissatisfied with
all quiet the Potomac" Ihe winter 10 nearly gone
and the army has achieved decisive resunor under
taken any important movement since the disaster at
Federcksburg Yet optcry is raised against winter
quarters" this winter as there was is winter Mcclellan
is not there to be found fault with -Detren Press
Year: 1863

From the Liverpool Journal Of Commerce Of February


The recent publication by the Federal Government of
intercepted dispatches from the South renders the follow
ing correspondence peculiarly interesting at the present
moment:
Year: 1863

and walk on it to the bank. The water,
as | said, was flowing over it, but not in
depth sufficient to carry the raft over
As Julius stepped on the log he slipped
and fell over the dam into deep pool un-
derneath it. The boys rushed on shore,
and ran round to the bottom of the dam
on the lower side, expecting to fnd JUL
US drowned; but it SO happened that as
he rose to the surface, he was within reach
of a slab which floating in the pool, and
by means of it got on shore before the
boys got to the place.


He went home pretty well convinced
that his father knew what was best for
him, and that it was not a want of inter.
est in his sons happiness which led him
to refuse bin permission to visit the Saw
mill and pond unattended.
Year: 1863

How can this discrepancy of $4,000 be
accounted for


AS to General Wool's command, un-
derstand it is doing for you precisely what
a like number Of your own would have to
do, if that command was away. | sup
pose the whole force which is gone for
word to you is with you by this time ;
and, if SO, think it is the precise time
for you to strike blow. BY delay the
enemy will readily gain on you-that is,
he will gain faster by fortlfcatious and
reinforcements than you can by reinforce
ments alone.


And once more, let me tell you, it is
indispensable to you that you strike a
5lowY am powerless to help this. You
will do me the justice to remember, [ al
ways wished not going down the bay in
search of field, instead of fighting at or
near Manassas, as only shifting and not
surmountiDg difficulty that we should
find the same enemy and the same or
equal entrenchments at either place. The
country will not fail to pote-is noting
now-that the present hesitation to move
upon an entrenched enemy is but the sto-
~ of Manassas repeated.


l beg to assure you that have never
written or spoken to you in greater kind
ness of feeling than now, nor with fuller
purpose to sustain you, so far as in my
most anxious judgment consistently can.
Bat non must 0ct


Yours, very truly,


(Signed) A LINCOLN.


In another letter the President doubts
the wisdom Of the peninsula campaign,
as follows:
Year: 1863

EDITORS APPEAL: I notice in your paper :
letter in which the ordnance departments is
blamed for the slow firing at this place lately,
because the friction primers are bad. I suppose
the author of this escspade considers that any
excuse is better than mona. Allow ne to ssy
that the primers ara as good as they ean be
made, and ell that is needed is that they be kept
perfectly dry, and learn the men to pull the
Lanyard properly. IF that Is done viii guar
antso that nine out of ten viii go of.


NTNDEX
Year: 1863

1t is useless to disguise the fact, says the


Selma Reporter, that Northern Democrats, as q


mass, ere not in favor Of the separate nAtionsli-


ty of the Confederate States. They wish for


peace, but not upon the basis of disunion. They


are still deluded with dreams of reconstruction,


and viii continue to cling to the hope of such a
contamination, however fsu acious such expect
aucy may appear to Us. 1t is for no political
principle that Yankees Eght, for the war with
them is a mere matter of life and death. They
believe-and very properly, perhaps-that they
will be impoverished and ruined by the perms-
nent dissolution of the old Union, and hence
they will defer the recognition of our indepen-
dence until despair succeeds the desperation
with which they wsge this useless conflict
What we most need at this juncture is a TIL
umph over the invader that will drive him to
the Ohio rivera crushing and telling victory
that will remove tho theater of war from our ter
ritory aud bring its horrid realities home to the
perfdious Yankees. If the South would gather
upali. It's strength into one tremendous effort,
We verify believe thst the coWardly vsndals
could be hurled back upon their own soil, end
cry exiorted for peace that would listen to no
denial


While their armies can live and grow fat upon
the heart of the South, it is not strange that
they are in no hurry to offer US the olive Of re-
Cancellation. Those who are directly response
bic as the iustigators of the crusade, are grow
ing rich off its spois. New England is in q
condition Of unprecedented prosperity. She
cares nothing for the slaughter of Yankees,
since it relieves her of redundant population.
As another has truly said, it is living interests
and not dead soldiers about which they interest
themselves. They must be whipped back out
of the country, and their militFry strength
greatly shattered, before the true CRY for peace
on the ground of Southern independence will
ever be heard. These results might be greatly
FASTENED by foreign recognition, and the pres
enes of a conquering Confederate feet"
Year: 1863

Now Is THE TIME TO GATHER THE BER-
RIEs.-If you want good blacking take, q
half bushel Of China berries well picked
from the stems, put into kettle, and
add three gallons of water; boil down to
one gallon, then strain the liquor, through
a sieve, from the seed and skins, and add
as much pine wood the richer the bet
ter) SCOT as will make good black and
it is ready for use pint of good or q
quart Of weak vinegar. or take small
bear. tirst mixed with the SCOT will make
it better, and if you add the white Of an
egg to half gallon Of the liquor i will
be best, and equal to any Yankee black
ing.


This blackning contains LITTLE besides
trouble aud We have seen boots cleaned
with II inferior to none ID gloss, and will
pos soil white handkerchief


N. Let Il stand several days be-
fore you bottle i or
Year: 1863

ALL The DIFFERENCK.-lf you buy
your boots and rhoes Al Child 4 Coz, you
are sure to get good article at q living price.
II You want q nice pair Of boots made, you
should go there. for they have the best boot
makers in the city. Gents will please remsm.
hsr
Year: 1863

FoTEveF The Sun : pouring bis gold
On hundred worlds that beg and borrow;
His warmth he sgnanders on SUBMITS cold,
His wealth on the homes of wanta and sorrow.
To withhold his largess Of precious light
Is 10 bury himself in eternal night.


To give


Is to live.
The flower shines not for itself at all
It joy i the joy it freely difuses
OF beauty and balm it is prodigal
And it lives in the life it sweetly loses
No choice for the rose but glory of DOOM
To exhale or smother, to wither or bloom.


To deny


Is to die.
The seas lend silvery rays to the land.
The landits sapphire streams to the ocean
The neart sends blood to the brain of command,
The brain to the heart its lightning motion
And ever and ever we yield our breath,
Till the mirror is dry and images death.


To live


Is to give.
He is dead whose hand is not opened wide
To help the need of a human brother
He doubts the life Of his lifelong ride,
Who gives his fortunate place to another,
And thousand million lives are his,
Who carries the wortd in his sympathies.


To deny


is to die.
Throw gold to the far-dispersing wave,
And your ships sail home with tons of treasure
Care not for comfort. all hardships brave,
And evening and age shall sup with pleasure,
Fling health to the sunshine, wind and rain,
And roses shall come to the cheek again.


To give


Is to live.
What is our life ? Is it wealth and strength?
II We, for the Master sake will lose it,
We shall find it a hundred fold at length,
While they shall forever lose who refuse it =


To give


Is to live.
Year: 1863

lie was borne in procession to the grave
from the headquarters Of Gen. Magruder.
in company with his Captain, and they
were buried together. with appropriate
military honors, in the presence Of many
officers of both armies and many generous
citizens, all of whom expressed their deep
sympathy with the bereaved father, who
said the solemn service for the Episcopal
Church for the burial of the dead.
Year: 1863

Is il the object of the war TO preserve
the integrity of our Territory and en force
the authority OF the Nationa Govern
ment, or ia il to abolish Slavery


There are tnose who-perhaps honestly
enongh-believe that this is a war against
slavery, and that the preservation of the
Union IS only pretert. The opinion Of
persons Of this class. who, after making
all reasonable efforts TO arrive at correct
conclusions. still honestly hold 10 the
opinion that the war for the Union il be-
ing perverted into war for the benefit Of
the Negro. and the qualification of the
Aboltionist, Is entitled to a respectful
consideration. II the single object OF
the war !. the abolition OF slarery, the
logical conclusion must follow. that evcrv
dollar spent in It's maintenance is so much
stolen; every man slain in battle, man
murdered; every hostile me eisure insugu-
rated bv Congress or nv the President, an
infrAction OF the Constitution; every ag-
rressirs movement Of our armies. an in
vasion OF the rights OF the South and.
in short. that it is war so overfraueht
With evil. that no good citizen. who cher
ishes any. respect for the Constitution,
can give it either coun,enance or sup
port. liI Iflff'IH


Il becomes. then, an object OF para
mount importance TO ascertain whether
the assertion is true or not. that This war
is waged forlthe abolishment OF slavery.
without reference to the preservation Of
the Union. The legitimacy OF war. the
single object of which is the overthrow Of
slavery, Is as indefensible as the right of
secession: neither has any CONSTITUTIONAL
foundation In the first place-if the at
Year: 1863

There is no greater fallacy in
the world than thar entertained
by many young men that some
pursuit in life can be found Who'll.
ly suited to their tastes. whims
and iancies. This philosophers
stone can never be discovered,
and every one who makes his life
a search for il will be ruined.
Much truth is contained In the
Irishmans remark: lit is never
aisey to work hard" Let there
fore, the fact be always remem-
bere by the young, thar no life
work can be found entirely agree
able to man. Success always
lies at the top of the Hill; If We
would reach it, we can do so only
by hard persevering effort, while
beset with difficulties of every
kind. Genius connts nothing in
the battle of life; determined,
obstinate, perseverance in one
single channel is everything.
Hence. should any one of our
young readers be DEBATING in his
Einn change of business, imsg-
ming he has genius for some
other, let him at once dismiss
the thought as he would a temp
tation to do evil. If you think
you made a mistake in choosing
the pursuit or profession you did,
don't make another by leaving
it. Spend all your energies ia
working for and clin1ing TO it, as
YOU would TO the life. boat that
sustained you IN the midst OF tho
ocean. If you leave it, it is al
most certain that you will go
down; but if you cling to il, in
forming yourself about il until
you are its master, bending your
every energy to the work, success
is certain. Good, hard, honest
effort, steadily persevered in, viii
make your love for your business
or profession grow; since no one
should expect to reach period
when be can feel that his life
work is just the one he could
have done best and would have
liked best. We are allowed to
see and feel the roughness in our
own pathway, but none in others;
yet all have them Hunts Mef-
chants Magazine.
Year: 1863

Some persons eat themselves
10 death, others diet themselves
to death. When a man is sick
he is weak, and concludes that
as when he was well be ate
heartily and was strong, il he
now eats heartily he viii! become
strong again; wellmeaning, but
ignorant friends are of the same
opinion, and their solicitations
to eat become one Of the greatest
annoyances oil a sensible invalid.
Nature purposely takes away the
appetite under such circumstan-
ces, and makes the very sight Of
food nauseating A sick man is
feeble; this feebleness extends to
every muscle of the body, and
the stomach being made up Of q
number Of muscles has its share
Of debility. II requires several
hours of labor for the stomach TO
"work up" an ordinary meal;
and TO give it that amount OF
work to do, when il is already
in an exhausted condition, is like
giving a man, worn out by hard
DAYS work, a task which shall
keep him laboring halt the night.
Mothers are often much afraid
that their daughters will hurt
themselves by a little work, If
they complain of mot feeling
wel!;" and vet if such daughters
were TO sit down 10 dinner and
shovel in enough provender for
An elephant or plowman, it
would be considered a good omen
and the harbinger of convales-
cence. A reverse of such pro-
cedure would restore multitudes
Of ailing persons to permanent
good health; narely, to eat very
little for a few days; eat nothing
but coarse bread and ripe fruits.
and work about the house indus.
triously; or what is better, exer-
else in the open air for the great
er par. OF each day on horseback,
in the garden, or walking through
the woodlands or over the hills,
for hours at a time. Ohjectless
walks and lazy lolline IN car
riages are little better than moth
ing.
Year: 1863

Beginning for Union township at the northeast
corner of Centre township, thence with the north
boundary of said township to the Ohio river theree
up said stream to point in line with the middle
Of Market street, thence down the middle thereof
to a point in the line with the centre of Foundry
Alley, thence up said alley to the centre of Fourth
street, thence up that street to point in line with
the centre of Centre street, themes with the mid
die thereof and N 81 deg. Z to the southeast
corner cf Clay township, and thence s. 20Z deg
to the place of beginning
Year: 1863

Beginning for Liberty township at the northeast
corner of Richland township, thence south with the
east boundary of the same to the southeast corner
thereof, thence east to the northeast corner Of
Triadelphia township on the State line, thence
north with the State line to the northeast corner
of Brooke county, thence with the same N. IS
deg W. to stone standing on said county line,
and thence west with said county line to the place
of beginning.
Year: 1863

We invite the attention of our readers to the very
interesting speech Of Mr.. Graham; delivered in the
Senate on the message Of the Governor touching the
case of the Rev. r J. Graves
Year: 1863

MISCELLANEOUS.


According to the estimates of the Cincin'
natl papers there was brigadier general to
every regiment of a thousand men in the gar
rison of Vicksburg.


Some six hundred of the rebel prisoners
taken at Gettysburg, and sent to Baltimore,
have already taken the oath of allegiance
The Troy Wing says different sounds travel
with different degrees of velocity. A call to
dinner will run over ten acre lot in a min
ute and half, while summons to work will
take from five to ten minutes.
Year: 1863

Sg-The New York Tribune says there is
prospect of a great abundance of all the nee
oesaries of life this year ia the loyal States
The great Western crop on the whole is a good
one. while in New York and the adjoining
States, and indeed all over New England
corn never promised better. The crops of
wheat, rye end oats are all sufficient for the
country.
Year: 1863

Major Z. ID. Osborn, formerly of Roch-
ester, and member of Gen. Grants staff
writes to friend in answer to question in
regard to Grants character. He says: If
you could see the General as he sits Just over
beyond me, with his wife and two children,
looking more like chaplain than general,
with that quiet air so impossible to describe
you would not asked me ifhe drinks. He rare
ly ever uses intoxicating liquors more moder-
ate in his habits and desires than any man
ever saw more pure and spotless in his private
character than almost any man ever saw !:
with more power to command and ability to
plan than any man | ever served under; cool
to excess, when orthers lose nerve: always
hopeful, always undisturbed, never falling to
accomplish what he undertakes just as he ex-
poets to. l have known him Intimately
have been part of his household for two years
and am not mistaken in my estimate of his
character"
Year: 1863

ONE or THE GREATEST CURES on RECORD.


Mas. MANcHEsTER-Dear Madam Thinking
statement OF my case may be of service to others
similarly afflicted, hasten to give il to you.


This is briefly my case-I was taken sick about Is
months ago with the Liver Complaint in a very bad
form. applied to four different ply sicians but re-
eeiyed no benefit until called you At that time
had given up business and was in a very bad state
but after taking your medicine for a short time be-
gan to recover, and in two months was entirely
well, and had gained several pounds of flesh, and
can truly say that by your skill am perfectly heal
thy man. JOSEPH DAVIS.


Boston Maine Depot, Portland, Me-
Year: 1863

GREAT PROSPERITY OF A LOYAL Cry
Never has Philadelphia been so full of strangers
as it is now. The hotels are running over
They have been SO for long time past. Ev-
cry clearinghouse in the city of known repu-
tation is filled. The smaller hotels, that have
done scanty business hitherto, are crowded
with guests. Under the rent of S400, there
are not ten habitable houses to let in all Phil
adelphia at this moment The like Of this was
never seen before. The reason for it all is,
that the depletion of the city by war is more
than made up by the influx of refugees from
the rebel border These people, with what
means they can get together, have gone to the
Quaker city for security. They secure small
houses and live patiently, until time enables
them to return to their homes.
Year: 1863

ST. PAUL's PEcULTARIrY IN MONEY MAT
TERs.-Ethic, in the abstract most people
know little about. But ethic in the money
matters they understand thoroughly. This
fact st. Paul seemed to understand and hence
was exceedingly particular in all money tran
sactions. And in this particular his example
is worthy of Limitation.


ST. Paul kept out Of debt. He never was
distrained for rent, or forced to pawu his
furniture, or refused to go certain road or a
particular street lest he should meet disa-
greeable creditor who would dun him.


All this is evident from Romans xii, 8, to
which we refer our readers. Therefore with
boldness he could preach the Gospel of his
Master. He could look every one Of his
hearers calmly in the eye knowing not one of
them could accuse him of being in debt. Had
he been in debt to Felix, does any one sup
pose he could bave made Felix tremble
Never! On the contrary he would have trem-
bled before Felix.
Year: 1863

Washington. October 2. is63.
SEALED PRoPoSALS will be received at this
- office until the Both day of October next for
BANDING aud BUSHING the 42-poundcr GUNS.
at the Forts and Arsenals OF the United State. in
the Atlantic States, amounting in number to 200,
more or less.


The Guns will be delivered at, and removed from,
the establishment where the work is to be done at
the cost of the nited States.


Proposals for those on the Pacific coast-about 90
in number-will be received until the 10th of De-
cember next and in the case of these the guns will
be delivered AT San Francisco or its vicinity.


The guns are 10 be turned down TO true cylinder
for the length of twcntyseven inches from the rear
OF the base ring prepared to take band of the best
wrought iron the interior diameter Of which will be
twenty inches and its thickness three inches


The vent is to be bnshed with new Bush Of pure
ingot copper, one inch in diameter and about nine
and n half inch,s long, and bored with a vent of
two-tenths of an inch


Drawings of the gun in its original form and with
the bar put on be at this cfce at the Wa.
tertown Arsenal. Mass; at the Wateryliet Arsenal
and at the New York Agency, No As Worth street
city OF New York; at the Arsenal at Bridesburg Pa
and at Allegheny Arsenal, Pittsbarg, Pa; at the
Fort Monroe Arsenal, Va; ST. Louis Arsenal No
and Benicia Arsenal. Cal.


Tue work is to be done the entire satisfaction of
the oihcer who will be appointed to superintent it
and payment will be made in full for each gun upon
his certificate of inspection and receipt.


Proposals will state the price per gun for the whole
operations describe in detail the manner in which Ii
is proposed TO put on the band; the number they
will band per month; and the time which will be
required to do the whole work. The method and
the time required for doing the work, well as the
price, will be important elements in considering the
bids and awarding the contract.


No bids will be considered from any parties but
such as are actually engaged in the manufacture of
iron and heavy machinery. and who are in the opin-
ion OF this Department, fully prepared TO execute
the work In the case of parties not known 10 this
Department. evidence to the foregoing effect must
accompany the proposal


Bond, with satisfactory surcties, to the amount OF
fifty per cent of the bid. will be required for the
fulillment of the contract and the Government re-
the right TO reject any all bids If deemed
unsatisfactory.


Proposals will be endorsed Proposals for Band
ing 42-Pounders," and will be addressed to Briga-
dier General George ID. Ramsay Chief of Ordnance,
Washington City


GEO. d. RAMSAY,


Brig. General, Chief of Ordnance.
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