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Year: 1863

The news which we Law before our
readers this afternoon is Of tho most IL
tense importance. 1t appears that In
spite of the strength Of our grand army
under Fighting "(!) Joe Hooker, Lee
has crossed a force OF ninety thousand
men to the north side of the Rappahan-
mock, and is marching northward in all
haste. We cannot learn that Hooker OF
fercd any show Of resistance to the cross


ing of these rebel legons. 1t app AIS
that he is falling back rapidly and send
ing all bis supplies NJ to Alexandria.


Ere this it is possible that one of the
bloodiest battles that ever defaccd the
worlds history has been forght Well
may patriots tremble for the fate Of the
Union when such terrible movements are
being made. The rebels are commanded
by Gen. Lee-tho best General on the
western hemisphere, as far as is at pres
ent known, while our noble army OF the
Potomac is in the hands of maxwell,
let us not Judge too harshly fom the
misdeeds OF the past, trusting in God
that in this awful ordeal in winch
he is now strugg ing he may win imper-
ishable honor and glory for an imperlled
and dearly beloved country. The deep
est and most intense anxiety must be felt
until this battle is decided. If it turns
for us it will be a most staggering blow
to the fortunes of the rebel government
but, should the tide turn against us,
should such an awful disaster overtaae
our arms, and victory crown the dea ily
enemies of the Union, then indeed is our
own cause one OF great doubt. But We
can only wat only hope for the best.


1t will be seen that the President is
fearful of unfavorablc results, and TO that
end has issued Proclamation in which
be calls upon Pennsylvania, Ohio, West
ern Virginia and Maryland to send ino
the field 100000 more volunteers to pre-
vent the threatened invasion Of the icb-
els.
Year: 1863

The Fun OF THE DRAFT Brandegee, the
Connecticut member of Congress who was
drafted, furnished substitute, whom he took
from New London to Norwich, where he was
accepted. After bis acceptance, the princi-
pal handed his representative a dollar, with
directions to-"Go aud drink to General
Grants health, and make sure to be at the
train when it should leave for New London
The time for the departure of the train ar
rived and no substitute was visible. The
train was on tae eve of leaving, when the
substitute hove in sight, bearing indubtabe
evidence that he had seen Gen. Grant, The
conductor told him to hurry up" Never
you mind. replied the substitute, you will
have to wan for me. Iwant you to under
stand that | am member Of Congress"
Year: 1863

pressed by words and looks, and deeds,
for | have not one spark Of faith in the
love that never drops OUTS to a house
without love as to person, to- q
machine the one is life, and the other,
mechanism. The unloved woman may
have bread just as light, house just as
tidy, as the other, but the latter has a
spring about her, a joyousness, an ag-
gressive, and penetrating, a pervading
brightness, to which the former is a
stranger. The deep happiness in her
heart shines out in her face she is
ray of sunlight in the house. She
CLEANS all over it /; it is airy, and gay,
and graceful, and warm. and welcoming.
with her presence. She is full Of devic-
es, and plots. and sweet surprises for her.
husband and her family, and she has
never done with the romance and poetry
Of life. She is herself, to all, pure and,
gracious melodies. Humble household
ways, and duties have for her golden.
significance. The prize makes the call
ing high. and the end dignifies the
means. Her home is paradise, for
love is Heaven and Heaven is love-"
clip the above, from an old scrap of
newspaper found in my possession.
and as it is so applicable to the present
state of society, during the war. and con-
fusion that necessarily follows. l could
do no more, or less, than make note Of
it. If every husband could, or would,
readily realize how cheaply domestic
comfort and happiness can be obtained,
by adhearing TO the common obligations
mutually pledged to each other at the
matrimonial altar, there would be far less
domestic trouble than at present exist.
do not make these remarks to person
ally censure any one, but | do know
from experience, that every fact set
forth, is true to the very letter. There
is nothing in this world woman more
highly prizes, in her domestic relations,
than the approval and sanction of her
husband, in all her good, ard generous
efforts, to render him and her family
comfortable and happy during each
successive day and week. If ever a
man ought to prove loyal to his wife,
and his country, it is now, but if he has
his own happiness in view, he will al
ways do so, as it is the cheapest, and
most direct road to Paradise, in this
world, and the world to come Though
the above extract may have been pub
lished time and time again. yet it will
bear repetition for many years TO come.
Believing it will receive a hearty approv-
al from all your loyal readers. send it
for publication, together with these re-
marks. Let all read, and remember.


OBSERVER
Year: 1863

We have sometimes heard it remarked
by timid persons that they would not travel
by night on . railroad, their impression be.
ing that there is more danger of accidents
IN the dark than during daylight. Upon
first thought this would seem to be the fact,
but writer in the Railroad Adrocats takes
a different view of the matter, and certain
y makes out out good case. He says:


"There are many circumstances which
make night running comparatively safe
All work upon the track is stopped. Com
paratively few other trains are on the road
No drawbridge would ever be likely to 70.
main open in the night. Switches are more
likely to be right than at other times, as
they are not in use for other trains and are
locked. The signal for night trains being
made by light, would scarcely fail to be OBJ
served and obeyed, and, what is important,
would be seen at q greater distance than
any signal during daylight. Tho engineer
has less to attract his attention than in the
daytime. While. ater all, q rock or tree
falling across bend in the track in broad
daylight is as much "h'dden danger" as
if encountered in the pight. So after all, i.
would appear that one can take nights
rest in railroad car with comparative safe.
wv
Year: 1863




Rev. Henry Ward Beeeher thus speaks of
the newspaper, the common peoples En-
cyclopedia:


In no other way can so much, so varied
and SO useful information be impair ted and
under circumstances SO fav orable for ed
ucating the child's mind, as through q ju-
dicious, well conducted newspaper


To live in villnge was once to be shut
pp and contracted. But now man may
be hermit and yet cosmopolite. He
may live in the forest, walking miles to a
post Office, having mail but once week,
and yet, he shall be found as familiar with
the living worll as the busiest actor in IT,
For the newspaper Is spy glass by which
he brings near the most distant things-a mi
croscope by which he leisurely examines
the most minute ear trumpet by which
he collects and brings within his hearing
all that is said and done all over the earth
"a museum full of curiosities-a picture
gallery full Of living pictures Of real life.
drawn not on canvass, but with printers
ink paper.


The effect, in libcralizing and enlarging
the mind Of the young, of this weekly COM
merce with the world, will be apparent to
any one who will ponder it. Once aliberai
education could only be completed by q Gr-
eign travel. The sons only of the wealthy
could indulge in this costly benefit. Bnt
now the poor mans son can learn as much
at home as hundred years ago gentle.
man could leern by journeyins tho world
over. For while there are some advantages
in going into the world, il is the poor maa's
privilege to have the world come to see
him. The newspaper is the great collector,
great lecturer. II is the common peoples
Encyclopedia-the lyceum. the college.
Year: 1863

ceeding glad. He approved of media.
tion as means of suspending hostili-
ties, but rejected arbitration. lie spoke
also of the important lessons the war
had taught on both sides, in explaining
anti-slavery errors, in proving tho
strength Of the South, and in showing
that slavery, instead of weakness, was
power; that the non .slaveholding white
men of the South were the chief sup.
port of slavery, and that there was no
danger of servie instructions. He
said that the South had learned, too,
that personal courage is quality com.
mon to all sections, and that in battle
the men Of the North, and especially of
the West, were their equals. Twenty
months Of war had corrected many
errors, and taught us the wisdom of u
century; and if we would only reunite,
the Union would be stronger and moro
durable than ever. He expressed his
readiness to yield personal interests
and the moro material rewards of am


bition just now to the future good of
the country. Whoever believed the
war would restore this Union; whoever
was FOR war for the abolition Of slavery
or for disunion; whoever demanded
Southern independence and final sepa,
ration, would not bc satisfied with
what he said a? But he had always been
f,r the Union, and would not now sur
render it, In youth he had desired to
live to see the hundredth anniversary
of American independence, and hear
onr orators eXllt in the growing glorics
ard greatness Of the still United States.


He hoped tor it stills 'oner, if possible.


In any event, let that day be the day
! f the great restoration. We were in


the midst OF the crisis Of the revolution


# we secured peace now and began


reunion, all would be we'll. 1t not, he


saw nothing before Us but revolution


aud anarchy. ......
Year: 1863

give the toss Of = copper between IN cxpedi-
Grey candidate and Col. Stone for Governor"


The "blessed martyr" Mahouy, vaguely
hin's that he is personally acquainted with =
msn Of about his own size thst ought to be
run for Governor on the Copperhead ticket.
We think 80, too.


We presume that there Is no probability
. that Gen. Tuttle would accept Of the nominn-
ton from any set Of men with whom Ma
hony ia permitted to act We therefore give
The weight Of our influence to Mahony- To
be consistent, the Coppcrheads must run n
REPRESENTATIVE mao.
Year: 1863




We do not know that there is much ex
pressed dissatisfaction In consequence Of the
removal Of Gen Hooker from the COM
1nand Of the Army Of the Potomac; but
there is vast deal Of inquiry and conjec-
turc why the change was 50 suddenly de-
termined upon in the face Of the eaemy.
To US, though we have no authoritative in
formation from Washington, the case is
clear. Gen. Hooker was campcd at Fal-
mouth opposite Gen. Lee at Fredeticks-
burg, to watch the latter's motions and to
otlcr him resistance in any dangerous move
ment that he might attempt. Our readers
know how that duty was performed.
Gen. Lee completely and successfully
hanked our army, making u circuit
almost half around it before his move
znent was discovered; and in doing so,
he exposed himself, Ind he been matched
by man Of genius. to certain destruction.
But vast as the scheme was, no advantage
was taken Of it By the commander Of our
forces. II he was ignorant Of what was
going on, he ought to have been removed
for not having and using better means Of
intelligence II he was aware Of it, and
failed to make it the occasion for signal
victory, removal was not punishment
enough-he ought to have been cashiered.
At any rate, TO replace him by another
was duty that the Administration could
not have neglected without re-cnactingt the
folly and wickedness by which Mcclellan,
after his incapacity was demonstrated, was
retained in command. We say this with
regret, for Of all the Generals that the army
Of the Potomac has had, Of Hooker we
have expected the most But let him go,
The cause is greater than any man; and If
the army had them it could afford to sacri-
fee hundred such rather than the cause
should suffer harm. In subordinate ca
pacaty, Where all the laurels he wears were
Won, he may, by his undoubted Courage
and hy the bri]liancy with which he will
execute what others plan, restore himself
to the llace in public confidence that he
has lost


VI General Hooker's successor VIC know
A1ue-iess, indeed, than Of any that have
preceded him; and with that little, the
good and bad art so intcrmingled that we
know not what to believe. We can only
hope that he may be able to organize VIC
tory amid the Acknowledgements by which
he is surrounded. At leas, he is not sot.
). such, we nre sor1y to say, as Hooker has
:: become.
Year: 1863

ADVANTAGES OF BEING A WoMAN.-A
woman says what she chooses without being
knocked down for it. She can take snooze
after dinner, while her husband goes to work.
She can go into the street without being asked
to stand treat" at every saloon. She can
stay at home in time of war, and get married
again if her husband is killed. She Gun wear
corsets if too thick, and-other iixins if too
thin. She can get divorced from her husband
whenever she sees one she likes better. She
can get her husband in debt all over until he
warns the public not to trust her on bis &C.
count. But all these advantages are balanced


by the great fact that she cannot sing bass.
go sparkling. or climb a tree with any degree
Of propriety. faa
Year: 1863

purpose of melting greater diligence and


Netchfulness in the future, every motive
and object ! desire will be fully realized.
IF Sigel had been in command of his old
corps, none believe that such surprise
could have happened; yet who can doubt
that the responsibility rests upon him
who was thrice notified of the danger
which finally robbed us of mplete VIC
tory? Complete victory, l say; for claim
that such fight and such results as
Hooker there achieved cannot be denomi.
mated defeat, and the pride and indig-
nation of every time soldier of the Poto-
mac Army is touched if it be intimated.
Even as | write, our. returned surgeons
state, as the admission of all the Rebel
officers they met on the other sides, that
they have received no such terrible pun
ishment since the war commenced, and
that if this is 'Joe Hooker's style of
fighting, they-want no more Of it.


~ H y 2ss ScALPKL.
Year: 1863

Much Of the profit OF dairy COW depends
on plentiful supply at all times Of nutri.
tious food. The variety in the quantity Of
milk they yield, is principally owing to the
difference in the nutritive quality of the food
they receive. Cows, it is well known, re.
ceiving food poor in alimentGl matter, fall
away in milk. Add to the nutritve prop.
critics Of their food, and they Immediately
increase their flow. The quantity of milk,
then, does not d,Pend on giving particular
kind Of food, but on giving quantity equal TO
the support Of the natural waste Of the body,
and remainder to be converted into milk.
Farmers err very much when they undertake
to keep more cattle than they have means to
sustain in the best condition, especially in
winter. The result is, theiI cows come out
of the stable in the spring weak and feeble,
and struggle through half the summer before
they are in condition to yield milk in quan.
tity more than equal to paying expenses.
Dairy cows should at all times be in good
condition. They should receive their food al
regular intervals; their milk should bedrawn
at stated hours, and by quiet, gentle mixers ;
and they should be treated at all times with
the greatest kindness. In short, every means
in the power Of the dairy farmer should be
used to insure their tranquility.


Harsh treatment also exerts a very injur.
ious action on the milk. rendering it less
buttery, and more liable to acidIty. Res
PiratiOn is q species Of combustion. At
every breath, we inhale oxygen of the at.
mosphere, which unItes with and consumes
the fatty matter Of the food. When cows
are worried or driven too rapidly, they
breathe more frequently, inhale more oxygen
and more Of the buttery portion of theiI
food Is consumed, leaving less to be con
vert. into milk. Warmth is q substitute
20 certain extent, for food. Hence the
importance, in cold weather, Of tight build
ings, avoiding cold draughts, with proper at
tention, however, TO effective ventilation
Impure air acts as lnjuriously on the anima
frame as impure or insufficient food. Cows
when warm and comfortable will consume
proportionately less food, and il is vel
known to all experienced dairymen, thai
their cows yield more milk in warm pleasant
days, or when they have the run Of warn
well sheltered pasture, than on cold rainy
days, or when they run in cold bleak pas
lures. When cold, they inhale more oxy
gen the result is combustion Of more O
the carbon OF oily part Of the food, and les.
remains 70 supply the lacteal vessels with
rich milk. 4s }Aa- 'sF @3-a@
Year: 1863

We give below q, List of all the Public Officers
in this County, with their post offices, for the
convenience of those having business with or de-
string to communicate with said officers:
Year: 1863

A telegram reports that Provost Mar
shal Nugenbo of New York, has been nOti-
fed from Washington to suspend the
draft. This looks, if true, like yielding F;
Jet it should not be regarded as evidence
Of timidity or weakness on the part of the
Government The draft cannot go on in
the midst Of the tumult, and temporary
suspension, till quiet is restored, is neces-
sary- It must be suspended practically,
and may as we'll be formally and regu-
larry, till order is restored, and a force
secured sufficient to enforce IT. Stand by
the GOvernment--that is the only path Of
ssfety-and all will come out right.
Year: 1863

The COpperheads at Minerva spiked g
cannon to prevent it being fred in honor
of the great victory Of General Mesde over
the hordes Of treason under Lee. Accord
ing to copperhesd morals it is a wicked
usurpaiion Of arbitrary power, and gross
violation Of the Constitution for loyal men
and women TO rejoice over rebel defeat.
-Net0 Lisbon Buckeye STATE. .s-
Year: 1863

In A BAD WAY-All but four Of the nom.
inees on the Copperhead State Ticket in Min
nesota, have declined. But one Democratic
newspaper in the State supports the nomina'
ton, and the name of the editor of that is on
the ticket. m F r.e
Year: 1863

TT Those who denounce the draft as
"odious' and "tyrannical," should read the
instructions of the rebel Col. Richardson for
the enforcement of Conscription in Western
Tennessee If man absents himself to avoid
the draft, his house shall be burnt down; if
he resists, he "shall be shot down and left
dying" if he takes refuge in his house, it
shall be burnt and guarded so he may not
get out! So much for rebel humanity.
Year: 1863

The people of Iowa have noted one marked
difference between the mode the present po-
litical campaign is carried on by the Union
men, and the mode adopted by the opposl-
ton. We do not remember to have read in
any Union journal, or heard from any Union
orator. single word in abuse of Gen. Tuttle.
On the contrary; we cannot take up single
Copperhead Journal in the State which does
not TEEN with personal defamation of Colonel
Stone. five were to believe their assertions,
Col. Stone has been guilty of about all the
crimes known to the penal code, and carried
around in his pantaloons pocket or the seat
of his breeches, some terrific patent machine
or other, of which he is the monopolzer, and
which was gotten up for the express purpose
of enabling him to knock the Decalogue into
a cooked hat several hundred times day !!
There is one of these things true: Col. Stone
ought to have been in the penitentiary long ago,
or the Copperhead journals ofIowa lie like bull
etins. And there is one of these things true
too COL Stone ought to be in States prison
for the crimes charged upon him, or they who
make the charges ought to be there, for al
lowing man they assert to be so stupendous
villain to so unpunished. The laws are
before you, Messrs. Copperheads, you have at
least one Copperhead Judge" in Iowa, and
plenty of Copperhead lawyers-why don't
you go in on your muscles and rid commu-
nifty of this fellow?


The answer is plain. These opposition
journalists know they are slandering and
liheling. They know they cannot prove their
charges in fact, do not pretend to do So
and their only resort is vituperation and
blackguardism.


Here, in the Dubuque Herald, now before
us, is charge that Col. Stone ''ruined the
servant girl who tended on his sick wife, and
not Republican paper denies it." And
then it goes on to say how "Mr. Mathews"
the father of the poor servant girl who had
beer ruined by the arts Of this Iowa Aaron
Burr, brought suit against Stone, and how
Stone bought him off with ''quid pro quo,"
and all that sort of blubbering stuff. 1t re-
ally does make US weep to read these virtuous
ieremiads of the Herald, and we beg Col.
Stone, and by these presents do solemnly i'm
plore him, not to ruin "Mr. Mathews"
daughter any more by ''his arts" or sin the
good old way" or by any means whatsoever,
till the campaign be ended. If he don't let
'Mr Mathews daughter alone, at least till
after the election, we are done for! This
seducing business is a little more than we
can stand, especially as between Col. Stone
and "Mr. Mathews daughter" We insist
that the Chairman of the State Committee
put stop to it incontinent.


Friends! Excuse this seeming levity. We
hardly know how else to treat a subject so
extraordinary. The sum and substance of
all this terrible charge is that 'Mr. Mathews
daughter is Mrs. Col. W. NJ. Stone, and has
been ever since they both came to Iowa, or
very nearly so. So much for Col. S., in the
seducing line.
Year: 1863

The single man who does not save MONEY
on six dollars week, will not be apt to on
sixty; and he who does not lay up something
in the first year of independent exert;on will
be pretty apt to wear poor mans hair into
his grave
Year: 1863

OLD Hickory. AT the time that Gen.
Jackson's proceedings at New Orleans
were brought up in Congress. the old
hero, then at his home in Tennessee,
wrote as ollows:


al would be the last man on earth to
do any act which would invnlidate the
principle that tie military should alway ;
be subject to the civil power"
Year: 1863

a Douglas Democrat writes to the Troy
Times .sIf you have any copperheads among
yonr readers, tell them that we soldiers think
the secesh are little cleaner and good Heal
more manly than they
Year: 1863




Editors Intsili9eHesr:


The Richmond papers in announcing the
death Of StonewAll jackson, console them
selves with the reflection that It was no
Yankee bullet that deprived him OF life,
and add that in the confusion Of the con-
dict he was shot by bis own men, who
would not for the world have hurt hair
OF his bead Intentionally. 1t would be
we'll for them to know the fact that the
writer Of this was assured by deserters from
JackSon'S army, six weeks ago ut WinchGs'
ter, that be would be shot by bis own meu,
the tirst engagement they should get into.
l asked them their reasons for this opinion.
They answered that large proportion Of
his army had been forced into the service
against their will that they were treated
worse than dogs; that jackson was the
greatest old tyraut in the world that he
did not regard the life Of man; that bis
troops were kept on half rations; that some
were shot for desertlou almost daily; that
they were tied up and whipped for being
absent without leave; that many of his
men were reduced 10 desperation, and that
they had deserted with certain knowledge
of the fact that II caught, death would be
their doom.


They said they had heard scores Of men
swear that Jackson would never como out
OF another fight alive.


This statement may afford to others of
the tyranuical rebel Generals and leaders
food for solemn reflection. They will find
It Is no light thing to deprive free people
Of their liberties. T. N. HARRIS,


Colonel lOlh Virginia.