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Year: 1863

CLOTHES WR1NaER.-We have always been the friend of any improvement which will tend to lessen the labor of washing. It is to be re- gretted that no washing machine has yet been invented which has come into general favor in the community. The same may be said of all clothes-wringers, with the exception of the one invented by Mir. Putnam, which we believe is destined to come into general use. Simplicity and durability are what the public want in all labor saving machines and these qualities are found in the Putnam clothes-wringer. It is fastened to the tub in a simple manner and it is so fitted with spiral springs that it will wiring a lace veil or a bed quilt without any altera- tion whatever. We have seen trial of this wringer, and believe it to be just the thing for every family to own, because 1t will greatly lessen tho labor of women on washing day. Believing this, We advise all to give this wiring CT a trial Wesyfeld (Nass.) Neps Letter.

 For sale in Litchfeld, by BISHOP & SEDa- WICK.
Year: 1863

THE HANDBILLs for the Litchfeld County Cattle Show were sent by mail to every Post Office and every Hotel of any note in the County. If they are not posted, it is because the Post Masters or the Hotel men were too stupid or too lazy to post them. In either case the public suffers. We are gratiied to know that the bills are everywhere admired. The Fair comes of nert week, and promises to be the best ever held in this County. There will be great rivalry in ''town and society teams" for which large premiums are offered.
Year: 1863

The New York Herald don't have a very exalted opinion of Governor Seymour of that State. It says that since his election, he has been equally distinguished for imbeciiity apd verbosity-that he can talk more without saw. ing anything, and write more without mean- ing anything than any other man they know that he showed his lack of good sense in hiss reply to General Dix that ha is not much os Q man, and no governor at al,
Year: 1863

rs~ Adjutant General Thomas reports,
it is said, that ten negro regiments are al
ready ornanized and full, in Gen'l Grants
Department, and that the business of re-
cruiting is still going on with the best
prospects for ten more within a short time.
That is pleasant news to us and to all who
desire the rebellion to be suppressed. We
suppose the rebels are not gratified by it
any more than are the Copperheads. Both
of these classes are beginning to find out
that the negroes are both able and willing
to fight when they have Il sufficient mo-
tive. They no longer call the blacks cow
ards. But then it is so outrageous for
white traitors to be beaten by dark skin
ned patriots! 1t must be hard to bear-for
them.
Year: 1863

ROBINSON CRUsoEs.-A Valparaiso cor
respondent of the New York Commercial
Advertiser says that Spanish steamer re-
Gently arrived at the former port, bringing
two men from an island near Cape Horn,
where they had been living, after ship
wreck, for twenty-three years! If the re-
port be true, what a tale these men must
have to tell! But we fear that they are not
likely to find man who can tell their story
for them as we'll as was that of the sailor
immortalized under the name of Robinson
Crusoe.
Year: 1863

rs We believe pretty much all the tele-
graphic reports of last week have been
pronounced false or unreliable. So we can
take new start, and trust that we may get
little truth in the future. But, as canards
seem to be the order of the day, we must
try and not be too credulous.
Year: 1863

RS-The Richmond Enquirer, says that
the loss of Stonewall Jackson was equiva-
lent to that of fifty thousand men! Well,
if that is the case, will the Enquirer credit
us with that number? If there are many of
these "fifty thousand men, equivalents
among the Confederate officers, what an
enormous army they have TO be sure! If
Jackson equalled fifty thousand, we won
der what Lee is rated at? He ranked jack
son, and ought to be the better and more
valuable officer. Is he equal to one hun
dred thousand?
Year: 1863

yzS- On and after June 1st, the provis-
ions OF the Excise Law in regard to stamps
on written instruments will go into full
operation. After that date all instruments
which by law are required to be stamped,
are declared absolutely null and void un-
less bearing stamps as the law enacts. All
who execute or receive such instruments
after that time, will do well to make sure
that they are made valid. 1t will save
trouble and prevent future losses.
Year: 1863

rs" A Soldiers Rest has been estab-
lished in New York City, and was to be
opened for active operations yesterday. 1t
will furnish returning soldiers with tempo
and information as they may require, while
passing through that city on their way to
and from the armies in the field, without
cost. Accommodations for five hundred
men can be given at once. Such an insti-
tuition is needed at that city, and it will do
a vast amount of good directly, and even
more indirectly, to the great body of SOL
dlers hourly passing through that city,
we hope 1t will meet with eminent encour-
agement and success.
Year: 1863

&s-The Cincinnati Gazette states that the
recent proclamation of the President in re-
lation to the enrolment of foreigners who
have declared their intention to become
citizens, was issued at the instance of Earl
Russell. The British Minister informed
the President that he did not intend to give
official protection to Englishmen who had
renounced their allegiance to the Queen,
but that it would only be conforming to
the comfy OF nations to allow all such per-
sons an opportunity to leave the country if
they desired to do so.
Year: 1863

Gss~ The money article of the New York
Tribune of Friday last says that counterfeit
fifty cent, postage currency, is in quite
general circulation in that city. 1t says
they are rather blurred and of rough exc
cution, and may also be detected by the
fact that,the words POST OFFICE in the right
hand lower corner in the counterfeit are
printed in one word, while in the genuine
they are divided, and stand as two.
Year: 1863

How often have we been Mortified by
sensation stories concerning the sale Of
negroes, How often have the marke ct
rates for Southern "chattle" been quoted
here as a scandal 10 the country, and an
indeliblc blot upon our vauuted cyili2a-
ton. Put q price upon a human being
Sell fellow. w.creature into bondage =
Could anything be conceived more de-
grading 10 our common humanity The
whole abolition fry was in iermen,, and
the abolition press produced day after day
from Southern papers advertisements of
negro sales, and reHard5 for capturing
runaway slaves. Armed with such teXts
they would hold forth for hours together
on the guilt Of :he Constitution in per.
mitting, and of The people in perpetua.
ting such state Of things. Well, 1.-THE
whirligig of time has brought them their
revenge The sale of white men is about
to take place in our city. The prepara-
tons for it commenced on the llth ult


Yes we are in slave State once more
bnt with this difference-that the slaves
now are our own country men--men of our
own race. with skin as fair and hair as
straight as those Of any member of the
cabinet. There is another difference,
however. The sweat and labor of the
b!Ick man was sold, but it is the life and
blood Of the white man that is sold The
average value of the black mans toll was
81 l,500-lhe maximum value of the white
mans life, $500 The superiority of the
black man is thus incontestably proven,
to the confusion of ethnologlsts and the
satisfaction of every crazy Drained fanatic.
The black man was forced to work, and
work cannot conflict with any principle ;
the white man is forced to fight, and fight
in cause which nature and reason alone
cisapprove. Yet not one word of censure
has been uttered by these fiery .tongued
opponents of black slavery it rousps no
indignant feeling in their hearts it siirs
not the blood in their veins TO hear of
white being bought and sold for three
hundred dollars They can pass the
Provost Marshal's slave pens without a
shudder, where men of their own race are
enclosed-for what? For poverty. Is
not that their crime We're they rich
could they not see the Provost Mashal
and his myrmidons at defiance.


Where, then, is our boosted reverence
for principle, when men are forced to
fight against their conscience because they
are poor? Alas alas for poor white
trash nova days they bring less in our
Northern slave marts than negroes do in
New Orleans. - feboDaHidl RecorR.
Year: 1863

Mr. EDITOR Il had the pleasure of hearing the
discussion az Smithfeld between Dr. Leach and Col
McRae. Col. McRae led off criticising and ridicu-
ling the Doctors circular The Colonel said he was
unable to understand it. The Doctor replied that
he admired his candor, but pltied his ignorahce-
1t was strange that man should have presumption
to offer himself a candidate for Congress who
could not understand plain English. -


The Colonel took up the subject Of peace, and
asked his opponent what sort of a peace he wanted
and how he proposed to get it DR.. Leach said he
wanted Just such peace as statesmen patriots and
Christian fathers, mothers, wives and sisters pray
ed for and talked for while brave soldiers were
fighting for it in the field. The Doctor referred
. Colonel McRae to the Confederate Constitution, by
which the President was empowered to make treat
les, by appointing ambassadors, &E That is the
way, said he in which want an effort made for
peace. He was not for the last man and the last
dollar until some honest and earnest effort should
be made by negotiation to stay the flow of blood
If such an effort should be made and repelled by
Our enemies, it would reunite our people as ono
man-eyery man would come to the reScue-we
would know our fate, and meet it as become free
men.


Col McRae thought the tithing law was the best
that could have been passed under the circumstances
said it favored the poor man. &c. DR.. Leach took
issue here and said that instead of vorng the poor
man it had contrary effect All the poor asked
was Justice Did this law leave the poor man
morsel of meat? No. it takes the tenth of all his
bacon. Does it leave him all his fodder and hay?
No, it takes a tenth of that Col. McFae asked the
Doctor how he would raise revenue. He answered
by taxation on the ad Vdloren principle. THEN
ry man would pay in proportion to what he was
worth DR.. Leach dealt at some length on the tith-
ing law showing that it is not uniform in its ope-
ration and that it operates harshly and unjustly.


Other subjects were discussed, and there was much
severe spaIring between the candidates. but do not
propose to follow them through all that said.
Let it be remembered that Col McRae is for the
last man and the last dollar, without favoring as
Dr. Leach does, earnest effort for peace by nego
tiations and let it also be remembered that Col
McRae endorses the Odiods tithing law. | am glad
to learn, Mr. Editor, that Doctor Leach's prospects
for election are so bright. Il confidently believe
that "a long pull, a strong pull and pull all to-
gether," will put him through by a trump hant ma
jority. = JOHNSTON.
Year: 1863

IMPORTANT ARRTvAL-The steamer Advance, be-
longing to the State Of North Carolina, has Just
made her third tripinto Wilmington from Bermuda.
There is no improperly in mentioning the fact as
we learn she was chased and fired at by the block
aders but got in safely 1t is supposed that besides
her usual cargo of clothes blankets and shoes for
the North Carolina soldiers, she has brought many
thousand pairs oc cotton and wool cards. to be sold
to the people of the State at cost and charges The
sagacity OF our Governor and Legislature in thus
providing for both soldiers and people, at probable
saving of millions of dollars in the cost is worthy
of all praise.-Fdy. O6serrer.


We do not go too far when we ssy-and We say
it in no spirit of unkindness to other StateS-that
State has done as much for the cause or is doing
much now as North Carolina. She has not suf
fered much as other States by the devastation oc
casoned by large armies but from the very first she
has been foremost in the contest for independence
She has now in the field more men than she can
well spare and in addition to this she has troops for
home defence in the AlbenSrle country, and Home
Guards organized in every County, She is clothing
and shoeing all her troops in the Confederate SER
vice. and Gov. Vance, with zeal and foresight wor-
thy of all praise, is regularly procuring important
supplies of various kinds from foreign ports. 1t is
impossible that 'such State, or any considerable
portion Of her people, should be untrue the South
ern cause. They are true They have been so from
the first Those who alege the contrary do so in a
spirit of reckless malice or they totally Hnac-
quainted with North Carolina politics.
Year: 1863

nv Fellow eitizens I candidate for seat IN the
House of Representatives in the next Congress of the Con-
ederate Staes If elected felowcitizens SHALL without
hesitation favor The early repeal of certain laws passed by
your Congress- The conscription law regard as
unconstitutional and in operations oppressive to many
of the best men the South Phe thng tuU is eminent
y of doubtful policy and oppressive 10 the people
large and must result in heavy lUss to the government
Much that may be collected from the people by the Pg
men Gc1y and be lost to the government before
can be used the interest of her the people contou-
ting their productions the government receiving them
In which the people must be called upon toe second
time supply the loss of the first tenth The early repeal
of the conscrpton and tithng laws shall favor from
deep sense of duty TO what conceive to be for the best m
tereSt of the country in favor of the passage OF


law paying the private soldier dollar per day or thirty
dollars per month while in the service of the government
The necessity for the passage of such law you cannot
fail in this day of high and extavagant prices asked
for every thing in the way of economical LIVING.


in favor of speedy termination of the war between
the North and the South terms just and equitable to all
the rights honor and dignity of the Southern people


war which is laying waste millions upon millions OF prop
erv and bringing poverty in its stead to the doors OF thou
sands of helpless widows and Orphasa war which has
and Offering up housandso the unbrst of the South
to melt away in blood and carnage in ungodly strife
am for peace. .s.----s,., -. res.. ., ....,..


-"l 'ei' " ''H' ?. T. HENRY.


BERTHE county, Sept. oath, 1858. . - e.: sS-tde.iE Z


~ Progress copy. till election. 90 = 4
Year: 1863

The Conservative element inths State is new
er allowed TO rear its head and one of the main
sons is, that no Standard newspapers are permitted
IN our midst-AtlGntG IateLllgencer.


So it seems that there is no such thing as free
speech or free press in Georgia We thought so.
The Standard is truer to the South than the Intel
Ltgencer. 1t is So because while it advocates inde
pendence and liberty against Lincoln it would also
preserve liberty among ourselves. That is the
meaning of Conservatism. Despotism, from what
ever quarter, would destroy the South. Our inde-
pendence would not be worth having if it is oeome
to US with Constitutions trampled down, law dis
regarded, and the military power paramount to civil
law.


The LntelLigencer says no Standard newspapers
are permitted to circulate in Georgia. We send
good many to that State and if they have been dis
troyed or suppressed by mobs we have not heard of
it. we know that Georgia soldiers, under COM
mand of Georgia officers are in the habit of mob
bing printing officers but we have not heard that
the Destructives of Georgia had assumed control of
the Confederate mails and prohibited the circulation
of our paper in that State.
Year: 1863

CoSvEKs1TIoS.-Sorelyo one Of the best rules
IN conversation is. never 10 say q thing which
any Of the company can reasonably wisa We had
rather left uasAid nor can there anything be
vel more contrary 10 the ends for whlca people
NEE together than TO part unsatis6ed with each
other or themselves
Year: 1863

1t will be seen that just thrty-fve stars are
necessary to form the above letters. and they
certainly could be appropriately emblazoned
on our national banner. The letters would
also stand as initials of e Federal Republic.
Ever Enduring" With such an arrao cement
our flag would indeed be the lag of the
Free"
Year: 1863

The Democracy are oling their feathers
in Connecticut prepatory to grand flight
in the spring. We hope another Seymour
may be made Governor there, SO that tho
Administration, when it finds sterling OPT
position in New York to its radicasm, may
look fu ther East and see more-Dubuqus
Herald
Year: 1863

Holiday Presents.--We have no doubt
that many q fond father or kind husband is
duly revolving in his mind what would be the
most appropriate present for bis family on
Christmas morning. Now to all such we
would suggest Wheeler & Wilson Sewing
Machine That is something that would de.
light and benefit the whole family and won Il
be remembered for many Christmas with
pleasure. The Wheeler Il Wilson has no
successful rival as a Family Sewing Machine
and of course II you should make such pre-,
ent you would want TO give one Of the best.
Its superiority is not denied in any well regu.
lated family.
Year: 1863

REPORTS RESPECTING THE CRops.-The re-
port of the state Of The crops during the month
Of August, from information received by the Bu-
reau Of Agriculture, is in the hand, Of the Gov
ernment printer, and will be issued in few days
II shows, as we learn, that the damage from the
early frost which occurred near the close Of that
month was not as great as was generally appre-
hended The damage TO the corn crop in some
oil the States was considerable, but will not aver
age more than onetenth Of the growing crop
The damage to the sorghum crop is much less
than was anticipated, and will not from present
appearance, materially affect the production Of
this article, it having proved to be more hardy and
possessed Of greater recuperative powers than
corn. Sorghum has become very valuable sg-
ricultural product and its cultivation under the
stimulus given by the loss through the rebellion
Of the sugar and moasses formerly derived from
the cultivation Of the sugar cane in louisiana is
rapidly and widely extending The tobacco crop
has also teen somewhat injured by the early frost
in certain districts.
Year: 1863

The address Of the unconditional Union Cen
tra State Committee to the people Of Maryland
says:


1--WE d'avow all measures for the violent ab.
rogalion Of slavery in our midst We claim that
en The exercise Of our prerogatiyes as American


ltnens we owe il 10 ourselves TO discuss fairly,
| .nd finally to dispose Of the evil, and we hereby


olemnly declare it to be our conviction that the
dignity, honor and prosperity Of our people alike
demand that we should legally and constitutions
ally abolish the institution at the earliest period
compatible with the best interests OF the State,
and the permanent welfare, stability and unity Of
the nation. Since the people know that the sub
stance of slavery is alrerdy gone and that only the
skeleton has been left, we are Of the opinion that
the sooner the skeleton ia removed the better it
will be for the true interests Of the State and ma
ton. The men that we present to you are in IA
yor OF supporting the Administration in every ef-
fort to put down the rebellion, and in every meas
ure which it has thought necessary or the perma-
nent peace Of the country when the rebellion shall
have been subdued. We believe that the only
way to put down the rebellion is to put It down
by force Of arms. For this purpose we are will
ing 70 vote every dollar necessary and give ever,
available man, black or white We do not think
ourselves at all superior to our ancestors Of revo
luiionary memory, who fought side by side with
colored troops, nor to Andrew Jackson, who com
manded and compimented the colored militia
who fought with him at New Orleans.


We believe it is the bounden duty Of the Pres
dent to use all the force and every weapon which
God has put within his grasp aud the laws of the
United States have authorized him to WELD in de.
iense Of the nation. Traitors have no choice as
to the weapons to be used 10 their destruction,
and loyal men only ask that they be speedy and
sure"
Year: 1863

This order, the Georgia papers say,
saved General Rosecrans army. The
Southern journals came to knowledge
of this order from the fact that the Ad-
jutant of General Palmer's staff was
taken prisoner, and, this order was found
nation who thinks that Rosecrans could
have been superseded by better man
than General Thomas There is an
earnest heartiness in this note in speak
ing of the enemy as rebels. 81 think
we can use them up" are words the
patriot likes to hear As an illustration
of General Thomas sagacity, general
officer, now in this city, says that if
Thomas could have had 10000 fresh
men on Sunday afternoon, he would have
utterly routed the rebel army. This
officer says that General Thomas clearly
saw the prize of victory within his grasp;
but, after the brigades of the reserved
corps had been hurled against the rebels,
Thomas had not another thousand fresh
soldiers whom be could use He saved
the army, but he would not have been
content with that He wanted, and
wnr'3 have had, such victory as would
have carried dismay throughout the
South. This field officer says that there
were other Generals besides Thomas who
saw what a prize was lost for the want OF
10000 men.
Year: 1863

Our dispatches indicate that tee govern.
meat has come to the conclusion to send
Maj. Gen. Butler to Charleston, as soon as
Gen. Gilmore and Admiral Dahlgren shall
have finished up their work. No better
man could be selected. He has been tried
at New Orleans, and found fully equal to
the most difficult task Of dealing with hot.
heads and traitors, and We hope he will be
sent. 1t is fitting that Massachusetts
should rule over South Carolina, until the
latter Stats is willing to take her place in
the Union by the side Of the rest of IA.
Year: 1863

use of this talent as Nebuchadnezzar was; and
something like his punishment seems to be a.
warded us: we are cast down from our high
and prosperous state; our boasted mental supe-
riority and general intelligence seem to be de-.
parted from us; foreign nations look upon us
with astonishment and think us mad. SO we
are and so we will remain, as did that monarch
of old, until like him we ''lift our eyes unto
heaven, "shen we may hope 'sreason will return, 9
and peace and prosperity be restored. God grant
that ''seven tines may not pass over us first,
as with them.


In Israel the Lord has seven thousand faith
ful ones, so now we believe he had many times
seven thousand among us; but we must remem-
Der that they too felt the parching heat for
three years, and wandered farther and farther
for water, when wells and brooks and rivers
were dried up under the suns fierce rays. And
the handful of meal and scanty cruise of oil in
the house of the widow of Zarephath may give
reason to believe that many other pious families
were in a similar state of want. 1t is also on
record for our instruction that His bountifill
hand is ever ready to succor those who trust in
Him. Let us cry unto Him as David once did
in time of great PERIL lie merciful unto me,
q. God, be mercitul unto me; for my soul trust
eth in thee: yea, in the shadow OF thy wings
will make my refuge until these calamities be
overpast that threaten the desolation of our
once happy country G.. 7. z.