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Year: 1863

tB Wendell Phillips says that it is the
hight Of folly and absurt1ity to expect to
overcome terrible fanatic like JEFF. Davis
with compromising intrigucr like VIM
II. Seward; US well undertake to ncutralizc
nitric acid with Cologne water. And to
fight the fanatical rebel generals We must
have ut tic head Of our armies men who
take square issue with the idea for which
The rebels arc fighting, and who are ready,
with fortitude and courage, to sacrifice
everything to carry through their idca.
That is the way the Union WIS created in
the Revolution, and that is the only wny it
can lie now saved.
Year: 1863

vegetable or animal, and cheapens the
price Of every article Of Eastern or Euro
pean manufacture consumed. Whatever
is saved in freights is so much gained to the
industrial classes. A busllel Of corn tlat
brings the farmer Of illinois with the Mis-
sissippi closed, fifteen cents, will fetch him
thirty to forty cents when it Is opened.


We estimate the free navigation Of the Mis-
sissippi as competing route TO market,
worth 500, ,000, 900 per year to the people
Of the West. The loss to the ten Western
States, Kentucky and Missouri included,
for the year 1862, in the reduced
price paid to the farmers for their
products and the enhanced cost Of
all goods purchased fully cqualled
sixty millions Of dollars. Some will esti-
mate the loss much higher, and few lower,
who give the subject proper thought. This
sum is equal to the interest On one thous-
and millions at six per cent, Tits equal to
the interest on what the National debt will
be next June. The people Of the West
could better afford to pay the War debt
themselves than permit peace to bemade
with the rebels that would leave the lower
Mississippi in their hands. The loss Of the
unrestricted navigation Of that river would
reduce the value Of the property Of the
West by at least one billion of dollars. 4
mortgage Of that amount on the property
Of the West, drawing six per cent. inte-
rest, would be no greater evil than
the lower Mississippi in the posses
sion Of a rebel or foreign power. The
Copperheads do not want Vicksburg
taken, nor the Mississippi opened, as that
would destroy their stock in tradc. If
they can force q peace with the rebels,
leaving the river below Memphis in:their
hands, they feel sanguine Of being able to
take the West out of the Union and ofanne1-
ing it to the Southern Confcderacy. They
believe that, for the sake of securing the
free use Of the river, the people Of the West
could be dragooncd into complying with al
most any terms the Confederates might die
tate. Hence, in political point Of view, the
capture Of Vicksburg and the possession Of
the river are Of the most vital impor-
tance.. Have our rulers at Washing gton the
sagacity to comprehend it, and the enter
prise to secure the great prize before it is
too lntep
Year: 1863

The naional want is victory. That OBJ
tanned, and the Copperheads would subside,
the contemplated resistance to q draft
would content itself with scolding, the
price Of gold would decline, confidence in
the Government would be restored, and
predictions Of final success would grow
thick and confident. Why not recognize
and satisfy the want which all loyal men
feelt. Why not? Our men will fight, our
leaders are anxious to press forward. The
President is willing. Why not put a man
IN the place of Old Brains some man
: who has genius for var, the capability for
action as well as receptivity Of theories
about war?
Year: 1863

We are so oyerburdened with letters
from all quarters, that We must cntrcat our
correspondents to take time and condense.
We have on our table at this moment not
less than one hundred communications,
mostly from the seat Of war, not one in ten
Of which shall We be able to print. Hence
those who do not see their faTors in our
columns, will know the reason why.
Year: 1863

BeB@The President doubtless named the
number OF one-tenth as being ia harmony
with tho principle upoa which the three mil
hons Of New England assume TO govern the
thirty millions of the whole country
Year: 1863

men, every one of them, must know their
places and duties-who has
right by law to command, and who is
bound by law to obey. AS the case now
is, the sheriff of the county, in case of
riot has right to call on the militia for
help; but what can this call avail, if there
is no organized and disciplined militia i?
Just nothing at all. A mob could be put
down only by another mob. 1t ought not
to be so. 1t is discredit to the State of
Vermont to have it so. AS to how COM
prehensive militia organization there
ought to be, opinions may differ. Our
own view is that it ought to embrace all
the able bodied men of military age and
that too, without admitting excuses on the
score of physical inability to anything
like the extent to which it has been done
lately under U. S. authority. But if an
efficient organization were to take in at
one time, but half a third, or even a
quarter of the entire body of enrolled
men, it would in every respect, be better
than to have no organization at all.


The fear of expense to the State
Treasury for per diem allowance to the
Militia when on drill duty, and for small
arms, we suppose, is the great obstacle.
Why not, then, do as was done genera.
ton and half ago? Then all the able.
bodied men of the State were obliged tc
train several days in the year, and tc
provide their own guns, without any pay
for time or guns; and there was no GRIM
bling about it either. The youth, turned
eighteen, knew that he would be enrolled
at once, and called upon to act in a mill
tary capacity, and he was proud to appear
with his gun and take his place with old
er men, ready for his country's service il
need be.


1t has been fashionable of late years
to say that the old practice was good fol
nothing. We know better Not only
from personal observation, but from per
sonal' experience we know that it was
worth great deal-a vast deal more thar
no working system at all.-Frse Press.
Year: 1863

There is now no organized Militia in
the State. In case of resistance to the
laws or invasion from abroad, there is not
man subject to the authority of the
State, who can be relied upon for military
duty, except by means of the complicated
machinery of draft with its attendant
delay, "-A9t. Gems. Report, 1868.


Just think of that! Yet, from all ap-
pearances our Legislature will do nothing
this year to give us militia system good
for something. Apparently there Is no
one in either body--or at least nobody in
the military committees-who feels COM
petent to manage the subject. One COM
mittec wishes to be discharged from all
consideration of the subject, and another
instead of bringing the subject in bill
before the House, and manfully sustain
ing it there, wants the House to tell the
committee beforehand exactly what it
wants,--a stern-foremost way Of making
progress, not likely to effect much. oa


As to relying on draft, in case of a
riot, sudden insurrection and invasion, it
is sufficient to say that such reliance is
absolutely worthless. The mischief is done
long before draft can be made--much
more before the men can be beorganized and
fitted for action. To be of any use in
such an emergency. the men must have
been previously officered. repeatedly mus
tered. and accustomed to act together in a
military way, and to realize that, as a
body, they can be ordeIcd to duty, if need
lbs, at moments warning. Officers and
Year: 1863

A HoRsn FoND OF MISCHIEF. gentle
man some years ago, speaking of the hab-
its of animals, gave the following curious
account: There is," he said,"a very
fine horse in the possession of Sir Henry
Meux & Co. the eminent brewers, which
is used as a dray. horse, but he is
left sometimes without any restraint to
walk about the yard and return to the
stable according to his fancy. In the
yard there are also a few pigs of pecu-
liar breed, fed on grains and corn, and to
these pigs the horse has evidently an
insuperable objection, which is illustra.
ted by the following fact There is q
deep trough in the yard, holding water
for the horses, where this horse goes alone
with his mouth full Of corn, which he
saves from his supply. When he reaches
the trough, he lets the corn fall near it on
the ground, and when the young swine
approach to eat it (for the old ones keep
aloof), he suddenly seizes one of them by
the TAIL pops him into the trough, and
then capers about the yard, seemingly de-
lighted with the frolic. The noise of the
pig soon brings the men to his assistance,
who know, from experience, what is the
matter, while the horse indulges in all
sorts of antics. by way of showing his
glee, and then returns quietly to the sta
ble."
Year: 1863

The rifles in the British army are found
to be injured by the friction Of the steel
ramrod upon the inside of the barrel,
during the constant drilling. Drilled SOL
diers are therefore to go through the mo-
tions of loading without using the rod.
Year: 1863

HE SWORD OF STONEWALL JACK


SON.
Sword of the mighty Chieftain, resti
Thy deeds-thy warlke deeds are Ger;
The hero's hand thy hilt once pressed,
Shall never weld thee more.
That hand that proudly drew thee oft,
Ger vlctory's field to wave,
When Freedoms flag was seen aloft,
Lies powerless in the grave.
Then rest, proud steel nation weeps
The fall of him, our country's pride;
Thou vert the friend of him that sleeps
The friend that clung close to his side.
Thou art the blade whose mighty blow
Shook all the tyrant's passing power,
Aud laid his largest armies low,


And even made the monarch COVER
Then rest. while history tells the tale
OF all this war has known OF thee
While weeping millions yet bewail
The one who fought their land to free.
Our nation bows in grief to mourn
Ger one her sons so true, so brave;
And drop Ger him so rudely torn,
nations grief above his grave.
Oh could deaths cold and cruel hand
Have stayed its touch that he might see,
The flag of peace wave Ger our land,
Proclaming our loved country free.
But O. It's done-his honored name,
Will live when kingdoms pass away;
And hover o er the heights Of fame,
Till earth shall know no future day
Cumberland Gap, May 18th, 1865. Nc.
Year: 1863

" SALE IN CHURCHvILLE-I offer for sale.
privately, the HANDSOME F,AME RESIDENCE.
situated in Chuscbvllle Augusta CO., Va having five
convenient sized Rooms, with an excellent Dining
Room and klchen in the basement, never-failipg
well OF water iu the yard and excellent Diary and
GOOD Ice house attached Also, a No l Store-room
and Cellar, with large room over the Store 40 feet
long, which would make first rate school room for
any wishing to board and havea good permanent
Classical School and there is now an excellent open
ing fer school ut this kind there is here at
this time and tnere is better stand for store IN
the Valley OF Virginia. There a good garden and
every other nece sary convenience that any could
ask to make all comfortable.


ANY person wishing to buy, will call on, or address
me at Churchviise Augusta county, Va.


June 2-4t T. N LINDSEY


"a Staunton Spectator copy times, and charge
to subscriber Rock Re0ister
Year: 1863

CHURCH STREET,


LYNCHBURG, VA.
rINHE subscl lber begs leave to inform the public
/ that he has charge of of the above named popular
House which is situated in the Immediate vicinity If
the most business part of the cGT and the location is
one of the most quiet and healthy in the place Ev-
cry effort will be made to provide for the comfort and
welfare OF guests


An Omnibus. baggage Wagon and Porter will al.
ways be found at the Depots and Boat Landing the
arrival of the aiDs ana Boats to convey gers
to and from the Hotel j. X. LiNKUUS,
Mar Sim Proprietor.
Year: 1863

Our People IN NoRFoLK.-The enemy contin-
ues to exercise his malicious ingenuity IN devils
ing schemes for the humiliation of the people of
this unfortunate city. private letter before
MS says the Enquirer, from a reliable citizen of
the place, is filed with the accounts of the trials
to which they are subjected daily, s.There are
now in prison here,'' says the writer of the epis
tie. ssmany ladies', who are held for supposed
sympathy for the Southern cause, and held re-
sponsible for acts committed at or near their
residences in the county, with which they had
nothing to do Our government ought surely to
be apprised of these things in order to retaate
In some way. All CLERKS are now prohibited
from acting as SUCH unless they take the oath.
Our streets are pretty well occupied by those
who have nothing to do but stroll about from
post to pillar; and when more than two are
found tegether they are dispersed by the provost
guard, which constantly patrol the streets to
keep us from talking together. None dare re-
monstrate against such usurpations without in


curing the risk of incarceration. The great
bul k of our people are true as steel. Viii not
0 ur Government do something TO relieve us ?''
Year: 1863

MAI. GEN. GEORGE G. MEADE.


1t too late IN hour for single line
Of editorial comment, our dispatches in our
lust issue announced that Gen. George G.
Meade had succeeded Gen. Hooker in the
command Of the Army Of the Potomac.
The heannouncement is now made official else
where in the addresses Of the two officers
themselves, respectively announcing the
retirement Of the one, and the assuming
command by the other. Elsewhere we
givc brief sketch of: the career and ante
cedents Of Gen. Meade. His brief and
modest address BY these very: qualities
speaks in his behalf He makes no promi-
ses, and We make none for him. It is too
late in the history Of this war to resort to
the hotbed process Of forcing military
laurels The successful commander in this
war will find them ready grown.


The TRIBUNE has not, and has never
had, a pet mia1y candidate Ithas made
its only beau ideal the man who will strike
telling and crushing blows upon the enemy.
It has founded its most poignant regret ut
preceding misadyentures in the leadership
OF the Army of the Potomac, less upon
personal grounds than in the injury thereby
cntailed upon the cause every loyal man
should have at heart. The army and the
people will be with Gen. Meade if he
proves the leader for whom the war has
waited. -
We regard it as highly fortunate for
Gen Meade that he has but one road open
to him, for his sword to win He may
shine above all his compeers in feats Of
arms, but no political junta can 2make
him q Presidential candidate. A
happy circumstance Of birth has
placed him beyond that dangerous
pale. An American by consanguinity, the
fortune Of his birth is singalarly his good
fortune at this hour to save him from all
possible detraction- We might read other
promising auguries in his soldierly ante
cedents, but we leave him to be the Eecip-
lent Of the good wishes Of all loyal men.
Let him be sustained by the whole power
Of the people, in position made all the
more trying By the vicissitudes that have
befallen it
Year: 1863

11ake it your first duty to-day to vote
for Circuit Judge We owe no small
share Of OUT present national troubles to
the apathy that in years past good citizens
have allowed themselves to entertain con-
eerning the exercise Of their privilege as
voters
Year: 1863

eB II you do not care to-day, your dray-
man will. Your porter and hostler will
not forcgo their privilege. Is the right to
be more priced by them than yous Who
has the most at stalker
Year: 1863

WANT OF PUNCTUALITY.-It is aston
ishing how many people there are who neg
lect punctuality. Thousands have failed
in life from this cause alone. 1t is not on
ly a serious vice in itself, but it is the fruit
full parent Of numerous other vices, so that
he who becomes the victim of it, gets in
volved in tolls from which it is almost i'm
possible to escape 1t makes the merchant
wastcful Of time; it saps the business and
reputation Of the lawyer, and it Injuries
the prospects of the mechanic In a word,
there is not a profession, nor station in
life, which is not liable to the canker of
the destructive habit Many and many a
time has the failure of one man to meet
his obligation brought on the ruin of a
score of others. Thousands remain poor
all their lives, who, if they were more
faithful in their word would secure a large
run of custom, and so make their fortunes.
Be punctual if you would succeed,
Year: 1863

PURSUIT OF PLEAsURE.-W smile at
the ignorance of the savage who cuts
down the tree in order to reach its fruits;
but the fact is, that blunder of this de-
scription is made by every person who is
over eager and impatient in the pursuit of
pleasure. To such the present moment is
as everything, and the future as nothing
he borrows, therefore, from the future, at
most usurious and ruinOus interest; and
the consequences, are that he finds the
tone Of his best feelings impaired, lis self
respect diminished, Lis health of mind and
body destroyed, and life reduced to its very
dregs, at time when, humanity speaking,


the greater portion of its comforts should
be still before him. Bishop Shutt7evorth.
Year: 1863

READ IT Hunger uever
saw bad bread.


Nothing dries sooner than tear


Little drops of rain brightens the mead
ows, and little drops of kindness brightens
the " orld


Man is foolish to be jealous ofa good wo-
man and downright fool TO be jealous of
a bad one.


1t is fortunate for fortune that she is blind
else she might blush to behold the fools
she patronizes.


No man is always wrong. A clock al
ways goes right once in twenty four hours


We should round every day of stirring
action with an evening of thought We
learn nothing from our experience unless
we muse upon it.


Mean men admire wealth, great men glo-
ry.


You can no more exercise your reason
if you live III the constant dread of laugh
ter, than you can enjoy life if you are in
cons tant dread Of death
Year: 1863

The Treasury Department has directed the
necessary measures to be taken to put into
operation, at an early day, the Branch Mint
authorized by recent act of Congress to
be established at Denver, Colorado Terri
tory.
Year: 1863

ONLY ONE.-There is but one umbrella in
the army of the Potomac, the gift of a lit
tie girl to her brother, who is private, to
protect him from exposure on the long
marches It is a subject of much mirth
among the soldidrs. who have about forgot
ten the use of such things.
Year: 1863

We cannot believe (says an exchange) that it
is their fault that there are men who arrive at a
good green old age" without fulfilling the com
mandment to replenish and multiply They
must have encountered some mishap, some cross
ing fpurposes in early life, when the heart is
warm and its impulses free, that prevented them
from selecting lovely and amiable companion
to soOthe the solitary shade" Why else should
they adopt HCe's negative, turn their backs upon
the right side of the picture, and console them
selves with every idea of selfshness, while they
have


No one to love, none to caress."


We find in an old English periodical, long
since extinct, the following wish of one who was
not ofthe crusty" sort, which is recommended
to the serious contemplation of such as do not
desire to come under the liabilities of the first
named class in the conscription act:


l Amiable partner to soften my cares;


2 Thousand year TO support my affairs;


Dogs and gun, when to hunt l incline;


Horses and chase to indulge me and mine;
Clever companions, large-hearted and merry
3 Dishes each day and six bottles of sherry;
Beds in my house for friends at their leisure;
Something or other to add to their pleasure !;
8 Pounds in my pocket when cash require.
10 Healthy, fine brats-and no more desire.
Year: 1863

The choice which lies before those who
are disposed TO grumble at the few hard
ishipsof war, which are known by our
people, Is thus fairly stated By the Louis
vile Jeurnal:


'.If any body IS dissatisfied with Fed
stat money let him 90 South and get Con-
Tolerate money. If any body is dissatis-
Ted with United States taxes, let him 20
South and pay Southern taxes. IF any
body is dissatisfied with the United State
enrolment, let him go South and ehi6v
the benefits of the Southern Conscription.
Year: 1863

T RITTENB FRG HAS NOW ON HANDS A
L splendid assor' ment of Optical Instruments,
which he will dis of at greatly reduced
prices; his goods sng all of the very latest inn
provements in manufacture, consisting of a very
large variety of Spectacles from the most common
TO the very best, viz: The finest quality of Gold
Spectacles. these Glasses being constructed on the
most accurate adaptation Of the Convex Concavo
Periscopic principles. Also, Silver of three diff
Jerent grades of Glasses, No l being on the same
principle the Gold Spectacles. No is a Peri
focal Lense; No being fine Achromatic Lens,
mirror shape.


In addition to the above have fine assort-
ment of Steel, of the very hest quality of Lenses
the frames being grooEed into the Glasses. The
frames are so fine as to be scarcely visible No. 2
of steel is Perifocal- No. the globuIes of a
smoked Lense, adapted for weak sight where
strong light, snow or wind affects the vision.
These Spectacles are perfect preventative by use
ing them constantly, causing the eye to gain its
healthy power and retain it to old age.


Having had very considerable experience also in
eateraet eyes, In adapting glasses to such vision
would impress on the minds of all persons need
ing glasses of any description, to apply for such
only TO regular 0ptician, making that his sole
study and business for years, he alone being able
to know from the peculiar anatomy of the eye the
nature of the defect. whether arising from weak
ness of sight, fattening of the pupil, or other
misfortune occurring to the vision The eye be
ing the most delicate organ, and of the most vital
Importance to the happiness and prosperity of
man, should never be tampered with, either by
the individual or by those who, for mere profit,
take upon themselves the selling of Optical In
strumeDts, and who know nothing of the anatomy
of the eye or how to discover the proper glasses
suit the popularity OF the different sights of those
needing spectacles. Thousands have lost their
vision entirely from not applying to those only
qualified to know the different defects in each in
dividual's sight and how to remedy it by wearing
the proper kind of spectscles. l. Rittenbcrg,
having had over twenty-five years experience a
regular practical opticisn, those giving
him their patronage that by applying to him they
can get the very right kind of glasses adapted to
their case, and in almest every secure good
eye sight to old age. Ne sighted persons can
also obtain of him the latest improvement in
spectacles suited to them, being new invention.
i have also the most recently new Field Glasses,
with Astromical eye pieces, being very superior
to the old opera glass arrangement. All kinds OF
Optical Instruments repaired at the shortest no.
tice, and these having purchased snectaces of me,
and having had the misfortune to break one of the
lenses, can have it replaced gratuitously by apply
ing to


I. RITTENBERG,


81 Main Street,


Bet Second and Third Sts,


EVANSVILLE, IND.
sen %
Year: 1863

"a We have received communiea-
ton from Sergeant G. B. Green, of the
25th Indiana regiment, now at Memphis,
sharply criticising the Wadesville Con-
vention. We do not publish it because
the doings of that Convention have been
endorsed by majority of the people of
Posey county, and we sympathize too
much with the loyal Union men, who
struggled to avert the disgrace that has
been brought upon the county, to circu-
late their defeat any further abroad than
can be avoided. The least said about it
the better. We are glad to know, how
ever, that before another election Ser
geant Green and his companions will
have an opportunity of talking face to
face with those individuals who cast
aside federal officer as unfit for Dem
ocratic candidate, while they gave their
sufrages, in convention, to an Individual
who had served in the rebel army