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Year: 1862

/AN ILLUMINATION o,NIoHr.-We understand
that It Is the Intention Of many Of our citizens
TO celebrate the recent victories Of the Union
troops by an illumination tonight, this being
the first anniversary Of the Inauguration Of
President Lincoln. Should the weather be
pleasant, the diaplay will doubtless be very
foe. In most OF the Northern cities, where
illumiuations have already taken place, the
occasion will be honored In this and other ways
Year: 1862

Northern msrcsnares should thoroughly appreciate the
exSency, and helos oomprehend that this 70 no time
Ior the Army Of the Potomacthe men OF Asnassas-to
stack their arms and quit, for brief PERIOD the
standards they have made glorious by their manhood
All must understand this and feel the magnitude or the
conflict impending the universal personal sacrifices this
war has entsled and duty to meet them as promptly
and unbionchngiy as you have met the enemy in line
OF battle.


To the Army Of the Shenandoah desire TO return my
thanks for their endurance In the memorable march 70
my assistance last July, their timely. decisive arrival
and for their conspicuous stsadneSs ant gaany the
eeid of battle.


Those OF their comrades Of both corps and Of al
OF the Army OF the Potomac fortunate yet
have been with us in conflict with our enemy leave
with oil confidence that on occasion they will show thsm
selves 6t comrades forths men Of Manassas, Bull run
and Ball. Bluff.


q. 7. BEAUREGARD, General Commanding.
Year: 1862




The departure of Major General Banks for
New York on Monday afternoon, there to open
his headquarters. and to organize the great expe
dition about to be set on foot under his command,
marks one of the most important epochs of this
war Various coniectnres, near and wide OF the
truth, will of course be hazarded as 10 the design
and destination of this important expedition. In
formation derived from various sources ana in
fercnces from sundry facts induce me TO believe
that the following will be found, substantially,
the aim and purpose of this new movement. The
attention of the Government Of the United States
has, for long time, been earnestly directed to-
ward Texas. and the Importance OF extended
military operations TO restore the Federal author
ty in that State has been strongly and persistent
ly urged by several delegations OF loyal Texans,
under the solemn assurance thata large portion of
the people of Texas are only waiting for an OPP
portunity TO return TO their allegiance, and es
tablish, within their boundaries one or more free
States. To accomplish this vast design will un-
doubtedly be the object of the expedition under
Gen. Banks. Only two weeks ago expedition
also looking toward Texas, after first clearing
the Mississippi of rebel distractions, was intrust
ed to Major General John A. McClernand, Of
Illinois, who is now in the Western States earn
estly engaged ia its organization. The concur
rent movement on the seaboard, headed by Gen.
Banks. and looking 20 the same object after Sav-
ing been long and favorably considered by the
military authorities, has now been formally de-
cided upon.


There is no doubt but that an expedition is be-
ing fitted out for the remuneration of Texas.
Gen. BANKS has his headquarters in New York
preparing for il, as we are advised by leaky Re
publican officials and presses. Whether il is the
part of wisdom to advertise the rebels of the de-
sigrs OF the Government we will leave it for
what HENRY WARD BEEcHER calls "weak and
helpless" Administration TO determine. We ask
the reader to direct his attention 10 the object of
the expedition. as developed by the correspondent
who is about establishing an Administration or
ganin Washington, and who is supposed to enjoy
its confidence. It is ostensby to restore the
Federal authority in that State under the SOL
emn assurance that large portion OF the people
of Texas are only waiting for an opportunity to
return to their allegiance" The Administration
then intends to develop the Union sentiment in
Texas by giving it that material aid necessary
for its protection. The idea upon which the Ad.
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ministration now proposes TO act IN bringing back
Texas to its allegiance to the Government was
suggested in the resolutions of the eth Of Janu-
ary Convention, and which the Republican press
and orators denounced as the essense of disloy-
atty. One of those resolutions reads thus:


That the maintenance of the Union upon the
principles of the Federal Constitution should be
the controlling object of all who profess loyalty
to the Government, and in our judgment this
purpose can only be accomplished by the ascend
dncy of Union party in the Southern STATES,
which SHALL by counter rec0luti0n, displace those
who control and direct the present rebellion.


The Administration it appears propose in the
expedition TO Texas to aid the "aseendeney Of a
Union party" as it is advised that large por-
ton of the people of that State are only waiting
for opportunity to return to their allegiance
and thus give them an opportunity by counter
revolution to displace those who control and d.
rect the present rebellion. Thus we see the much
abused and derided sth of January platform is
already adopted in part. by the Republican Ad-
ministration as its present policy Are Mr.. LIN
coin aud his advisers becoming disloyal or are
they looking upon the exigencies OF the country
and the agencies necessary for the restoration of
the Union through wiser and more sagacious
mediumi Long sincethe rebellion would have
ended, and it is doubtful whether civil war would
have been inaugurated, if Mr. LINCOLN had from
the beginning made it the policy Of his admins
tration to develop and sustain an Union party in
the Southern States, accompanied with the assu-
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slavery where it existed or in any manner sub
vert the constitutional rights of any Of the States
1t has been the growing distrust to his pur
poses in these regards, developed in his emanc-
for the abolition Of slavery, that has given and
still continues to give strength, determination
and persistence to the rebellion.
Year: 1862

Shortly before the departure OF the lamented
Herber for India he preached a sermon which
contained this beautiful illustration:


Life bears us on like stream OF a mighty
river. Our boat at first gldes down the narrow
channe-through the playful murmuring OF the
little brook and the winding of its grassy borders
The trees shed their blossoms over our young
heads, the flowers on the brink seem to offer
themselves to the young hands; we are happy in
hope, and We grasp eagerly at the beauty around
US; but the stream hurries on, and still our hands
are empty. Our course in youth and manhood is
along deeper and wilder food, amid objects
more striking and magnificent. We are anima-
ted at the moving pictures and enjoyments and
industry passing US; we are excited at some
short-ved disappointment. The stream bears us
on, and our joys and griels are alike left behind
us. We may be shipwrecked, but we can not be
delayed; whether rough or smooth, the river
hastens to It's home. till the roar of the ocean is
i'm our ears, and the tossing of the waves is be
meath our feet. and the land lessons from our
eyes, and the floods are lifted up around US, and
we take our leave of earth and its inhabitants,
until of future voyage there is no witness save
the infinite and eternal /"
Year: 1862

spective OF their opinions, in the hope that the
policy in which they do not and cannot believe,
may not prove to be so disastrous as their own
reasoning represent it.


A few DAYS after the Peoples Convention in
Faneuil Hall, the Rererend H. NJ Dexter deiiy
cred one of what is called the Fraternity Lee
lures. These lectures can together the more
eager and ultra of the fanatics Of Msssachu-
sets


On the occasion Of this fraternity lecture the
Daily Advertiser reports that the reverend gen
tleman "spoke of the Peoples party in terms Of
contempt" aud said, 1.-The end OF the Peoples
party would be ropes end. as it would Of all
who strove to thwart the onward march of lib
erty." Perhaps His Reverence will begin to
think that this was a mere Jest of his; but such
jests in revolutionary times apt by and by to
smack very much of earnest. 1t might be re
garded as ebullition OF the spleen Of fanatic,
were it not that it has been followed up by other
significant utteIances from higher quarters.


In this connection, permit me TO recall to your
notice the declaration of Mr. Senator Sumner in
an address to the people Of Lynn, that the Peo
pies Convention and the Democratic Convention
were "nOthng but the guerrilla bands Of Jefier
son Davis" And, without extending this letter
by citations, refer you to the papers, OF all who
differ from them respecting the principles of con
stitutional law, "sympathzers with rebellion"
and traitors" and this merely because they are
OF opinion that a proclamation OF emancipation,
while 1t is of doubtful legality, not effect
anything of importance except where the war is
actively prosecuted by bullets and bayonets; and
that where it is thus prosecuted emancipation will
be effected without proclamation. The Cam
bridge ChrORieie of Saturday last pithily ex
presses this matter thus:


Emancipation proclamations, though they
may be efficient when roads are passable, 90 for
nothing when locomotion is INTERRUPTED"


These denunciatons are bur the premonitory
symptoms of what we may witness of more
malignant type, and intensified in utterance and
action, il Massachusetts fails to do her dufy. in
support of free speech, at the coming election.
They are made all the more omnous by declara-
tioss from various Republican quarters, substan-
tf<iy, that We are hereafter to have no COnstitu-
ton in the prosecution of the war. The cry
comes from orators and presses, "Let the Consti-
tuition 90, and save the country" But what is
the country which is thus to be saved by cut
ting loose from the great charter OF our National
Union The country" to be saved is not the
land not the men and women, but our political
Institutions. If we expect to save the country by
producing a state OF anarchy. we shall only en-
counter disappointment.
Year: 1862

PROF. Fowler closed his interesting
series of lectures Saturday evening. The
Professor has, we believe, met with excellent
success pecuniarily, since his arrival in this
city. He will favor our friends Of Rcck Is
land and Moline with course Of lectures dur
ing the present week, and if they consult their
own interest and happiness, they will attend
them regularly.
Year: 1862

ATTENTION, CoMrANy.-We call the
attention Of the proper authorities to the
condition of the sidewalk on the north side OF
Fifth street, from Rock Island to Iowa streets,
which is 90 covered with dirt falling from the
bank above, that one cannot get clean foot
hold on it. It lie a great Inconvenience to
pedestrians, besides it is rotting away the
boards. A small am cunt Of labor and expense
would do a great deal Of good on that came
snot.
Year: 1862

SHOOTING AFFRAY. - a gentleman
from Durant, informs us that it was reported
at that place when he left home, that con-
stable in the township adjoining on the north.
was shot on Wednesday last, while engaged in
enforcing the dog law. He could give US no
particulars.


This dog question is getting pretty hot out
in some Of the rural districts. In some places
we hear of township officers resigning rather
than carry out the provisions and in one
township in Iowa county. we are informed
that the people have resolved to kill all dogs
found with check upon them. So We GO.


Since writing the above We find the follow.
ing in the Muscatne Journal:


SHOOTING AFFAIR NEAR WrLroS. "A lament,
able affair occurred near Wilton yesterday,
resulting in the death of the tax collector. 1t
eeams the collector called on farmer tor his
dog tax The farmer refused to pay, and the
collector shot his dog. whereupon the fAlmel
immediately seized his gun and shot the col
lector dead on the spot. The above are all
the particulars that we have been able to as
certain. No names were given by our inform
ant.
Year: 1862

Under this startling caption the New
York WOrid of Saturday epitomizes in its
editorial columns q lengthy and earnest
communication from Washington, which
appears among its correspondence. 1t says /:


A hundred thousand more soldiers are
needed this very hour. Gen. McCiellan's
army is in danger, not, indeed, of defeat in
battle. but Of failing to accomplish the OBJ
ject for which it made its painful progress
TO it's present position.


A doubtful result or drawn game at Rich
moDd would prolong the war for another
full year, with the possibility, the almost
certainty. Of foreign interference, before its
close. so costly calamity must be pre-
vented, if prevention is within the compass
o: human effort. We have foO!ishly uu-
derrated the strength and pluck of the
rebels; we foolishly stopped recruiting ,
we foolishly relaxed our efforts, under the
excitement Of our Western victories, while
the enemy redoubled his and rcsorted to q
Wholesale conscriptiou; we foolishly weak
eued the army of tho Potomac by dispersion
and division of commands, whilo the rebel
army in Virginia was strengthened by yig-
orous concentration. But these blupders
belong to the past. The present is too
crowded with solemn duties to leave any
time for incupations. The government
will do all it can to repair its errors, but
their power of efficient action depends on
the prompt cooperation of the people,
Every man in the North of suitable military
age should hold himself ready to enlist
the opportunity will not long be wanting
TO such as can leave home on short notice.
Year: 1862

A late number Of the Nashville Union
has the following timely remarks in re.
lation to this blatant traitor:


"It is said that the rebel concern has
determined to release or exchange no
more prisoners until the Government will
give up Gen. Buckner. We hope that
this insolence will have no effect what
ever. and that our Government has too
much self-respect to suffer its policy TO be
dictated by the bullying Of the rebels
The release o! Buckner would be hailed
as God.send by every rebel in Ken
lucky. 1t would inspire them with fresh
zeal. That infamous villain is far better
acquainted with means and agents for in.
flcting harm in the cause of loyalty in
Kentucky. than any other man in the
State. lie has studied treason for years,
and has improved his internal art to a
high pitch. Itwould be a most pernicions
step to release This wretch. He is doubly
dyed with the guilt of rebellion, and o
the intensest hypocrisy, treachery and
perjury. He persuaded thousands Of the
sons OF Union parents ths: there would
be no crime or dishonor 10 serving to de-
fend the Government for the sake Of get
ting its arms and then turning traitor TO
it. He destroyed millions of dollars
worth Of public and private property, and
was the frst who blew up locks, tore down
dams. and burned railroad bridges. A
Mississippi officer told him on Green river
that if he wanted 10 destroy The public
property Of the people Of Kentucky, he
nigh, do it, but he would see him in hell
before he would suffer MississIppians to
assist him. We earnestly protest against
lis release on any terms. 10 the first
place it would be wrong and dangerous
TO release him, and in the second place il
would be allowing rebels to dictate TO our
Government. Let Buckner stay 10 prison
until the end Of the wal, and then be tried
for his crimes"
Year: 1862

THE CRUSHED PLANT "A gentlemen was
walking 10 beautiful garden, and he took
great pains not TO tread upon, nor in any
way iDjure any of the flowers. While he
was walking from place to place, having
his attention fixed on showy flowers, he trod
on a rare and very beautiful plant that just
lifted its lovely head above the soil.


Thus it often happous in this world. that
the great. perhaps worthless ones OF the
earth are treated with attention, while tho
worthy arc forgotten or trodden under foot
Be careful not to commit this fault Be on
the lookout for modest merit. Do not
through carelessness treat il with neglect
Do not become so much interested in those
who are rich, who live in splendor and oo.
cupy high stations, that you forget the poor
who may have far stronger claims on your
attention, who may be far more worthy OF
your regard.
Year: 1862

CANADA LEFT Our IN THE CoLp.--A
recent editorial article in the London
Times informs the people Of Canada that
they must defend themselves from Amer.
lean invasion, as England cannot do it,
The Times says ut is not in our power
to send forth from this little island mill
tary force sufficient TO defend the from.
tier Of Canada against the numerous ar.
mics and discipline in the great school Of
the present civil war" And again :
"should the colony wish 10 put an end to
it (the connection, we would never draw
sword to defend it, and. il Canada will
no; fight to protect its independence from
foreign invasion, neither will England"
Year: 1862

AMONG the other curious instruments ex.
hibted IN tho Philosophical Instrument De.
partmeDt in the London Great Exhibition,
is a machine for microscopic writing. With
this machine it is stated that the words
Matthew Marshall, Bank of England" can
be written in tho two and a half milIionth
of an inch in length and il is actually said
that calculations made on this data show
that the whole Bible can be written twenty.
two times in the space of a square inch
Tho words to be written mcrOscOpically are
wrtton in pencil, 10 ordinary characters, on
a sheet of paper at the bottom OF the instru.
meut. But the pencil with which this il
done, communicates by a series of levers
and gimbals with another minute pencil and
table at the top. by means of which the or.
binary writing of the pencil and the mi
croscOpic writing both move in unison
though the motion of the latter is so grad.
ualed that stroke Of a quartOr of an inch
at the bottom is only a stroke of a milliontt
o: an inch at the top, the shape and charac
ter of both marks being nevertheless precise
ly alike in outline. As q matter of course
the microscopic writing at the top is only
visible under powerful magnifers, and the
object of the machine is TO mark bank n0tel
with certain minute signatures for the pre-
Vention of forgery.
Year: 1862

To discover the shortest distance between
two places. jump into Q cab and pay the
driver in advance. To ascertain the greatest
distance between two places, reverse matters
and pay him whom you get there.
Year: 1862




The Chicago Times handsomely COM
pliments the loyalty of the Democra-
cy, as shown by their efforts to crush
the rebellion. Never perhaps, in civil
government, it remarks, has so grand
spectacle been presented as that Of
the Democratic party of this country
coming up unanimously to the support
of an administration which came into
power against its wishes and upon is
sues out of which have grown the
troubles with respect to which this sup
port is given. The President COM
manded this support at the moment he
made the first call to arms, and it has
never since been Withdrawn from him
for, a day. It has been unconditional
as to the means to the great end, only
that they should be constitutional, and
that the great end should be held con-
tinually in view. 1t has been as cor
dial and disinterested in the press and
through all civil channels, as lofty and
self-sacrlfeing and devoted in the field.
The Democratic party has furnished
nearly two-thirds of all the soldiers
who have gone to the war, and when
the draft shall come will furnish from
its decimated rank, its fair proportion
cheerfully. These soldiers have gone
under the convictions of duty pressed
upon them by the Democratic press,
where all their lives they have been
accustomed to look for guidance and
counsel. The President owes more to
the Democratic press for the popular
unanimity which has sustained him, as
well in times of disaster or triumph,
than to any other influence. When
this popular unanimity has been inn
paired, it has been by his own party
press and his own party majority in
Congress. ..''a
The Democratic party and the Dem
ocratic press claim no credit for all
this The fact, however, may as well
be called to mind occasionally. Had
the Presidents own party and party
press been as faithful and true since
the war began, the country would have
been in very much better condition
than it now is, - Pitts, Post. 'o.,.'' ,.
Year: 1862

h0Cr0R LAWRENCE, after an extensive practice Of


~ ten years in Baltimore, which he left for tour
through Europe. where he remained two years.
turns with his mind richly stored with scientific ku0w
edge and research. The first six months spent in the
Liverpool nrmary for diseases of the eye and ear after
which he avaed himself of a thorough Of inves-


Cation in the Queens Hospital London where the most
wonderful daily effected. The Doctors
Chronic Diseases IS entirely different from that
marked b the superannuaed fathers of medicine,
called Ii is confined TO the routine system Of any
bigoted party, but embraces system Of practice
olly sound and rational but truly scientific in its



After many solicitations from physicians and Others Of
this State the Doctor has consented make the State of
Indian his permanent abode. He will visit any town
the BY request Of six OF its citizens and
treat all presented with a seldom attained.
His examinations will be made with and his
opinion given freely and frankly, and CHARGE,
thereby saving expense and satisfying the minds of the
patients and friends


To ladies who incapable Of bearing healthy off,
spring from deformity otherwise will find his advice
invaluable Other interesting and important advice will
be given married ladies. his opportunities have been
such that all the intricate Of female complaints
have been fully compreheRded and the Of the dis
truly asceTtane rendering his opinions correct
and his advice and pre- scriptions valuable.


circulars for particulars which will he distributed
in every town and hamlet in the Headquarters
Spencer House, Indianapolis Ind iyl9-dem
Year: 1862

habit of self-abue. To which Is added observations
Female Diseases and other interesting matter Of the ut
importance TO the married and those contemplating
marriage who entertain doubts Of their physical y
enter that state. Sent any address in a sealed wrap
per, receipt Of ten cents or four stamps.


We devote entire time and attention to the treat
Of the various private diseases treated of in pr
report Our nspensary the only Institution Of the
kind in America which has been ablished by special
charter and this fact should give il preference the
various quacks of doubtful character TO be found Ia all