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Year: 1863

Judge Woodward is not only orc of our
wsest Jurists aud abest statesman, but he
is man Of the purest moral character, a
consistent member Of the Episcopal churh
and model christian gentleman. In
conversation few days since with an in.
telligsnt gentleman of this county, who had
been engaged in some legal transactions
IN the county Of Huntingdon, during the
time Judge Woodward presided over tho
courts OF that district, he related 40 incl.
dent which shows both the good practical
sense and the firmly fixed religious primes
pies OF our candidate for the Office OF Gov.
ernor.


In Huntingdon county it has been Gus.
tomary to summon the Jurors to assemble
at ten O'Clock on Monday morning of Court
week. As the county was large this
obliged many Of them TO travel on the
Sabbath day. Before diacharging the
grand jury al the first court he held jude
Woodward alluded to the fact in iittinc
terms, remarking on the duty of strict
observance of the Sabbath. and giving il
as his opinion that no public busiless, ex-
cept that of the most urgent character,
could justify public officials in rcouirinp
men to leave their homes and travel on
the Sabbath. He notified those present
and the court officials that thereafter tbe
jurors would be summoned TO attend on
tuesday instead of Monday morning, and
this rule he established and adhered 10 in
all the counties OF his district. BY prop-
er arrangement of business all the time
OF Monday was fully taken up with other
matters, and on Tuesday morning the iu.
rors were ready and the court ready to
proceed with the trial list without interrun.
tton. Our informant added that tho bust
ness oil the court never seemed to be Car
rled on SO smoothly and SO rapidly as
when under the direction of this able
christian Judge. In the hands of such q
man all the best interests of the Common.
wealth will be eminently safe.


Fulton Democrat.
Year: 1863

our Union, the gift Of our fathers


In wrath roars the tempest above
The darker and nearer our danger,
The warmer and closer our love.
Though stricken, it never shall perish
1t bends, but not breaks to the blast;
Foes rush out in fury to rend IT,


But we shall be true to the last.
Our Union, ordained Of Jehovah


Man sets not fiat aside
As well ceave the wclkin asundcr,
As the one mighty system divide.
The grand Mississippi sounds ever,
From pine down to palm, the desree
The spindle, the corn, and the cotton,
One pUan shout, Union to theel
Our Union, the lightning of battle,


First kindled the flame of its shrine
The blood aud the tears Of our people
Have made it forever divine.
In hattlc we then will defend it


Will fight till the triumph is won
Till the States form the realm of the Unio
AS the sky forms the realm of the sun
Year: 1863

In the United States, Tor reasons we
need not explain, silver has not risen to
so high a premium as gold, and brokers
consequently find it profitable to exchange
silver for gold, by an indirect process, in
this country, where there is not the same
difference in the value of the two metals.
United States silver is sent here to pur-
chase the bills of our banks these are
turning into gold, which is sent back 10
theState; and brokers make the difference
between the current value Of the two
kinds of specie there.


For small shange, the American silver
has to n certain extent, displaced the bill
of our banks; and the quantity of it in
circulation is sufficiently great TO create
some inconvenience. 1t is not bankable
except at a considerable discount, and
the inconvenience arises solely from this
cause. A trader has payIaent 10 make
in the baak, and his silver is useless for
the purpose, except at the cost of the dis
count at which the banks receive it.


Should the inconvenience become suffi-
ciently great to render Unnecessary to take
some steps 10 prevent the influx of cur
rency which is not legal tender, some
movement for that purpose will probably
be made. No one refuses to receive a
moderate quantity of American silver in
payment, but ifany serious inconvenience
should result from the large quantity in
circulation. its current value will probably
be reduced to the bankers value by that
common consent which at present keeps
it in general circulation at higher value
than is accorded to British silver
Year: 1863

The Jewish Messenger contains a letter
written from Jerusalem, November 9TH
announcing the death of the Chief Rabbi
of Palestine. The following is an extract:
He Judged Israel J" thirty-five years.
During the whole of the period he devo-
ted himself to the study of the law and
the practice of good deeds. As the faith
ful pastor and benevolent ruler he saw
equal to any of his predecessors; and as
the chief treasurer for all the moneys re-
ceived from nearly every section of the
globe, for his community, the best evi-
dence of his administrative honesty exists
in the fact that, although in possession of
a good salary, and thousands of dollars
passing annually through his hands, yet
he departed from our midst with barely
a plaster in his purse leaving his family
actually destitute. You will recollect
how he lauded his American brethren for
their munifcent liberality. Little did we
think that his stewardship would cease
so speedily.
Year: 1863

Lrekr. DAYs-Fhe Anglo saxons
deemed it highly. important that child
should be born on lucky day, on which
the whole tenor Of his life was supposed
to depend for, in their opinion, each day
had its peculiar influence on the destiny
of the newly born. Thus, the FIST day Of
the month was preferred above all Others
for the arrival of the little stranger. for,
they said, ga child horn on that day is
sure to live and prosper" The second
day was not so fortunate as the first, as
the child born on that day would. grow
faster but not live long" IF hewas born
on the fourth day of the month he was
destined to became great politician; if
on the tenth, a great traveller, and if on
the twenty bold marauder. But of
all the days of the week on which he be
.born, Sunday was by far the most lucky,
and if it fell on the new moon the child's
prosperity was destined to be unbounded.
Friday was an unlucky birthday not only
because it was the day of the crufxion of
our Lord and Saviour, but because. accord
ing to Anglo-SaXon calculations. Adam
ate the forbidden fruit on Friday. and
was also expelled into hell on that day
ifTppD'S Anglo-,SSr0R Home.
Year: 1863

BEETLE.-The Moscow beetle Is as fine,
lively and healthy beetle as any of his
race in Europe. From the moment you
set foot in Holy Moscow you find il.
him an indissoluble friend He is pulled
out with your watch, he drops from your
hat in bowling, he anticipates you in your
morning coffee, and take his bath in your
wash-hand basin. He moreover evinces
the liyliest interest in all your proceed
ings. You may be writing, reading.
thinking or talking. but a beetle is
sure to have his eye onyou, You can de-
tect him looking at you out of the key
hole, a ehink in the floor, hole in the
ceiling, or any other unaccountable re-
treat But you are forced to put up with
his company, and il is only in time, when
habit has given you a second nature, that
you become careless of his unweared es-
pionage.-THe Northern Circuit
Year: 1863

baE Create taste in youth for good
books, and the pleasures of literature will
supply the place of those grosser pleas
ures that lead aStray the unthinking. 1t
is the VIII made strong by cultivation
that enables a man to resist the cravings
of those appetites whose indulgeneies
bring death. The ignorant man must of
necessity be a man of narrow views and
strong prejudieeS and even in questions
which involve great moral principles he
is quite as likely to be wrong as right
The safe man in society IS the man who
is competent to do his own thinking.
Year: 1863

Parson Brownlow has been spending 4
couple of weeks in Washington, taking
observations, and some of his impressions
are given in a letter of the odd give il
as my opinion. that we can't fight a sue
cessful battle in the vicinity of Washing
ton. Commanding Generals are here
forced to yield themselves up to the guild
ance of the weak and ultra, and to set of
men who know nothing about military
affairs The spectacle of so many Union


Generals quarreling among themselves,
at time like the present, is a disgrace
full one for the country to contemplate.


! am willing, and so are the people, to
make fair and reasonable allowances for


professional jealousy, but the constant
charging and recrimination OF military


leaders leads the people to suspect that
either the qualification of their vanity is


a matter of more Importance than beating


the rebels, or that they themselves desire


to keep out of fight, as a means of per-
sonal security. There are now no less
than six Major Generals whose conduct is
the subject of Court of Inquiry and others
are talked Of Mcclellan is, it is alleged,
the only General who has been deposed
from command without demanding a.
Court of Inquiry, and all parties are
applauding him for it. The people are
sick of all these quarreIs, and feel that


there is no time now for listening to the
disputes Of these .eaptious officers. | say
bring their ipfernal squbbles to close,
and send them into the field to fight reb-
els; and IL they have no stomachs for this,
let them resign, so that the Government
pay no longer have to pay their high sal
aries. denounce these Courts of inquiry,
because of their calling so many Major
Generals and Brigadiers from the field,
because of their heavy cost to the public
and because of their demorliz-
ing effecs upon the. country. And if
they are to continue, ask that the Gen
erals be Withdrawn from the service, that
our brave men be maSsed in front of the |
enemy, and the command given, Boys, |
there is the enemy pitch inH' For one,
| shall h ave no fears of the result.
Year: 1863

A thrifty wife wonders why the men
can't manage to do something useful
Might they not aswell amuse themselves
in smoking hams as smoking clrgars =
ISometimes they do-when they are
cold.
Year: 1863

force, designed to famiiaTise themselves with the
roads, the condition Of the country, ETC., in
order that they may be enabled hereafter to
pilot still larger force through tho State. And
the accumulation of reinforeements st COrinth,
IS we ere advised, would seem to favor this
idea 1t therefore bshOOves the people OF tho
State to be on the alert and hold themselves in
readiness. Cavalry companies should be organ
ized in every section of the country prepared to
move at q moments warning.


Unless the enemy are checked in these expe-
ditions, the State will be Overun and hOpelessly
subiugsted before the close of the summer
We have received fair warning, and if we do
not improve ihs time and opportunity afforded
rs. we can have no enc to blame but ourselves.
Year: 1863

3AvA INT COuAS0eEate Steamer EAOEAuas
Extract Of letter from the @. S. steamer Flori5a


NASSAU, January 26.


MY DEAR FATHER: Owing to hurry, 1 wss
unable to write you from Havana, aud even
now l en- very much hurried. We ran in here
this morning to coal, and according to the
Queens proclamation, will have to leave by to-
morrow morning, so you see one has little
time to do anything st 8ll. So far we have
been very successful in our derredstions on
Yshzee commerce. We have busnt three bTigs
and their cargoes. and had not the rascals hug
ged the coast Of Cuba so close. could have cap
tured dozen more at least One brig that we
burnt several miles from the coast, ran dead be-
fore the wind into the harbor of Cardenss, and
an fearful il may cause some complication
between cur Government aud that of Spain.
We have already gone through a great many
perils, aud doubtless there arc many more in
store for US, but we have very fast and power
ful little ship, aud in any event feel that she
can give good account OF berselE The chase
from Mobile was friutless on the part of the
enemy, though the Oaeida and the Cuyler
did their best. We passed the Brooklyn, or
s0ms vessel Of her class, but fortune so ia.
vOred Us that she did not notice us. though
at that moment the Oneida was about Eve
miles astern in hot chase You know we
went out of Mobile bay at $3.50 O'Clock A. NJ,
l6sh, under bright star light There was q
moderate wind from the n W. I suppose we
took the Yankees by surprise, as we brought all
thres Of them on the bar to bear abafs The beam.
Before they signsled each other ami at the in
stant they burnt their blue lights, we let fall
cur canvass and sped away at ths rato Of
sixteen miles per hour, which soon carried
us out of reach of them ALL The third
day out we burnt a beautiful brig laden
with sugar and mOlasses bound to Boston, and
we captured and burned two more,
laden with the same. There is probably very
brilliant cruise before us, and, as there are more
places than one in the world whsTe New Eng
land can be injured, there is no telling where
We may be next. am in hopes that we will
make descent on the Northern coast and burn
sOme Of their towns, and wreak retributi9n on
them in order to pay for devastated sugar aud
cotton plantations. Il is stirring to be in the
vicinity of so many large men of-war, and feel
that we can depend alone on our speed. and we
know that our deeds have TO be daring to be
effeetuaI
Year: 1863

good and sufficient grounds There must, how
ever, be deposition upon oath, and that depo-
sition must be made upon facts that will stand
examination before a court of lsw for to call
upon us arbitrarily spd espriciously to sieze
vessels, with respect TO which no convincing
evidence can afterward be Adduced, is to ask the
Government to adopt course which would
cast discredit upon them and lead to much
subsequent difficulty and embarrassment. Hear,
hear


l hope the people and Government Of the
United States will believe we are doing cur
best in every case to execute the law bat they
must not imagine that any cry which may be
raised viii induce Us to come down TO this
House with proposal to alter the law. Hear,
hear, and laugh I have had some ex-
perience of Whist any attempt of that sort may
be expected to lead to Laughter and think
there are several gentlemen sitting on this
bench who would not be disposed, if l was so
inclined myself, to concur in any such prOposi-
lion. lCheers.]
Year: 1863

From DR. Theodore Bel, Of Ner York (ny


Not only your Pills admirably adapted TO their
purpose as an aperient, but find their beneficial
effects upon the Liver very marked indeed. They
have in my practice proved more cfectual for the
cure of bilious complaints than any one remedy
can mention sincerely rejoice that have at
length purgative which is worthy the confidence ..
the profession and the people
Year: 1863

Washington ID. G. It'll Feb, 1856.


SIR: have used your Pills in my general and
hospital practice since you made them, and
cannot hesitate to sny they the best cathar.ic
we employ Their regulating action the live is
quick and decided, consequently they are an ad
mirable remedy for arrangements OF that organ
Indeed have seldom found a case Of bilious dis
ease SO obstinate that it did not readily yir!d 10
them FGternaly yours ALONZO BALL. NJ b,


Physician u the Marine Hospital
Year: 1863

their bounties would amount in the aggre
gate. There is mo other military service In
the world, we will venture to say, In which
such shabby trick would be ventured upon.
II the Department persists in refusing to pay
these bounties, under the pretence that the law
is against them, we trust that Congress on its
reassembling will take steps to do away with
the technical difficulty, by amending the act
under which they were granted A great gov
ernment like this should not shelter itself be-
hind legal bubble from doing justice to those
who have fought and bled in its service.
Year: 1863

COMMON SENSE AT THE HEAD OF THE ARMY
When General Hooker was in command Of the
Army Of the Potomac the greater part of his
time was spent in the regulation Of newsboys
and in the endeavor to give forced circulation
to few pet political and sporting journals. 1t
was not surprising that general thus occu-
pied should not only fail in his object but also in
the duties which he was supposed to know some
thing about American soldiers, though they
understand the necessity OF discipline, cannot
be got to comprehend the necessity of On inter-
ference with their choice Of reading. General
Meade, while be knows how to insist upon the
one, shows that he respects the soldiers rights
in the other, by directing that they shall be
allowed to receive any journal for which they
may entertain preference. This course offers
marked contrast to that Of his predecessor
and proves the correctness of the saying that
q good general is always attentive 10 the CON-
fort and happiness of his soldiers
Year: 1863

PRINCE NAPOLEON CONDEMNTN0 THE EN-
PERoR's MEXICAN PoLrcY.--We publish to-day
the translation Of very remarkable article
which appeared in the Opinion Rationale of
Paris-the organ of Prince Napoleon-and
which Is understood to put forward his views.
Indeed, the article bears evidence Of its having
emanated from that high source. II is a fear
less, just and outspoken condemnation Of the
whole policy of Louis Napoleon in regard to
Mexico 1t exposes the fallacy of the pretence
that the expedition has been in the interest of
progress, showing that if Marshal Forey should
continue to speak Of such thing as freedom Of
religious worship the church party of Mexico,
which now acclaims him, would turn against
him, and treat the French army at Mexico as
Antonelli treated the French army at Rome.


The worst feature Of the expedition is, ac-
cording to this article of Prince Napolecn's,
that it cannot fail to embroil France in war
with America. In either contngency-of the
defeat or the success of the rebellion
that result is equally certain to follow.
If the Southern confederacy were to be es-
tablished, its first aim would be to extend
slavery by making a conquest Of MEXICO; and
if the Union were to be restored the Monroe
doctrine would not permit the establishment of
an empire in North America. Public opinion
in France cannot conceive what induces the
Emperor to wish for the success of the Southern
coniederacy, because his Mexican colony could
have no more dangerous neighsors. The ques-
tion of cotton Is declared TO be no excuse: for
that interests England more than it does
France; and yet it is England that has stopped
the ardor Of the French government in that
direction.


The certainty Of the French Mexican policy
producing war with America is insisted upon
with great force and clearness, and the En-
peror is adjured to avoid that danger by re-
calling his troops to Europe, where they will


be at no loss for employment, and carrying the
expenses of the expedition to the account Of
profit and loss. No sounder advice could be
given, and we may hope that Louis Napoleon
will not be slow to recognize and adopt it.
Perhaps the idea Of the article is to prepare the
French mind for that change Of policy. The
Emperor has curious modes of doing business,
and this may be one of them.
Year: 1863

The RIVER FALLING.-We fear we shall
be disappointed in our hopes of high water
this fall. The river has been falling for a
week past and it is feared the large boats
will lie obliged to withdraw. II such should
be the case, it will very likely affect the
price Of grain.
Year: 1863

We have been compelled for few weeks
past, to use very poor quality Of paper
It appears to be more than hall straw, and
We suppose it is. We cannot promise to use
any bstter, because We have to take such as
ws:ean get but If We can got any better
we will surely use it.
Year: 1863

BARBAR1sM AND CIvILIzArIoH.-Thct tra-
ditonal glory Of the savage body Is yielding
before medical statistics !; it is becoming erl,
dent that the savage barbarian, observed
from the cradle to the grave, does not know
enough and is not rieh enough TO Ne[P ms ms
contrary, is small and sickly and short lived
and weak, compared with the man of eivil-
zation. The great athletes of the world have
been civilized; the long-liyed men have been
civilized the powerful armies have been civ
ilized and the average of life, health, size
and strength is highest to-day among those
races where knowledge and wealth and con-
fort are most widely spread. And yet, by
that all civilization is slow suicide of the
race, and that refinement and culture are to
leave man at last in condition like that of
the little cherubs on old tombstones, all head
and wings.-Atkantic Monthly.
Year: 1863

The elections one week ago to-day in
the great States Of Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Iowa, sounded the knell Of Copper
headlsin, as political power, for the re-
mander of this national crisis. We are
in DO manner disappointed in their results.
They are not, however, as they should be,
for there should not have been single
candidate who had even suspicion of
disloyaliy attached to his name. For
more than year this element Of virtual
treason, this Northern ally of the armed
rebellion, has been active before the peo-
pie, and standing in the way OF thousands
OF iuestimable lives. There never was a
nation where there were not some traitors,
some who were not loyal TO their Govern
ment, to society, and to themselves, and
it has been demonstrated to a certainty
within the past two years, that the United
Ssatesis not an exception.


But ii has also been proved conclusive
ly, that a majority of the people in Ohio,
Iowa and Pennsylvania are traly loyal,
and opposed to taking sides with the ene-
my in civil war like this. The people
are awakened TO the enormity of the Cop
perhead programme, and in every elec-
tion this year, risen in their might and
set upon it their stamp of indignant rep
rotation. Lock at Ohio. Here the issue
of resistance to the Government in its
prosecution of the war, was made with
perfect destructiveness, and there the
triumph Of the patriotism of the people is
most marked and extraordinary. In fact,
the annals of politics from the foundation
of the Government, do not show such o
victory at the polls. And yet the con-
vention which put Vallandigham in nom-
ination was remarkable for its size and
enthusiasm. But the idea Of taking a
man who had boasted that he had never





given vote for raising men and money
for this war. and making him, in this very
crisis. of the struggle, Commander-in
chief Of the military and naval forces OF
Ohio, was too much for that gallant and
prtriotics speople, and they hurled the
tempser behind them with sovereign ab.
horrence.


The same principles were at stake in
Pennsylvania and the result was the same
there, too !; the triumph was obtained
by thorough appeal to the Intelligence,
good sense and patriotic impulses of the
people.
Year: 1863

The people Of Iowa, concurring as they
do, With the loyal of Pennsylvania and
Ohio, add volume to the patriotic voice Of
the country, while they too have special
claims to the award of s'well donen which
Will be given TO every one who devotes
himself to the preservation Of free insti-
tutions. The moral value of such tr;.
umphs. gained in such way, is beyond
estimate. Its influence upon the people,
upon our Government, upon our gallant
army, and also upon the traitorous band
now in arms against this invincible Union.
is astonishingly significant, and too appa-
rent to need expression.
Year: 1863

1t is scarcely necessary to remind cur
citizens of Mr. ingalls, Lecture this even
ing at Chatham Square Church. But we
would just l.nt to the good people that
1T will be advisable for every one to 90
with pocket fnll of "lhe ready" as
contribution for the benefit of our sick
and wounded soldiers will be taken ND at
the close of the lecture.


Admittance free.
Year: 1863

The facilities of the GATE Cry OFFICE
are sufficient to supply all this section of
the State with Job Printing. We have
more presses, and type. and employ more
printers than any Office in the State of
Iowa. All orders filed in the shortest
possible time Our stock of PAPER and
CARDS is the largest in the city, and
comprises all grades. Business men will
consult their interests ( J giving US call