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Year: 1863

inn c,... of ten or twelve States of our Union
rour Millions in uumber-should ever be OK
lied from the land of their birth, seems to US
wild and vicious dreem. In the first place,
we need Labor, and should for the next Gen.
tury invite rather than repel 1t. Next the
owners of the Southern soil can never find nor
mold another Laboring Class who will suit
them 90 well or serve them 90 effectively as
that to which they are accustomed. The Poor
Whites of the South will not work az hire
ling,; they must be gradually elevated and
educated into small freehOlders and farmers
The Cotton, Rice, and Sugar Of tho South
must continue to be grown, as heretofore on
large plantations, since their economical pro-
duction and preparation require concentra-
ton of machinery and implements beyond the
means of small farmers. Tho Blacks are &C.
customed 10 plantation labor; they VIII 90 ~
better and cheaper, when freed and iairly
hired, than any other class will or can 90
il: and the gregarious life and labor OF
the plantation, with its social opportunities
and cheap gayetes, suit them better than
the isolation and solitary toll Of the petty
farmer. Bansb Slavery from the South to-
morrow, and the great mass of the plantation
negroes would neither wish to leave their
present homes nor would their masters con-
sent to lose them. All the change needed ID
the substitution of Freedom for Slavery, leav'
ing all beside to go on much as hitherto.
The position of the Blacks would still be totally
distinct from that of the Poor Whites, who


never were nor will be plantation laborer'
As to Anal gamation, it would no more take


place than il now does in this City, where


there is less of it among One Million People


than in a Slave County or Parish with twenty


thousand inhabitants. Such is our view o


the matter; but we very willingly give hear


ing to that of The american.
Year: 1863

On the second page this morning we print
the official reports Of several officers OF the
Regular Army engaged in the suppression OF
the late Riot; also. the Preliminary Report OF
the Sanitary Commissions doiDgs after the
Battle of Gettysburg On the third page will
be found two letters from Europe, letter
concerning the 54th Massachusetts (colored)
Regiment, and an article from The Baltimore
american on the negro question.
Year: 1863

Devil is. they had no possible quarrel founded
in the shadow of equity. will now have tbe
satisfaction of knowing that the principal effect
of their barbarity has been to create in classes
heretofore Indifferent, or to some extent sharing
the low prejudices Of tho base and le"d, q
feeling Of indignation at the dabollcal atroci-
ties to which these uuoffending and helpless
men, women and children have been subjected.
When kindly pity takes possession OF the
human heart, all lower feelings are compelled
to give it place. The fact is credtable to our
common nature. We cannot, unless we are
ourselyes british, bear to see a brute NAL
treated. In spite of the theories OF tho
ethnologsts and the sophstries Of tempo
rizers, every person Of ordinary intelligence
will admit, and does admit, at least in his prl'
yate thought, the moral equality Of all men.
The te1tual distortions and genealogical dis
ouisitions of babblers and of scribblers. never
cheat one sound and kindly heart. The honor
able citizen, of New-York, the men Of capital
and of culture. the women Of truly womanly


instincts, see only brutality and bestial cruelty
in the insane onslaught made upon an unfortun'
ate class. When men are murdered; when
the retreat of the fatherless is sacked; when
happy, humble homes are invaded, and thefruits
of industry and economy scattered or burned
in the burst Of passionate Indignation which
surely follows, Genesis is forgotten, skin theo'
res and shin theories are left in allegiance, and
with a blush upon the cheek, and hot hatred
of meanness in the heart men hasten to offer
sympathy and relief to the victims Of rufianly
violence. /. has been so in this city.
The promoters Of the late riots, who out
of sheer hatred Of the negro. let loose
their dogs to tear and to devOur, may
now have the satisfaction Of seeing all
the resources Of private charity employed to
assuage the wounds 80 ruthessly inflicted. and
TO compensate for the losses 80 undeservedly
incurred. The subscriptions already made in
behalf of the suffering blacks are extremely
| liberal Honest men feel that the fair name
and fame of the city are at stake, and that
its character for common humanity must be
vindicated. If those whisky -codden rcformers
who were for eIterminating BY fire and sword
the colorcd people of Ncw-lork can read at
all, which is very doubtful, we advise them to
study the record of the charitable subscription
now in progress, While they are skulking IN
corners, in constant apprehension of arrest
trial, and perhaps eIecution-while they are
plastcring their broken heads and binding ny
their gaping wounds-while they are e1ecratec
| ss they deserve TO be- their victims are re
ceiving the aid and sympathy Of the generous
and actually occupy, because Of such upjus
suficring,, n higher social position than before
these shameful events. Let the mob put tha
in their pipes aud smoke II II may do thei
soul. Sood-if souls they have
Year: 1863

1T Is NOT DE!


But restores gray hair to its original color by supply
ing the capillary tubes with natural substances impaire
by age disease All instantaneous dyes composed
lunar cauStic destroying the vitality and beauty of tn
hair and afford of themselves dressing. Hemsreet'
Indomtable Colorng not only restores hair to its Raura
calor by an easy process but gives the hair a
Year: 1863

We have before noticed the fact that
the iron clad Essex has been engaged in
picking up torpedoes and other civilized
inventions for blowing up our gunboats
in the Mississippi. We have information
that another of these Internal machines
has just been discovered and safely taken
out of the water, above Baton Rouge


This torpedo is said to have been quite
different from any of the others taken
up. 1t was made to drift with the cur
rent, and was attached to log with a
bale of cotton placed in a conspicuous
position, for the supposed purpose of
attracting the attention of the gunboats
1t was so contrived that it would, on be-
ing touched, explode by means of ma
chinery, something similar to the works
of clock A hammer was fixed to
strike the fuse, setting fire to the pow
der of which there was about two hun
dred and fifty pounds.


This torpedo is now on board of one of
our war vessels, where it is an object of
curiosity, not unmixed with contempt, to
our sailors, who do not recognize it as at
all in the regular line of fair stand up,
give and take, naval fighting.
Year: 1863

Your power of good is infinite. Will
you not use?


In conclusion, let me say, that even
now your own border is entirely safe
from the inroad of hostile arms. There
fore be united. Diverge in parties much
as you will, but be one in arms for the
commonwealth.


Remember that this country, so richly
endowed with intellectual, physical and
religious advantages, is just as surely
destined to prosper in the end, as that
the Almighty ever will bless people
that found their institutions upon the
base of civil and religious liberty.


Let us all therefore, fill our respective
spheres with the earnest purpose to meet
His favor. H. B. CARRINsToN.


Brig. Gen Comd'g District
Year: 1863

BILL H took his jug to the shop
and asked for gallon of whisky. He gave
his promise to pay for it on the spot. The
jug was not empty. Bill stating that he
had already bought quart, but wished the
concern filled as full as it could hold. When
the gallon was poured into the jug the
money was not poured out of Bills pocket,
for the latter was as empty as the former
was full Promises were not received, and
the grocer poured the gallon back again
into the measure, leaving Bill to trudge off
with his quart of rum, not much worse for
the little water with which it was diluted.
The grocer's gallon was little weaker, but
Bills quart had become a great deal
stronger.
Year: 1863

In the sixth century, Ermengist, the
King of the Varni, when at the point of
death, required his son Radger to marry
his stepmother, seven as our national Gus
tom requires" As the stepmother was a
daughter of the Frankish King Theudebert,
the command might possibly have been
given from political motives; bullet them
have been what they may, the son obeyed
under circumstances peculiarly painful and
dangerous. At the time when Radiger
married his stepmother he was enamoured
and beloved of an Anglo-Saxon lady, the
sister Of King of the East Angles, who
no sooner heard of his infdelity than she
determined to punish it. With the assist
ance of her brother she is said to have
raised an Anglo-Saxon army, and, passing
over TO the Continent, invaded the territory
of her faithless lover. The King marched
against her, but was defeated in battle, and
in his flight was captured by the conquer
ors. bound, and brought before his offend
ed mistress with a view to execution. She
covered him with reproaches for his Ereach
of faith, but offered to spare his life on
conditions that he would Immediately re-
pudiate his stepmother and marry her 1t
is unnecessary to add that the young King
preferred this arrangement to any of the nu-
merous modes of execution at that time
prevalent, that the elderly lady disappears
from the scene, and that the young couple
were duly married, and lived happy ever
afterwards.
Year: 1863

which peace Will succeed the civil wars which
have devastated the whole middle and south
ern portions of the continent for two genera
tions, and Industrial arts again take the place
of tumults and revolutions.


The example of Mexico will not be lost, and
in the course Of events way may be opened
for the regeneration of other countries in like
manner, by their own consent ,r equitable
force. Proudly prominent amongst the na-
tions of the new world, the Southern Confede-
racy must ever stand. She b olds the resources
of wealth and power, which will render her
peerless, and the towering intelligen which
wiz make her the leader in the van of Western
civilization.
Year: 1863

Our CoNGREssnEN.-The highest reward


which can be given the patriotic and indus


trious public agent, is the appreciation Of his
countrymen. The salary is, at no period, an
objectto any but the sordid and grovelling
now, it is almost nothing. There is an honest
pride in public service, in the consciousness
of being useful TO many, in laboring for the
best interests of whole people, which forms a
higher, and, we think, more common one
with the statesman and the warrior than any
selfsh consideration. These prompt his ex-
ertions, and cause him to labor diligently and
faithfully. 1t is all he can do to repay the
confidence repOsed by his countrymen.


1t is well to give to such of our public men
as have been found faithful their due need of
appreciation. Otherwise we take from them
theiC highest incentive-the only one worthy
Of our encouragement The sswell done of
the people is more to all upright men than any
thing else save conscious rectitude. We should
say it when.it can be said. 1t is dishearten-
ing and demoralizing to him to dread that,
notwithstanding his utmost efforts and most
fsithful deFotion to his country and constitu-
ents, ne may be met at home by people who,
although aware of his services, give way to
party prejudices, or personal preferences. or
political agitations, and by refusing to con-
time their trust in his hands, put upon him
the appearance of their condemnation. To
resist the influence of this depressing thought
requires q higher degree of patriotic self-de-
yotion than falls to the lot of many. 1t is
fo1 that and partly to avoid dissensions
that we have wished the return of all our dele
gatioR to Congress. They have no right to re.
electioa-no tenure of the office, certainly.
But ought Us not to act fairly also, and approve
those who have served us faithfully? After
wards, when We may have thus endorsed them,
and they may have had for once, or several
times, this recognition of their services, and
when calmer times allow safety of political
contests, they might well enough be required
to give place to others, whom the people might
wish to honor.
Year: 1863

sss The advance upon Richmond turns out
10 he be a fsint. The object was to destroy the
railroad to cut off Lees communication; but
thew failed, and contented themselves with
stealing, and destroying few small bridges
They have all gone back to Fortress Monroe
Year: 1863

PAYING THE NATIONAL DEBT IN GoLD-THE
WALL STREET SPECuLAToRs.-t appears that
the Secretary Of the Treasury has de-
cided to pay the government bonds Of
ls42 in gold. We fear that this decision
looks. better for the resources of the country
than for the Judgment or good faith of the
Secretary. If the payment were made in con-
sequence of general rule to pay all bonds in
gold, and in pursuance Of a previous announce
ment TO that effect, 1t would be highly praise
worthy, consistent and statesmanlike. But TO
the present holders Of the bonds of 1912 pre-
ference is given by Mr.. Chase, who makes no
public announcement Of his intention beforehand
so as to give the holders the opportunity Of de-
irving the legitimate advantage from the bonds,
but keeps the matter in doubt, or rather leaves
II to be inferred that the debt would be paid
In paper. The consequence Is that the bonds
sold at par for the usual paper currency. and
two or three Wall street speculators bought


them up, and have realized a handsome
fortune by this operation. The debt amounts
to two and half millions. Payment In
gold makes q difference Of thirty-thrce per
cent. The amount thus gained Il upwards OF
| eight hundred thousand dollars
Year: 1863

GOVERNOR SEYMoCR's lNAuGuRAL.--The inau-
gural address of Governor Seymour, which we
published yesterday, was unusually brief
Evidently he designedly avoided committing
himself upon any question, whether Of national
or State affairs, until he could discuss the whole
matter fully and calmly in his first message to
the Legislature, and thus give the expression Of
his views all the dignity and gravity Of an ofii-
cal communication. The Governors speech,
therefore, amounted simply to thb:-That he
had sworn to faithfully execute the laws Of the
State Of New York. that, SO help him God, he
would most assnredly do So and that the first
Of the laws which he had sworn to uphold
was that declaring ut shall be the duty
OF the Governor to maintain and defend the
sovereignty and jurisdiction Of he State"
Here Governor Seymour stopped, and reserved
for another occasion his explanation Of what he
understood to be his duty under this law and
under the present circumstances Of the nation.
without going any further than Governor Sey-
mour, therefore, we may simply say that, while
he supports the government and upholds the
constitution we shall stand by him; but that, II
he misconstrues the laws Of this State 10 autho-
rise anything contrary TO the constitution Of the
United States or the welfare Of the country, We


shall certainly not stand by him. More upon
this subject ct another time.
Year: 1863

MoRR SPous foR THE RNG.-The Common
Council have passed over the Mayors veto
the resolution raising the salaries Of the police
justices to Ave thousand dollars year. The
augmentation is made retrospective, the in
crease dating from the lst Of January, 1862.
This places the police justices on a level in
point of salary with the judges Of the Superior
Court, and gives them thousand dollars a
year more than the judges of the Supreme
Court, of the Common Pleas and Of the Marine
Court. Considering that the Office has become
purely political one, and thst the duties are
infinitely less arduous and responsible than
those of the judges OF the courts just named,
this large addition to its emoluments is most
impudent and daring defiance Of public opinion.
1t 10 Of . piece with the effort to convert the
Central Park into another appanage OF the
ring, and viii help to create such reaction
against its authors as cannot fail to sweep
every man Of them from the positions which
they now hold
Year: 1863

UNPUNcTUAL PEOPLE.-What bores they are
what havoc they make with the precious mo
ments OF orderly, systematic men of business
A person who is faithless to his appointments
may not intend to swindle people. but be does.
To those who know how to turn time to advan
tage, every hour has an apprecisble pecuniary
value; minutes, even, are worth so much
apiece He Who robs you OF them, might just
as well take so much money from your purse.
The act is petty larceny or grand larceny, ac-
cording TO the amount of time be compels YOU
to waste, and the value Of it, fair appraisal, to
yourself or your family. The only capital of a
large portion of the community is time. Their
compensation is measured by the clock. The
moments of which promise-brea cheat them,
may represent in fact the necessaries of life, and
the loss of al hour may involve the privation of
loaf, or joint, or some other article urgently
needed at home. Nobody places any confidence
in persons who are habitually behind time.
They scarcely succeed in any enterprise. There
fore, for your oirn sake, as well as for the sake
OF others-be punctual
Year: 1863

Doubts have been expressed in certain quar-
, tiers TO the position of Andrew Johnson on
the question Of emancipation, it being believed
by some friends of the Government that he
objected TO the policy Of the Admins ration.
Such doubts must now cease forever. II will be
seen from the following, which we copy from
the Nashville Union, that he is in favor Of i'm
mediate emancipation, if it is practicable, if not,
for gradual emancipation By this noble and
timely utterance, Tennessee is placed along the
side Of Missouri. as destined soon to become q
free State


From the Nashville Union
GOV. JOHNsoS's SPEECH on SATURDAY MIGHT.


In the course Of his remarks TO the large i'm.
promptu OutpOuring of the loyal citizens " hich
assembled on Saturday night at the Capitol, to
rejoice over the fall Of Fort Sumter, Gov. John
son said that the heart Of the masses Of the peo.
pie beat strongly for freedom; that the system
Of negro slavery had proved baleful TO the IA.
ton by arraying itself against the institutions OF
the people ard that the time had clearly come
when means should be devised for its total Grad
ication from Tennessee Slavery was a cancer
on our society aud the scalpel Of the statesman
should be used not simply 10 pare away the ex-
terror aud leave the roots to propagate the dis
ease anew, but TO remove it altogether Let
US destroy the cause of our domestic dissen
sons aud this bloody civil war. Il is neither
wise nor just TO comp omise with an evil so
gigantic. He avOwed himself untouivocaly for
the removal of Slavery; the sooner il can be
affected the better. Some Inconvenience might,
most likely would, follow, Temporarily, but these
would be more than compensated, by the grand
impulse given to all our interests by the substi-
tuition OF free for slave labor. He was for imme-
diae emancipation, if be could get it, if this
could not be obtained be was for gradual eman-
cpatoni but emancipation at all events. He
thought that the benefits OF gradual emancipa.
tion was good deal like the benefits conferred
Oh the dog ID the fable whose tail was cut of
an inch at d time by humane surgeon, whose
kindness Of heart would not permit him to re-
move II at one stroke. He believed slavery was
curse, and he wanted to see it wiped out with
out d-lay. We would be stronger richer, hap
pier and more prosperous, as soon as this was
done


He invoked the people 10 cast off the savish
fear which had hitherto sealed their lips on this
question and speak and act henceforth as freemen
should. The slave sristOcracy had long held its
foot upon their necks and exacted heavy tribute
from them, even to rObbing them OF free speech.
Let the era OF freedom be henceiorth proclaimed
90 the non-slaveholders Of Tennessee


The speech of the Governor, of which the
above is, of course, very imperfect sketch, was
enthusiastically applauded from time to time, by
the very large crowd assembled on the occasion
Year: 1863

Pure AIR.--Whstever renders the blood impure
tends to originate consumption. Whatever
makes the air impure makes the blood impure
1t is the air we breathe which puri6es the blood
And as if the water We use to wash our cloth
ing Is dirty it is impossible to wash our clothing
clean, so il the air We breathe is impure, it is i'm
possible for it to abstract the impurities from the
blood. What, then, are some of the more prom.
nent things which render air impure. Ii is the
nature of still water 10 become impure. 1t is
the nature of the still air to become impure.
Running water purifes itself Air in motion,
draughts of air, are self.puri6ers. Thus it is
that the air of close room becomes impure in
eyitably. Thus it is that close rooms bring
consumption TO countless thousands. Hence all
rooms should be so constructed as to have q
constant draught of air passing through them
man of ordinary size renders hog-head of
air unit for breathing, and consumes its blood
purifying qualities, every hour. Hence, sleep
ing in close rooms, even though alone, or sitting
for very short time in a crowded vehicle, or
among large assembly, is perfectly corrupting
o the blood. Close bedrooms make the grave
Of mutitudes.
Year: 1863

NEw BED BUG TRAP-SURE TH1SG.-An e1.
change gives the following receipt, which we
reproduce for the benefit of our bug-bitten
friends: Take board, say foot wide and four
foot long, puncture it with many holes with q
small bit, put it inside of the headboard next 10
the bed and pillows; if there is bug about the
bed be will End the way to the holes in the
board soOn.-Take it out of its place every NOR
ming, hold it over the FIRE or water, and give it q
few raps with a hammer, then put it in place
and repeat This is catching the 'insex' il .
hurry, and upon philosophical principles-the
best sntidOte We have heard Of
Year: 1863

SUBsIDEScE OF The JERsEY SHoRE-Accor-
ding TO correspondent Of the New York Eve
ming Post, at Cape Nay, the shore of New Jer


sey has been aud now is subsiding at toe rate Of
two feet in hundred years. The tide waters
are advancing on the land at the mouth of
Dennis Creek, and for many miles along the Del


aware Bay shore the marsh is washed away, sc-
cording 20 the reports of local surveyors, on az
average Of about one rod in two years aud
from early maps this would appear 70 have been
going on at this rate ever since the first settle
ment Of the country. Thus al islard which is
laid down on map Of 1894 as containing three
hundred acres, now shows At low water only ball
Al acre, and at high water is entirely covered
Year: 1863

Senator Wright is fit representative of that true Democracy of the country, which whether on the bloody Geld or in the National councils, stands shoulder to shoulder with the brave defenders of the National honor and life. Listen to his electric words, as they came burning hot from the heart and tongue of the speaker in reply to the traitor Vallandigham

 "Great God :! Is it to be supposed that be-. cause campaign has not come up to public expectations, We are to lay down our arms and sue of traitors, like spaniels, for peace As God lives, there shall be d day of reckoning. The man who is on the side of his country and on the side of liberty now, his name and reputation shall live forever and that naL who says : down with your arms and let the enemy prosper and take possession of your capital shall have reputation and memory as infamous and damnable as that of the cow boys ofthe Revolution.