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Year: 1863

How Nature Covers up battle Fields.


Did | tell you ever, among the affecting
little things one is always seeing in these
atirring war times, how saw on the Bull
Run battle field, pretty, pure, delicate
nowers growing out of emptied Ammuni-
zion boxes, a rose thrusting up Its grace
ful head through the head of a Union
drum, which doubtless sounded its last
charge, Cor etreat, as the case may have
been) in that battle, and cunning scar
let verbena peeringout Of bursted she'll
In which strange cup it had been plant
ed? Wasn't that peace growing out Of
war? Even so shall the graceful and
beautiful ever grow out of the horrid
and terrible things that transpire in this
changing but ever advancing world. Ma
iure covers even the battle grounds with
verdure and bloom. Peace and plenty
soon spring up in the track of devasta-
ting campaigns, and all things in nature
and society shall work out the progress
Of mankind and harmony of Gods great
designs Ecchafgs. tfWh
Year: 1863

Know ye a note in all the year


So pleasant as the blue birds song
When some bright morning, calm and clear
He greets as he fits along ?
Or, as on some tall tree he rests.


And MARBLES forth his clear wild notes,
So startling and SO sweet, as blest


While on the air his music floats?
Yet blessing more the woodman strong
Welcomes him with his upturned eyes,
As brighter visions swiftly throng


Before him at the glad surprise:
Visions of longer. brighter days;


Of buds, and flowers, and Ieafy grove,
Where many joyous roundelays


Proclaim the almighty power of love.
Herald of spring, we welcome thee:
The first of all returned to make
Our forests vocal would that we


Thus by the forelock time might take:
For precious moments quickly pass,
And seasons swiftly glide along
Unmarked as grows the humble grass,
And transient as the wild birds song.
Sup, and be doing !"-we will take


The lesson thou so well dost teach
And in our duties strive to make


Sweet music, though we may not reach
Thy joyous heights, yet we may bear
Thy happy spirit in our hearts,
And from the clouded brow of care


Disperse the footprints and the darts.
Still warble on, sweet bird, thy song
Inspires me more than many lays;
Still let it float our woods among,


The prophecy of brighter days.
And when from every tree and bush
Thy brother songsters fill the air,
Let thy sweet voice be heard at blush
Of morning, and at evening fair;
For midst them all no sweeter tone
Floats upward than thy gentle song,
And [ would give to thee thy own
Full share of praise our birds among,
Year: 1863

During the revolutionary war the English
knocked in the heads of several thousand bar
rels of tar, which they had captured in store
near Suffolk, Virginia, and let it run off into
depression in an old field, where it formed
pond about four acres in extent. Gradually
hardening in the sun il became a solid mass,
and remains till this day. It looks like slate
and is from two inches to a foot in thickness
Our boys in camp near by use it for fuel.
Year: 1863

The splendid triumph achieved for the
Union in this county at the late election i.
due in q great measure to the indefatigable
labors and untiring zeal of the gentleman
whose name heads this article AS Chair
man of the County Central Committee, a
large portion of the labor of the campaign
devolvsd upoa him. He has exerted himself
early and late-on the stump and with the pen
-neglecting no opportunity to advance by
honorable means the interests of the cause


Besides attending to the correspondence and
much other business connected with the Cen
trail Committee, he has devoted some atten-
ton to our editorial columns, and furnished
our readers with many weighty and telling
articles on the questions of the day
Possessing a clear and cultivated intellect,
with a free and happy expression of thought,
he has few superiors as newspaper writer.
His influence in the campaign, has therefore,
been ie,t in various ways, and it must be a
source of sat slact: to him, as wei! as a rea-
son for congratulation among our loyal
hearted people, that he has been richly
rewarded in the triumphant ele ton Of our
ticket by largely increased majority.
Year: 1863




This distinguished officer was recently in
our city for surgical treatment. Loyal Iowa
has just operated upon him for the cure Of a
disease to which military men are peculiarly
exposed an itching for Office, amounting to
rabics if unctecked The operation was
very brilliant one, though he pat ent is as
dead as a herring, or as Mcclellan. The case
of Gen. futile is an instructive one. He
won reputation at the cannon's mouth He
was recognized as worthy to lead Iowa's ga
liant sons He accumulated some little fame
He sold it out to the enemies of his country
and consented for the price of a little brief
glory at the head of a State ticket, to put
himself into the hands of men who have
never given loyal thought, word or deed to
the cause in which loyal Iowa troops have
fought and bled. What part or lot had Gen
Tutte rig tly with the Mahoneys, and other
crimpS for Jeff. Davis that t.int the loyal
communities OF Iowa? None. But over
Let him now turn rcsolurely to the work set
before him in the field and perchance by
some gallant deed among bullets, wipe out
the blot upon his name among ballots. The
Gen. Tuttle who won honor had wounds in
the campaigns of the Southwest the country
will honor. The candidate Tutt|e who went
down in the storm with which loyal men
men swept treason from Iowa will be remem
bered with marvel that both extremes
became united in one and the same person
by the cohesive power of ambition and vanity
The sad tale might be made valuable tract
for dissemination among adolescent shoulde,
straps.
Year: 1863

W The New York Ecsnimg Post is re-
discussing the old question Of indentity that
used to be illustrated by the case Of jack
knife, which first had new blade in the old
handle and then new handle affixed to the
rejuvenated blade. The question now arises
in reference to what calls itself the "Demo-
cratic Party" The old doctrines Of Democ-
racy have been entirely replaced with new
and opposite ones. and the old set of men
who used to be known as Democrats have
given way to a new lot who were ono their
political enemies. The Democratic jack knife
is now made up Of an o.d Federal blade snd
an old Whig handle, put together. Is there
anything to identify it with the article from
which it takes its name?
Year: 1863

HT The rebels are progressing fast in their
tendency to absolute government. late
number of the Southern Literary Messenger
says: "We have no special objection to
royalty when restrained by constitutional
barriers. The glorious career of England
illustrating for centuries the beauty and truth
Of free government-demonstrates that roy
atty and liberty are not incompatible. X
Let us seek at once to eradicat eevery ves'ige
of radical democracy, every feature tending
to make ours popular government, making
it subject only to the intelligent and virtuous,
and those who are interested in its successful
administration.
Year: 1863

GEN LeE VINDICArEs GEN. HookER-
Gen Lees report Of his Pennsylvania cam
paign just out, is held to vindicate Gen.
Hookers management in defense; though
our people thought it slow and faulty at the
time, and he was superseded in the midst
of it. The New York Evening Post puts the
case thus


"The object of Lees moving into the vel
ley of Virginia wa', rs he coniessss, to draw
Hooker out of strong position, and induce
him to fight battle before WASHINGTON o. a
i disadvantage. In that case Lee hoped to beat
him, and was doubtless prepared to follow up
his success, expecting to complete the cam
paign by the capture of Washington and
Bait more. But Hooker evidently penetrated
the designs Of Lee, who remark that mo fs
vorable opportunity was offered for sttack. =
Gen Hooker dese,ves far more credit than he
has received, for the firmness and Intelligence
he displayed in this game o. var. He held
bis army tor two weeks 6rmly in hand
marched it day after day so as to interpose it
between the enemy and the capital, kept it
ready constantly for fight. but had the Wit,
Notwithstanding the clamors raised against
him, to refrain from giving or even offering
battle 1t is evident that Lee was surprised
and bitterly disappointed at this unexpected
conduct of Hooker. All his plans were dis
arranged, and instead Of invading the free
States on the heels of beaten army, he had
no alternative but to march into Pennsylva-
MIA and take the chances of battle there,
with the greatly increased risks Of loss, in
case he was defeated. There has been no
finer maneuvering displayed in the war than
that by which Hooker so embarrassed Lee"
Year: 1863

MCCLELLAN AGAIN DEFFATED.-The above
named Generals Pennsylvania campaign
appears to have been little more fortunate in
its issue than his Peninsular campaign. He
wrote letter in favor of Woodward just before
the election He drew his sword and rushed
gallantly to the rescue of the hard pressed
Copperhead hut he could not save him.
Wcodward's defeat is as much McC!ellan's as
his OWL
Year: 1863

~ There are twenty seven papers in
Missouri, four of them in St. Louis, that ad
vocate the immediate abolition of slavery
Three years ago the St. Louis Democrat was
the only paper that favored the emancipation
at all. The discussion Of slavery is evidently
removed from the North and transferred to
the border States.
Year: 1863

y The New York Times says: "Old
copperheads are natural enough, but young
ones are monstrosities. 1t is hard for man
to rise who for years has cringed and crept; !;
but young men can easily stand erect. The
party spirit which has once saturated sticks
in but it takes time to saturate-more time
than young men have had Yet the genuine
copperhead is mad only By one of these two
either the servile spirit or party spirit"
Year: 1863

Ben. Butler, in recent speech, made this
striking illustration


But h er some old Democratic friends
say; 81 am for the Government, but | am
against the Admi"istratiom. There is
where you and I differ. Let US see if you
can stand on that grou d, my friend, because
if you are right must be with you. You
cannot divorce the Administration from the
Government; it is the only preventative it
has got. 1t is the only representative that
the Government can now have for nearly a
year AID half 10 come. If you are for the
Government you have got to stand by the
Administration. 1t may have erred-it has,
no doubt, made mistakes, because admins
traitor are not always lnfallible men-but it
is your duty to sustain it. "Ah but Mr..
Butler, the Administration is but the engin-
eer, the Government tn engine now, you do
not deny that can oppose the ngineer, and
at the same time find no f4ult with the engine
itsef?" you say. But the engine is gong at
the rate of sixty miles an hour; she cannot
be reversed, ard we are all in imminent dan
ger; is it the time to quarrel with the engin-
eers? Laughter and applause.
Year: 1863

Clark, in our own state, followed by their
small fry echoes in esery oomnunity,
there would be no occasion for draft
for had net the VIZ long since been end
ed, but for the influence of such traitors
TO their country, the masses would will
lingly rush 20 the battlefield and over
power the south, even as a whirlwind
would scatter the leaves of the forest
Year: 1863

DEMOCRATIC PoLICY.-A quaint writer
saws: "When I was first called to the
Bar, l defended man for shooting ano-
ther on the Ohio river. Iproved, by con-
stitutionS, ordinances, and statutes, that
the Ohio river was not within the juriSdic-
ton of Ohio, and therefore, man could
not be convicted for crime committed
without the State. It was clear case:
What did the Court do: They decided
that I was very smart young man, and
no doubt highly gifted in Constitutional
laws; but that it was their business to
punish crime, and they would exercise
concurrent jurisdiction over the Ohio riv-
er. The man was convicted, and there
was an end of it. Now this illustrates the
difference between those who rely upon
the technicalities of the Constitution in
great trial for the life of the nation, and
those who rely upon its intent anu mean
ing, as an instrument made for the general
welfare. At the popular assizes-before
the grand jury of the nation-the people
will decide for the substance, not the
shadow; for their own interests, not the
dogmas of demagogues. They will sweep
the cobwebs of politicians away, and con-
sign the mere partisan leaders to deserved
oblivion. In times like these will men,re-
member that it was politicians who brought
this great wave of trouble over us, and
that the people know it, and will no longer
trust men who prefer their party to their
country. Such men will be put down and
never rise again. Notwithstanding this,
we have serious attempt to revive the
Democratic party; to revive it, not as
party filed with liberal ideas and with
heart beating for its country, which it
once was, but as party following the
Peace Federalists of the Hartford Con-
vention, and following them in hoisting
its lights and signals for the rebels! Not
only this, but trying by constitutional
technicaities and what is called soon
servatism,' to save slavery from its sure
and deserved death"
Year: 1863

The BEAUTY OF A BLUsH.-Goethe was
in company with mother and daughter,
when the latter, being reproved for some
thing, blushed and burst into tears. He
said:


How beautiful your reproach has
made your daughter! That crimson hue
and those silvery tears become her much
better than any ornament of gold or pearls;
these may be hung ON the neck of any
woman, but those are never seen discon-
nected with moral purity. A full-blown
rose, besprinkled with purest dew, is not
so beautiful as this child blushing beneath
her parents displeasure, and shedding
tears of sorrow for her fault. A blush is
the sign which nature hangs out to show
where chastity and honor dwell"
Year: 1863

DIR. RoBAcK's STOMACH B1rTERs.-We
profess to have more than a superficial
knowledge of the healing art, and while we
are fully prepared to admit that humbug is
but another word for imposition, and, there
foret do not allow any advertisement or
notice to appear in our paper, that has the
least tendency to corrupt the human mind,
we are always glad to recommend what we
believe to be real boon to society, and
having made an experimental use Of DR.. Ro-
backs Stomach Bitters, we bear our testi-
mony to their real, genuine and very benef-
cial use. DR.. RS bitters far surpass any
preparation of the kind we have ever used;
and we urge all who need mild, safe, and
most agreeable tonic, to try this medicine at
once. If you try it once, you will be sure to
try it again. It is just the thing for the
stomach in hot weather. Eaton (Ohio)
Democrat, of May 80, 81.


See advertisement. ol2-4m
Year: 1863

Several prominent merchants and pub
lie men rendered serenade to Admiral
Farragut. The old hero was stopping
with his wife at the Astor House. Com
mander Meade brought over the magnl-
fcent brass band Of the receiving ship
North Carolina and the Dnderburg
Glee Club" composed of sailors on the
same ship. The music of the Glee Club
and the band was beautiful, and every
thing connected with the serenade was in
admirable taste and good order, with one
exception.


When the Admirars party entered the
large dining-room where the band had
been stationed, there was little gray
haired man with them who acted as
though he considered the cheers Of wei
come intended for himself. He seated
himself next to Mrs. Farragut, and afford
ed intense amusement to many byshls
groteSque motions. 1t was evident, how
ever, that his conduct was highly often
sive to Mrs. Farragut and very naturally,
too, for in using his arms to beat time for
the musicians, he several times struck
Mrs. Farragut in the face. He got up
and staggered across the room, when
gentleman took his seat next to Mrs.
Farragut, evidently to relieve her OF the
ANNOYANCE. But the little gray-halred
man reeled right back to i place, and
in loud words insisted on his right to the
seat. After furnishing amusement to the
spectators for some time, he was escorted
out of the room by Mr.. Stetson and
Admiral Farragut, who then returned to
enjoy the music. And now, reader, who
do you suppose this little gray-haired
man was The Hon. (D James Nc
Dougall ! 1t might afford some people
little merriment to see drunken man
make fool of himself in public, but the
feeling was far different with me. could
not help feeling indignant that a man
chosen to represent such noble State as
California in the highest branch OF the
National Congress, should play the part
of circus clown to serenading party
in the chief commercial city of the cOun-
try. Some of the European monarchS
used to have such an appendage as
"court fool" to afford amusement to
their friends; but never before heard of
a high government dignitary playing the
part.


1t is not only at serenades that Senator
McDougan makes such an exhibition of
himself. l am credibly informed that
his conduct is the same, whether he be
in a diSreputable house on Green street,
(this city, or in the Senate Chamber: Be-
fore left California heard the opinion
expressed that Mr.. McDougalrs style of
living would soon be the cause of his
dying. 1 regret to inform the people of
California that to all appearances, Senator
McDougalrs health is as good as when
he stood in the Legislative Hall of Cali
fornia pledged himself to support of the
Adminstrs ton in the prosecution of the
war, which he never has rendered.-Cor.
IMarysriNe appeal.
Year: 1863

You've men, the nights are beginning
to lengthen now, and the long interval be-
tween sundowp and bedtime offers cap
ital season for increasing your stock of
knowledge. Improve the chance. boys,
one and all, or soon the occasion and the
disposition for study will both have flown
forever. By-apd-by old age will come,
and then how'deplorable the life dragged
out by an old man whose qualifications
are solely derived from those sensual ap-
peites which time has blunted, or from
those trivial amusements which youth
only can relish!
Year: 1863

A DOZEN men may unite and make good
and wholesome laws, and submit to be
governed by then, while not one of the
number has virtue enough, individually
and uncontrolled, to restrain himself in
the most vicious propensities.
Year: 1863

WHEN thou beholdest any one loaded
with honors, dignities and all seeming
prosperity, see that mere externals do not
lead thee to pronounce him happy. For
if happiness depend on things within thy
reach, envy and emulation are alike super
fuous. Therefore, desire neither station
nor dignities, but to be free. Now there
is but one road to this, not to set value
on what is beyond thy power.
Year: 1863

Persons who desire to receive their mall
matter hereafter, at either the North or the
West Branch Post Office, will secure an carly
and more certain delivery Of both letters and
papers, by instructing their correspondents
and the publishers Of papers to which they are
regular subscribers, to include in their address
the particular Branch Office to which their
letters md papers should be sent. If this is
not done, it will be impossible to prevent the
occasional retention Of mail matter ut the
Principal Office, which ought to 60 to one or
the other Of the Branch Offices.
Year: 1863

loss OF Slavery ,Ithan lose both our nationality
aod slave property


III Is certain that we, at least in Kentucky,
can never hold slave property, when this
government is broken up. If we cannot
preserve Slavery with our nationality il is
certain we cannot without it. Outside of the


Union there is no hope of security to person
or property. Even those who hold the institu-
tion OF Slavery as param cunt, must place some
estimate upon our nationality.


The unity of the Government is what
secures both-that broken, both are lost 1t
certainly is wise economy to save all we can
from the wreck of rebellion. To gire up all
because Ue can't sdve ali, lis worse than childish
Ioiiy. L have slaves that would venture life
1or me; and would take the hazards of dan.
ger TO defend them against wrong and inius-
tice. But am not willing to imperil my own
nor other lives merely to preserve the relation
mucn less Will for such cause forfeit the
lie OF my Government. To do so requires a
man to be either Secessionist or Abolition
ist. No other class of citizens are willing to
stake the life of society upon the question of
" nlgger" or &c no Digger.'' As am neither.
and never car be, | must, therefore, stand by
my Government. to maintain its life, and
preserve our nationally, though fortunes be
wrecked, life sacrificed, and institutions be
destroyed in the sweep of Rebellion That
nationality preserved, | can shout as m v ewes
pierce the smoke of battle, and my head is
iifted above the waves of Rebellion-I am an
American citizen. This, to me is above all
price-an inheritance which earth's hidden
treasures cannot buy. l part with it only
with life, and shall leave the Injunction upon
my children TO fight on for its preservation till
II be secured beyond the reach of treason and
Rebellion. l act in concert with those who
would preserve-not destroy my Government.


Yours truly, THO. E. BRAMLETTE.
Year: 1863

The turnip taste in milk be effectually
and easily cured. This has been fully proved
the present season. We are indebted to a
correspondent in The Country Gentleman for
the information, which has already been worth
more to US than the cost of this paper a whole
year. 1t not only cures the evil in milk, but
also in the butter. No taste of turnips can be
detected. And this is the remedy Pour a
pint of boiling water upon an ounce of inter
(nitrate OF potassa-common saItpetre,) and
when thoroughly dissolved and cool, put it in
bottle ready for daily use, where it will keep
cool. When you take the pail to milk, pour
a tablespoonful of this solution into it, which
is enough for an ordinary sized pailful of
milk, and it does the work effectually. 1t is
said that it also helps to sink the bad flavor
given to milk by other food which cows eat
1t is worth knowing. and should be remem-
bered.
Year: 1863

The following remarks, by the Scientific
| american, upon the effects of lead upon water


are worth the attention of readers. Almost


all our drinking water is drawn through lead
pipes, and, if it is injurious under certain cir
! cumstances, the fact ought TO be known, es
| pecially as the remedy is easy, by drawing off,
| without use, the water which was all night in
| the pipes


''By taking strip of clean lead, and pla-
cIng 1t in a tumbler OF pure water (say rain
or soft water), in less than an hour. by drop
ping in the tumbler little suIphide of ammo.
mum, a black precIpitate will be thrown down.
consisting of the sulphide of lead-e g. lead


must have been dissolved and be Id in solution


IN the water; and, as the salt of lead happens
TO be classed among some OF the most dam


conclusion that lead pipes, conveying water,


If the latter is pure, must be somewhat dan


gerous. Water standing in a lead pipe for


some hours decomposes the metal, and, when


1t Is run off, the poison is carried with it.


Water drawn in the morning through a lead
pipe should never be used for domestic pur-
poses, such cooking drinking, and SER
wants in cities should be instructed respecting
this particular subject, because they are
usually ignorant of the nature of lead and
the effects'of water upon it. Several meta Is
taken in food or drink accumulate slowly in
the human system and ultimately produce
disease !; but it approaches so stealthily that
the danger is not usually apprehended. Some
OF the salts OF lead are not poisonous, and the
suiphide is of this class. The interior of
lead pipes may be converted into an insoluble
suiphide of lead by subecting them for some
time to the action of hot sulphate of soda
in solution, according to the recent discovery
of DR.. Schwarz, OF Breslau. Those who pre-
pare lead pipes for conveying water for do
mestic purposes, should test the alleged dis
coVery, as it is of the utmost Importance that
all the safeguards to health should be en-
forced and multiplied.