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Year: 1862

From Correspondent of the New York Post.
l. GENERAL BURNSIDE.


General Burnside is hungry enough for
glory, as soldier should be, but he is not


a self-sufficient or an over-confdent man.
If he is enterprising he is cautious. He


is careful enough in preparation; he is ex-


pected to fight, and, fighting, is expected


to win. To say that he is able to maneu-


yeF on the field of battle two hundred


thousand men, trained in modern tactics,
is to say that he is able TO do what no
man on this continent has been thought
capable of. But one man in history has
been thoroughly believed TO be compe


tent in strategy on so immense scale.
But that. on a battle scene of vast dimen-
sious, General Burnside viii fail to know
the moment when reserves shall be sent
TO the help of the right grand division
under Sumner, or the left grand division
under Franklin, or the center grand diyi-
sion under Hooker, is TO believe that he
has not deserved the command he has
held and the successes he has won. He
has none of those baleful military jeal
ousies which sacrifice armies and causes
lest the honnrs of victory may be reflect
ed upon a rival. If the supports he or
ders be marching to victory, they will be
forwarded with hearty speed, not only
without one pang of envy from him, but
with all patriots joy, though their COM
ing be to bind the brightest wreaths of
glory around another's brow.


THE SUBORDINATE cngg4SpERs.


General Sumner deserves the post of
honor, on the right Tried, faithful,
fearless, going into battle in the bravery
of full uniform and waving plumes, often
appearing exposed in the front of fight,
when his dashing presence lent spirit to
weary, hard pressed and wavering men,
he is an energetic and useful officer. Gen
eral Franklin is an able and highly-tlain-
ed soldier, and will acquit himself well in
the command of a corps. But make way
for the Center Grand Division, under
Hooker, Let the foe who fronts the men
he leads look well to their lines that day.
How like lion he stormed down on
their beaten, broken lines at Antietam.
When he started that morning, impetu-
GUS, resistless, his men who had caught
the fiery impulse of their chief, halted
for no obstacle, and were stayed by no
foe. Over infantry, cavalry, artillery,
they fought their way, and as they went,
it was clear to SEQ that by mid day this
resistless advance would roll up the rebel
hosts like scroll, and by sundown hold
it captive in its hand. But when, at .
o'clock, Hooker, fell, struck by ball,
men who had watched his splendid ad
vance, his magnificent success, exclaimed,
Where is the man who will follow up
these glorious advantages, or who will see
that they are followed Hp?" No such
man followed Hooker that day. On dis
tant part of the field, Burnside, stubborn
ly fighting his way to the bridge, and
then across it, did wonders. But no mind
equal to maintaining the fruits of Hooker's
grand advance lighted oter that part of
the fruitless field of Antietam.
Year: 1862

A keeper on one of the western ranges
of the Ochils recently discovered bed OF
young foxes, but the old one was gone
In order to secure her. he concealed
several traps at the mouth of the hole.
Whether Mistress Reynard observed him
at a distance, or suspected some untriend-
ly operation, IS not known; but, at any
rate, on the keeper returning next morn
ing. he found all the traps sprung. The
traps were set for several days with ike
result. The keeper. anxions to ascertain
how this arose, lay in wait one morning
after setting the traps. After while the
willy fox returned with food for her off
spring. She halted a little disttnee OF.
and went away. bringing back stick in
her mouth. With this she began to poke
away at the hole. and in This way sprang
all the traps, and entered safely into the
den with her prey.
Year: 1862

THINGs WoRTH FORGETTING.-lt is al
most frightful, and altogether humilia-
ting, to think how much there is in the
common on-going of domestic and social
life, which deserves nothing but to be in
stantly and forever forgotten. Yet it is
equally amazing how largea class seem to
have no other business but to repeat and
perpetuate these very tidings. This is
the vocation of gossips-an order of so
ciety that perpetuates more mischief than
all the combined plaques of Egypt to-
gether. You may have noticed how many
speeches there are which become mis-
chievous only by being heard a second
time and that an army of both sexes
are sworn to it, that the fatal repetition
shall be had Blessed IS that man or wo-
man that can let drop all the burrs and
thistles, instead Of picking them up, and
fastening them on to the next passenger.
Wouldwe only let the vexing and mali
eious saying die, how fast the lacerated
and scandal ridden world would get heal
ed and trauqnilized.-Dr. Huntington.
Year: 1862

Nature has no idle dust at all. She
finds the dead where we have laid them,
and transfigures the crumbling forms into
shapes of life and beauty


The grave by whose subsidized swell We
mourn, may be without tenant, for the
tree that bends above rs, that the wind
and summer WOO, may have use for the
empty chrysalis: and the bird that rus
tied out of its green depth of shade with
song, may bear away upon its wing
CLEANS and glimmers of beauty We fancy
dead


Who shall say the blue Yiolots that
sprinkle the field of Inkerman did not
catch their tint from the many eyes that
closed forever there? Who shall say that
leaves the rose sheds upon the tomb do
not share the beauty of the cheek We
used to press?
Year: 1862

How TO Color THaEAD-Pren a HlrnD
Of beeswax By mixing into it white in a melted
state erOngh Of scot to make Il perfectly black.
When cold il is resdy for use By 5rswing
white thread Of cotton or silk over this twice
you viii heys gray thread, aud by repsating it
you will have black aud good enough Tor nearly
every purpose.
Year: 1862

The LITTLE ONES.-Do YOU ever think how
much work child does in das, how much
from sunrise 10 sunset, the dear little feet pat
ter around--to US so aimlessly. Climbing up
here, kneeling down there, running to ano-
ther place, but never still. Twisting and
turning, rolling and reaching and doubling;
as If testing every bone and muscle for future
uses. II is very curious to watch it. One
who does SO may well understand the deep
breathing Of the rosy little sleeper, as with
one arm tossed over its curly head, it pre-
pares for the next days gymnastics. Tireless
through the day, till that time comes, as the
maternal love that so patiently accommodates
itself, hour after hour, 10 Its thousand wants
and caprioes, real or fancied.


A busy creature is a little child. To be
looked upon with awe as well as delight, as
its clear eye looks trustinsly into faces that
to God and man have essayed to wear a
mask. As if sits down in IFS little chair to
ponder, precociOusly, over the white lie You
thought it funny TO tell it. AS rising and
leaning on your knees, it says, thoughtfully,
in tone that should provoke tear. not a
smile-'I don't believe it A lovely and
yet fearful thing is that little child.
Year: 1862

FEMININE ScclETr.-"l 1t is better for vou
TO pass an evening once or twice a week in a
iady's drawing-room even though the oonver-
satlon is slow and YOU know the girls song
by heart, than in a club, tavern or the pit Of
a thea,er. All amusements of youth to which
virtuous women are not admitted, rely on II,
are deleterious in their nature. All men
who avoid female society have dull percep-
tions and are stupid. or have gross tastes and
revolt against what is pure. Your club swag-
gerers, who are sucking the butts of billiard
cues all night, call female society insipid.
Poetry is uninspiring to yOkel; beauty has
no charms for a blind man /; music does not
please poor beas, who does not know one
tune from another; but as true epicure is
hardly ever tired Of water, sancey, and brown
bread and butter, protest can sit for
whole night talking TO wellregulated, kind
ly woman about her girl Fanny or her boy
Year: 1862

In accordance with custom heretofore
observed by some Of our city contemporaries,
we propose to pay into the Treasury of the
Widows Wood Society, FIVE PER CENT of all
cash receipts for the Press on New Years day.
Year: 1862

SIXTEEN THOUSAND MEN WHO WERE NOT
PANIC STRICKEN, WHO DID NOT RUN, ARE
LYING ETHER DEAD AND UNBURIED UPON
THE BATTLE FIELD, OR IN THE HOSPITALS,
OR WITHIN THE LINES OF THE REBEL AR
MY" New York Tribune.
Year: 1862

Admiral Farr; gut, under date of the
10Th Of August, thus addresses the secre-
tary Of the navy.


SIR:


1 Irequest to inform the department that
at the town of Donaldsonville they have
pursued a Uniform practice Of firing upon
our steamers passing up and down the
river. sent a message to the inhabit-
ants, that if they did not discontinue this
practice l would destroy their town The
last time passed up 70 Baton Rouge to
the support of. the army, Ianehore6 about
six miles above Donaldsonrille, and b card
them firing upon the vessels coming up.
In the latter case they made mistake,
and it was SO quickly returned that they
ran away. The next night they fired on
the 81 Charles, l therefore ordered them
TO send their women and children out OF
town as [ certainly intended to destroy 1t
on my way down 10 the river, aud full
Year: 1862

The above is merely given as the sub
stance Of the President s remarks. The
Chairman ofthe delegation replied briefly
that they would hold consultation and
IN short time give an answer The Pres
ident said, Take your time; no hurry at
all
Year: 1862

THE UNION AS 1T WAs.-We continually see
the published cry of the peace Democrats
"Givo us the Constitution as il is, and the Union
as it was.o We do not wish to see the Union as
il was, IN every respect we wish, when this war
ends il will ieave the Union in such condition
that free white citizen of one portion of it can
travel in any other portio1 without being liable
to receive coat Of tar and Feathers, a ride on a
rail, a hempen cravat, on the mere suspicion
of being an - abotionist." In the " Union as it
was.' mans birth place laid him liable 20 such
treatment a. the above, in certain portions in
the Union as it will be such things will not exist
San Francisco Journal


That will be denounced as an abolition squib
by "peace democrats" Yet we never remom-
Der that any such penalties as above set forth
have been visited on Southern citizens north of
the chivary boundary line. The cry would be
more appropriate if it read the Union as it is
and the Constitution as we want it,"
Year: 1862




The GOVERNMENT LoAN.-We call
the attention of persons who have money
to loan, 20 the advertisement OF the Sec-
retary of the Treasury; stating the terms,
&c, on which will be received by the gov
eminent 1t will b. taken for any period
between three and eighteen years, eight
per cent. interest allowed and paid semi-
annually in coin. Citizens have thus an
opportunity Of making a most advantage
Gus investment of their funds, and at the
same time Of performing patriotic duty.
Even in selfish point Of view, the Gov
erunent should be supported BY the whole
wealth of the country. for the interest Of
every individual depends upon the triumph
of our arms Ii independence be lost, al
Is lost. If, however, the people shall
place their means at the command Of the
government, and thus supply the war with
the +" siDews" for energetic movement,
peace shall soon crown our struggle, and
tile bonds of the government, which are
at present at par, will then command
large premium, just reward to those
who come to the help Of their country
now.


We hope that every citizen, how
ever humble his fortunes, will make
al effort to obtain at least one bond of
hundred dollars. 1t will be a certificate
OF merit. We are gratifed to know that
even the ladies arc forwarding their saw
ings for such investment. We saw a bond
the other day obtained fer a young lady.
4 friend had made her present and she
loaned it to her government. We know
another lady who is arranging to loan Sc
yeraI thousands. The Roman ladies', in
time of public peril, contributed their
rings and their jewels to assist the govern
meut American ladies are not less nobel
Let our men profit by the example. Let
the patriotic spirit run through our whole
population. May the generosity OF our
people equal their courage, and may Iei-
ther fail while dollar OF a man remains,
or until our soil shall be redeemed from
the tread of the enemy.-Richmond Es-
qaircr, Jan IL.
Year: 1862

SURVEILLANCE OVER THE ~"


pERs.-The Richmond Examiner, oil the
lIth, contains the following:


We understand that bill has been in
troduced into Congress to put the news
paper under surveillance of the authorities,


I've learn that the provisions Of the OIL
make it a penal offence, punishable by me
and imprisonment, for any newspaper to
publish information Of the NUMBER, dis
position or movements Of any Of the forces
Of the army or navy; or the cargo or ar
mament of any vessel in the naval service;
or the description Of auy battery, fortif-
cation or military invention; or Of any
signal or flag employed or adopted by the
commanding officer Of any post.
Year: 1862

A Word to the HlSe.-Tho New York
Times in the course of an editorial,
makes the following remark:


every one knows with what keen
interest any indication Of hostility to
the Confederate administration, whcth-
er coming from a rebel Congressman
or from rebel newspaper, is received
at the North. 1t is generally accoun.
ted token of dissatisfaction with tho
war itself, and uSed here as an induce
me"t to perseverance,. And yet these
signs, as we call them, are compare.
lively infrequcnt, and exceptional.
They arc simply the utterancc Of rare
individuals"
Year: 1862

We learn from the Peoria transcript that ice is
fast aecumu1ating in the river above and below
that place, and should this present cold snap cou-
tinuc, there is every prospect Of an carly close Of
navigation. Already considerable uncertainty is
experienced regarding the regular arrivals aud de-
parturcs.
Year: 1862

Opening and Closing of tie New


York Canals.


The following abstract from the report Of the
Canal Commissioners will chow the opening and
closing Of the New York Canals from 1si7 to 1862
inclusive.
Year: 1862

DoN'T AGREE WITH HIM.-We would
mt give dilapidated Continental for the
opinion of that man who asserts that
Grand Haven has seen its best days.
Why, look here, sir; did you know that
real estate here was never higher? That
our sand was never before esteemed so
precious? That so much is asked for vii
lage lots that no person of moderate
means can afford to purchase? Did you
not know as consequence, that mechan-
ichs, laborers and others, if they stay with
us, must rent, and the demand for houses
must therefore be great, and rents proper
tionately high9 Now, sir, don't you new
er be caught again uttering another word
derogatory to our high estate, so long as
neither you nor your rich uncle, whose
heir you expect to be, have not money
enough to buy an area of our sand, two
rods by four in superficial dimensions and
to any depth you may desire. Such is
our friendly counsel.
Year: 1862

WHAT CAME OF Ira general stirring
up has taken place recently among the
gambling fraternity Of New York: A
horse drover, from the West, was enticed
into one of those filching hells that
abound in Gotham, while partially intox-
icated, and induced to "try his hand
until he found himself minus 81 900 and
his watch. On coming to sober reason
again, he demanded of the blacklegs q
surrender of a portion of their i'll gotten
booty, at least. This they fatty refused
and thrust him violently into the street,
closing and barring the door behind him.
Rejecting moment on his situation, he
resolved at once to return home, supply
himself with plenty Of money, and then
return and commence proceedings" This
was done, and by the aid of the police he
had, at last accounts, succeeded in break
ing up between thirty and forty establish
ments, bringing their proprietors to JUS
tice, and was still pushing on vigorously
in the work Of determination. He means
to be thoroughly avenged.
Year: 1862

CAuGHT.-We did not intend that the
readers of the Nescs should have caught
us this week with "smutty faces" We
sent an order for paper sufficiently early,
as we supposed, to have had return in
season, but alas, for all sublunary hopes
and expectations! We are disappointed,
and are obliged to appear before our read
ers this week in dishabile, but good care
will be taken hereafter that we are not
again seen in half dress.
Year: 1862

A FARM FOR ALL.-The Homestead
Bill has passed both branches of Con-
gress, and, ere this, has probably received
the sanction of the President, and is there
fore law. Now is the time for heads
of families and the landless to secure
homes. We are uninformed as to its Pc
culiar features, only so far as relates to
those who are in rebellion against the u.
S. and have taken up arms against the
Government. Such are to have no part
or lot in the matter. We will publish the
principal features of the bill so soon as
we are in receipt of the same.
Year: 1862

Our Cemetery will certainly present a
far more respectable appearance when it
shall have been enclosed with the new
fence in contemplation. Some most beau
tiful monuments have recently been erect
ed to the memory of the dear departed"
Shrubs, flowers and evergreens mark the
graves of loved ones. Now, let us have
a fence to protect and beautify the silent
city, and in keeping with the love we bear
our absent friends.
Year: 1862

Our TELEGRAPH OPERAToRs.-It is
an advantage for people sometimes to
know what others think of them: On
Monday last some one connected with the
telegraph at this point announced, conf
dentiaHy, as we are informed, to certain
select few the cheering news from Nor
folk, under a pledge of secrecy, hoping, no
doubt, to reap harvest Of ten or twenty
dollars for dispatch to the public. Now,
if telegraphic operators are not lawfully
at liberty to make public what passes
over the wires, very good-keep it strict
ly private. But if not so restrained by
law why not let the public, instead of a
favored few, have the benefit Of that
which is of vital interest to every true
patriot. Let persons pursuing such a
course know that exclusiveness Of that
kind only meets with the merited con-
tempt Of all honest and liberal minded
men.
Year: 1862

RED, WHITE AND GREEN.-We have
had remarkably fine weather for the past
week, and for the last three days a bright
sun and warm summer-lke breezes. The
forest trees are rapidly assuming their
green foliage, peach, pear, plum and cher
ry are exhibiting in our farming districts
a pleasing variety of pink and white BIOS
SONS. Never was prospect for an abun-
dance of fruit more cheering.
Year: 1862

ACCIDENT ON THE d. IL M. RAILWAY.
Conductor TELLER, in charge Of the
mixed train from Detroit to Grand Rap
ids, met with an accident on Saturday last
that terminated his life on Sunday eve
ming. When few miles east Of the Rap
ids, a car near the engine took fire, and,
after the suppression of the flames, the
Conductor stood watching the adjoining
cars to see that the fire did rot again
break out, when, on passing bridge,
four miles from Grand Rapids, he was
struck on the back of the head, pitched
forward with violence on his face, fractur.
ing the frontal bones of the skull, and pro


ducing his death as above stated. This
is the third person that has met with ar
accident at that point, two proving fatal
Year: 1862

Room for more lawyers at Grand Ha,
ven9 asks a lean, cadaverous, seedy indi-
vidual in glasses. No, stree. Any man
of that profession dependent upon patron
vge for a livelihood, that cannot subsist
on three crackers and an accompanying
glass of water per day had better hang
out his shingle in some other town.
Year: 1862

Whish wase1planol 10 tho division commanders
verbally the morning, WAS to hold the enemy
at arms length by opposing him strongly in our
assumed position, TO take position which WOud
give US the rise Of our batteries and the open
ground III The vicinity of Corinth, the exact po-
sisioa to be determined by events and the move
nlents of the enelny
Year: 1862

Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Patent
Iron Glass and Nails Kerosene Oil, Tin
Ware. Would respectfully announce to the
pulic in general that he has and will sell
for ready pay all the above articles cheap as
the cheapest In22v3mSI
Year: 1862

Neither the MAGNITUDE not the nature of
slavery IS such that we have no remedy but
to fold our hands and await the solution Of
the problem By the mysterious agency Of
Divine Providence. This waiting for the
extinction Of slavery By a succession Of
miracles, is pious resignation of the coun-
terfeit order, and most frequently urged By
those who never. teach or practice it on any
other subject. The evil, since the forma-
lion Of our Government. has not increased
so fast as the means for removing it
Seventy years ago the slaves in the Re-
public numbered onc-titth Of the
whole population now they are
but one eighth. Africa did not then
invite them to return. There was no asy-
1um for them in the West Indies. Central
America was almost unknown. Florida
belonged to Spain. The Republic was
very POOR. Yet every clcar-hcaded man
can now see, that if our grand fathers had
provided for the absolute extinction Of
slavery, their acts would have been the
cfoWning glory Of the eighteenth century.
And now for the second time the opportu-
nifty has come. Strength has taken the
place of weakness; wealth, :ot poverty
established fact, Of experiment; confidence
OF doubt; and if we hesitate and let the
time for action slip past our reach, posterity
will not tolerate the stupid plea Of isuo-
rance OF Tie knavish plea of vested rights,
but will set down this generation as lack
ing In faith, hope, -and courage, and as dis
tinguished for weakness, fckleness, aud
tTcachery,