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Year: 1863

made, or which the reporters put into
his mouth, sounds very much like the
utterance of a gross and premeditated
untruth.


The Broughites have thus. before the
people of. Ohio and before the world,
committed themselves TO the work Of
verifying their prediction and carry
ing out their policy of making war
for the purpose Of killing off slavery.
No matter what becomes of the
Constitution, the Union, the country
Or the lives, liberty and property of the
people, this prophecy must be fulfilled
and this policy consummated, even
though war and devastation run riot
through the land for an age to come.
There is to be no settlement-no
adjustment of our present difficulties
upon the basis of the Constitution
which admits of slave States as well
free-which guarantee to the people
of such States as choose to hold slaves
the right to do SO. This, John Brough
and the men who sustain him, say
shall not be allowed; they will never
consent to q restoration or continu-
ance of the Union, and never permit
an adjustment of our present difficult
ties, on the basis upon which the Union
was originally formed.


This stamps clearly and unequivo-
cally the character of the party of
which John Brous III is the champion
and exponent. 1t places itself in hos
tile array to the Union as the fathers
made it. The Union of Washington,
Jefferson, Madison and Jackson is not
good enough for John Brough and his
Ohio supporters. They will never al
low if they can prevent it, such a
Union to exist.


Our soldiers, when they went into
the servise, enlisted to fight for the
good old Union-for that good old
government Washington and the fa-
theirs established-the best the sun ever
shone upon--not for some new anti
slavery Union-some new patched up
Abolition Government--such as John
Brough and his fellow Disunion fanat-
les may be dreaming of. For a man
for Governor of this State holding
such sentiments as Brough does, Ohio
soldiers, as body, will never vote,
with their eyes open.-T Statesman.
Year: 1863

Just enc week before the meeting
of the Convention that nominated him
for Governor, John Brough made q
speech at Marietta, which was repor>
ted in the Cincinnati Gazette and in
other papers of its school of politics.
1t was tho only published speech
Brough had made-the only document
he or his friends had made public, al
an authoritative exposition of his views
and sentiments on the war and the
state of the country. The Conven-
tion, by nominating him, indorsed and
adopted that speech as their party
platform in the pending political cam
paign in Ohio, and ON that ground
the Broughites claim the soldiers vote
for their gubernatorial candidate.


John Brough in that Marietta
speech used the following language:


~ make the prediction here to day
land am not the first man who has
made it, that in SO far as the political
character of slavery is concerned it
pcrished with the sound of the first
gun in Charleston harbor. Loud ap-
plause. 1t is utterly and totally
dead. 1t cannot be revived, and that
for one reason if for no other, the
Northern people can never admit that
institution into the country; even upon
an adjustment of the present difficult
ties, which could hereafter and in any
moment plunge them into another civ
il was. Applause.] You will settle
this contest, whether by arms or Dip
lomacy, but you will remove the cause
that produced it. If you do not, you
are not worthy the institutions Of
your fathers" [Applause.]


Brough says truly he is not the first
man that has made the prediction he
speaks of. Wendell Phillips, William
Lloyd Garrison, Henry Ward Beecher,
and all the rsnting Disunion Aboli-
tionists have made the same prophecy
time and again. The mantle Of these
prophets Of Abolition war and disun-
ion has fallen upon John Brough of
Ohio, and he glories in it to his shame
and the disgrace of the demagogues
that put him in nomination for Gov
ernor of this conservative and loyal
State.


|. John Brough makes two points,
which we desire the reader, and es-
pecially soldiers and the friends Of
the soldiers, to note carefully. The
first is, that slavery is utterly and to-
tally dead and cannot be revived; and
the other is, that the Northern people
can NEVER admit that institution
slavery into the country, even upon
an adjustment Of our present difficul-
ties.


These are the precise positions of
the most radical and crazy Abolition
lists of the country, to which the lead
ers in the Convention Of the 17th of
June fully committed themselves and
all who indorsed their proceedings or
vote the ticket they put in nomina-
tion.


The first position Of the Broughites
is that slavery is utterly and totally
dead, and cannot be revived. What
they mean probably is that it is dead,
according to their prediction and pol
icy, not IN reality orpractically dead,
for they knew that any such asser-
tion would be palpable falsshood. -
In truth, the bold statement Brough
Year: 1863

An EDITOR VIcTIHIzED BY THE TKrEoRAPH- MT Raymond of the New York Times received a telegraph dispatch announcing that the corpse of his brother. who belongs to the army of the Potomac, was at Belle Plains. He hurried down there, and was agreeably surprised to lind that his brother was we'll, and that it was his corps instead of his corpse. whose arrival it was intended to announce.
Year: 1863

s8@ A New York paper suggests
that each county in the loyal States
erect a monument with the name of
every soldier from that county who has
fallen or may during the war, inscribed
upon it. Iti is good suggestion, which,
if carried out, would give us the honor
of surprising all nations in doing hon
Or to our heroes.
Year: 1863

Ny DROPS TO CURE Suppression of the
Nenses, from whatever cause, though care
should be taken to ascertain if pregnancy be
the cause, as these Drops would be sure to
produce miscarriage; they will also certainly
PREVENT conception, if taken two or three
days before the monthly period; therefore, l
wish it distinctly understood, that do not
hold myself responsible when used under such
cpp
Year: 1863

/ could furnish any quantity OF testimonials
of its efficacy from my own patients, but the
practice of parading bought and fictitious
ones before the public is SO prevalent do not
deem it advisable. My object is to lace my
medicine before the public, not only to make
money, but to do good. It is provcrLially
true of the American Ladies, that not ten
perfectly healthy ones can be found in any
one vicinity.
Year: 1863

\ " SEcESH BADGE-An excitement on q
small scale was got up in town last Sunday af
ternoon. An individual of secesh proclivties
came into town wearing a strip of Grape tied
around his left arm. and a peculiar looking
badge pinned TO his coat collar. He was soon
aecosted by patriotic individual and informed
that Secesh was played out. and that he must
take of them badges instanter. \ crowd of a
dozen or more soon collected some of whom
were highly Indignant, that man should have
the temeriiy to wear u secession emblem in
such loyal town as Nevada but it was soon
explained to the uniaitiated that the supposed
rebel badge WAS merely Masonic mourning
badge, which the man had attached to his Sun
day clothes in accordance with vote of his
Lodge, in token Of respect for a departed
brother- Nevada Democrat.
Year: 1863

My dear said a smiling spouse to her
other half. morning or two since, Il am
going shopping want little aiange."


Pooh, responded The ungallaut man, that
would be no Change at all You go shopping
every day"
Year: 1863

Patriotism is developed in various ways
Some people manifest it on the battle field
with arms in their hands others by giving Of
their subsistence to sustain the government
and yet others by raising the price of sugar
on the heels of the fall of Vieksburg. This
latter is the sweetest specimen of patriotism
yes developed Verify the Confederacy is for.
tunate ia the abundance and nobility OF its pa.
triuts.
Year: 1863

SLANG OF THE Stock EXcHANGE'-,h
BuN is one who buys stocks on specuia-
ton, thinking they will rise, so that ne
can sell at profit. 1t is to his interest
to have stocks rise, and he will resort TO
any means to bring about the desired re-
suit. 4 Bear is one who sells stock on
speculation, thinking they will fal' $50 SO
that he can buy in for less money TO MI
his contracts. 1t is to his interest to Dfeak
down the market, and he will resort 10
the most desperate means to accomplish
his object. 4 Corner is when the bears
cannot buy or borrow the stock to denver We
in fulfllment of their contracts. A De-
post is earnest money, lodged in the hands Is
of third party as a guaranty. 20 up


80 up," etc, is the language expressive
of deposit. Overloaded is when the bulls
cannot take and pay for the stocks they
have purchased. Short is when a person
or party sells stocks when they have nome
and expects to buy or borrow them III
time to deliver. Long is when person
or party has plentiful supply Of stocks.
4 Flyer is to buy some stock with view
to selling it in few days, and either make
or lose, as luck will have it. A Wash Is
pretended sale, by special agreement be
tween the seller and buyer, for thepurpose
of getting quotation reported.
Year: 1863

THE CURATIVE


properties Of the medicine direct themselves to
the organs of secretion, and By SO altering the con-
idtion Of the stomach and liver that tho sta1chy
principle Of the food Is not converted iuto sugar 40
long as the system is under the Influence OF the
Year: 1863

PORTLAND, June Goth, 1868.


TO the Editor Of The Press:


know of nothing more intensely irritating
than the good Lord and good devil" policy of
one half who say aught about the war One
would think by the tone of some converse
tions have heard that the Rebels were sex
pected here daily, and that people we're getting
ready TO greet them. have heard of those
who were blinded by their own desires and
really think we ought to believe such blind
ness possible, as we certainly have quite a
number of cases Illustrative of the fact, here
in our midst. Have we expended all our real
patriotism? Are we going to give up while
we have man or dollar left, because -the
rebels don't mean to be econquered? Ofcourse
they don't, and the man among us who has
any such intention is beneath contempt.


But says some one, I'VE have raised large
armies and they have not succeeded. If we
continue the war, more men must go and who
will volunteers" To this query | can only say,
without knowing who Wiu, j know wao ought
to enlist-yes, mean to enlist. Every man
who is in good health and untrammeled by a
family, and every husband and father whose
family can by strict economy keep out of the
workhouse during his absence. There has
been too much seliishness mingled with our
devotion to our country. We ought to be
willing to serve go good cause unpaid, unless
the remuneration be actually necessary. But
this has not been the case. On the contrary,
we have all known Of iamily after family, who
have gained pecuniarily by the very patriotic
actions OF which they SO loudly boast. know
Of young man who hurried off to Kittery to
enlist last fall, because the town offered two
hundred dollars bounty, and would not go
because he could not obtain that sum. Well,
short time since that same disinterested
patriot, moved to one OF the towns which has
disgraced itself by voting to substitute money
for men in answer to the draft, / presume on
account of their action on that subject, where
by the town ought to feel duly honored. Such
places, fear, will be in fair way to fll up
all their old dilapidated shanties with draft
shirkers, of whom wish them joy.


know there is large class of people, who
will say am thus earnest because | am of
necessity noncombatant; but Heaven knows
that if there is one thing above another, which
regret, it is that l cannot be among the
number who can offer their lives to so great
and good cause. Not that deem our rulers
infallible. They have done wrong in the past
and may in the future, but have yet to learn
that their critics at home are perfection itself.
Now is not a time TO cayil. The hour demands
effort not fault-finding earnest efforts to save
the country, after which we can correct the
errors which have not at the breath of peace
corrected themselves. S.JF.
Year: 1863

the Army Of the Potomac. Northern papers
are very silent just now. / hope Congress
will find out what we need to close the war,
and will appropriate it at once--if it it be the
entire North, property and ALL None of your
Copperhead doctrine goes well with us. The


army as whole would be sadly disappoint-
ed to perceive any spirit of inactivity
or lukewarmness at home, and much as the
army has suffered it would gladly endure


twice as much rather than to be called home
without having accomplished its object.
Year: 1863

THINGS WORTH FORGETTING is almost
frightful, and altogether humiiating, to
think how much there is in the common
on-going of domestic and social life, which
deserves nothing but to be Instantly and
forever forgotten. Yet it is equally amaz-
ing how large class seem to have no
other business but to repeat and perpetu-
ate these very things. That is the Yoca-
ton of gossips-an order of society that
perpetuates more mischief than all the COM
bined plaques of Egypt together. You may
have noticed how many speeches there are
which become mischievous only by being
heard second time and what an army of
both sexes are sworn to see to it, that the
fatal repetition shall DO had. Blessed is
that man or woman that can let drop all
the burrs and thistles, instead of picking
them up, and fastening on the next passen-
ger Would we only let the vexing and
malicious sayings die, how fast the lacerated
and scandal-ridden world would get healed
and tranquilized,-Dr. Huntington.
Year: 1863

NEAR GETTYsBURG, July 3 P. VI.


After what had taken place on Wednes-
day, and with the knowledge of the force
that had come up there was good reason to
believe, and all in camp did believe, that
the day would be ushered in with the noise
Of battle Day broke in quiet, however,
and breakfast was taken at ease. Now aud
then there were little disputes between the
enemys pickets and ours in the streets of
the town, for we held part and they part,
and sometimes a gun in one of our batteries
would send an experimental shell toward
the enemy's lines. The enemy through all
this kept marvelously shy with his artil-
lery, and did not lire shot, which it was
Year: 1863

During the night of Wednesday General
Meade arrived end commenced fortifying
the nights by the construction of abattis and
throwing up earthworks for distance of
over mile, in the form of crescent, his
left resting upon the Emmetsburg pike and
his right upon the hills east of the town.
There was no fighting on the morning of
Thursday. We occasionally threw shell
iuto the woods and east of the town as feel
ers, but developed nothing but pickets and
skirmishers.


General Meade, however, knew that he
had a cunning enemy, and relaxed none of
his vigilance and caution.


About two o'clock skirmishing COM
menced on our left and center, and was
kept up on both sides quite briskly by the
sharpshooters. General Robinson remarked
that this was only feint of tho enemy
Year: 1863

Perhaps, however, there is no portion of


the message that is more insidious, or that


more fully betrays the adverse motives of


the writer, than the paragraph, which tells


us plausably that there is little to fear
from the general government in times of


peace, but bids us be jealous and stringent
against its cncroachments in the hour Of


war. The laws of honar, loyalty and Of
affection are always the reverse. A
grateful and generous nature is ready to
make auy sacrifice to a protector who is in
calamity. In old Rome, when liberty was
in its highest food. the citizen was always
prompt to temporarily resign his Govern
ment to the hands OF dictator, to render


it compact and effective against foreign


foe; and every generous nation since, has
willingly consented to similar sacrifice,
rather than be trampled by conqueror.


Equally false with the other positions of
the message, is the nice sounding sentence
that those who hold there is no sanctity
in the Constitution must equally hold that
there is no guilt in the rebellion; ; " for
again, as lawyer, Mr.. Seymour knows
that man who violates compact merits
punishment and that his owl unlawful
fracture of this instrument stops him from
demanding that its provisions shall re-
extend to him. In the forcible language
of General Butler, j" Sedition is treason;
treason is death, with forfeiture of goods
and all that is inflicted on rebel, short OF
this is SO much gained by him, from the
clemancy Of the Government"


But enough of this wretched message,
ite scditions, and its fallaces. 1t re, eals
to US dark and threatening future for
it will embolden bad men to wicked and
unlawful acts, and it will make treason
popular, by inciing the expression of thou
sands of poor applicants for office, who
will seek to square their declarations to
the supposed secessation principals ofthose
who unfortunately have at their disposal
the vast patronage of the city and the
State. Under this demoralizlng influence
and powerful coercion, the great State OF
New Y ork is becoming more malignant
district than either Louisiana or Missouri;
and this dreadful fact forces upon our
mind the most profound and alarming ap-
prehcnsions. Ii it continue to progress III
lsaFcction as rapidly Tor the next month
as the last, the government need no longer
be in doubt us to where to find field for
Gen. Butler. The proper district for
his talents will be here.
Year: 1863

AN EMBARRASSING STUATIoN.--Tho


officers of the Kate hossel got them


selves into an embarrassing situation
one day last week. The boat started
from the Davenport Levee on her regular
trip down the river, and had gone about
six miles, when numerous and powerful
yells from n state.room in the ladies' cab
in attracted a good deal of attention.
On careful exploration, two bouncing
big babies were discovered, screaming lus-
tily, but no mothers were to be found
After consultation, it was decided to go
back up the river and find the parents of
the children, if possible. This was done
and the mothers were found on the levee
at Davenport where they had gone up
town, and were left by the boat. OF
they were cverjoyed to find their
and of course the officers didn't
swear at having to come back after they
were six miles on their way.--Davenport
Democrat.
Year: 1863

A QUEER VEssEL.-There has been %
very queer invention just brought out in
England, in the way of ship boildng.-
A vessel has been constructed in three
divisions, capable of separate notion
The two forward portions are moved by
steam. Thus each portion can be loaded
at different dock, and the whole can be
put together with more ease than the
making up Of train of cars. The nov
el ship has been tried on the river Thames
and as far as the experiment went it is
pronounced success.
Year: 1863

chap from Boston, and says he: This looks
like action at last. my friend. Our troop
are evidently all enthusiasm, to be led once
more against the foc." .. ...


The Chaplain shaded his eyes with his
hand, to look at tho speaker, and says he:


They are indeed enthusiastic, my friend.
So enthusiastic in fact, that ut leas, half of
them would not come back to this side a,
ALL"


All says the Republican chap; the
noble fellows" -.


YES" says the Chaplain, as softly AZ tho
he were speaking in a sick room !" They
remain there. sleeping upon their arms. And
o! my friend they will never, never come
back again"


He spoke truly, my boy and may kind
Heaven see naught in the blood yelling from
their loyal hearts but the blush Of soldiers
honor; the glow Of patriot fire in which all
| their human efforts went up to God AZ the
smoke Of glorious sacrifice They sleep
their last sleep upon the arms of their coun-
try; and whether those arms, with which
she folds them into her heart, be white with
the ermine If winter or green with the dra
perry Of summer, the clasp shall be none the
less strong with all mothers Immortality
Of love.


oRPHEusc G. KERR.
Year: 1863

We have rarely heard Of more heart.
rending yet thrilling scene than the following
described by the Dunfries (Seotland) Csur:
ter:


On Thursday last the Comet put into the
harbor Of Gar,iestown, and took the ground
On a sandbank at short distance from the
quay. Next day a. the tide was flowing five
men were engaged in docking the vessel,
when person standing on the quay, obsrrv.
ed that she was about to keel over. He forth.
with gave the alarm, and four out of the five
succeeded in keeping clear the fifth, man
named William Loche, was caught by the
hull OF the vessel AS It went over, the bul.
warks resting on his loins. leaving his head,
arms, and upper part Of his body free. The
tide was coming in rapidly, and It was known
that the PROSTATE body would be submerged
in the course Of an hour IL the weight of the
vessel could not be shifted.


In the course of few minutes all the sea.
men, carpenters. and able.bodied men in
Garlestown were upon the spot, and every
effort was made to lift the vessel few incht $
but in vain and by the time the water had
reached the PROSTATE prisoner it was eviden,
that his fate was sealed The scene which
ensued was truly pitiable and heartrending;
1t was witnessed by large number of spec.
tators. among whom there was hardly dry
eye. The Rev. Thomas Young walked into
the water beside the drowning man and drew
his attention to thoughts befitting the sud
den and inevitable change awaiting him.
His last words to his companions were, "Oh
take off my vest and cover my head so tha,
| may not see the water" An effort was
made to do tins, but the garment could no,
be removed, and his face was covered with a
napkin, just as the tide was rising aroun,
him. la the course of q few minutes after
this the cold green waves covered his body
and the sorrowing crowd dispersed.
Year: 1863

even fathers command could make him
do wrong--and God rewarded him for it,
as he will reward you, if, when sin assails
you, your feet break through its nets, and
your soul casts out everything that can
defile it.


Last of all, dear children, if you ever
happen on Sunday in the town where
Harry Grant is living, go to the white
church at the upper end of the village,
and you can hear him, with your own
ears, tell Of that Savior whose love is
about US all, whose arm is stronger than
any brothers, whose forgiveness cleans
eth from all sin. Maybe, too, you will
even find Johnny Wilson there, if you
will but inquire for him, or hear his voice
leading in the choir of sweet singers