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Year: 1862

THIS HAND NEVER STRUCK Me-
Wsrecently heard the following touching
Incident


"a little boy had died. His body was
laid out in a darkened, retired, room, wait
ing to be laid away in lone cold grave.
His afflicted mother and bereaved little
sister went to. look at the sweet face of
the precious sleeper, for his face was beau
tiful esenin death. As they stood gazing
upon the form of the one so loved and
cherished, the little girl asked to take his
hand The mother at first did not thiak
it best, but as the child repeated the re-
quest, and seemed very anxions about it.
she took the cold bpodless hand of her
sleeping boy, and placed it ia the hand
of his weeping sister.


The dear child looked at it a moment,
caressed it fondly, and then looked up to
her mother through her tears of affection
and love and said


"Mother, this little hand never struck
me 90


What could be more touching and love
ly! Young reader, have you always been
SO gentle to your brothers and sisters,
that were you to die such a tribute as this
could be paid to your memory? Could a
brother or sister take your haud when
cold in death and say this hand never
struck me p
Year: 1862

A pretty female artist can draw The
men equally with brush and blush.


What is the greatest curiosity in the
world "A woman s.


Look ont for paint" as the girl said
when a fellow went to kiss her.


1t is easy to say grace, but not half SO
easy to possess it.


The n1ghtcap would be the cap of lib
erty-if ii were not for curtain lectures


Don't fret on account of your bankrupt
cy Your creditors will do it for you.


The young lady who took the gentle
mans fancy has returned it with thanks.


Don't take too much interest in the af.
fairs of your neighbors. Six per cent.
will DO.


Caught in her own net" as the man
said when he saw one of the fair sex
hitched in her orinoline.


He must be person of very significant
standing who is always standing upon his
dignity.


A farmer likes cold weather at the
proper season but an early frost in au.
tumn goes against his grsio.
Year: 1862

BY J. I. POWERS.
Strike for Country and for God!


Now's the Day and pow's the Hour,
Draw the sword and WELD the spear
Cleaning DER the sacred sod.
Strike for Country and for God


Hail the Holy Jubilee,
When the iron chains shall fall
And earth's millions all go free. tsi
Strike for Country and for God


Every blow ye deal and give
Now proclaims with word of power
Earths oppressot's shall not live.
Strike fer Country and for God!


God it is who leads the host,
Heavens Great Captain now commands
Every soldier to his post.
Strike for Country and for God


Let each man his country bear
In his arms and on his heart,


Strengthened by the might of prayer.
Strike for Country and for Godl
Let the Red Sea parted be;
Smitten by Jehovah's rod


For the myriads of the Free
iJNIih0 III NAuHbI anu lOT NOu


Smite the toeman to the dust;
Free the captive from his chain:


Strike for Liberty We mustl
Strike for Country and for God ..a i.
BY the blood of martyrs slain---
Martyrs who have bled for Cod
Let their blood neer cry in valnl
Strike for Country and for Godl


God is on the side of right,
Draw tie sword nor draw in vain
God shall teach your hands to fight.
Strike for Country and for God


And ne'er qu;t-the blood-red field
Till the foe shall bite the dust


And the tyrant power shall yield.
Strike for Country and for God


Man be true to Liberty
Break the chain that Wrong hath forged,
Help the Christ of God 60 free
Strike for Country and for Godl


BY the blood Of Him who gave
All he was or hoped 10 be


For the suf ring, scar-crowned slave
Year: 1862

This evening, the call Of tho President for
loyal men to come to the rescue, will be re-
spopded to by mass-meeting of the citizens
Of Chicago without distinction Of party, In
cited By one common aentiment-the vigor-
GUS prosecution Of the var and the utter exter-
minstion of every vestige Of rebellion. They
will meet once more, as at the fall of Sumter,
to renew their expressions Of confidence In
the stability Of our common country, the
Justice Of our cause, and the certainty of our
SUGGEST They will meet to counsel together
as brothers and devise measures to meet the
present emergency.


Distinguished speakers will be In attend
ance and address the meetings. We trust
they will be brief and directly to the point.
It Is no time for talking now. We have had
talk enough. We want action-immediate &C.
tion. We want men who will show us the
quickest way Of raising one, two or three
regiments Of earnest, determined soldiers. and
the quickest way Of fitting them out and send
ing them of.


We need not urge upon our citizens to come
up to these meetings, aud with united voices
epeak for the Government IN q manner which
shall not be mistaken Everywhere through
out the East the tocsin Of war has sounded
The appeal for men has been answered. Let
Chicago leap into the gap, and once more send
her sons to the rescue.


In this connection We repnblish the call o1
the young men for the meeting. It has the
| genuine ring:


| THE CALL


The undersigned young men Of Chicago, believ.
| ing that the condition Of our country calls fol
greater sacrifice on the part Of those who truly
value it's institutions or have any hopes fo5 the
future in connection with its prosperity, than any


that have been made, would call upon ttelr fel


low citizens to meet at Bryan Hall on Saturday


evening, July 18th, to take such measures as shal


arouse the young men to higher conception o


their duty to respond to the denandfor volunteers


and to giye expression to the desires Of tn
Year: 1862

WHAT GEORGE WMKEs sAYs.-There is q
remarkable article on the management Of the
war on the Potomac and in the Peninsula in
the last number Of Wilkes Spirit Of The Times,
which is creating considerable sensation, The
number containing it can be had at the
neHa stands
Year: 1862

TIL TAPPING. john Cough1fn, lad
scarcely twelve years Of age, was arrafgned at
the police court yesterday for the larceny Of
money from the till or the bar at Melms'
garden, while the proprietor was In the rear
at dinner. The money was recovered, and
the boy was marched to the armory. Com
missioner Williams will dispose Of him this
morning.
Year: 1862

The engine that drives the power press
On which the TRIBUNE is printed, broke
down On Friday night just after one side
-fthe inside pages} Of the entire edition had
been worked of: Before the damage could
be repaired it WIS too late in the day to is
sue IN time for the mails, or to deliver to
city subscribers, consequently Saturdays
edition tailed to reach some $4,000 pa
-3Euns.
Year: 1862

Mothers who sit in dumb wonder and dread
Holding that terrible list
Fearing to look lest you see mid the deao
The name of the boy you have kissed
Kissed cen as those who in anguish ana paln'
Kiss precious faces of clay,
Fen as you would had you shudderingly la1n'
That dear one in grave robes away
1 pity you, sitting with faces so white
Striving to parry the blow;
7 know how that name will torture your sight
Can fathom the depth of your woe.
Bv the pang that rent my desolate heart
By the crushing weight of despair,
know how YOU, too will shudder and start
At reading that loved name there.
I know you'll hush that passionate cry,


Thinking of him as he lies,
With beautiful face upturned to the sky,


Death yelling the glorious eyes.
aFighting he felll' Does feeling OF prlde
Tighten your griefs as you think
How brave was the boy that went from you


side;
| How ba would not falter or shrink?
The mothers love triumphs. Men call Wome


weak


All, well, perhaps it is so!
know there are tears cen now on my chee


For the boy that is lying so low.
r lnov that I start at each step on the stal


With wistful glance turn toward the 200
Thinking, perchance, that my darling is ther


Peace, heart; he can come nevermore.
But still there's thought that softens my "o


Above there's glorifed list.
And one day I'll hear with rapturous gio'


The name of the boy have kissed.
Year: 1862

The trees of the forest held solemn


parliament, wherein they consulted OF


the innumerable wrongs the axe had


done them; therefore they enacted that


no tree should hereafter lend the ak for


handle 'on pain of being cut down. =


The ak travels up and down the forest,


begs wood of the cedar, oak, ash, elm,


even to the poplar, not one would LEND


him chip. At last he desires SO much


as would save him to cut down the


briars and bushes, alleging shat these


shrubs did suck aw,y the juice OF the


ground, hindered the growth and op-
scure the growth of the fair and godiy


trees. Herein they were content TO az
ford him SO much. When he had got


ten his handle, he cut themselves down
! too. These be the subtle reaches of
: sin, give it but little advantage on the
f fair promise to remove thy troubles,
v and it will cut down thy soul also.
Therefore resist beginnings; trust 1t
: not in the least. Consider thy falling
! into sin hurling thyself down from
# some high pinnacle. Wilt thou say,
r may break my neck a little! Wilt thou
d say may burn my soul and Body lit
u tie! And suffering, we think the least
|. misery too great, SO SHINING ietus thinS
d THE least iniquity too great.
Year: 1862

tt is hard to control the working OF
ipclinatio n, and turn the bent of nature;
but that it may be done, know from
experience. God has given us, IN
measure, the power to make our own
fate; and when our.energies seem to de-
mand sustance they cannot get, when
our will strains after a path we may not
follow, we need neither starve from in
annition, nor stand still in despair. We
have but to seek another nourlshment
for the mind as strong as the forbidden
food it longed to taste, aud perhaps
purer, and to hew out for the adventu-
rous foot road as direct as the one
Fortune has blocked up against us, II
,rougher than Charlotte Bronte.
Year: 1862

Good.


Prentice, of the Louisville Journal,
gives this as his experience with 1e-
male rebel:


Gas we were passing along the street
two days ago, in our usual quiet r.I,a way; way
musing upon the storms of State, and
pondering upon our solemn resposl0ll,
ity in this great crisis of the affairs OF OF
the nation and of mankind, very pretty
young woman whom we had understood e''
to be a fiery little rebel, and even ter
rible villifer of the Louisville journal !,
was about meeting US when, turning OF
from the sidewalk, she protruded her
red and tempting lip at US boldly = and and
defiantly. 20, certainly we Will if you
want US to very bad, though indeed
this is rather too public place, sale
we, with our accustomed suavity, ad
vancing toward her with our lips cor
respondingly protruded, when to our NJ
little disappointment and surprise; sh
started and ran away from as as if W
had been an ugly old fellow of forty.
Year: 1862

Give and Receive.


When we hear man fret about the
unkindness of the world, the lack of
sympathy, and the false friendship
abounding, we are always prepared for
one who does nothing to receive the
good will and kindness of others. Does
such character ever bestow smile,
speak a kind word, or deny himself to
benefit fellow creature? 70 receive
the good will of others, we must bestoW
our favors. If we would be smiled
upon, we must not forever wear frown
If we would see the tears of affection II
others eyes, we must not possess hearts
too cold and dead to woe. No tender
hearted man; no affectiouate, pleasan
and agreeable person is left long te
mourn over the bad passions of others
He receives in abundance those tavor'
which he bestows:


There never was human heart,


However weak and low,


That would not generous love impart,


A sympathy below


If we ourselves would manifest
Those holy feelings in our breast,
Year: 1862

A short time preceding the autumn cleo
tious, we ventured to express a strong appre-
henson that, owing to the absence from the
loyal States of.votcrs in the army, the results
would be unfayoiable TO the administration,
and have great influence abroad in weakening
confidence in the ability of the government
to suppress the rebellion and bring back the
seeding States to their allegiance to the
Union. Such were the results of the election,
and such have been the consequences of those
results and even worse, for the loyal men at
home have begun to doubt Of ultimate sue
cess, and the disloyal have been encouraged
to labor for disgraceful compromise But
were we right in our estimate Of the cause of
these results Is it the absence of the sol
diers We do not doubt that there were
other causes, and that many original support
ers Of the Administration abandoned it for
the time through disappointments 10 the dis
tribution Of patronage, and disgust at the
mismanagemeut here and there of the war
still it is now made perfectly manifest that the
withdrawal Of the soldiers votes Is of itself
alone adequate to account for the defeat Of the
Administration in every State except New
Jersey The New York Evening Post has
demonstrated this fact by very careful esti-
mate, based upon the actual soldiers vote in
Pennsylvania in October 1861, and in llli-
nois, Iowa and Wisconsin in 1862. Assum-
iug that other loyal States sent proportionate
numbers of Republicans aud Democrats to
the war, the results which rould hare been
rsacied, had the soldiers Of all the States
voted, are found to bs as follows:
Year: 1862

htpuullChh HaJolAlt ~'DsVff


Is this result surprising Are the Demo-
Gratis SO much less patriotic than the Republic
cans; 1t is not surprising to US; and yet it
is not true that the Democrats are 80 far lack
ing in patriotism. 1t must be remembered
that these States have a large preponderance
of Republicans; and therefore, if both par
ties are equally patriotic, that the Republic
cans in the army will largely outnumber the
Democrats. We make no party distinctions
in our estimate Of patriotism; we do not be-
leye that Democrat loves his country
less than Republican but rather that
there is no difference, except in the diff
erent circumstances and influences under
which they think and act. Here there is
difference, and that difference tends to slim
ulate the Republicans to support the war,as
measure to which his party is politically com
mtted by the fact that the government is in
its hands and for the same reason il equally
tends to restrain the Democrat.


In a word there is no difference in principle,
but only in the influences of party feeling.
That this has been stimulated by party leaders
is undeniable. The leaders themselves are
influenced by party feeling and party designs.
Look at them in Congress look at the demo-
cratic presses everywhere and in all you
cannot fail to see that patriotism is not equal
to the task of suppressing party spirit. And
these party leaders constantly work upon the
rank and file of the democratic party, whose
natural affection for their country is as pure
as your own. Is it surprising that the lead
ers should have an influence upon those who
have been accustomed to follow! Is it sur
prising that Jealous partizans, who are accus-
toned daily to denounce the war as Repub-
licau war, should themselves refrain from en-.
Year: 1862

derstood that1r Stanton win be unanimously confirmed.
Both would probably have been confirmed to-day. but
the dsbs upon Marshal Lamon protracted to such
no executive session Of the Senate was held


RECOVERY OF GEN. M'cLELLAN. ~


General Mcclellan has quite recovered from bis recent
ilness and 10 able TO devote himself 70 business.
Those whose npatisncs had induced them to murmur
as the, TO them, apparently unreasonable delay of
any great military movement, wiz have occasion
to acknowledge their error. General Mcclellan conndss
bis plans 70 none except they are 70 be executed
His purpose 10 to esctusy crush out the rebellion and
restore the public peace the integrity Of the Union
Within the last few days, those who have been admitted
even to partial confidence and among them some who
have looked soomiy upon the future, satsd st the
prospect presented and express satisfaction that all will
be convinced Of the wisdom Of the course Of the
Commanding General.
Year: 1862




: The inherent nobility Of ABRAHAM LIN
coin was never more clearly shown than
IN bis recent message to Congress, wherein.
he avows, as the joint we1k Of himself and
Cabinet, the acts for which his late: Secreta-
~ Of War, Mr. Cameron, has been severe
II blamed The fankness and noblEness
of bis avowals and his manifest intention
to so conduct affairs as to leave nothing for
enmity to carp at, are more than compen-
cation for the injudicious selections made
by himself and his constitutional advisers,
Of persons to carry out a few Of the plans
which were resolved upon for the preserva-
ton Of the Government. A mean man or
a dishonest man would have shirked the
responsibility which he las assumed, and
would have suffered his retiring Secretary
to cauJ of the odium which certain acts
and certain actors brought in their train.
But he, conscious OF his own integrity and
profoundly assured of the rectitude Of his
count1ymen, appeals from the mistake Of
Congress to the judgment Of the people,
assuring them that lie. did only what WAS
forced upon him by the ezigencies Of the
situation; that he Was compelled under
the pressure Of events, to select as hi
agents men unknown to him; and that i
there is blame for unintentonal wrong, he
not Mr. Cameron, must be charged with
it. Herein the President is magnanimous
and herein he shows that abiding trust il
the people, whose servant he is, that they
viii be glad to repay With their hearty ap
DlauSe.
Year: 1862

Tho electric spark sent out from Wash
fngton On Sunday, and which burnt the
1act that the "Capital is in danger !" into
the military records Of every loyal State,
greeted an uprising Of the masses, that, IN
any other country, would mark an esa in
national history. Wherever it went, it
found the people prepared Tor the emer-
gency that it announced; and had it been
followed by second dispatch saying that
a levy en- .uassc was necessary for the ac-
complishment Of the objects for which our
armies are in the field, the whole popula:
ton, save those who would stay at home
to "push up fire in the rear" would have
rushed to arms. Let the suppliants for
peace on any terns-the base fellows who
arc waiting the hour to sell their counry's
honor for the qualification Of their partisan
hates be warned by the lessons Of g night,
The great heart Of the people is loyal to
the national cause; and, come what may,


they will uphold it!
Year: 1862

stripes speak in Language typical of the
Union of the States, and the subordina
ton oftbe States to the Union, None
can look upon this flag, associated as it
is with memories of the past, ard not
feel rejoicedia heart that ihey see again
the Banner that sheltered our Fathers,
when the the oppreasor had we'll nigh
crushed the uprising. Of Ropubicunism
forever. He or sho that looks upon this
flag. aud mol feel patriotic pride in
their hearts, have treason cankering in
their traiLorous hearts, and only want an
opportunity to lift up their hands against
their country.


1t iu needless to add this injunction, that
this flag boprotected from any who may
attempt to mar the shining of single
star upon blue field. We feel that
we have not given this into the hands of
any but brave men, None but the brave
should bear aIoft the banner of the Un-
ion and the Constitution. Cowards
bear the traitors Banner Of the Rebel
lion, not as an honor, but to them it is
a cover Of shame. Isl


IL the name of the Union girls of But
falo,, present this lag TO you, soldiers
ei the Union and Constitution.


Hoping that it may soon proudly
wave over peaceful, uailod and happy
land,
Year: 1862

" This Is your paradise regained but Eve Is driven
out
II Feather River all was ink, and each pine tree a


pen,
Id call unto that rivers brink, more than thou


sand men,
Id bid them write their dearest wish and they sho


have the same,
l know each one, with manly pride. woald write


dear woman's name
Ii all the specks Of gold that sleep in that great


rivers bed,
Were coined in one enormous heap, and every


miner had
An equal portion Of the pile buy his soul bliss
He'd give one half for womans smile the other for


her kiss. ALPH.
Nimshew jane goth 1852
Year: 1862

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Year: 1862

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