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Year: 1861

When the sunbeams shine and the free wind.
blow -.I
Across the fertile plain,
With sunbrowned cheek goes the farmer fortl
To scatter the yellow grain;
Sowing the seed that, blessed by dews


And cheered by the smiling sun.
Shall clothe the fields with golden garb


Ere the summer days be done.
Shall waken the millwheel's CHEEKY clack.


And spread the swelling sail
That speeds with its freight Of human food
Before the favoring gale;
Shall feel the myriad streams Of Life,


The wheels of Commerce speed.
And make a thousand bless the day
When the farmer sowed the seed.
Unfanned by the breeze, in silent room
Where sunbeams rarely fall,
There's another sower busy at work,
Though shut in by roof and wall.
Be the weather foul or the weather fair.
To the sower it matters not,
For the grain he scatters are leaden types,
And the field is the field of Thought.
He sows the seed of the Good and True,


And though the storm may pour.
The lightning flash of Malice scorch.


OF Falsehoods thunders roar
Though stump and rock be scattered round,


And weeds possess the soil,
The crop will grow and the harvest come


To reward the lsborer's toll.
He sows the seed of Human Rights,


And though years may first be past.
The germ will quicken and bursting its tomb,


Spring into lie at last.
The tyrants heel may crush the soil,


And bayonets pierce the sod,
But the field is watered with hopeful teas.


And warmed by the smile of God.
He sows the seed of purer Faith.


And Supcrstition's clod
Is shattered to dust by the piercing blade


That upward points to God.
The stem grows strong and the head fills out,


Needless of tempest strife,
And million fainting souls are fed


With the saving Bread of Life.
He sows the Iced of blessed Peace,


Mid steel, and fire, and blood,
Planting the grains with trustful heart,


Even where the cannons stood;
Dropping them into gaping rift


Ploughed by the death winged ball,
Scattering them with lavish hand


Over the frowning wall.
Moistened by blood of the brave who fell,


And tears by the living shed,
The quickened seed sends up its shoots,


Hiding the CORY dead.
Twining around the rusty gun,


Smoothing the rugged scene,
Clothing the wall of sullen stone


With mantle Of living green.
Where Vice and Ignorance taint the air,


This sower takes his stand,
And the seeds of knowledge stepped in Love,


He scatters with lavish hand.
Barren The soil and rough with thorns,


But the plant shoots up to light;
knowledge thrives, whilst Ignorance dies,


And Wrong gives place to Right.
By night, by day, on land, on sea,


He scatters the precious grain;
Trusting to God for the shining sun


And the quickening kiss of the rain.
Be the weather foul or the weather fair,


To this sower it matters not.
For The grain he scatters are leaden types,


And his field is the field of Thought.
Year: 1861

E Immense claims for damages, resulting
from the occupation Of the soil Of Virginia, by
the Federal troops, will soon be forthcoming,
and to be claim agent hereafter will be pro
fitab1e business. A law Will be passed dis
eliminating against all who do not earnestly
assist the Government in putting down the re-
belliOn
Year: 1861




According to President Lincoln, il is the Re
publican party which is to put down the Southern
rebellion. In his late message To Congress he
uses this language:


cit is now for them (the American people) to
demonstrate to the world that those who can fairly
carry election, can also suppress n rebellion;
that ballots the rightfu successors to bullets,
and that when ballots have fairly and consttu-
tiOnally decided, there can be no successful ap-
peal back to bullets that there can be no success
full appeal except to ballots themselves, at sue
ceeding elections.


"Such will be a great lesson Of peace, that
what they cannot take by an election, neither can
they take it by war; teaching all the folly of
beginning a war"


That is, those who carried the election last
November now to demonstrate 10 the
world that they ''can also suppress rebellion"
W hat pity the President had not announced this
idea in his proclamation calling for troops to con
quer the South How much farer it would have
been then, to announce that il the party that
elected him, to which he looked for the men and
the money TO sustain his Administration by force
of arms


Ii is a misfortune that the President can not
rise above party considerations in discussing the
momentous questions before the country. As in
his inaugural, he recognized the Chicago plat
form as the guide for his Administration so now
he can not divest himself of the falacy that il is
the Republican party which is to suppress the
rebellion" and sustain the Government. Nor is
the President alone in this absurd notion. While,
in sense, party lines are forgotten, that is,
far to accept the service of Democrats well
as Republicans to fight the battles of the country,
the theory nevertheless runs through all their po-
ltcal calculations, that it is the Republican party
which is to save the Unien, and 10 suppress the
rebellion. Yet il is not often that the idea is so
| frankly expressed in the paragraph we have
quoted from the Presidents message.


Should this war prove successful and the sece-
ded States be reduced to suhjecton, we shallhave
no end of the partisan boast that the party 'who
can fairly carry an election can also suppress a
rebellion" and that il is due to the political or
gsinization which elected Mr. Lincoln, that the
Union was saved from dissolution Ii is insult
ing To the thousands Of men who voted against
the Republican party, but who now fighting
the battles of the Union, or contributing Of their
to be thus officially told that t Is their servi-
ces. but TO those who carried the Presidential
election, that the salvation of the country. if in
deed it shall be saved by war. will be due.


We hope tie Union may be saved from disso
luton, and that the Government will prove equal
70 the immense strain upon il, caused by the pres
ent civil war. We would scarcely stop TO inquire
who saved it--whether Republicans or Demo-
Gratis; but il does seem a little odd that while
calling for troops without distinction of party the
president should announce to the world that one
party alone is to have the honor Of suppresSing
the present rebellion.-N. Y Journal Of Com
/
Year: 1861

In the New York Tribune of July 9th Horace
Greeley says:


However, though we see how events are over
ruled, ana treason defeats weakness to the glory
and progress of the great cause of freedom and
popular government, we nevertheless have no love
for treason. We owe-under God-to the inso
lent disobedience of orders the part of Captain
Adams, of the Sabine. in refusing to reinforce
Fort Pickens, the surrender, on the part of the
Government, of its intention of abandoning Fort
Sumter, and its determination to attempt to throw
in supplies instead. But why Capt. Adams has
been left in command of that ship for nearly four
months after such defiance of his Government IS
one of those thng-we wish to heaven they
were fewer and that we might not be compelled
to discuss them--which we shall not attempt to
explain, because we are at loss 10 understand t.


II what the Government intended to do in re-
gard 70 Sumter was of any sort of consequence,
WHY has not the man who defeated its plans so
utterly and so numerically been punished? We
don't know; we don't even profess to have n the
DRY upon the subject; possibly the Administration
also believes in Providence, and is careless as 70
what it does from an abiding faith that God will
not permit it whatever il does, to do wrong. But
this we do know-the Sabine arrived at Ports
mouth on the 4rh, with Captain Adams still in
command Of her. As il is held 10 be out OF order
to criticise anything the Government does, and to
have any opinions of our own, ought we not i'm
mediately to take steps to give that worthy gen
tleman public dinner2


Notwithstanding the declaration contained in
this article that GREELEY has 'no love for trea-
son." and his handsome suggestion of dinner
for Captain ADAMS, we fear that he is guilt Of
rank treason according to the present prevalent
notion of that ofienseH certainly eriticises the
Administration, and nowhere says that the Re
publican party and all their Office holders are
without spot or bIemish. We do not wonder
that he is guilty of so alarming commissions and
omissions with evident fear of the consequences,
and that he suggests public entertainment as a
kind Of bridge of reconciliation between himself
and offended majesty.
Year: 1861

1t was French crowd that, coming out with
smoked glass to view eclipse of the sun, took
umbrage at the adumbration and Kissed it be-
cause it was not total. If Gen. Scott wins a cam
paign by only forcing his adversary to retreat-if
he does not give us a grand battle, with bloody
list Of killed and wOunded-he will be Kissed,
hooted and eat-caled by the sensationists of New
York. If he does not give US a battle at all, the
public will demand his discharge by the mana
gers. Another General, who figure more
startlingly on the boards of the National Theater
will be advertised for.


By the cutting off of the telegraphic communi
cation northward, it is evident that the scene is
about to open. We are to have battle or its
equivalent. Gen. Scott has the men and the
means, and the enemy is directly in front of him.
He can force an engagement or a retreat; and the
logic of his position requires him to do so. If he
advances, we have no doubt it will be to victory.
Our army is stronger and better, and Drawer, if
such distinction can be made, than the one il
confronts. The Confederate troops will be de
feafed, and their defeat will lose Virginia to them.


The only hope the Confederates have of escap-
ing the moral effect of defeat in the meantime,
is to precipitate an engagement with General Pat
terson's division, or some other detachment of the
Federal army. In that way they might find
partial victory, to cover and console them for
general loss.


We have never doubted the issue Of battle be-
tween the full forces of the North and the South
The regular armies of the one twice outnumber
the other; and il would be shameful tn ms to
count upon anything but triumph. A victory is
not a eonquest-it is often, in case of invasion of
hostile country, as disastrous as defeat
| If the Federal troops find as they advance into
the South, that the Union men or those who
were once such, rally to the national flag and
resume their old predominance in the States,
there will be hope of restoration of our system,
in spite of the appeal to force; for the event will
prove that force had first coerced to silence the
loyal sentiments of the people. But if this pop
ular feeling does not manifest itself, coercion is
fallacy and a failure.


| Thus far the has not been war. Ii has
been mere pageant to children, play to the
idle and weak, a source Of profit to the coraupt,
a path of prospective ambition to the aspiring, a
vent for the evil passions of the fanatic and big
otted-but it has not yet put on the bloody gar
ment and the hideous face with which those who
know it painted it. May Heaven spare us the
tragic horrors of its presence, when it stalks
through the land desolatng its hearths and de-
stroying its fields.


| Such as il is to be, however, it is close upon
US; and wait for it to unfold its character and


Indicate the greater or lesser degree of misery it
is TO irhict We would not hasten its appear.
ance; yet like the sick man who wants n surgi-
cal operation, we grow so impatient at the con-
temptation of its impendency, as to wish to meet
il half way.-Albany Argus.
Year: 1861

Lieutenant Upton, who out on a scouting
party in the vicinity of the house occupied by tac
Misses Scott, who are rampant seccssiOnists, and
who captured Captain Goodwin, Of the Connec-
ticut regiment entered their house, and asked for
a drink Of water. The Young ladies desired 10
know who he was. he informed them that lac
was a secessionist, and desired to know whether
there were any in that vicinity. They informed
him that there were plenty, and gave linn the
names OF several whom he could rely upon lie
took the names of several. Soon after this, how
ever, some Of our pickets came in and the young
ladies began 10 "smell a rat" lie then tod
them thar they were prisoners, and that TREY
must go with him 10 General Tyler's quarters.
After arriving the General took them in his pri-
vate room, and gave them thorough cxanlina
ton He desired to know what had been done
with Young Goodwin. They assured the General
that they did not know, but supposed he was at
Richmond. They pretended to tell everything
they knew in regard 10 affairs in the rebel camp
but it was perfectly apparent 10 General Tyler
that they did mot tell the TRUTH DE nformcd
them that be should hold them prisoners until
Captain Goodwin had been returned. When my
Informant left, the young ladies were good deal


They are quite pretty. and very PrepossessiIs Z
in their manners. What will finally be done
with them is not known.
Year: 1861

The New York Euening Post is responsible for
the story that, when the Federal troops were
about to take possession of Harper's Ferry, just
after the timely retreat of General Johnston they
saw surmounting the crests of the hills on the
Maryland side a most formidable looking battery.
Three or four teleinch columbiads or rfed can
non seemed to be frowning down on them, from
approached the monster carefully. off well
served, said officer, applying his lorgnette to
his eye, 1.-THE can scarcely be taken by thousand
men," and then another added: "W must carry
them by descent from behind" When the de
scent was made, il discovered that the de
lenses consisted of some heaps of brush slightly
covered with earth. and that the e-inspiring
guns were so many large pieces of stove pipe care
fully laid in position
Year: 1861

GALLANT CLAY.-A gentleman from Clay men
toned in our office this morning, ncontro-
vertible fact that of the two hundred men who
have gone to the war from that county. not less
than one hundred and serenity fire of them are
Democrats Nevertheless, while similar state


ments eau probably be made in nearly every
county in the district the Express loses no oppor-
tunity to hit persons of that political denomina


ton straight blow from the shoulder. For
shame, gentlemen! IL you cannot actually fight
yourselves, do not numerically berate the
pluck of those who can, will, and do fight
Terre Haute Journal P
Year: 1861

Resolred, That we, the Democracy of the
Union, in Convention assembled hereby de.
clare our atfirmance of the resolutions unani.
mously adopted and declared as platform Of
principles by the Democratic Convention at
Cincinnati, in the year 1856, believing that
Democratic principle are Interchangeable in
their nature, when applied to the same subject
matter; and we recommend as the only further
resolutions the following:


Resolred, That it is the duty of the United
States to afford ample and complete protection
to all its citizens, whether at home or abroad,
and whether native or foreign.


Resolved, That one of the necessities of the
age, in q military, commercial, and postal
point Of view, is speedy communication be.
tween the Atlantic and Pacific States and
the Democratic party pledge such constitution
al government aid as will insure the construc-
ton of railroad to the Pacific coast at the
earliest practicable period.


Res0ired, That the Democratic party are in
favor of the acquisition Of the island of Cuba,
on such terms as shall be honorable to our
selves and Just to Spain.


Resolyed, That the enactment of.State Leg.
isatures to defeat the faithful execution of the
fugitive slave law are hostile in character sub
versive of the Constitution, and revolutionary
in their effect.


Resolved, That in accordance with the in
t,rpretation of the Cincinnati platform, that
during the existence of the Territorial Govern
ments the measure of restriction, whatever i
may be, imposed by the Federal Constitution
on the power of the Territorial Legislature
over the subject of the domestic relations, Al
tie same has been, or shall hereafter be, fnall,
determined by the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States, should be respected by all gooc
citizens, and enforced with promptness anc
fidelity by every branch of the General Gov
ernment
Year: 1861

With the war confined to their south


ern border, with the ocean and Europe
wide open before them, with the vast West
heaving up its immense wealth of produc-
tion behind them, and pouring it over up
on their railroads, canals and marts, and
with unprecedented money on hand, there
is no valid reasen whatever why the At
lantie States should not now be astir again
with their wonted energy. The loans take
up great amounts of our capital, but take
it up only to give it circulation, and there


by give impulse to business. 1t is bor-
rowed from the people, but it should be


borne in mind that it is to be thrown d.
rcctly back upon the people, in public tx
penditures, and be thus the more effectual-
ly brought into play in the business of the
nation; the interest at intervals will re-
peat this impulse, and the principal at
last, when the war is settled, is again to
be thrown back upon us, to put the climax
on the salutary scheme. Were our nation
al loans to be expended abroad, as in Eu-
ropean foreign wars, the case would be
very materially different. Let us then
cheerfully and patriOtically welcome the
new burdens, for while they press upon us
in some respects they help us in others
Macaulay, in one of the most brilliant vet
astute chapters of his fourth volume, gives
the history of the enormous English debt,
and shows that, on the principle that it is
paid to the subject, who, in Lis turn sup
plies the revenue. it has been and will con-
tinue to be one of the greatest sources of
rational wealth and security. He con-
cludes as follows:


"a long experience justi6es US in be
"lievipg that England may, in the twentieth
century, be better able to bear debt of
"sixteen hundred million, than she is, at
"the present time. to bear her present load
"But, be this as it may, those who so con-
"idently predicted that she must sink
''frst under debt of ffty millions, then
"under debt of eighty millions, then un-
"dcr debt of one hundred and forty NIL
"lions. then under debt of two hundred
''and forty millions. and lastly under
"debt of eight hundred millioDs-were,
beyond all doubt, under two-fold mis- I
take; they greatly Overrated the pressure
''Of the burden; they greatly underrated
i'the strength by which the burden was to
''be borne. They enormously imagined
that there was an exact analogy between
''the case of an individual who is in debt
''to another individual and the case of
society which is in debt to a part of it
'self; and this analogy led them into end
''less mistakes about the effect of the sys-
Item Of funding. IN 7. World
Year: 1861

UNITED STATES STEAMER, SILvERl


LAKE, Ohio River, Sept 20.


EOIToRs CHRONICLE We are once
more on this noble river We left
Charleston, last Sunday morning, with the
remains of Lowe, who was killed in the
late battle at Carnifax's Ferry We also
had on board several officers, wounded in
the same battle; among them was Col
Lytle, of the 10th Ohio regiment. On ar
irving at at-GallipOlis, Ohio. the terminus of
our usual route, we were ordered to Gin
cinnati- This..was alike unexpected and
gratifying. We had been so long in the
mountains, away from civilization, that the
thought of once more visiting, even for a
brief period, city so attractive as Cincin-
matt, had wonderful effect upon our flag
ging spirits. The occasion was not one
which admitted of much hilarity.


There are some things connectad with
the death Of Col Lowe, which are peculiar
ly painful. You viii remember that af.
ter the battle at Scary Creek, some news
papers accused him of cowardice saying
that he hid behind church, to avoid dan
ger, while his men were exposed to a Sc
we're fire from the enemy. This was false,
as the facts clearly show. At the time he
is charged with having hid behind the
house, it is fact that it was the most dan
gerous place on the whole field. One can
non ball passed entirely through the build
ing, and others were flying about it thick
and fast; but the fact is, he was not near
the spot where the building was located
Stung BY this false imputation of coward
ice the Colonel asked and received permis-
sion to lead in the..attack at the ferry.
While calamity rushing forward to the
enemies works, he was killed by rife
bullet, In the forehead.


A trip down the Ohio river is very pleas
ant The scenery is very beautiful; no
other words can properly express it.
There is nothing grand and startling in the
scenery, to hold one in constant wonder,
but just sufficient of beauty to keep one in
constant admiration. There is very little
difference in the appearance of the banks
of the river. Sometimes the hills come
close down to the river on one side. while
on the other, beautiful valley stretches
away as far as the eye can reach. The
scene is constantly changing. The hills
Year: 1861

AMENITIES OF WAR. A contemporary
has seen a letter from Richmond, Va, to a
gentleman in Staten Island stating that a
young man named Darrow, now a prisoner
there. had his lie saved by having copy of
the New Testament in his breast pocket,
which was hit by bullet a. the battle near
Manassas The ball glanced from the Testa-
ment to the shoulder and inflicted but a
slight wound. Darrow was found in prison
with the testament under his pillow, and his
good conduct and fine example have made
him, as the Richmond writer says. " pet of
the prison The Testament was a copy of
one received at the Sabbath School, and its
principles seem to have taught courage upon
the field and Christian kindness in The prison
Year: 1861

Through sorrows dreary days and hours,
When all is dark around
When Hopes bright star seems set in gloom,
And bitter foes abound;
Thy welcome visit then we greet,


Thou dove of peace with emblem sweet.