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Year: 1863

arb or root to cure every disease flesh is


heir to; though when told Zedikish So,


he said they mnst a ben created then after


father Adam got under the wrong apple


tree, and concluded to move out Of the
garden, and quit the fruit business and
a playin' gentleman, and go to farmin',


cause they'd ben no use for them afore


that, and nuthin's made in vain US the
scriptcrs says, but he's always askin'
questions jest to make everybody and ev-
erything look Ridiculous, till don't pay
any attention to his nonsense any more,
but as was sayin' there's a medicine to
fit every disease, only we can't always jest
tell what it is, cause it may be one thing
and may be another, SO jest give all of
um can think of, cause if one don't hit
it why who knows but another will, jest
as thrash all the yungins when one of
um has been cuttin' up, so as to be GER
tain of getting the right one, and then two
to one they ali deserve it for some mis-
chef or another, or lestways will deserve
it afore weeks over, fur children's as
prone to. do mischief as the sparks is to
fly up the chimney as the scripters says,
. Western Health Journal.
Year: 1863

General Rosecrans has made a stringent
order which will show JEFF. Davis that re-
taliatiOn can be made to work both ways.
He orders thatrebel officers captured shall
be confined until Davis order is revoked,
that prisoners shall be fed upon regular
army rations and that the ladies who re-
serve all their sympathy for rebels and
send them choice tit-bits for their table
shall have the satisfaction ofknowing that
their contributions have gone to the hospi-
tai fund. A repetition Of the contributions
will constitute Jail offence This part Of
the order is rather too severe. II they
choose to keep our hospitals supplied with
dainties let them do it. Perhaps, howev-
er5 the General has an idea of his own as
to the temper Of these sisters Of charity,
and in this way takes away from them the
temptation to mix certain poisons with the
food that they knew was to go to the re-
freshment Of Union soldiers.
Year: 1863




The following able arguments are from
an article in the Toronto Globe:


S' There is no precedent for this act Of
emancipation, and therefore it must be
wrong; that is the argument. Now, does
the premise, even if 1t be granted, war
rant the conclusion drawn from it2 We
think not. The noblest acts in the worlds
history, which excite the admiration Of all
after ages, have been such as the most dill
igent ransacking of all the authorities and
writers on public law would fail to find a
precedent for them. When England de-
voted twenty millions sterling to the work
of setting free all the bondsmen through
cut her dominions, she followed no preee-
dent, but established one. In all previous
history, there was no example Of nation
thrilled with so generous an impulse as
that which stirred tho BFitish nation 70
emancipate the West India slaves, and
Grotius therefore might have been search
ed in vain for instructions as to the course
which ought to be pursued under such cir
cumstances. So here in this American
war, we have an unprecedented state Of
circumstances, which furnishes complete
warrant and justification for Mr.. Linooln's
unprecedented act The rebellion of the
Southern slaveholding States is without
parallel in all history The spectacle Of a
people rushing into the revolt with the ex-
press design Of establishing government
in which slavery should be the grand, con-
trolling interest," was never exhibited to
the world until JEFF. Davis and his ssso-
ciates attempted to establish an independ-
ent Southern Confederacy. 1t was as the
champions of slavery that they assailed
the national existence. They rebelled be-
cause they were Shareholders, and they ac-
knowledge that it is the strength which
slave labor gives them that now enables
them to maintain the contest with the Fed
eral forces. If the sage publicists who are
now condemning President Lincoln could
cite similar case from history, in which
q government had to defend itself against
a rebellion deriving its origin and draw
| ing its strength from the system of slaV-
! cry, then there might be something in
their argument. But when they cannot
| do this, it is only waste of learning to
parade an array of authorities on public
law, and apply them to a new and unpre-
eedented positien which never entered into
the contemplation of the writer"
Year: 1863

This apparent paradox is indeed fact


But the sympathy comes not from those


who hold the State secrets or seals; not


rom those who listen to the TRADES deliv-


cred in Parliament against the barbar-


GUS North''i but from the bone and sinew


Of the Empire, the very unfortunates who


suffer from the American war. The work
ingmen of Manchester have held a meet
ing, and passed resolutions upholding the
North, and commeDding President Lin
coin for his course. This Is one of the
first returns of the working classes for the
generous relief proffered to them from
this side the water. As has been eontin-
ually asserted by those who should know,
the heart of the working people has been
with the Federal Government, for there
they saw help for the operative and en-
couragement for the honest and industri-
Gus emigrant In the cause of the rebels,
despite the misrepresentations Of the
Times and other. journals in the interest
Of the rebels, they saw only struggle to
the system which is curse to
all free labor and healthy competition.
Their hope lay in the uphOlding of the
first and the downfall Of the last. They
could not therefore, do aught but to es-
pOuse the cause of the North. In the very |
face of starvation and misery they have
given hopes and cheers to the cause of the
Union, and have laid the authorship of
their distress at the proper door, that of |
the slaveOcracy of the South. For this,
let US give them all due honor and sym
psthy.
Year: 1863

At length we are waking up to the con-
sciOusness Of the value Of such raids as
Stuart and Morgan have been famous for,
and, what is better, we are doing some
thing ourselves in that line. The expedi-
tiOn Of General Carter, himself an East
Tennesseeah, into Eastern Tennessee, and
his cutting the great railroad cOmmunica-
ton between Virginia and the southwest,
far exceeded anything the rebels had ac-
cOmplished, both in the distance travelled
and the damage done. We have reports
Of another expedition from Yorktown to
West Point and White House, which de-
stroyed a great quantity of rebel stores
and returned without the loss Of man
The scene Of this exploit was identical
with that Of Stuart s1I EasHthS esol -yhan
such immense damage was done TO Federal
stores at White House.
Year: 1863

Columbus news shows that nominating
caucus is to be called for Tuesday night
It is said that the majority Of those who
were elected Union Democrats viii refuse
to go into caucus, and then refuse to vote
for the Republican nominee. Such a
course would be dishonOrable in the high
est degree. It is hoped that there are
enough Union Democrats that viii remain
true to fairness to refuse to go into this
arrangement.
Year: 1863

Rebel Comments upon MurfreesbOrO.


The rebels have been forced to admit a
disastrous defeat at Murfreesboro. The
Richmond Examiner, in speaking Of the
battle, says;


at is lamentably certain that the enc
my has carried his point, and retains all
the advantage, except the loss of prison
ers and arms, fesulting from the battle of
Murfreesboro; and now he can suceor
Grant clear out our cavalry, and perhaps
resume operations on the Mississippi. 1t
must be confessed that good deal of for
titude is required to support so painful
disappointment with equanimity. Ger
tainly, after such official statements as
those Bragg made on the last day of last
year and the beginning of the present
year, this sequel could not be rationally
anticipated


The Examiner proceeds to abuse the
Confederate army and the Confederate
General Of the army of the Southwest with
out stint and concludes by saying i.
dismisses the unpleasant theme with as
little reluctance as the reader may i'm
agine."
Year: 1863

RumOFed ResiGnatfOn OF Secretary Chase.


A Washington dispatch to the Cinein-
natl Gazette says that there are rumOrs
that Mr.. Chase will positively resign his
position in the Cabinet within the next
fortnight, based chiefly, it is supposed,
upon the fact that he is understood to have
said he would. It is known that he feels
very keenly the rejection of his financial
recommendations by the Committee of
Ways and Means, and member of that
Committee says he told him he would re-
sign if they ignored his policy. On the
other hand, there are some grave reasons
for doubling the whole rumOr, and for the
present it is quite safe to wait for the
facts.
Year: 1863

The Washington Republican Of Thurs
day says:


awe are satisfied that General Hooker
is not only not to relieve General Burnside
in command Of the Army of the Potomac,
but that General Hooker is decidedly in
favor Of having General Burnside remain
in the position he now occupies. General
Hooker is perfectly satisfied with his pres
ent command, and thinks that frequent
changes in the command of so large an
army will prove injurious to the army and
the cause Of the Union"
Year: 1863

No Conditional Loyalty allowed by Burn


side.


General Burnside tolerates no condition
al loyalty in his army. Shortly before the
Fredericksburg battle, he informed Col
Onel who had been recommended for
Brigadiership, that he had ordered his
name stricken from the recommended list
for his denuncistOry language toward the
Government. A Brigadier General was
placed under arrest by, General Burn
side for disrespectful language toward the
Government.
Year: 1863

cial affinity, inclined to sustain your do
nestle laws, if by possibility they might
be with safety to the Union.


Months Of experience and Of observa-
ton have forced the conviction that the
existence Of slavery is incompatible with
the safety either of yourselves or Of the
Union. As the system has gradually grown
to its present huge dimensions, it were best
if it could be gradually removed; but it is
better, far better, that it should be taken
out at once, than that it should longer
vitiate the social, political and family re-
latiOns Of your country. am speaking
with no philsnthrcpic views as regards the
slave, but simply Of the effect of slavery
on the matter. See for yourselves.


"Look around you and say whether this
saddenings deadening influence has not all
but destroyed the very framework of your
society.


81 am speaking the farewell words Of one
who has shown his devotion to his country
at the peril of his life and fortune, who in
these words can have neither hope nor in
terest save the good of those whom he ad-
dresses and let me here repeat, with all
the sOlemnity Of an appeal to Heaven to
bear me witness, that such are the views
forced upon me by experience.


"Come, then, to the unconditional sup
peri of the Government. Take into your
own hands your own institutions remodel
them according to the laws of nations and
Of God, and thus attain that great pros
perity assured to you by geographical po-
5ition, only portion of which was hereto
fore yours.
Year: 1863

RAILROAD IMPROvEyfESTs.-We learn
from the Dunkirk Union that the large build
ing which has been erected by the Erie Rail-
way Company, for the transfer of freight
from one railroad to the other, is completed.
It is so arranged inside that the Erie and
State Line cars can run into the building and
load or unload. There is also platform on
the west side, SO that it would seem that the
facilities for the transfer of freight from one
road to the other must be ample. The
structure, though of wood, is slightly one,
and adds materially to the appearance Of
that part Of the town.
Year: 1863

THEATER-There was an immense au-
dienee at the theater on Saturday night, the
occasion of Mrs. EIIsler's benefit and the last
night Of the season. At the close of the last
play Mr.. Ellsler was called before the cur
tain and made very handsome speech, in
which he thanked Clevelandors for the liberal
manner in which they have sustained him
during the past season. He said he should
return with the company and reopen the
Academy of Music in the spring.


The company leave for Columbus on this
mornings train, and will open the theater
there tonight. We commend manager Els
Ter and his company to the people of cOlum-
bus, assuring them that they are worthy in
every respect of being sustained. Columbus
viii have a treat in the way of theatricals
for the next three months.
Year: 1863

DEAR SR:-I have only time to write
word as TO. our great battles here. The
rebels attacked US four times-twice on
the right once in center, and once on left
They have been whipped, and have fed
In the great battle on the right, on the last
day of 1862, this regiment lost in killed
and wounded more than half. We were
made breastwork of to hold the rebels in
check until e line Of batteries could be
formed, and we did Il, against charging
column four deep, who rose, advanced,
fired and laid down to load alternately
This brigade was without support, and
when we retreated, had to go obliquely
across an open field, so as to unmask the
batteries, which then broke the enemy with
a literal butchery. Williamson was shot
in the calf of the leg; Carpenter in the
breast, probably fatally; Hitchcock in the
left eye and instantly killed. His body is
in our hands, and his burial place is
marked
Year: 1863

We have been lying without fires in the
rain for two days, most of the time fat in
the mud, with an ear Of corn day to fight
on, and no sign of shelter or rest-the
hardest time I ever had or expect to have
l did not get scratch except in my coat


Yours, A. c. BARROWS
Year: 1863

tB- IF the Copperhcads have the cour-
age to act half as Indignantly and treason
ably as they talk, they ought, in a body, to
go over to the enemy. The most that can
be expected Of them is that they will, in
imitation Of certain historical traitors, burn
blue-1ights for the guidance and warning
Of the foe. Why not that, as well as to
open fire in the rear Of our loyal troops
Year: 1863

It may be conceded that the Army Of
the Potomac is stuck in the mud, and that
not even the genius Of Gen. Hooker can
cxtricatc it until the sunny days Of spring
Snug quarters and comparative inaction
tor the remainder Of the winter are ineyi-
table. So much for the Coburgs.
Year: 1863

The Copperhead organ in this city makes
these admissions: 1st. That jeff. Davis de-
clares in his speeches and messages that
he is inde1ibly opposed to any compromise,
reunion or reconstruction with the North.
End. That the Governors Of the seeded
States make the same declaration. Sd. Tint
the Legislatures Of those States concur in,
and fully support the Governors. 4th. That
the press Of Secessia is bitterly hostile to
reconstruction on any terms; and 9th. That
the white population Of Secessia are firmly
resolved upon separation, and repudiate al
propositions for reunion. Mark well these
important admissions.


The Copperhead organ further stated
that the rebel white population controlling
three or four millions Of negroes, made the
latter, through their labor, just as effective
in the war against the Union as IN equal
number Of whites. "Here, then," it said
"was white and black population Of ten
"mil1ions indexibly opposed 20 the Fed
"eral Government, and asserting their in
dependence" The Copperhead print
was Of opinion that they could not be put
down without annihilation, and conceded
that they would accept no terms of COM
promise that required them to return to
the Union.


With all these statements-except the
annihi]ation'' one, we fully concur, and
from these premises what conclusion will
the people draw? It is conceded that no
compromise can save the Union. Thereb
els cannot be coaxed or brought back
They are past placating. As they, with
one voice declare that nothing but "un,
conditional separation" will be accepted
the whole issue is simplided down to one
point "a vigorous prosecution Of the war
or, reace and division Of the Union. This
is the great question before the country and
Governmental others are merely side
issues, totally irrelevant, and should be re-
jected from public consideration. Every
man must bring his mind to the mai1
question; no other is in order: Shall th1
war be stopped and the Union dismcmbered
or shall further effort be made to save the Re
public by conQuering thercbcls? Bear con
stantly in mind that every man who calls 70
peace advocates division Of the Unior
Let this matter be fairly understood, so tha
none may be deceived as to the effect c
making an armistice. If majority of til
people of the North demand cessation G
hostilities, it will show that majority ar


in favor of "letting the Union slide" ]


is great foolishness for those who want til


war stopped to be spending their preciou


time in abusing the President and Procl:


nation. It is mean and cowardly as vel


II they are opposed to granting the ind'


pendcnce Of the rebels, then let them SUI


port the war But if they arc opposed I


the war, then let them second the deman


Of the rebels for separation, and name IL


boundary line they arc willing to draw


The war must either 60 on till the rebe


are subjugated; or it may be stopped an
the rebels triumph, and the Union is di
mcmbercd, perhaps destroyed. This is
plain statement Of the whole matter.
Year: 1863

The frs. man We over heard advocate
general Conscription for the prosecution Of the
War for the Union was Archbishop Hughes. in
bis sermon directly after his last return from
Europe last year. Hs condemned the reliance
on Volunteering as hazardous and as placing
too large q share Of the burden on tho gener'
Gus and publc-spirited. urging that, since the
Obligation to serve rested equally on al. tho
Year: 1863

A STRIKE.-The men employed at the
Navy Yard, Mare Island, have suspended
work, in consequence of being rendered
greenbacks in payment for wages. The step
seems to be one Of selfpreservation. Many
of the men work for two dollars and half
per day, and have families to support out of
that pittance. To force these men to sub
nit to a loss of thirty-three per cent, the av
erage discount on greenbacks, is smaller
piece of business than the Government of
the United States ought to engage in. BIT her
wages should be raised in corresponding
rate, or payment should be made in the cur
rency which is the basis of trade in this
State. If it is true, as stated in the Aita,
that Naval Officers have been recently paid
in gold, there can be no reason why these
poor employees Of Government should not
be paid in the same currency. 1t would be
interesting to know, in these times of official
speculation, if Government is charged as il
all were paid in gold
Year: 1863

The finale OF the affair was, that while
General E lrly was making for Luray Court
House, to cut of Col Wells, column
from Meades army moved almost to the
same point to cut OF the retreat Of Gen.
Early. Thus it was that in the end Gen.
Early had to look out more for his own
safety thaA the whereabouts Of Col. Wells.
Year: 1863

A DELICATE DESSERT. i Lay half a
dozen crackers in a tureen; pour on
enough boiling water to cover them. In
a few minutes they will be swollen to
three or four times their original size.
Now CRATE loaf sugar and little nut
meg over them, and dip on sweet cream
enough to make a nice sauce and you
will have simple and delicious dessert
that will rest lightly on the stomach
and it is easily prepared. Leave out the
cream, and it is a valuable recipe for
sick-room cookery"
Year: 1863

RG~ The best description of weakness
we have ever heard is contained in a
wags query to his wife, when she gave
hin. some chicken broth, if she would
not try to coax that chicken to wade
through ii the soup once more
Year: 1863

rm.. We once heard woman of the
world say, . The state of widow-hood is
inconvenient, for one must assume the
modesty of young girl without being
able to feign her ignorance ase.i.H.
Year: 1863

NT An expeditions mode Of getting
up row is to carry long ladder on
your shoulder in crowded thoroughfare,
and every few minutes turn round to see
if any one is making faces at you.
Year: 1863

We apprehend that upon the opening
of Congress we shall ascertain the purposes
for which this war is prosecuted. Which
ever party may have majority in the
House of Representatives, it is altogether
probable that there will be sufficient con-
servative strength to compel from the adj
minstration a declaration of intentions.
The press of its party is daily assuring the
country that the military strength of the
Confederacy is 50 weakened, that our con-
quest of the insurgent States is a certainty
We do not entertain any such idea, but be-
ieve the recent disasters which have over
rious a character as to convince the lead
ers of the rebellion of the impolicy of con
tinuing the war. We believe, also, the
people of the South would prefer "A return
to the Union to the losses and hazards i'm.
evitably attending the further prosecution
of the war. Their affection for the Union
is not very ardent or intense, and if per
mitted to choose between the Union and in
dependence, without any restraint being
laid upon their choice, probably four-ifths
of them would prefer separation.


They are now called upon to choose be-
tween confscation and emancipation, and
rebellion. They very mutually choose re-
bellion While only these terms are pro
posed they will continue to choose REBEL
ion. The democratic party wish to offer
them the Union or war. The administra-
tionists aver, and truly, that these have
already been offered them, and they have
chosen war. The object of war is to com
pei terms In prosecuting this war. We
Year: 1863

publican institutions by limited monarchy.
The Union is, however now rent In twain,
and that section which, before the separa-
ton, would have had the strongest interest
in opposing the efforts of France to create
monarchy in Mexico, would now most
willingly enter with that power into bonds
of close alliance. The probability of an
alliance between the Southern States and
France has not only been spoken Of in
America, bat in Paris; and if it should
take place it will be attributable perhaps,
more than to any other cause, to the Mon
roe policy, which prohibits the Intervention
of European powers in American affairs.
The South will be compelled to dismiss all
other considerations IN presence of the par
amount one of securing its independence.
France, if threatened by the government
at Washington would gladly avail herself
of so important an ally as the infant Con-
fcderacy. At present we cannot pass out
of the field of conjecture; but it is certain
ly far from improbable that the French oc-
eupation of Mexico may lead to a more in
innate connection between France and the
Southern States, and may, in time to
come. exercise considerable influence over
the character of American institutions, al
least in the Southern portion of the North


American continent