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Year: 1863

The Northern papers rather confirm
the rumors we have of an advance by the
Yankee army about Fredericksburg. The
North is growing sick of the long inOction
of Burnside's army. and IS beginning to
push him TO a forward movement The
New York Herald, in long editorial cla-
moring for speedy movement, says;


1t is more than four weeks since the
battle OF Fredericksburg was fought, and
yet the army of the Potomac has remain
ed inactive ever since, on the Northern
bank ofthe Rappahannock, lookinga at the
rebel army on the other side of the river.
We have recently taken occasion to COM
plain or this inactlon, and to urge a vig-
oIous prosecution OF the campaign. The
expenses of the army are going on equal
ly when il is fighting and when it is not
fighting, and the question is, can sife
country afford to keep so large military
force idle, while the emergency calls for
the greatest energy and promptitude, and
the rebel stronghold at Richmond is still
unscathed!


If the army be discouraged, demoral-
lied and disaffected, as the Tribune re-
presents it TO be, the cause is partly to be
found in the late proclamation, which we
were told would squelch the rebellion
like magic, and partly in the mismanage-
ment at Washington. General Sumner in
his testimony, said his corps was demor-
allied in consequence of the disastrous re-
suit of the battle. He added that there
was IA great deal of croaking-in other
words, the troops believed that their com
rades had been sacrificed through the
mismanagement of the War Department
and General Halleck.
Year: 1863

REAPPoNTED.-Surgeon C. H. Bliss has been
restored to his former position as surgeon at the
Armory square hospital He was suspended some
time since by thu Secretary Of War, but we are
glad to hnd that the charges against him were
proved false.
Year: 1863

you meet with neglect, let it
arouse you to exertion instead of morti-
flying your pride. Set about diminishing
those defects which expose you to neg.
lect; and improve those excellcnccs that
command attention and respect. The
world may not love you, but it cannot
withhold its respect when you continue
to deserve it.
Year: 1863

coS- The Louisville Democrat has
adopted the plan of printing paper 90
Sunday morning anu none on Monday.
This plan. which is so directly opposed
to the IDEAS prevalent among a large part
Of the community, is adopted to prevent
the necessity of labor on Sunday, as the
work on Sunday paper is completed at
an early hour On Sunday morning. v bile
the Publication Of a paper on Monday
morning involves the necessity of labor-
ing for . considerable part of the Sabbath,
or at least the sacrifice Of its closing
hours.
Year: 1863

What with the shawl aud silk, each o


which made bundle of no iuconsiderablt


size, l was pretty well weighed down, auc
began to be apprehensive of the conse
quence in case my companion should make
any more purchases She, however, re-
lleved my anxiety, by saying that she in
tended to purchase nothing more. She
was only going to step into jewelers. to
have locket repaired. Accordingly we
repaired to the store of fashionable
jeweler. The locket was hauded over
with the necessary directions.


But this was not all A lady at the
counter was engaged in examining very
costly pair Of earrings which she was de-
sirous of purchasing, but demm red at the
price. At lest she laid them down re-
luctantly say 'ug, "They are beautiful, but
do not care to go 50 high as twenty-five
dollars"


Let me see them if you please" asked
Caroline They were handed - her.
She was charmed with them, chiefly,
imagine on account of the price, for they
had little beyond that to recommend them
"Now l must absolutely go home," said
she, "without purchasing any thing more


For once she kept her word, and | re
leased from my attendance. But the
thought that she had expended one hun
dred and thirty-fye dollars, in single
mornings shopping and on objects none
of which by her own confession, she stood
in need, could not help recurring to me,
and l decided that until could find some
more rapid way of making money, such a
wife would be altogether too expensive
luxury for me to indulge How far am
i5lC you may judge by Frank Palmer's
failure. At all events that is the reason
why didn't propose.
Year: 1863

~-The question of emancipation is
now fully before the people Of Maryland,
and they seem to be prepared to meet it
in the most patriotic spirit. The Cum
berland (Md.) Telegraph discusses the
project without the slightest trace of par
.tisanship or acrimony. 1t concludes q
recent article as follows:


cit is apparent, therefore, that either
slavery or the Government must 90 down.
The two are antagonistic in their very
nature, and the hour has struck when one
or the other must begin to die. Who
can hesitate to give up slavery? The
gentlest death, that one which will con-
vulse society the least, is by emancipa-
tion, after the manner indicated by the
President. And if the people are wise
in time. they will adopt this method, and
thereby promote their own interests, and
contribute toward the removal of the chief
cause of national disruption
Year: 1863

Our correspondent in the Nineteenth Maine
egiment makes the surprising assertion that
he men have not had full rations for more
han seven weeks, and that many of them are
hoeless. We do not purpose to make this
ext for a violent diatribe upon the Admins
ration, the Secretary Of War, Gen. Burnside,
ur even the commissaries and quartermasters
nd the contractors. Here is case of suffer-
ng. Let it be relieved as soon as may be, and
some practical way. Let those who can
each the matter, act at once and omit
colding for the present.


There are knavish contractors, and rascally
,uartermasters, no doubt. There are good
nen and true, and many of them, acting in
10Th capacities. 1t is impossible that so large
n army as ours should be served as regularly
md as fully as each man would be at home.
With his wife or mother to do the marketing,
md surrounded by all the appliances of an an
.ent and orderly civilization. The army is
ociety pucked up by the roots and transplant
.ed into the desert; it cannot thrive as it
would in its native soil.


As nation we have yet to learn the real
wants of soldier in the field, and after that,
the surest and most economical method of
forwarding supplies. A.liightful waste of life
in the Crimea, through plague and famine,
brought these lessons home to Englishmen of
this generation. We have profted somewhat
by their experience; We are turning our own
to good account. Order and system, "red
tape,' must be relied upon to obviate these
misfortunes in time. Meanwhile no Govern
ment was ever so lavish in its provision OF food
and clothing for its soldiers as this, and we
must in all reason seek relief for those neces-
stiles, which nevertheless arise, without need
less grumblng.


tits easy TO point out one source of suffer
ing, which may and must be attacked imme-
diately. The army rations are abundant, and
except in rare cases are sure to be obtained on
proper application. But it is notorious fact,
that this abundant supply of food is often so
wasted through the ignorance or carelessness
of the men, as to produce an actual scarcity.
The men are not to blame; the line officers
will be, whenever they shall have been thor
oughly instructed In their duties. 1t should
be their business to exercise forethought for
their men, and if they cannot they deserve no
shoulderstraps. An army letter relates that a
lady employed by the Sanitary Commission
loaded two wagons the other day with foul
clothes, which she found rotting on the ground
in a huge pile, eighteen hundred pieces, and
sent TO Washington to be washed. This goes
far to explain the deficiency of underclothing
in the army. 1t was the business of officers to
have that clothing washed in camp. Here is
where The first relormatory step should be
made, either by or over officers of the line, and
before that comes the urgency of present suf-
fering, demanding instant relief
Year: 1863

Dearest love do you remember,
When we last did meet,
How you told me that you loved me,
Kneeling at my feet?
Oh how proud you stood before me
In your suit of blue,
When YOU vowed to me and country
Ever to be true.


Weeping sad and lonely,


Hopes and fears how vain


When this cruel war is over,


Praying that we meet again
When the summer breeze is signing
Mournfully along;
Or when autumn leaves are falling,
Sadly breathes the song.
Oft in dreams see thee lying
On the battle plain,
Lonely, wounded, even dying,
Calling but in vain.


Weeping, sad, &c.
If amid the din of battle
Nobly you should fall
Far away from those who love you,
None to hear You call
Who would whisper words Of comfort,
Who would soothe your pain?
Ah the many cruel fancies
Ever in my brain ..


Weeping, sad, &c.
But our country called you, darling,
Angels cheer your way;
While our nations sons are fighting,
We can only pray.
Nobly strike for God and Liberty,
Let all nations see
How we love the starry banner,
Emblem of the free.


Weeping, sad, &c.
Year: 1863

COURT LIFE AND THE PRINCE OF
EALEs-Social life in England, or,
rather, Court life, has received a power.
ful impetus by the advent Of the Prince
and Princess of Wales, and the world of
fashion is rapidly re-assuming the aspect
it wore during the early days of the pres
ent reign. The obdurate retirement Of
the Queen contrasts strangely with the
stleaDd animation constantly prevailing
IL the Court of the Prince of Wales
The young couple are out almost every
night, at TIE opera or theatre, or honor
ing some distinguished members Of the
aristocracy with their presence at dinner.
They mingle freely in all the gaieties of
the town, and their faces are becoming
quite familiar at all the usual haunts Of
people Of quality. They appear to be
winning for themselves golden opinions
from ali sorts Of people" And in case
of anything occurring to the Queen,
would uuquestionably ride into power on
the very topmost wave of popularity.
The Prince does not by any means con-
fine himself to the mere gaieties of life,
but is to be seen at mere important gath
erings, attending the exhibitions at Eton,
and other schools and colleges, anniver-
saries Of agricultural and scientific socie-
ties, and, in short, seems to be pushing
about the same career that rendered his
late father so popular. Ae has begun
life well. Let it be hoped that he will
so continue to its close.
Year: 1863

Another 1arge and enthusiastic war meet
ing mas held at the Board Of Trade rooms
last cvening-rooms which are destined to
play part in military as well as CONNER
cial history. The details Of the meeting,
as furnished by our reporters, Will be found
elsewhere From every part Of the State
the pports are very encouraging. Men
are responding nobly to the call
Of the President, and the only county
where there is any doubt Of filing the
quota is our own. "n Cook county
1uiscs two thousand men by the fifth Of
January" says Adjutant General Fuller,
" there will bc no draft in Illinois" The
telegraph announces postponement
Of the drna for. twenty day1.-~This
is in our favor and the question
Of the hour is shall these two
thousand men be recruited. It is not q
matter Of ability, but Of determination.
These men can be raised, if every citizen
will do his duty, and the county will be
saved the draft. Most liberal bounties and
premiums are offered. Let every man add
10 these his individual ext1tions, md deter
mine that hc will furnish at least
one recruit Cook county heretofore has
responded nobly to the calls Of tho Prcsi-
dent, and has layishly poured out money
to support the glorious cause Now,
when men are needed to give the finishing
blow to the rebellion, Cook county must
be in at the death. Frequent meetings
should be held in every town in the coun-
tt, and every man should consider it his
Doundcn duty, if he cannot go himself to
get somebody TO 60 for linn. Let it not be
said, that while every other county in tbs


State is filing its quota, Cook county i!
behind.
Year: 1863

more disgraceful or infamous print to
be found than thisP And yot the party
to which this man belongs dare to come
before the people and say that they
are denied free press and a free
speech!


1t remains for US to show who is the
sta dard bearer of this defer of God
and man; who is his political leader;
whose cause does he serve by such a
course. This is announced by himself.
Ill says in one place "I am q Democrat
and an inRdol too, and elsewhere he
hoists bis ticket "For Governor C. Il.
Fdllandgham," aud then puts in hi.
claim to share with the Chattanooga
Rebel the honor of having nomina atcd
him:


almost a year ago published tho
name Of this patriot and moral hero as
candidate for the next Gov. of Ohio.
One hundred thousand freemen Of the
State, on the 1lth day of June last, rat
fled my nomination.


This coming man is
destined to be not only Governor Of
Ohio, but also President Of thl United
Statesl Put that into your pipe and
smoke it, you damned miuions of hell"


We think this enough, both to salts.
! fy our readers Of the hideousness Of
Copperheadism, and disgust them with
it. If there is any lower deph tn which
infamy can reach, it has yet to be re.
vealed.
Year: 1863

AN INDIAN SroRY.-There is an East
ern story, (Which has its version in
many languages,) of beautiful dam
SCI, to whom genius Of surprising
power desired to give talisman. He
enjoined her to take herself across a
field Of standing corn; she was to pluck
tho tallest and largest ear she could
find, but she was to gather it ss she
went forward, and never pause in her
path, or to stop backward in quest of
her object. In proportion to the size
and ripencss of the ear she gathered,
so would be itsspover as talisman.--
She went out upon her quest, says the
legend, and entered upon the field
Many tall stalk of Surpassing excel
Ionco met her glance, but che still walk
ed onward, expecting always to find
one more excellent still. At last she
reached a portion of the field where the
crops were thinner and the ears more
stuntad. She regretted the tall and
graceful stalks she had left behind, but
disdained to pick those which fell so far
below what her ideas were of perfect
ear. But, alas! the stems grew more
ragged and more scanty as she trod on
ward; on the margin of the field they
were mildewed, and when she had ac-
complished her walk through the wav-
ing grain, she emerged on the other side
without having gathered any car what
ever, The genius rebuked her for her
folly, but we are told that he gave her
an opportunity of retrieving her error.
We may apply this mystic little Indian
fable to the realities of daily life
Young men and yOung aoomen, If you
,couId SUCCEED in life, FORM THE HABIT
OF DOING TIE MOST AND THE BEST
EACH MOMENT.
Year: 1863

fr;ords were aware Of it, his assumed serious
aspect Under the treatment of his physicians he has
rallied and is pronounced out of danger though
recurring great care lie entered the navy in 1906 and
though the retired list by the operation of the law OF
ls6l he has been continued in active service and Is
now President Of the Light House Board.


The Brooklyn Academy of Music was filled
last evening with appreciative audience to listen to
the Rev. Mr.. Beecher's account Of his experiences
abroad He analyzcd the public sentiment in England
showing that after all the heart Of the British people
Is with the North


The L. s. District Court at Alexandra, Judge
Underwood presiding has ordered DEGREES OF conisca
ton ami sale against the property OF thirteen persons
including Capt. Frank Forrest, late of the United
States Navy.


John Stunn, a German, was fatally staDped
in Walker street in this city Thursday morning IN
an alteration with Italians. The offender vincent de
Nubillo, is in prison.


Gold has been very irregular, selling as high as
s3 and as low as ISL closing l5l.dl5s at p M Stocks
rpon the street did maintain the extreme advance oil
wednesday night high prices bringing good deal OF stock
ont At the stock Exchange all Government securities were


strong At the Second Board prices not fully sustained
Government stocks steady American Gold fell o19 Stocks
closed at M of decline Board rates of upon active
shares frehs rather quiet and rates are lower or
Grain to Liverpool but there is doing at the concession
Money among brokers abundant but new business
is done under per cent
Year: 1863

sas- A man in .Ohia has succeeded in man
ufacturing from sorghum seed very nice ar
ticle of flour, pronounced by all to be superior
to buckwheat. The same machinery was used
the latter, with an ingenious alteration.
Year: 1863

LOUISIANA ACoNTRABkSDs.-Col. Dudley, who
recently made so successful an expedition from
Baton Rouge into the onomy's country, writes
to a friend concerning the contrabands who
came TO him:


"If white men had endured for country's
sake what the whole Of this party has for the
ended long since. Most Of them waded through
water from two to four feet deep, in the dark,
for six and ten nhOurs-swimmlng across bayous
where they could not wade. One Jet black
volunteers to return and transmit a message to
the Admiral, i'll will allow him. Don't tell
me these men will not fight"
Year: 1863

Those who may be curious to know the
present strength of the Army of the Potomac,
have only to make a simple arithmetioal calcu-
lation, based upon the statements and figures
in an official report of its medical director,
which was published in the War organ " yes
terday morning. The same document states
the relative number of new and of old regiments
in two army corps, and the manner in which
the army is sub-divided. This information will
doubtless be acceptable to those controlling the
rebel operations.
Year: 1863

ord Of lis intamy; but, though much Of it
as We recite, contains matter enough to
make his countrymen adjudge him worthy
ofhanging, We repeat that he was not pun
ishcd for any but specific and glaring Of
fences, all Of recent date, and all commit
ted IN his private capacity, as an adler and
comforter Of the enemy, disturber Of the
peace and malignant dangerous to the
public veal. II there is any material for
for manufacturing patriot in history
like This, patriotism must indeed be what
It was once said to be-the last refuge Of
ecoundrels. The Copperheads are vel
come to their martyr. Let them make the
most of him.
Year: 1863

The news from Gen. Grant may well be
looked for with interest, amounting well
nigh to apprehension There is that in
his situation which cannot but awaken the
grayest anxiety. lie has pushed his army
below yicksburg, and far into the interior
Of Mississippi, and apparently our history
and conduct Of the war thus far, is again
repeating itself, in giving the rebels only
one thing to attend to at time. With
distinct departments, and large armies IN
each, we are continually fighting on the
outer periphery Of q wheel, allowing the
enemy nl the advantage Of shorter
area and greater concentration, superadded
to carcfnlness that lie shall never have to
fight at two points at once. We never put
but one iron in his fire at q time, and when
that iron is. hot, all his strikers have leisure
to fill upon it simultaneously, secure that
they will not tor the time be wanted clse-
where Thus, only recently, in Lees ap-
parent extremity in Virginia, rebel accounts
say the largest reinforcements came from
Lynchburg, that is from the entrepot to
the Eastern rebel departments reached by
railroads from the Southwest. There WAS
nothing for the rebels to do in Tennessee
but keep up show Of strength with q
little brarado in movement, and then hurry
forward strong mid to Lee.


Now the pendulum swings back again.
There is no further immediate call for n
large army in Virginia, and the rebel
lcgions may return again, and doubtless By
this time are brought back and under cover
Of their tperhaps lterally) imposing front
below MuIfrecsboro, are 1nassing at Jack
son to crush out Grant. Troop
from Mobile and Charleston ar
also being poured into the SAM
new theatre Of operations The rebels
Judging from our past conduct Of the war
scc that what they have just now to do, i
to crush Grant; TINT they will be undis
turbed in doing it, and they will make I
mighty struggle to accomplish it "
have not yet reached the desirable poin
in the WAT where We may give the enem,
simultaneous work to do Mt several point:


1t is this that may well create apprcher
sion lest Grants army may be outnuu
bered, ard not only his purpose defeated
but tie very existence Of his army enda1
ge1ed. It would be p1easanter task t
write Of this in other terms, but these 81
pla1n and apparent facts, that will con


mend themselves for truth, if not for pa


aablencss, to every student of the prcscl


situation, and the experiences OF the VI.


thus far
Year: 1863

PARLoR PISroL PRACrICE-Accordingto to a
New York correspondent of the Boston Jour
nal. the ladies Of that city have added pistol
practice to their list of pastimes The weapon
is French invention, aud carries q ball about
the size of pea
Year: 1863

most as impregnahle as the regular iTon-clads


They viii Be able to 90 up with quite formid


able battery without any particular danger to
their vulnerable parts Their boilers aud ma
chinery will be so surrounded with cotton bales
that il win be almost impossible to penetrate
them with a cannon bali Yesterday and to-day
have been mainly occupied in this work and in
coaling. We are now lying but ten miles be-
low he mouth of the Coldwster, but shall be
ready to start forward in tie morning, when
having a good river, and being fully IN readi-
ness to meet the enemy, we shall move more
rapidly than we have been doing. / anticipate
that two days, OF three at most, win bring us to
Greenwood. DONELSON.
Year: 1863

value the privileges of their lot more highly And if ever they are inclined to do one singl act which shall move one orb of our stars Iron it's course. or aid North or South in blotti n one stripe from our American shield, may Heaven assign each and every one of them to the place. here and hereafter which Vii liam Cunningham now illsl

 On the 25th of November, l7sa, the great struggle had ended, and George Washington with the veteran army of the contest, was il waiting in the upper part of New York island to enter on the final scene of the drama. The British army had withdrawn from their outposts. and but a small guard still held tn, barrack gate at the corner of Grand street and the Bowery.

 At Eoon tLe American army entered in tri umph the city they lost seven years before. And when George Washington, the com manderin-chief, and George Clinton, the Governor of the state of New York in ths grandeur of their antique uniforms with the long line of distinguished in 'arts and arms, who rode as their retinue-~hen these colOs sal men gathered round guarding with the steel of true heart and tried sword the teri famnae of freedom, the star spangled b,nner why God help every true man! never was such sight seen in this world, old or rew before

 And still, a, it always is, in these great spectacles even in that glorious Historic train there was even erander sight ih the eyeo 0 Him who looketh over all.

 Aren't Vanderbeck was there ip well earned position as a true and trusted officer of Wash ingtons staff. No one line or word had he had from his own dear Annie, in the seven long years of his service and of his sep aration. War and fate had kept them most strongly apart. But the shield of God had been over both!

 As the triumphal flags waved over the Bow cry Lane, and greeted the returning warriors, from the crowded line of citlzens woman sud don of heart and soul that marks only the true woman she grasped the stilrup and cried, Aren't my own dear husband?"

 In a moment the one armed horsemam was of his saddle and in Annie's arms

 It was the re union of the long separated hearts It was the triumph of Union under the American lag!

 The fate of Cunningham is well .known.- Such is always the fate of traitors to LIBERTY