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Year: 1862

Every day has its dawn,


Its soft and silent eve,
It's noontide hours of bliss or bale
Why should we grieve?
Why do we heap huge mounds of years
Before US and behind,
And scorn the little days that pass
Like angels on the wind.
Each turning round small sweet face,
As beautiful as near;
Because it is so small a face


We will not see it clear:
We will not clasp it as it flies,
And kiss It's lips and brow;
We will not ba,he our wearied souls
In its delicious Now.
And so it turns from us. and goes
Away in sad disdain;
Though we would give our lives for it,
1t never comes again.
Yet, every day has its dawn,
Its noontide and its eve:
Live while we live, giving God thanks
He will not let US grieve.
Year: 1862

On the receipt of the news of the victory Of
Fort Donesou in Wilmington on Monday
night, many Of the bells Of the city were rung,
and large number Of fireworks displayed. AT
noon on Tuesday, and in the evening, all ths
bells were rung and salutes from cannon FIRE
as well as from innumerable small arms
Year: 1862

A little of the sea in tumbler is color'ess: ::
but d vast deal of the sea seen in its ocean
bed, is green. With life the case is reversed


In the commonplace course of life, the path
we are treading may look rather green
green, | mean like the cheerful verdure of
grass but if you take it iD too great pros
pect, the whole track is apt to take the as
pect of desert waste, with only green spot
here and there. You will not add to the
cheerfulness and hopefulness of man or child
by drilling into him this morning you will
do such things and all day such other things;
and in the evening such other things then
yoa will sleep. Tomorrow morning YOU will
rise and then the same thing over and over;
and so on. | have known a malignant per.
son ~ho enjoyed the word of presenting to
others such disheartening views OF life. Let
me, my reader, counsel the opposite course
Let us not look at life as one unvared ex.
panse, although we may justly do SO. Let
US discipline our minds to look at life as
series of beginnings and ends 1t is a success
sion of stages, and we shall think of one
stage at a time Sufficient unto the day is
the evil thereof" Most people can bear one
days evil the thing that breaks men down,


is the trying to bear, on one day, the evil of
two days, twenty days, a hundred days.
We can bear a day of pain, by a night of
pain ; and that again by day of pain, and
that again by a night of pain. and thus onward.
But We can bear each day and night OF pain
only by taking each by itself. We can break
each rod, but not the bundle. Aud the suf
ferer, in real, great suffering turns to the wall
in black despair, when he looks too far on and
takes in a uniform dreary expanse of suffering,
unrelieved by the blessed relief of even fanci-
full beginnings and ends.
Year: 1862

AS soon as be had cleared a circle with the
old string and balls" he spread the contents
of his wallet on the ground, and stripped him
self to the waist. He was poor thin fellow,
who seemed to suffer from the effects of the
trick he performed. He first of all spoke for
| about five minutes with all the volubility of
Charles Matthews, evidently saying something
witty, for the people round laughed heartily.
In the middle of his harangue, however, he
was seized with a fit of choking, and after an
effort of trying to get something out of his
throat drew forth little slip of bamboo, like
Lisbon tooth pick, then another and aud an-
other, then he sneezed, and out they came
from his nostrils, then from bis eyes, until he
completed the number of 81, by making one
appear halfway out of each orifce at the same
tine, and then threw the lot on the ground
for any one to examine. He next took three


glass balls, about an inch in diameter, and,
placing them singly between his lips, sucked
them into his mouth and swallowed the first,
red one, then blue. and last of all white
one; here was q little interlude of tooth. picks
and talking, af;er which he walked gravely


round the ring, stopping four times each
time he gave himself a shake and jump,


when the balls were distinty heard to jingle
inside him. On completing his round, after
several efforts, he spat the balls out on the
ground in the same order he had swallowed
them, the red first, the white last He then


took two more balls, one of polished steel
about the size of q hens egg, and another of
glass the same size. These he first let fall on
the ground to show that they were solid, then,
placing them between bis lips, swallowed them
like the smaller ones, but with difficulty, the


ball swelling the throat as it went down; here
more tooth-picks and talking, while he pre-
pared two swords, about an inch wide and
twenty long, very like polished hoop-iron,
clashed them together to show they were real
and passed both down his throat at once, un.
til they struck the balls with an audible click;
Withdrawing these, he placed his hand behind
him, and after several apparently painful tri-
ais, each ball rose in the throat, and fell from
his mouth to the ground with heavy thump.
-Pekan Letter.
Year: 1862

found was besieged on all sides, and with an
imploring look begged him to say no more
about it to any one, that had banished all
thoughts of marriage from my minu, and had
concl uded to spend my future life in single
blessedness but despite the charge I gave
Bob to keep quiet, the affair, through some
mysterious agency became circulated around,
or, depend upon it, would never have given
it publicity and now, having put you in pos
session of the facts concerning the history of
those /" two letters" | will make polite bow
and retire to lay bachelor couch
Year: 1862

Missouri FOR FREEDoM.-The triumph of
the Emancipation policy of President LINCOLN


in Missouri, which from last accounts seems
to be assured, is worth to the country at least
as much as a great victory in the field of bat
tie. 1t is now estimated that we have six of
the nine members of Congress, and ten ma
jority on joint ballot in the Legislature, which
secures the election of two Emancipationists
to the Senate of the United States When
the people CT Slave State stand up for Free
dom thus nobly. pro-slavery men in the free
States should hide their heads in shame
Year: 1862

r.-,,7e that the wind should be left so free


70 nIav with a flower, or tear tree;
~ -onge or ramble where'er it will,


And as It lists to be fierce or still


I,ove and around, to breathe of life,


n, n mipgle on earth and the sky in strife;
Gently to whisper with morning light,
VT 70 crowl like fettered fend, ere night;
or to love and cherish and bless, day,
Ubst to morrow it ruthless rends away
Grange. that the sun should call into birth


All the fairest flowers and fruits of earth,
Then bid them perish, and see them die,
While they cheer the soul and gladden. the eye.


A. morn, its child is the pride of spring


Al night shriveled and loathsome thing
To-day there is hope and life in its breath,
Tomorrow it shrinks to useless death ;
Strange doth it seem that the sun should joy
To give life alone that it may Destroy


Strange, that the ocean should come and go,
With its daily and nightly ebb and flow
To bear on its placid breast at morn,
The bark that ere night, will be tempesttorn
Or cherished it all the way it must roam,
To leave it in wreck within sight of home
To smile as the mariners tolls are DER,
Then wash the dead to his cottage door;
And gently ripple along the strand,
To watch tho widow behold him land
But, stranger than all, that man should die
When his plans are formed and his hopes are high;
He walks forth a lord of the earth to day,
And the morrow beholds him part of its clay
He is born iu sorrow and Graded in pain,
And from youth to age, it is labor in vain;
And all that seventy years can show,
Is that wealth is trouble and wisdom woe:
That he travels path of care and strife,
Who drinks of.the poisoned cup of life.
Alas . if we marmur at things like the.
That reflection tells US are wise S-.rsGs;
That the wind il not eyer 9 gyallo breath
That the s.a is often TIE bearer OF death
That the ocean wave is not always still
And that life is chequered with good and ill
II we know It's we'll such change should be,
What d. we learn from the things we see
Thl an errng and SHINING child of dust
Should not wonder nor murmLr, but hope and trust.
Year: 1862

The Washington correspondent Of the
New York Herald tslegrsphed on Thurs
day that


a few days Of such warm sunshine and
strong sOutherly wind as prevails to-day
viii dry up the roads across the river
Our Potomac army hail with delight these
meteorological changes, giving pro mise Of
an advance movement, to which they have
long been looking forward With earnest
hope and expectation. Lying passive 50
long in winter quarters, and having now
no hand in accomplishing the splendid
victories daily browning the Union armies
along the Southern frontiers and the South
and West is deeply Calling to them. A
belief that 10 them viii be entrusted the
honor Of giving tee final desth-blOW TO The
rebellion, and the chance to win victories
and glory before the war ends, alone In.
spires them in sWaiting the coveted oppOr-
tunity to signalize their patriotism on th'
/ battle held. EEHHt
Year: 1862

Patriotic spirit, with resolute courage in officers
and men, is a military combination that never
failed. We may well rejoice at the recent vic
tories. for they teach us that battles are to be
won now and by us in the same and only man
n!er that they were ever won by any people, or
In any age, since the days of Joshua, by boldly
pursuing and striking the foe. What under
the blessing of Providence, conceive to be the
organization of victory and military combina-
ton to end this war, was declared in a few
words by Cen Grauts message to Gen. Buck
ner ~ propose to move Immediately on your
works" Yours truly, Edwin NJ. STANTON.
Year: 1862

A woman was frozen to death on the Min
nesota praries last week, near Hastings. A
search revealed that she had been buried in the
snow within few rods of her residence. A
little boy, her grandson was found near Der,
iassnsible, with his hands and feet badly frozen.
Upon recovering his senses he said his grand
mother got lost in the snow and fearing she
would freeze, she cried loudly for help, but her
cries were not heard. When she became too
benumbed to proceed further, she took off some
of her clothing and wrapped it around the boy,
which was probably the means of saving his
life
Year: 1862

cases however where the officers entered hearth
ly into the adoption of the system, the allot-
mcnts were made freely and we desire to ex-
press to all who thus aided us, our warmcst
thanks for their uniform kindness, and assist
Year: 1862

1t is singular h W very rapidly some young
gentlemen from the country lose their color,
when visiting large cities. They go there very
green, and invariably come away done very
brown.
Year: 1862

x storekeeper painted the lower part
Of his stove red and saved seyenty-fvs per
cent in the consumption Of wood thereby
during the winter. The illusion was 80
complete that one man tried TO make him
ray for a pair Of boots that hc had burnt.
Year: 1862

BEAUREGARD.-The Lynchburg Virgin
ia) Republican Of June 3Oth says: at was
currently reported here on Saturday that
Beauregard had been suspended from bis
command Of the army of the West. The
cause is not know. IF the report be true
il will raise a storm about the President
which be will find difficult to allay."
Year: 1862

A STeRY ABOUT RETIER-A story is told C, nGern
ing Gen. Butler which Il not calculated to prove bis
confidence n the safety oil the secession element by
which he is surrounded Some time ago Gen. Butler,
finding that it was almost impossible for him to devote
to his wife the care TO which she is entitled resolved to
part with her apd send her homeward The day ct de-
parture arrived ard he went with his wife and children
on the boat on which they were to embark Unfortu-
nately the water high and the boat OF difficult ac
cess. The plank thrown over the water between the
deck and the shore formed acute angle, and Bcndn
himself would have found it difficult to maintain his
equilibrium upon it.. But Gen. Butler, confident that
MS centre of gravity sufficiently ponderous to
him against all accidents, ventured bravey 1pon
the sleepy road.


Hardly had he walked two steps, however, than his
feet glided along and down he went, measuring the
plank with all his length, and producing at the same
time noise something similar to that of old kettle
His servants to his assistance and he was up
again. When it had been asceftained that the General
was unhurt inquiries made concerniHg the sound
of metal heard az the time of his fall. 1t not long
before the mystery YVES solved The clothes of the
General having been torn in his perous descent people
saw protrudng underneath bis coat one large breast
plate reaching from his neck down to his thigh This
was the object which bad produced the noise. 1t
ascertaned after that the General wears this kind
of armor since his arrival in New Orleans, and that be
never goes out without it.
Year: 1862

= There is nothing lost by keeping good look out
traitors among u.s. endeavo-ing to communicate with
the enemy, as in the reported by correspondent
to the Mobile Advertiser and Register


1t will be remembered that a squad of notorious
scoundrels were captured few weeks since whilst at
tempting to make their way to the enemy-either to
the Acct or to New Orleans-and when searched were
found to have letters written by persons in this city,
to then, friends in the North This circumstance estab
fishes beyond the shadow of doubt, the completely OF
at least of the writers of these letters with the
fellows arrested for the simple fact of sending letters by
them is proof positive that they knew Of their departure
Year: 1862




We onsder ourselves 10 duty bound, good citi-
zen of the Confederate States and true friend to the
soldier, to expose the SYSTEM which vas pracsed last
year in ref renee to this business We believe great
oea of the sickness that has been in the army this
was caused by the socaIed bacon and beet that was
put up last winter. Many soldier is in his grave
owing to the food that furnished him. We speak
knowingly on this subj ct. and will be able to prove
everything shall say. We intend to give this sub
ject thorough oyerbaung, and il tie same thing IS
repeated this year, the fault shall not be ours


The President and Secretary Of War ought to know,
and it is the business of the public journals to state
these facts, and to show what ou'rages committed
in the purchase of SC called beef CATTLE and the
in which hogs slaughtered and pretended to be
made bacon Of. We call upon all good citizens who
have and relatives in tie army, who expect to
be there themselves, to give their testimony against
these things in order that similar outrages may MT be
committed again this fall We speak particularly Of
what happened in Middle Tennessee what happened
in other places Others can, ard we hope will state.


Chattanooga Rebel.
Year: 1862

The Baltimore american" in long editorial in re-
gSd to-Southern affairs, says


And now the question arises: How long will the
people of the United State5-the people of both sec
tions-stand their present suferings in conflict with
each other Unless something is done soon to retrieve
is there not danger that the patience OF all
may give way, and that out of want OF SUCCESS may
anarchy and Reconstruction" euch that fore
shadowed SO long ago in the Rebel debates at Mont
gomery, ard now more ill this programme which
turns up at Charleston? Oat Of such condition oi
things Is th eatened here however remote eydid not
the world France. emerge in the grasp OF Military
Dictatorship and after what has occurred within the
past eighteen months, should we be too greatly sur
prised at anything? Do not know that there is in
the loyal States faction which would exult at any
new revolution which would restore them TO power on
something like tie old basis ard is it not The duty OF
the Government to consider the possible DANCE.
of permitting longer delays, such have already
redounded to the advantages cftaors both within and
without its lines? Having lost the Union party of the
South, is not.the Union party oi the North also in
danger is Tie question which should comc home with
power TO all.
Year: 1862

One WAY TO KEEP EGGs.-During long voyage
to South America it noticed how fresh The eggs
confined to be- The steward was called for his secret.
He sad.that he purchased bis stock, he packed it
down in small boxes rasin boxes, aud afterwards,
about week, turned over every box but the one
out of which he using. This all. The reason
of bis success s that by turning the eggs oye he kept
the yolks about the middle of the albumen II STILL the
yoke will after while, find its way through the white
TO the shell, and when it DOES SO the egg will spoil
Hens understand this fact, for they as is well known,
turn over the eggs on which they set at least daily
Year: 1862

We conversed freely with great many of the re.
turned prisoners that were here last week and without
exception, they all anxoas to be placed in front
Of the Yankee foe. They perfectly "tigersh" and
all they ask for is chance to whip the Yankees
They are so rayenous for fgR that very few even
They are anxious to be taken Immediately to Nash
vile where they can get chance at Buell's army
From the looks of the believe they would say
everything before them Vacksburg Whig.
Year: 1862

OLD ACES GIFT.-We have sometimes heard of d.
ing men whohad not dime in the world leaving i'm.
mense estates by will to their friends. A like ccnceit
to possess the Yankee President He has issued
proclamation pretending to emancpate the slaves OF
rebels" He has just much right to do this as the
Emperor of Russia the Queen of England has, and
that is at ALL Even if the slave States were un-
der the government Of the United States the Consti-
tuition which he has faithfully to administer gives
him no power to do wicked an act. But he has no
right to do constitutional act in the Ccnedera-
cy. 1t him allegiance, and he knows will pay
respect to bis proclamation. 1t is merely issued in
the vain hope that it may do some mischief But, like
all bis acts, it is mistake, calculated only to defeat bis
object for tt will strengthen the unity of the South and
embitter its hostility to the whole vile Yankee nation
which thus shows its willingness to do act iourious
to itself and to the world in the hope that it may be
most Injurious to


Heaven preserve us from any future connection So
cial, political or commercial, with so malignant
people.
Year: 1862

0TFrom Cumberland Gap we have a
report that General Morgan made dash
upon rebel provision train, capturing it
together with number of prisoners.--
Oar army at Cumberland Gap, ifthe re-
port is true will be fully able to hold out
until relieved.
Year: 1862

NOBLE CoRcoRAS.-Gen. Corcoron is
SO fully imbucd with patriotism that there
is no room left for bigotry, not even a
particle. In his speech in Philadelphia,
he said: will not allow any politics to
interfere with me in the discharge of my
duty. (Great cheering.) take the
Know Nothing by the hand as brother,
If he carries a musket or sword along
side Of me. (Rencwcd opplause) / care
not where d ,an comes from, or what
his politics know no man but as
he discharges his duty to the flag,
Year: 1862

BRIDGING THE SUsQCEHANNA.-The Ph,la-
delphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
Company are now constructing a pier in the
Snsquehanna River, preparatory TO the con.
suuclion OF a railroad bridge over that stream


Piles have been driven where the water has a
depth offorty feet and by the use of machinery
they have been cut OF even with the bottom Of
the river. In constructing The pier an iron
eaisson, made Of boiler iron, the size OF the pier
has been constructed, and each section wiil be
sunk by filling IL with blocks of granite until
the stone work is above the water. A frame
work at the bottom OF the river, around the
edge OF the piles, will keep the caisson in its
place. IL is expected that this pier will be
completed before the cold weather sets IN = .
Year: 1862

Said an old preacher once, 'Fclow-sinncrs,,
if you were told that by going to the top of
those stairs yonder pointing toa riclsety pair
at one end Of the clrirch) you. might secure
your eternal salvation i really believe hardly
any Of you would try it. But letany manpro-
claim there was five hundred dollars up there
for you, and I'll be bound there would be such
a getting up stairs as you never did see.'' eaaea
Year: 1862

A MATRIMONIAL CARD.-I have lived solitary
long enough; ] want somebody to talk at, quar-
rel with, then kiss and make up again There
fore l am open to proposals from young ladies
and widows of more than average respectable
ity, tolerably tame in disposition, and hair OF
any color but red. As nearly as can judge of
myself am not over eighty nor under twenty
five years of age. | am sound in limb and on
the ngger question; am very correct in my NOR
ais and first rate at nine pins; have arespect for
the Sabbath, and never drink only when invited.
Am domestic animal, and perfectly docile
when shirt buttons are all right If possess
a predominating virtue, it is that of forglvlng
every enemy whom deem it hazardous TO ham
die. Money is no object, as never was trou-
bIed with any and never expect to be.
Year: 1862

n5rDANIEL WEBSTER said: s'Small is the sum
that is required to patronize a newspaper, and
amply repaid is its patron, care not how hum
bic and unpretending the Gazette he takes. 1t
is scarcely impossible to fill sheet without put
ting into it something that is worthy the SUBJ
scription price. Iwell remember what mark
ed difference there was between those who had
access to some good newspapers and those who
had not. Other things being equal, the first
were always superior to the last in debate, COM
position and general intelligence"