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Year: 1862

A very significant fact as showing how a
man may yearn for retrenchanent in others,
but have "nary yearn" over his own pocket
iDgs, came TO our notice a day or two since.
A Senator from a county adjoining Cuya-
hoga, who has more to say about what may
properly be called "spigot" retrenchment
than all the rest of the Legislature combined,
but who evidently can not master bung-
hole leakage, visited his home a few days
since. 1t was on Saturday. and the Legisla-
tuTe had adjourned over from Friday noon
to tuesday morning. This Senator was de.
claiming in the streets upon his favorite
theme OF retrenchment "WhY" said he,
'there's our female school teachers getting
from three to four dollars week that is as
much again as they ought to have"


Thus the Senator's idea is, that school
teachers services are just as valuable as that
of kitchen girl in an ordinary sized private
family. But mark this fact, while this Senator
was sharpening his knife to "whittle" down
the wages of a school teacher, he received
ten dollars, his per diem Legislative wages,
for two days and half in which he rendered
TO the State not a moments service. Such
an instance needs no comment Cleveland
Herald
Year: 1862

N. B.-Since writing the above, a gentle
man has told me that Gen. Rosecraus nearly
lost his life by the explosion of gases of coal
oil at his factory " hen in this city; also that
six coal oil factories have burned down, or
been on FIRE in this city.
Year: 1862

Crab Schlaberndorf, a writer of no little
power, who lived in a Paris garret, was
miserly in trifes, and laYishly generous
in great things; primarily hearty friend
of liberty, and secondarily persevering,
disinterested patriot; friend of the Gil
rondists, he speedily found his way to
prison under the sway of Robespierre.-
One morning the death-cart came for its
usual number of daily victims, and Schla-
berndorfs name was called out. He i'm
mediately, with the greatest GOODNESS and
good humor, prepared for departure
Presence of mind in some shape, grand
stoicism or mere indifference were COM
mon in those terrible times. And Schla-
berndorf was not the man to make an un-s
graceful departure when the unavoidable
Must of fate stood sternly before him.
He was soon dressed, only his boots were
missing. He sought, and sought, and the
jailor sought with him, in this corner and
in that but they were not to be found.


Well" said Schlaberndorf, sharply,
" this is too bad; to be gillotined without
my boots will never do. Hark ye, my
friend" continued he, with simple good
humor to the jailer, ''take me tomorrow;
one day makes no difference; it is the
man they want, not Tuesday or Wednes-
day."


The jailor agreed. The wagon, full
enough without that head, went off to its
destination. Schlaberndorf remained in j
the prison. Next morning at the usual
hour, the vehicle returned; and the VIC
tim who had so strangely escaped on the
previous day, was ready, boots and all,
waiting the word of command. But, be-
hold his name was not heard that day
nor the thild day, nor the fourth, and not
at all. There was no mystery in the mat
ter. 1t was naturally supposed that he
had fallen with the other victims named
for the original day. In the multitude of
sufferers no one could curiously inquire
for an individual. For the days that fol-
lowed there were enough of victims with
out him, and so he remained in prison
till the fall of Rebespierre, when, with so
many others, he recovered his liberty
He owed this miraculous escape-not the
least strange in the strange history of the
Revolution-partly to the kindness of the I
jailer and partly and mainly to his good
temper. He was universal faYorite in
the jail.
Year: 1862

f1ro.


The scenes and incidents of the late
fire are from grave to gay" Many are
the ludicrous stories which people tell of
what they witnessed while the alarm was
greatest, and cool men and woman were
scarce.


One man, we hear of, deliberately, as a
means or saving his clothing, put on three
pairs of breeches, and incumbered himself
with heavy coats, and then deliberately
walked out of his house without anything
in his pockets or hands, Notwithstanding
trunk full of silver ware and other val
uables lay in the hall ready for removal


Another man brought in two dogs from
a barn which was on fire, locked them
up in room of house connected there
with. He there left them.


A woman was observed walking down
one of the streets with her bonnet on fire
behind, smoking furiously. A man COM
ing up behind, discovered her plight, and
rushing up struck the woman quite blow
on her head. The woman exclaimed,
''Oh, the timbers ard falling, let us run,
let US runw And run she did at such a
rate that her would-be protector was
speedily distanced.


A lady we hear of, after packing up heI
things carefully in her trunks, left the
house alone, with the keys in her pocket.


One genius who had bundle of valu.
able papers, bank bills, ETC., in his hand
in his excitement, used them to smother
a small flame kindled on the premises ada
cent 20 which he was standing. He put
out the flames for the instant, but de
stroyed his valuable papers.


One man we know of saved only from
his house cheap plaster of paris bust
He elung to this as for dear life, carrying
it in his arms from place to place His
friends advised him to put the image away
in some safe place. No" no responded
my property is all gone but this; d.
me if I'll be stripped!'


A friend of ours hired an old farmer
with his horse and wagon, to carry away
his law and other books. One armful o
books was thrown into the wagon. Jus
then some one also threw in sewing ma
chine. The steamer Hugh Rankin a
this moment came putting and BLOWN:
down River street, and the old man be
came frightened, turned his horse and the
last our friend saw of him, he was gallOp
ing down the street at full speed, witt
the steamerafter him. Nothing has sine,
been heard of books or sewing machine
and the old fellow may be running yet
Year: 1862

bees swarmed upon bush beside one of
our picket posts, and a couple of the boys
seeing they were secesh, captured them,
and 'swore them in'-toan empty keg, and
gave them to the Colonel, who has them
located on the upper piazza of his quarters,
under the folds of the old flag, and the
little Republicans seem to thrive very
well under Yankee rule in Dixie.


The WEATHER here is delightful, with
but little rain, and although the middle
of the day brings the mercury to so or 90
in the shade, the seabreeze compensates
for it, and comes up the bay as cool and
grateful as ice cold lemonade
Year: 1862

It whispers me that this must be
The last fair autumn | shall sec
That ere spring roses blossom more,
l shall have found Il brighter shore.
Yes, shall sleep, but she will keep
My image in her heart, and weep,
And plant sweet flowers that they may bloom,
And shed their OdOrs roand my tomb.
God shield my bride when ills betide;
And when life's storms she does Outride,
Bring her with our sweet pledge Of love,
To glad me in that home above
she'd no tear, feel no fear;
Only for them would life be dear.
The world, while it may do US wrong,
May teach our spirits to be strong.
There hangs no gloom around the tomb;
l do not dread my certain doom:
Through all those hcaycn-bOrn loye-lt years
Are no sad hearts, no falling tears


Fee FORWARD,
Year: 1862

TTbs way in which taxes are assessed
by the bogus government at Bowling Green


is to seize all q mans property, and deter.


mine what part not to give back. This
generally includes the whole Of It.
Year: 1862

ET A printing Office and materials are
on their way from the east TO New MEXICO,
to be used in the publication Of . new
weekly Journal At the Capital, TO be known
as the Santa Fee Republican. Il viii be
published by we'll known kansas men, and
will be vigorous supporter. Of the war and
of freedom.
Year: 1862

We have heard of fellow who objects to
to our paper because it is to strong for the
Union. The uagsatefnl ''cuss" who dom
like the Union had better pitch his tent out
side of it.-hountqia Messenger.


There is a follow in this county who not
not long ago sent US word to stop his paper
because in is q tee strongly for the Onion. "
He had been taking the paper for over >
year, and has never paid for it. Well bet
two and half that fellow has surreptitiously
got hold of his neighbos's paper every week
since he stopped taking it, and hes rSd it
through, advertisements ana all.
Year: 1862

Last week there was a small installment
of news from the East that was unfavorable
to the patriot arms 1t really amounted to
very little; a raid OF a guerrilla band, which
alarmed men and women of delicate nerves
in the vicinity, and rebel csHard that Baton
Rouge was taken, coming from men who
could not be believed under OATH This last
was entitled to no credit, and its subsequent
contradiction by the same authority neither
adds to nor takes anything from its proba-
bility.


But this slight evidence of an interruption
to the success Of the good cause, had such an
effect on some of the Union men that they
seemed actually cast down. For ourselves,
we expect to hear occasionally just such re-
ports as these We look for slight reyerses.
sometimes even checks TO the progress Of the
Union cause but this will not cause us to
entertain 4 doubt as to the fna result. We
expect to see an occasional lighting up of
the countenances Of the secessionists among
us, to see the small fry gather around their
oracles to learn the news and get their latest
lesson, to hear "peace" men misrepresen(
the reports Of the telegraph. and to see them
- bob around with the news that "McClel-
lan's army has been cut all to pieces We
dent begrudge them such little crumbs Of
comfort. They need them. fheir hungry
souls would perish if it were not for the re-
port of a rebel victory occasionally. Besides,
the Union cause needs that there should be
some reverses in order to show who is for the
Union and who against It. Adversely tries
the friends of nations as we'll as individuals,
and we want to mark those who, when
weighed in the balance, are found want
ing in the hour Of the nations trial.
Year: 1862

The Board of Aldermen of New York, by
a vote of fourteen to one, have voted the free
dom of the city to Archbishop Hughes, and
adopted a resolution thanking him for his
services in behalf of the Union abroad
Year: 1862

UgIoS IES, ATTENTION. The Union men
of this county should bear in mind that this
saturday evening isthe time set for holding
primary meetings for the election of dele
gates to the Union Convention, which assem-
bles in Shasta on Wednesday next, the Both
int. They should also bear in mind that
an effort will lie made by those opposed to
the Union movement to get control of the
Convention, and thus defeat its object No
sooner was it known that there was to be a
union Of all lovers os their country than the
oracles of jeff Davis in our midst raised their
voices against it. and began the work of con-
ciliating such Of the Douglas party as were
opposed to the movement. All at once these
eracles became as gentle as sucking doves,
and the words of their mouths were ''as oil,
where before they had been full of . deadly
poison


Let US remember that we have work to
perf.,rm, and il is the duty of every Union
man to come up to the work as though his
very existence depended it. These men
are the enemies Of our country, and are en-
deavoring. by every means in thcii power, to
accomplish its destruction.
Year: 1862

TAX TITLEs.-The Supreme Court has rem
dered q decision of great importance to the
tax payers and those interested in the fnan-
c;al affairs of the State 1t is that tax titles
made under the law now in force are Valid


or in other words taxes must be paid by those
who do not wish to lose their property. The
decision is by all three of the judges, and set
ties the question definitely. In the particu


lar case referred to, the land was assessed
to tenants, yet the Court decided that the
real owners interest passed under the sale,-
The Court in their decision lay aside all more
technical points and hold that tax titles are
no longer 10 be so construed as to render it
almost impossible to obtain title through
tax sale. On this point the Conrt said " 1t
is our duty to construe the Act in accordance
with the intention Of its farmers, and the rule
of strict construction so earnestly invoked
would be grossly msapplied if used TO defeat
that intention We look upon this docis'
ion, SAYS the Sacramento Bee, as one Of the
most important ever rendered in this State
towards clearing up and settling land titles


1t is SD broad that the hclder of the paper
title and the actual posessor, land in fact as
we understand it, all in any manner interes-
ted) are cut off together, and the purchaser
takes a new aud uncloIded title direct from
Year: 1862

To spiritual mind the Sabbath is
thhc loveliest and happiest day of the
week. The Christian accepts this
day as pledge Of the enjoyment of
that eternal Sabbath when he shall
rest him forever from his present wea-
yiness Of soul.
Year: 1862

Than The Union, and that if the latter can
moi be preserved without money, they arc
content to see the country divided, and to
suffer the former to carry off the victory.
But though the clouds thickcn and the
enemies Of The holy cause increase, let
no man despair. When, in pursuance
of what is a necessity, the Federal
taS-gathercr goes to each mans door,
and tie payment Of the hard cash
not trifle on yard Of cloth or pound Of
sugar, as heretofore, but q certain per
centum on the value Of the farm, the only
horse, the family cow, the workshop, the
money in the bank, or the unimproved city


lot,-when, we say, the payment Of this


money is e1acted, those who arc


Indifferent as between Freedom and


Slavery; those who are content with q


di1]y-dally policy; those who think war
may be made cheap and pleasant past
time; those who have already given son


or q brother to their country; those who


are influenced by the parrot-nke cries that
tho secession sympathisers continue TO use );
those who are now content to abide the


working Of the Kentucky policy; those who


think economy Of expenditure is 8 matter Of


no moment, will be quickened with new
impulses, and the demand for more energy,
moro earnestness, more fidelity, and a
more comprehensive appreciation Of the
issue presented, for better use Of the
| means that the nation has provided for
crushing out the rebellion and hanging its
| authors, will become so loud and imper,
t ative that even Seward will be compelled
to hear Until the pocket nerve Of the


people is touched, they Will repress the IN
dignation that they feel But levy the tax
| and t1,c yrar will go on
Year: 1862

The Convention for the amendment of
the Constitution Of the State Of Illinois.
meets on Tuesday. In the absence Of pos
itiyc information touching the intentions Of
those in that body who represent the views
and policy Of The late Senator Douglas, we
assume that they, being the majority, and
having the Convention in their hands, will
we'll and quickly do the work assigned
them By the people; that. in making the
fundamental Law, they will ignore partisan
ship and the rrejudices Of past contests;
that, with an eye single to the prosperity of
the Commonwealth, the security and hap
piness Of the people, they will remain un-
Influenced by the profound ezcifenents Of
the day; and that, in spirit Of wis
dom and fairness, they will frame Con
stitution that shall he monument to their
honor as long as the State endures, Such,
VIC assume, will be their desire.


But VIC must not conceal from our read
CTS the fact that there are ruuors aloat
which whisper other things; flat it is said
that the tine and occasion will be embrac-
ed as peculiarly favorable TO the reorganl-
Zation of the Democratic party on that
semi -disloyal platform occupied By the
Chicago Times and other kindred prints;
that, with high hand and in violation Of
all precedent, new State Administration
will be organized BY the Convention itself; ;
that very odious Apportionn1ent will be
made; and that, to render all sure, the
Constitution, when completed, will he de-
clared TO be in force, without submission
to the people. We give no credit to such
rumors; because We do not believe that
men enough for purposes so base havt
been elected to the Convention, and be
ca,ise, further, were they. there, they
would not dare to enter upon course
so violent and revolutionary. No, NC yc
have faith that the good feeling, which wa
so conspicuous in the election Of delegates
viii be carried into the deliberations that ar.
to cnsue; and that the few misguided poll
ticians who will labor to divide the peopl
into parties On old and exploded issues, all
who will seek to make the Constitution til
picture Of their passions and prejudice
rather Than an enunciation Of principle
upon which legislation must be based, ri
find, after few brief cndeayors, That the
are powerlcss. In that belief, nc shal


until we can no longer hold it, CRITICS


measures and those who propose then
without reference to party names, dogma


or associations; and it viii be our highe'
pleasure to be able to praise those who1
we have opposed, in well doing in the in
1ortaut task before thena.
Year: 1862

For there vas valiant captain, q
man of war, hating all iniquity, even
as poison.


And his name was Wllkes-honor
and praise to it in all lands !


Captain Of the San Jacinto, cruising
for pirate on the high seas, even for
Sumpter.


And he came from Africa, even from
the East unto the Havana, in an isle
of the sea which lieth under the tower
of Moro;


Where he heard from his Consul
strange news, saving that Mason and
Slidell had sailed in British steamer,
even the Trent, which saileth between
Vera Cruz, Havana, and St. Thomas.


Their said the captain, Shall | re-
frain myself to stop this iniqulty?


Arise, oh my soul; grid thyself and
60 forth tarry not, but nab them in
their wickedness.


Take them where the hair is short ;
jerk them and pull them even as fan
cy policeman pulleth the pickpocket
when he seeth him picking the pocket
Of the righteous.


Shall | hold back my hand when
my country calleth? Not if | know
it. 4SeIah


up steam and after them, oh my
soul; let there be coal under the boil
ers, oh my heart let the way in which
we shall travel be caution, faster than
Flora Temple, or any other man.


Fling forth the stripes and stars
hoist the rag, thou gallant sailor go
it as strong as it is mixed. For the
spangled banner in triumph shall
wave Ger the land of the free and the
home of the brave
Year: 1862

by beat about tor shadows OF eXcu-
ses to prevent emancipation from be-
ing accomplished by the necessity of
war? All other "nilitary necessities"
are gladly recognized, and speedily
made available; but this-the greatest
necessity of all-the very key to unlock
all our applications-thrust into the IA
ces ofour ministers and generals at ev
cry corner-they dare not take hold of.
SO it is.


This fear of meeting squarely the is
sue of slavery which is so squarely pre-
sented to us, and the desire to post
pone the settlement Of it to some future
time, is positive proof that we do not
regard ourselves as equal to the res
possibilities Of the occasion. We are
like the bankrupt merchant who dares
not examine his books, and endeayors
to find relief from anxiety in vain eff
forts to imagine that bis liabilities are
much less than his fears have binted
and his books prove.


have understood that some mem
bers of the Cabinet were once opposed
to slavery, and desired to cripple its
power. 1t is not likely any other ad
ministration will have presented so fair
an opportunity for donig the decd
1t may never so occur again for the
strain on our institutions now will
weaken them so, that with slavery
maintained intact, another rebellion
will destroy them utterly. The policy
now will be precedent the next time,
and precedent fortified by such laws
as the slave power will be enabled to
enact in her behalf if she comes out Of
this war having won, in addition to the
former conceded constitutional guaran
ties, the still greater guaranty or CON
cession that Of all the institutions and
interests in the country, 1t alone Is sa
cred and exempt from the contingency
Of military necessity and martial law
With this point conceded by the only
Administration ever elected on anti
slavery grounds, the 'Epeculiar institu
ti0nn will come ont Of the war stronger
than ever before, unless this peculiar
policy Of the Lincoln Government is
overthrown or defeated. Slavery nev-
cr asked SO great concession before,
greedy though it has been hey ond all
reason. and this one granted, how can
the Administration make any stand
against its other claims? Indeed the
aIacrity and ''cheerfulness" with which
this point was given up, is regarded
as a pledge that the Administration
will to the last extremity stand by the
abomination, and it is I good pledge
that the border states will take good
care shall be fully redeemed. When
the next "adjustment" is made, the
good faith of the Administration will
be invoked by the HoIts and Prentices
and CarlIes Of the border states to
make good Moir promises to the Union
men Of Maryland, Virginia and Ken
lucky, and these promises amount to
fall protection to slavery in all its ex
trcme demands. To yield, the Admin
istration has already prepared the way;
and the end will be that we have
fought, Impoverished the country,
and come out Of the war saddled with
the Breckenridge platform and inter
minahle taxation
Year: 1862

WHERE TO LAY 1T oN.-A CORES
pondent Of the New York Tribune
suggests the following basis Of taxation
for the support Of the war for the I'm
ion:


!. \ Poll Tax Of one dollar upon cy-
cry voter in the United States, those
only to be exempt from payment who
are in the service of the United States.


2. a tax of twenty five per cent. up
on the gross receipts for fermcnted or
spirituous liquors, to be collected from
wholesale dealers upon their sales, and
from retail dealers upon their sales.
This would have the effect Of giving
the Government nearly half the re-
ceipts of tho entire liquor business in
the United States. This should be col
lcctad by agents appointed especially y
for the purpose, who should require all
liquor dealers to make oath in the
amount of their monthly receipts, and
in case any dealer should refuse to
make oath, they should have the pow
er to tax him until he should comply
with the conditions Of the law.
3. The same rates Of taxation should
be levied upon tobacco, and should be
collected in the same way.


+. Assess a tax of one hundred and
fifty millions upon the property in the
States. Let it be apportioned upon the
same valuation which is the basis OF
the State taxes in each State, and let
each State be allowed ten per cent.
for expenses Of collecting.


). Lay tax upon all railroads OF
onc-fourth Of q cent per mile for ri
passengers carried by them.