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Year: 1863

N'e endorse the suggested appointment
of our invaided officers, scared and
manned locorably in the battles Of the
Union, as fit persons to hold thu positions
OF Provost Marshals under the Conscrip-
lion Law. They bear about them un1nis-
taxable proofs Of eminent fitness for post
where loyalty is the first consideration.
They would never have gone into this war
had their hearts not been in it. II this test
be deemed inconclusive, there is the sup
Elementary; and finishing one, in the
fact that disloyal officers rarely
come hume from the wars with more
wounds than Ill poor horsemen are ex-
posed 10. The wounded officers are the
men who tried to do their duty in the face
Of danger, and their loyal swords will
prick right sharply the shirks and malcon-
tents who deny the service they owe tho
State. Stand away gentlemen who have
no other claim than what the party owe:
you, or the fact Of influence at court. Room
for the veterans Of the war of the rebel
lion. Let Us have the officers with scar
more honorable than knightly decoration
p1accd where they can stilf serve tn
country.
Year: 1863

The controversy on the II hite Willow cucs-
ton, that las been in progress in the adver-
7ieing columns Of our paper for some fine
past, would not be referred to by us here
but for construction given to pazasraua
appended to the recent card Of one Of the par
ties, giving quasi editorial endorsement Of
the claims Of one party to the prejudice Of
the other This NC desire to correct 1t is
but justice to say of NJ SamuA Edwards that
he is too well md widely known among hor-
ticulturists and farmers In this State, to be
Injured by such false construction of totally
Irresponsible paragraph. Mr.. Edwards has
1or years been prominently associated with
horticulture and horticultural associations in
Year: 1863

The world owes much Of its progress in |
evil as well as good, to the daring Of its |
experimentists. The main body moves
slow, but the scouts fur out ahead are beat
ing bush and brake, and By their 1ndi-
vi1ual experiences guide or warn the
znnss that follow afar of. The antenna
comes back broken, but it has saved a
wing or leg. These pioneers often come
to grief The proof they invite sometimes
amounts to crushing demonstration. 1t
should ever be thus when ths experiment
concerns the welfare Of society, and the
hostile test is ar;r!!;;ed to the safeguards Of
The people. Experimentation Of th's hno
gat great success in the da',ss : Of Buchanan
Of infamous memory, and made sad havoc
with national wall and cement, principally
by <he very security under which the ne
fai7ous work was pushed. They proved
everything with vengeance, and came
sadly near proving our free government
failure. Provings Of this class, in the
main, have come to be quite the other way
latterly.


But the men who desire to prove all
things, still exist. Just now large class,
Of not doubtful loyalty, are dcsirous to
prove the machinery constructed for the
safety and restoration Of the nation. There
Is the Conscription law to be proved, from
within outward, to learn if its demands
are inde1ible or merely paper cdicts. The
Copperheads arc pushing one another for
ward with great vigor, the game on all
hands chiefly being to see the thing first
tried BY somebody else. A fool
ish Coprerhead Judge in Clark
Co. in this State has allowed himself tope
pushed forward to open collision with the
law. The bull that attempted to butt the
locomotive from the bridge was not more
luckless, ss we beliere the event will prove
The witless Illinois Judge who attempted
Eitl1 lis poorrabbit skin ermine to shelter
deserers and punish Federal officers sent
out to recover them, is now himself at In
dianapolis prisoner, and he must by this
time reflect with pain how silly job he
has made Of It.


But to the proofs. Let the law nov
prove itself Let all our laws be fully ur
to ell the proof, for which good men ant
loyal men look Let the penalties fal
heavy Oh the unshcltered heads Of hom
traitos, who fly their Little kites to cal
down these thunders. Let tue case Of thi
Judge Constable he made wholcsom
warning to all Coppczheads in this an
other States and to all who would in an
manner resist the ConscEption law. Thi
is no time for misapplied clemenc5


The administrator Of thelaw who passc
such offences Lightly is mad unreasonable
II il be IN act Of mercy to put up beaco
on the breakers, and signal where til
rocks Iurk beneath, let the example Of a
who are earliest found opposing the Coz
scription Law be hung up before all th
people and read Dangerous Here" If


he not dangerous to trifle with the interes
Of the people in their hour Of peril, y


caunot too soon have that proven ais


Let the penalty Of dcscrtion, when II


present Limitation expires, be DEAT1


Let It he dangerous and deadly, to stri'


Win tic Government. Among 9th


proofs, has not OUT experience as matte


proved The need Of this? Let it beg


now better proof.
Year: 1863

stroy the essential rights and liberties of the

 people. He denounces arbitrary arrests, the suppression of journalism, the spy system of the general government, and enjoins sheriff s and civil officers that no person must be imprisoned, or carried from the State by force without pro, cess and authority of law. The President held his office, not by the will of ma jority, but by the Constitution which pla ,ed him in the olilce by a vote of one million eight hundred thousand, against two million eight hundred thousand. It the Constitution cannot keep the Executive within it's restraints he cannot retain the States in the union. Those who hold that there is no sanctity in the Consultation must admit their guilt in the rebellion. He condemns the eman- cipation proclamation as unjust and unconsttu- tional, and may be construed as an abandon ment of the hope Of restoring the union If the South must be held under military subjugation the government must be converged into . ml'l- tary despossm. The opinion that the south must be subjugated weakened the hopes of the people.

 The message urges that the union is ndisso> luble, and factions North and South must be put down. So closely are the upper and lower valleys of the Mississippi bound together, that when cotton was burned in Lous a lia corn was used for fuel in Illinois. It seems Southern commerce bankrupt Northern produce. Neither IT Northern or Southern union can the con Acting interests of agriculture, commerce and manufacture be adjusted.
Year: 1863

(No. 29.)

 AN ACT to permit enlistments in the navy and

 marine corps.

 The Conqrcss of the Confederate States of Amer.ca do enact That, from and after the passage oi thls act, any person subject to enrolment for military service, under the acts of Congress proV'dihg TOT the public defence. shall be permitted to enist in the marine corps at any time pror to beng mus tered into the army of the Confederate States Provided That the number of men So enlisted dors not increase the marine corps beyond the strength authorized by law

 SEC 2 That if any person has been or IS about to he enrolled for service in the army, shall, at any tme before being assigned to any company, declare to the enrolling commanding officer that he prefers being enrolled for service in the navy or maine corps shall be the duty of the said oi'icer to enroll such person for tile service which he may prefer and to transmit to the Secretary oi the Ma " list of the persons so enrolled.

 SEC 3. That from and after the passage ol this net the ply of sailors and marine shall be increas ed four dollars per month.

 Approved, Oct. ,, 1862.
Year: 1863

Tho cold, stormy blasts of winter will soon he
upon US, and tho most extensive preparations
should be made, both by the Government and
peopio, in making our noble soldiers comfortable.
Millions Of pairs Of socks can be made in a few
months Go to work in time is the true policy
wait not for tomorrow to do what can be done
Year: 1863

leans. Fernando Wood said as much in
his late speech, and Singular enough. .as
much as that speech has been cond em ned
by the terrified democratic leader, this
portion has NOT been condemned or dis
avowed.


|" We have said all along. that the peace
party was disunion party, but We did
not expect 90 soon the strong confirmation
We have given above from tho columpy Of
the World. Let all men who truly hve
the Union unite to extinguish and ob.
literate the eopperhesds. In their Utter
destruction lies the only safety of the
Union"
Year: 1863

From the Toledo Blade.


The statement of the Buffalo Adver-
tiSe1 that the "Great Banished" had been
turned out of the Clifton House is con-
tradieted by his friends. They claim
that he left voluntarily, on account of
the expenses there We have received
the following on the subject:


TOLEDO, August 7, 1868.
the Captain of one Of our Propellers, who
has been to Clifton, Canada, that the
reason why the traitor Vallandigham
left there and retired into the country,
was because the proprietor of the Clifton
warned him to leave his house, for the
reason that since he had been there he
had driven away the custom of all
Americans of any standing; that those
who came to see him were ''roughs' and
rowdies, who injured the reputation of
his house by their drunkenness and row.
dyism That the country may know how
much he is despised in Canada as well
as at home, l hope you will let this fact
be known. ,.-


Yours, W.
Year: 1863

Charleston. They are about to proceed
VITA the organization of Union League
and will hold series of public Union
meetings They are full of faith and
hope in the speedy and complete triumph
of the Union cause. and propose imme-
diately to show forth to the world what
they think and how they feel. Iparticu-
larIy noted among the Union men of
Vicksburg an absence of any squeamish-
ness on the subject of Slavery. Let
every trace of it be swept away-that
will clear the way forthe only peace that
we can have that will be lasting those
were the words of one OF their number to
me yesterday, and they we're indorsed
By the whole party present Don't come
TO Vicksburg to fnd Border-State Union
ism t,'y
Year: 1863

THE greatest profits of a virtuous man.
hood are paid inside of a man. What is
done chiefly, is done for your manhood +;
for your conscience; for your soul. God
knows that you are going to live after to-
day and tomorrow; lie sees a road Of
exaltation in which you are to walk; He
remembers that He is to lift you up and
crown you with eternal honors in heaven;
and therefore He takes care that lie does
not reward your fidelity principally by
that which builds you up in your out.
ward life, but by remuneration thai
shall last TO all eternity.
Year: 1863

Free AMERICANS OF AFRICAN DESCENT.
I'VE understand that four or FIVE of the
above named class, having become rather
too impudent in manner and act:on-and
presuming too much upon the appreciation
of their merits by our citizens, acted in such
q manner, as to receive from the young men
Of our city, castigation and banishment,
with the injunction never to return, under
penalty of severe Treatment.
Year: 1863

There will be given, on Saturday next,
on the Factory Grounds, in the town of
Lewisburg, Picnic. The Berry Band
has been engaged for the occasion-promisiug
. fine chance for those that trip the light
fantastic toe. The baskets will be filed by
the neighbors, and all who desire to have a
delightful time, we would advise them to
be on hand.
Year: 1863

are the most active and thorough pills
that have ever been introduced.


They act so directly upon the Liver
exciting that organ to such an extent aT
that the system does not relapse into its
former condition, which is too apt to ks
the case with simply purgative pill.


They are really
Year: 1863

We see it stated that an officer in regi-
ment from the State of Maine has been
tried and dismissed from the service for
having rendered his resignation on the
ground that he could not serve under a
President who had issued an emancipation
proclamation. The decision Of the Court
Martial was that he should be dismissed
with his pay and allowances, but General
Sumner and Gen. Couch each made special
reference to the case, and recommended
that his dismissal be made in dishonorable
manner, without any pay or allowance. =
This suggestion the President embodied in
his decree, and so the officer was dismissed.
We are glad to see these things done by
the President. 1t shows that in the dis
cipline Of our army the great cause will not
suffer from supiuenoss, apathy, and faith
lessness. = Phila Press. 4H
Year: 1863

THE WEATHER in this locality continues
unusually mild for the season-much more
pleasant than at this time in the month of
November year ago. Then we had our
first fall Of snow in the valley on the 18th,
and the seyerest freezing weather of the
winter about the Goth This season, with
the exception Of few frosty nights and
slight freezes, we have had nothing to in
dicate the approach of winter
Year: 1863

CouxiRR that we are about adding to the material
d machinery Of the Courier office, to such an ex-
1t as win enable us to compete successfully with
v establishment in the State and we cordially in
Ie the friends of this old standby which has been


blished dNninterraptedigtor nearly .Sisteen pears


second our efferts TO keep up with the times, by
increase of patronage. We wish 1t
derstood that we shall take no step backward.


new Volume commences about the 1st Of January.
DIV Is THE TIME no SUBSCRIBE
II will contain the Latest News, Correspondence


I'M the Army, the proceedings Of Congress, and
r State Legislature, besides a large amount OF
refully selected miscellaneous reading, such as
Year: 1863

A late English paper states that a bachelor
gentleman, who was very superior draught-
man and caricaturist, was laid up in his apart
ments with gout in both feet. He could not
move but sat in an easy chair and was wheeled
in and out of the sitting room, A we'll known
vagabond, ascertaining the fact, watched till
the servant was sent on message. Then, by
a door communicating with the kitchen, down
went the vagabond, entered the kitchen, walk
ed up stairs, where, as he expected, he found
the gentleman alone and helpless.


Il am sorry to see you in such situation,
said the rogue, you cannot move, aud the sers
want is OUT clo - s1a


The gentleman started.


1T is, excessively stupid in you to leave
yourself so exposed, for behold the conseaucn-
ces take the likerty of removing this watch
and seals off the table, putting them in my
own pocket and as preceiye your keys are
here, l shall unlock these drawers and see
what suits my purpose Ta aF2
- Pray, help YOURSELF replied the gentleman,
who was aware that he could do nothing to
prevent him The rogue did so accordingly !.
he found the plate in the side board, and many
other things that suited him; and in ten min
utes, having made up his bundle, he made the
gentleman bow and decamped. But the
gentleman had the use Of his hands and lad
not been idle; he had taken an exact likeness
Of the thief with his pencil; and on his SER
vant's returning soon after, be dispatched him
to Bow street with the drawing,
and an account of what had happened. The


LIKENESS wasiso good that the man was imme-
iiately identified by the runners, and was ca p
ured before he had time to dispose Of single
article. He w.s brought to the gentleman
wo hours afterwards, identified, the property
IN him sworn to, and in six weeks was on his
yay to Botany Bay.
Year: 1863

the afflicted? Who could sympatbize in such
tones of love and pity as she?


Sara was not beautiful in person, still there
was something so winning in her manner that
one would be apt to forget that her figure was
too stout, or her features bit two imperfect
She had beautiful brown eyes, and her cheeks
were as red ss-eherries hence, with these at
fractions, we have no right to pronounce her
Year: 1863

Oar soldiers at the West are lesrn


ing from the rebels how To travel with
light baggage. The laic order re'lnc
ing army baggage does not trouble
them much. A letter from Lagrange,
Tenn, mentions san Hin is cavalry


regiment where every man Is provided
with two little pockets in his Jacket,
one OF which is for salt and the other
for pepper. Each man ALSO carries
with him small sack or two or three
pounds Of -four. When they camp
for the night the nearest corntield sup


plies them with thousands of SIN Ill


bakeovens in the shape of corn husks.
Each man p0cares IN ear of corn
with the husk still on it the husk is
slightly parted at the tap to allow the
fingers to be inserted the ear istwist


ed around several times until it breaks
loose at the bottom, and is then drawn
out leaving the hnsks a clean and
complete cup. In this the -four is
mixed and seasoned, and after closing
the top of the husk again it is hlriel
in the hot ashes ofthe camp fire for
half an hour, after which it is with
drawn and the pharred husk pulled
off, disclosing fresh, hot roll
Whether one man is detailed TO carry
with him on his horse the coffee and
coffee pots for the regiment, I did not
learn but if so, that is their only bag
gage. Encountered with no other
equipments they remain ont on a
scouting expedition several days at a
time. y s....-.-..
Year: 1863

The beaver as an article Of game is
rapidly dying out in the more thickly
settled districts of California but time
was, and that not very long ago, when
these industrious and intelligent little
artifcer, were 20 be found in every
stream and rivulet between the Trinity
river and the Tulare lakes, whittier
they were pursued by trappers for the
sake of the skins, which were at one
time so important an article of COM
merce. The western slope of the Ser
ra Nevada was not, until recently, how
ever (within the past 90 years. field oft
traversed by the hunter, and the few
who explored its waters had it all to
Themselves.


A bold and daring man was he who,
amid that eternal night which, meta
phorically speaking, then rested on the
Pacific slope, undertook, without guide
or compass, other than that supplied by
the sun and stars, to penetrate the deep
set canons and evergreen forests of the
California Sieras, and, defiant of the
prowhns Indian, or panther, or the grim
grizzly bear, to descend the water cour-
ses flowing therefrom, in pursuit of that
which was at once his pastime and his
trade. There was danger then in those
almost impenetrable wilds, where nature
had been seemingly so chary Of her ia
vors that the adyenturer who strayed by
chance into those almmost impenetrable
fastnesses might starye to death, and
every yestige of his mortal frame be
lost, long ere the rowing foot of an Indi-
an should pass over the ground that be
had traversed.


1t was the realm of the spirits-the
home of the Titans, where the veritable
gods Of ancient fable, not dead but
transplanted, made footballs of the
mighty buttes, and caused the air to re-
sound with the din of their contests.


1t might have been eighteen years
the time, late in autumn-that party
Of hunters and trappers were making
their way through one of the narrow
rocky defles that lead through one of
the most desolate section of the Sierras
into the heart Of California. They had
started early in the preceding spring,
from the southern border settlement Of
the Santa Fe, with the declared inten-
ton Of Penetrating to the Pacific thro'
some path as yet impressed by the foot
of the white man, and were regarded by
the Santa Feans with much the same
feeling as the inhabitants of civilized
and enlightened cities exhibit when
some modern explorer ike DIR. Kane sets
forth on an indefinite expedition to some
unknown frozen sea. A cavalcade Of
corderers accompanied them one hund-
red miles of the way, and on leaving
them discharged salute-being much
Year: 1863

In tall and stately mansion.
Near fashions thoroughfare,
In princely style and lavish,
Lived naughty millionaire
He had every joy and pleasure
Everything that wealth could gain;
Yet. mid all this show and splendor
he often did complain:
That bright and glittering pageant
Seemed ike funeral pail;
And he was growing weary,


Yes weary it all"
Cold and shivering on doorstep,
Stood thin and wasted form,
With oiled and tattered garments
To protect her from the storm.
Friends. poor thing, she had none,
Her husband, too, was dead
And for the infant on her bosom
She craved a crust OF bread;
For the world was cold and heartles,,
And dreary Was the strife;
Alas she had grown weary,
Yes, weary of her life.
In close, unhealthy workshop,
Stood form so fair and mild.
Although seeking for employment,
Seemed nothing but child.
For herself" she said, she cared not.
But her parents were so old
She only wanted work enough
To shield them from the cold
All her bright and cherished hopes
To the earth long since were hurled,
And she, too, was growing weary,
Yes. weary OF the world.
Tis strange, yes. very strange indeed,
From the master TO the slave.
The only resting place on earth
Free from pain-is the grave;
But in Yon ethereal space


Is a bright amp tranquil shore,
Where the good, the just and upright,
viii he happy eYermore;
Where all is golden sunshine.
No sorrow, pain nor care,
For God has promised every thing
reace and comfort there.
Year: 1863

Nor ExEMPT.-Short legs will not
save a conscript. 1t has been notified
to the board of enrolment in Boston
that no limits Of stature are established
for drafted men, and PERSONS hight
can only be considered in the general
examination as to his physical fitness
for military service.
Year: 1863

The world is fair and gay to Us,


And now we journey on.
And still It's sad to think twill be
The same when we are gone.
Some few, perchance, may mourn for us,
But soon the tranient gloom.
Like shadows OF a summer cloud,
Shall leave our narrow tomb.
For men are like the waves that roll
Along the mighty deep,
That lift their crests awhile and frown.
And then are lulled to sleep;
While other billows swelling come,
Amid the foam and spray,
And, as we view their furrowy track,
Sink down, and where are they?
And ever thus the wave shall roll,
Like those that now 60 past.
The offspring Of the depths beneath.
The children of the blast.
And ever thus shall men arise,


And be like those that be,
And man no more is missed on land,
Than wave upon the sea.
Year: 1863

In Governor SeymOurs address TO the
Democratic State Convention of New York,
hc says:


| am not one of those who, in this hour
of the countrys distress, are without hope.
Indeed | regard the future hopefully and
confidently. This sad war has taught US
not only the value of the Union, but before
we shall have done with it will teach us
other great truths, and establish our Union
on hrmer basis, and establish the rights
Of the States on such foundation that
hareafter no power can shake them
have never sought to emDarrass the Gov
ernment; opposed t. it as AIN, traduced by
its organs and officials, have never forgot
ten that still it was the Government OF our
country. have seen in It's very weakness
and errors one other reason for attempting
to uphold it. so far a. ] could consistently
With my duty, and enieavor TO have IL
enter upon a line of policy demanded as
well By its own honor aud interest as the
honor and interest Of our common country.
To a dissolution Of the
Union he never would consent, but labor
for its restoration 50 that every star that
gltters on the blue field of tue national
banner should be held az sacred, and he
who would strike but one Of those from its
place is as great traitor as he who would
reud hat banner asunder."