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Year: 1863

a roof aud they were as comfortably situated as
ever but some had completely destroyed their
houses, and material and consequently if they
built again, had to commence anew We were
told that We had better not make any extensive
preparations for comfortable quarters as our reg-
ment intended to move to a more pleasant oc4Ii-
ty which has since been done. Friday night the
order came into camp to pack up everything,
and be ready to move at moments notice The
rebel cavalry had crossed to this side Of the Rapi-
dan, anu possibly We might be attacked. The
officers and men had been given a ration of whis.
key that night and all hands were pretty noisy,
though nobody supposed that that had anything
to DO with the rebel scare Matters quieed down
after a while, and 50 did the boy g, and 70 enemy
disturbed us that night. The next morning We
wer= detailed for TINS fatigue and here We
have been ever since. Weare building crrdury
road along by the SIDE of the railroad from Rap
pahannock Station to camp. Our supplies they
say have 90, to be carried over this road The
railroad only carries forage to Brandy Station.


But It's getting to be well on towards uid-
night, and my fire is nearly gone ou.. No one
would sagree with me, it | should say, it Is time
thi, tedious letter was brought to close, for |
am beginning to feel almost as dull as what |


ave written. ANTI-REBEL.
Year: 1863

REBEL CAUSE IN France. 1t appears by the
last advioes from Paris that the " Confederate
Loan" has dropped as low as 55, and the decline
is now from one to two per cent. per oay. This
loss of commercial confidence is nearly equaled
by that of a more general nature respecting the
rebel cause The French country press IN par
ticular, are very decided in their tone of oppo-
sition. One Of the most influential declares
that "A great mistake s made if it is supposed
that France can ever form any alliance with a
pack Of slave holding conspirators. The country
OF Lafayette must ever remain the faithful friend
Of the country at Washington
Year: 1863

at very late date, grand relics Of art
attest the existence Of civilization which
has no apparent origin in European or
Asian teaching. In Africa, no man finds
one solitary memorial on which to found
a theory that the negro race was there
ever other thannow, race of barbarians
There is no alienation of civilization and
barbarism in the history Of Africa. 1t is
one long, barbaric stagRatiOn.


We do not pause to argue from all this
an inferiority Of race. We state the great
truths of history, and leave others to form
on these facts such theories as they may.
Year: 1863

CoPPER MIx1yG.-A celebrated geologist
says: Give me a copper mine, and l will
not ask for silver or gold" That geologist
was sensible man aud knew when he had a
" good thing" What proportion of the nu-
merous copper mines, that are now being open
ed, in various portions Of the State, will prove
D." good or remunerative, it is impossible, at
the present time, to foretell but enough has
already been developed TO prove that the cop
per mining interest must soon become Of great
Importance to the State. There appears to be
a belt of country, some eight or ten miles wide,
rich in ores of copper, and extending along the
middle portion of the foothills from the ex-
treme southern portion Of the San joaquin
Valley, as far north as Feather River. An
other, and apparently extensive feld, has been
discovered, embracing large portion Of Del
Norte and Klamath counties and extending
thence into Oregon. In our issue Of Jan L.,
We gave some statistics showing the profits of
mining for copper in veins which assay from
Is to 20 per cent, proving concusively that
such veins must soon become very valuable
Copper ore that will assay 2eper cent is worth
about Sl20 per ton in New York. An ad,
vance of at least $50 per ton can be obtained
on all such ore in this city. A well defined
copper mine, that will assay - per cent. and
so located that its ores can be laid down in
San Francisco, for Sl5 per ton, is really worth
as much as the richest gold and silver mine in
Washoe-Gould Il Curry and Ophir not ex-
cepted, provided the mine is capable Of turning
out the same amount Of rock as the WaShoe
mines Scientific Press.
Year: 1863

Tng beauty Of woman tranScends aii-other
forms Of beauty, as well in the sweetness of its
suggestions as in the fervor of the admiration
it awakens. The beauty Of lovely woman IS
an Inspiration. sweet delirium, a gentle mad
ness, Her looks are loYe-potiens. Heaven
itself is never 50 clearly revealed to US as in
the face Of beautiful woman.
Year: 1863

That this House and the country may know
and appreciate my reasons for refusing to be
discharged upon any conditions whatever, with
out first having trial, will read O copy of
letter which l wrote and sent to Judge Advo-
cate Turner, upon his offering to discharge me
upon my stalking the OATH"
Year: 1863

CLOSE OF VoLUSE 1.-THE present number closes
the second volume Of the STATESMAN. We have no
disposition TO follow in the beaten track usually pur
SIZED by publishers upon such OCCASIONS and bore
fea ders with lengthy article upon the suhect-to
apologize for or to eulogise what we have done in
the year that has passed to make great promises
for the future. We have only to say that shall
continue to publish the paper that its course will be
as heretofore, Independent upon all subjects and
neutral upon none that while we should like to
have every name now upon our books continue there,
with the sanction of its owner we viii not insist up
on a single patron continuing unless he can believe
he gets value received either in the paper itself
in the benefits he may think city and valley re-
ceives from its publication.
Year: 1863

DANoINa SCHoOL.-A dancing party will be held
at the City Hotel on Monday evening next, on which
occasion it is proposed to organize Dancing School
All interested are invited to attend.
Year: 1863

against which there is no appeal, are pro-
nounced and executed, and the mutilated
bodies of the victims are hurried into the
moat below, where they are quickly destroy
ed by quicklime. Neglect not to observe
my instructions. Conceal yourself behind
that hedge, and if within the space of an
hour you see light glimmering at the win
dow | have pointed out, then you may con-
clude that l am ordered to execute venge-
ance on another; but il, on the contrary,
you see no light, rely on it that you your
self are the intended victim. In that case
lose not moment. Profit by the darkness
of the night and the swiftness of your horse.
Gain the frontier, and there plead your cause
as you sec fit. But permit me to tell you
that it is absurd to seek to justify yourself
against the imputation of an offence which
you have not committed; for where despot-
ism reigns, truth and justice are powerless." !"
Having expressed unbounded gratitude
to his tutelar saint, the traveller withdrew to
his hiding place. The suspicious of the
Cardinals agent proved well-grounded. No
light appeared at the window Of the turret !;
and at the expiration of an hour the tray
eler galloped off. He Immediately quilted
France and did not venture back until after
the death of the Cardinal.


On returning to his native country, his
first business was to visit the mn of Rouelle,
and to make inquiries respecting his bene-
factor, who, however, had not been heard of
for several years. He then related his adj
venture, which has since become local
tradition, and conferred celebrity on the inn
of Rouelle, known by the sign of the Che
val Blame The room in which the two
travellers dined is shown to this day, and is
called ''La sale de bon secours."
Year: 1863

From the Philadelphia Eoening Journal.


A Prayer for Peace.
Great Prince of Peace, to thee we pray,
The windows of thy sky unbar,
And send us rain of righteousness,


To stay the hand of civil war.
o! deign to hear our humble prayer,


Do thou forgive our sinful way,
Dispel the cloud that's hanging DER,


And cheer us with a brighter day.
o! may thy rainbow gild our sky,


From north to south, from east to west,
Send the glad tidings oer the land,


That we may be forever blest
Great Prince of Peace, thy power display,
And bid the angry passions cease,
0! bring the Union back again,


In one great bound of Love and Peace. .
Well upward look with eye of faith,


In this our hour of hope and fear,
And wait thy blessing to descend,


The joyful news of peace to hear.
Year: 1863

1le must submit Judges as well as others;
,nd if they do not, he must and ought to
make them.


But what we wish to ask men to remem-


1er is, who have caused this danger to our
liberty at home, if danger there be. and
Who arc TO be held to strict account for it?


Who don't know that if there had been no
rebellion none Of these things could or
would have taken placer The law and
the Constitution eeem to-day less safe
and. complete protection. here at home,
because traitors have attacked them in the
South, and malignant rebels have sworn to
overthrow and destroy them. That this is
the true source ofany danger there is, every
man must admit; and in confessing this, he
gives the true, safe, and indeed only way Of
removing the dangerforeye1, and restoring
to every citizen the defense and quad Of
every privilege and provision Of the Con-
stitution in all their force and activity. The
only way to accomplish this, to restore now
and protect for all time the most sacred
AtkA&o d1A P1AfuI5Co "a &A40 +AeAe~As s*"~SNA"
corpus, TRIAL by jury, freedom from arrests,
and all the other most precious and glorious
munimcnts Of personal freedom, is to put
down and crush out this REBELLION. While
the rebellion lasts none Of these are or can.
be safe; the longer its suppression is delay
ed the greater the danger to them, and men
seem to us crazed with fury, worse than
blind. mad and wild in their guilt, who
instead Of backing up the Government in
all its efforts to overthrow and destroy the
rebellion by civil law, by martial law, by
moral law, OF by any law, human or
divine, that promises to make clean
work. and Kill =; the deadly thing
utterly TURN against the authorities, re-
|: sist, deno1nce, and condemn, because indeed
military men do not act like civilians; be-
cause martial law does not observe the
forms Of proceedings usual in civil courts
because, perhaps, there Is no bail for rebel
prisoners, or jury trial on the battle field
The folly Of such conduct, its lack Of an
common sense, would make it simply ri.


diculous, did it not carry with it yast and
dreadful mischief and evil, for there arr
few men who are doing so. much n:
these to cripple the Government with ont


hand, and sustain the rebellion with th'
tfkAr
Year: 1863

ZAppropos to the rebel rebel raid
into Maryland, our Government has given
out word, in quiet way, that any prop
aty carried off or destroyed by them in
that State, shall be made good to the own-
/. ers thereof By selling the property OF the
seccssionists Of Maryland, and transferring
the proceeds TO the sufferers. 1t is said
that under these circumstances the Mary
land rebels are not anxious for visit from
their Southern brethren in arms.
Year: 1863

The Copperheads Of Brooklyn hare
been trying to get up peace meeting in
that city, The Brooklyn E4gze, the organ
Of the Copperheads, opposes the holding
ofthe meeting, for the reason that it would
not look well to talk about "peace" in the
east end Of the State, while the rebels are
marching through Pennsylvania toward
the west end, and may at any moment set
down in front Of Buffalo and demand its
surrender: This is good logic. and should
hold good so long as there is rebel in the
field, either North or South.
Year: 1863

We have no means of knowing the number oi
men raised for the Fifteenth and Sixteenth regi-
ments, or whether the number thus raised will
be credited to the State On the number called for
by the proposed draft of the 5th of January.


1t would seem that every man Of the number
assigned to our State by the General Govern
ment is expected, as We have no assurance that
there viii be no draft only as We fill our quota.
No respect will be paid the circumstances of our
people. or the ten fold sufferings they have given
the cause. But the patriotism of the people of
Kansas will not permit of complaining while a
rebel hand 10 raised As onerous as has been
the portion assigned to her. we must bear it
through to preserve untarnished the glorious
reputation she now enjoys.


Rare inducements are offered men to enlist.
Recruiting officers are hard at work for the
Sixteenth. Aside from the pecuniary induce
ments held out, State and personal pride unite
in urging all forward to the maintenance Of our
credit. Not far in the distance can be seen Q
plain glimmer Of Peace its rays are enlarging
and Frightening every day. and We think that .
twelve-month will not elapse before its brilliancy
will cover the land as the sun ct noon-tide. A
man enlisting in the Sixteenth can safely do so
with the expectation Of being discharged before
half his term of service expires. The officers Of
the Sixteenth have splendid regulations, and the
policy Of the regiment will be radical in the
most radical sense. Enlist in the Sixteenth.
Year: 1863

The Army of the Potomac has occupied about
the same position throughout this war as the
fifth wheel to wagon-being o weight to the
great machine, but no use. True, it has jolted
the Nation occasionally, but that it couldn't
increasing every day, and during the past three
months has been decided tax upon the patience
of the people. At times the telegraph startles US
with bOmbastic threats of an advance, but it all
speedily dies away, else We are informed of q
retreat In our innocence of military matters, We
have always been at loss to know why two
hostile armies could lay in camp for months
within sight Of each other without collision
1t looks about as ridiculous as it would were .
militia force called out to disperss a mob and
should stand looking at the bold front of the
outlaws without making an effort to scatter them.


But the country generally is acquiescing in
the trihing of this Army. Whether it is deemed
only q defensive arm We are unable to say,
though it would SCENE SO from the quiet into
which the press has been lulled regarding its
inactivity. From rresentappearances one would
judge that the rebellion is to be suppressed and
civil government restored to all the States, leav-
ing hostile army at the gates of the Capital to
be annihilated before peace reigns supreme. 1t
is unpleasant to see any one part of the work lag


The Army OF the Potomac ought to finish up
its work with the other arms of the Government.
But owing to its proximity to the focus of the
political buzzards, and the scarcity of uncon-
taminated material to direct it, such will proba-
bly, he too much TO expect Of it. 1t is evident
that it lie doing no good now, which we think
calls for q change. Its present commander has
done nothing-the credit Of Gettysburg belongs
to Hooker, as we think the circumstances. and
his previous and subsequent success proves
We believe that U. S. GRANT could lead that
army to victory and We have but little conf.
dence in any one else He has been the only
truly successful man of the war.
Year: 1863

THE PURPosE OF THE RAILROAD CoSrRAcroRs.-
We publish letter in another column from one
of these gentlemen, which declares the intention
Of the Company to run the road as far south as
they can, in order to accommodate the New Mex
leo and Colorado trade Should they adhere to
this notion, the road will certainly 60 out the
Smoky Hill. 1t will slightly spoil the prospects
concern.
Year: 1863

The dem ,nd Tor the hog product has been OF
moderate character. hut tor mess pork aud boz
meats holders have been hrm. and Tor the former
al advance was established Still at the close
tue market VAS quiet. and rather heavy Cor all
Year: 1863

We clip the following from Hon J.. j.
Crittenden's remarkable speech before


he Convention that nominated him for
Congress. 1t clearly shows that the spir-
it of patriotism still glows in Kentucky,
in spite of the factious course of her late
Congressman:


l am, therefore, for the prosecution of
the war until it shall have accomplished
its end, To the dissolution of this Union,
never will subscribe. am an Oldham,
and could scuffle out the few remaining
days of my life without being compelled
to sanction proposition for the disnem.
sberment of the Unions but, notwittstnnd-
ing, from principle, for the perpetuation
OF tree government, would prosecute
this war as long as there is rebel In
arms, threatening that Government. and
threatening Kentucky especially. The
rebel Government claims Kentucky as its
own, because some of her recreant sons
have gone off into its service. Yes, the
rebels say, we will have Kentucky any
how; it isn't worth while for her to
struggle You have therefore, something
more than general interest in this war !:
you have particular one. The South
wants you you have rich country, and
are prosperous; YOU can pay taxes; you
are soldierly, fighting people, and,lif
they can conquer you, you may be made
to serve them we'll What Kentuckian
will not say the war shall be prosecuted
to the last extremity by those who we're
born in ''the laud of fair women and
brave men 2" Great Cheers.1 tell
youlthe rebellion never shall, never can
sudIugate you, if you are determined they
shall not Applause. -,
Year: 1863

An Outrage. We learn from byslender
that yesterday afternoon just after High
School had been dismissed, several of the boys
attacked one Of their number, who wore an
ornament on his watch chain denominaied a
"Copperhead' and toro i OIL, breaking the
chain in two OF three places, This outrage
led TO further violence, and the fracas soon
spread among several boys blows being freely
exchanged between the belligerants.


It seems that, according to the Journal,
"some of the boys had been wearing butter.
nut breast-pins, much 10 the annoyance Of the
Union scholars, and this was the proyooa.
ton for the assault The man who wrote the
sentence we quote above, is bigger fool
than Blubbers colt, that didn't know how to
drink when offered water and he ought to be
fed by hand The Union boys were annoyed
were they And these set.disdm Union lads
have q right to regulate the tastes of their
comrades who differ from them, and enforce
their pretentions have they2 And the fellow
of the Journal encourages them in this
course of dictatioh aud violence


The boys who were induced to commit an
assault on one Of their comrades, Yesterday
evening, by such blatherers as the Journals
"Dunderhead, win he examined before the
Mayor in the morning.
Year: 1863

Vehicles We call the attention Of our
readers to the bill of Livery Stable prices,
published in another place A proper knowl-
edge Of this matter will prevent misunder-
standings Every one who reads the bill will
know just what buggy or carriage costs be-
fore going to stable
Year: 1863

Neither One or the Other --Skittles
says this climate is the meenest in the world,
as It won't stay one thing a whole day We
did not have any winter, and up to the present
writing, it looks as though we wouldn't have
amy spring, It is our impression that the re-
cent winter, although tolerably moderate, was
heavy enough for practical annoyance. And
we have hopes that spring will be around in
short timej and Il skittles will have 1t
tic patience he will be able to "see it, skit-
tlos digestion is not ght
Year: 1863

Jumbling 1t may be Of little practical
importance whether proper names are mis-
spelled IN a newspaper al the rate Of about
every other one printed, bat it is in very bad
taste--socally and geographically Indeed
this jumbling of proper names is provoking
as its perpetration approximates home
For instance the King of the Cannibal ls.
lands holds grand powwow with his Reli-
able Man.Eatera, and in giving an account
Of the affair an gnoramus at the Journal
o0iee in this city incorrectly spells the names
Of the King and bis council, The bolchery
would not greatly concern the amiable vic
tins at their distance away and il would
make little difference here, where the prac-
dce is characteristic But suppose the igno-
ramus we have indicated should he engaged
on the Kings Official Paper al Canabalia,
instead Of on the Journal and he shosid
mutilate the proceedings OF the grand pow
WOW, he would doubtless be summarily divest-
ed Of his life, and be promptly served up in
lunch on the King table, his head furnish
ing the moek-turtle for the occasion That's
about the relative difference the same per
formanee would make, en


We don't know how the Union League
and other folks peculiarly affected with ire
pressible political lOngings hereabOuts-relish
our ootemporarys reckless and perverse
jumbling of names familiar as household
words = but we hope they will not be i'm
PEELED from feeling Of annoyance, or de-
termination to prevent recurrence of sim
liar indignities, to adopt the unpleasant re-
course which his CAnnibal Majesty would
certainly take under half the pFovoeation.
Year: 1863

The ATLANTIC OCEAN. - The At
lantic Ocean includes an area of
100000 square miles. Suppose
an inch of rain to fall upon only one
fifth Of this vast expanse it would
weigh $50, 100000 tons, and the salt
which as water is held in solution in
the sea, and which, when the water
was taken up as vapor, was lett be-
hind to disturb the equilibrium,
weighed 100000 more tons, or
nearly twice as much as all the ships
in the world could carry at cargo
each. 1t might fall in day but
occupy what time it might 10 falling
this rain is calculated to exert much
force-which is inconceivably great
in disturbing the equilibrium of
the ocean. If all the water discharg-
ed by the Mississippi River during
the year we're taken upin one mighty
measure and cast into the ocean at
an effort, it would not make great
er disturbance in the equilibrium OF
the sea than the fall of rain supposed.
And yet, so gentle are the operations
of nature that movements so vast are
unperceived.
Year: 1863

Francis P. Blair, the father Of the
present Post-Master General, spoke
as follows in powerful editorial
article in the Washington Globe,
when he was ite editor, in the days
of Jackson's administration. Hear
him.


"Under no possible emergency.
not even in civil insurrection, or amid
the throes Of civil war, can this COVER
nment Justify official interference with
the freedom Of speech, or Of the press
any more than it can with the free
dom Of the ballot. The licentious-
ness Of the tongue and Of the pen is
a minorevil compared with the liceD-
tiousness Of arbitrary power.
Year: 1863

.w- Among the volunteer Ethiops from
Lake Providence was one who said he was
S Methodist preacher, and wanted the posi-
ton Of chaplain to his colored brethren in
arms. He received a temporary appoint
ment and forthwith commence a vigorous
prosecution Of prayers and sermons. In
his first discourse he illustrated the all see
ing attribute of the Divine nature by the
following apt and original simile:


'Breden--I tell you de Lord is like a
mouse in hollow log. He see you and You
can't see him, case his eyes is smaller and
more stronger'n yours. He can peep troo
de holes in the log, and you don't know
he's dar, till all Of sudden We hear him call
out yer name, as war de case with Samwell
of old. Bretrsn, if you does right, you
needn't care if de Lord gifts behind every
log, so long as you have conscience void
of defense"
Year: 1863

GooD.BY TO GoD.--We do not just now
remember who it was that first said "God
made the country, man the city" If there
are any places on earth FROM which God is
thoroughly banished. they are to be found
in the great city. This leads the way to
the following story:


A child aged three years was witnessing
preparations for a trip into the city, and got
quite excited at the idea. She had been
looking on to see her little things packed in
the trunk, and her head was full of the
matter On being called to say her prayers
before going to bed, she went through the
recital very sweetY, and at the close she
added, with the utmost simplicity Now,
good-by Mr.. God, Pm going to Boston in
the morning, to be gone two weeks