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Year: 1864




Liquor Sales and Government Quarters


I was sorry to hear it whispered, as
passed down street on Friday. evening
that the restrictions on the sale of
spirituous liquors had been modified
as to admit of more free sale. I
met several drunken men on Saturday
ovening-one fell on the street-others
came near getting into a serious row.
There arc so many people in Nashville
that comfort is barely possible when all
are quiet and sober But there are
many here who love to give free swing
to their appetites, and if permitted,
they VIII do 50 to the annoyance of the
whole city.


Besides, there are thousands Of young
men here who are disposed 10 be tenn
perate, who may, if surrounded by
drunken associates, be ruined trust
the authorities viii reconsider their ae-
ton in regard TO this matter


Another word The Quarters furn-
ished to some Of our carpenters and Ia
borers are not sufficient for the number
Of men assigned to them They are
too much crowded. The emanations
from 50 many contiguous bodies and
lungs befoul the air and breed pesti-
lence Can we not here find the reason
why so many are sick ?


It would be more healthful sleeping
out OF doors under the bending blue,
than where tho air which ought to
purify tho blood and inyigorate the
body, bat corrupts the one, and debili-
tates the other. As It is, many who
would labor patiently and faithfully for
months, could they have pure air to
breathe at night, get sick and 90 home
in q few days or weeks. Who is re
sponsibIe?


In the present state Of things it is ne
cessary to economic space, yet, it is no
advantage to the government to 50
quarter men in its employ, that, per
consequence, they shall either DO un-
well and partially unfit for duty, or
sick and totally unfit. Would not
economy suggest the providing Of am
pie quarters at once2


MT VERSoN


Nashville, April 70, 1864
Year: 1864

The following States will hold their
annual elections before the great contest
for the Presidency tskes place. AS the
result Of these elections will tend to in-
dicate the state Of parties, and in great
measure to foreshadow the fnal action Of
the people in November on the question
of tie Ca'vf II tgistracy of the nation,
the returns viii be looked for ibis year
with uDusual interest. We give the vote
in esch State at the two last elections,
that those deeply interested may make
their calculations and study in advance
their chances of success
Year: 1864

DGA, Lincolns late declaration that ba
Will only end the war on the basis of the
freedom OF the Negro is satisfactory to tn.
Office holders and Spectators of the war.
but to thepoor man who is robbed of bis
money or dragged from his family, to be
slaughtered fo- the negro, it stands in the
light of an unmitigaod crime.


We have heard life long republicans
lately declare that Lincoln should never
again receive their vote.
Year: 1864

If all our hopss,i ,iand all our fears,


Were prlsonod in lifo's narrow bon nd
IL travellers through this valo of tears,
We saw no better world beyond
On what could check the rising sigh
What earthly thing could pleasure give
Oh J whowould venture then, to die
Or who would venture thcn-to live
Were life dark and desert moor.


Where mists and clouds eternal spread
Their gloomy veil behind, before,


And tempests thunder overhead
Where not sunbeam breaks the gloom.
And not fiowerct smilcs beneath,
VINO would exist in suCh-in such tomb
Who dwell in darkness and in death
Ana such were life without the ray


or our divine religion given1
'Iis this that makes our darkness day,


'1'is this that makes our earth a heaven
Bright is the golden sun above,


And beautiful The flowers that bloom,
And all is joy, and all is love,


Reflected from the world to come
Year: 1864

But early in 1868 new system for the
raising cf troops was established by act ol
Congress This was system of conscrip-
ton, Che word and the idea being borrow
ed from the French, y and was without ex-
ample in the history of the United States


Passing by the State authorities and by
the clauses of the Constitution above men.
toned, it put the General Government in
direct communication with the whole arms.
bearing population of the country, and as.
sumed for the General Government exclu.
siVo and absolute control over the whole
proceeding of raising troops. The valid.
ty of this enactment has been questioned


and it is one of the debalable points which
belong to the history OF the war, For it
has been argued with much Of force and
reason that the power Of Congress TO raise
armies although 9 general power is not un-
limited, and that laws of conscription by
it arc not Unnecessary and proper" when the
forces required can be raised with perfect


certainty and convenience from the militia
Of the States under the provisions of thu
Constitution above cited, But, passng
this point, the inquiry arises, why was the
former system involving State co.opera
| tion abandoned, and new and question:
Year: 1864

FRosT-For the first time since last
spring there was heavy frost last night
The effects Of it upon the foliage Of the
trees is very apparent. Well, it is time for
frosts. Our farmers have great reason to be
thankful that all their crops have had
abundant time to mature before any such
visitation.
Year: 1864

The other day little Sunset Cox felt the
spirit move him to say over again his little
speech about anna gamation. Notwith-
standing the Democratic party in the South
have manufactured half million mulattos,
Cox persists in charging that amalgamation
as leading tenet among the Republicans
But little Cox got picked up in his ANAL
gamation recitatons in Congress the other
day, which is thus described by an eye wit
ness: ....-r


Little Mr.. Samuel Cox felt called upon
to day to express his views on the Naval
Appropriation bill, by making speech ou
amalgamation, which, lie said, was the
leading dogma of the Administration party.
He was especially severe upon the class
of men WHO were constantly Gaining the
negro man and brother.


While he was charging amalgamation on
the Administration side, Mr.. Washburne
sought to inturrupt him, but tlr Cox very
fatty refused to yield. The moment be sat
down NJ, Washburne got the floor, armed
with small volume, sometimes seen in
political campaigns in the Columbu district,
known as A Buckeye Abroad He said
he was delighted to hear Mr.. Cox's speech
again .s... -a.s-:-s.e.


He had heard it many times here, and
was always pleased with it, but from the
late Ohio election he feared he would never
have an opportunity to hear it again. ln.
the meantime, although the Administration
was not quite willing to 60 its length on
the amalg nation and negro brotherhood
as the gentleman had intimated, yet he was
very glad to be able to produce another
Year: 1864

10 hear men who have never read the
Constitution, and never heard il read, rant,
ing about it's violation


To hear men who never did DAYS la
Dor in their lives howhng about the influx
of negroes, and its injustice to the white
laborers


To hear men rave about the Presidents
violation of the Constitution, who are so
utterly stupid or kuavish that they have
never ascertained that the rebellion is in
violation of the Constitution.


To hear men who care not for law-for
God nor man-and who live in daily viola.
ton of law, pra:ing about law.


To hear men who, were they South, would
be treated as the poorest and meanest white
trash taunted as 'mudsills,' greasy me-
chanics, &c, upholding the very men who
SO degrade labor and despise those who do
not own negroes.


To hear them justifying Jeff Davis and
the South, who have not the manhood and
decency to go South and seek home which
they like so we'll


To hear a man who loves slavery more
than his country or freedom.
To hear drunken, leprous. thickheaded,
gaunt-looking libel upon manhood, bech-
Ing ont abolition.


To hear man talking about peace and
| compromise after ne has been kicked and
spit upon by the South ~ OStspgO Times.
Year: 1864

Now, men of the North! will you join in the strife
For country, for freedom for honor, for life9
The giant grows blind in his fury and spite
One blow on his forehead will settle the fghti
Flash full in his eyes the blue lightning of steel,
And stun him with cannon-bolts, peal upon peal!
Mount, troopers. and follow your game to its lair
As the hound tracks the wolf and the beagle the hare
Blow, trumpets your summons, till sluggards awakei
Beat drums, TIL the roofs of the fanthearted shakel
Yet. yet, ere the signet is stamped on the SCROLL
Their names may be traced onthe blood-sprnked roln
Trust not the false herald that painted your shield;
True honor to dag must be sought on the field!
Her 'scutchen shows white with a blazon of red
The hfe-drops of crimson for liberty shedl
The hour is at hand, and the moment draws night
The dog-sar of treason grows dim in the skyl
Shine forth from the battle cloud light Of the morn,
Call back the bright hour when the nation born
The rivers of peace through valleys shall run,
As the glaciers of tyranny melt in the sun;
Smte smte the proud parricde down from his throne,
His sceptre once broken, the world is own


Atlantic Monthly.
Year: 1864

now and then, and see what we are
doing, or leaving undone, so that We
may be more careful; to reckon up our
greater in number than the
sands upon the seashore-so that we
may be more thankful; to call to re-
membrance our many sins, so that we
may be more humble, more tender
hearted and forbearing towards others,
and more grateful to our Saviour Je-
sus Christ i-Isd6eL
Year: 1864

THE RIGHT MUST WIN.
o, it is hard to work for God,
To rise and take his part
Upon this battlefield of earth, ...........
And not sometimes lose heart.
He hides himself so wondrously,
As though there was no God;
He Is least seen when all the powers
OF earth are most abroad
Or he deserts US in the hour
The fight is all but lost @ t
And seems to leave us to ourselves
just when we need him most.
1t is not so, but so it looks,
And We lose courage then;
And doubts will come, if God hath kept
His promises to men.
Soldier of God, o, lose not heart,
But learn what God ie like,
And in the darkest battlefield
Thou shalt know where to strike.
For right is might. since God is Cod
And rghtth day must win;
To doubt would be dIsloyalty-
To falter would be sin.


Army d Macy Hmm Book
Year: 1864

By the Lesvenvorth dailies Of the 10th
inst, We have the complete report of the
action Of the Baltimore Convention
Abraham Lincoln is re-nominatsd for Pres
ident, and Gov. Andy johnson for the
Vice Presidency. The nominations will be
hailed With joy all over the country. There
is nothing that would tend to strengthen
and revive the rebellion now 90 much IS
the defeat and repudiation Of Abraham
Lincoln. The Fremont faction and the
peace democracy are working hand in hand
to accomplish the same result; and the sue
cess of either will neutralize and destroy
all that has been accomplished towards sup
pressing the rebellion. The large majority
Of the Republicans Of Morris county are
unconditionally for Lincoln. A few, how.
ever, with the editor of the Press at their
head, can find no words of sympathy and
support for the Administration, but are
constantly fault finding and maguifying its
mistakes and errors.


Examine the Council Grove Press of the
last nine months, and see if the tendency
Of its editorials and extracts do not tend to
disparage and weaken the Government in
the eyes of the people.


Where this faction in Morris county will
land is hard to tell. judging from the com.
plexion of the central committee got up at
the bogus mass convention at the school
house. We should as soon expect them to
crawl upon the Mcclellan platform as any
other. At all events, the editor of the
Press seems to be bidding high for Demo
cratic votes.
Year: 1864

LOOK OUT FOR RAIDS INTO KANSAS.


The best way in the world to invite
guerrilla raids into Kansas is to encourage
lawless men to steal stock and run it into
tho country for sale. BY SO doing, you be-
get feeling of revenge, and when town
or neighborhood becomes the receptacle Of
contraband Texian cattle and stolen Chefo-
kee ponies, rest assured that if there should
be raid made into the State, such town
would be the fret one to suffer. It is q
notorious fact that large herds Of Southern
cattle have been driven into the vicinity Of
Council Grove, and have quietly passed into
the hands of citizens of the town, and by
them driven off for sale at Lcavenworth
and other places. Cherokee ponies may be
seen on the streets here every few days for
sale by the dozens. Now this is all wrong,
and should be stopped. We call upon the
military authorities to protect US by putting
a stop to this disreputable business.
Year: 1864

With feelings of gratitude we hoist the names
Of ABRAHAx LrscoLS and ANDREW JOHNSON, and
pledge our earnest support Gratitude. because
in the unanimity of their selection we find good
cheer for the cause of Union and Liberty. Pride
too. in having such noble standard-besren in
the mighty conflict of ballots, upon the result
Of which hangs the destiny of freemen for ages
TO come. The friends of the Union haye indeed
cause to be thankful that all apprehensions of q
serious division in its ranks have passed away
and that they are fully aliye tn the incalculable
importance of the campaign just opened.


If GRANT does not destroy and scatter to the
winds the armies of the Rebellion by next No.
vember. the people Of the loyal States will give
the blow, in the reelection of ABRAHAM LINCOLN
which will dampen the ardor and PROSTATE their
power. That united people should endorse
and urge forward the President, is admitted by
all to be the healing salve of the Nation. And
the fact that the insurgents are encouraged by
Copperhead sympathy in the North to hold out
10 conclusive that the verdict of the people next
November if that verdict be in favor of LINCOLN,
will bring US q speedy and permanent peace.
1t is now left with the people which they shall
choose.


Our standard bearers could not be excelled
among our whole people. Their whole iyes
have been devoted to the people and their Gov.
erument. Both reared by their own exertions
from the humber walks of life, their energies
will be devoted to building up the cause of the
peorle. Both endowed by the Almighty with
more than ordinary honesty, integrity. and high
moral and personal worth, and above all repre-
senting the living principles Of Right. we enter
the canvass with an abiding confidence in their
success.


ABRAHAM LINCOLN has governed US for four
years successfully, amid unparalleled difficult
ties, calling for the exercise of extraordinary
wisdom and abilities. That his trustworthness,
20 exempli6ed by bis past actions, is necessary
in the reconstruction of the Government, we have
urged as principal reason for his reelection.


ANDREW JOHNSON, our nominee for Vice Presi-
dent, is one whose honest loyalty and unHinch-
ing devotion to the Government has made famil-
lar to everybody. He is true man, and we
think his history proves him to be an extraordi-
nary one. Without education, he has worked
himself from under the ban of the Southern
social system-which regards laboring men as
"white trash and successively through the
Legislative and Gubernatorial offices to the hon.
orable position of United States Senator. This
position he resigned at the commencement of
the war to accept the Military Governorship of
Tennessee In this capacity he has fought the
rebels with an iron nerve, saving to the Govern
ment the most important Border State, and in
curing the bitter hatred of rebels and their allies
Mr.. Johnson always acted with the Democratic
party. But upon the outbreak of rebellion. he
forgot that. and struck vigorous blows, not hesi-
tating at Slavery. He is now thoroughly anti
slavery.
Year: 1864

TEE BAyoNEr CHARGE. army
and Nary Gazetts, &C., of June 4th,
gives the following practical suggestions
on that subject. They may be found
useful:


at is a general rule in the service of
Her Majesty, as well as throughout the
armies OF Enrope, that troops, before
charging with the bayOnet, should fire a
volley, in order to throw confusion into
the ranks of the enemy, az well as.lo
cause smoke for them to advance un.
der The advantage over the present
system would be n-fold were the rear
| rank alone to fire, the front rank re
| naming at the shoulder till the word to
| charge be given, and then firing from the
hip as they crossed bayohets wlth the


enemy Such a fire could not but De


nfest efiectual; for it requires neither


aim nor skill of any kind-in fact, no


thing but mere pressure on the ing


ger-to insure the result being most
deadly, it being an impossibllity that


n bullet can miss when the rifle


is. not three feet from the enemy


When the men fire, they would be able


to act instantaneOusly after the volley,
, and therefore there would not be sufti
| cient time for the gaps causcdsby the
| fire to be filled up in the ranks OF the
e enemy, and consequently there Would b'
: a greater certainty of putting them t.


confusion. AtpreSent, from the smok,


and confusion likely to take place at
, period Immediately preceding charge
the men are unable to take that accu
!. rate aim, without which the rifle Is use
less. The bayonct would be much NOR
5 effective when preceded by fire as Ger
I tain as it is deadly. AT present an en-
, emv has at least some three or four mlr
e utcs to right itself after receiving lnehec
: tual fire The most simple plan mus


be the best, and nothing can be NOR


simple than that which requires ne''ne ,,
. aim nor skill OF any kind beyond III
, | power of pressing the trigger and at
yancing on the enemy
Year: 1864

The most daring act Of modern times y the
successful march of Sherman's grand army
through the oheart Of the enemy's country.
twill hand his name down to posterity as one
of the greatest commanders in the worlds his
tory. We cannot do more acceptable ser
vice fol. our readers than to lay before them
the following review of his grand campaign,
condensed from the special correspondent Of
the New York Times: u st&f3 n
Year: 1864

1t is proud vindication of the wis
dom and ability Of Governor Smith and
Adjutant General Washburn, that the
Governor of Massachusetts has adopted
In every particular the method pursued
in this State for raising the militia. The
latter acknowledges that it is the best
system he has any knowledge Of This
is the second instance in which Cover
nor Andrew has adopted q system put
in practice by our authorities."
Year: 1864

To thwart any operations on our part


to still further extend our left beyond


the Savannah river, and seize the Union


causeway (the only apenae left open to the
rebels to escape, If they shall conclude to
adopt that as a last resort,) Hardee has
sent over q pretty strong force to hold


the position and prevent it from falling


into our hands. Whether General Sher-
man proposes to to take the line of re-


treat or not, / am not in position to
say. 1t is not improbable that other
points may be found to cut that line; /;
and meanwhile, Hardee, by extending
his lines, has weakened his front around
the city proper. His force Is variously
estimated at from fifteen to twenty thou
sand men, OF whom only five thousand
are old soldiers, the balance being
Georgia militia, consisting Of old men
and boys. Gen. Sherman can run over his
works and carry them by storm at
Year: 1864

WEAR SMILE.-Which will you do,
smile and make others happy, or be cross,
and make everybody around you misera-
BILE: You can live among beautiful
flowers and singing birds, or in the miro,
surrounded by fogs and frogs. The
amount of happiness you can produce is
incalculable, if you will show smiling
face, a kind heart, and speak pleasant
words. On the other hand, by sour looks,
cross words, and fretful disposition, you
can make hundreds unhappy almost be-
yond endurance. Which will you do :
Wear pleasant countenanceI let JOY
beam in your eye, and let love glow on
your forehead: There is no JOY SO great
as that which springs from kind act or
pleasant deed, and you may feel it at
night when you rest, and at morning
when you rise, and through the day when
about your business.
Year: 1864

EAnIr R1sIso.-There is no time spent
so stupidly as that which inconsiderate
people pass in the morning between sleep.


ing and waking. He who is awake may
be at work or at plsy; he who is asleep
is receiving the refreshment necessary to
fit him for action; but the hours spent in
doing and slumbering are wasted, with
out either pleasure OF profit. The sooner
you leave your bed the schooner you will
be confined to it, for early rising condu-
ces to healthfulness. When old people
have been examined in order to ascertain
the cause of their Longevity, they have
uniformly agreed In one thing only, that
they "all went to bed and all rose early"
Year: 1864

DIscRErIoN.-There are more shining
qualities in the minds Of men, but there is
none so useful as discretion; it's this, which
gives value to all the rest, which sets them
at work in their proper times and places, and
turns them to the advantage Of the person
who possesses them. Without it, learning
pedantry, and wit is impudence; virtue i.
self looks like weakness; the best paris only
qualify man to be more sprightly IN errors
and active to his own prejudice.
Year: 1864

ANIcporE. = Towards the close Of the
revolution, the owners OF the North Church
in New Haven, sent to Boston for nails to
make repairs with, when one Of the kegs
sent in return for the order was found to con-
tain Spanish dollars. The deacons wrote 10
the Boston merchant that there was au error
in shipping the goods; but he answered that
the nails were sold as he bought thSm from
privateersman, and he could not rectiiy
mistakes. So the silver was melted up and
made into service of plate for the church,
where it is in use at the present day.
Year: 1864

A DurcHI1N, who was troubled with the
toothache, determined TO have the offender
extracted but there being no dentist near,
he rrsolN q 70 do the JOB himself 30 he
filled the excavation with powder, but being
afraid 20 touch it off, put slow match to 1t,
and then run to get out Of the way.
Year: 1864

A DvICE TO THB AUTHORIZATIONS DIS


n PARDS Female Pills are The only medic ne ladies' can
depend with safety and certainty Can be sent BY mail


y B-iades who dssre to avail themse YES of Madame
Despard vauab certain and safe mode Of ment
do interview Relief warranted twenty four
hours Residence l0l Sixth avenue opposite ri hh
La taken during confn with the best medical At