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Year: 1863

To IMPROVE HARD TMEs.--A successful busl-
ness man who has tried IL, writes with regard to
ADVERTISING" Give me the field when few ud.
yerisers occupy it, aud | care not how hard tho
times are ltpays me at all times, and especially
it pays me when most OF the business men in my
line have taken their hooks out of the water,
thinking no bites are to be had" That is the
truth exactly As we'll might fish swim with
out fins, a woman talk without tongue, or dog
bark without waging his tail ,as for man to make
money in these days without advertising.
Year: 1863

WAsmNGToN.-The great Lord Chancellor Er.
skine thus addressed Washington on his retire
ment from the Presidency:


81 have taken the liberty to introduce your
august and immortal name in sentence which
is to be found in the book send you. | have a
large and valuable acquaintance among the most
valued and exalted classes of men, but you are
the only human being for whom / ever felt an
awful reverence. | pray God to grant long
and serene evening to life so gloriously devot
ed to the universal happiness of the world"


Phillips, the great British orator, expressed
himself as follows:


" 1t matters but little what immediate spot
may be the birth place of such a man as Wash
ington. No people can claim no country can
appropriate him-the boon of Providence to the
human race. Though it was the defeat of our
arms and disgrace of our policy, almost bless
the convulson in which he had his origin. II
the heavens Numbered and the earth rocked
when the storm passed how pure was the climate
how bright in the brow of the armament was The
planet which was revealed to us? In the pro
duction of Washington it does really appear tC
me rs if nature was endeavoring to improve
upon herself, and that all the virtues of the an.
cient world were but SO many studies preparato
10 the patriot Of the new"
Year: 1863

HERE is little specimen of the result OF Black
Republican rule. The Republican Governor
Morgan, in surrendering the rens Of government
to Seymour, his successor, addressed him as fol-
lows:


As, however, you will be scrupulOusly careful
in relation to whatever concerns the honor or the
interest of the State, | know it will be gratifying
for you to be assured that its credit never stood
higher; that It's funded debt is rapidly diminish
ing that its principal and interest have been
promptly paid in coin that the public funds are
ample for every proper demand on them that
the surplus revenues of the canals have increased
from $500, 900 in 1858 to 100000 in 1862, and
that taxation may be largely reduced the present
year, and this when scarcely less than quarter
of million Of our people are voluntarily en-
gagged in the military service OF our country. or
such state and such a record ~e may we'll be
proud.


GEORGE WAsHINGroN wrote to Governor iona
than Trumbul, of Connecticut, in November,
l775, as follows:


"As it is very apparent that we have nothing
to depend upon in the present contest but our
own strength, care, frmness and union, should
not the same measures be adopted in your and
every other Government on the continent!-
Would ii not be prudent to seize on the Tories
who have been, are. and we know will be active
against US? Why should persons who are prey
ing upon the vitals of their country be suffered
to skulk at large. while we know they will do us
every mischief in their powerl These. sir, are
points beg leave to submit to your serious con
sderatiOn."


That doctrine, carried into practical effect
here to-day, would fill our Bastiles" " with
sympathizers with the Slavehoders' Rebellion as
thev MAYER have been filled vet
Year: 1863

Parson Brownlow, in letter from Wash.
ington to the CINCINNATI Commercial writes


give it as my, opinion that we can't fight
a successful battle In the vicinity of Washing
ton. Commanding generals are here forced
TO Yield themselves up to the guidance of the
weak and ultra, and to set of men who know
uothing about military affairs. Political af-
fairs oharlatans and one-idea radicals pitch in
and cry On to Richmond |" thus sacrificing
thousands in the field who bring their lives
as an offering for their country.


The spectacle of SO many Union generals
quarrelng among themselves at time like
the present is disgraceful one for the country
to contemplate. am willing, and SO are the
people to make fair and reasonable allowance
for professional jealousy, but the constant
charging and recrimnation of military lead
ers leads the people, to suspect that Ell
ther the qualification of their vanity is mat
ter of more Importance than beating the reb-
els, or that they themselves dsire to Keep out
Of q fight, as a means of personal security.
There are now no less than SIX major-generr
ais whose conduct is the subject of courts Of
inquiry, and others are talked of. Nc c.Clellan
is, it is alleged, the only general who has
been deposed from command without de-
manding court of inquiry, and all parties
are applauding him for it. The people are
sick Of all these quafrels, and feel that there
is no time now for listening to the dis
putes of these captious officers. I say bring
their internal squabbles to close, and send
them into the field to fight rebels and if they
have no stonachs Cor this, let them resign, so
that the government may no longer have
to pay their high salaries. @
Year: 1863

What man, is happy when comes on
The long and dreary winter,
Oh listen and I'll tell you friends
lis he who pays the printer.


"a 81 20
When round the cheerful fire he sits
In the cold and dreary winter;
"Dear wife," he says, the night is cold
But have paid the printer
And though It's little have paid,
1t was his due this winter;
IT'S all 1 owe, twas his just right
Who could forget the printer2"
Oh could each man in town say this
In spring-in summer-winter;
How happy then would one and all
Be when they pay the printer.
Then let US pay up all our debts
Ere the approach of winter;
Pay all you owe and never forget
That useful man-the printer.
Year: 1863

BY cRITIcUs.
Oh never more shall have peace-
Peace for this weary breast,
Until my heart shall cease to beat,
And calmly sink to rest.
Oh! how much longer must stay
Repentant, forced to roam,
Der earth weary fugitive,
Without friend or home.
Oh! why am I cast out by man,
And why accursed by God
Why am / doomed to wander yet
Beneath His chastening rod.
Is there no peace this side the grave,
To weary mortals given7
How sweet it is we all may have
Eternal rest in Heaven.
Bethany, 1863.
Year: 1863

DEcHERD, TENN, Atgua 2, 1868


DEAR UNION :--Having nothing TO do.
this pleasant summer morning, 1 cast my
thoughts around me for a ready means
of killing time, and driving dull care a.
way; and thought struck me, | will
write letter to our good friend, the
editor of the Naslville Union, and let
him know that we fully appreciate his
efforts in the cause Of freedom and reform
Now, friend Mercer, whatever others
think of the stand you have taken, for
right in the Union, the soldiers Of this
army fully appreciate your efforts, and
can only wish that every paper that pro-
fesses loyalty was as true and outspoken
as yourself You may deem this all
fattery but tell you the soldiers in the
field have no sympathy with oonseryat-
lem; it is regarded here as evidence Of
cowardice or treason. Conservative n
who but the traitor or coward, would
dare to assume such position; when our
country and nation is struggling for ex-
istence, every principle of manhood and
right calls upon our people TO sustain our
government We shudder when we con-
template even for momentits overthrow
aud turn from the dread picture of an
archy, bloodshed and ruin, with our heart
ste led with determination 20 never lay
down our arms until the last foe of Am
erican freedom has been exterminated, or
the last loyal arm is chilled and paralyz-
ed by death.


Seeing as We do the full meaning Of
the battle that is raging before and a.
round us, is it any wonder that we abhor
and hate the party and men who are
willing to surrender the glorious truths
Of freedom, and kneel to the slave power
to purchase peace, that from the very
nature of the struggle would be transi.
tory and tleeting, and would he followed
by deeper and darker scenes Of blood
and ruin. No sir, we cannot afford ia
give up this contest. Too much precious
blood has been shed-toO many Of our
comrades have proven their loyalty by
their lives, TO allow us TO abandon the
struggle. The systems of freedom and Of
slavery are upon their trial to-day, the
Judge the God of the Universe, the Jury
the American people, the oounsellors thV
bullet aud the bayonet; and so long as .
hand is able TO lift weapon, we will con.
tinue to battle with the robbery ant
wrong Of human bondage, Of which The
Southern Confederaoy is but the represen.
tative aud embodiment


Such are the feelings Of the soldierI
in the field. Let us settle the question
for all time, and bury the demon Of slAy'
cry forever, that no future war may here
after arise TO curse posterity; letus leavl
this country free one, cost what /
may Of blood and tears; We know wha
it has cost already for slavery; we know
what our nation must pay il We preseryr
il in the future, and with our eyes fullI
open, we declare our intentions OF max
ing this nation free one, even if to d.
50 leaves the South desert wilder thar
when the red man first rOamed through
Year: 1863

THERE is town out West where the peo-
pie luve lived so long on pork, that they
are beginning to contract some of its hab.
its. When neighbor dies, they lay him
out as they do hog, with a corn cob in
his mouth.
Year: 1863

and held him in that position while you
drew the smaller one with which you shot
} hi,nr


P. Yes, sir.


j. Gentlemen of the Jury, you have
heard what the prisoner says If his
statement were true, you will perceive
that the larger bullet should have been
found in the body Of his wife and the
lesser in the body of his servant. The
public prosecutor will place the weapons
and bullets in your hands, and you will
be able to see for yourselves that the bull
let extracted from the male deceased will
not enter the smaller pistol; consequent
ly, the prisoner has stated that which
cannot by any possibility be true.


The. confidence of the prisoner on hear.
ing this entirely deserted him, and he
sank down on the floor as though he were
merely heap Of clothes. A chair was
brought, into which he was lifted, and as
soon as he had recovered his senses a
little the medical men were recalled and
sworn anew, and gave evidence in conir-
nation of what had been stated by the
Judge. The jury again retired, but the
impression seemed general that they
must find the prisoner guilty. Their de-
liberation was very short, and merely
turned on the question whether they
should admit cxtenuating circumstances,
which, after few minutes consultation.
they decided in the negative. They then
returned to the box, and delivered their
verdict of guilty, and the Judge passed
sentence accordingly. At this very in
slant, can imagine see the convict's
face on the paper on which am writing,
as he looked round the Court at tho nu-
dience. Nothing but Implying looks met
him in whatever direction he turned his
head Ladies who must have often list
ened to his batteries with pleasure, for
he had a reputation for gallantry, now
regarded him scornfully. Had he killed
his wife from jealousy, they would have
had certain sympathy and admi-
ration for him but now that they saw in
him only the murderer who had destroyed
his wife for so vulgar motive as money,
they deSpised hIm and showed it. Sud
denly the prisoner sprang upon the ledge
placed there for the convenience Of priSo-
ners who had papers to consult, who
wished to take notes, which ran along
the front of the dock in which he was
standing, and with shrill cry, plunge
head downward or the stone floor The
crash was sickening, and the screams Of
the women heightened the painfulness Of
the scene. The convict was scnseless
when picked up, and remained so for
many hours, but he had only inflicted
torture upon himself unnecessarily, for he
recovered, and underwent his sentence in
q manner prescribed by the Judge.
Year: 1863

The IDOL "SUCCEss. Success is a
hideous affair enough Men are taken
in by its spurious resemblance to merit.
In the eyes Of the multitude, to get on
has much the same profile as to be abso-
lutely the best. Success, that pretender
to talent, has one dupe-hiStory. Juvenal
and Tacitus are the only ones who kick
at it. In the present day it keeps at its
beck kind Of official philosophy, which
wears the livery of success and dances at
tendence in its antechamber. Get on !;
and what follows? To be in clover is to
be clever. You win at lottery, and
you are set down as an able man. 1t is
the winner who is worshipped. Be born
with silver spoon and your fortunes
made. Have but luck, and the rest won't
lag behind. Be but fortunate, and you
will be Thought great With Eve or six
immense exceptions, which are the glory
of an age, the admiration of cotempora-
ries is mere weakness Of sight. Gliding
goes for gold. Where you came from
matters nothing; where you get to, is all
in all. The vulga is an elderly Narcis-
sus, in love with himself and -applauding
what is vulgar. Those faculties of enor-
nous power by virtue of which man is
a Moses, an Eschylus, Dante, Mich,
ael Angelo, or Napoleon, are awarded
by the multitude lat one CO." and by
acclamation, to any one who makes a


ood hit in no matter what Let an at
torney turn himself Into deputy. sham
Corneille write Tiridates, eunnch be.
come professor hareIn, a military
Prudhomme gain by accident the decisive
battle Of the day, an apOthecary invent
soles of pastcboard for the army of Sam.
bre et-Mcusc, and with this pasteboard
which he sells for leather, make himself
an income Of 100000 francs; let a mau
with pack on his back take Usury to
wife and bring her to bed of seven or
eight millions, Of which he is father and
she the mother; let a preacher whine
himself into bishop, let the steward of
well to-do family be so rich on leaving
his place as to be made Minister Of
Finance-men give all this the name of
Genius, just as they gave the name of
Beauty to the face of Mousqueton and
that of Majesty to the neck and shoulders
of Claude. They mistake for the stars of
the armament the slays which a duck
makes as it paddles about in the soft mud
Of boggy ground Les Miserables.
Year: 1863

Information Wanted Mrs Susan Case,
a soldiers widow, left her little girl, Eyeline,
aged two years, with man named John
Williams at the time living in Carrolton, in
this county while she went on visit On
her return, she found that Williams had
moved away, and taken with him her child.
He left Carroltou about the first of August
last, since which time all her enquiries and
Efforts to learn Of his whereabouts, or of her
child, have proved fruitless Williams is a
German, but speaks the French language
also


Any information as to his whereabouts, or
that will lead TO the recovery Of the child will
be thankfully and joyfully received by its
mother Information may be sent to Mayor
Gillespie Dayton, Ohio


Newspapers in the State will please make a
notice Of the above
Year: 1863

Wounded. Among the list Of wounded at
the late battle in Tennessee, we regret to
learn that our old iellow-citizen, Colonel Car
roll, of the Tenth Indinna has been wounded
the third time He is one of the bravest of
the brave aud we hope that he will shortly be
again able to take command of his gallant
regiment Captain j. X. Deardoef formerly
of this city, aud.only son Of J. Deardoei, Esq,
Of Middletowu, we also regret to perceive is
reported severely wounded, will have to have
his leg omputated and is in the hands Of the
enemy The noble Thirty-frth regiment Of
which he was member went into the fight
with four hundred and twenty-five men apd
came out with only one hundred and seventy
FIVE men.
Year: 1863

Fall In.-To-day is set apart for the as
sembling in gorgeous array of the gallant
"lat foot militia, As we write the clans are
gathering from far and near to be instruct
ed in military drill and discipline Bally for
the "Flatfoots"
Year: 1863

az The Masons of Ohio, in their late
Grand Lodge exercises passed some resolu
tons Of loyalty. Is the character Of al
organizations growing SO questionable tha
whitewashing resolution must come in
Loyalty is an observance of the Consttu
ton of your country, and resolve to main
tain it intact against foes South or North
Pledges to sustain CabiRet in its policy
civil and military, are proofs of faithfulness
as servitors but they carry no evidence o
the loyalty Of the citizen.
Year: 1863

A merely partizan victory is OF compar'
atively trifling significance to the nation or
the community generally. 1t makes nc
essential difference as to what the names OF
the persons are who draw salaries for pub
lie services and control official appoint.
ments. But the triumph of certain defin
ed and fundamental political principles is
quite a different matter, involving the per-
manent welfare of the people and the per-
manent fortune Of the republic.


1t is useless to deny the full import and
character Of the recent republican or abo-
lition victories in the north. They mean
some thing more than the success Of a par
ty. They are declaration in favor Of GER.
tain principles and purposes bearing upon
the future life Of the nation. They signify
the mastery not Of certain men, but OF
certain ideas. They mean the present per
pctuation Of the sectional logic Of Summer
and Wilson the popular adoption OF the
diSunioniSm of Garrison and Phillips. A
majority of The northern people have deib
erately determined to wage war at the
ballot box and in the tented field for the
supremacy of the Federal government over
the STATES, and for the supremacy of the
north over the nation. The contest which
was begun for the salvation Of the Union
has become war for sectional domination,
and for this the people have given their
verdict, and for this the war must now go
on.


The men who have done vain but noble
battle under the demo- ATTIC banner. have
sought solely the restoration of the Union
- the old Unlon-the Union Of Washing
ton and of 81. Their defeat proves that
the Union they talked for and voted for
has lost its prestige in the hearts Of the
people. That Union is no longer respect
ed either at the north or at the south as the
SUN of political blessings. For the pres
ent it is dream of the past. Hereafter
the contention is to be for new conditions
of unity and for new government. The
days through which we are passing, are
days which will be commemorated in his
tory as the epoch Of the second American
revolution.


Under these circumstances the friends OF
the Union Of Washington have clear and
undisputed duty to perform. If they can.
not arrest the desolating tide and save all
that which is lost, they can preserve many
Of the original principles of the govern
ment and transmit to the future the same
undying love Of liberty which has charac'
terized their forefathers and themselves
Ii they cannot Immediately restore the lost
stars to the constellation they can at least
in part preserve the lustre Of those that re-
main, trusting to the future for more
wholesome popular sentiment and wise,
action on the part of the people and their
rulers. The monopoly of power which
has been placed in the hands Of the domi
nant party and the furnace Of atfictior
through which the people are destined te
pass as the consequence Of the error, viii
not delay this consurnmation.
Year: 1863

Under this caption the Virginia City
(Nevada) Union thus beautifully welcomes
the Iron Horse to the Pacific Shore. Its
arrival on the Iowa Shore at this point
might have suggested similar strain OF
welcome, but none of US here knew how
to write it so we'll as the Union man has
done this work:


Escaping the perils of the ocean, and the
dircr dangers of OWNS pets-the pirates
Alabama and Florda-secure at last from
waters, winds and rocks, from "land rats
and water rats" the first locomotive has
arrived in San Francisco, and sits in state
ly majesty upon her docks, the sign Of a
gr ander future for her and the empire of
which she is the entrspot, than ever flashed
from the keel Of the first vessel Of the gold
hunters, that sailed between the portals of
the Golden Gate. The salt air lowering
about this apostle Of progress, floats in
acrid perfume over the priest-clad Serras,
and the monotone Of tho ocean moaning
over the coming loss of its supremacy,
bears to US song Of empire more wierd
than eyer wizard dreamed, and grander
than ever flashed in fancy across the brains
Of the stern men who nursed our country
into being.


Here, where silver sprite, rising from
a now-wreathed couch, has woocd dusk
browed labor for her bridegroom, and their
children are peopling desolate waste with
cities richer than Tyre and Sidon Of old,
the hope which that mute engine bears in
its breast Of speedy forging Of an iron
link between the Golden and the Silver
land, comes with a mighty appealing power
"a power which reaches out across noun
tain and desert, to valley homes by the
Mississippi or the Potomac, where old
friends are wondering if they shall ever see
us again, and brave kinsmen, lighted by
the red fire Of Mars, are striking for home
and country. On with the iron track =
1t bears progress and peace, power and
prosperity, passion and plenty in its swarthy
arms. Nowhere in the broad domains Of
the Union will welcome to the musical
march of this messenger of might glow
with a gadder greeting than here. All
hail, to the first locomotive for the Pacific
Railroad
Year: 1863

~. We see noticed recent contri


vance in Fraace, to economise fuel, an ar


ticle which is enormously dear in Paris
AMI other French towns. 1t consists o.


a mere pipe Of thick sheet iron, into which
logs OF wood are thrown, and beneath
which the fire is lighted. After warming
the room during the day, the logs are with.
drawn as charcoal, and will sell for double
their original cost as wood. This is but g
modification Of the American alright stove,
about which an old woman declard that in
the morning she put three cents worth OF
wood into it, which kept her room warm
all day and night, and that next moaning
she had six pence worth Of charcoal to sell.
Year: 1863

.B-Coal is coming into general use in
Chicago. In few years the buildings
will look as old and dingy as they do in
Cincinnati, Pittshurg and other coal towns
Where will be the handsome front Of the
Sherman House then? If coal is coming
let all paints be dark.
Year: 1863

.- Talk about backbone! Will some
enthusiast please inform us how many
times the backbone of the rebellion has
been broken? And yet it survives! What
a Congressman the rebellion would make :?
Year: 1863

~ A rash husband in Springfield,
(Mass.) shot friend the other day for
sleeping with his wife few nights while
he was absent Must be a very sensitive
man to let such "triaes' worry his mind
Year: 1863

HAVE JUST RECEIVED A NEW AND LARGE


supply Of Millinery Goods, Of the latest Styles and
adapted to the Thankful for the generous pat
ronage bestowed upon in the past hope to merit
OF the same by paying greater attention
than the quality Of goods and mauac-
Office Cedar Falls, rrna an 81 "a AZ
Year: 1863

EXPANDING THE LuSGs.-Step out INTO
the purest air you can find; stand per-
fectly erect, with the head and shoulders
back, and then fixing the lips as though
you were going to whistle, draw the air,
not through the nostrils, but through the
lips into the lungs. When the chest is
about full raise the arms, keeping them ex-
tended with the palms Of the hands down,
as you suck in the air, so long as TO bring
them over the head just as the lungs are
quite full. Then drop the thumbs in
ward, and after gently forcing the arms
backward. and the chest open, reverse the
process by which you draw your breath,
till the lungs are entirely empty. This
process should be repeated three or four
times during the day. 1t is impossible to
describe to one who has never tricd it the
glorious sense of vigor which follows the
exercise. 1t is the best expectorant i'll the
world. We know gentleman, the
measure of whose chest has been increased
by this means some three inches during so
many months.