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Year: 1862

Last evening met gentleman who was Il
citizen OF Tennessee when that State seeded,
who was forced TO flee on account Of his loyalty
to the Union. He is gentleman of refinement
aud education, but he never belonged to the
aristocratic class who believe only in negroes
Not being slave owner, he Yves looked upon as
having no claims to equality among his fellow
men. lie has his views Of things, ami utteis
them freely in this city. do not pretend to
give his exact words, but write from memory
Hear him:


Sir, this Government Is not going to pu;
down rebellion, because it is not in earnest.--
You Of the North are whte-liyered Excuse
me for saying it. No, won't ask an excuse for
speaking rhe truth. You are afraid to touch
the negro. You are afraid of Kentucky. The
little province of the United States gets down
on its knees to the nation of Kentucky The
little province is afraid that the nation Of Ken
tucky will 90 over to the rebels if anything is
done abou, the negro Now, sir, know what
Slavery is have lived among it al my days.
know what secession is. | know what Ken
lucky is. And let me tell you, sir, that the re-
belon is not going to be put down till you take
out it's support. 1t is based ON Slavery. o,
you Northern men are brave set You han
die this rebellion as gingery as possible, co
on--go on You will get whipped. Buell. will
get whipped at Bowling Green Butler will get
whipped at New Orleans Why? Because
you are not in earnest and the rebels are Every
hing is at stake with them. They employ mig
gers. You do not. They seize, rob, burn, de
stroy-they do everything to strengthen. You
pick your way very genteelly--afraid of hunt
ing somebody or offending some one. No. sir,
you are not going to put down this rebellion, "


This is only the spirit Of his remarks, given
with an earneslnoss which was aguaran,y Tor sin.
cerity 1t is the view of one refugee. Another
man might present views totally opposite, with
equal sincerity.
Year: 1862

AeSoeoAAHS VI n lug Et= -.


Extraordinary as the following anec-
dote may appear to some persons, it is
strictly true, and shows the sense, and
| am strongly inclined to add, reason of
the Newfoundland dog. "A friend OF
mine, while shooting wild fowl with his
brother, was attended by a sagacious
dog of this breed In getting near
some reeds, by the side of a river, they
threw down their hats and crept to the
edge of the water, where they fired al
some birds. They soon afterward sent
the dog to bring their hats, one Of
which was smaller than the other
After several attempts to bring. them


both together in his mouth, the dog al
last placed the smaller hat in the larger
one, pressed it down with his foot, and
thus was able to bring them both at the
same time-JcSse's Anecdotc Of dogs.
Year: 1862

The Richmond Dispatch says: An almost countless
number of Yankee letters have been captured by ouI
troops the several fields within the past few
days Many Of hem are hard specimens of Northern
literature aud nearly all OF them decidedly trashy. AS
exception we make some extracts from letter dated
Marshal, Mich May 29," from which it will be seen
that there is at least one sensible LETT the North
who is unwilling to swallow the Abolition dose which
the Seward Administration is preparing. The name
OF the writer we deem it udicous to WITHHOLD but vii
state that the letter is from brother to another:


am also glad, Ben, you are not miserable abol
tionist | am glad to hear you speak we'll of Mcclellan
l wish he and the whole army would turn against aboli
be and all things settled again 1t the South
[ believe they will if not at present. at some future
time.


"There is no use in living among people who think
would take the plague and die. You do not know what
they until you live in place like Chicago where


great many people treat them the whites, or
better. l say d--n the niger, and hope the South
will never give up while there is free negro in the
country | suppose there great many soldiers who
think they ought to be free, but such fools AID beg
gars What do the soldiers in general think about the
abuse of Mcclellan? Do you think the soldiers Of the
middle States will ever suffer him to be nsulted by the
Cd d-n Fremont fanatica abOliti0nists? | believe
yet, that Pennsylvania, the middle States and the bor
der States will get tired of abolition fanatcsm and
unite with the South Still, Ben stand by the Const
tuition that is The Americans only God and law.
No wonder, Ben there are no Union men where
you are. What have they to be Union men for ~
Year: 1862

The United States Marshal of Boston has brought to
Washington number of WITNESSES to appear before the
committee to investigate the case of Hon. Benjamin
Wood. Among the witnesses summoned is the editor
of The New York News.
Year: 1862

BRIGHAM Young AT WAsHINGToN.-A cOrrespon-
dent of the Boston Traveller says


Washington has curious visitor just now in the
person OF a son of Brigham Young, Governor of Utah
He came on with the two Senators under the State
Constitution which the people of Utah have adopted,
and which have already been presented to Congress
The son of the Mormon Governor IS a good looking
youth twenty years. and is now taking his first
lessons of modern civilization where the onewfe system
is part of Christianity, well as common morality
The two men expecting to be) Senators are clever
looking gentlemen. Their names are Hooper and Can
non. Hooper delegate in the House from Utah
during the last Congress. He has never had but one
wife, and is Republican in his political sympathies and
decidedly anti-savery. Cannon is not a monogamist
but seems to be a very intelligent man. 1t is very
doubtful if Utah comes into the Union this session
Congress, though there members of Congress who
think it nonsensical to keep her outside if she has h
requisite population.
Year: 1862

Young men now is your time Your coun-
try needs your services,-she may never need
them thus again. Do not frame excuses; do
not hesitate, but come boldly forward and en-
list. Bounty and glory are within your grasp.
Besides being fairly paid-(if you volunteer
you receive liberal bounty,-cdsh In hand.
And then, the glory, the honor, the satisfac-
ton, you will derive from rushing voluntarily
to the rescue in this fearful exigency What
Is life, and what viii 1t amount to. If when
large sacrifices are demanded, and great deeds
called for, you shirk responsibility, take no
hand in the struggle that tries mems souls, but
hide yourselves away till the storm has spent
its fury.


That will be pusilanimous and cowardly:
and when glowing accounts of the deeds of
the patriots of to-day are written hereafter,
your cheeks will be mantled with shame that
you were found wanting at the critical moment.


II you wait to be drafted, you get no bounty,
and the measure of honor to which you may
attain will depend solely on the manner your
duty is discharged on the field. There is no
ready hand and willing heart to excite the adj
miration of men.


Enlist, enlist; and may God inspire the heart
OF every man, woman and child with the spirit
OF true and genuine patriotism. Manchester
n. III. Union.
Year: 1862

The word Compromise is now only uttered by
Traitors So long as rebels have arms in their
hsnds there is nothing to compromise. 1t is
vain to toll at the pumps while men are kept on
board boring holes in the bottom of the ship
JOSEPH HoIr
Year: 1862

The order recently issued by the War De-
partment for the enrolling of three months men
for the protection of the capital has been
countermanded, the Government having deci-
ded to accept no troops unless they are en-
listed for three years " or during the war;"


A gratifying feature of the late trouble in
Virginia can be found in the fact that it has
exhibited the enormous resources Of our Gov
ernment in manner that certainly cannot be
very encouraging to those foreign powers who
are considering the expediency of armed in
tervention in the affairs of the United States.


The spectacle of whole nation in arms ere
the ink was scarcely dry on the paper calling
for more troops is one that cannot but con-
vice the people of the Old World that the
citizens of these loyal States are in earnest
about suppressing this rebellion.


Should England and France recognize the
Southern Confederacy and declare war against
the North, there will be an upr ising of the
people compared with which the excitement
after the fall of Fort Stunt er will shrink into
insignifcance. A million of men could be
foreign invasion, and the war that first com.
menced by the secession of South Carolina
would assume proportions so colossal and
gigantic that the history of war would fail to
exhibit parallel, either in ancient or modern
times. .Ea
Year: 1862

BO"dt


The rebellion against which you haye been
so long and so gallantly contending is not yet
quelled, but requires yet other sacrifices to
complete the work. The enemy is now put
ting forth every effort desperation can sug-
gest to accomplish his purpose. He is levy
ing en- masse all men within his reach capable
of bearing arms, and is now holding our
armies in check, has driven one division out
Of Virginia, and threatens to invade Mary
land and capture Washington ITSELF ..


Our Government calls for more troops, and
must have them. Having done so much to
crush this foul conspiracy against our gov
ernment, and having been lately so signally
blessed in our labors, we must meet these
new efforts of the enemy with corresponding
force. The valor and patriotism of Iowa have
never been appealed to in vain. They now
have one more test, and will not fail. asqa.


We have sent more that twenty thousand
men to the field, and every one a willing vol
untcer in his country's cause. Our soldiers
have proved themselves the sbrayest of the
brave" We have thousands more as heroic
hearts who are wanted with their brothers in
the field. .a .,


1t is probable that more than one regiment
will be required, and that they will be sent to
Washington. call On the young men of
Iowa to answer this demand with that alacrity
with which similar demands have been re-
spondedt to heretofore.


Let those who cannot enlist encourage and
assist those who can, and those who can de-
fend our country's cause, come forward to
the rescue of the best government ever given
to man, from the attacks of those who would
destroy all our institutions of liberty in one
common ruin. SAMUEL j. KIRKwooD.
Year: 1862

That the rebel armies have committed


atrocities that would disgrace heathenism in


barbarity there is no doubt. The bones of


Federal soldiers have been converted into


spurs and their skulls transformed into drink


ing cups. Yet here in this free North are to


be found those who apologize and express


sympathy for them. e-t-


| 1t is an established fact that no class Of


men can habitually associate with degraded


and inferior race without the superior will, i'll


time, become lowered in the scale of human
| ity until it reaches the level of the society


surrounding it. The influence Of the curse


that covers one half of our country has been


exhibited in characters that cannot be mis-


taken. 1t has demoralized Southern society


until it has rendered it ripe for any crime
1t has transformed tho true hearted patriots
of '76 into the cruel and vindictive traitors of


62. 1t has plunged the whole country into
a civil war and rendered the proud name of
an American citizen by-word and reproach
among the people of the old world.


Still, here in Iowa, we have men-men who
pretend to have read and thought deeply on
the subject, who, in view of all that has
passed, are yet ready to cry out in favor of
the relic of barbarity, and assert that the
rebels should be protected in their right of
human property. These men call themselves
conservatives; and conservatives they are in
the full sense of the word. They are con-
servators of slavery, and as such are in one
sense friends of the rebels. Although, per-
haps, they may not favor the destruction Of
the Union, if slavery can be preserved, be-
tween slavery and the Union, they are for
slavery. This is the substance of their plat |
form, as enunciated by their Representatives
in Congress, and, in fact. it is the sum and
substance of the sensation editorials of the |
score Of Democratic journals in this State.


There is no thinking man but knows that |
slavery originated this war. With this |
fact before him we should like to know |
how he can uphold slavery without, at
The same time, upholding the rebellion. III
slavery is the foundation, 1t is part of the
to destroy the government, and
those who sympathize with the great prime
cause must necessarily sympathize with the
result, which is treason.
Year: 1862

Mr.. BoULIGNY.-The New York HeraM's
New Orleans correspondent says of Mr.. Bou


ligny, the patriotic member Of Congress from
New Orleans, who refused to leave his seal


when his State seeded, and actually sat the
session out:


learn from reliable source that during
this war he has been attacked on the street


seven or eight times, and he is crippled from
the numerous wounds he has received in
these encounters. When thepressure brought
against him was too great to be resisted, he


took the oath of allegiance to the bogus Con
federacy, but without Disgusting his contempt
for it. He told his prosecutors that he would
take forty oaths if they insisted on it, but in
timated very plainly that he hadn't the least
respect for an oath he was forced to take
He has been very badly treated his wife Was
taken from hun and sent to Norfolk, though


she is now in Washington city, and he ha:
been debarred from all correspondence with
her for many months
Year: 1862

Two WAYS OF FlsuISG.-Whcn men 90 to
fish for trout they take light tapering pole
with fine silken line attached, and sharp
hook, with sweet morsel of worm on the
end. They noiselessly drop the line on the
water, and let it float to the fish, who nib
bles, and by slight twitch is landed safely
on the bank


But when men go fishing for souls they tie
cable on to stick of timber, and an anchor
is the hook. On this great chunk of bait
is stuck, and with this ponderous machine ia
both hands, they walk up and down, thresh
ing the water, and believing at the top ol
lheir voices, Bite, Or be dainned.'-Dr
Bellocs.
Year: 1862

By our dispatches it will be seen that
Front Royal, Virginia, from which General
Banks division was driven week ago, has
been recaptured by our forces. One hundred
and fifty prisoners and munitions of war, o
considerable value, were also taken. Thus
the only recent stain upon the National arms
has been speedily wiped out, and the bcauti-
full valley of the Shenandoah is again in our
possession.


The engagement appears to have been short
and decisive, resulting in q compile victory for
the Union arms.
Year: 1862

ca Beauregard, in recent speech to his
troops, declared than in less than month
the Confederate army would penetrate to
Cincinnati. We should not be at all surprised
if the above prediction came true, as some Of
the rebel armies penetrated as far as Chicago
in much less time.
Year: 1862

E Of the Democratic party major por-
ton is to-day in the secession army. Of the
Republican party not single man is disloy
al The pro-slaveryites are nearly to man
traitors. The anti-slaveryltes are to man
loyal. Yet Republicans and not Democrats
are responsible for the rebellion.
Year: 1862

~ The man who at this stage of the game,
is not opposed to slavery AMI in favor of its
ultimate extinction, is either sympathize,
with treason, an ignoralnus, or a political
demagogne. If the first he should be I'M
prisoned; if the second he should read the
history of the war; if the last he should be
repudiated by every honest voter.
Year: 1862

The prospect now is that the eman.
cipation cause will sweep the State of Mary
land. The planters and farmers are said to
be urging Gov. Bradford to call the Legsla-
ture together to pass the Convention bill, as
amended by Reverdy johnson, who succeed
ed in the House in striking out the section
forbidding the discussion of the slave ques-
ton, and it is thought that the Governor
will yield to the popular demand.
Year: 1862

An American lately expressed to an English
gentleman his conviction that our country will
emerge from the contest with higher claim TO
the respect Of the family of nations than any
thing else could have given Us, aud that Russia
alone will be likely to take precedence of US.
The Englishman Gan Intelligent MANI replied,
You need not except Russia. The triumph
OF your government in such conflict as you
are now passing through, will give it a place
in the eyes OF a witnessing world which no gov.
ernment could hold or claim
Year: 1862

The subscriber again calls the attention of his cus-
and the pubic generally to his new and hand
stock of Spring Goods oil every variety. too ma.
marnna and tedious 10 nnme. which will be sold
Year: 1862

1t is not strange that men recoil from
plunge into the worlds cold waters, and long
to creep back into the bath from which they
had suddenly risen. But that men or wom-
en-, having fully passed into the estate of


men or women, should desire to become
children again, is impossible. 1t is only the
halt-developed, the badly developed, the i'm
perfectly nurtured, the mean spirited, and the
demoralized, who look back 20 the innocence,
the helplessness, and the simple animal joy
and content of childhood with genuine regret
for their loss. l want no better evidence
that persons life is regarded by himself as
failure than that furnished by his honest
willingness to be restored to his childhood.


When man is ready to relinquish the pow
er of his mature reason, mis- strength and
skill for selfsupport the Independence Of his
Year: 1862

JONI Bulls LATEST OPrIoN.-Our Eng
lish cousins now propose to let US alone a
while lorger because they think We are in q
fair way to use ourselves up quicker than
they could do it for us. This is the most ag-
gravating thing they have yet said of us. To
be let alone because our war is likely to come
to an end by pure exhaustion sooner than
England and France could compel US to per
NIT the dissolution of the Union, is mortify-
ing enough. Well, let them think so, if they
choose, if SO be they only keep their hands
off while We make one more effort. We ra
/ ther calculate" we'll show them how tie
thing is done this time. We could have done
it before if We had known how much there
was to do. Now we do know, and We art
more than ever determined to do it. Le
John Bull insult us with his contempt ant
his pity, if he pleases; only let him keep ou
of the ring till another round has been fought
Then we will hear his advice-and do as VI
please about taking it.
Year: 1862

The Inspectors of the State Prison, thought
it proper little while ago. to increase the ven
tilation of this very necessary Institution. The
air was found each morning to be quite bad
especially about the upper tier of cells, and
the surprise was, that it had not been attended
to long before. 1t was concluded to put three
or four ventlators in the roof of the prison,
and thus relieve it of the bad air engendered
through the night. To do this, huge stage
had to be built the whole length of the walk,
and it took several days in getting it up.


There are six or eight men in the prison un-
der sentence of death, at the will of the Gov,
and when the huge staging began to go up they
began to turn pale. Not aword could be said be-
tween workmen and prisoners,-it was against
the rules,-and these desperate men, who had
been immured here for more or less years, for
murder, saw, with varied emotions, as they
came TO their cells TO be locked up while TAX
ing their meals the gaunt frame going up. 1t
was, in their frightened imaginations, gal
lows. The Governor had issued his warrant
for an execution, and who was the malelactor
that was to be led out to die? There were
Thorn, Preble, Knight, Damery, and others of
the desperate gang, but who was the victim?
What years Of horror were lived in those two
days! Poor Thorn, who had gone on his mo-
notonous round to and from his cell to his shoe
bench, thought, as he was the Oldest proprietor,
that he must have the preference in this sad
work, and his countenance paed before the
horrid prospect. But, there were others, whose
crimes had horrifed the community more re-
Gently; while Thorn, who launched his axe in
to the brain Of the old man Wilson, in the
dead of night, had in great measure become
dead to the community. Another generation
had come on the theatre of action, since his
crime reeking with horror, had appalled, the
community. Perhaps 1t was one of the youn-
ger of the outlaws who was to expiate his
slumbering crime within the gloomy walls of
this Bastile. The ghosts of murdered wives
might at last have not called in vain from their
graves, for vengeance, and one of these might
be trembling on the terrible verge, and this un-
gainly gbbet the means devised to launch them
into the sea unknown. And so for two days
fear most horrible and hope most feeble, rose
and fell in their desolate breasts At last, the
work was SO far forwarded that its design was
apparent; and If reprieves had been read by
the sheriff from the fearful scafiold, after the
moose had encircled their guilty tllroats, there
could not have been more joyful emotion
shot through their quivering frames. They
breatbed freer and easier-and as each man
lived again, in aspirations for liberty and lin
gering hopes of pardon, which never wholly
desert the most desperate, their rugged and
hardened faces relaxed their intensity, and joy
and hope made their countenances worthy the
study of painter.
Year: 1862

The American Telegraph Company call the at.en.
ton Of the public to the language of the tax tee
graph messages viz:


SEC 1G.-No Telegraph Company. or its agents or
employees, shall receive from any person. or trans
init to any person, any dispatch message without
an adhesive stamp denotng the duty imposed by this
act being affixed to copy thereof, or having the
same stamped thereupon. and in default thereof shall
incur penalty of ten dollars.


Section SO provides that in any and all cases where
an adhesive stamp shall be used the person using or
aixng the shall write thereupon the initials of
his name and the date upon which the same shall be
attached or used.


The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has given
notice that stamps are in readiness and that the law
will be enforced and after the first of December
next Stamps can be obtained at the usual places Of
sale, or at the Office of this Company.


Messages for which the telegraphc charge is twen-
ty cents or under for the first ten words require one
cent stamp; messages for which the charge is over
twenty cents for the first ten words require three
cent stamp.


November 2s, 1862. div noy29
Year: 1862

-y- One of the funniest things OF the sea-
son-we are sure it will be so regarded where
the facts are known-is the Interpretation put
upon the Advertisers course by some of the
Democratic papers. For instance: the Far
mington Patriot, after publishing its prospec-
tus, and compimenting it as lone of the most
ably conducted papers in the country says:


The position of the Advertiser is one of the
strong evidences we have of the great reac-
ton taking place in the public mind-a reac-
ton which is to bury aboltionism so deep that
the hand of resurrection will never reach it,
Conservative Union men everywhere should
give the Advertiser liberal support.


The reaction" is shown most plainly in the
erasures upon the direction books and carriers
lists of that paper. How does the Argus feel
to have its nose thus broken, and the break ap-
proved by its Democratic brethren?