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Year: 1862

The COmpromisers at Washington


The Comproui;ers are buslly employ.
ed at their great work in Washington, and
will probably present their bautling to
Congress in short time. While the people
of the q nion are awake to the grand qnes-
tiOn of the day, and the armies of the Union
are going on from triumph 10 triumph, and
the enemies o the Union stand on the verge
of utter defeat, we hear feeble cry COM
ing from men who are not Of tais age, and
do not comprehend its m5menteus issues,
and are not qualified to direct its progress
' Don't be radical. You must be conserva-
tive, or the country is ruinedl' Now con-
servatsm is an admirable thing, and not
only SO, but essential to the existence of
every government, and so far as the word
signifies the preservation of what is good We
are conservative. And so far on the other
hand as radical means uprooting and de-
stroying what is good, we are anti-radicaL
But we have heard this cry of Conservatism
and radicalism too long not to know that
the first term is often used to express that
which Obstructs the path of human pro-
gress while radicalism is an epithet used to
brand that course OF action which Is prompt,
bold and decisive. When a man lacks
moral courage to strike like hero, be steps
timidly back from the scene of danger and
calls himself conservative, and such man
is sure to cali his independent, bold and en-
ergetic neighbor, who fixes his eye upon
one great and heroic purpose, and lets col
laterals and minor consequences take care
of them selves, a radical -zz


We'll, W hat are these Congressional con-
servatiVes aiming at in their efforts to COM
promise -Divested Of an immense cloud
and fog of verbiage and threadbare com
mon-pIaces, they virtually tell this great
nation now 6ghting for its life. sgainst the
most wicked and desperate and reckless
rebels the world ever beheld. You must
fight your battles tenderLy and with great
regard for the welfare of your erriug breth-
ren. When you fire your cannon Z" touch
them Of easy"


You must be vigiIant in protecting the
property of rebels, for if in marching
through district where the people are try
Year: 1862

Proceedings in Case of Alarm.

 SEC. 73. The commander in chief or in his absence, the major general may, on an alarm, in vasion or notice of the appearance of an enemy either by sea or land, order the whole, or any part of the militia, to assemble, and may lead order,or employ them for the assistance or relief of any of the inhabitants of the state attacked by an enemy, or in any danger of being attack cd, and may issue and publish such orders as he shall judge expedient to carry into execution the intents of this act and all subordinate officers shall yield entire obedience thereto; and the officers commanding brigades, regiments and companies, shall have the same authority within their respective commands; but when either of them shall find it necessary to order out the force under his command, he shall foi thwith dis patch intelligence of such order, and the Occa- sion thereof, together with an account of his movements and operations, to the commander in chicf or to any of his superior officers, as he may deem most conducive to the public safety and the officer receiving such intelligence shall observe the same line of conduct, in order that the information may, in the most expeditions way, come to the commander Tn chi f; and when any company. regiment, brigade or division of the militia of this state shall be ordered into ser vice by the proper officer, on any alarm. each non commissioned officer, musician and private. who neglects to appear at the place of rendez- vous, in person or by substitute, and ioin the company to which he belongs, shall be taken to be soldier absent without leave and shall be dealt with accordingly; and each non commis- stoned officer, musician and private, shall have the same notice. when ordered into service by company. regiment, brigade or division. as is provided in this chapter for those who are called out by detachments.

 SEc. "A. The commanding officer of each company shall, immediately after a detachment, company. regiment, brigade, or division shall be erdered to rendezvous for service at any par tesiar time and place, make return of the names and places of abode of all the persons under his command. who shall have incurred any of the penalties provided in the next preceding section q this act, to the brigade major of the brigade

 c which they respectively belong and the brig sde major, within twenty days from the time of his receiving said return, shall make like re- turn to the states attorney for the county in

 SEc. 75. The superior court may hear and determine all action for any violations of the provisions of this chapter; and the state attor. neys, in the several counties, may prosecute the same by action of debt in the name of the state treasuer.or by information in behalf of the state and when said fines and forfeitures are received they shall pay them into the state treasury.
Year: 1862



 tani general shali on or before tue fifteenth day of June. annually, forward the same to the comptroller, who shall draw aR order on the treasurer. directing him to pay the treasurers of the several towns where a majority of the members of the several companies reside the amount due said members respectively; and the ireasurers of said towns shall pay, on demand on and after the thirteenth day of said month of June, the sums due the members of companies whose names have been returned to them as hereinbefore provided; and the said town treas urer shall be entitled to two per cent. on all moneys disbursed by them in pursuance of this section. to be paid by their several towns.

 SEC 67 It shall be the duty of the paymaster general, at the close of the officers drill, and also at the close of the regimental and brigade Parades in each year, under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the commander in chief, fo pay such officers, musicians and priyates as shall have done duty at snch officers drill, or such regimental or brigade parade, the amount due them under the provisions of this act for such duty; and for that purposet the comptroller of the State is authorised and directed to draw orders the State treasurer in favor of the pay master general, for such sums as the adju- tant general shall certify to him wil in his opinion, be necessary; and the treasurer IS au thorised to pay said orders out of any unappro- priated money in the treasury; and should there be none. when thus called for, then the State treasurer is authorized to borrow the amount necessary for such purposes. And the paymaster general, after paying off such off eers' musicians and privates, shall settle with the State treasurer, by returning any surplus money in his hands, or by receiving from the comptroller his order on the surer for any sums of money that he may have paid over and above the sum received by him for such purposes, and he shall file his vouchers with the comptroller.

 SEc 69 Whenever the commander in chief shall call out the militia of this State pursuant to any acquisition of the President of the Uni ted States, he shall be authorized to provide, at the expense of this State, for said militia, all necessary food. uniforms, arms, equipments and clothing, together with horses, baggage wagons, camp equipage and means of transporting said force into the service of the United States.
Year: 1862

AN IMPORTANT TRUriI.-M MacaulOy, in
his review of IIallam's Constitutional
History, makes dse of the following Ian.
guage;


"If there be any truth established by
the universal experience of nations, it d
this: that TO carry the spirit of peace into
war is weak and cruel policy. The
time ofnegotiatlon is a time for delibera-
ton and delay, But when an extreme
case calls tor that remedy, which is In
its own nature most violent, and which,
IN such cases, is remedy only because
il is violent, it is idle TO think of mitlgat-
ing and delnting, Languid war can do
nothing with negotiation or submission
will not do better; and to act on any
other principal Is not 10 save blood and
money but 70 squander them.
Year: 1862

Tue PANsY AND THE TULP.-The pansy delights
in very rich loamy soil. The moster $50 there
be no stagnant water) in the Summer, the better.
Use COW dung if obtainable, and quite rotten
Give them plenty of room to grow, and all will
come out right Without very careful treatment
and select location, they are sure to come
smaller in the hot months, but improve as the
days come moist and cool. Tulips require rich
sandy soil, planted about one foot apart, and re-
planted at least every second or third year. The
time to take up is as soon as the foliage dies
away, say July. The time to replant, from Oct.
until frost sets in.
Year: 1862

WHAT MOTHERS CANNOT FoRGET-Boys, do
you ever consider how much that dear mother OF
yours thinks of the kind words you spoke TO her
this morning? She carries them with her from
room to room. Up stairs and down stairs, and
yet she is forgeiful. She has so much on her
mind she can't remember half the time where she
lad her scissors or tmbe. But that kind word
from her thoughtess and sometimes dsobedent
boy, she remembers that well enough. She
knows where she can find it, too. Close in her
loving heart it is locked safe. There have been
plenty of unkind, rude and thoughtess words
spoken, and they have knocked hard against be
door of that heart to get in and lodge, but they
are not harbored. That kind word, that dutiful
act, covers a multitude of sins. When she retires
for the night it goes with her. 1t cuddles closer
even than the baby on her arm, and when voice
at her side exclaims, sternly, Some hing must
be done with Willie, he is getting 90 dsobedent
and willful," then comes up from the overflow
ing heart to the eloquent lips all the tenderness
Of the mother pleading for her erring boy.


Boys, cherish that dear mother before she is
laid beneath the sod. i. will be too late then !;
speak another kind word tomorrow morning, as
you kiss her pale cheek-to- morrow night, oft
cner and oftener, until it becomes natural to
speak gently and act dutiful toward her that it
becomes second nature. If you would prosper
in business, enjoy long life, happy and serene
old age, and above all, peaceful end, cherish thy
mother, and don't forget the kind 1rord
Year: 1862

SLAVE PEoPERTY.-Prentioc says that year
aud half ago the slave property of the South
crn Confederacy was estimated at four billion
dollars. Now it wouldn't bring one fifth part Of
that sum. And yet the rebels went into the
rebellion for the avowed purpose of promoting
or protecting the interests of slavery. Have
they not most unfortunate mode OF adapting
means to ends
Year: 1862

VINO hath sadness Who hath woe2 Who
shinnoth the streets with gloom of countenance
and perpexity of mind Who oseth the con
iidence and patronage of men and sinketh into
poverty and forgetiuness? He that advertiseth
not be that doth not make himself known
through the papers--he who by neglect in this
matter, depriveh himself gain and secureth to
himself loss His business wisdom is foolisbness
Ills lack of knowledge, aye, his stinginess
etcketh out and the discerning shun him.
Year: 1862

upon that, f on the information they had, he could
not do otherwise than enter nozle prosequS


Judge REYNOLDS having heard the letter 70 the
Secretary of War remarked that under the cir
charge of Brownow, and so ordered.


Whether Brownlow was well enough to leave
tho jail last night, or what has become of him. we
have not learned, though we understand it was
the intention Of the commander of the post here
to hold him under arrest with view to his safe
conduct beyond our lines.


The indignation OF the soldiers here. upon hear
ing of his release we understand to be intense
What may follow we cannot conjecture, thongh
protected and transported beyond our lines, where
he will be able to operate with Johnson and
Maynard.
Year: 1862

PLENTY OF POWDER Contrary to genera
expectation, we are glad to learn that the Con
federate government has been able to make
ample arrangements for a full supply of pow
der for the war. Majora Rims who has charge
Of the manufacture Of powder for the govren.
ment, and who is experimenting the erection
of powder mills at Augusta, Ga, says that the
government has an ample supply of sulphur
for that purpose for years
Year: 1862

AAAAA1N%|ANFA


Books Of subscription to the stock Of the
Pacific Railroad Company, will be opcnc>l
at noon 70 day, in all the principal cities Of
the Union. Here they will be opened
at the Office Of the President, Hon VIM.
3. Ogden, corner Of Clark and Lake
streets. 1t II sincerely to be hored that
our substantial citizens will show their IN
tercst AID their confidence in the success
Of this great national work by subs ;r1o'he
llaera1ly to its stock Indeed contfoll'ns
interest should l,e secu1ed By New l orh:
Chicago. and the cities on or near the forty
second parallel Of latitude, in order that
central location may be put beyond all
.ucstiou, In the great future that is before
Us no city in the Cnicn has lar ger and
moro direct interest in tlis work than CHI
csgo. We trust our capitalists and our
mercantile community will at once take
hold Of the enterprise with a hcartincss
and q zeal characteristic Of cur city, and
commensurate with its vast Importance to
the development and the prosperity Of the
West
Year: 1862

The Late War Panic and the Press.


The people and press of the United
States deserve the highest credit for their
demeanor during this trying crisis With
the exception of one journal, which really
may be taken as an exception when praise
of any kind is spoken, the newspapers of
the United States eviRced throughout this dis
pate caEnisess and a moderation as honora-
bic to them as rebukalg to some Of their Brit
ish coteusporories. Only those who were
compelled by duty to watch and study the
tone of the American journals during the
late period can form any idea of the man
ner in which it contrasted with the temper
and the language of two, at least, of the
principal London newspapers. Any Eng
lishman who desires to learn what extent
of brutal bullying may be tolerated and en-
couraged in moment of national passion,
can do nothing batter than TO read over. in
a calm moment, the leading columns of
the Times and the Morning Post for the
past two or three weeks. We think with
shame, as English journalists, of the man
ner in which day after day, these two
English newspapers have been slandering.
taunting, insulting the government and
the people of the United States. No Ian
guage more foul and bitter could have been
employed by either journal if the very
name of American had been the acknowl-
edged synonym of.all that is false, base, and
eowardly. People talk here of the New
York Herald in terms of just contempt and
detestation. When has the New York Her
aid written anything so coarse, SO SANDER


ous so vulgar, so false, as the Times and


Morning Post have written of the American
Government and people, day after day,
during the recent crisis, with a systematic
infamy of language and baseness of purpose.


Had all this been done to intimidate the
Federal Government to force it into yield
ing to our demand, it would have been suf-
6ciently mean and cowardly, but not, per-
baps, wholly inexcusable. 1t might have
seemed a sort of brutal extravaganza of zeal
on behalf of our national interest. But it
had not this excuse. It was not done to in
duce the Americans to concede. 1t was
done with the deliberate purpose of goading
on the proud and sensitive people of the
Northern States into some passionate def
ance of England, in order that England, be-
ing the stronger, might crush and trample
her free offspring. All that the Times and
Morning Post could do by taunts, by ieere,
by vulgar insult of every kind, was exhaust
ed IN the effort to provoke the North into
vehement refusal. 1t was the hope and the
effort of these journals that, at the very
Year: 1862

sG~ Who can doubt that the 10th Indi-
ana had hot time of it at the battle of Mill
Spring Read this from the Louisville
Journal


" The flag of the 10th Indiana regiment,
presented to them by the ladies of Lafay-
ette, and borne through its campaign in
Western Virginia, without the least injury,
was so completely riddled by the Ieaden
hail of balls at the battle of Mill Spring, that
it looked like number of pieces of ribbon
fastened to a staff. For more than one hour
1t was streaming in the breeze amid that
terrible fire, which shows that the rebels
elevated their pieces too high for effective
aim


The same paper says the ladies of that city
have it in contemplation to present beau
tiful flag to each of the regiments engaged
in the Mill Spring fight, including the 10th
Indiana.
Year: 1862

The EvANsvILLE JoURNAL is now in the 9th
gear Of its existence. During all that period 1t
has sought to be in every respect faithful chron-
Ger of the times. the people and the country"
The circulation of the JOURNAL ia a gratifying
evidence that our labors are appreciated Never
before q newspaper more necessary than at
present Ne man can fail to understand the i'm
poItance of keeping up with the stormy times
in which We live. He who does not read now, and
keep informed on the current events of the day,
will have the failure to do so for a lifetime
regret
Year: 1862

The Southern editors recommend that tho
cotton and tobacco crops be burned lest they
fall into our hands. For the sane reason
the rebel army might ~ well DO burned with
the cutton.-Lou. Journal.
Year: 1862

Charles Lamb tells his experience
as warning to young men in the fol-
lowing language a:4 I ..a..sa


"The waters have gone over me-
But out OF the black depths, could l
be heard, / would cry ont to al those
who have set a foot on the perilous
flood. Could the youth, to whom the
flavor Of the FIRST wine is delicious a.
the opening seasons Of life, or the en-
tering upon some newly discovered
paradise, look into my desol.,ion, and
be made to understand what = dreary
thing it is when he shall feel himself
going down = precipice, with open eyes
and a passive will to bis destruction, and
have no power to stop it, and yet feel
it all the way cmenating from himself:
to see all goodness emptied out Of
him, and yet not able to forget time
when it was otherwise to bear abou,
the pi,eous spectacle Of his own ruin;
could he see my fevered eye, feverish


with last nights drinking; and fever
ishly looking for to-nights repetition Of
the folly; could he, but feel the body o1
the death out Of which l cry hourly
| with feebler outcry to be delivered


it were enough to make him dash the
sparkling beverage to the earth, in al


the pride Of its man,ling temptation
Year: 1862

" I I'M
The money market continues comfortable.
Money can be borrowed at six per cent on call.
but most of the loans arc at seven. There is very
little speculation on the Stock Exchange, and the
demand for money from this source is less active
than il was few days ago. First class paper can
be sold ut 5X per cent, and good business
names at q 10 o IL.


The importation Of dry goods for the week
Year: 1862

A correspondent Of the Richmond EHgHirer,
seeing that great complaint IS made Of the want
Of clothing for our army, suggests cheap and
warm substitute for & blanket and Overcoat,
which can be made by any m2tron in town or
country. The following gives the information


Take q sufficient quantity Of common cotton
shirting, dye il brown with the black walnut,
cut it and make it in the form of large, loose
cloak, without sleeves, leaving Sits for the srms
wad it with cotton batting, in thin layers Ike q
quilt, fix An oil cloth cape to it, reaching down
to the waist, fasten it with a belt around the
waist, the throat and breast part to be fastened
with strings-snd you have the most complete
cloak and blanket a soldier ever slept in, and
much lighter than ths WOolen coat


The writer Of this used one an entire winter in
the northern part Of Iowa, where the cold is IN
tense and he can assure you he never was more
comfortably clad


Tne object of the oil cloth caps is to protect
the garment as we'll as the arms from the rain.
The collar should be made wide so as to cover
the ears and neck when raised.


All the old wOolen stockings, carpets, blsn-
ksts, etc, should be gathered up, well washed
and pulled to pieces, spun into cloth, and made
up into pantalOOns and jackets.


All the old shoes and boots should be repaired
and sent 10 the companies in the field.


Let the ladies in each city, county, town, or
neighborhOOd, make up garments for their com
panies and send them forward by tru5ty agent.
We have no tim3 to lOse-winter Is upon Us and
our boys are shivering.
Year: 1862

QUINCY, October 27-Captain Mcdonald
the notorious Northeast Missouri bushwhscker,
rode into Hannibal on Saturday last solitary
and alone, with flag Of truce flying, and pro
ceeded to the headquarters of Colonel Hayward
We learn that be stated to the colonel that he
found it impossible for him to get out of the
State with his men, and had come TO agree upon
terms, with view to surrender his whole com
msnd to the government as prisoners What
terms were agreed upon we have not learned.
Year: 1862

The correspondent of the Burlington Free
Press, writing from the Fourth Regiment un-
der date of Dec. p, says that we witness
each day a decrease of the sick list, and addi-
tions to our force of our active duty men.
To-day but sixty are reported sick, where
two weeks ago three hundred and sirty was
the number" OF the clothing and food of
the Vermont soldiers, he says:


"This is abundant even to excess: each
man can now have as many blankets as he
chooses to call for. the price Of these and 9TH
er articles being taken from the allowance Of
$3.50 per month for clothing. Almost in-
credible amounts Of clothing and bedding
have been sent from Vermont stockings snd
mlttens in great and suflicien, quantities for
tiny possible need during the present winter
1t would be an impossibility, should we move
ten miles, TO carry such an amount Of clolhing.
and much would unavoidably be left As far
as my personal knowledge extends. the men
are well supplied with everything necessary
for their comfort, and am informed in an
swer to numerous inquiries made Of officers
in other regiments that such is the case
throughout the Brigade. Much of the bed
ding and thousands of the foutings are Yet
undistributed and the ladies Of our noble
State" God bless them, will do US no
kindness by sending any more at present
Delicacies for those in hospitals will be at all
times welcome and beneficial, and sent to the
care of the regimental surgeons will be judi
ciousy applied


:" Our food is abundant in quantity and ex-
celent in quality. The ration now issued to
each soldier is more than any man, however
enormous bis capacity can eat a little
knowledge of how to prepare the food prop
erly, and experience in its management, soon
enables company to make a great saving
Ny own company has been rtunate, and
will at the commencement of 1862, have
company fund Of one hnadred and sirty doi-
lars, as the result of two months economy.
No soldiers in the world were ever before
clothed. fed and paid as are the soldiers from
Vermont in the present war"
Year: 1862

NEGLECTED DUTY.-No man has any right
To manage his affairs in such way that bis
sudden death would bring burdens and losses
on other people. There may be rare cases
where a man really cannot beIP eDtangle.
ments, or where, from inexperence or lack
of juG Ggement, he has brought his affairs into
such a state that the interests OF others de-
pend upon his life; but he should make all
possible haste to extricate himself from such
position. Honor and honesty demand
that he should so conduct his business that
death should cause no one TO be wronged.
And as to dying, although oil men every
where believe that all other men will surely
die. yet they unite in thinking that they
themselves are exceptions to this rule; or.
at least act as if they thought so; this is
radically wrong. IL is every mans duty in
every transaction in life, to be influenced BY
the fact that at any day or at any hour he
may die.