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Year: 1862

marked them for the reckoning day. They
reduce the matter to a point much finer
than we do at home. and recognize as to-
ries men who are accounted loyal. They
seem to have heard all that has ever been
said or done here. and never forget re-
mark that smacks of treason. No won
der they are sensitive. A visit to the ar
my reveals the privations. the fatigues. the
sacrifice. and soldiers will not bear all for
their country's sake and forget the enemy
at home. f
Year: 1862

Are unlimited in quantity, qualiy price, and will
be sold very low, at wholesale or retail for cash.


Buyers will do well to look at our stock before pur.
chasing elsewhere, as il was bought before the great
rise on goods.
Year: 1862

NO Organs of the human system more impor-
~ tant to health and comfort than the EYE and
EAR, and yet are less understood or more neg
lected. They to pass even common observation,
and yet every part of the body is dependent upon
them for life and health
Year: 1862

nsxeEsous.-College Stre,t, between
Union Street and White Street is in very
dangerous condition, and between those
two limits it ought to be 30 bsrricaded that
there can be no passing Whatever. loss oi
life or limb aud heavy bill OF damage
against the Town ls liable to happen any
iav from ~ present condition.
Year: 1862

STEAM FACTORY OF OILS, CHEMICALS AND


SOAPS, OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
IN the systematic arrangement completeness and sci


entifc procently and practical skill and experience
which presides their manufactured department as
well in the decided advantages which their locality a
ord them for laying in their stock Of raw material
nomcaly these works are confidently claimed to have
NO SUPERIOR in the country.


Our merchants have therefore no longer any occasion
to send their orders to the north for SOAP liable TO the
accidents and delays and occasional advances ntherates
Of freight ncdento marine transportation thereby in
ducng the necessity keeping heavy stocks Of the
modify on hand as they supply themselves with
inst as good article, lust cheap, and in inst
such quantities only, If they choose will meet the
weekly demands oftheir business from RELIABLE H0ME
INSTITUTION. PELICAN CHEMICAL WORKS.


New Orleans May q, 1851
Year: 1862

Whist do they wantl Has not the eoun-
rv had sufficient experience with the
policy that hss been pursued stnce the war
hroke ont to make the wish for change
almost universal? Or shall We expend
another thousand million Of dollars, lose
another 100000 to 10000 lives, and
run the ship Of State still nearer
the fatal breakers, before new policy is
accepted2 The necessity for change ad-
mitted, what we ask, could the President
have done except that very thing that he
has done7 Would any desire that the
domination Of JEFF Davis be submitted tor
Are there any who would consent TO q
plan ofoperations more pro-slavery IN its re-
suits than the plans that have been worked
out2 We dare say that Of the twenty-five
millions Of Northern people there are not
ten thousand who would not rather zee
the country from blaine to California burn
ed with fire, rather than TINT rebel rule
should be extended over it; aud Oh the
question Of minor concessions to the pro-
slavery element in the conduct Of the war,
Our people would be almost If not quite
US unanimouus. The President had, then,
but one course left To continue his ef-
forts for the preservation Of tho Union was
his duty, imposed by obligations of con
science that he could not disregard. Ho
could not 60 backward, and say that he
!. would, in the name Of people, abandon
the main Issue and thus invite cessation
Of hosti1ities; that people would have
deposed him and set up provisional gov
crument, had he attempted the consumma-
ton Of q cowardly and reasonable en-
deayor like that. There was but one
course left, and his proclamation is just as
much an outgowth Of the situation Of the
country, as the oak is product Of tht
ground. He could not have refused to pu1
his hand to it, and remained true to Iii:
oath. The constitutional power to enforct
the order that the document promulgates
is IS clear IS that-any one Of his generals


in the field has the constitutional right tt
seize rebel horse, cannon or d carload
Of gunpowaer. No lawyer will question
that. The right is clear and indisputable
The necessity FOR action in this one direc
ton being granted, and the right Of actor


being well established, what, we inquire
have the Presidents assailants to complai,


Of? Do not those who grumble an


threaten thereby confess that their dege


ton to slavery is superior to their devotion


10 the Union? Let them answer.
Year: 1862

GEN. BANKS ON THE CRIsIs.-The Forty-frst
Massachusetts regiment escorted Ger. Banks
from Boston to New York, and was entertained
with breakfast at the Astor House on Friday.
Gen. Banks was present and made long
speech, in which be chiefly dwelt On the part
New England had tskenin the war We make
single extract:


As a Yankee he was half inclined to talk, but
az a man of some varied experience he hesitat.
ed. for he thought the time to talk had not yet
come. The people of this land had not yet been
sufficiently STEPPED in suffering. More States
must be invaded, more hearthstones rendered
desolate, before the people of this country will
consent to talk with one another as they should
He could not 60 far in what he had to say, but
this he would declare as his earnest belief, that
no power, no not all the powers on earth COM
bined, could destoy this great American Gov
ernment when once the people had been made
to understand the real issue. Tremendous
and prolonged cheering.l Americans, how
ever will have to learn little. They have
hitherto thought there must be short cut
through everything, but here their idea is at
fault; there is no short cut in this war it must
be fought through to the end. lApplause. +
We must fight, and that too, with full appre-
citation of the men with whom We battle, and
this once understood, the rebellion will fall,
even should "unfenced desolation mark ev-
cry stepped Of our path toward the consumma-
tion. [Cheers.1 Should the men now in pow
er and intrusted with the dread responsibility
allow this glorious Government to fall, in after
ages, when the men who cruci6ed the Redeem
er with pity, these viii be covered with utter
and eternal scorn.
Year: 1862

Amarried woman of Michigan, whose hus
band is quite wealthy, is now under arrest in
New York, for dressing in male apparel and
getting married to pretty girl whom she met
on the cars and whose affections she won. The
pair have been living to all outward appear
snce - man and wife, and spending the mon. 4.
didn't cost anything.
Year: 1862

An IMPORTANT TRUTH.-Macauley. in his
review Of Hallams Constitutional History,
makes use of the following lanuage: "If there
be any truth established by the universal ex-
prience of nations, it is this: that to carry the
spirit of peace into war is weak and cruel
policy. The time of negotiation is the time
for deliberation and delay. But when an ex-
treme case calls for that remedy, which is in
its own nature most violent, and which, is in
such cases, a remedy only because it is violent,
it is idle to think of mitigating and diluting.
Languid war can do nothing which negotiation
or submission will not do better; and to act on
any other principle is not to save blood and
money but to squander them" ,H.
Year: 1862

On the evening of Sunday, I9Lh 0cto
ber, a large group Of people were collect
ed around a wagon which the railway
porters were unloading on the outer plat,
form Of the Killarney station. The OBJ
jects which attracted their attention were
a number of strange deer which had Just
arrived By the evening train. Owing to
the approach Of darkness it was impossible
to properly distinguish their color or ap-
pearance. They appear to be very large
species, and are very handsome animals
| could not learn from those in charge,
who did not appear to be conver<ant with
tie intricacies Of game trading, to what
breed the animals belong It NAV be
also that they are a tame race but If
they are intended as living ornaments to
our mountains, it but toe plainly indicates
what will be received with regret by the
lovers Of the chase,-that the antlered
Monarch Of the waste" which has sought
tie wild gens Of Killarney as his last re-
treat from annihiIation, is about to be-
come totally extinct, and the Red Deer,
that has battled so long for existence, will
become an animal of the past What.
ever may be said Of other game, the STAG
has done but little harm. \ noble pro
prietor in the vicinity has at length had
his perseverance, crowned with success -
Il was well known for some time that
The mountains contained stag of ex
traorlinary size, and to fell him became
an eager pursuit to this sportsman. TIE
animals vigilance and speed put all at
tempts at lay, until last week when an
undertaking aim brought him to theground
The stag has been acknowledged: TO ,Je
the largest ever seen in Kerry. Perhap:
he is the last Of the race Of Red Deer in
Irclaad.-Hory STIR.
Year: 1862

TRurn FROM A STRANGE QuARTER.-Thc
new correspondent Of the London Times
writing lately from New York says;


"Ihcre can be no doubt that the Presi-
dent is the most popular man in the United
States. There is not journal in the coun-
try that speaks Of him except with high re-
spect there is not soldier in the field who
does not love and honor him; and there is
not man in private life, whatever may be
his political opinions or his views upon the
origin, conduct or progress Of the war, who
does not cheertully admit that Mr.. Lincoln has
shown himself equal to his work, and rescued
the Presidential Office from tho contempt into
which it was falling. The explanation is to
be found in his manly common sense and his
unquestionable honesty. Iucorrupt amid the
corruption, perscvering amid the vacillation,
and single-minled amid the false pretensc and
tortuous doublc-dsaling Of three-fourths Of the
public men with whom he has been brought
into contact. he has concentrated upon him
self without seeking it an amount ofcon6dence
that Washington himself never enjoyed. and
Of popularity that was only he"ped upon that
patriots memory after death had sanctified his
claim to vrneration. Two other traits in Mr..
I.incoln's character are his good nature and
his pluck"
Year: 1862

CURIOUS MIRRoa-Among the curiosities


exhibited in the late Paris Exposition, aud


promised for ours, was hugo concave mirror,


the instrument Of startling species Of optical


magic :-On standing close to the mirror. and


looking into it, it presents nothing but mag


ni6cently monstrous dissection Of yonr own


physiogomy. On retiring little. say couple
Of feet, it gives your own face and figure in
true proportion, but reversed. the head down.


wards. Most of the spectators, ignorant Of
anything else, observe these two effects. and
pass on. But retire still further, standing at
the distance Of five or six feet from the mirror,
and behold, you see yourself, not reflection
but your veritable self, standing in the
middle, part between you and the mirror.
The effect is almost appalling from the idea
it suggests of something supernatural, SO start
ling, in fact, that men Of the strongest nerves
will slnink at the first view. If you raise
your cane to thrust at your other SELF you will
see it pass clear through the body and appaar
on the other side, the figure thrueting at you
at the same instance The artist who first
succeeded,in finishing mirror of this descrip-
tion, brought it to one Of the French kings
if we recollect Alright, it was Louis Ky
placed his Majesty on the right spot, and badc
him draw his sword and thrust at the fgurehe
saw. The king did SO; but seeing the point
of a sword directed to his own breast, threw
down his weapon and ra' away. The. prac-
tical joke cost the inventor the kings patron
age and favor; his Majesty being afterwards
SO ashamed of his own cowardice, that he
could never again look at the mirror or it's
owncr.-EnglisA paper.
Year: 1862

Among the many instances where the


bravery Of our officers and men has


shown conspicuous, the one we are


about to relate is almost unequaled


capt. Spencer, aid to Gen. Wool,


received information from two ladies


who went from Norfolk TO Fortress


Monroe with o flag Of truce, that near


midnight six -oared boat was {, leave


Norfolk for Richmond with money for


the payment ofthe rebel soldiers. He


requested permission of Gen. Wool TO
attempt their capture, ond was told not


to place too much confidence in the in.


formation received Nevertheless, Der.


mission was given, and selecting two
good oarsmen on whom he could RELY.
with their oars mufled, he started at
dark, and awaited the coming Of the
enemy's boat. He had previously given
direction to his men to pull directly
for the boat, and on the moment Of
striking to shack water" instantly
About midnight the boat was heard ap.
preaching, and taking his station in thu
bow, with nine.inch shell in his hand,
he gave the order to "give way" The
moment his bows struck the rebel boat
he threw the shell into the middle oft.
and was himself drawn back, luckily re-.
ceiving no injury from the explosion,
Not SO to the other boat and occupants.
however, the former of which was bro.
ken in two, and the latter were scattered
in all directions in the water, not, how.
ever, before discharging their pistols at
him, two balls going through his cap
and three perfOrating his coat.-Ths
men were then told that if they sub.
mitted quietly they would be saved.
otherwise he would leave them to their
fate. They preferred the former, and
arming himself with q pistol in one
hand and dirk (taken by him at the
battle of Bull Run from a "Secesh'l in
the other, he took them in his boat ono
by one, Handwriting them as they were
pulled in. In addition to which, from
the stern of the enemy's boat, which float.
ei, he took eleven hundred dollars in
gold and FIVE thousand dollars in worth.
less paper money. 1t was with some
difficulty that he reached tho Fort, tho
gunwale of the boat being almost level
with the water with it's increased
freight"
Year: 1862

Q


During Saturday morning--at least
in the early part--his Royal Highness
undoubtedly seemed better, and not
withstanding that his condition was in
the highest degree precarious, the
change, though sudden, was marked,
and almost justified the strong hopes
which were then entertained that he
would recover. This change was but
for a short time, and, in fact, but one
OF those expiring efforts Of nature which
give delusive hopes to the mourners
round so many deathbeds. Soon after
ward his Royal Highness again relaps-
ed, and before the evening it became
evident chat it was only question of
an hour, more or less. The Prince
sank with alarming rapidity. At four
the physicians issued bulletin stating
that their patient was then in "a most
critical condition" which was indeed
sad truth, for at that time almost every
hope of recovery bad passed away.


Her Majesty, and the Prince of Wales
(who had travelled through the previous
night from Cambridge the Priucesses
Alice and Helena, and the Prince and
Princess OF Leiningen, were with their
illustrious relative during all of this
mournful and most trying period. The
approach of death from exhaustion
was so rapid that all stimulants failed
to check the progressive increase of
weakness, and the fatal termination was
SO clearly foreseen that even before nine
o'clock on Saturday evening a dispatch
was forwarded from Windsor to the
city, stating that the Prince Con.
osrt was then dying fast. Quietly
and without suffering he continued
slowly to sink, SO slowly that the wrists
were pulseless long before tho last mo.
ment had arrived, when, at few min.
utes before eleven, he ceased tobreathe,
and all was over.


An hour after and the solemn tones
of the great bell of St. Paul's-a bell of
evil omeD--told all citizens how ire
parable had been the loss of their be-
loved Queen, how great the loss to the
country.


The funeral Of the Prince would take
place on Monday, the 23d. In accor-
dance with the custom usually followed
OF late years, the funeral would not be
state one, nor would the remains lie
In state. The Prince of Wales was to
act as chief mourner, supported by the
Duke Of Cambridge aud by the Grown
Prince of Prussia. The remains were
to be laid in the royal vault at Wind.
sor.
Year: 1862

Resolped, That we the loyal citizens of
Hartford city and vicinity, feel it our indis-
pensable duty and highest privilege to do
all in our power, not only by sending men
and giving money for the obtainmeut of
this much desired end, that it is also our du-
~ to sustain the Government of the United
States in the use of whatever means and
in the use of Whatever power it may deem
necessary for the purpose of crushing out
treason, and speedily restoring peace and
happiness to this distracted country.


ResoiUsd, That we are strongly attached
to and love oRr Union as much as ever, and
in tue language of the Immortal jackson,
IL ,,,,,st 1.
Year: 1862

The BITTER FRUITS or THE LEGISLATION On
CONGRESS-. Among the bitter fruits of the silly
legislation of the last Congress is the exaspera-
tion of the whole Southern people, as evincod
in the message of JEFF Davis and the violent
proceedings in the rebel Congress threatening
measures of retaliation, which will probably
convert the war into one of ruthless barbarism
unworthy of the present age and disgracefm to
an enlightened Christian people. From pre-
sent appearances the war in the future seems
likely to rival the butcheries and atrocities OF
the French Revolution, the perusal Of which
even at this distant time causes ones bloed =.
run cold
Year: 1862

APPREHENDEp SCARCITY OF LABoR.-Fears are
expressed by somc Of our contemporaries thaS
heavy losses will be occasioned to our farmers
in the grain growing regions out West by tho
scarcity Of labor that will be caused by tho
large drafts made on our population for the
army some inconvenience will Of course -
suit from them, but it will be only temporary.
Foreign immigration will very soon supply tho
places Of those who are called Oft to servo tho
government An impulse has recently been
given to emigration from Ireland and Germany
by the fact that this drain il being made on the
iabor market AS soon as it is more generally
known abroad that laborers are in demand
here at highly remuneratiye wages, and that
aliens can under no circumstances be compelled
to serve in the army, this industrial hcgira wih


axe development equal to that Of any former
period since l847. We have no apprehensions,
therefore, that scarcity of labor will make IL
self long felt We are differently situated in
this respect from other nations; for what We
lose in one way we are sure to have rapidly
filed up in another
Year: 1862

compared with that paid in time of peace. This
too, when public confdenoe has been constantly
exposed to violent shocks and public faith often
shaken. The nation is in earnest when 1t SO
literally contributes its treasure and its life
blood to the cause.


Our commerce, too, has been, during the war,
in most prosperous condition. Our sails still
whiten every sea, and bear to us the products
of every land. AT the beginning of our
troubles the importations of the country de-
creased rapidly; but as soon as the war was
really commenced and the patriotism Of the
country was fairly aroused they again reached
their ordinary limit. In consequence the GO
vernment has been enabled to receive q large
revenue from duties, and has been encouraged
to pass laws from the operation of which still
more will be derived But many feared that
such large importations would be exceedingly
disadvantageous, inasmuch as they would cause
a great expenditure Of the wealth of the coun-
try, and constantly draw away from us the gold
which we need. But we have been unusually
favored. The crops Of the Northern and West
ern States have been abundant, and from our
surplus stores we have sent across the sea the
grain and food which Europe could not raise.
With this we have paid our debts, in great
measure


Thus we see that though engaged in war,
the most bloody and desperate ever waged, we
have still enjoyed great, an unexampled de-
gree Of prosperity. If our national vitality be
so great in times Of war, will we not, by our
life, spirit and enterprise, cast into the shade
every other nation on the face of the globe
when peace again blesses our native lands
Year: 1862

The War i'm Its Financial and Commer-


cial RelatiO


The course of events in the United States
during the past year and half has excited
amazement in all parts of the world The fact
of rebellion having arisen did not cause in the
minds Of foreigners 80 much surprise, perhaps,
as it did in our own. AT a great distance from
the scene of the quarrels which so often arose
between the sections of our land, they could
form more correct estimates of their probable
result Our own eyes had been blinded, our
sense of danger overcome, our fears for the
future blunted, by the frequent occurrence OF
unfriendly debate and murderous threats. We
had believed for so long time that our 60
vernment was too good, our laws too just, and
our advantages too apparent, to allow of a dis
ruption of the Union, that we could not imme-
diately accept the new order Of things and
realize that gigantic rebellion was inaugural
ed. 1t is therefore proper to say that the re-
bellion caused more surprise to ourselves than
to any one else. But since the war has
been in full and deadly operation we
have been the wonder Of the world. Our
immense resources, our untold wealth, the
unexampled patriotism Of our people, were all
unknown or unappreciated facts by the people
of other lands.


No people have ever displayed a more hearty
willingness to devote their time, their money
and their lives to the cause of country than
have the citizens of the United States. The
greatest surprise which we have caused is, per-
haps, that the immense sums of money requi-
site to carry on a campaign of the magnitude
of that in which we are engaged should be
forthcoming; that financial system entirely
new in this country, and one year since not
dreamed of, should have been 50 successfully
inaugurated.


Within the past year our national debt has
increased enormously. The nation, heretofore
free from the imposition Of taxes, is about to
submit, willingly, to the burden of taxation
necessary for the support of our government.
A gigantic debt has been incurred; but
the people have determined that the inte-
rest thereon shall ever be promptly paid
and that the debt itself shall before many
years bc cancelled. The money loaned
has been furnished by our own eountrymen ex-
clusively, foreign people having never been
solicited for the smallest sum. In this lies one
part Of our strength; for patriotism and tht
sense of right will cause the government 4
carefully provide means for the payment Of thost
who have SO patriotically aided IL in its tim.
Of need The debt incurred Is one bearing aI
| interest greatly inferior to that which, before
| the rebellion, was paid on every loan obtained
| Then we thought that six per cent was mode
rate sum 10 pay, and 1t was found necessary a
one time to give double that rate in order +
I obtain the money Of which the government wa


in need. But the people have so readily al


sorbed the notes, without any interest whatcve
issued since the rebellion was insugurated, tha


the average interest on our entire debt is no


not fraction over three per cent. So here "


have the strange anomaly of the payment,


line Of war, Of an interest exceedingly small