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Year: 1863




especially on the arrival of migrant ships
from across the Atlantic The Phlladel-
phia Gazette noticing the arrival at that
port on Tuesday of the ship TOnawanda
from Liverpool, with AL passengers.
principally Irish migrants, notes the fol.
lowing affecting scenes:


Upon the dock there must have been
several hundred people, friends and rela-
tives of those now for the first time touch
ing American SOIL To describe what
followed passes our powers. In the crowd
wore servant girls by the dozen, who by
their scanty earnings, had saved the mo-
ney by which was paid the passage of no
uncomfortable number of those who now
descended from the decks of the Tona-
wanda to the dust of Walnut street dock
Among those whom he saw in the crowd &,
was deaf and dumb man. He had come
to meet a widow ed sister with several
children. He waited with feelings under
control, until he saw the woman coming
over the ships side, with good natured
fellow passenger helping the children af
ter her. He made a rush a: her, took
her IN his arms. mumbled inartcuIate
sounds, and then gave expression to his
feelings by lying on his back and kicking
upward IN very JOY. He sprang up in a
moment or two and went TO the children.
The youngest one he stood Oh its head
against a wharf post. and was about to
toss another into the air, in the exhuber-
ance of his Joy, when an officer restored
him to his wife by tearing off part of his
coat collar.


There was girl there who had brought
out from Tipperary an old. mother. Al
the Joy of seeing her the daughter faint
ed, aud was kindly carried to the Ridge
way House for restoration. Excessive
Joy affected her as the opposite extreme
excessive grief. Her transport had al
most proved to be productive of serlou:
| consequences.


People who dishonor the fourth COM
mandment should witness the landing
from an migrant ship of a Concourse Of
the Irish peasantry. If they knew the
manner in which most of the passages OF
such people are paid--by the slowly ac
cumuated savings of laborers, male anC
female--they would perhaps learn les
son not always 10 be learned in the high
er walks of life.
Year: 1863

NEVER GIVE YOUR Son A NIGHT KEY
Indulgence on this point may at first save you
a little trouble, but will cause great sorrow in
the end. If it should be necessary for him to
be out beyond the usual hour, you would do
well to sit up for him and .et him in with your
hand. The fact that a parent is waiting at
home, tho influence ef a reception by moth
er's voice and mothers smile, the demon
stration thus made OF an affection so watchlul
and so incapable of being happy without
knowing that her son is safe under her own
roof before she can rest herself to sleep, all
make strong impression, even on wayward
heart. The youth of a family should be all
safely housed, at the usual hour of retiring TO
bed. No good follows children or families
who break through these hours The union of
the cheerful hearts tfa household around the
blazing hearth and the central light of home,
to part at bedtime, with afiectonate greetings
Is one Of the greatest pleasures of the dav 1t
is a powerful cement to the family feeling.
Make all this attractive TO your children, and
keep up the habit unbroken. In most cases
the night key is the key that opens the door
of the way going down to the gates Of death.
When importuned, think OF this; and never
put into the hand Of your son night KEY.
1t should be held by yourself alone.
Year: 1863

1.-THE following article is genuine, and was
written by an influential member of the Soci-
by the conduct of their recreant brother. We
have the real name and residence Of the writ
er, and assure the reader that he speaks by
book.-ED. PREss.l
Year: 1863

Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribune.l


WASHINGTON, March2.


The news of General Sigeps resignation
will doubtless have reached you by tele-
graph before this arrives. OF the imme-
diste action Of his occasion know moth
ing. With its general cause we are all
acquainted. TPat General Halleck is our
fighting Germans foe, that he never has
let an opportunity slip to belittle him, TO
deny his reasonable requests, to give the
weight Of his authority to every rumor
calculated to to iniure his reputation or
to decrease his efficiency, and TO every re-
presentation against him made by jealous
rivals OF aspiring subordinates, is known
Of all men. What the latest manifesto
tation of this spirit may be, am not in
formed but the friends Of General Sigel
will readily believe, upon their faith in
his character as well as upon the strength
Of his recent assertions, that no feeling Of
mere pique or Of pride, nothing less than
q belief that be can be more serViceable to
his country in private life than in shoulder
straps, Of which the honor alone seems to
be given him, has influenced him.


The fact that General Sigers letter Of
resignation is awaiting the action Of the
President indicates that it it is not pre-
emptory, but that some alternative is pre-
sented. It is to be hoped that his special
grievance, whatever it may, may be re-
moved, and that the general cause Of COM
plant be done away with, so that he may
retain the command he has so much Ca
paeity to fill. Should his resignation be
accepted, his corps will probably be broken
up and its divisions be attached TO the other
corps Of the army Of the Rappahannock.
The present organization may, however,
be continued, in which case there will be
a contest between Generals Sehurz, Stein
wehr and Stahel for the command; but no
one Of the three will bring it to tithe Of
the prestige, or inspire the soldiers with &
1.-THE of the confidence which went with
General Sigel.
Year: 1863

By an letter from the 1O5th regiment it
viii be seen that General ROsecrans' or
der regarding deserters was lately carried
out in the case of a private of an Indiana
regiment, who was branded on his cheek
with the letter aD and marched down
the front of the division with his head
shaved, after which he was dismissed dis
hOnorably. 1t was terrible lesson to the
spectators. As our correspondent says, it
it the duty of the Government to see to it
that no more exalted criminals escape
punishment, while the privates receive the
full penalty.
Year: 1863




The Louisville Journal wipes out many
Of Its former conditional heresies by the
following manly words;


"The rebel organs, Of whatever deserip-
tiOn, make recognition and separation the
ultimate and only terms upon which they
will lay down their arms This being the
case there can be but one course for loyal
men to pursue, and that is to fight the
quarrel out. We of Kentucky have taken
our position ispassionstely; we have
weighed we'll the cost and sacrifices and,
though we have been panied beyond mea-
sure to place ourselves in an attitude Of
hostility to old friends so long bound to US
BY mutual interests and pleasant associa-
tions, we have not felt at liberty to do 9TH
erwise. They would have it SO, And in
doing this we yield 10 none in the earnest
ness Of our defence Of the Constitution,
nor can we permit our political truth and
honesty to be derided because we see that
treason is a crime Of blackest dye and will
not call il patriotism. We can understand,
II others cannot, how union Of consent
can be defended by force Of arms, when
assailed by force, and as long as there is a
single rebel in the land who insults our
government, wars against our flag, resists
our laws, and defes their officers, so long
are we bound to prosecute all efforts to
crush this wicked, wanton, sud causeless
rebellion. The Union must be preserved
private honor and the public safety alike
demand that this accursed heresy Of seees-
sion shall be exteTminsted from the Ameri-
can continent We cannot and will not
surrender the priceless legacy Of our faith
ers, and we will not permit our brothers to
sttsmpt violent partition without resist
ing the sacrilege to the utmost stretch Of
human endurance.
Year: 1863

of both shops will then be run By one engine,
the machinery of the old shop being connect
ed by counter shaft running over the rail
road track which will separate the old and
the new shops.


a short distance East Of the machine shop
Ground house" for locomotives, will be
built. It will be of brick, circular in form
and 29O feet in diamiter It will accOmmo-
date 80 locomotives The turning table will
be so feet in diameter. There will be no
dome, but the smoke will be allowed to es-
cape through stacks placed over each engine
pit. The house will be IS feet in hight and
be well lighted, there being two windows be-
tween the engine pits. The house will be
warmed by steam. There will be two en-
frances to the house, opposite each other.
Locomotives will be run in, and on the table,
and from thence run on to the pits.


Between the round house and the machine
shop there will be 'transfer table" the
whole length of the shop. In the front of
the shop there will be fifteen stalls into which
engines and tenders may be run from the
transfer table. The machine shop and en-
gine house above described, will not be ex-
csIled in the country when completed.


TIE MURDERER FRAsER.-DougIas Fraser,
who is supposed to have committed the recent
murder in Buffalo, of his wife and three chill
dren, has been definitely heard from, and Of
hoers are in search of him. He was first
heard of at springbroOk, Saturday afternoon
following the murder. springbrOOk is
township few miles south of Buffalo. He
called at a house near the village and asked
for lodgings. The gentleman could not ac-
commodate him, but offered to accompany
him to the hotel, which he did, but while
room was preparing for him he stepped away


Sunday morning, about eight o'clock, he
made his appearance at East Aurora, and be-
fore noon ofthat day be was again at Spring
brook, seven miles this side. He inquired
of every one he met the way to Buffalo, and
to one man he said that he could come back
if he could only get past the churches He
showed evidence Of insanity, talking inco-
herently at times, and again falling into
moodities.


He was next seen at Wales Centre, three
miles beyond Aurora, on Monday morning.
When the keeper of the Wales Center House
opened his house in the morning, Mr.. Frazer
was pacing up and down in the horse she'd
He asked for something to eat, which was
given him said his name was Frazer, and
that he lived in Buffalo; thathe was trying
to find his way back. He was very pale,
weak and exhausted, scarcely able to drag
himself about. His boots were slit in the
instep, and full Of water.


He left early in the day taking the road to
Buffalo but was subsequently seen walking
toward Wales, since which time the officers
are unable to learn anything of his move
ments. It is evident that he has been wan
dering through the country since he left his
burning home, after the murder. There is
no evidence that he has slept in house, and
in all human probability ne persisted Of the
cold on Tuesday or Wednesday night.
Year: 1863

NO Organs of the human system are more impor-
~ tant to health and comfort than the EYE and
EAR, and yet none are less understood more neg
lected. They seem to pass common observation,
and yet every part of the body is dependent upon
them for life and health.
Year: 1863

Is n and rare discovery, which is most wonder
ful in its operations putting blush the old systems
of treatment, which have quite often done harm
as good Below give the certificate of Rev p S.
HENSON, Pastor of the Broad Street Bapts. Church,
Philadelphia If any has doubts as to the value
of this remedy, they may learn more of its practical
value by addressing a note of inquiry TO Mr.. H..


PHILADELPHIA. Oct II, 1862.
From injuries received in my right eye when a
boy, chronic Inflammation had been produced in
consequence of which / suffered constant martvr-
dom. Every moment of my waking life YVES embt-
tered, and frequently unable to sleep at night
variety of remedies had been rcsorted to with
out success, and entertained the purpose as last
resort of having the ball taken out of its socket in
the hope of thus finding relief.


In the meantime. most proyidentially j noticed
one day in shop window bottle of fOOR RICH
ARDS EYE WATER. l had never heard OF it be-
fore but determined to try it, and did, with the
delightful results. In very few DAYS the painful
irritation removed; could bear the strongest
light and went forth to the enjoyment of a life
now keep bottle of always in the house. and if
my eye seems at all disposed to annoy me- give it a
dose, and that is end of it, | would not be with.
out it for any amount of money. take occasion to
say, further that my wife used TO suffer severely at
times from protracted pain in and over her eyes, and
she has found PooR RICHARDS EYE WATER a SOW
ercign specific in her giving her almost instant
relief. Grateful 10 God for the benefit that have
personally received cannot but commend the prep
aration to all who have been sufferers like myself.


p. HENSON,


Pastor of Broad Street Baptist Church.
Residence 143O Poplar 81, PHILADELPHIA.


szB~Numerous certificates of a similar character
might be furnished.
Year: 1863

Tue RAXGER-This little steamer sped away
from this place, last Thursday, towards Port
Madison, as though nothing allied her. If the
drifts are removed from the Puyallup river, she
will be pOking her nose up there within three
months, in pursuit Of employment
Year: 1863

anything in the Constitution or laws OF
any State to the contrary notwithstand-
ing"


The supremacy, then, is with the Fede-
raj Constitution and laws otherwise
there could be no uniformity or nation
ality. And does New York suppose that
she can tear down the temple of the
Union, and that the principal pillar
which supports the arch will stand firm
and erect? No! If the Union falls,
New York will only be the most conspic-
uous among the broken columns.


But New York knows that the path of
interest is that of honor and of duty 1t
is. the Union only that has made her
great 1t is the concentration by the
Union of Interstate and international
commerce in her great city that was con-
summatlng hel imperial destiny Before
the Union of 177S and 1887, New York
City was the village Of Manhattan; de-
stroy the Union and she will again be-
come little more than the village of
Manhattan. THE JrIdent OF the ocean,
the scepter of the worlds commerce,
would fall from her grasp, and London
be left without rival


Deprive the Government of the power
to regulate commerce, and the fall of.
New York will be as rapid as her rise
Each State then, as before the Constitu-
ton, would control its own commerce,
and the railroads and canals of New
York would cease to be the vehicles of
the trade of the nation and of the world.
Each State, as under the old Confedera-
cy, would force commerce into her own
ports by prohibitory or discriminating
statutes. No, when New York takes
from the Union the exclusive control of
commerce, she commits suicide.


One uniform regulation of commerce,
and one uniform currency, are more es-
sential to the prosperity of New York
than to that of any other State. New
York represents interstate and interna-
tional commerce. There are concentra-
ted our imports and exports, aid there
three-fourths of our revenue is collected.
There, if the Union endures, must be the
center of the commerce of the nation
and of the world. If the rebellion sue
ceeds, the separation of the East and
West is just as certain as that of the
North and South. Discord would reign
supreme, and States and parts of States
become petty sovereignties, mere pawns,
to be moved on the political chess-boards
by kings and queens of Europe.
Year: 1863

so desperate that it seemed at fra
almost impossible. to hold him, till 1
lifted him up in the air, when he was
lmore easily managed, and contrived


10 ring the bell. l was afraid that


the foam, which was pouring from his


mouth, in his furious efforts to bite


me, might get into some scratch and


do me injury; so, with great difficulty.
I held him with one hand, while put
the other into my pocket and forced
on my glove; then / did the same
with my other, and at last the gar
dener opened the door, saying


"W hat do you wantl "


tTve brought you mad dog" re-
lplied I; and telling him to get a
strong chain, i walked into the yard,
carrying the dog by the neck. Iwas
determined not to kill him, as tho't
if he should prove not to be mad, it
would be such satisfaction to the
persons whom lie had bitten. I made
the gardener (who was in a terrible
fight) secure the collar round his
neck, and fix the other end of the
chain to q tree, and then walking to
its furthest range, with all my force,
which was nearly exhausted by his
frantic struggles, / flung him away
from me, and sprang back He made
q desperate bound after me, but find
ing himself foiled, he uttered the
most fearful yell / ever heard. That
day he did nothing but rush to and
fro, champing the foam that gushed
from his jaws; we threw him meat,
and he snatched it with fury, but in
stantly dropped it again.


The next day l went to see him.
thought the chain seemed worn, SO
pinned him TO the ground between
the prongs of q pitchfork, and then
fixed n much larger chain round his
neck; when Ipulled Off the fork, he
sprang up and made dash at me,
which snapped the old chain in two.
He died in forty-eight hours from the
time he went mad
Year: 1863

danger incurred to the liberty Of the citl-
zen. although that danger would equally
exist under q suspension by Congress and
they are. therefore. opposed to the exercise
Of the power by that body also. They ob-
ject to the suspension now that Congress
has delegated the power, and as that is the
only remaining mode in which it can be
suspended they object to the exercise of
this provision1of the Constitution an toto.
What else is all this but faction? 4


We have mentioned that the act dele
eating the power of suspension to the Pres
ident provided certain limitations or safe
guard to persons arrested or held as po-
litical or State prisoners. The Secreta-
ries Of State and Of War are directed with
in twenty days after arrest, to return the
names of such persons to the civil Courts
of the United States; and if the Grand Ju-
ry Of any Court to which the case of any
prisoner is returned shall terminate its ses-
sion without proceeding against such pris-
oner u shall be the duty of the Judge of
the Court to make an order for his dis
charge. There are other provisions of a
similar character. all Of which are destined
to secure to the arrested party that speedy
trial before the judicial tribunals to which
every citizen is entitled by the Constitu-
ton. If the writ is ever to be suspended
at all, We do not see how the exercise Of
the power can be hedged about with more
effective safeguards against abuse or op-
preston. on.--PhH Eng. s-en-
Year: 1863

says it is fact we'll worth knowing that,
for the first time in many years, the Con-
gress coming into life in the middle of q
Presidential term is. in its political aspect.
friendly to the President. For quarter
Of century, If we are not mistaken. an
opposition Speaker has been elected in ev-
cry last Congress of Presidential term
That the next Congress is not merely
Union, but Republican, is a strong testi-
mony to the popular estimate of the fdel-
ity. honesty and patriotism of ABRAHAM
LINCOLN and his adviser.
Year: 1863

- The Executive Committee appointed by
the Canal Convention which met in Chi.
cago in June last, convened at New York
on Wednesday,, and adopted q memorial
to the President and Congress, setting
forth the military, commercial and nation
al advantages Of the Ship Canal. Those
advantages VIC hare often detailed in these
columns. They are manifest almost at a
glance, and will be brought before Con-
gress in such shape as to ensure the req
uisite appropriation for the con
struction Of the great thoroughfare
which will indissolubly bind together the
various divisions OF the Republic, and
cventuate, a commercial and military high
way Of the grandcst national importance


In the latter point Of view, as a11ording
military transit IRON the Mississippi Via
the lakes to the Atlantic, its value can
hardly be estimated. 1t would be . most
potent appliance, md regarded In this light
Congress must see its incalculable benefits
and give it TN Immediate practical shape.
Year: 1863

The Baron of Wildenburg, on fading
that his daughter did not return to the
villa, had every search made for her, but
the donestics came back without having
received any intelligence OF their object.
The old man lett his mansion in despair,
and, with few of his servants, examin-
ed every nook in the neighborhood of the
villa. Boats wore ssnt upon the lake to
search for her hsdy, in case she had been
drowned, but all his efforts were of no
avail no trace could be discovered Of
the unfortunate Blanca, and the father
gave himselfu up to the bittsrest grief
At times he suspected WiIfred of having
/. .allured her from her home, and then
Year: 1863

der this act or under any State law
the same may be held any time with
in ten days after the preventing
cause may cease, the, time TO BE-
fixed by the officer authorized te
appoint the judges and clerks.


Sec TO-. Such officer shall be au.
thorized to administer the proper
oatbs to the judges and clerks, OF
they may administer ihe same to
to each other. M


Sec IL. Every person concerned
in holding spch election in any State
or camp. shall take an oathto sup
port the Constitution Of the Confed-
crate States and to discharge his
duty in holding such election faith
fully and impartiaily. i yw
Year: 1863




m this predoament szactiy what was best 70 be done
was question not easy Of solution. We bad on boasd
nearly four hundred people, with Goals and prov sons
nearly exhaused To lay BY the schooner until the gale
subsded would be 70 risk hunger and prvaon for those
on board 10 20 ahead with her would surely sink
her. TO abandon her would be 10 destroy the
evidence OF the legality OF her seizure So sne was
oosred TO her captain, who gladly took her back.
Getting on board be hostod for the first time the Eng
iish nag eIclaming, "Thank Cod Pm captain again. {"
and with cheers for Captain woton and the Fulton the
schooner was put before the wind and bore away for
Hatterss


is proper to cay that a partial examination Of the
cargo revealed no evidences Of anythng besides the salt
mentioned IN the schooners invoice But il lie than
likely that before her arrival at Beaufort she will again
be seized and detained, owing TO the nformaty Of her
papers Nothing but absolute necessity could have in
duced Captain wotton TO relnqush his prize. In his
action be is sustained by both the military and naval of
GERS Oh board.
Year: 1863

The Detroit Free Press says:


What the state of the country was from
1900 up to the Presidential election in
1860 the Democratic party is response
Bile for. What the condition Of the
country now is. and has been since the
4th of March, 1861, the Republicans arc
responsible for.
Year: 1863

What is the greatest insult that can
be offered to our brave soldier boys in the
field?


1t is to attempt to defeat the great OBJ
ject for which they left home aud periled
life and limb. 1t is an insult alike to
the honored dead and to the noble liv-
ing.


Such an insult John Brough offers by
indorsing and sustaining the radical pol
icy which prefers the destruction of sla-
very to the salvation of the Union =
Statesman.
Year: 1863

House CLEANING.-Apropos to these pleas
ant May days, now is the season sacred to
house cleaning. From nine -tenths of the habi-
tations in this portion of the land, the genius
Of hOuSe-cleaning sends up an incense of warm
soap5uds, fresh paint and varnish, and maiden
paper. One fire is said to be equal to two mo-
wings, one moving equal to two house cleaningS,
and one hOuSc-cleaning-well we won't say
what. The feminine portion of the community
would no more dispense with the vernal house
cleaning than they would do without crinoine
or taboo new spring dresses, and they take to
the periodical scrubbing dispensatiOu with a
degree of firnness and patience that is worthy
the imitation Of the pantalooned sex, who only
see i'll the advent Of the securing season peri
od of general disocation of home comforts. a
time of trials and crosses, and general Slop
and sluSh, with predominating odor Of suds
and wet wood work.