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BLOOMSBURG. COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 1864.
NUMBER 48.
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'Within J months. No subscription taken for
a less period than six months; no discon
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Choice poetrn.
CUTTER FIFTY CENTS A. POUND,
Hark from the tomb the doleful sound,
Batter Fifty Cents a pound ! ...
Soft and easy, war and thunder,
-Cay a pickle and pay lor a cucumber.
What makes it so ? How can it be
Two dollars for a ponnd of tea
Sixty cents for coffee ground,
' And butter filly cents a pound !
!Hay, they say is on the run,
Forty dollars for a ton ;
Grain gee op and Green goes down,
And butler fifty cents a pound.
- Dry Goods, too, are more than double,
To cover your dack it is some trouble ;
Hut latest fashions on contractors are found,
And bulier fifty cents a pound !
We soon wilt have to stop the slaughter,
As a pound of beef now costs a quarter,
And that sometimes is near the round,
And batter fifty cents a pound !
The say speculation causes all; ' -
True, for orb Nigueb, fire white men fall ;
Nigger liveswhite man goes under ground
. While butter yj fifty cents a pound !
: We are fighting now, they say,
In the true and righteous way,
To put nigger up and white man down,
While butter's fifty cents a pound !
O ! this is a glorious war,
We shoe Id have known it lone before,
. And Jfcan-ks we say lo Old John Brown,
For batter's fifty cents a pound !
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- And thank we say, to Abe and Chasa,
'And all them fellers in that place ;
'For they are bound Jo keep us down,
.' While bcitter's fifty cents a pound !
"When first the boys went to the war,
They always loft with a grand hurrah
Bat now we hear no cheering sound,
While batter's fifty ceits a p.ounJ;!
Old Abe he loves to make a joke,
And said this war would end in smoke.
The joke is good, as we have found, m
And butter's fifty cents a pound !
Where if the gradual Emancipation 1
Where is the honest compensation ?
Where's his Inaugural that looked so round?
' Where is lulter t Fifty cents a pound !
Just look the momentous crisis ; price is,
.Take Colombia County, no matter what the
Grease your nigger and swallow bira down,
, If butter Is fifty cettts a pound !
Bat I think it's now almost too late,
Ha will bars two parties for to hate ;
And they are bound to put him down, -
Wbile batter's fifty cents a pound !
Chobcs, I love to hear the Roosters crow,
' I love to see the Piggies grow,
I hate to see the cows around
When batter's fifty cents a pound.
Geemaw EcomomV? A late tourist in Gar
'tnany describes the economy practiced by
the peasants as follows : "Each German
has his he ass, his orchard, his road-side
troes, so laden , with iruit that, did he not
oixef&IIy prop them up, tie them together,
arid in many places hold the boughs to
gether by wooden clamps, they would be
torn asunder by their own weight. He has
bia own corn plot, hij plot for mangel war
zel or bay, for potatoes, for hem, &c. He
' is bis own master, and, therefore, be and
Jbin family have the strongest motives for
xertion. In Germany nothing is lost.
' Toe produce of the trees and the cows is
carried to market. Much fruit was dried
for winter use. Yon see wooden trays of
. rlums. cherries, sliced apples, lying in the
a,3 to dry. You see strings of them bang- i
injj from the windows in the sun. The
co ws are l:ept np the greater part of the
- year, and overy green thing is collected for
thorn. Every little nook where the grass
grows, by the roadside, river, and book, is
carefully cut by the sickle. The grass is
' then carried home, on the. beads of the
women and children, in baskets or cloths.
Nothing of the kind is lost that can poasi
- by be made of any use. Weeds, nettles,
and the Very goose-grass which covers the
waste places, are cut 07 and taken for the
' coifs. - You see the lif'le children standing
in Uhe street tf the village,and the streams'
' which generally ran down them, busy wash
inj1 these weeds before they are given to
tta cattle. They carefully collect tha leaves
, cf tie marsh grass, carefully cut their po
. tata tops for them, and even, if other things
fail, gather green leaves from the wood
-Usds." ,----
" AsTXitca Waho aaya he is tired answer
izjthe questions as to bow many wives
" Crigban Young has. Ha says that all he
.fcnasrs aboni it is that be one day osed ap
th3 malplic&lion table in enumerating the
!-? e".:ckicr3 on a clothes line in Brig-!
L.i'a tci jar J, and went o3 feeling diz
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Tie' Bode ia Which Soldiers Stall Tote.
The following is an abstract of the bill
prescribing the manner in which the sol
diers shall vote:
Section first provides that whenever any
of the qualified electors of this Common"
wealth shall be in actual military service
undar a requisition from the President or
Governor, and consequently absent on the
day of holding general, special or presiden
tial elections, they shall be enlitled to exer
cise the right of suffrage as fully as if they
were present at their proper places of vot
ing, and the right of such voter is not to be
impaired by reason of bis being credited
for bounty in any other locality than his ac
tual residence.
Sec. 2. A poll is to be opened in each
company, composed in whole or part of
Pennsylvania soldiers, at the quarters of
the captain or other efficer, and all electors
of said company who shall be within one
mile of such quarters on the day of elec
tion, and not be prevented from returning
by the proximity of the enemy or orders of
commanders, shall vote at such headquar
ters, and no other place. Officers ethers
than those, of a company, the other voters
detached and absent from their companies,
or in any military and naval hospital, or in
any vessel or navy yard, may vote at such
other polls as are most convenient to them.
When thero are ten or more electors una
ble to attend at the company polls or prop
er places of election they may open a poll
at such place as they may select.
. Ssc. 3. The polls are not to be opened
before 7 o'clock, and must be kept open
three hours, or, if deemed necessary in or
der to receive all the votes, until seven
o'clock in the evening.
3cc 4. Before opening tbe polls the elec
tors present shall elect, uiva voce, three per
sons forjudges, and the judges shall apoint
two clerks, and prepare boxes for the bal
lots. .
Sec. 5. Before receiving, any votes tbe
judges and clerks shall be sworn to observe
tbe law and guard against fraud and deceit,
and this oath must be entered on the poll
book and signed by the judges and clerks.
Sec. 6. All voting shall be by ballot, and
the applicant to vote, if challanged, must
be examined ncder oath by the judges as to
bis right to vote in the precinct in which he
claims residence.
Sec. 7. Separate poll-books shall be kept,
and separate relnrns made,. for the voters of
each city or county. The poll-books shall
name the cempanynd regiment, and post,
place or hospital ia which the election is
held. Tbe county and township, city, boro',
ward, precinct, or election district of each
voter shall be endorsed opposite his name
on tbe poll-books, of which each clerk
shall keep one.
Skc. 8. Tbe tickets shall have npon them
the names of all the officers for 'whom the
eleo.or desires to role.
Slc. 9. On receiving tbe ticket the judges
must pronounce audibly the name of tbe
elector presenting it, and if satisfied of the
right of the elector lo vote, and be is not
challanged, shall deposit the ballot in tbe
proper box, while the clerks register the
name and legal residence of tbe voter in
their poll-books.
Sec. 10, At the close of the polls the num
ber of voters must be counted, set down,
and certified at the fool of the poll-books.
Sec. II. After the poll-books are signed
the ballots are to be counted, each judge
reading the dames thereon, and the third
stringing-the vote of each connty on a sep
arate string, and carefully preserving the
same.
Sec. 12. Where two tickets are folded to
gether, both are to be throw'n ent, and
where two ballots are voted together for
the same office, neither is to be counted for
that office.
Sec 13. Each clerk shall keep, in addi
tion to tbe poll-book, a list of the voters for
each county, which shall constitute part of
the poll-book.
Sec. 14. The number of voters on these
county poll lists must also be set down and
certified.
Secs. 15 and 16 prescribe the farm of poll
book, and the mannef of entering the re
tarns.. 'Sec 17. After canvassing the votes, the
judges will seal up and send the poll-book
lieu and ballots to tbe Prothonotary pf tbe
proper county, and secure the other poll-
book and lists, to be called for by the Com
missioner appointed under the act.' If not
called for within ten days, the second book,
&c, are to be sent to the Secretary of the
Commonwealth.
Sec. 18. The Prothonotary must furnish
the Return Judges with a certified copy of
returns so received.
Secs. 19 and 20. The Return Judges are
to meet en the Second Tuesday of Novem
ber to connt and enter the Vote of soldiers
tbns returned. ' , . "
Sec. 21. In Presidential elections, all re
turns received by the Secretary of the Com
monwealth are to be compared with the
county returns, for the correction of tha
latter: -
Sec. 22. All elections are to be subject to
contest as under present laws.
Sec. 23. The Secretary of the Common
wealth is required to provide' a sufficient
number of copies of this law, together wiib
extracts from tbe general election laws,
blank forms of poll-books, tally lists, and
returns, postage stamps, etc., and forward
the same by commissioners, or otherwise,
to the commanding officers of companies,
detached posts and hospitals, who shall da-
iver tie aaaa to ths election judges on tba
day of election, but no election is to be in
validated by reason of such blanks not be
ing received.
Secs. 24, 25, 26, 2'. The Governor is to
appoint snch commissioners, not exceeding
one to each Pennsylvania regiment in ser
vice, as shall be necessary to carry out tbe
law. Said commissioners are to be sworn
to falfil their dnties, under penalty of $1,
000 or imprisonment, for one year. . They
are to deliver four copies of tbe laws, and
at least two sets of blanks, to the command
ing efficer of every company and part of
company; provide for opening polls,, and
call for one copy of the poll-book after ihe
election. They are to be paid ten cents per
mile for (raveling to and from their respec
tive regiments, and may vole atone of the
company' palls. No failure of commission
ers to visit regiments shall invalidate any
election nnder the act.
Secs. 28, 29. Tbe officers authorized to
conduct elections are to be snbject to the
nsual penalties for the non-fulfillment of
duties. They are to receive ho compensa
tion. Sec. 30. When the Sheriff issues his pro
clamation for an election, he shall transmit
immediately copies of the same to the
troops in tbe field from the connty.
Sec. 31. 313,000 is appropriated to carry
the law into effect.
Secs. 32, 33. Where less than ten persons
are separated from their proper company
they are to vote as follows : Each voter is
authorized, before the day of tbe election,
to place his ballot, properly folded, in a
sealed envelope, together with a statement
signed by the voter and his commanding
officer, or some other witness, and duly
swern to and certified before said officer or
some other competent person. This state
ment mnst se! forth the following facts :
The name and proper residence of tbe
voter.
An authority to some qualified voter at
tbe place of his residence, lo cast the bal
lot for him.
That be is a qualified voter in the pre
cinct where be proposes to vote.
That he is in the active military service,
and give the name of the organization of
which be is a member.
That he has not sent bis ballots to any
other person than tbe one so authorized.
That he will not attempt to vote at any
polls opened on said election day, at any
place whatsoever. .
That hef-not been dishonorably dis
mtsseWfr yervice.
Said seateu-envelope, ballots and state
ment are te be sent by mail, or otherwise,
to the proper person, with the endorsement
on the sealed part thereof, "Soldier's ballot
for township, (ward er borough,) in
the county of," &c.
Secs. 34, 35, 36, 37. The elector to whom
this ballot is sent shall deliver it unopened,
00 the day of the election, at the proper
polls. The election officers shall open it
in the presence of the board, and deposit
the ballots and accompanying papers, as
other ballots are deposited. The person de
livering the bailol shall be compelled to tes
tify on oath that be has delivered it in the
same state as when received, and that he
has not opened or changed or altered the
contents. Without such oath the vote bball
not be received. The right to rote of the
person sending the ballot may be challeng
ed the same as if be was- personally pres
ent. Any election officer refusing to re
ceive and count each vote, excepting when
fraudulent, and any elector lo whom such
ballot is sent refusing to present it at the
proper poll, are punishable by 500 fine
and one year's imprisonment. Any per
son making false oath touching these mat
tors is subject to a penalty of S 1,000 fine
and five year's imprisonment.
Sec 38! The Secretary of State shall pre
pare and furnish the necessary blanks to
carry ont this act.
Sec. 39. In case of an elector in' military
service on a vessel, the master pf said ves
sel shall be competent to take affidavit and
written statement of said elector.
Sec 40 Assessors are required to assess
a county tax of ten cents on every non
commissioned offices and private, and the
usual tax on every commissioned officer,
known by them to be in the military service
of the United Slates or State, in the army
er navy, and when names shall have been
omitted they must be added on application
of any resident of the district. Non-commissioned
officers and privates are to be ex
empt from all other personal taxes while in
the service. Assessors must receive this
tax from, and furnish a certificate cf pay
ment to, any citizen offering to pay the
same for said soldier. 'Where the name has
been entered on the assessment books no
certificate of assessment shall be required.
The certificate of payment should set forth
the name of the person for whom the tax
is paid, the date of payment, and year for
which it is assessed. This certificate shall
be evidence of payment of taxes, and shall
preclude a demand for other evidence of a
right te vote.. The penalty for noncompli
ance on tbe part of the assessors,' collec
tors, or treasurers shall not be' less than $20,
or more than $200.
A-widow, occupying a house in a fash
tonable quarter in London, sent for a weal
thy solicitor to make her will, by which
she disposed of between 50,000 and
60,000. He proposed soon after, was ac
cepted, and found himself the happy hus
band of a penniless adventurer.
Josh Billings deposes, among other good
things, 4 'that yer kant Jndge a man bi biz
religion eny more than yet kan judge biz
shirt bi the lize of tba koUar and riatbands."
j Serenade to Hoc. George B. Pendleton.
From the Cincinnati Inquirer of Tuesday.
At an early hour in the evening of tbe
6th the northeast part of the city was astir
with people, and, with music and cannon,
to the number of full two thousand, they
proceeded to the house of our gallant coma
inee.
My Fellow Citizens:. I thank yon for
this evidence of your interest and good
will. 1 thank you for youi kindness and
sympathy. It is just ten years since yon
first voted for me for Congress. That ia a
long time in the life of a young man. You
have given me your confidence during all
that time. In defeat as well as in success
yon have supported me. In all the trying
scenes of the last four years you have been
my constant, unwavering friends.
You gave me the word of encouragement
when I left. Yon gave me a cordial wel
come when I returned. When, according
to my humble ability, 1 advocated tbe right,
you loudly approved. When my judgment
erred yon censored gently. My friends,
from the bottom of my heart, I ibank you.
To merit and to have your cordial good
will and confidence is more valuable than
office or honors.
I shall not make you a political speech
to-night. It is not neceary we under
stand each other perfectly.
One thing I desire l eay, which has
been Fro pressed on me to-day. We are
about lo enter upon a warm, excited con
test. It will try-you try your your princi
plestry the strength of the institutions of
ire government. Let us indulge in no per -eonal
animosities or personal abuse. Let
us remember that the caase is too sacred
the consequence too important the re
sults too vast lor such party instrumentali
ties. Let as appeal to reason and judg
ment, and experience let us appeal to tbe
minds and hearts and consciences of our
fellow citizens. And then if we shall be
successful, and in God's good providence
our dearest hope shall have again the bles
sings of individual liberty, under the pro
tection of a Constitution vindicated, and a
Union re-invigorated, no npleasaut recol
lection of this contest will mar the glory of
onr triumph, or dim tha supreme lustre
of our great achievement.
Ko Draft
The shining light of the Shoddy Dynas
ty the bell-ringer extisttrdir ry for His
Majesty Abraham First has been trying
his hand at discouraging enlistments so
shoddy organs say. He made a speech at
Auburn, New York, on last Saturday, in
which he said :
"We will have no dralt, because . the ar
my is being reinforced at the rate of five to
ten thousand men per day by volunteers."
Only a few days betoro demi-official bul
letins from Washington announced that
the service was being recruited at the rate
of thee thousand per day. The Secretary
neglected to stale tbe cause of the stimu
lated state of tbe recruiting business from
three up to five and ten thousand. He
should have said that the nomination of
M'CIellan has given an impulse to volun
teering equal to the time of firing into Fort
Sumter! The sentiment of the people he
could also have given, which is that it is
universally believed, first, that Little Mac
will be elected ; and second, that peace
will be the speedy result of his election !
The enthusiasm for M'CIellan among the
volunteers who have lately been going into
service is nnbouudod. Cuceia for him
are given with a will by entire companies
and regiments ! As regiments march
through our streets, on their way to the
front, lusty and heartfelt cheers are given
for M'CIellan, but never for Lincoln. In
his next speech tbe Secretary should cor
rect his omissions in the Auburn speech,
and give the facts as above.
M'Clellan's Letter of Acceptance.
We hope that Gen. M'CIellan's letter ac
cepting the Democra'.ic nomination for
the Presidency has by this time been read
by eaery oter both in onr own party and
in the opposition. It is a matchless pro
duction in style and dignity ; and in this,
as in its senlments of fidelity to the Un
ion, it far surpasses the letter of Mr. Lin
coln accepting the Baltimore nomination.
It is also, a most fitting reply to the slan
ders of disunionism which have been laid
to his charge. It is in perfect consonance
with the Chicago platform, and- while it
expresses a firm determination to maintain
the Union in all its parts, it gives the
American people perfect assurance that
every bo norable and equitable effort will
be made te amicably adjust the present
deplorable national difficulties and secure
peace lo the suffering country.
A Peace Mam. In the neighborhood of
the city, a robust and true-hearted German,
by profession a gardener, was tempted by
the offer of a tbonsand dollars to enlist as a
substitute. He gave bis employer notice,
and left. A few days after he was again
at work. "Why, Go'.lieb, have you return
ed f" "Oh ! ya. I was be very glad to
have a dousand dollar for de vrow and kin
der, but I dinks what shall I make for it.
1 shall shoot some beetles. What for shall
dey be killed ? Becaaee they will net be
compelled to give up niggers. Ach ! mine
Gott, nine. No, dat is not for zae. Perhaps
I shall shoot the lader, von two or tree little
kinder like taine, Jacob and Mina. Ach !
do diebel Gott in himrael, not for one doa
sanddsllarv Nine ! ' Net for eine million
daaer'f - . "
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Important Information. Col, J. G. Frieze,
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democratic books, documents, and speech
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per, pens, ink and envelopes of all sizes
and styles, as well as theological, poetical,
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Tux friends of the Union most. remember
that Mr. Lincoln has distinctly ann onnced
that be will entertain no propositions for
peace and restoration that do not embrac
the "abandonment of slavery." This is
bis ultimatum. What right has he to call
himself a Union candidate, when he re
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nuder the Constitution, are yielded by the
people tjreof to the central despotisjn at
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ESTRAY HORSE.
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Beaver Valley, Aug. 3, 1864. 3 1. Si. 50
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A Military Spirit the Snrse of Freedom.
The first duty of the patriot is. to stop
this war. The second, to get rid of its
consequences. To obliterate that baneful
military spirit which is the curse ol any
nation. There is no such foe lo popular j
liberty as a general diffusion of military I
tastes and habits. The tendency of. so
ciety ever is as fast as it ceases to rely up
on reason, tb govern by violence. Those
who have the sword in their hands have
almost invariably refused to wait for the
slow operation of argument. The sword
cuts away all opposition. No troublesome
contradiction, no unwelcome truth, will
impede the progress of him who uses the
ratio ultima regum, and mows down all ob
stacles with the scythe of power. Hence
all enemies to universal freedom, and all
triends of aristocratical prerogative, delight
in war. Not satisfied with fighting foreign
nations, and keeping np an array even in
times of psace, they seek, after they have
once corrupted the mass of the people, to
o render a whole nation mil itary. Those
who have great armies at their back haugh
tily bid defiance to the unarmed philoso
pher and politieian who brings into the
field truth withept a spear and argument
nnbacked by artillery.
-This military spirit always tends to Goth
icise a nation, to extinguish the light of
learning and philosophy, and to raise thick
fogs of ignorance and superstition, which
are the bane ol all happiness and the very
element of despotism.
The strict discipline which is found nec
essary to render an army a machine in the
hands of its directors, requirng, anHer the
severest pena hies, the most implicit sub
mission to absolute command, has a di
rect tendency to familiarize the mind to
civil despotism. Men, equal to their com
manders by nature, and often superior, ere
bound to obey the impulse of authority,
and to perform their part as mechanically
as the trigger which they pull to discharge
their muskets. They connot, indeed, help
having a will of their own, but they must
suppress it, or die. They must see, if they
see at all, with the eyes of others. Their
duly is not to have an opinion of their own,
but to follow blindly where they are led.
They become living automatons the self
acting tools of despotism. Their minds
are soon broken down to the yoke. The
energy of independence weakened, the
manly t pint tamed, like animals that once
ranged in the forest, delighting in liberty,
caught in snares, confined in cages, and
taught to stand upon their bind 4gs and
play tricks for the entertainment ofthe idle.
They obey the word o! command given by
the keeper of the managerie, because they
have been taught obedience by hunger, by
the lash of the whip, and by every mode
of discipline consistent with their lives.'
Bat they are degraded, contemptible ani
mala as a soldier is a degraded man.
Suppose the masses of a people thus tamed
and broken down by having served in the
army (bus made the tools of whatever de
signing knaves should gain their confidece
what has become of that nation's liber
ty, of its honor? The effort to render a
whole people military is the work of de
signing knaves and tyrants. The miliary
rage always tramples on liberty, and then
despotism, triumphant, marches through
the land with drums . beating and colors
flying. Erasmus said, ''There are those
who go to war for no other reason tbn
that they may, witb greater ease establish
despotic authority over their own pcopie at
home. For in time of peace, tbe power of
parliaments, the dignity of magistrates, the
rigor of the laws are great impedi
ments to a ruler who wishes to exercise
arbitrary power. But when ence a war is
undertaken, the chief management of it
devolves on a few, who, for the general
safety, assume the privilege, of conducting
everything according to their own humor,
demanding unlimited confidence. The
prince's favorites are all exalted to places
of honor and profit. Those whom he dis
likes are turned out or. neglected. The
time of war ia the lime for raising as much
money npon tha people as' the despot's
heart can wish. In short, the time of war
is the time that tkey feel themselves des
pos in very deed and truth, not in tiams
only, bat despots with a vengeance, in the
meantime the grandees play into one anoth
er's bands, till they have eaten np the
wretched people root and branch. Do you
think that men of such dispositions would
be backward 10 seize any the slightest oc
casions for war, so lucrative, so Mattering
to avarice and vanity !"
. How forcibly, hew painfully, does ihe
history of our country for the last tbree
years bring to our minds these words of the
great Erasmus! But for the opportunity of
wielding despotic power, which the war
furnishes its managers, and but for the
monstrous gains it brings to tbe few
friends of the Administration, the con
flict would have been over long ago. In
deed, it would cever have begun. To pro
long the havoc to fasten the intolerable
despotism upon our country an effort is
everywhere made to cultivate a taste and
admiration for military life. We are told
that "we are fast becoming a great military
people." Then we are fast becoming an
enslaved people. There never was a mil
itary people yet that was free there nev
er will be. There never was a nation that
that was not' debased by war, except
in cases where tbe v people have
rushed te arms te defend their altars
and their homes from tbe ruthless footsteps
of the invader, as the southern people are
now doing. The war has not debased the -South,
because their straggle is like that
of ours in 1776, for independence, and for
the sacred right of self-government. But
how shall we come out of it? Ruined in
our fortunes, demoralized in our character,
and debased in honor. The work of get
ting the obscene uiurper out of powesr is
the least of the ta-k before us. Weh'ave
to thoroughly purge ourselves of this mili
tary virus before we can ever become " a
free and virtuous people again. A war of
aggression and plunder has brutalized ibe
public sense, and familiarized it ' to theft,
rape and murder, to such a degree jlhat it
will take half a century to eradicate tbe
poison. The sight of a maa strutting -in -uniform
must be hatefal to our eyes. It
should remind us ol the source of tbe debt
that crushes us It must cause the wid
ow's heart to curse ibe profession that has
sacrificed ber husband. It mast teach tbe
orphan to despise ihe tinselled booby who
struts before bim in the gaudy habiliments
of tape and feathers. All' things that re
mind us of this most atrocious war mast
be an abomination to our eyes, as tbe first
evidence thai we are in a hopeful way of
finally redeeming ourselves from the curse
that has fallen nyon as. To bring these
bloody ensigns into disrepute and con
tempt is the first doty of a patriot. To
sweep into political and social oblivion all
the guilty tools of the cruel despotism
should be the labor of the statesman and
the philanthropist. A satrap of Abraham
Linccoln sboold evermore be looked
upon as a death's keid in society an em
blem of murder, a remembrancer of rape
and arson ! Let bim walk among men like
Cain, with tbe mark ol felon on his brow !
The Expre6siok op Deess. Women are
more like flowers than we think. In their
drefes and adornment they express their
natnre as the flowers do in their petals and
colors. Some women are like the modest
daises and violets, they never look or feel
better than when dressed in a morning
wrapper. Others are not themselves nnless
they can flame out in gorgeons dyes, like
the tulip or blush rose. Who has not seen
women just like white lilies 1 Who does
not know several dooble marigolds and pop
pies ? There are women fit only for velvet
like the dahlias; others are graceful and
airy, like the azaleas. Now and then yea
see hollyhocks and snnflawers. When
women are free to dress they like, uncon
trolled by others, add not limited by their
circumstances, they do not fail to express
their trne characters, and dress becomes a
form of expression very genuine and use
fu!. Meredith.
Wa understand that tbe Lincolnites are
trying a new scheme. There are many
voters who have hitherto acted . with them,
not because they are fanatical, bnt because
they have been overawed and terrified.
These men have determined to vote for
McClellan. Bat the Abolition managers
try a new dodge by persuading them to
vote the Abolition. ticket in October, even if;
they intend to vote for McClellan in Nov . .'
ember. We hope such voters will not be
misled. A Democratic triumph in October
is necessary to secure success in Novem
ber. Every friend of McClellan shonld re
member this. Vote tbe Democratic ticket
in October ; this will secure McClellan's
success.
TuAtlnr ftf Wftcnwri Hani.! WT .K.t..
j once Baid "Small is the sum that is requir
ed to patronize a .newspaper, and amply
rewarded is its patron, I caro not bow bum
ble and unpretending the paper be takes
It is next to impossible to fill a sheet with
printed matter without putting into it some
thing that is worth the subscription price.
Every parent whose son is away from home
at school shonld supply him with a news
paper. I well remember what a marked
difference there was between those of my
1 1 . i 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1
1 bguooi uiaies wug uiu uu iuubc wuu uuu
' not access to newspapers. Other things
being equal, the firtt were always enperior
to the last in debate, composition, anb gen
eral intelligence."
The ballot-box stuffers in tbe Abolition
ranks are open in their declarations, that
by fair means, or foul, they will carry this
fall's elections. One of them, famous lor
his , abilities in this line and there are
none more so recently told a friend that
there must be Abolition success, and that
every means would be used te . achieve it.
Let these men beware I If frtaey attempt
any such outrages to stifle tbe voice of the
people, they will not go nnwhipped of
justice. Such villainies will be discovered,
and their authors will certainly come to a
bad end. The people are on tbe lookout
for all sucb frauds.
The Baltimore Abolition platform sanc
tions all the crimes and follies of tbe pres
ent Administration. It approves of arbi
trary arrests the suppression of free
speech and free press and military inter
ference in elections. It makes slavsry, cot
the Union, the only real issue before tbe
people. It does not extend any sympathy
to onr brave soldiers now in Southern pris
ons. Can tbe Unionists of the country
conscientiously give their support to tha
candidates who stand npon each a plat
form. ?
When the rebel raiders were approach
ing Cbamb ersburg, a telegram announced
that General Conch would undoubtedly
offer a resistance to the invaders and ' sa
he did. He showed bis tier behre th.9
rebels came in' sight.