JUL
BY S. J. EOW.
CLEARFIELD, PA.. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1863.
VOL. 9.-NO. 50.
AGBICOIA.
When slowly ginks the setting son,
Adown the roty, redd'ning west, .
The weary swain, his labor clone, '
JIU eVtage seeks, and dream; of rest.
His prattling babes aronnd him press
A merry, mirthful, happy throng
To claim the rustic's rough caress,
And listen to his rustic song.
ilis loving spoo.se. with beaaing smile,
Breathes her iond welcome In his ear ;
And trills a soothing air the while
Her bands prepare the evening cheer.
He looks aronnd his peaceful home
He smiles upon his girls and boys,
And wonders that mankind should roam,
Or seek abroad forbidden joys.
The placid current of his life
Flows on, a calm, unruffled stream,
As free from aarrow, care and strife,
As youthful Fancy's morning dream '
Ilis wife and child ten all bis wealth,
His toils and cares alone for them ;
His only badge the glow of health.
And love his only diadem
As slowly sinks the setting fun
Adown the rosy, redd'ning west.
So, when the day of life is done.
Shall he as calmly sick to rest.
A Fighting Democrat on Yallanilig
ham nm the Copperheads.
SPEECH OF GENERAL JOHN A. LOGAN,
AT CAIRO, ILLINOIS.
Geo. Logan, on passing through Cairo sev
eral days ago, en route to visit his friends,
upon request of the people of that place,
made a few impromptu remarks, which we
publish below :
'It makes no difference whether you call
n.e Democrat, Republican or ioolitionisl as
some have of late named me. It does not
change my leeliugs does not alter my action.
1 am for my country every time for my coun
try nrsi, tasi ana always ; ana J ant Ughtiog
lor the right of that country to be numbered
among the honored nations of the earth. Un
til that is brought about, and tt.is rebellion
crushed out, I am but an American citizen
When that rigl:t shall have ben asserted
then, shculd we find that there is something
wrong in the fabric that our fathers reared
something we desire to change, it will be time
enough to c-Qie up and demand the change
N.w we have this acursed rebellion to root
out. It must be rooted out. 1 am for using
trfry means and all means for putting It to
an end. If the people at the North would use
the same lorce Jou. IMvis and tis minions
use and were as unanimous as tbey are for
in the South force of arms compel every man
to act as though he sanctioned the rebellion
whether he feels inclined or not this tear
vrovlil be successfully terminated in iess than six
ViClllhs
"Every mother's son who is opposed to the
war should be compelled either to take up
arms against us or for us. Then there would
te no talk of peace here in the North, no talk
of resistance, no such men as Vallaudigham, no
such cowards as' those who support all such men,
and mi these things
"Vsllandigham says he has traveled over
the Confederacy itsing the term Confedera
cy" not the phrase "so called Confederacy "
(tor I do not acknowledge the existence of
any authority or government in America aside
from that ot the United States) and has not
lnt't man, woman or child who docs not sus
tain the war, and who is not determined to
-fight it out to the death or the bitter end. Val
ianiligham here simply lies. He tells what is
noi true, and he knows it. Vallundigham,
aide fioin the leading men Jeff. Davis,
Toombs and Stephens did not, I venture to
speak with a dozen persons while taking
his invo!untarv trip through Dixie. Had he
done so, his report would have been of a dif
feregt color.
"The people who are fighting against this
ioveriiiiient the poor whiles comprising the
r-iak and file of the rebellion nine-tenths of
tlifin do not know what they are fighting for ;
do not know what they are fighting against.
A majority of them do not know anything.and
hundreds never saw the American flag in their
lius nutil they saw it march into Vicksburg
n triumph. They do not know the Fourth of
July, or anything else that is good. But poor
!1 ignorant as they are, let them express their
n tree minds, and they will, almost to a man,
'h-nund a speedy termination of this war
would sol mit to almost anything rather than
fight one day longer as they have'been fighting.
It it only by the force of bayonets that their army
i ktyt together. Even that cannot prevent
tlieir deserters from flocking into Jackson by
hundreds, to take the oath of allegiance or to
join the Union tanks. And I tell you what I
snow when I say that it will not be many days
re the entire States of Mississippi and Tennes
see will be knocking loudly for re-aimission
a Union which not long since they thought
heir puny efforts could quickly dissolve.
Thty re talking of it even now.
'Speaking of being united, I tell you, by
,fie Eternal God, there was never a more truth
''l sentence than that of Douglas t . "Those
bo are not with us are against us !' and I
literate it and add that those who are not
'th ns should be hung, or should be with their
Souther brethren, fighting with them .
"Let them either aid the Government or go
here they can bolster up the tottering for
goes of rebeldom. Better have a dozen foea
fieW than one fightiag us behind our
"To all copperheads, peace men, agitators,
anti-war men be they Republicans or Demo
crats for we have them here pretending to
be both I have a word to say on the behalf
of our brave soldiers. And you have undoubt
edly been told that the war has its oppose rs in
the ranks ot the Union army. It is an accursed
and foul aspersion upon the fair fame of men
who are willing to spill their blood, give thei
lives for their country. Tbey are for onr U
nion. They fight for the people' and thei
country, for the suppression of tbe rebellion
JLet me say to all opposers of the war : The
time will come when men composing this
army will come to their homes. They have
watched the progress of events with interest.
They have bad tbeir eyes upon these unmiti
gated cowards, these opponents of tbe coun
try and tbe Administration, (aud the Ad.
ministration, I contend, is the country) and
when they retnrn it will do tbe soul of every
true loyal man: good to seethe summary man
ner in which they will cause the sneaks and peace
agitators to seek their holes."
For a few moments t he crowd that had gath
ered around was deeply absorbed in what their
'fighting general," as many called him, i-aid,
and Ins "remarks, though given npon tbe spur
of the moment, struck home to the hearts of
all who listened. Could Logan nuke the lea
ders of our people feel as he speaks, this war
could not last three months. It would he
crushed out by force of numbers alone. After
expressing himself somewhat warmly against
copperheads and sneaks, General Logan con
cluded with the followiug characteristic apol
ogy : .
You will excuse me gentlemen, if, in say
ing what I have said, I have been rather pro
fuse aud heavy in the way ot emphasis. Two
years away from civilation, with my men,
has made me rather emphatic in all my
thoughts and words in regard to certain things.
I speak emphatically because I emphatically
feel that which my tongue finds to say."
An army chaplain, speaking of the bravery
of some of onr troops, relates an incident that
be saw happen on the battle-field.
"A Union soldier was fighting bravely af
ter most of his companions had been shot
down. The chaplain watched him. He saw
a cannon ball strike tbe soldier's left arm, and
sever it between the shoulder anddbow.
Tbe concussion turned the soldier completely
round, bia arm falling at the distance of ten
feet or more from where he stood. Tbe chap
lain still watched him, unconsciously to the
soldier, who did not know that he was regard
ed at that moment by any other th3n the All-
Seeing Eye. The soldier looked at his left
side and beheld his bleeding stump; then.
turning around, commenced searching for his
dissevered arm. He picked it up, and held it
for a moment in its place; he then held it a-
loft in his right hand.and exnltingly exclaim
ing, Tbis is my sacrifice for the Union I' he
hnrled it with all his might at the retreating
foe."
VTho would bb a Goat 1 An "old salt,
who had been on a bender, had got, what
might be termed "sublimely mistified," by
his frequent imbibings of the critter. Stag
gering along the streets, he thought to go to
a theater, and pass the remainder of the eve
ning. Following some men, whom he thought
bound on the same voyage, he found himself
in what he took to be the pit, but it happened
to be in a meeting bouse, and the minister
was preaching irom tbe text, wherein is men
tionedthe sheep and goats ; and, in order to
make an impression upon his congregation,
be put the significant question : "Who would
be a goat T" and paused; and then, with
still greater 'emphasis, asked: "Who will be
a ?oat 7"
Our tipsy sailor could not brook the delay,
and at once responded :
"As nabody else (hie) will be it, 1 'II be the
(hie) goat, rather (hie) than tbe play should
stop."
Remains or Gigantic Animals- Russian
geologists are making preparations to promote
the discovery of congealed remains of mam
moth animals in Siberia. It is stated fhatdu
ring the last two centuries, at least 20,000
mammoths, and probably thrice that number,
bave been washed out of the ice and soil in
which they were imbedded by tho action of
the spring floods. The tusks only have been
preserved for their commercial value in ivory.
An effort is now to be made lor the discovery
and preservation of one of these carcasses as
perfect and entire as possible, as it is consid
ered that microscopic investigations of tbe
contents of its stomach might throw a power-
ul light on a boat of geological and physiolo
gical problems.
Evil, or Idleness. Nine tenths of the mis
eries and vices or manhood proceed from Idle
ness ; with men of quick minds, to whom it is
especially pernicious, this babit Is commonly
tbe fruit of many disappointments, and
schemes oft baffled ; and men fail in tbeir
schemes, not so much for tbe want of strength,
as tbe ill direction of it. Tbe weakest living
creature, bj concentrating bis powers on a
single object, can accomplish something ; the
strongest, by dispersing his over many may
fall to accomplish anything. The drop, by
continued falling, bores its passage through
the hardest rock the hasty torrent rushes
over it, and leaves no trace behind.
THE SECESSION CONSPIRACY.
A letter, dated Nashville.June 28th, to Ho
race May nard, that well-known loyalist, has
just been given to the public. Its facts are
important:
Dear Sir: I take pleasure in complying
with your request to give the substance and,
A niar a nno.il.to h .. f-
, .6.s .
siana, in a conversation which occurred
between him and myself about three eeks be
fore the last Presidential election. I met
with Mr. on tbe cars, some miles beyond
Jonesboro, Tenn., in October, 1860. He was
then returning to his home in Louisiana, from
the city of Washington.
By accident, I took a seat immediately be
hind tbe oneoccuoied hv Mr..hn h.t
once turned round, and began to make inqui-
r ,
resnopl nr (hi. r ,i j-.a ...
. . 6 y v. .uguuaicu.
Tennessee. He exoressed ereat DleaaUr wh6n
I.....r.t hin, Rti: ...... ...
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possibly obtain tbe electoral vote of this Siato.
and his reason for it I wilt riv v,.,. n
m-r , hl. ' ".."".'I:",",
M),n9' "naiar.eii win gel the vote of
t. ..,..,. u i . .. ,
..ugu,, oie ior mm.
I am a Dnnirlns nmnxnt ,nl I ..n h.d.n!..
-
- v... w ,..C.IUI
state trom casting its electoral vote for Breck.
.nndge. I have been in Washington snce
the first day of July, and I tell you now, sir,
. ...t .,. .t.3IJIUS.
w" 31 uonspiracj io oreas up
this Government thst was ever known in any
c.vnizea country, i ao not speak from bear,
-aj, .... ,ur .ire oeen in ineir caucuses ai-
niOAt nilTIlfir TUP tht lof thru.i rvntka m.A 1
- .... .u.v. u.vu.u
anow tne programme from A to Z. And it is
this: If they can by any means (which is ut-
terly impossible) .secure a majority of tbe
dtri rk.r vrvA ". D...I.!..:J a. i
v.vv..... iur un-wnirmge, men me
as suou as ne is inaugurated and
put in possession ot all the resources of the
u,.,uc iue vuumry aiong ma-
son ana uixon s line, the Ohio river, and 36
a w-. - ...
ueS oo nun. nono to me racinc Ucean. In
viuer worus, mey intend to cut loose from all
the free States, and to build up a great slate,
vuiiic-uoracy in iue oouin, and to accomplish
this DUrtJOSe thev will t1 all lllu ra.nra,m r t
o. .. . . .
r . ... .Uv ivouifiviaui
tiie uovernment property. -But shonldthey boots.stockings.hats and every article of value. public of our fathers. The work of destruc
fail in this, fas thev assuredly will. Mh nin 1 " . ' I Hon ii oii a.. . ,
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a for bouth Oarol.na to secede Jirst-tho oth-
erc.iion otaies are to follow (i think he men-
tionedthe order in which they were -to go
. ... .
c. . . .... ... 1
out,". DUI 1 am not DOSItlve: th Rnrrlor I
States are to be persuaded or forced to ioin
hem in theii unholy cause, and then we are
o have such a civil war as this world has nev
r itnessed." He added : "I had hoped, un
til a month or six weeks ago, that Mi". Breck
inridge was ignorant of all this matter ; but I
nave had evidence, as clear as the noonday
sun, that he is as deeply implicated as Yancey
himself ; and more than that, Mr. Buchanan is
into their scheme up to the eyes."
l nave given ! lie above statement in almost
the identical language used by Mr. . The
wuote anair was of so startling a nature that it
made a deep impression upon my mind, and
none of the facts have slipped my memory
In regard to a conversation which passed
between a rebel soldier and myself, subse-
quent to the battle of Stone's river, I can only
say that he was advocating the propriety of
raising the black flag, and declaring that he
did not intend to take any more prisoners. I
replied to him that war was horrible enough
under any circumstances, but, if waged on the
principle he advocated, the Southern people
would be regarded as worse than savages. To
iuis ne rep.ieu oy quoting uis'iop folk.as en-
aorsing uis views.saying, "Gen. Folk told the
Doys, if they found any trouble with the pris-
oners, he (the General) would not be angry if
they did not bring them in.'.' Whether be
professed tbat he heard this from Gen. Polk,
or neard it from others, 1 do not remember.
I have written this m great haste, but feel
. i
sure that the facts are correctly stated,
hope It will prove satisfactory to you.
Your friend, truly, Alfred Hoss.
A Smart Canadian Village. The village
of Hastings is situated on the River Trent, a
few miles Irom Rice Lake,C. W. Three years
ago there were some dozen houses in it; now
there are over one thousand inhabitants, two
four-story factories one cotton and one
woolen; two large saw mills, grist mill and
tannery, and ten stores; altogether, it is quite
a thriving village. Tho cotton factory is cal-
led the Trent Valley Mills; it has 30 loom,
and turns out about 8,000 yards of grey cotton
per week. The same firm have a small facto-
ry, where they knit gentlemen's under cloth-
iDg, vests and pants.
Faded Awat. Mr. Thomas T. Scott, wri
ting to tbe Crawfordsville Journal, says that I
tbe ereatest slaughter of tbe rebela'at Gettys-
bure was on the left centre, in front of Gen.
Hancock's corps.
a rohni lion tenant ujhnwitfl I
wounded there, and was seen by Mr. S. in tbe
hospital, was asked : " After your men got
their hands on our guns what did tbey do
then ?" He sat fer a moment, and tben re- -
marked. Thev faded awav !"
I take tbe lead in government, yet bave no
cart in law : I terminate every undertaking,
. . I
vet am never In action: and thou Kb never I
wanting in guineas, am always out of casn 1 1
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The letter ti. .
' AN ACT OF VILLAINY.
A correspondent of the Boston Traveller,
writing from Sbarpsburg an account of Gen.
Kilpatrick's charge on the enemy'a rear guard,
near Downsville, relates tbe occurrence of a
dastardly act, as follows :
"On Tuesday Gen. Kilpatrick eot within
Mlv.ir .
, . , . ,ulle ol lne enemy a rear guard, near
, Slc, uucuitreu i oat
.... . ,mC F.i3 were reaay to contest their
u,""te- Anese works were erected on the
01 quue a large mil, an lieneral Kil-
Patrick at once resolved to feel the strength
.:n.sioe. i wo companies ol the 6tb Michl-
gan cavalry, B and F , were ordered to charge
up tbe hill to tbe earthworks, which w ir.no
i , .7
. ... UUB Bijio. as our men aasneel in sitrht th
rebels wer .n
1 uu men onus nod
i.:.. . i . .
M.waMgoi iruce.
S
1. ' h ,,7' " " "J -
" . """ue""n'Dwnw,tnin
or sixty reet the entire rebel force, which
m., k . . .
. ..:. .
I n.c llUUlUCieU irom (III In I IIIHI man
l"C,r r" eS 8na Drea uPn our men-
"eni completely by surprise. :
Finding the force so much larger than thP
l "
anticipated, our men eave them vlt BnA
.,11 v. ..,. . . . " ' "
u lu IIJe mam ooay of the cava,
'"ku, aner completely striouin? th
tin,, of their infamous treacherr of shoes and
stockings, fled to .dense piece of woods three
miles bey ond.carryingr off their dead and woun-
..v. x me scene oi tneir Hellish plot
. orucr 10 ouiain a list ot the casualties, and
a more revolting spectacle never uresented
itacll.
I ' an directions, as fur as the eve eonlrt
I "
I rarh rn th A k. .. L!ii i ..
" "in, lay trie melees
remains of our brave defenders, the warm
blood oozing from their mortal wounds in
streams that formed in pools amid tbe erass.
I t- V, i I ..a U: - J I
i i meir sine, pieeaing, lay their faithful
rgers,sin: m death the sharers of their fate-
j A knot of soldiers gathered around the bod-
" iue Mam, swearing eternal revenee iid-
1 - war.
on the dastardly assassins who so cowardly
snot tneir heroic comrades, and then bayonet-
en mem. this Is a horrible fact, which I
witnessed personally after killine our men.
1 my pierced their bodies with bayonets and
IXlrlll rnhluil t)u t a :
I .t . -
.., ..umi. .ue usnu vi uisir unger-nngs,
i r. .
. . ""-" empuanc
vlT-
l? t0 th '"V of Jeff Davis which ex-
I Hist flmnnir tha imla r.f K . . C . . 1. i
MTimnnv tn tha l :
e ,uu otaw. i(, UBS
louud expression in strong words ; it will soon
find stronger expression in action. Jefferson
Davis is denounced as unworthy ot any confi-
ueuce, ami iue reoeiuon is declared to be a
j j.. i . i - , . . .
failure. When a leading journal ol a State in
rebellion dares to advise that a delegation be
sent to Washington to offer submission to tbe
Government, we may know how near tbe
great conspiracy is to its utter ruin. North
Carolina has spokan boldy, and has half un
loosed her chains, and other States will profit
by her example. Proof after proof is literally
tbrust upon the nation that intelligent
people of the Southern States are growing
we3ry of a war which they know to be
useless, sick of a cause which has brought
them nothing but misery, and anxious to re-
turQ t0 the Unlon wLich but for false leader.
1UC uever wo"'a g" " 've.
A Rothschild oh the Rebel Loam. Rev.
Dr. McOlintock writes trom Paris to the
Methodist. :
"I believe I mentioned in my letter from
Frankfort, last week, tbe tact that the rebel
loan is not allowed to bo quoted on tho stock
exchange there. Apropos of this a good story
was told me in Frankfort. -A gentleman was
transacting some business with the Frankfort
head of tbe house of Rothschild. After the
business was finished the conversation turned
towards American affairs. "How is it." ask-
ed the straneer. "that the Confederate loan is
- -
Dot quoted in Frankfort 1" "Because we
willpot allow it to be quoted," was the re
ply. "But why not 1" "Because we do not
believe in tbe cause." "But tbe loan was ne
gotiated here by the house f Erlanger.
"Yes," replied Rothschild, "but you do not
find it held here to any extent, except by that
house. No Jewish house of aDy character or
wealth has touched tbat loan, nor will they
touch it." I tell the story as it was told me."
Dickinson on Seymour. In a recent speech,
tbe Hon. D. S- Dickinson said :
"Governor Seymour has not unfrequently
reminded the public that he has taken an oath
of rare solemnity to 'execute tbe laws.' That
oath he has now fulfilled, if not before. He
has certainly 'executed the laws' UDon this oc-
casion. for he has literally crucified them be
tween thieves
Although this murderous and I
tnievinS outbreak will not prove available as
Copperhead capital, the rebels, with savage
I X - . ... . I
"rocity, aireaoy gioai over wnai tney term
"e Dlood-soaked asbes' of our commercial
metropolis, and t ranee ana England, anxious
e rebellion against our government
7 " "e meana in ineir power, win prooamy
recognise - men ew xors: moo ueugereu
power. Tbey can do so with aa much proprl
ety as they recognized the rebellion as such."
Alt J . m . I .mm. Ji I
UCBO'" num ugiuj,iiriiuiin "TO i
J 11 v I : ... I.W A A C. I
" uiti j viust v j
f7 w . ar, w ten aomn.
THE BEBELS AND THADDEUS STEVENS
It is known that one of the heaviest losers
by the rebel Invasion of Pennsylvania was
Thaddeus Stevens. The Chambersburg Re
pository gives the following account of the de
struction of his property in Adams county
"The onlv nrivata nrnnt. ....
. ---- j owj j luc
order of an officer, in this valley, was tbe ex
I HjuniTB iron worm or Hon. Thaddeus Stevens
ten miles east of this place. They consisted
ot a charcoal-lurnace, forge, rolling mill, coa
house, shops, &c. On Tuesday, the 23d, a
portion of Jenkins' cavalry came upon the
works by an unfrequented mountain road trom
Hughes' works, and demanded the borses.and
snr-i iu. h . .
-v wW ..u..,8 uorsea wnicn mey
oesp.rihnd Th ,... a .i... .. . .
a " ' ! Bumi tu" W0D,a
I ucmrov vue oniluinzs It the- hornoa . nnt
' 1 " uoreea were not
given up. Mr. Sweenev. h h. i
I J j " - latest fL U WI
w up tne riaing nor
se8 nine property should be protected. This
they agreed to. but ou going for tbe ridine
. . B s r 'uo r,u,DS
I DOrHHI thpT mat tha f.... .. ,
' ' " "uu conipeuea
them t0 - home, and mnles-
nearly forty in all, with ecars. harnes,.
Thev hrl m-,i. ,
MJ uiuuiciy mioimea
of th l,pr,.hnn. r t. c- , L
. . o.cvrua uorses, as
thev fjeschea them ar)d fc exactly where
to fo afterthom Tt.a r... c- ,
rode nt. t thM w..rb. ; u
and avowed his intention to destroy them
Mr. Sweenev reminds him'th.t ...
mtiict a much more serious injury upon some
hundred poor laborers who worked there than
npon Mr. Stevens. Gen. Erir rrv,..& th.t
Mr. Stevens was an enemv of the South in
favor of confisratino- th.r r,r,.n..,t
-'O ;-,-''v.if uiiu at iu
I -
mg meir negroes, ani the property must be
destroyed." He then nW-rl rA .rn.t
and gave special instructions that it should
"ot be destroyed until he cava the ordr TI
seemed exceedingly fearful that he mightmiss
tbe delightful spectacle of Mr. Stevens' works
' flames. He then returned to tbe Green
wood, wnere he had bis headouartem. hut r.
turned the next day and personally detailed
- - -v
Colonel French, of Jenkins' euerrillaa with
f bis command, to illustrate Southern rhiv.irv
and humanity by aonlvina- th torch n ,
' ' "
private property of Mr. Stevens, because be
I r .... -: . j . ..
gui'ij ui iub criuie oi aeiending me re-
i - " " v . uu owu mti lud woraa
were uhes. Xhe ho 0CCUD:ed hv fam
I '
ilies were not fired. Some three thousand
dollars' worth of charcoal was destroyed seven
thousand pounds of bacon stolen, leaving the
families of tbe laborers without food, in spite
of the earnest representations made by Mr.
Sweeney as to tbeir present condition. Mr.
Stevens' loss fs not legs than fifty thousand
dollars. He is the only man in Pennsylvania
who has been tbus honored by the vandals for
bis devotion to freedom.
Copperhead Opinions or the New York
Rioters. Seymour says tbey are his "imme
diate constituents" and "friends." Justice
McCunn calls "those innocent people." The
Daily News calls them the populace ;" the
Herald -the people." The Express character
izes them as "enraged and outraged con
scripts." Tbe World describes them as tbe
"laboring population." . The Boston Courier
says they are "exasperate fellow citizens,"
and " misguided persons.'' who should not be
regarded asmere enemies of law and order
Tbe country regards them as murderers and
rebels, against w bom , offenders as tbev are a
gaiDst law and order, every penalty of the law
should be directed.
Property Recovered from the Scene op
the Riots. Large quantities of goods of all
kinds are found by tbe police in low tenemen
bouses up town, where they were stored by
tbe rioters. Also, large numbers of "inno
cent" persons appear who have miraculously
found great amountsjof jewelry ,and who have
bad tables, chairs, sofas, and other fragile ar
ticles, tbrust unwillingly upon them by the
ruffians ; these they have restored to the po
lice authorities, who in turn call for the own
ers to appear, prove property, and take them
away. Scientific American.
Cream por Consumptive Patients. The
Medical Reporter says that a consumptive pa
tient, now under treatment, is taking cream
with better effect than was experienced under
the cod liver oil, previously tried. ' Our ad
vice is for all who have, or think they have,
consumption, to adopt a cream diet. Eat the
pure, sweet cream, abundantly, as much of it
as tbe stomach will digest well, and we doubt
not tbat it will prove quite as effectual as tbe
purest cod-liver oil that can be bought.
Lodis jnapoleon is carry Jdk to inns witb a
high hand in Mexico. He has declared tbat
country an Empire, and bas offered the throne
to Maxanmilian of Austria. lo case of bia
non acceptance, Napoleon is to chose another
x - mperor.
Among tbe trophies from Gettysburg de-
posited ln the War Department, is the sword of
the late Gen Barksdale, formerly mem
of Congress from Mississippi.
Wheat flour and cold water, mixed to tbe
cten;y of Pte, is an almost instan
taneous cure tor a burn, ot any extent.
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THE PRESIDENT'S RETALIATORY ORDER -The
President's emphatic order makes fu
tile tbe barbarous threats of the enemy. Tbe
rebel leaders will not dare to bang Federal
officers of colored regiments whom they rosy
capture, now that they are officially informed
that for every man thns murdered a rebel
officer will be executed. , . They will not
dare to ell into slavery colored soldiers,
now that they know that their own men in
our possession will suffer similar punish
ment. Tbe United States cannot sell its
prisoners of war, being a civilized power,
but it can righteously use them as instrumeata
to force upon the enemy the practical re
spect for humanity, which formally be baa
scorned. The President has taken a firm po
sition in defence of humanity; be has sus
tained tbe law of nations against the outrage
and brntality of the rebellion. This simple
announcement of counter retaliation is at once
an argument and a decree ; the one cannot be
refuted, the other it is impossible to revoke.
Not a word more is needed to make plain to
the world the basis of public right upon which
the Government stands. What matchless ef
frontery, indeed, in the enemy, when he at
tempted to dictate to us the complexion of
our troops, when be sought by threat of mas
sacre to frighten us into the admission of a
code of war hitherto unheard of in Christen
dom ! Not alone in defence of our colored
citizens in the military service of the coun
try, but in the common interest of all Chris
tian States, is this order made. Tbe cold
blooded system of massacre which Jefferson
Davis sought to establish is an insult to tbe
self respect of the world. We may not ex.
pect that it will be formally withdrawn, but
we need not fear that it will be effectually en
forced ; for, if the rebel authorities should
madly force the United States to execute
these stem but just measures of retaliation,
they will be answerable not only for tbe death
of our men in tbeir bands ; it will be a doub
le murder they will then commit.
THE CHIVALRY.
In Fort Wagner. rebel officers were indig
nant tbat negroes were permitted to fight a
gainst gentlemen.' This, tbey thought, was
to say the least, nncbivalroos. In a word, it
was wrong to set the slave against his master.
Witb this view of justice and chivalry, we are
credibly informed that after tbe battle of Fort
Wagner wounded negro soldiers were tortur
ed by tbe gentlemanly surgeons of tbe Con
federacy, and in several cases barbarously put
to death by tbe rebel soldiers. Here, as at
Helena, Miliken's Bend, and Port Hudson.no
quarter was given to tbe blacks. This fate
he blacks accepted, and who sba II say that
they have not fought it nobly 7 Treatment
uch as we bave mentioned white soldiers
bave met from savages alone ; the negroes,
however, bave received it from tbe new civil
ization of the South. Servile revolution, it
was once complained, would inaugurated mas
sacre. Where, now, is the new St. Domingo
of the blacks 7 The case is reversed. Instead
of tbe slave murdering bis master and tbe
black butchering the white, we have the
strange contrary of the mob in New York and
the garrison at Fort Wagner. Press.
Soctherm Items. Tbe Mobile News is very
thankful for files ol the "Caucasian," "News"
and "Metropolitan Record,' copperhead pa
pers published in New York, and snys t We
have read the editorials and run over the re
priDt in these journals witb pleasure and sur
prise. They are as earnest and eloquent in
the advocacy of peace, and as unsparing in
tbeir hostility to and denunciation of the 'ab
olition' war against tbe sovereign States of
the South, as tbe most extreme Southerner
could desire. v
The Mobile Tribune, speaking of the New
York riots, remarks: "These riots are the re
sult of the doctrine taugbt by the Democratic
party, which In New York city bas strength
enough to defy the .government." . '
Oca Platfosm. Tbe 50th Ohio Volunteers,
now in Kentucky, bave adopted tbe following
sensible platform : - . ,
"Resolved, Tbat our platform ist The U
nion first, last, and all the time; peace when
it is established ; war until it is."
This, remarks the Albany Journal, is the
Republican platform, so tbat there is no dan
ger that the 5-. tb Ohio will cast their votes for
Vallandigbam. -
"Well, bow do you like the looks of the
varment ?" said a Sou th wester to a DowDeaster,
wbo was gazing with round-eyed wonder, and
evidently for the first time, at a huge alliga
tor, with wide-opened jaws, on tbe muddy
banks of tbe Mississippi. " Wal,"replied tbe
Yankee, "be ain't wat yeou may call a hansom
critter, but he's got a great deal of openness
wben he smiles!" -
, A cockney tourist met a Scottish lassie go.
ing barefoot to Glasgow. ."Lassie," said be,
"I should like to know if all the people in
these parts go barefoot 7" "Part on 'em do,
and part on 'em mind tbeir own business,"
was the rather settling reply.
la Chicago,' recently, a young man .was
pasaipg a corner, near to which a bundle of
fire crackers was exploding, , when one of
these missiles entered bis mouth, cutting
bis tongue in two. Be lingered only a day '
or two.
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