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A THANKSGIVING HYMN, L. MJ — i Appointed to be sung by Abraham's' Black-guards on the National Thanksgiv-; ing Day. - 1 I I' ■ COMPOSED BY A ROB KEPI'BI ICAX. Eternal Jove! that rules the skies, To the our voice we raise, Ten thousand tongues are forging lies, And giving the mock praise. O! if it be thy blessed will, Let Jeff be overthrown, And with greenbacks our pockets fill, And we will pray and groan. Moreover fill our hearts with grace, Preserve us from all evil, And polish up our brassy tace, And make it shame the devil. Our faith, 0 Jove! we ivill renew, And play all day at sham, If thou will help the nigger crew, And fight for Abraham. POPPING THE QUESTION. Fair Sally and her lover Mat • Close by the fire in silence sat; A dish of apples rosy-faced. Was ’tween them on the table placed. In vain poor Mat essayed to speak, While brushes mantled Sally’s cheek; For well she knew whai Mat would say, I If he could only find the way. To him she cast a sidelong look, '1 hen from the dish an apple took, Ami deftly sliced it in twain. i She passed hdf to the silent swain; Mat looked confused, then brightening up, j He said, as he the apple took; ‘Now, Sally, dearest, unto me A s kind as this good pippin be — You've halved the apple—pray have | me? OFFICE-SEEKERS’ CATECHISM. Class of administration office-seekers : stand up and recite: ‘Who made you?’ ‘Abraham Lincoln.’ NV hat is the noblest work of God? A negro. Who is the meanest man in the world! Gen. Geo. B. McClellan. Who are traitors? All who are his friendsW hat is the object of the war! Negro. What is the duty of the army’ To arrest all who believe in the Con- ; stitution. Whom is this war benefitting? Centfactors, rich men, republican Gen ' orals, money shavers, cotton speculators ■ and negroes. i At whose expense? The peoj lie’s. What is the test of patriotism? Abuse of democrats. Why is the negro the equal of the white ! man? Because God created them both. On the same principle is a Jackass the 1 equal of a Brigadier General? Os Course. _ _ ' How shall the policy of this adminis tratiqn be manifested! By the suppression of free speech, the I mobbing of Democratic printing offices, and the imprisonment of all demociats there is not rojie enough to hang Is a union of sentiment or feeling of any importance in the prosecution of the ■ u ar? : No. . ’ ! In your neighborhood are you consume-1 red a man of sound sense? i. Hardly. Are you capable of supporting yourself by honest labor!’ I Never tried it. I Do you hate a Democrat more than you do the devil! | N es—yes—yes. j All right—if there is no office vacant, 'ane w one shall be created for you at once? ‘Do you mean to challenge the jurry?’ ' whispered a lawyer to his Irish client in California. •Yes, be jabbers,’ was the answer, ’if they don’t aquit me, I mean to challenge every spalpeen of them.’ ‘Sammv, my son, don’t stand there scratching your head: stir your stunqts ! or you’ll make no progress in life? ‘Why. father, I’ve heard you say the ' only way to get along in this world, was , : to scraffh a head? When is iron like a bank note? TFhen it is forged. ~ When is iron like a stone thrown in ' the air! When it’s cast. 1 When is it like a public house? When j it’s :: hw.

‘Our Country’s Good shall cvef be cur Aim —Willing to Praise and not afraid to Blame."

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, SEPT. 5,1863.

j ARMY CORRE'I’ONDENCE. Fort Pickering, Memphis, Tenn.) August 22, 1863. | A circumstance of recent occurrence in your town is the reason of my troubling you with this communication, and I hope you will pardon the intrusion when I request you will be so good as to find a place for it in the columns of your paper. The facts of the case as reported to tne are from a perfectly authentic source, and are as follows: Several soldiers belonging to a command within this Fort have received furloughs to visit their homes in the vicinity of your town; and it appears that some \of them observed an emblem called by the name of a “Butternut” in the possession of a boy, they immediately proceeded to despoil him of his ornament, and on I the boy making some slight resistance tone of these chi valeric gents presented a ' revolver at the lad which had the effect of his immediately surrendering the bauble. Now I do not pretend to justify anyi body, old or young, in the manifestation, by speech or otherwise, of sen iments in I opposition to the just war, we are now waging for the maintainence of the Union and the Constitution, and 1 am in favor | of the government putting down any such | manifestations, when carried to the extent of giving aid and comfort to the public I enemy, but I consider the drawing of a deadly weapon upon an unarmed citizen. lin the highest degree reprehensible and productive of much injury to our cause and the act when the person attacked hap be a mere boy, deserves the name of cowardice, anil the soldier who would demean himself in such a manner, deserves and should receive the united execration of his companions in anus, and in an especial manner of the particular regiment Ito which he belongs, which is composed ;of an honorable and high minded set of I men. And now I come to another phase of this business. One of the party whose j name I, at the present, withhold, made the assertion that Col Murray (than whom ' a braver or more gentlemanly officer does I ' not exist) gave them orders to deal in this j manner with those whom they found J wearing butternut emblems; now I can j I safely aver without fear of contradiction, that not only did Col. Murray not give , | them such’orders, but I am sure he is in blissful ignorance oftheir very existence, i in fact the character and standing of this j officer in the United States Army is sufficient refutation of the slander. Mr. Editor, I feel that 1 have alrea ly ! trespassed too long on your valuable. ' space, and will conclude by assuring your numerous readers tlqit the conduct of. these men are universally condemned by their comrades in this Fort, who consid- j era stigma has been affixed to their reg-1 intent, which their futuie good conduct will be insufficient to obliterate. N ery respectfully obedient Servant a member of the 89th Regiment of Indiana Volunteers * Great emphasis is laid on the telegra j phic announcement that the draft proceed quietly in New York. Os course it proceeds quietly, since the enormous frauds I which provoked the late riots have been j corrected. If these frauds had not been I perpetrated the draft would have proceeded quietly in the first instance. Something of the extent of the frauds is seen in the fact that the President, on the showing of Governor Seymour, was compelled to reduce the quotas of sevesal districts one half. The draft would proceed : quietly everywhere, if there were no frauds, and the administration has seen that it has not proceeded quietly where; there were frauds. So with every infraction of law by official authority; the people revolt at it and resist it. Let the Administration hereafter observe the law. if it would avoiu popular violence, and | being compelled to yield to popular violence. , A doctor went to bleed a dandy, who languidly exclaimed, ‘Oh, doctor, you’re' a good butcher.’ To which the doctor | rejoined, ’Oh, yes, I am used to sticking i calves'

A LUDICROUS SCENE The Toledo Blade is responsible for the following which the writer says transpired at Cleveland nn Sunday morning The propeller New York on her way io this city Iron) Dunkirk with a Urge par . ty of emigrants from the Faderlaml, i made a slop ai Cleveland.—The weather : was intensly warm and a party of the ’, mynheers, iiumtx-ring some tiny or sixly. I sweltering under 'he broiling sun left • the boat soon after ii reached the dock, [ and, going off quiet, a distance, stripped. | lor a bathe, in old Erie. They, had just, got into the water, when, the boat’s whistle was blown preparatory to cashing oil' the lines and going to another • I dock, hut, the bathers regarded it as a , signal lor leaving, and a g.-iier»l starry - : . j occurred. Gathering up their garmets, thev rushed p*ll me|| toward the boat, ' | and as the steamer was seen to leave the : dock, their pent up feelings’ would no i no longer ‘down,’ and all set up a tre- ! tnendous yell. Os course the boat paid no attention to their crise or the ‘exposed’ condition; but a sense of shame came j over the ‘emi’s' and they began to slacken their speed the belter to don their (clothes One poor fellow however could . not stop; his steam was gp —he made good time carrying his clo hes on his ; arm, but finally appreciating his situation 1 when beheld bv a crowd, sans pants sans ’ every thing, he paused his unmentlon- , ables party on, and then started to run . J.-ut they tripped him and he tell u> the ground. This increased the yells of his [friends, and to run after such an exhib ition, was out of the question The par- : tv came to a partail halt, aud discovering i!:al the steamer was lying at the dock, all took lime to dress, arriving, at the boat in good, time. Wu wager this, little circumstance will be long reinem t bered by those who witnessed it, and with pleasure by the etuigrants themt selves. A Washingbn dispatch of the 17th inst. is as follows: ! The Raleigh (North Carolina) Standard received here to day, contains a long article said to be the join production of Hon. K 8. Connell, formerly member of congress from the Second District of North Cvrolina, now the speaker of the House of Commons of that Slate and Hon F. B Satterthwaite, the President of the Governor’s Counsil o’ that Stale, and published with the approval of Governor Vance. It arraigns the Southern j leaders tor their comtnencemenl of the war upon insufficient grounds, and char ; ges them with being the authors of all pending difficulties, and with having brought them on against the reason and the convictions of the people of the southern States. It also acknowledges that in prosecuting the war, the Federal i Government has done no mor- than it could have been rxpected to do; and, finally proposed to sent Commissioners Ito Washington to arrange termsol neg. I otations lor peace. ‘The great significance attached to the documents is its origion. It is regarded as a semi-official exposition of the views of the government ot North Carolina, and indicative that the authorities, as well as th>- people of that State, are lor on abatement of the rebellion, and a return to the original statue of the State, in the j Union? This, remarks the Chicago Times, is certainly a most gratifying condition of things in North Carolina, and we shall! not be amuzed to see the State speedily cut loose from the Co dedr racy, and at- ; tempt to rsu.lte her place in the Union. If she should do so, what will be her reception at Washington? Will she be welcomed and the way be thus opened for other rebellious States to follow her, or will she be repelled? Will the fatted calf be killed and a feast ordered or will the doelrines of Mr Solicitor Whiting’s letter be thrust in her face? | We submit that these are most pertinent inquiries. From Camden to Bletchley, a distance of forty miles I traveled along with Mrs Greaves. She was a sweet and interesting woman —so sweet anti interesting that fastidious as I am on the subject, I believe I would have been willing to have kissed her. 1 h»d however several reasons for not perpetrating this acl. First — lam such a good husband I wouldn’t even be guilty of '.he appearance of dis loyalty to my sweet wile. Second—l was airaid our lellow passengers would see me and tell Greaves. Third—l did not think Mrs. Greaves would let me. It is truthfully said o< Washington, ; that he ‘maintained the authority of the [government without infringing on the rights, of the States, or abridging the privileges of the people.” Il is truthfull said of Abraham Lincoln, that be i has not maintained, the authority, nor j the dignity of the government, nor has :he refrained from infringing on the I rights of the States nor has he sustained ; the people in the exercise of their privileges.

! GEN GRANT AND THE SOLDIERS Gen. Grant proves himself deserving iof the affection ol his men bv the cm- ’ and protection which he exercises lh> in and their interests The si< aiub’oat Cap- | tains upon the M ssissippi, apvrently ! forgetful that they owe the ability to navigate that stream at all to the valor ot I lli<* army attempted to extort the exurbi iant chargs of from 810 to 525 as fare : from Vicksburg to Cairo, from the offic,-rs and men who were allowed to go home on a furlough. The master of the steam er Hope, at Vicksburg having about 1,000 enlisted men and nearly’.2so offi cers aboard was stopped just as she was about to push off. a tew days ago, bv an order from Gen grmt requiring the Captain to p-iy back to bis ptisßeilgei’s all mon> y rec- ived by him as fare in excess jolßs io enlisted men and 87 to officers, ior submit, to imprisonment for disobeI di'-nce, and have his, boat confiscated. The order astonished the Captain, but the presence ol the guard Ten ‘ered it useless to refuse, and so, amid the shouts ;of the soldiers over Gen. Grunt's care of ; their interests, he complied with as goo I grace as possibe and pan| back the money. The General, when informed ot the impositions practiced upon furloughed men and officers by steambeat men, was 1 very indigant I will teach them, if they ' i need the lesson,’said tha General, ‘thai the men who have periled their lives to I open the Mississippi River lor their benefit cannot be imposed upon with impunity .’ No woundt-r that the soldiers of the Army, of the Mississippi, are en- ' thusiastic or their, General.—[Boston I Courier. Sunflowers.—Some enthusiast with a i good proportion ol sense sav that the ! sunflower is not appreciated as a useful j plant and adds that there is no sense at all in the idea that it can be made orca mental as Well as useful. There is no ! possibility ol pleasure to sight, smell or taste in a sunflower with its great high hairy stalk, but there is a good deal of i serviceable material in the seed, which is thus spoken ol by the writer in ques- • j ttor.t i j ‘The seed forms a most excellent and ! convenient food for poultry, and it is only necessary to cut off the heads of the plant, when ripe, tie them in bunches and hang them in a dry siiuation to be used as ! wanted. They also not only fatten rapidly al! kinds of poultry but greatly increase the quantity of eggs they lay When cultivated to a considerable extent they are also capital food for sheep, pigs, and pheasants.’ Aministci was one Sabbath day exam ining the Sunday School in catechism before the congregation. The usual i question was put to the first girl, a strap j per about thirteen years of age, who oc ' casionally assisted her father, who was a nubtican, in waiting on customers. What is your name? No rtply. ’What is yous name? he repealed in a more peremptory manner. ‘Non** of your fun, Mr Minister.’ sail! the girl. You know my name well enouge. Don’t you say when you come to our house on a night: Bet, bring me some more ale? The congregation, I forgetting the sacredness of the place, were in a broad ring and the parson look- ; ed daggers. C. mpk MI-’E. — Not compromise! Com promise is the first law of combination —I [ had almost said of nature. It is the law of all society—all government —ill united . action. Partners in business comprom ( ! j se —members of political religious, charitable useful societies campromise. , Kings compromise with each other—they compromise with their subjects or lose them. Wars -nd by compromise — the family circle is a compromise. Husbands compromise with their wives—- [ fathers compromise with their disobedient children—and if our hole relegion is true, God Almighty compromised with man when he accepted, in his behalf the atonement, of His Son; and shall, we refuse, to do what, nature reason, religion, ami history all command?—[lion G H. Pendleton. What the Next Elections Involve The Boston Courier, in referring to the coming fall elections well say there is only one real question before tho people of this country which comprehends the rebellion, as well os every, point of future, public interest, and that i», whether the sincere friends of the Constitution shall have the control of the ' Government for the maintenance of our free institutions, as our fathers intended, and as we have enjoyed them, or the anarchists and radicals shall complete the work, which thev have begun and show such a decided disposition to carry out. Why, do our Soldiers, need no Barbers? —Because they, are regularly shaved, by the government, contractor*.

NEGRO VALOR. , On the subject of negro valor, the ! Buffalo Couri; r is permitted to publish , the following .xiract from a private let- . tei writt-n by an officer in the army before Cliarlisioti. The bubble of negro soldiery seems In a fairway to colapse • belsie it is fairly inflated. Even the mule, lacks the highest, military qua!- . ities.”—This is tins extract alluded, to .;above: , “General Gilmore was undoubtedly forced into the assault upon Fort Wagin r against his better judgement. I 1 have great confidence in him, and think ; from the way he is going to work now that Charleston will certainly fall.—lt will be slow but sure. He has set all the negro soldiers st fatigue work, which is what every other General ought to do. The stories about their splendid fighting I are all in my eye , Al the assault they ! ran away as fast as they could, and came near demoralizing the whole attacking force, in an hour after the tight commenced over a thousand of them ; came straggling down the south end ol the Island, and before morning there were at the hospital and dock over 300 ol them, not hurt in the least. There were not a d«z«n while soldiers at the dock, I see the New York papers give ' them credit for doing wounders—don’t you beleive it.’—[Boston Courier. 1 The attempt to squelch the report nf Gen Grant’s operations around Vicksburg by publishing it as an advertisement excites general disgusts in Washingion as it will throughout the country — [ Boston Post. It is a fact that General Grant’s splendid report first saw the light as au advertisement in an obscure Washington paper. This bv direction of the War Office. Did War Office expect its pub- . iication would stop there? It undoubt- > edly In pe it would—First; General llallecs.and Mr. Secretary Stanton, bad claimed each for himself the credit of ' Grant’s brilliant campaign, Grant’s report disposed in the most quiet and tnod■j est manner imaginable, ot these pre--1 pO'terous claims. The report would have been buried in the reaesses of the War Office it there had been no wholesome fear, in that tomb of numerous ; other men’s reputations, of public opini ion. As the next beet thing to a burial of it, it was printed as an advertisement in the least, known and smallest circulated local, hebdomadal in Washington. Tiie independent press of the country wis not long in rescuing it from this dark obscurity, and the great popular voice still rings tn applause of Gen. Grant and in contempt to the miserable charlatans al Washington who have sought to rob, him of his, hard enitled fame. A New Gunpowder —A Frenchman has discovered an< w method of manu- ! facturiug gunpowder, at p>aris and a company Ims been formed to carry the dis- ! covery into i ff* ct. A gentleman representing thr company has proceeded to Washington to lay the invention before the Am-riean government. It is claimed for this new powder that it will not cost over eight cents per pound; that the raw material can be. obtained from the ; ground almost anywhere without danger—a stew pan. an empty bottle, water and tire being alone sufficient, in half au hour, to transform the raw materia) into powder. It can be used in ashes without granulation and explodes with a vapor instead of smoke and does not foul the gun It can be used for blasting hunting or war purposes. General Milroy.—The New York Times, Commercial Advertiser, Philadelphia Inquirer, and a number of other Republican journals are ciiticising, with deserved severity, the feeble defense of Winchester by General Milroy. Next to the surrender of Harper’s Ferry and llollv Springs, it was the most disgraceful minor reverse of the war. It has not a redeeming feature. Milroy’s record, is a very bad one, and his being tn command of so important a position is discreditable to the Administration. Like most feeble men, be has been violent and tyranical. His cruel severity to the unfortunate Confederate families in liis department, led to the prompt hanging of a number of poor. Union soldiert, by the Richmond authorities, anu the Adininisr tration was compelled to interfere and put a stop to this, blood thirsty proceeding. He is an Abolitionists of the most violent type, and our readers will remember a ’ letter be wrote not long since, threaten- , ing to set his soldiers upon the track of ' the Democrats, to hunt them down after > the war was over. Generals of the I Butler aud Milroy stamp are terrible ’ fellows on paper, or when they have women o’ children to deal with hut fighting men tj not in their way.—[New ) ork • World. A wind that doesn't blow this year—• The fcvutheiu trtide wind.

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