The Union. [volume], January 01, 1864, Image 4

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The War Democrats of the North
West.
The Conference of War Democrats, held at
Chicago a few weeks ago, was attended by
some forty persons, representing the States
of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and
Minnesota. A declaration of principles w as
adopted, and measures taken looking to a
national organization. The platform declares
unequivocally in favor of the Union, denies
that the Constitution affords any pretext for
secession, providing, on the contrary, a peace
ful remedy for ovory grievance that may oc
cur in part of (he country :
" That, during the existence of tkis rebel
lion to destroy the Union, we hereby doclare
that the preservation of the Union under the
Constitution shall bo the paramount issue
with us, and we hereby proclaim fellowship,
and desire the co-oporation of, all who will
unite with us for the attainment of this ob
ject: and wo repudiate parties and their
sympathizers, as well as all platforms, which
seek or tend to embroil the people of States
and incito treason, and array resistance to
law anywhere, and whose avowed or secret
purpose, if consummated, must ead in dis
" That this meeting recommend the
Democracy of the several States to meet in
delegate national convention, at Cincinnati,
on the first Wednesday in May, 1864, for the
purpose of taking such actiou as they may
think best touching the nomination of candi
dates for President and Vice President of the
United States, and determine other matters
they may think proper, and that there be
a National Executive Committee of one from
each State, to promote the object of the
lution,
" The following gentleman were named as
members of the National Executive Commit
tee for the States reported : Amos Lovering
Hubbard, Indiana; John A. McClernand,
Illinois; Joseph E. Egley, Ohio; Matthew
II. Carpenter, Wisconsin ; Henry M. Rico,
Minnesota."
reso
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Tli© Iron-Clad Dictator.
The Dictator, built upon the general prin
ciple of the first monitor, is different from
that class of vessels in many important points.
Some additional facts in relation to this ves
sel will bo of general interest. The extreme
length of the Dictator, over all, is 314 feet;
its aft overhang being 31, and forward
hang 13 feet, leaving 260 between
ovor
perpen
diculars ; extreme breath 50, "and deepth 22J
feet, The hull, insides and frame, is con
structed of iron. The water-lines
and the model good.
The armor shelf extends outside of the hull
four feet on each side, and is prodigiously
strong. An idea of its impenetrable charac
ter will be derived from the following account
of its construction. The outside is covered
with six one inch plates of iron fastened in
the most substantial manner, and inside of
this
are easy,
•o thro© foot of oak timber and
lining formed of 4} inch bars extending all
around. Tho armor shelf, therefore, consists
of 10J inches thickness of iron, and three
feet of timber, and between the metal and
a thick layer of felting.
No gun yet fabricated can project a shot that
will pierce this armor jacket.
Ihe keel plate of the Dictator is of one inch
plate ; the side plates seven-eighths of an inch,
and the frame of double-angel iron—six by
four inches. The interior is divided into
several water-tight compartments by plate
bulkheads, and the space forward of the
third bulkhead below will be used for coal
bunkers, through the middle of which will be
a railroad to carry the fuel to the boilers.
Tho deck beams are of kyanized oak, and all
the materials employed in the construction of
this great war ship appear to be of the best
quality.
ihe boilers have fifty six furnaces, and
aggregate grate surface of one thousand ___
hundred feet ; allowing twelve pounds of coal
per square foot of grate surface, the vessel
will requiro at tho least one hundred and
seventy-five tons of coal per day of twenty
four hours, steaming at full speed. AVhat
piston spood will be obtained from the engines
remains to be seen.—A'. Y. Evening Post.
an armor
timber is inserted
aQ
one
The Indian Method of Making Fire.
This curious method is described in the
F rankliu Institute Journal, by Mr. George
Davidson, who has in his possession a pair
of sticks used by the Indians on the North
west coast of the United States, which he
has himself successfully employed,
stick is 10 ibehes long, the thicker being 3
inches in circumference, aud so cut that a
section would give a rough elipse with tho
diameter H of an inch. The smaller stick
is 1 i inch in circumference.
Bai h
Both are crook
ed aim! whittled, so that a section shall ei
— give
an irregular polygon. The smaller stick is
of the same wood, hut more compact in
grain, and apparently of a slower growth.—
Both have been thoroughly roasted, and
carried carefully wrapped in skin, to prevent
tho absorption of moisture ; accompanying
them was carried a bunch of the inner bark
of the cedar, picked very fine and dried.—
"To use them," says Mr. Davidson,
larger has a circulor hollow, less than
eighth of an inch in depth, made on its
broad side, near ono end, and
groove or channel cut from this to the sido ;
the smaller stick has one end made very
f lightly rounding. The Indian squats, holds
the larger stick upon the ground with his
bare feet, and places under the groove a
small bunch of the bark-fibre. The smaller
stick i
w ere
"the
one
a narrow
then held upright, the rounded end
placed in tho hollow of the larger stick, and,
with both hards at
tween them, he commences to rapidly revolve
it by rubbing the hands upon cash other back
ward and forward, at the
top and the stick be
earn© time exert
mg pressure downward, by whieh his hands
gradually slip down ; Le dexterously—and
this is the point of success—runs his hands
io the top and repeats the previous opera
lion.
A fine, brown powder in soon
xluccd by the attrition, and is carried along
Hw
the side groove among the bark-fibre. This
powder is finally ignited, and the burning
transmitted along the groove to the bunch
of bark-fibre, which is quickly seized by the
operator and blown into a flame,
the sticks in . my possession I have seen a
flame producod in about a minute, and
have frequently done so myself in three
minutes." The Indians now use luoifer
matches, and the sticks are only used by In
dians unacquainted with white men.
with
Wit, Wisdom, and guimor.
In the Matrimonial Wat. —In a certain
part of the Stateof New Jersey can be found
people who live at some distance from largo
towns or villages, and who seldom see stran
gers. When one happens to come along the
people ask him all sorts of questions about
himself, and where he came from, etc. On
one occasion, an agent travelling with books
stopped at house of rather mean appearance,
and asked for a glass of water. The woman
of the plaec cordially invited him to walk in
and take tijcheer, which ho did, and then con
versation ensued.
" Reckon y er a stranger in those 'ore parts,
ain't ye ? I never seed you afore," said the
woman.
"1 have just arrived," was the response.
"Do tell 1 Whar du yc belong tu when
yer tu hum, if I mought be so bold ?"
The agent began to perceive what kind of
a character he had to deal with, and resolved
t*» give her all the information in his power
without waiting to be questioned, so ho said t
" My name i s Tilton—-I shall soon be twenty
six years of age—was born and still live in
the city of New York—am unmarried, and
consequently have no children—by occupa
tion, am a hook agent—am worth about
fifteen hundred dollars clear in the world, and
I
The woman interrupted him :
" Did yer say you'd got nary wife?" and
she glanced over her shoulder to where her
daughter Betsy Ann was (sitting.
" I did ; why did you ask ?"
"Bekose yer ain't making any cal'lations
on gitten nary one, then, be ye?"
"Not at present," answered the agofit.
" Yer wouldn't hev any on the gals round
these diggins, would ye ?" asked the mother.
"Why not ?"
" 'Cause thoy's tanned up so black. But if
ye tuck one of 'em to the city" (winking at
Betsy Ann,) " she'd come out white afore
Bpring."
The agent promised to think of it, and left
as soon as possible.
Mickey's Cuteness, —Mickey takes care of
the horses at one of our hotils. Yesterday a
dashing establishment drove up, tho propri
etor of which said to Mickey, with his blaud
est smile :
" Tako good care of tlio liorses, Mickey,
down well, keep 'em clean, and givo
Rub
'em plenty of oats. T'll see you belore I go
away."
"Yis, yer honor," said Mickey, "they'll
get whatever they need, and more too, be
sides. But in case your honor and mesclf
shouldn't mate again, wouldn't you bo good
enough to look at me now."
# Tho look was given ; our traveler "saw it,"
and a nice fifty-cent postal warmsd the palm
of Mickey's hand directly thereafter.
QOESTIONAM.Ï Identity. —An old farmer
who had visited tho city with a load of wood,
onee upon a time, and had imbibed "the ar
dent" prettv freely on his return "homeward
bound" trip, while riding astride tho
"tongue" of lii» cart, fell asleep. The oxen
hearng nothing from their master, conclued
to stop and take a rest. Tho team was found
in this position on the road by some wags,
who, for the sake of the fun, unhitched the
oxen, which stated for home at »nee. The
authors of tho mischief took a position behind
a fence to hear what the farmer would
when he "waked up."
In due time he was heard uttering r
"Where am I, and who am I Î If I'm Joe
Jones, I've (hie) lost a yoke of oxon. If I'm
somebody else, I've (hie) found a cart."
An ingenious person has discovered that
the three, most forcible letters in our alpha
bet are NRG; that tho two which contain
nothing
corpulanco, OBCT; that two are in a de
cline, D K ; that four indicate exalted station,
X L N C ; and threo excite onr tears, yet,
when pronounced together, aro necessary to
a good understanding ; L E G.
An old Yankee, when he was told by
English tourist in this country that the cole
bration of tho 4th of July would soon bo
tinct, answered : ".See here, stranger, don't
talk that way. I tell you when the resur
rection day comes around, tho first thing
done in tho morning will be to read the Dec
laration of Independence."
A correspondent tells of a soldier wounded
by a shell from Fort Wagner. He was going
to the rear with a mutilatod
" Wounded by a shell ?" he was asked.
" Yes," he coolly answerod, " I was right
under tho darned thing when the bottom drop
say
M T ; that four express great
*'X
arm.
"What, Miss, you here from boarding
school, and without asking my permission?"
said an anxious father.
"That's bad ; what
motive brought you now ?" "The loco-motive ,
"The locomotive? That's good." "Why,
pa, you just said it was bad." "Did I? Well,
there I forgive you."
],i.
W hen Cromwell first coined his money, an
old cavalier, looking upon one of the new
pieces, read this inscription
"God with us;" on the othor, "TheCommon
wealth of England." "I see," said he, "God
and the Commonwealth are on different sides."
Fellow Feeling ; "This is what they
call a 'fellow feeling' for a man," as the thief
■aid when the policeman was groping after
him in the dark.
It is a bad sign to sec a man with his hat
midnight, explaining the theory and
principles of true democracy to a lamppost.
one side:
off at
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PHILADELPHIA WILMINGTON AND BALTIMORE
RAILROAD.
0 Change of Hours.
N and after Monday, Ootobor 6, 1863, Passen
ger Trains will leavo Philadelphia for
Baltimore at 4.00 A. M. (Express, Mondays ex
cepted,) 8.05 A. M., 11.36 A. M. (Express) and 3 P.
M. and 12 P. M., night.
Chester, at 8.05 and 11.35 A. M., 1.15. 3, 4.50 and
11 P. M.
Wilmington, at 4.00 A. M. (Mondays
?ted,)
8.05 A. M., 11.36 A. M., 1.16, 3, 3.50, 11 and 12
P. M.
Now Castle, at 8.05 A. M., 3.50 P. M.
Dovor, at 8.06 A. M. and 3.50 P. M.
Milford, at 8.05 A. M.
Salisbury, at 8.06 A. M.
TRAINS FOR PHILADELPHIA.
Leave Baltimore at 8.30 A. M. and 10.10 A. M.
(Express,) 1.10 P. M. (Express,) 5.35 P. M. and
8.35 P. M. (Express.)
Wilmington at 7.15, and 9 A. M.; 12.08, 12.57,
4.10, 6.30, 9.00 and 11.30 P. M.
Salisbury, at 12.05 P. M.
Milford at. 2.35 P. M.
Dover at 6.30 A. M. and 3.55 P. M,
New Castle at 8.30 A. M. and 5.55 P. M.
Chester at 8.10, 9.40 A. M., 12.40, 4.10, 7.14 and
9.50 P. M.
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Leave* Chester at 8*40 and 12-05 A. M. and 3-36
P. M.
Wilmington at 6-00, 0-25 A. M., 12-35 P. M„ 4-05
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date plaqcs, at 6-00 P. M.
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4 A. M., 11 P. M. aud 12 M. N. from Philadelphia
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Sept. 11, '63.
FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!
Philadelphia, May 30, 1863.
iY. C. Sadler Esq., Agent for Lillie's Safes:
Deah Sin : During the night of May 19, 1863,
< >ur Grocery and Provision Store, at North Second
nnd Willow streots, took fire at about 2 o'clock
A. M., and as tho store
a two-story wood
building it burnt rapidly, . and before tho fire
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i;oods, including much combustible material, und
s mounting to over $ 2,U00 was
• troyed. We had one of your No. II Chilled Iron
Hales, which was in the hottest part of tho tiro, and
'it came out of the fire not in tho least injured, 0 *
copt the melting oil* of the name, plate and paint.
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against fire now as bvfore, and shall use it hereafter
whole stock of
wholly do
with increased confidence.
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Late 429 North SECOND Streot.
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at, and
All parties interested
, which I oiler
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to examine the Safes above described at my depot.
M. C. SADLER, Agent,
No. 21 South SEVENTH Street.
below, auction prices.
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IIE sale of Plantation Bit
T
is without pr
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Ian
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They
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Letter of Rev . E. F, Crane, Chaplain pf the 107tq §
Now York Regiment.
Near Acquia Creek, )
March 4th, 1863, J
OwiDg to the great exposée and terrible deoom.
position altor tho battle of Antietam, I was utterly
prostrated and very sick. My stomaoh would not
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ters, prepared by Dr. Drake, of New York
prescribed to givo me strength and an appetite. To
my great surprise they gave mo immediate relief.—
Two bottles almost allowed me to join my regiment,
* _ I have since Been them used i
tree to say, for hospital or
purposes I know ol* nothing liko them.
REV. E. E. CRANE, Chaplain,
i many
private
cases, and
Letter from tho Rev. N. E. Gilds, St. Clairs
villo, Pa.:
Gentlemen : You were kind enough, on a former
•ccasion, to send me a half dozen bottles of Planta
tion Bitters for $3 50. My wife having derived
much benefit from the use of these Bitters, I desiro
her to continue them, and you will please send
six bottles more for the money inclosed.
I am, very truly, yours,
N. E. GILDS, Pastor Uor. Ref. Church.
Soldiers' Home, Superintendent's Of
FI€E,
Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 15th, 1863.
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I have given your Plantation Bitters to hundreds
-noble soldiers who stop here, more or less dis
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Such a preparation as this is, I heartily wish in
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field. G. W. 1). ANDREWS, Superintendent.
«if
;el
Dr. W. A. Childs, Surgeon of tho Tenth Vermont
Regiment, writes : "1 wisk «v
tie of Plantation Bitters. They
tive, perfect, and harmless 1 eve
ery soldier had a bot
thc most effeo
used."
Willard's Hotel,
Washington, D. C., May 23d, 1863.
Gentlemen : Wo require another supply of your
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Respectfully,
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Signatur«
th® cork.
stamp
I*. II. DRAKE, A CO.,
292 BROADWAY, N. Y.
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Sept. 11, 1863.
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Seven distinct patents for improvements in Bil
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States Patent Office and
received the
and most
by the United
have lately obtained a
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Tho eminent French billiard player, M. Berger,
has published the following opinion :
"New York, August 2d, 1861.
"On the eve of leaving tho United States, I am
happy to declare to all amateurs of billiards that,
after a tour of eleven months through the principle
cities, 1 have been enabled to judge in a satisfactory
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happy to ;aako this declaration.
and beauty. For these reasons I
"BERGElt, CLAUDIUS,
Professor of Billiards, Pgris."
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