de rule, and thatt it is nott a
goode thinge to goe away with wrathe pente up in ye boosum.

She worketh harde for ye armie; yea, she knitteth stockyngs and
maketh shertes for ye contrabandes, whereof I haue scene one
whiche a contrabande with his wyfe and children didde all were at
once, so nobly greate was it. And shee belyveth in ye warre with
alle hir braue little hearte and soule, for shee is Uncle Samuel
hys oune daughter, if there ever was one, having greate loue for
ye Union, alwaies hoping firstly for ye Union politicall, and
secondlie for ye wedding union of hertes and ye union of handes,
whych is nedeful, that ye countrie shall not perishe for lacke of
sturdie urchins to growe upp into soldieres. And thatt theye aye
all thus become goode wives and brave mothers, and bee bleste and
happie in alle thynges, is ye heartes prayer of

CLERKE NICHOLAS.

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The following extract from the Washington correspondence of the
Philadelphia _Press_ is significant:

'As pertinent to these questions, let me ask if you have ever gone
back to the time when most of the Breckinridge papers in the free
States were in danger of being mobbed and torn out after the fall
of Fort Sumter?

'I will not ask why these demonstrations occurred, but I will ask
if you can point to any one of these journals that is not _now_
filled with strong denunciations of the Administration and its
friends, and timid reproaches of the rebels in arms? Are they not
all clamorous for the reoerganization of the Democratic party? Are
they not all against any combination of patriotic men under the
name of a Union party? Their object is as plain as their early
treason was notorious, and the end of their victory will be the
recognition of the armed rebels, or their full forgiveness. The
armed rebels are watching their movements with eagerness and joy.'

That they are doing so, is amply evidenced by the recent 'democratic'
and treasonable movements in Washington. In time of war, and especially
of such a war as this, there can be, as Mr. Douglas said, 'but patriots
and traitors.' Away with all parties--till the enemy are ours, the only
parties should be those of the North and South.

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The municipal authorities at Nashville met Governor Johnson's appeal,
urging them to