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Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-18

PrtIsKt IloutL Savannah, Ca. Jah @, 1850.
lloHoGED Sit: should II nbgFltsil ipr tLs rrllst
your skl iR5 brought melt DID not FFtott ny care
10 you Acold tgtilrd In my limbs aud brought On
e1cTnclatlny Heuthl0fe pdfhI Elelieiif III er0T(e
ThsEMglilR. Notwithstanding had the bet oi
by the NVles or your b4cgtnt agent ~ Baltimore,
". Mackelsir, tried your Pills, Their Effects we're
allow, but SURE ByptrSEVeriBE In the use u them,
lft nov shtIToiV Wsli
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-18

DE. Arm have H,til your l'ilh WitlttAiirtrd
nary aRc'tss N lily family Wld aHiohg tit-r ! am
called y riI IN distfrr.. lOpguIaip u,S organs u
digsHtlon and purify THE blv0l. they lie yety @
Irmvly ATt VVrT know n. rnd can cUufd, nlly ie.
commend ilriH INnly iIiritds.
TuuiE y HIVES
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-06-28

Withdrawn from the letter,without the clerk
knowledge.
The next point was TO endeavor to dis
cover privately where our friend had passed
the large bills which he probably had failed
to remit. Anticipating lie probability OF
a discovery The merchant absolutely lei
pussy out of the bag hins' Ii. lie obtained
two other iifiies ON the same bank as tn
others, went TO confidential friend and
asked him to take the bills and hand them
back to him again. ia order HAT If the first
Totes was found out, he could refer TO Ibis
friend as having paid him bills OF that de-
domination and bank The friend being
an honorable man, and seeing that the re.
quest bore upon the letter transaction, de-
clined 10 comply, and very promptly ex-
posed in tlle proper quarter TIE applica-
ton thus made 10 him. No, only did he
do this, but knowing OF "a considerable pay
ment recently made by the merchant, inti-
mated where the original iifiies had been
used. The clue thus obtained, brought out
the whole transaction, aud eiiectually fixed
the guilt of this eunningly devised plan
upon the right shoulders.
1t is to be regretted that Congress has
provided no penalty for this class Of 'roub-
lcsome delinquencies.--Ho Hol6rook's F" Z. 5.
Null"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-06-28

with his victory. The rebel commander
confessed his own loss to be very large,
owing to the periinacily of the Zoua,es'
fire. Il appears that Gen. Butler intended
to conduct in person another attack upon
the battery at Big Bethel, but the rebels
had evacuated it, and removed all their
gums TO Yorktown, where they are now
awaiting an attack. BY the acknowledge
ments OF the rebels, the first shell fred by
our forces. under direction of Lieut.. Greblr,
hit exactly inside the rebel battery, and
Killed ten men and horse. The rebel
loss of killed and wounded is over 100
Thirty were Killed Our Zouaves picked
them off with unerring aim for an hour and
"A hall. Mr. Winthrop killed three him
self, one an officer. The rebels were about
leaving their entrenchments when Gen.
Pierce ordered retreat. The rebels have
increased their battery, and have an addi-
tional force OF two thousand men from
North Carolina and Louisiana, and make
their stand at Yorktown. They seem to
express fear that Gen. Butler may give
them battle in the open field. They prefer
fighting behind earthworks.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-06-28
A Few Home Questions.

A farmers WIFE puts the following home
questions TO the readers of the American
Ag,jcatttrtst. They may appear unimpor-
tant, yet if heeded, they would save much
wearlness of body aud vexaIiOn OF spirit in
the household. But she pleads the house
keepers cause better than any man could
Co-hear her do you, after you have
kindled the fire, sweep away the shavings
and ashes neatly, or leave them on and
around the stove? When you bring in a
pau ot water, are you careful not 10 spill ii,
or must some one use mop after you ev-
cry time! When you Omen and boys leave
the barn yard do you scrape the dirt from
your boots, or bring it TO the clean door
steps, or, what is worse, into the house, and
scrape it on the nicely polished cooking
stove, that has cost an hours hard rubbing
to make bright? Do you ever spit on the
stove, floors, or carpets! DO you leave
hats and overcoats in the hall or do you
wear them in and lay them on the table
with books and papers, &c., scattering hay
seed aud dust over the cloth and It's con-
tents, making it necessary TO remove and
replace them much oitener than would be
required, If the rules of order We're OBJ
served? Do you put your clothes in their
places, or leave them for some female mem
Der Of the family 10 take care of!
| could ask many more questions of
similar import, about door-yards, gates, gar
den walks, fences, tool-houses, &c, but
will not intrude. | insist that farmers homes
ought to, and might be, as neat and beauli-
ful as any others, il all would do their work
ia the best manner, or at the earliest OPP
portunity, and not leave for another what
they ought to do themselves. know that
long indulged habits are hard 10 overcome ;
but may | not hope that young men will
heed advice You would not like to have a
salternly wife; but it you are slovenly in
your habits, you could not be happy with "a
neat one, for she would be di satisfied and
unhappy, and unless she were uncommony
heroic, you would be likely to hear of it.
Perhaps you may think these things to be
Of very small moment but / know Of but
few things that grieve and fret woman
more, when she is weary and dispirited,
than TO have all her efforts at order and
neatness unappreciated and / know, too,
"that more offend from want Of thought
Than from want of feeling" SO let me say
to farmers boys, and girls too, if you wish
10 have pleasant. happy homes, be not only
viriuous, but orderly, Industrious, and
neat"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-06-28

A MIssIssIPrIAS's OrISioS on Jrrf.
DAvls.-Dr. ID. +. Bacon publishes in the
n. Y. Sunday Mercury, some incidents IN
The life of the President OF the southern
contederacy, and accuses him of cowardico
and ineompetency in the Mexican cam
paign. He relates a conversation with Col.
A, Il. McClung Of Mississippi, in lSI9,
who said Of MIR. Davis -
. am very sorry ever fought a duel.
1t is not a pleasant business, and yet |
would like TO fight one more, with one more
man, and that man is Jefferson Davis. be-
cause think the United States will be bet
ter without him. lie will not fight me, he
is too great coward. In fact he is not
now, never was and never will be, a brave
man, in the true sense Of the word. He Is
a dangerous and willy politician, loaded down
with vanity and self-conceit, wishing only
for his own aggrandizementa and he car es not
at what expense or how many desolate
households. lie thinks of himself and
himself only, and should not be surprised
to find him, one Of these days, taking such
a step in public as viii place his neck in
halter; for he is bad man and scoun-
drel, and | have frequently denounced him
as such before the people of Mississippi.
and the dirty poltroon and artful villain
never had the courage to resent it,
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-06-28

ANOTHER BLOODY AFFAIR AT Sr.
LouIs.-On Monday morning, as part OF
Col. kallman's regiment were returning
from the North Missouri railroad, when ot-
poslte the recorders court room on Seventh
street, company near the rear Of the COLI
umn suddenly wheeled and discharged their
rifles, aiming chiefly at the windows Of the
recorders court and the second story of an
adjoining house. They killed four citizens,
aud mortally wounded two, and slightly in
Jured one. The statements as to the cause
OF the firing are very conflicting. One Is
that pistol shot was fired from tue window
OF house at the corner of Seventh and
Locust streets, hitting captain in the shoul-
der, when he gave the order to fire. An
other IS that soldier accidentally discharged
his rifle when wheeling, and the company
became frightened and discharged a valley
on the sidewalk and at the windows.
The recorders court was in session. crow.
dei with prisoners and spectators. Police
officer Pratt was shot in the side, and died
in ten minutes; deputy marshal Franco
received three balls in the legs, and will
undoubtedly die. The names OF the other
persons killed, who were on the pavement.
are MOI known. The bodies Of the killed
were removed TO the health office, where
there will be thorough investigation. The
window behind the recorders desk was rid.
died with bullets.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-06-28

A CURE FOR 1N-GRowING NAILs-Tt ia
stated by correspondent of the Medical
and Surgical Journal, that a cauterizaiion
with hot tallow is an immediate cure for in
growing nails. He says =
The patient on whom | tried this was a
young lady who had been unable TO nut on
shoe for several months, and decidedly the
worst case had ever seen. The disease
mad been OF long standing. The edge Of
the nail was deeply undermined the gran.
uiations formed high ridge, partly covered
with skin, and was constantly oozing from
the root OF the nail the whole Toe was
swollen, and extremely tender and painful.
MY mode OF proceeding was this / nut q
very small piece of tallow in spoon and
heated It over lamp until it became yery
moi, dropping two or three drops between
the nail aud granulations. The effect was
almost instantaneous. Pain and tenderness
We're at once relieved, and in few days
'ne granulations were all gone, and the
edse OF the nail exposed so as to adj
mt OF being pared without any inconven-
ience. The cure was complete, and the
trouble never returned l have tried this
repeatedly since, with the same satisfactory
results. The operation causes little or no
pam, IT the tallow is properly heated.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-06-28

TAE GREAT BLTHKL AfFAfR-The
Massachusetts men killed in the unfortu.
nate affair at Great Bethel were priyaies
Souther OF Quincy, Colby of East Boston,
aud Fitzpatrick OF South Boston,--ihe lat
ter by the ball which unroofed the skull Of
Lieut. GiebIe. When the rebels discover
ed the body Of Major Winthrop. with the
respect due brave soldier, they laid his
sword across his corpse. and sent messen-
ger to inform Gen. Butler OF the fact, hav
ing discove cred trom his private mernoran-
dun book that he was an aid OF that Of
iirer; but The iiAg of truce which Gen.
Butler sent cut in response, not arriving at
Gen. Magruder's headquarters in time, they
Lu.ied the toly and sent the eqHipm MS
to Fortress Monroe. Our flag OF truce ar
rived next day, and the bearer, a captain Of
the Zoaaves dined with Cen Magruder at
lorkiown. lie seemed very much clalcd
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-06-28

AN EXTRAoRDINARY FEAT.-The story
OF the steamer Maid of the Mist is explains
ed by the Rochester papers. The owners
OF the little steamer found her an unprofit-
able speculation, and agreed to sell her to
parties in Lewiston, provided the vessel
could be safely navigated through the rap.
ids and whirlpool. The Rochester Union
tells how this perilous feat was accom-.
plished -
''Joel K. Robinson was the man TO under.
take the job. He engaged the services Of
:. II. Jones, engineer, and one McIntyre as
assistant wheelsman. With this crew of
only three men, the Maid was cut loose
from her moorings about three o'clock and
swung into the stream. Shooting up the
river with a good head of steam on. the
boat turned about and was headed for tbe
rapids. Down she went like a race horse
and piunged into the boiling torrent. On
she went, tumbling in the food till abe
reached the whirlpool. There she appeared
10 roll as II about TO capsize. For a mo-
meni thespectators or the banks above held
their breath, and gave up the Maid as lost.
but she righted with the loss of her chin.
ney, and took new start on her downward
course. The whirlpool passed anl the
great danger was over. The boat then kent
ON her course and reached Lewiston is safe.
y."
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-06-28

A RAsCALLY TRICK.-We have before
alluded TO the ingenious faruds resorted tc
sometimes even by individuals and business
firms in good standing, to fix distrust and
suspicion on the post office, in the matter O.
money remitianees claimed to have been
through the mails. A case of this kind has
just been brought to light within the bound
aries Of the /" Nutmeg State (and outside
OF the counties with the exception, perhaps.
of old Middlesex) which in justice TO the
post-oiiice department and its employees i'm
mediately interested, ought not to be passed
over in silence. 1t was none of your COM
mon-place pieces of knavery, but cool,
wel-arranced scheme for fixing II criminal
charge on incocent parties connected with
the post-oilice. \ gentleman (?) doing bus
mess in M, was indebted to firm in
r Il, in the sum Of Sf20. The
money was TO be sent as other remittances
had previously been by mail The letter
was received minus the cash. Information
OF the loss was communicated TO one OF the
government special agents who investigated
the matter closely. The first question 10
be settled was, was the money actually en-
closed in the letter
1t appeared from the statement of the
merchant, that having previously written
The letter, lie sent his clerk to the bank to
obtain large notes, two fifties and one TWEEN
ty, which were folded into the letter in the
presence Of the young man, who took it
Immediately to the post-otiice. This was
fully confirmed by the clerk in question,
who with great apparent and no doubt real
honesty insisted that he Witnessed the whole
transaction--saw the money enclosed, and
the letter sealed. whi.h he carried directly
to the office, where he would take his oath,
both the letter and its contents were safely
deposited ia the hands of one oe the post
office clerks, of whom stamp was pur-
chased and placed upon the letter. There
seemed TO be left but slight grounds upon
which to base suspicion, outside the offices
at least. The thing had been beautifully
fixed up to be sure, and our slippery friend,
the merchant, thought the agent might as
well go about other business ii he had any
But certain indescribable evidences Of some
thing wrong in the merchants manner and
the trifiing affair OF three cents, led to the
final discovery. In separately questioning
the employer snd the employed. the former
stated that he gare the latter the money
with which TO buy postage stamp, while
the clerk was perfectly sure that he went to
the money-dfawer, some distance from
where the Two had been standing. for the
three pennies. Here was exacsly the re-
guired opportunity for the bank notes 10 be
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-06-28

LIE MANuFAcruRE OF ARMS AT
SPRNGFIELD. - The national armory at
Springfield Is being taxed the utmost to sup
ply the government with its splendid rifles.
In 1850 says II correspondent Of the New
York Tribune. the arsenal contained 2S7,
600 muskets, and there were probably man
uiaetured in the SIX years following $4,000
more. At the present time there are but
10000 remaining in the arsenal, and these
are being boxed up and sent away for
actual service every day. OF the arms
which the traitor Floyd sent south, but a
small portion were rihed, while most of
them were the old flint lock altered over
an inferior and unsafe weapon for the sol
dier using it. The works are now run
over sixteen hours per day, giving employ
ment TO seven hundred men, and this force
is increased as fast as room can be prepar-
ed for them to work in. Over one hundred
rifles per day are now turned out, which
will be increased in the future. New riff
ling machines are about 10 be set up, and
the capacity of the works largely increased.
The Anes Manufacturing Company, at
Chcopee. adjoining Springfield is also very
actively engaged IN the production of rifed
cannon, james patent projectiles swords Of
vario1s kinds, and the sword bayonet used
upon the Sharpe's and Colts rifles. Five
hundred men are employed, and seven brass
cannons--one more than battery-are
completed every week. Old smooth bore
guns, including columbiads, are being RI
fled for the use the James conical ball aud
shell. The columbiads viii do good execu-
ton at a distance Of several miles. The
rifiing process adds vastly to their efficiency
OF the projectiles, 400 shot and shell are
turned out daily, while swords are manu-
factured at the rate of three thousand and
bayonets one thousand per month. -Four
rifiing machines have recently been manu-
factured for the government, one of which
IS in operation at Thompson's Island, New
York harbor, and the others will shortly be
in use at the Washington Navy Yard
They are of incalculabe value, from the
increased power which they can give to our
artillery.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-06-28

Ex-Governor Washington Hunt Of New
York recently made speech at Des Moines,
Iowa, in which he took the same ground
with Dir. Everett, and other leaders of the
late constitutional Union party, saying
]" lie had incurred the serious displeasure
of his best friends by his conscientious adj
vocacy of the doctrines of Cancellation and
compromise. But all these matters are
now passed. Old issues are wholly oblit-
Grated; and we are now called, as loyal
subjects of free constitution, 10 crush out
a formidable rebellion against esiaJli he'd
authority"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-06-28
EVERY FAMILY
SHOULD HAVE A
HYDRO-MAGNETIC SIPHO,

the PREVENTION ASp CURE
URINARY AND SEXUAL ORGANS, THE KIDNEYS,
BOWELS AND PREVENTION CONCEPTION.
This sipho, when used prevents and Nervous De
bty, Cosveness, Dyspepsia. Liver Complaint, Headache
Lecueorrhssa Whites. Proapsus Ueri Falling Of the
Womb Distracted MenstTation and all complaints Of the
Urinal Organs. Kidneys and Bowels
The Spho enables all prevent aud cure disease without
to drugs, herbs. pills. nostrums IL Is perfectly
safe it viii last life time, without getting out OF order,
and fails; il is simple. aud be used by child IL
magnetieily chemically, removing absorbing
destroying all morbid secreoBs aud poisonous
the system II Is pleasant nparts strength and life
body enliyes the spirits npsTts checrfulneSs the
mind and gives and elasticity to all who it, that
will years IL enabies those whose health cir
do not permit increase Of family regulate
limit their offspring hnt must be used during preg
nancy. il would produce misearriage.
W. sind tcifh eae S4o Important private and oldea
fiai tom for ne BIuFied, aad those contemplating
Marriage, also, yhH dirseiisas for as ESe.
FAIL Sor SECURE
Single ones s5 cheaper quality, s3. Zach one
Tantoi They securely packed, and Forwarded 10 all
parts Of the country. Address,
DIR J. RUSSELL,
tBox b. I1lsl0l BEooKLrN New XorS.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-06-28

SHOT AND SHELL.-The general adop-
tion of rified firearms during comparative
ly few years, is due principally to improve
ments in the missiles employed, namely ex-
pandng bullets. These enable rifles to be
loaded with great ease and rapidity; hence
the adoption of the latter. Formerly she'll
were fired exclusively from mortars; now
they are fired from cannon and small arms.
There are two kinds of shell--the percus-
sion and the fuse. The former is made
with nipple on the point upon which is
placed a percussion cap, which explodes
when it strikes and ignites the charge in the
shell. The fuse is a match connected with
the charge, and made Of such length that il
will burn during the flight Of tue shell, so
as to reach the charge at any calculated
distauce--l000 to 2000 or 5000 yards, &c
Breech loading cannon and rifles are most
safe and convenient in loading with shell.
Shrapnel is a shell loaded with charge Of
small balls. These are scattered about in
all directions when the ball explodes. If
there is mass of men say at 100 yards
distant, the ignited fuse is arranged to reach
tie column, and there explode the shell,
scattering a quantity of shrapnel shot all
around. Rified cannon are not suitable for
firing grape and canister shot; therefore
however effective rifles may be for long
distances, some smooth bores will always be
used in batteries for the murderous dis
charge of grape at short ranges. Hot solid
shot, or shells filed with molten iron, are
now used in warfare, chiefly in land bat
teries against ships of war. On August
9th, 1895, j. Mcintosh secured an English
patent for shell filled with naphiha, and
connected with fuse, which ignited the
naphlha when the Shell fell, and produced
dense, suifocating fumes. These shells are
very dangerous when thrown into forts and
ships.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-06-28

A SCENE IN TUE NEw-lIAMPsHIRE
REGMESr.-The Transcript has the fol
lowing from correspondent =
& A most exciting scene transpired at the
New-I Hampshire encampment, Saturday
afternoon, while the firing at Arlington
Heights was going on. The regiment was
drawn up about the chaplain, Rev. MIR.
Abbott, who read chapter in the Bible,
and then gave out hymn. Each man
drew a hymn book from his breast pocket.
and the hymn was sung to the tune OF
T.ie Red, White and Blue the entire regi-
ment joining in the chorus. In his prayer,
the chaplain alluded to the fight probably
going on. and said, o Lord grant that our
men may have cool hands and steady eyes,
and ,has their missiles may 90 straight to
the mark A captain of one of the COM
panies could not restrain his enthusiasm,
and look off his cap and waved it over his
head. those about him showing by their
that they would like to join
him."
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-06-28
WaShinG Machine.
It will do Washing. Starchiug and Nriug-
ing.

ENIIIS machine has been thoroughly tested for thctst six
months and found do all that designed do
IL adapted to all kinds of clothes from pocket handker
chief bed quilt. You wiring your clothes in less
than quarter Of the time and much dryer that they
will dry in half the time and not inure your clothes
one half much when twisted by hand This machiue
Is formed with spring rolls covered with rubber and
constructed together with great pressure and
fast and easy. The springs in the rolls constructe
Weld he in the CENTRE where tha bulk OF the
clothes conducted they between them. by this
springs rubber close tight
clothes that they through nearly ryenough to iron
However the garment may be- it receives equal
Of pressure. The clothes washed by this
will require rubbing, the drest parts such
collars ard wristbands which will require but slight rub
with the hands.
The machine is Baieys patent and the subscriber has
bought the right of manufacture and sale for Windha
Windsor counties. Price Sl2,00 A. s. CLARK.
Bellows Falls, Vt, Feb 5, 1861.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-06-28

RULING PAssIoN.-TnERE is a story
Of an ahbe who had invited friend 10 par
take OF dish of ortolans. lie preferred
them done in butter, his friend in oil, and
directions had been given. The friend came
early, and, while talking, fell down in fit
and shortly died. As not a moment was to
be lost, the able ran to the head of the
stairs, and called out, do them all in butter"
lie then took measures for the proper dis.
posal of his guest.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-06-28
HOWARD ASSOCIATION,

benevolent Insfitutior. established by special Eniow-
for the Relief of the Sex and Dstrcei afflicted
with Niruent and Chro1e DISEASE, and especially for the
Cure of Diseases Of the Sexual Organs.
NJ EDlcAL ADVICE given gratis BY the Acting Sureon.
vi VALUABLE REPORTS sIeIfaatogTia.a. and other
Disscs Of tho sexual orsnus, and % the NEW REMEDIES
employed in The nsFensary sent in ssii envelopes free q
charge Two thrae Stamps for postage acceptable Ad-
dress. DE }. SKILLIN H0uGHTON, Howard Association,
riiie'ielphia, Pa lEl4