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Hon. I n. Arnold.
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We notice with satisfaction that the Hon.
l. n. arnold of Chicago, has been reno nj
Lated Tor Congress from that district. Mr.
Arnold devoted SO much Of his tl:ne and aoil-
lty to the important questions Of comnerce
that lis return should b made a certainty.
He Was an ardent and efficient advocate Of q
ship canal from the Mississippi River to L Ike
Eicbjgsn, and, having tina: work in hand, it
*culu seem but an act OF jus:ice and duty
that his seryices should he continued. Tue
interests oi commerce have strong champion
in Mr. Arnold, and NC hope to learn OF his re-
tirction.
, 1862-10-02

Col. 4. J. Hamilton, formerly United States
Senator from Texas, has just arrived in this
city, and il staying at the Metropolitan Hotel.
He escaped b. travelling at night, until he
reacht the Mexican border, by which way be
,esched the coast and took passage for the
North. He has been four mnnths coming
from Texas to New York. He intends on
Nrdn+ sday evening to publicly address our
citizens at Cooper Institute, and give some
2utbe ntic account OF the real condition Of af-
fa3rs thtre- He maintxins that the Union feel
iIg is sill very strong IN Texas.
, 1862-10-02

Tie Kentucky rebel legislature were to
meet =: Danvillc on Tuesday. If NC msv
judge from Humphrey Marahall's recent
speeches, they will authorize conscription
in Kentucky, and draft every able bodied man
at :he Point Of the bayonct. The sooner the
ntbels are driven from that State the better
, 1862-10-02

Gaylord ]. Clark is the tory candidate for
canal commissioner in New York. The Or
leans AMERICAN says he is ene Of the esix
hundred peace Democrats" who, about one
year since, sent i petition to the traitor Breck-
inridge asking him to "stop fighting the GOV
eminent anY more.''
, 1862-10-02
Gen. JEFF. C. Davis.

In speaking Of the recent tragedy at Louis
Vile, the Indianapolis journal says of Gen.
Davis, that be "is mild, quiet, courteous
gentleman, with es little Of the ba1ly III his
composition as any man alire, but man Of
extrrEc sensitiyeness aad undoubted cour-
age"
, 1862-10-02

statement, That come companies OF tho Vest
efn sharpshooters covered themselYes with
glory by defending the hospital 1t Iuka, after
our troops were repulsed.
Inc western sharpshooten did not ire 4
eur during the engagement. They belong to
IN the fight o. pursuit, though I have no doubt
naa any ot thvse troops had An Opportunity
they would have fought braveiY: rhy
zen. GFant did not permit his Is coo men to
Mo our l2,00 to whip 25,0W OF The enemy, IL
mo1e sn taan he is able or resdy to explain. w
aG ea2,. Ano. that his force arrived within seven
mnt9 .1u o1 the enemy the night before eight;
mat ne had his choice Of three good roads K,
move aorWxrd on; that he knew We had to
Matcn apont twenty miles to reach Iuka. aud
I1at me enemy were more than two to Our
one: afd yet bis column did not get into Iuka
ILL ne IL ours had passed through and been three
hours In pursuit Of the enemy. In the face
ct these 1acts, he publishes general order in
Mh1eh he sa5s the troops Of Gen. Ord are en-
ntIed to equal credit with those Of Rosecrans.
IL 6eems VeEy strange to this army and to
az who Know Gen. Rosecraue, and tue record
OF hls services during this war, that he is kept
constantly In subordinate position.
He planned and fought the bsttIas n, ues+.
eI eIn Virginia, the result Of which p1aced Nc
Clelian at the head Of the army; and after Lhe
Transfer OF Mcclellan left Rosccrans IN
command In Western Virginia, his opera
oosI dons were rapid, brilliant, and always sue
cesttuL At the time Mcclellan would
not move the army Of the POTOMAC on aeconnt
o. Dad roads, Roeecrans was moving artillery
over ForEe roads, and with far interior means
Of transportation; ontgeneraliag every rom.
mander opposed to hin, and whipping their
troops go constantly, gaining q victory 20 Of.
zen, that victory IN Western Virginia be-
came matter Of such common occa1cence
them. ~0Aeo 4"
Gen: Rosecrans' headquarters are now at
Corlnth, Grant and Ord having gone to Jack-
The army of Price is nor at Ripley, sbout
1ofty miles southwest Of Corinth, and il Rose
cla1s Is permitted to have his own Tav. he
VIII beat mp Price'e quarters, some line morn
Hg, LII manner that will Interfere materially
with rebel comfort,
In my next will send correct map Of the
lheatre lss Of operations in this country, with .
;aele OF distances I iuclose copy Of Gen.
koseeIsns' order on the battle Of IuIa> lust
printed, net get published. R1FLEs
, 1862-10-02

Deaths At Mound City Hospital.
Weekly report Of deaths In the United
States General Hospital, Mound City, Illinois,
for the week ending September eth. Brig.
Surgeon c. E. Franklin, q. 8. Y:
William c. Brown, co. Z. 9Th Illinois cavalry,
September II.
Amos Jordan, co. D, 9Th Kansas cavalry, Sep
tembtr21.
Green spear, co. G. ssth Indians, September as
Ebaw ". RAle. CO. E, ID Wisconsin cavalry,
September 2S
Edward kobinfon, .. 8. Eunboat, Carondelet,
September 93.
Lewis Brown, Illinois magazine boat, septem-
Der n.
Total number in hospital: !, 200.
]. f. GRAY, Clerk.
, 1862-10-02
Another Report About Cumberland
Gan.

Gaps
The Louisville Journal states that i. has .
rumor tfat the Federal Gen. Morgan has eyac-
uated Cumberland Gap, having fallen back
On Manchester, Clay county, Ky. The infor-
nation is not official, however, and We are not
disposed to give it full credit, as VIC canpot
appreciate the advantage to be gained By such
movement. It is also said that John MORGAN
had been sent against him with :, 900 cavalry,
a1d that the rebel Morgan has asked for rein
to1cencnts.
, 1862-10-02

Total. according to census Of 1850 49,. 8, ,a05 Ot5
tic natural increase will probably make
the aggregate at the present time about
$500, COO
, 1862-10-02

HOW many Freemen the Em3ncfpa.
1lth Proclamation will Make.
Should the present status Of the States con-
tinue until the 1st Of January next, the nuua-
bsr Of slaves which on that day Will be yletu-
lily cmancipatcd, urder the proclamation Of
the president will be as follows:
, 1862-10-02

Tie 4Hoond ConttNfion-Ks Excellent Enfuence
-HAo s..0g.stAd q Governors AectsnG-Asx-
t.tanes Corps -Hallck's Opposition Hads-
EnesAs NonaiHatIon~-I'hs Massachusetts, Hunk
srs-S&ign!f<anes q Edward Eerstt's Wit to
WAshinqto8.
, 1862-10-02
PECGEOT,8
WHOLESALE TOY HOUSE,
1DR LAKE MTmuE~

CLOSE CASH BUYERS are requested IA cali and
see our figures on late lmportato1s Of
FRENCH GOODS
GERMAN TOY9
BERLIN BASKETS,
BAYARIaN TOTS,
BOHEMIAN WARR.
We are a19o selling et tha Lowest market ratss..
Cemhs In Ivory, Rubber and Horn; Buttons and
Rlushts; Pins Needles. BIRD Caxu.. soars Walking
enck.. Cutlery. aad general aaso1 tuns of Yankee
Peszge0t's Great Vu1-Sety Store,
se29d&Ey 1Q9 Lake street,
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Dwarf Dahlias.

We have never admired the dahlia,
either in the garden or on the exhibition
table, as most persons think all lovers Of
flowers should. 1t has, without doubt,
great beauty of color, and there is = GER
tain charm in its regularly formed, wax
like petals but it is too stiff for indoor
decorative use, and is never fitted for be-
qucts. 1t seems to bo totally destitute Of
the power OF asslmilnting with other fow-
ers--it can never be arranged except with
the different varieties of its own species
In the garden, it produces fine effect;
but to rank it, as florists do, with roses,
camclias, china asters, and carnations, is,
We must think, in ezceedinly bad taste.
After these objections to these grand
autumnal fowers,h We have pleasure in
announcing that new race OF them has
been introduced by leading European Ao-
rists, - the Pompon or miniaturc-fowered
varietics--to which some at least of the
foregoing objections do not apply. They
are a new race of the well-known florists
dahlia. At the present, the principal diff
ference consists i'll the somewhat more
slender character of the plants, and tho
smaller size of the i" flowers or flower
heads. which latter may be taken rs about
half that of the varieties usually grown
for show purposes The average diameter
Of the fower-heads being couple Of in.
chea, very few reaching two and one-hslf
inches. Many of the free Towering plants
have branches bearing three or four flow.
ers, which are suitable for table boquets.
Their odor rather than their size exclude
them from hand boquets. Some of the
varieties grow to the height Of four feet,
and some even FIVE or six feet. Some form
a fine, spreading head of long.stalked
blooms, while others are sitter hsbited,
with the blooms closer to the foliage and
altogether less graceful. Some have tho
regularly cupped aud shell-like horets Of
the best she'll flowers.
When these Pompon dshlias shall have
been thoroughly dwarfed las who can
doubt they will be p and we have plants
two or three feet high only, with the little
balls of forcts thrown out well above no
foliage in gracefully spreading heads, We
shall have one of the prettiest plants that
can be desired for the garden in the late
summer and autumnal months. At tbs
present time. four elephants are, as rulc,
the dwarfest of these Pompons which are
available for the parterre, but these will
be found to be very pretty objects in 'itu'
atons to which this stature is not inap-
propriate.
Some of the most desirable of tho
dwarf1r varieties are:
Annie--blushed tipped flower heads
two inches in diameter
Little Darling-bright rose crimson.
Canary Bird, sulphur.
Child Of Faith-white.
Fairy Nymph-rosy lilac.
Crimson Beauty-rich maroon crimson.
Star and Goldfnch-yellow tippod.
These grow three or four feet high.
Gennessee Farmsr.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-05-16

CT.s Last Sunday We took our first.
born, Alonzo, to chur5h for the first time
lie is only two yoars Old but is very smart
for his age-very. His mother knows
there never was smarter child and his
mother is very knowing woman. We
took Alonzo to church, lie stood up Oh
the seat between his fond mother and my
self, his anxious father; and both of us had
charged him 10 be perfectly still, not to say
a loud word on any account whatever.
The dear boy stood it we'll for the first five
minutes; service had not yet begun. Dea-
con Wells, ball-headed man, came in,
and Alonzo looked at him curiously. Mr..
Ostrom came down the aisle and he had
no hair where the hair ought to grow.
AIonzo was fdsety. Squire Jones, as
bold as Mont Blanc, walked in, and Alon-
zocoud hold in no longer. Ina clear ring
ing little voice he cried. 'Oh, ma ma
there comes another man with skinned
head ="
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Grades Of Villainy.

| The man that will take newspaper fol
length of time, and then send it back
refused aud unpaid for, would swallow ;
blind dogs dinner, and then stone the dog
for being blind-EfcAange.
He would do worse than that. 1lc
would marry girl on trial, and send heI
back at the end of the honeymoon with
the words Don't suit chalked on her
back.-Fon City.
He would do worse than that. He
would steal the chalk to write it with, and
afterwards use it on his shirt, to save the
expense of washing. and sue his wiie's
father for a months boarding ng.-Adoertis-
er.
Worse yet. He'd chase sick rat ten
miles over a corduroy road, and institute
a post mortem examination after he had
caught him, in order to recover a stolen
grain of corn. -llorganto,on Star.
We endorse every word of the above.
He would steal the rotten acorns from a
blind pig, and steal all the winter meat
from an edtor.-.Somerset Herald.
All too mild. He would 60 and join
the Southern Confcdcracy, which is about
the lowost depth a man could reach. IN.
J. Leader.
Stronger yet. He would sponge liv-
ing from the hard earnings of his poor
old father until the old gentleman became
unable to work, and then let him die in
the poorhouse, aud afterwards sell his re-
mains to the medical students for anato-
matical purposcs.--Bannef.
lie would be as mean as the man who
cursed his poor old blind mother for stop
ping i'll his door-yard to beg for bread,
and who gave his only child a penny for
going supperless, and the next morning
charged him penny for his breakfast
Torch Light.
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tive copy from the May number or
the Amerjcan Agriculturalist the follow.
Ing useful hints -
Boncs-Collcct from far and near with
jealous care; pound them up or put them
in with the horse manure.
Buildings-Pant before hot weather
comes on, if at all this season.
Ccllars-When the cellars are empty.
clean them out in every nook and corner.
and whitewash throughout, ard stop rat
holes with cement and broken glass.
Corn-Preparo the sol, in dry weather
early in the month, never work the grsaad,.
when it is wet. The old rule of lhe 4l,
dian was, to plant when oak leaves are az.
large as mouse's ear.
PIowng-Lay out long lands, and avoid
curved furrows.
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Agrienltnrat.
Cultivation Of the Strawberry

\ Sultl v dt1O1 Ol bl4C 0tA aW U0A ~
EDS. GENEsEB FARMER Il now send
you few remarks taken from " "SAxroN's
Rural Handbook, page log,
This variety is far beiare any other in
point of flavor, and if transplanted into
gardens, may for two or three years answer
very well, and if not too highly MANFRED,
preserve their flavor and increase their
size. But new plants must be obtained
every two or three years, from the woods
to make new plantations, or they will De.
generate.
Soil AND MANURE.-The soil proper for
this variety, as well as all others, is light,
warm and gravelly, and the manure to 10
applied should be exclusively vegetable,
and not animal manure. The usual prac-
ticc is to manure the ground with rotten
dung, with view to increase the size and
quality of fruit; but in doing this tho
flavor is destroyed in proportion to the
richness of the soil. Besides, high man.
uring produces strong vines, and no fruit.
Rotten leaves, decayed wood ashes, in
small quantity, mixed with other vegetable
substances in a compact heap, will make
better manure for strawberries than any
animal substance whatever. As the vines
which bear this fruit require great mois-
turn to bring the fruit to its proper size,
the soil and solution in which they arc
placed must not be too dry.
PRopAaATIoS.-The usual time for tran.
splanting strawberry plants is August.
That time is chosen because they have done
bearing, and have made offsets, if the sea-
son has been favorable. of strong plants,
set from their runners. Plantations made
at this season will bear some fruit the next
summer. But if you can get good, vigor-
Gus plants in May of the preceding season,
| prefer to plant them, as it saves year
nearly, the plants being ready to bear
abundantly the next year.
Why could not wild flowers be trans
planted in the same way7
G. S. r.
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EARLY PLouGutNG.-Farmers should
be cautious as to ploughing their lands too
early in the spriag, before they become
sufficiently dry, Many field has been
sadly injured for the season in this way
and no after treatment will atone for it.
In narrowing small Jumps will be Me rs-
suit, rather than pulverization, A eoea
rule to be observed is not TO plough
when the soil slips off the mould sf the
plough smoothly, fails to fall down and
erumblc. Soils of clayoy nature, Of
course, are most liable to be injEed |;
those with large portion of sand always
being in more light and friabla state.
The same remarks will apply 10 the usa
of the roller, great caution being nopessas
ry, on soils not decidedly light.
[N, Y, 0lsypen.
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9oft + Y.
Song for May-Day.


II is May 1t is May!
And all earth is gay,
For at last old Winter Is quite away;
lie fingered awhile in his cloak Of snow,
To sec the delicate primrose blow
He saw IT, aud made no longer stay
And now it is May it is May!
It Is May ! it is May
And we bless the day
When we first delightfully."- so can say
April had beams amid her showers
Yet bare were her gardens, and cold her bowers ;
And her frown would blight, and her smile be-
tray
But now it is May it is May
/, is May IL is May
And the slendeFest spray
Holds up few leaves TO the ripcniug ray;
And tho birds sing fearlessy out on high,
For there is not cloud in the calm blue sky
And villagers join their rourd delay
For, o it is May ! it is May
1t is May it is May!
And the flowers obey
The beams which alone are moro brigh, than
they;
Up they spring at the touch Of the SUM-
And opening their sweet eyes one by one,
In language Of beauty they seem all to say
And OF perfumcs--'fis May it is May.
1t is May! it is May
And delights, that hay
Chld and cnchaind beneath Winters sway
Break forth again DER the kindling soul
And soften aud soothc il, and bless il whole:
Oh thoughts more teuer than words convey,
Sigh ou.-It is May it is May.
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A Dying SOLDIER rRAYs FOR TIE PRES
IpENT.-Never, until we stood by the
grave of the Green Mountain boys, did
we realize how much stranger is truth than
fiction. Your readers will all recolect
last summer Il private was court-martialed
for sleeping on his post out near Chain
Bridge, on the Upper Potomac. He was
convicted; his sentence was death; the
finding was approved of by the General
and the day fixed for his execution. He
was youth Of more than ordinary intel
lecncel he did not beg for pardon, but
va. willing to meet his fate. The time
drew near; the stern necessity of war re-
quircd that an example should be made Of
some one his was an aggravated case
But the case reached the ears Of the Pres.
ilcnt he resolved to save him he signed
Il pardon and sent it out the day came
8" Suppose, thought the President, " my
pardon has not reached him" The tele.
graph was called into requsitiol; an an
swer did not come promptly. Bring W
my carriage" he ordered. it came, and
soon the Important state papers were dfoP'
ped, and through the hot broling sun and
dusty roads he rode to the camp, about
ten miles, and saw that the soldier wa,
saved! lie has doubtless forgotten the
incident, but the soldier did not. Wher
the Third Vermont charged upon the rife
pits, the enemy poured voicly upon them
The first man who fell, with six bullets in
his body, was William Scott, of company
X. His comrads caught him up, and al
his life ehbei away, he raised to heaven
amid the din of war, the cries of the dy
ing, ana the shouts of the enemy, prayer
for the President and as he died he re-
marked to his comrades that he had ,howl
that he was 10 coward and not afraid tc
die.~-PhHa. Inguirer.
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SQuARE MEAsURE.-A box 25 inches
by l6 inches square and 2S inches deep
will contain barrel, (thrce bushols.)
A box II inches by l6 inches square
and IA inches deep will contain half a
barrel.
A box II inches by II ID inches and
s inches deep, will contain half bushel.
A box 26 inches by u Ii inches and
8 inches deep, will contain half bushel.
A box inches by s IA inches deep
will contain one peck.
A box inches by s inches and 4 IL
deep, will contain one gallon
A box inches by inches and IL
inches deep will contain one quart.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-05-16

rArcA-WoEK QurLTs.-Therc is a
charm about patchwork qnilts for which
every woman has a weakness. They are
full OF secret memories, and incidents, and
stories. and associations, which are record
ed in every square and block as clearly
as if traced by the pen of the recording
angel. Such contain squares Of every
body's dress. There is the blue which
you wore to school, and which was made
very low in the neck, and always looked
50 pretty; and the pink which was a
present from Aunt Abbv' and the calico
which was worn for the first time to GO to
4 certain quilting; and the dotted muslin
which was fayorite with--Icigho! =
- Jenny jane.
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UWhile we are coldIy discussing a
mans career, sneerins at his mistakes,
blaming his rashness, ibelling his opinions
that man, in solitude, is, perhaps, she'd
ding hot tears, because strength and pa
tience are failing him to speak the difficult
word and do the Difficult deed.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-05-16

In the battle of Austerlitz the allies
lost %, ,000 out of 10000; at Leipsic, where
Napoleon had l60,o 900 and the allies 10000,
there were actually 80 600 left deat on the
field and at Borodino, where Napoleon fought
one Of his bloodiest battles, having l25 ,0oo
men against l30 900 Russians, one account
savs the Russians lost $4,000 killed and
wounded, and the French 80 ,0U0.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-05-16

Timothy Titcomb. moraizins inhis
beautiful way on unfinished humanity,
SAYS. never knew a Christian to set
himself up as pattern. 50 far as know,
they are very Shy of pretension, and de-
precate nothing more than the thought
that anybody should take them for finished
specimens Of the work of Christianity in
human life and character.
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OTA young woman by the name of
Mary Durham, drowned herself on Sat
urday last, near the Union Mills-all for
love it is said calais Adc.
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DTA promising young man may dc
very well, perhaps paying one much
better.
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-Somo wag says Commodore footc
belongs to the 50 Hard Shell Baptists."
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UI~The gates Of Heaven are low arch.
ed, we mast enter upon our knees.
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UFlattery often makes people fatter
than they are.
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Sl,5O A YEAR IN ADVANCE.

get to English Turn, where they say they
have not placed a battery yet, but have
two above nearer New Orleans. They
will not be idle, and neither will l. You
supported us most nobly.
Very truly yours,
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commanding, and the Harriet Lane wore
their boarding nettings, and ether gun
boats and ships were provided with the
same barriers against the enemy. Many
of the ships carried kcdge anchors on their
yard arms, and graphing hooks on their
jib booms, with which to fasten to the
gunboats and fre-rafts of the enemy.
All of the sloops-ofwar carried howit-
zers in their tops, those on the Hartford
and Mississippi being enclosed with plates
of boiler iron for the protection of the
men, while the Hartford, Pensacola and
Brooklyn wore screen of cordage around
their fore and main tops.
The New York herald., 1862-04-05
RIO MY FRIENDS AND THE PUEBLO HAVE BEEN

rNHE EMPIRE sRwING MACHINE MANUFACTURING
Company, Office 5l0 Broadway, New YORK, would re-
spectfuiy inform the Eastern pulic that y McArthar
Jr through the New England SAtes for the
purpose Of establishing agents for the sale OF their machines
The Empirc machine Is and stamped under
lie from Elias Howe Jr aud Others and the right OF
agents to SCI guaranteed by the Company.
T. J. MuARTHUR 4 Co.. 6l0 Broadway
TNO NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. "A LADY WISHING TO
make pleasure trip this spring the Con tnenf. Eng
gland France and Italy # possible would Ike TO Join re.
bes reteae will be required An interview
be had by addressing b.. box LIZA New York Pos.
o9c.
The New York herald., 1862-04-05
Fi0y.third Req D'EpIneuil Z0u.
QYcs. Dfsba ndeu.
Ships Crews List.

l. Straih ship, james Tosma
MInnehaha schr. Jasoe Luce
Nemeog brig, John Workman
Onoomasls ship. .CuptIiatncld
Plau,agcnet s'r, Williams
Ruhn STR, William Moore
Sp,itc brig, William g Nall,
Herman Mcneil
Saniisgoship, AnirewMurphy
Syifh ship, % 4 Petersen
Smithcrs brig, J Antonio
Tirnour ship, John Harper
Typboon bark. John Adams
Union bii:, Capt W Zealand
VIM Lord, Jr, ship, J q Brad.
hering
W : Lindsay ship. Chas W
Merrill
Wide World schr. .Cap,Adams
Young Teazcr schr, Ezra 4
Benson