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How to Cook Poultry.

10 Foil q Turkey Make a stuffinn
as for veal or if you wish plain stuff
ing, pound a cracker or some bread
crumbs very fine, chop raw salt pork
very fine, slft some sage or any other
sweet herbs that are liked, season with
pepper, and mould them together with
the yolk of an egg put this under the
| breast, and tie 1t closely. Set on the
turkey in boiling water enough to cover
1t; boil very slowly, and take off the
scum as it rises. A large turkey will
require more than two hours boiling a
small one an hour and half Garnish
with fried forcemcat, and serve with
oysters or celery sauce.
Or: Fill the body with oysters, ard
let it boil by Steam wi hout any wa,er.-
When sufficiently done, take 1t up,
strain the gravy that will be found in
the pan, and which, when cold, will be a
fine jelly; thickcn it with a little -four
and butter, add the liquor of the oysters
intended for sauce, also stewed, and
warm the oysters up in it: whiten it
with little boiled cream, and pour 1t
over the turkey.
10 Roast q Turkey. Prepare a stuff:
ing OF pork sausaecmcat, orc Beaten egg,
and few crumbs of bread or, if sau-
sages arc to be served with the turkey,
stuffing as for fillet of veal in either, a
little shred shallot is an improvement. -
Stuff the bird under the breast; drcdge
it with -four, and put 1t down to a clear,
brisk fire ; at a moderate distance the
first half hour, but afterwards nearer
Basic with butter and when the turkey
is pumped up, and the steam draws
towards the fire, it will be nearly done );
then dredge it lightly wi h flour, and
basic it with little more butter, first
melted in the basting-ladc. Serve with
gravy in the dish and bread sauce in
turecn. 1t may be garnished with sau-
sagcs, or with fried forccmeat, if veal
stufing be used. Sometimes the gizzard
and liver are dipped into the yolk of an
egg, sprinklcd with salt and Cayenne,
and then put under the pinions before
the bird is put to the fire. A very large
turkey will require three hours roast
ing; one of eight or ten pounds, two
hours and a small one, an honr and a
half
CHRISTMAS AND New YEARS Din
NERs.-Boiled turkey with oyster sauce,
roast goose with apple sauce, roasted
ham, chickcn-pie, stcwcd beets, cole
slaw, turnps, satisfy, win er-squash !;
mlnce pie, plum pudding, lemon Gus
tards, cranberry pie.
Roast turkey with cranberry sauce,
boiled ham, goose pie, turnips, satisfy,
colc-slaw, win'cr squash, bccts mince
pudding boiled, lemon pudding baked,
pumpkin pudding.
Mock turtle soup, rcast turkey with
cranberry sauce, bold turkey with
celery sauce, roasted ham, smoke tongue,
cheicken curry, oyster pie, beets, cole
slaw, winter-squash, satisfy, fried cell
cry plum pudding, mincc pie, calf's-
foot jelly, blanc-manre,
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Snubbing Children,

Some people seem to think that the way to
keep a child hunI is to snub it, The
bound boy. the apprentice boy, the last come
boy, the boy Of all work, the child of the
second set, or of the first set as the case NAV
be. is to be kept down; and we get in the
habit OF giving word here, and blow there
OF, to use very expressive term. of snuJbine
1t is supposed that it is for the chii's good
But, tell you, there is nothing that raises so
many devils SO quick, and keeps them up so
long in a child as snubbing. You NAV take
child that is kind and good, and slap him
on the head, and you will evoke from him
manifestations Of disposition such as YOU
would think he could not be capable of. If
there is anything that should make a school
master or parent liable to the pcnalti les of
the law, it is striking child on the head. 1t
| is sin before God and an abomination before
men to strike child on the head. He'll does
not lie far from the heart Of any child that is
struck on the head. | was naturally as kind
a Child as ever was; but | have had more
dcmoniac throes of feeling in my experience
from injudic.ous punishment administered to,
my head than from any other cause. Nature
did not leave us without prepared methods of
discipline which might give pain without
touching the temper; and TO retreat to the
opposite, and strike where a Il The nerves cen
ter, where all the sensibiliteS are located, is
not to do good, but to be sure of doing harm
and the worst kind OF harm. And yet there
are great many perSnoS who, for the sake of
keeping their children down, abuse them.
cut them short, push ba ck their little aspira-
tons, and blame them continually, but strike
them and snub them. it is Supposed that
this will make them humble, and keep them
in theiriplace. No; it will stir up dcpravity
to the bottom. Kindness, kindness, KINDNESS!
There is outhoYiv like that which 10
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Magazines.
BIG ELK

PETERsON'S MAGAZIE.-Wc are in recent
Of this popular Lady's Magazine for Decem-
Der. 1t is splendid number. The title
page for 1863, containing portraits of the
chief contributors, is very handsome. -
" Peterson will be greatly improved in
1863. 1t will contain 200 pages of double
column reading matter; II steel plates; u
colorcd steel fashion plates; II colorcd pat
terms in Berlin work. embroidery or crochet.
and 81 0 wood cngravings proportionally mare
than ony 0Lh'y per0itcal gires. Its stories and
novclets are by the best writers. In 1863,
Four Original Copyright N"velcts will be
given. Its price is but Two DOLLARS year.
or a dollar less than Magazines of its class
To clubs, it is cheaper still, viz three
copies for So, five for $3.50, or s for SO
To every person getting upa club, the Pub
Usher will send an extra copy gratis, as a pre-
MUM, or a large sized mcssotiut for .frpmimg.
g Bnnyam Parting from hjs Blind ChHA in
Prison.' Specimens sent Gf written for) to
those Wishing to get up clubs.
Address, postpaid, CHARLES J. PETERSON,
. " ShCo'iut cllcCt,
Cooley FOR DEcEMDER.-Th Bridal Plate
Fashion, in the December No. of the Lady's
Book, contains seven figures with latest and
most fashionable costumes. This will make
the December No. Of Cooley, a very attrac-
tEe number to tine fair readers Of the book
and those especially, who have &c prospects -
that are tending toward completion.
In addition to the highly finished Bridal
Plate OF Fashions there are other pictures OF
rare merit. The December issue contains
stories by Hiss Jarvin, the authorcss OF "Nliss
Slmmcns.'' Miss Townsend, and " The Lit
tie Match Maker'' is concluded. Several
Christmas stories are also in this number.
The " Book possesses every requisite OF
Lady's Magazine, and We are surprised that
any lady who wishes to see how the f,shioha.
BILE world goPs-and what lady of taste does
not should he found without Cooley on
her center table, when she may purchase such
monthly entertainment for the comparative
trifie of So 90 per year. l.. A. Cooley, 323
Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Fresh Blown Flowers in Winter.

Choose some of the most perfect buds
of the flowers you would preserve, such
as are latest in blowing and ready to
open, cut them off with pair of scissors
leaving to each, if possible, a piece OF
the STEM about three inches long cover
the end of the stem imme diately with
sealing wax, and when the buds are a
little shrunk and wriukled, wrap each of
them up separately in piece of paper,
perfectly clean and dry, and lock them
up in dry box or drawer and they
will keep without corrupting. In Win
ter or at any other time, when you
would have the flowers blow, take
the buds at night and cut off the
end of the stem sealed with wax, and
put the buds into water wherein little
nitre or salt has been diffused, and the
next day you will have the pleasure of
seeing the buds open and expand them
selves, and the flowers display their most
lively colors and breathe their agreeable
odors.
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Fand0ra'S Box.

Pandora, according to the heather
mythology, was the first female created.
She was formed of clay by Vulcan, at
the request of Jupiter. AS soon as she
was endowed with life, all the goos are
said to have wed with each other in pre-
senting her with gifts She received
beauty and the art of pleasing from We
nus; the power of captivating from the
Graces Apollo taught her how to sing,
Mercury instructed her in eloquence,
and Minerva endowed her with wisdom.
Hence she was called Pandora, from the
Greek words pan, all, and dorm, gift,
signfying that she was al!-giftcd. Ju-
piter finally presented her with box,
filled with incurablc evils, which she was
desired to give to the man who married
her. She was then conducted by Mer-
curry to PromctEeus. He, suspicious of
deceit, would not accept the present, but
his brother, Epimeiheus, less prudent,
married her. He having accepted and
opened the box, there issued from il a
multitude of evils and distempcrs, winch
speedily dispersed themselves al. over
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billy, we'll watered, and the land of most
excellent quality. The inhabitants arc
generally very poor, and appear to be
IN want of the necessaries of llfe.. All
the men of young or middle age, have
either left the country or been pressed
in the ranks of the rebel army. We
generally burn fence rails for our cook
ing, and we can soon tear down a fence.
L assure you.
We are about 40 miles from Alexan-
dria and about the same distance from
Gordonsville. There are an immense
number of troops here. There was a
grand review yesterday morning, ordered
on account of General Mcclellan leaving
the Army, which he formally did ycster-
day. On his passing the different dlvi-
slons, he was received by salutes of
ar illcry and the shouts of the men,
You have no idea how he is beloved by
the old troops, who were with him on
the Pcnnsular.
General Summers corps, were rejoiced
few days ago at seeing him return TO
us again. He is an old grey-hcaded
man, and is in truth a soldier. He
shares the prlvations of soldiers life
with the men and is always very careful
about the heal tn and comfort of his
troops. We stay but.a very short time
in one camp since we left Bolivar and
now we do no; know what hour we may
be ordered to march. Our men are all
in good spirits, and willing to go any,
place they may be ordered. The hard
lighting they did at Antietam has not
cool their ardour in the least. They
are now wiling to take part in another
ba tie, any hour ,hcy may be ordered.
l have leng hcncd my letter out more
'han | intended. l will try and write
soon again.
We would wish to be kindly rcmer,-
bcred by our friends at home. How is
it we do not get the WMg2 Tell our
friends to direct, Co. {, 2nd Del. Vols,
Bird Brigade, IIancock's Division, Sum
ner's Army Corps.
Truly yours, BIG Elk.
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Notable Events.

The dark day was on the 18th of May
1880. Where | resided at that tim,
the darkness at eleven O'Clock was S,
great that candle was lighted an,
placed on table the fowls went tt
roost; the sheep all huddled around ii
a circle with their heads inward. Th,
grass, to look at it through the window
seemed of a yellow green, the same as tc
look through smoked glass upon greer
grass.
| we'll remember that the gentleman
of the house read the following scripture
by the candle to his numerous family:
=" The sun shall be Turned into dark
ness, and the moon into blood, before
the great no able day Of tue Lords com.
ing"
The darkness was so great in the
nighttime that it was said by one DR..
Blacking:on, who had resided near the
northern part of Rehoboth, who had
occasion to be out among sick pa tents
that night, that he could not see his
white pocket handkerchief placed before
his eyes. The darkness was SO thick it
could be felt.
The year 1870 was celebrated for its
many northern lights they covered the
whole horison over; they would fash
like lighting, and fll the air with the
smell of sui phur. The lights we're so
red that the flashes would bring warmth
against the face.
The great snow fall was in December,
1873, or January, 1880. 1t showed
seven days the snow was estimated to
be four feet on the level, and the drifts
from eight to ten feet high. The snow
come moist and coarse, and it was so
cold that it CONCEALED very hard. The
people travelled over stone walls with
their teams. 1t is SAID to be a fact that
for thirty days the snow did not melt
from the caves on the sunny side. The
banks were so high that the sheep were
buried IN them, and there remained for
forty days, until they were found by
their air holes, and dug out alive.
This year the whole Of the Narragan-
sett Bay was frozen over so thick and
hard that the late Hon. John Brow
passed from Providence, on the river of
ice, to Newport and back, and | believe
some went on skating parties the whole
range. Gen. William Valentine sleighed
wood from Fall River to Newport, on
the ice, through Bristol Ferry.
The people Of Newport burnt their
furnature to keep themselves from frccz-
ing. The British army had left the
island of Rhode Island in November,
l719, and stripped the people of ali
their valuablcs. In manner the wears
OF lI19 and 1850 were the hardest Win
tiers known for century past.
The weather was so severe in the
Winter of 1880, that many people were
frozen to death. A man went from
Attleborough, Mass, with load of
hoops to Boston, was caught in a great
storm, and returning home, was frozen
to death, coming off Boston Neck. His
OK team was frozen to death, and was
found standing on their feet, as the
snow was deep enough to support them.
Recoliect'ons Of Oihcy Davs.
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DISUNION.


Ay shout lis the day of your pride,
Ge deSpots and tyrants of earth
Zen your self the Americans name to deridc
And to rattle their letters in mrth.
Ay, shout for the league of the free
Is about to be shvercd to dust,
Aud the rent limbs to fall from the vigorous
Wherever Liberty put her firm trust.
Shout shout! for more firmly established
Your thrones and dominions beyond the
blue sea.
Laugh on for such folly supreme
The world had never yet behcld;
And the ages to come will the history deem
\ tale by antiquity swelled:
For nothing that time has upbuilt
And set in the annals of crime,
SO stupid and scnselcss. so wrctched in guilt
Darkness sober tradition or rhyme.
1t will be, like the fable Of Eblis fall,
y byword of mocking and horror to all.
Yc mad, who would raze out your name
From the league of the proud and the
free,
And pitifu separate sovereignty claim,
Like ii lone wave flung off from the sea
Oh, pause ere you plunge in the chasm
That yawns III your traitorous way!
Ere Freedom, convulscd with one terrible
spasm,
Desert you forever and aye
Pause! think ere the earthquake astons1
your soul;
And the thunders of war through your green
valleys roll
Good Cod what title, what name
Will history give to your crime !
In the deepest abyss of dishonor and shame.
1c will wrthc till the last hour OF time,
As braggarts who forged their own chains
Pulled down what their brave fathers built
And tainted the blood in their children $
Young veins
With the poison of slavery and guilt:
And Freedoms bright heart be hereafter
tenfuld.
For your folly and fall, more discouraged
and cold.
What flag shall float over the fires
And the smoke of your patricidc war.
Instead of the stars and broad stripes of
your sirps?
Alone, pale, dim, Pickering star,
With a thunder. cloud yelling its glow
A. it iants away into the sea -
Will the Eagles wing shelter and shield
you? All, no
His wing shelters only the free.
Mlocall it, disguise il. rant as you will,
You are traitors, misled by your mad lead
ers still.
Turn, turn then Cast down in yonr might
The pilots that sit at the helm;
Steer, steer your proud ship from the gulf
which dark night
And treason and fear ovcrwhclm
Turn back. from your mountains and gems,
From your swalnps, from the rivers and
sea,
From forest and prccipicc. cavern and den.
Where your brave fathers bled to be
free,
From the graves where those glorious pa
triots
Re echo the warning, "Turn back, or We
die -
1884.
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Correspondence.
Correspondence Of The Cecil Wing
Letter from Big Elk.
WAnRENToN, Va, Nov. II, y

WARRENToN, Va, Nov. II, 'G2.
DEAR Ewing We came to this
town on Sunday evening last, the 9th.
And are now encamped on the south
side of a hill, near a running stream of
water. Our camp is about half mile
from the town.
The town had a population of about
twenty-five hundred before the war broke
out; but now it is in a terrible condition.
So many troops of both armies have been
marched through the place, and there
has been go much sklrmishing in and
around the town that the inhabitants
have been nearly all frightened away,
leaving their property unprotected. A
good many of the dwellings are filed
with wounded rebels, of which there are
now good many here.
Our men have each his own tent to
carry. We use what is called "Shelter
tents. They arc of light cotton, each
piece about six feet square. Each
piece is made with buttons and button
holes on three sides, and two or four
of the men button their tents together,
which gl"es them more room and makes
them better shelter. When we stop
near a bunch of bushes, so that the men
can easily get crotchcs and poles, our
Regiment can have all their tents
pitched in about Is or 30 minutes
And sometimes when we are suddenly
ordered to move (which We very often
are) we can strike tents and be ready to
march in about minutes. \ shor,
time to build and tear down house, is
it not
There is a notable fact, about orr
Company, which is, that while some Of
the other companies have Jwindled down
to not more than 16 Or Is men, we still
have 81 men.
Lieut.. Jordan was left sick at Har-
rcr's Ferry. Carr, our ffer, Wilson,
Davis, Ferguson. Drummond, Reed, Re-
mcnter, Thomas, and Thompson.
Giles and Sire oh are away wounded.
l have heard that Thompson is dead
lie was from Charlestown. Most OF
those away sick, are fit to return to
duty, but do not know why they arc
not sent back TO the Regiment. Camp
bell and Grant were DISCHARGED on the
goth of October on aeeout of general
debility. They had both been sick for
a long while. ...f. .1.i...
On the march from Bolivar Heights
to this place, (Which was rather circuit
GUS marchl we marched through a Sec
ton OF country that was very stony and
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EDWARD JACKSON.
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kimblevillc, Chester CO, Pa. DAVIS KIMBLE.
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2nd Congressional District Of MARYLAND.
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Picture of Napoleon.

lie was every thing. lie was COM
plete. He had in his brain the cube o.
human faculties. He made codes like
Justinian. He dictated like Cesar
His conversation joined the lighting of
history, and he wrote it. His bulletins
are lliads. lie combined the figures of
Newton with the metaphors of Moham-
med. He left behind him in the Orient
words as grand as the Pyramids. He
taught majesty to Empcrors at Tilsit.-
At the Academy of Science he replied to
Laplacc. In the Council of State he
held his place with Merlin. lie gave a
soul to the geometry of those, and the
trlckery of these. lie was legal with
the attorneys. and sidereal wi h the
astronomers. Like Cromwell. blowing
out one candle when two we're lghthed,
ne went to the Temple to cheaper a cur
tain tassel. He saw every thing. He
knew every thing; which did not pre-
vent him from laughing a good mans
laugh by the cradle of his little child :;
and, all at once, Startled Europe lis
tened; armies sent themselves in march;
parks of artillery rolled along; bridges
of boa:s stretched over the rivers :;
clouds of artillery gallopcd in the hurri-
cane cries, trumpets, a trembling of
thrones every where the frontiers of
the Kingdoms osclllated upon the map ;
the sound of superhuman blade was
heard leaping from its sheath men saw
him, standing erect in the horizon, with
a flame in his hand and resplendence
in his eyes, unfolding in the thunder
his two wings, the Grand Army and the
Old Guard, and he was the arch gle
of war.-Victor Uugo.
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the earth, and have never since ceased
to affect mankind. He shut the box in
haste again, but all was gone. Hope,
alone, which Jupiter had compassionatcly
enclosed in his unhappy gift, had not
time to escape, and consequently remain
ed as the one consolation of wretched
mortals. This has given rise to the ex-
preston, /" Hope lies at the bcttom."
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MAN calling himself Louis Napoleon was
hung in Richmond recently for counterfeitipg
Confederate treasury notes.
DocroR Lancaster, the coroner, estimates
the deaths in London, England, from crino-
line taking fire at scvcntyfivc annually.
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A CIRCULAR has been issued by the rebel
government to the newspapers, torbidding the
publication of the emancipation proclamation.
THERE is a general movement in New York
City among the working class for an increased
recompcnsc for their labor.