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Quite possibly such movements are tho
very heigh: of Southern breeding
further Nor,h, in the land of Yankees
and wooden clocks, woman who would
pcrpetratc an act of the kind, under
similar circumstances, would be regarded
well, 10 use convenient everyday
expression, as &C no be ter than she should
be pa somebody closely akin to, if not
the identical scarlet faniuine spoken OF
in Revelations.
Occasionally l met other specimens Of
Nashville ladies, who, in many cases
supposing me to be soldier, from the
possession of blue oyercoat, described
upon NEE ing wide semicircle of avoid
ancc, swinging, as they did so: their
abundant skirts, with a con'emptuous
flirt far ou', as If the very touch of a
blue coat would be contamination
And hen the anglo at which the noses
of the naughty darlings went up, and
the ex sent to which their lips and eyes
went down were not the least intercs ing
portion of these little by-plays, and
assisted materially in showing the
exquisite breeding Of these amiable
demoiselles."
A correspondent of the .New York
Tribune writes from the same city -
The best illustration of the uniform
mental and moral lowncss to which those
seized with the Secession epidemic are
reduced is furnished by the change OF
even womans natural gcntleness and
refinement into vulgar passion and viru-
lent hatred. The exhibi ions of dia-
bolical disposition towards Union soldiers
by the hoopcd Rebels of. Baltimore and
St. Louis afford striking corroboraions
OF this. Countcrparts to them have
been freely enacted in this city since its
occupation by the loyal soldiery.-
While the men mostly recognise the
force of circumstances and either from
fear or prudncc, abstain from making
open manifestations of their malice, the
women bear such not only in their hear s,
but also upon their tongues. Since
they recovered from their first frigh; at
the appearance of the 'iuvaders,' and,
satisfied of their forbearance, ventured
to show themselves at windows and upon
the streets, shey improve every possible
opportunity to insult wha ever blue
coats come within range of heir spi cful-
ness. Instances of their efforts in this
direction are related to me daily by
officers and privatcs. In their revolving
hi terness and indccency, they surpass
even the achievements of the Baltimore
sympathizcrs. Some of these revealed
an ut cr loss of sclf-respcct thaE | was
10th to credit. But some incidents have
come under my own observation that
made me believe these female dastards
to be capable of almost anything. !
have seen full-grown girls stick out their
tongues at passing soldics. have seen
women dressed in the hight of fashion
delibcra ely wheel about on the side
walks, when happening to meet troops
marching through the city, and keep
their backs turned un il they had moved
past. On one occasion | even saw al
infuria ed matron lif up young boy il
her arms and tell him to spit at the
yankees and hurrah for Jefferson
Davis. Another loudly called soldiers
'stinking Abolitionists within my
hearing. What can be expected of a
people whose women have sunk SO deep %
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cir 0onsekesper

Spanish Biscuit. Mix ] a pound Of
sugar and 6 onnces of butter together,
add 3 eggs, and when we'll beaten add
of a pint of milk or wa or in
which Is dissolved of an ounce of sal
! eratus; work this we'll in and flavor
with extract of lemon then add II
ounces OF -four; work it in we'll then
drop the dough on creased pans in small
Jumps little distance apar!, flat them
slightly, and bake in an oven hot enough
for bread.
Yorkshire Pudd,ng.-Bcat up two
eggs in basin, add to them three good
tablespoonful of -four, with pint of milk,
by degrees, and Ii tie salt butter the
pan, bake half an hour, or bake under
the meat; cut it in four, turn it, and
when set on both sides it is done. A
tin dish, one inch and a half deep and
eight inches wide, is the most suitable
for such proper ion.-Soyer.
PLUM Custard.-Boil a pint of milk,
in which place two ounces of sugar, the
thin peel of half a lemon break in a
basin four eggs, beat them we'll with a
fork, then pour in the milk by degrees,
not 100 hot mix it well, pass it through
a cullender or sieve, fill cups with it,
which contain one inch of water leave
them for about twelve minutes or till
set, which is easily perceived.-Soysr.
Coffee, Cocoon, or Chocolate Custard.
Make some very strong coffee, beat the
eggs as above ; put a pan half pint of
mill; and half pint of made coffee, with
two onces Of sugar, then add the eggs,
pass through a sieve, and proceed as
above. Chocolate and cocoa the same,
only omi ting the lemon peel in all three
-Soyer.
Cynadide Of Potassiam.-This article
will be found intallible in removing stains
from any kind of white cloth. A distn-
guished chemist in the city of New York
says that he has never found any stains
that cannot be removed by its appllca-
tion. Cover a small quantity of it with
tepid water, and apply 1t to the stain
Immediately. 1t will even remove indel-
ible ink.
To Clean a Carpct.-To clean n car
pc, shake and beat it we'll lay it upon
the floor and tack it firmly then with a
clean flannel wash it over with one quart
of bullock's gall, mixed VIII three
quarts of soft, cold wa er, and rub it of
with clean flannel or house cloth. An,
particularly dirty spot should be rubbed
with pure gall.
Lemon Pae.-Seven lemons, four sod.
crackers, one pound white sugar, one
one and half ounce butter. Crate the
lemons entirely down, and entract every
seed, soften the crackers in a cup of hot
water, mix all the ingredients, and sitr
well toge her. The above quantity is
sufficient for four pies.
ii Nice Way 10 Cook Cheese.-Cut a
quarter pound of cheese into small
slices, aud boil a minte in tcacuptful
of water beat one egg and one table
spoonful of flour, together adding grad
ually one pint of milk, pour into the
boiling cheese and stir, which after a
few minu'cs cooking is fit TO serve for a
supper relish.
Pulrerieed Borar.-Tbis article is
invaluable for lady's toilette. 1t is
an excellent dcntifrice; it removes all
stains from the hands it cleanses the
hair from dandruff and is particularly
good for washing muslins and laces.
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Agrifaltnral.
From the Germantown Telegraph.
Prospects OF the Peach Crop.

Our prospect for Peach crop is
very fattering thus far. The buds
have never been so backward at this
season since | have been in the business.
Last season at this time they were more
than half developed, and were nearly in
bloom on the 10Th Of this month, when
they were destroyed by the severe frosts
and slect.
There is no pcrcep iblc swelling in
either Apricots or Peach buds yet
All signs would seem 10 indicate great
crop of all kinds of fruit for this year,
and consequently a suffering lime for
the doctors, good, ripe fruit being very
conducive to health. 1t has been five
years since we have had eencrel fruit
crop. Should we be blessed with ore
this years Delaware will be very much
strengthened in her Union proclivities,
as some of her large peach-growcrs arc
seceshcrs," They canno2 sell their
peaches to the South, and will BIZ forced
to embrace Union sentiments or not be
able TO sell their fruit in Philadelphia
and New York. Union men will keep
their friends in those cities advised of
the movements of the &C seceshers,"
should they not be converted by harvest
time.
Already find some of us are getting
uneasy lest we should have too many
peaches. Better wait awhile, for we
mus have many frosts yet ere the peach
crop is out of danger.
was glad of the remarks of {" Corn
Husk," in your last, as | have often
heard of the same thing. Besides
driving nails into peach trees, | have
known of boring augcr holes into the
body of the trees, and filling them with
blood, and then stopping the holes with
plugs. | have been assured that this
was attended with much success. There
can be no question as the neccssi y of
the presence of iron in soils for the sue
ccssful growth of peaches.
Peach trees will grows we'll in all rich
soils, but they will not bear fruit.
we'll remember an orchard near Ches err,
almost in sight of the Delaware river,
which was very fourishing to look at,
but had never borne peach, although
it was six years old. | never saw more
thrifty looking trees. but told my friend
that they must be suffering from the
{" worm" near the surface Of the ground.
| examined The trees closely, but did
not find one. Then | advised him to
cut down ever other row Of trees. At
that time (seven cen years since) | had
not discovered the necessity Of he oxide
of iron for the maturi y Of a crop of
peaches.
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[From the Washington Republican.
The Dead of the Army.

So many false statements have beer
made in relation to the number of sol
diers who have died from disease, that
it is time the public were made acquain-
ted with the ,tacts of The case. Irres-
ponslble persons have been giving the
public the most painful and startling
stories about the raging among volun-
tecrs, and the thousands carried of
weekly by them. Thus, the Rev.
Parson Bellows said, short time ago,
in a speech delivered on "Santary
Science" before the New York Histori-
cal Society, that we buried scventy-fve
soldiers day from disease, and five
hundred weekly; and Mr.. Wendell
Phillips, in his lecture at the Smithsonian,
night or two ago, said wesburied two
thousand soldiers a month on the Poto-
mac from disease. Now, these are very
grave atements, calculated to fill the
minds of the people with groundless
alarm and to cause misrepresentation
abroad in relation to disease in our army,
for the statements made by the gentle
men whose names are here given are
untrue, and could not have been the
result of personal inquiry at the proper
sources Of information.
DR.. Bellows, whose surgical studies
have been confined TO that cclebra cd
medical treatise, King james Bible,
and whose seal pei and bistoury have no
form save that hidden under the peaceful
teachings of that book, has lately given
himself up to teaching sanitary science
to men who have practiced it for thirty
years; but if his researches have had
no better result than to give him a
q~asi au hority to make statements
which are glaringly wide of the truth,
it were better that he had remained in
his pulpit, and left to those who under
stand the subject the duty Of reporting
on 1t. We have the official returns of
the year from two hundred aud fifty
seven regiments, which number two
hundred and ifty-scven thousand men,
and from twcny-one general hospitals,
the capacl les of which for receiving the
sick are from two hundred and twenty
five each to four hundred men.
The returns of deaths in the army are
received at the surgeon generals Office
quarterly, and for the past year are as
follows, from the number of regiments
and the hospitals as stated.
The returns from the West have not
yet been inquired into by us but the
deaths in hat sec ion have not, for rca-
son of climatic influences, been near SC
numerous as those in this region. The
following stats les arc published by
authority:
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Grand total

One hundred of these deaths were
from wounds. Private bcneyolence has
done much towards providing the SOL
diers with jellies and othor little COM
forts, but the credit of their extraordi-
nary freedom from epidemic disease, and
their successful medical treatment,
belongs 10 the medical department of
the army, who have been misreprcsentcd
and viliied to an almost incredible
extent. The department may challenge
The history of all armies to produce sta
tistics showing less deaths from disease
than the army of the United States,
composed as it is OF men who have rushed
to the exposures of camp life from COM
Portable fresides.
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WHISKY AS IS WnIsKY.-A Richmond cor
respondent of the Charleston Courier gives
the following lively description of a light and
wholesome spirit now manufactured to an
immense amount in Virginia:
at cauterizes the mucous membrane of
the winepipe, sets the brain on fire, and sends
a cold tremor through the system; the soldier
who INDUCES in half dozen nips is likely
to stay drunk for a week, and a second or
third application drives the breath out of the
body"
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Population of Maryland.

The following Table of the population
of the State of Maryland by Counties,
as returned by the Eighth Census, was
presented to the House of Delegates, on
the goth of January, by Mr.. Crcswell,
from the Committee on Elections, and
ordered to be entered on the Journal
1t Will be found useful for reference
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GA Superintendent of police once made
an entry in his register, from which the follow
ing is an extract :--'' The prisoner set upon
me, called me an ass, a precious dolt a scare
crow, ragamuin, and an idiot--aH Of ,cLich
certify 10 be true"
Uy~'' Toby, what did the Israelites do after
they had crossed the Red Sea 70
Toby.--' don't know, ma am, but guess
they dried Themselves
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&c When the legislative hall at Concord,
n H.. was cleared of rubbish after adjourn
ment, We learn that there was tns:.d i'll tho
desk OF one Of the members Il letter which
closed with this injunction "J1nc scs get
her ~ hoop skeliimgion.'
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"John Paltrcyman, who is buried here,
Was aged four and twenty year;
And near this place his mother lies
Likewise his father, when he dies"
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CA new reading of an old courlrt is thus
rendered by savage hater Of hoops ANA that
style OF dress which leaves too little Of
woman's beauty to imagination:--
"Lo! on narrow neck of land,
'TwiXt two unbouudcd she's | stand
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POLITE lllNT.-. do not wish to say any,
thing against the individual in question"
said very polite gentleman, .shnt I would
merely remark, in the language of the poet,
that to him truth is strange, stranger than
felton,"
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~ Experimental Philosophy a
Young lady to marry you Natural philoso-
phy,-Louking Indifferent, and saying you
were only in fun, when she refuses you.
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Ny-A wounded freshman wrote home from
the hospital and finished up by saying, " I'm
for this country. I've bled fol it, and l shall
soon be able to say Fvc died for it,
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OrThe most difficult flesh to cook we ever
heard Of was that Of Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego.
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AVERAGE YIELD OF GRAIN IN ENGLAND
TIE Mark Lane Express of Feb. 10, 1862,
gives in detail the average yield of wheat,
barley, oats, beans and peas in thirty ight
counties of England, from which we find that
the grand average yevd, in bushels per acre,
in all those counties, is as follows:
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Farmers viii do well to preserve this table
and compare it with the average yields of the
same articles in this country. The lowest
average OF wheat, in any county, is %
bushels per acre in Devonshire, and the
highest "a. bushels in Lancashire.
The lowest average of barley is 90 bushels
per acre, in Shropshire, and tho highest
average OF barley is Al bushels in Northamp-
ton.
The lowest average of oats is 34s bushels
per acre in Westmoreand, and the highest
59a bushels, id Cambridgeshire.
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T. Peirse wrote great deal from London and
correspondent Of the London Tines; but Peirsc's
rubbish may be summed up in the advice, "If
you want good nights rest read Russells let
tiers in the Tines" and Russell's letters have
put many other people besides King to sleep.
All the agents urged King, as necessity Of
their success, to advise the confcderstes to take
Washington. Peirse urged it that the rebellion
might become . party question in England.
Haldeman, Of Georgia, urged II from his iso-
lston at AK en- Savoy, whore, he says,
the mineral water made him more hopeful.
O'Sullivsn urged IL, that he might give ssces-
zion lectures in Exeter Hall. Probably Jeff.
Davis would have grAtifsd this unanimous
wish but for circumstance Mcclellan and
our srmy--over which he had no control.
Besides all these facts, this correspondence
terelopcs fully the minutie Of the rebel in
trigues In Europe. King wrote pamphlets;
+. S. Claxton, son Of Commodore Claxton, Of
Maryland, drummed up Russian officials and
mine; W. T Bisbie, Of North Carolina, worked
bard in England and converted swearing
Kentucky pbysician-Dr. Smith; Oh. Haus-
soulier pushed the scheme Of q line Of steamers
between the South and France; II. p. Steih-
oush, an Englishman at Havana, endorsed
Crawford, the English Consul there as "a tho
rough southcrner," upon which King wrote to
Earl Russell, assuming the coDfederacy as ian
accomplished fact and suggesting that Crsw-
ford be sent to JEFF. Davis as minister; E.
de Bellot de Minieres wire-puled the Duke de
B~abant at Brussels and Z. Picqust du Belly
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fro,u whom there was an acc ant day later,
speaktog chs FranklD's junction with him,
makes no mention Of any battle between that
general and the forces Of the rebels at West
Point. The simple reason why General McClcl-
Ian gives no account Of that battle is that he
was not at West Point, and therefore leaves
General Franklin TO speak for himself Our cor
respondent, direct from this office, witnessed the
fight, and describes what he saw So far behind
time are the Rip Van Wrinkle journals who
doze away In Sleepy Hollow, while all the
world moves around them. The only live
newspaper is tho HERALD, as is demonstrated by
its circulation, which, for the last eight days,
amounted to the following figures
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as enemy's property was yesterday argued before
Judge Belts, in the United States District Court.
Dir. Q. Donohue appeared for the vessel. and MIR.
S. L. Wooitord. Assistant United States District
Attorney for the government. Decision re-
served
In the case OF Haynes, charged with dealing in
the slave trade, and in which the jury after TWEEN
ty hours deliberation, did not agree motion was
made by Mr. John McKeon to admit the accused
20 BAIL This was opposed b. the United States
District Attorney. The Court reserved thet de-
cision.
William I. Smithson, banker, OF Washington
CONFINED in Fort Lafayette), and the Rev. Peter
Whelan, from Key West. CONFINED in Fort Column
BUSY, were yesterday released by the Commission
srs appointed to investigate the condition of State
prisoners The Commissioners held special ses-
sion in the Aston House, and will proceed to
Washington tomorrow (Monday), their duties
here being temporarily suspended.
The Union army contains organized regiments
raised in Maryland Delaware. Virginia, Kentucky.
Tennessee, North Carolina and Missouri-seven
slave States; but not an organized cOrporars
guard has gone from any Of the free States to the
rebel army.
The barracks at Leroy, Genesee county, Now
York, will be put in order Immediately for the re-
ception of one thousand Of the Fort Donelson re.
bel prisoners.
Eleven hundred dollars in cash has been collect
cd in st. Louis for John Davis, the man who sat
on the powder to keep the sparks from falling in
to it.
The cotton markes was less active yesterday, whde
prices continued to rule al the advance OF the pre-
vious day. The spinners who had been attracted in
considerable numbers BY the auction sale the day be
fore mostly as usual on Saturdays had returned home
27ssc. Csc for middling upands Holders continued
to entertain much confidence in the market Flour waa
heavy and closed at decline OF about 10c per bb.
while sales were to fair extent for the day. Wheat
was dun and lower and sales limited Corn was heavy,
and the demand moderate transactions being checked
by an advance In freghts. Sales OF Western mixed
were made al soc. 53c in store and delivered. Pork
was heavy but active with sales Of at sl2
rs S12 s7i, chiefly at S12 sl sl2 s, andfor lots
deliverable in June sS. Sugars firm and tolera
bly, active with sales Of 200 hhds. and so boxes COZ
fee was quiet Freights frmer, with kloro Offer
ing To Liverpool -four was engaged at 2s. Cd. S.,
while 3D. was asked for grain in bags. cargo Of
in bulk reported at SD. For heavy goods 30s.
was asked Ratss we're also frmer for london and
other ports
Tho stock market vas active Yesterday, and govern
msnt securities advanced 4 per cent. The general
railway share list was animated without much change
Hudson River fell !. per cont. Money oasy At
3. Exchange closed arm st ia Gold rose 10 1851.
The export OF the day was 1904 ,o26.
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not the hero of the Nicaragua canal-sent maps
and diagrams of Brunswick (Ga.) harbor TO Ma
poieon, apropos perhaps, to the proposed line
OF steamers, while Beverly Tucker, retreating
south via Quebec, sent up last prayer that
the Trent affair would blow the blockade sky
high" upon which condition he would forgive
John Bull "a load OF self-coneeit arrogance
and hollow philanthropy" The rebel agents
worked well, as this correspondence shows;
but they fought upon empty stomachs and
were signally defeated. Let us hope that
Slidell brought them at least cash and proven
der AS thorough exposition of secession
schemes and secession poverty, and, as contain
ing proofs that in 1860 arrangements were
making in Europe to carry out the Southern
conspiracy, this correspondence Is interesting
and valuable and we may refer to it again.
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THn ONLY LIVE NEWSPAPER IN NEW Yonx-
During the past week we have published more
original intelligence about the war than all the
other papers put together. We have been
ahead of them in every important event. We
have been the first to publish an authentic aud
detailed account Of the capture Of New Orleans.
We have been the first to publish the parti-
culars of the great battle at Williamsburg and
the flrst TO give detailed account Of the i'm
portsnt battle at West Point, as we were the first
to publish and that by telegraph. the report
Of the terrible battle at Shiloh, near Pitisburg
Landing, an account which, though done on the
spur of the moment has not, for accuracy and
graphic description, been since surpassed. The
other journals Of New York have proved them
selves 10 be behind the age. One Of them--.thc
Journal Of Commerce-indeed was so befogged
yesterday that IL asserted there was no battle
at all at West Point, because General Mcclellan,
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BARNuMs AMERICAN MUSEUM. Broadway Cox
surr-Lrvisc WHALE, Doc SNOW, &C, all HOURS
FLOWERS OF fHE rokEsl, afternoon and evening.
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aprIcEs '. CORNER Or suLroS AID NASSAU srs
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BRYANrs' MINISTERIAL. Mechanics ual,.-i7: Broa
way-kuGCED fATa.
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NBw BOwERY THEATRE, Rowery. DARE Dgyr
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