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The Presidents Letter.

Among the telegraphic items that ap
peared in the daily journals yesterday was
the announcement from Washington that
'the premature publication ofthe Presidents
letters occasions much surprise" IF the
word premature" be eliminated from the
above sentence, it will pretty generally
express the condition ofthe public mind in
reference to the recent performance of
Lincoln. The note Of preparation which
had been sounded for so many days prior to
the premature" delivery of the Presidents
pronunciamento lead many innocent peo
pie to believe that the great question Of
the day would all be settled by the doc
trines set fort in "a. Lincoln's' letter.
When it was raad-when the ''mrddle'
was presented to the people as an example
of far seeing statesmanship-what other
feelings than those of surprise could have
been feft by the anxious masses? But
there is yet hope. An Abolition journa
published in this city states, that on &C
count of the many errors in the letter, The
President promised to "revise" it. The
best thing he can do for his own fame is t
suppress it altogether, and earnestly pray
that its very existence may be forgotten!-
PhH Aqe
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A Famous Land.

If there lie part of the world which
ought to tempt the traveller, it is assuredly
that region of Asia which lies between the
Caspian and Black seas. Tradition de-
clares this TO be the cradle of the human
race. Here, say the PerSians and Arme'
mans. was the garden Of Eden; here as
every one knows, stands, the Ararat, from
which mankind spread after the deluge.-
Here are the best and most undenlable phy-
steal evidences Of that astonishing catas
trone. Here hunted the Biblical Nimrod,
here Noah planted the vine. Here languish-
ed Prometheus, chained to the rock with
yultures ever gnawing at his liver. Hlther
sailed Jason and the Argonauts, and hence
denarted the enchantress Medea. One OF
the rivers of this region still bears the
name OF Cyrus the Great. Alexander OF
Macedon is a household word among the
Caucasian.villagers Hence flowed Greece
ward that stream of gorgeous fable viii ch
widened into Hellenic mythology Here
Pompey conquered, and the soldiers OF
Jmperial Rome bed invain. Here Gregory
nreached. and Tamerlsne and Genghis IA
bn spread havoc; the Turks uprooted the
Geonese on tleee shotS', " "' '"''''''~ ="
uprooted in due time time by the more op'
nortune Russians. over the Caucasian
wall At the dread hour when Allah's tnit
shall sound Cog and Magog shall cross tt
nut an end u tie empire of lSlamlsm or
earth, aud destroy the kingdom of the true
believers When the Russians swept away
the Georgian throne in 1900, learned meI
at Titles exclaimed in tbeir anguish thai
the fallen monarch had existed without IN
tcruotion since the time of Abraham; there
is good historical evidence to prove line o
kings extending over period OF "a;
! years.
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Gov. Bramleite. of Kentucky.
on the Arbitrary Arrests.

The Louisville Joraol thus notices the
position Of Governor Bramlette on arbitrary
arrests
''In order to guard against misconstruc-
tion or peryersion into which we notice the
radical papers Of Cincinnati have run al
ready, we will add here that the portion OF
the address which touches upon military
arrests relates exclusively TO places within
the sphere Of military operations. as the
context and indeed the tenor oi the passage
itself very plainly attest. Governor Bran
lette is no believer in the exercise OF mlll-
tary authority in places where the civil
authority is unobstructed. He s, on the
contrary, one Of the iirmest opponents OF
this odious and dangerous assumption OF
power. The construction under notice
would in fact turn the whole of his manly
and impassioned address into wretched
mockery. But what would the radical pa
pers Of Cincinnati not do to promote their
own cause here and at home! Certainly
the experience OF Governor Bramette is
not adapted TO settle this query.
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Riches.

oOh if I had the power-if | We're rich
i would do so much good, would be so
charitable us a phrase, if not exactly
expressed, very often implied, in the con-
versation, of well meaning people, and un-
doubtedly, wealth is possession for the use
of which we are accountable in exact pro-
por ton to the extended range Of action it
affords Still. few individuals are so un-
happily placed as not to have in some de-
gree the power of beneftting their fellow
creatures; and as long list of insignificant
items will make up a large sum, it is aston
ing how large an amount of happiness arises
from the small charities and trtling kind
nesses of life. The sphere may be limited
but to those who really take pleasure in
doing good turn" to fellow creature
the opportunities are innumerable; aud de
spite the dark colors IN which some writer:
love to paint human nature, we belive the
pr, portion who do take such pleasure to be
a very large one.
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The DEAD CONE TO LIFE.-A most re-
markable case of suspension Of animation
occurred in Covngton, Ky, OH Thursday
afternoon. A man named Henry Cutoff,
who has been an inmate of that portion of
the City Prison known as the Poor House
for about four years past, was siezed with
violent fit, and after suffering greatly for an
hour or more. died to all appearances. Sew
eral persons examined the body and pro,
nounced life extinct, whereupon the Coron-
er and undertaken were sent for The lat
ter arrived first, and proceeded at once tc
take the measure of the supposed dead man
when, to the astonishment of all present the
corpse commenced kicking, aud soon raised
up in bed. Cutoff is now alive, and says
he is ready to 'kick". whenever an under
taker comes around him measuring for s
box"
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How to Make "a Cheap Lounge,

In my hoae an easy ohAif AID ..oa;ig55 -; -
two indispensable articles Of furniture. A,
those ut present in use are both Of my owu
make and the last mentioned article OF q
little different construction from any that
ever came under my observation, | propose
to tell your readers how it's done.
Make a neat box, feet long, 90 or 30
inches wide and desp, with legs of the
required hight, securely fastened in each
corner Fasten inch cleats on the lower
side, lengthwise, on which to rest the bot
tom boards, which should be of well.seas-
oned lumber and nicely fitted. and be put in
cross-wise. The cleat on one side should
be cut into three equal parts; the end pieces
can be put on with nails, the centre pieces
should be fastened with screws. Fill with
straw or huSks; fold an old comfort or quilt
All inch longer, and iasten it with tacks On
the sides and end; over the straw, put on
the outside covering to suit your own fancy
After the lounge has been in use long
enough for the filling to become packed
and the whole TO present loose, habby,
unSlghtly appearance, turn It bottom side
up, place the extreme ends upon chars.
placed for the purpose. With screwdri
Yer remove the centre cleat and the bottom
board resting upon it, press the old filling
gently down and fill up with new, being
careful to put it in evenly; replace the boards
and cleat and You have it as good as new.
The operation can be repeated as often as
one likes. and need not occupy mere than
five or ten minutes of time Letter to
Prairie Farmer.
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Damage 10 Crops i'm the South
West,

A letter from Champaign county, ILL.,, 3lst
ult., says:
The Oldest inhabitant has 10 recollection
of such frost at this season of the year
sweeping down the crops by thousands oI
acres, and spreading dismay among the ru,
raj population, as was seen here yesterday
morning.
A least hall Of the corn crop Is cut down,
utterly ruined. Vines of all kinds are kill
ed, including every tender herbaclous plant.
The leaves of the grape are nearly all killed,
with most of the fruit. Tobacco has turned
black, and large part Of the crop is rum
ed.
The free cotton, OF which thousands of
dollars worth of the seed has been sold,
warranted TO stand the climate, is gone be-
yond any hope of ever saving the roots.
We have no means to-day OF knowing
how far the disaster extends, but fear all
north OF this point. The drouth had reduc
ed the corn prospect to not more than an
average of fifteen bushels TO the acre in this
part of the State, and now half OF that is
swept away. Corn, beans, tobacco, toma-
toes, sweet potatoes, vines Of all kinds, pota
toes. &c, have seldom been SO severely
dealt by before the middle Of October. as at
this writing.
To-day the farmers are everywhere busy
cutting up the wilted corn. to save what
they can for fodder.
The drouth continues. The sky is almost
cloudless. without appearance of change in
the weather Theapples are dropping from
the trees, and the late peaches refuse to
grow, and are drying up On the trees, the
leaves of which will soon fall of.
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-09-08

REcoGNlrIoN.-Ths Liverpool Mercury
declares that ''it is understood that the
question of recognition of the ConfederstS
States of America was discussed at the
Council of French Ministers, bed at ST:
Cloud on Monday, August 1rth. Several
of the Ministers thopsnt that the time
had arrived for spoh an act on the part OF
France but the Council was dissolved with
out any determination being arrived at. 1t
is thought in France that the. recognition
of the Southern States will take place i'm
mediately the favorable opportunity pre-,
sents itself" Notwithstanding this decla
ration, it is not likely that Napoleon vii
be in any haste to recognize the South.
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SHIPBUILDING ON A NEW PRINCTPLE.-A
vessel has been lsuneaed- from one OF the
Liverpool docks, in the construction o
which somewhat novel principle Of ship
building has been introduced The vessel
draws about two and one hall feet Of water,
is designed to 60 to sea without any bal
last and to take the ground with perfect
safety She has the peculiarly of being
almost fat bottomed: and from this and
other things she is expected TO be capable
of carrying very large quantity of cargo
in proportion to her tonnage. Her bilge
will take the ground al the same time as
her keel, which is planked Of wood two
inches in thickness. Her dimensions are
length one hundred feet; breadth, twenty
two feet; depth, twelve feet and three inch
es: and will carry four hundred and forty
tons dead weight, at draught of about
eleven feet. She is to be rugged as brig
antinc, With wire rope, but the maiDsail will
not have any 'gaff,' the head Of the main
sail hosting up to the head Of the main
mast. and gaff topsail from the head of the
main topmast to the end of the main boom,
which it is considered viii be an improve
ment, and add to the vessels sailing powers.
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A HINT TO BrrcHERs.-A spondent

A HINT TO BUTCHERs.-A correspondent
of an English journal describes and recon-
mends new method of slaughtering cattle
for the market, which is now practlsed with
success by some English butchers. The
object of the new practice is to prevent the
draining from the vessels OF all the Juices
which constitute the blood-which are en-
tirely lost in the ordinary method. Ibis
object is accomplished by the admission OF
air into the thoraX OF the animal by means
of puncturing between the ribs, by which
process the lungs are collapsed, and cannot
be again inflated. simultaneously with
this pupcturing, the butcher, by mea, of g
short stiff knife, sewers the spinal marrow
at the junction cf the skull with the first
Joint of the neck, an operation producing
instantaneous paralysis and almost immedi,
ale death. These operations secure the
sudden stoppsge OF breathing and the im
mediate suspension of the circulation of tn
blood. d.-by y oich all the venous or carbona
ted blood IS prevented from entering th
lunos. md is drained of from the carcass
while the arterial blood and sanguineou
}vmpbare retained. This, it is s.id, rem
ders the flesh more succulent and nutrl
tious. than when it is completed " drained
the fluids named, as in the ordinary way. l
i is asserted that meat so prepared set
sooner and Keeps longer. besides bein
richer in flavor than that, prepared bs 10
ordinary mode.
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The special correspondent of the IL,uIn "a 5a
Times has arrived in Baltim"o' a auu . ue
scribes the State of that [oy ne sat'
Gen. Schenck and his -oldlers have Gn es'ao-
lished petty reis- Of terror They have have
GIVEN poIitics, passion full swing. They
have org.mzed party into a'police, aclum,
sy Esdndering one, indeed, as might be eH-
pected, but vicious, headlong, and fall oi
petty malice. The writer then enumerates
a few instances. He states that IN the
Southwest the Federal conquerors settle OF
the lands of the vanquished, manumlt the
slaves, and hiring them as free laoorer'
compel them to cultivate the land iof I'M
conQuerors' benefit.
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-09-08

TUE SORGHUM CRoP.-CorreSponden,a Of
the Department Of Agriculture, conversant
with the progress Of sorg um culture in tbi,
country, and qualified to judge accurately
Of the seasons produrt, estimate the aggrc,
gate quantity Of cane syrup at 4O,000,000
gallons, and the area cultivated at 100000
acres. In lS49 by the showing Of the last
census, the product was less than 100000
gallons. If this estimate should prove COZ
rect, ii is sufficient to supply more than
bali the syrup and molassas demand of the
United States.-Zanesrlb, (O.,) Couner..
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General jackson. .

During his last years Of his President
ship, | had frequent opportunities of seein
! General Jacksonin private, and received
very favorable impression Of his individua
character. It was impossible to rccogniz
in him the slightesttrace of the imaginar.
being whom theopposition newspapers wer
daily holding up to the contempt and de
testation of the people. His habits of in
tercourse exemplifed, in an agreeable de
gree, the union of firmness of purpose ant
suavity of manner, which has been recon-
mended as the perfection of practical wis
dom. He combin the frank and open af
liability that is natural to the military
character, with uncommon gentleness. Ht
was indefatigable in his attention to bust
ness, and took a more direct and efficient
concern in the affairs that came before the
Executive Department Of the Government
than any one of his predecessors.
Though his habits were entirely practi
cal, and quite remote from those of mere
student. have been assured on the high
est authority, that he daily read and wrote,
in examining papers and preparing answers
to them, as..much as any individual ut tn e
seat of Government. The state papers
which issued from his Cabinet, during his
administration, and which are remarkable
for their ability, were either written by
himself or prepared from copious notes in
his own hand The most conspicuous trait
in his character, was the energy which he
exhibited so frequently and with such sig
nal succe in his military career, and his
practical errors. such as they were arose
from occasional excess of this quality
He displayed it inciviI not less than in
military affairs, and it carried him triumph.
antly through his contest with South Caro-
lima, the French Government, and the
Bank. In him, however, this preeminent
quality was combined with another not less
valuable, and which is not very often con-
nected with it in high degree-that of sa-
gacity. His discernment in selecting the
means aud the persons to be employed in
his END, was almost unerring.
This union OF sagacity and force is the true
secret Of practical greatness.
Many persons of superior intellect fail in
their purposes for want of the decision
which would enable them to seize the favo-
rable moment. and turn it to account be-
fore it passes Other men of great power
and iron will have made shipwreck for want
Of sufficient infusion Of practical skill
Such was the fate of Napoleon, whose dis
perhaps, originally not less con-
spicious than his energy, was clouded in
his later period by the intoxication Of long
success. General Jackson, by
combining these two qualities in very
high degree, and then retaining them un-
impaired to the last, became, perhaps, the
most remarkable character within his
sphere of action, and even extended his in
fluence very far beyond it. His immense
was the tribute which the public
mind instinctively pays to real greatness
The general voice long ago proclaimed him
the hero of New Orleans and his trium
phant political career has enrolled his
name permanently among those of the
great men of the age.-A. H. EVERETT.
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Coon HARVEST NEWS FROM lgELASD.-
We receive from various sources the gratI
fying announcement that tie crops ol al'
kinds are in fgurishing condition. 10 Ire
land, and that the yield promises te'be more
abundant than it has been during PERIOD
of over twenty years From no district ~
we receive complaints respecting snyie
crop of auy kind. The country e'erywhere
looks we'll. For the first time, IN the his,
tory OF Ireland, there seems a scarcity OF
laborers. and the demand is gresier than
the supply. There is difficulty IN getting
hands to gather in the teeming haryes, ano
American reaping machines are called INTO
reouisition.-N y. SIM.
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THr Wor7d, speaking of the Garibaldl
letter, says with truth and point.
when Garibsldi addresses Mr.. Lincoln
as the He'r Of aspirations Of John Brown,
he goes to the very marrow Of the subject,
and utters an incontrovertible truth. The
emancipation proclamation is nothing but
John Brownism on larger scale; aud there
is no honest abolitionists who wishes to sea
it enforced, that does not regard that ph'i
anthropic felon as saint, a hero, ana
martyr. whose soul is marching on
The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-09-08

The true Interpretation Of the term
Douglas Democrat" as applied to the rene
gades who find the temptation OF Mr. In
coins crib lit used to be the public CRIB
too great for them, is said by the CattskhI
Recordeyto be Erred Douglas Democrats,
but this is an upjustiable insult to th'
eloquent mulatto. He has always stuck By
his own caste and party, as we'll in adVer
sity as prosperity, aud no doubt regard
these deserters, and rightly, as beneath to-
contempt of any decent negro'-Best0'
Courier.
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GoLD.-Tbe steady Use IN gold is puz,
z}e to us. 1t is now rcarly 81 %, or within
a cent of what it was before VIcksburg was
taken. and will undoubtedly go still higher
Yet the Government has uttered no disas
ter. Except at Charleston, our military
operations are progressing 8 well as we
could ask. and even at Charleston there is
nothing more discouragng than the eXplo'
sion of absurd hopes that exaggerated news
paper reports have raised. There is not
much chance of success, it's true, but there
is as much now as there was when gold was
at %: and Rosecrans is certainly not losing
ground. while Burnside is pressing fast to
a point where his force can unite with that
of Rosecrans and overwhelm all opposition
in the center OF the line Of war. In the
Southwest Steele has routed tie rebels, Al
though that has not been known loDgoon ey.
to affect the market, it might b.. ol,nwed
pected reasonably enough e Caimrr We
no rise from apprehens;' H. nndar.tand
don't understand = "u' We d" uhners'anu s anu
Sn. aon Dio,,sta''p Ia. pleasant symptom Of the
'aa. ~ . Took at, whatever may be It's
o.,' soo.,'als7!ggsIadiqncpolis Journay (Rep"d''r"",)
eptember.
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4 YANKEE eosrRtyAscG.-Thero IS

A YANGEE GosrRTANcE.-Thero Is \
cont7iyapce cf the soldiers. at Baton Rouge,
for carrying water tQ the canips that dis
plays considerable ingenuity An ordinary
barrel has fitted TO the head block OF
wood, with pivot like the wheel Of wheel
barrow, and rod Of iron like the lounge Of
buggy, that forks near the barrel, to draw
like garden roller, the barrel revolving
like n wheel Two men will draw barrel
Of water up the levee with tolerable ease. -
A negro lookingo on at tho performance said
"Well, for God, what can't white man do2''
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kSIs ALiNoTIcEs Double the above rates.
~ Yearly advertising reasonable terms, accor
ding to the space occupied and the number Of changes
made .rs1. ss - a. j. A-f -- -'
All advertisements from transient persons straug
ers, to be paid for in adUance.
Business Cards not exceeding five lines $40 per year
or S6 for six months but for shorter period nothing
will be counted less than square.
The privilege of Annual Advertising is limited to
the Advertisers own Immediate business and all adj
vertiseets for the benefit of other persons aswell
legal advertisements, and advertisements of auction
sales and real estate in by them must be paid for
ut the usual rates.
Eg- Advertisements not accompanied with written
directions, will be inserted until forbid, and charged
accordingly
Notices for Public Meetings to be charged in all cases
at full rates.
Marriages, Notices of Funerals, and announcements
of sermons, so cents each.
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| pom the discovery uf jeff. Davis's pri
vate correspondence it was loudly trumpet.
Cd throughout the country that ex Pres,
dent Buchanan and number of leading
Democrats had contributed letters TO the
collection which proved them t6 have for
years been privy 10 the designs OF the south
ern conspirators. Papers like the Eceaiay
Post, of this city had the meanness to circu
late these Infamous SANDERS before one oi
the letters were given to the public. A few
of them were finally published, but there
was nothing in them 10 justify any Of TIC
malicious statements against the eX'Presi
dent and his party associates. To this day
however, the Post has not had the decency
to acknowledge its fault We now SEQ that
certain Democratic papers are circulating
the story that the sudden hurrying Of the
correspondence to Washington under seal
was because it was discovered to contain
letters from Generals Butler, and Burn
side. and Dan. Dickinson OF a reasonable
nature OF course this is all stuff; but il is
far more likely 10 be truo than is the other
story, "a these persors'were among the most
ultra 'doughiaceS" in the North.-h !
UOyIR
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Nothing seems trner, and it il as sad as
true than the following from the n. y.
Erprsss:
farce yeiyas ece,yi0here. This is a gov
errment of force, now, North and South.
There is no reputation Of this nsurpation
anywhere. There is no breaking OF bon1s.
70 free negroes South, we North men have
become bondmcn, and 20 keep negroes
South, South men have become slaves
themselves. This rs a m,iitayy GOrs,um~
ere,2Hchete, No,M and ,SOuth.
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PoLAND.-France, it would appear, is not
inclined just yet, to run into hostllities
with Russia, on the pretence of aiding Po-
land. Napoleon repeats that he will net
actively interfere without the co operation
of England and Austria. He says, Il am
very anxious TO help Poland, but alone
will not attempt 1t. MY allies, too, seem
determined to remain passive. Alas fol
Poland.