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soldiers, whether they are relatives or
not-remembering they are some ones
fathers and sons. Are they not our
brothers, gone TO fight for US and our
country Tell them how proud you are
to own them as such. Ireceived letter,
few DAYS since. from o soldiers mother,
giving his address, and saying, "write to
him; he is so glad to get letter from any
one he knows, or ever thought of know
ing; it encourages him to know he is re-
membered by friends at home"
| think it great misfortune to some,
in not having one or more they can send
in defense Of our country. ! would be
one to make some sacrifice, for feel with
the Rural writer, that this is indeed a
glorious war, when we view it from the
end it has in prospect. Let US stand by
those who hold the reins of government.
trusting that the Allwise Being will so
over-rule them to make Laws, and appoint
those best calculated to win the cause.
Hoping 10 hear more on the subject Of
writing to soldiers I will stop lest
weary. A RURAL READER.
Illinois, March. 1863.
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UNION MEETING At OLIVE
BRANCH SCHOOL HOUSE.

A portion of the citizens Of Franklin
Whiteriver, Green and Monroe Town
ships, met at Olive Branch School House
10 consider the state of the country,
when Pardon Sherman was called to the
Chair. George Null, appointed Vice
President, and w. B. Doty, Secretary.
On motion, D. r. Ford, c. S Jones,
ESQ.,, and Luther l.. Moorman, were sp-
pointed Committee TO draft resolutions
for the consideration of the meeting. In
the absence of the Committee David Har
ris addressed the meeting at considerable
length.
The Committee reported the following
resolutions. which. after considerable dis
cussion. were adopted.
ResOlrsd, That we adhere to the Con-
stitution as it is and the Union as it was
at the adoption of the Constitution.
Resolued, That we condemn desertion
in every form and shape.
ReS0lred, That as citizens OF Rancolph
county, we return our thanks TO the
honorable Governor Morton for the
fatherly care and kindness he has shown
on behalf of our Indiana soldiers, and for
the unfaltering energy he has exhibited
in his efforts to put down this uncallc3 for
rebellion.
Considerable discussion arose on the
first resolution, in which J. L. Flood, d.
R. Ford, |. Il. Pegg and c. 5. Jones par
ticipated.
ResOired, That the proceedings be pub
lished in the Winchester Journal.
PARDON SHERMAN, PREs'T.
WN. B. DoTY, See'y.
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From Moore's Rural New Yorker.l
MORE ABOUT WHAT WOMEN
CAN DO.
WRITING TO THE SOLDIERS

l have seen considerable about what
women can do for the soldiers, and have
been very much pleased; am glad the
Rural gives space for any one to say a
word in favor Of the soldier.
Yes,-we can write TO them, and
although have written great many let
ters in my life. never realized how great
a blessing it was, till since the war broke
out. l have corresponded with several
since May, 1851, and find that letter
from home gives the encouragement that
is needed. always try TO give them all
the news in general. ana if we have new
minister, or have had an extra meeting,
tell them the leading points. and strive to
point out the way By which they may re-
ceive a starry crown in that beautiful
World" where there shall be no more
wars. whether their lot NAV be to die on
the battle field, or in a land of peace.
sometimes pick out chapters in the Bible
for them to read; in this way they will
take up the Book of Books" when they
would not otherwise. They have some
times told me that the chapter seemed
expressly for their case.
If ! attend a soldiers funeral try to
remember all I can, and write them,-telI
them the honors soldier receives for
giving his life in defence Of the "Stlr
Spangled Banner"
In one regiment they had Chaplain
unworthy ofthe nance that preached TO
them but four times in FIVE or six months
and the BOYS say if it were not for tn,
letters they get from home they should
almost forget there vas such thing ai
preaching OF meetings.
Dear Rural readers let US strive TO b
more punctual in writing TO the soldiers
Let every mother and sister write TO SOM
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PATRIOTISM OF A son OF THE
LATE GEN. mitchell.

Fred A. Mitchell, son of the late
lamented General Mitchell, enlisted as a
private in the Regular Army, which fact
coming TO the knowledge of the President
and Secretary 0, War, he was at once
promoted to a Second Lieutenancy in the
10th United States Infantry. Lieutenant
Mitchell served eighteen months as a
Captain and aid.decamp on bis fathers
staff, on whose death he was mustered out
of service, when lying at deaths door
with the yellow fever at Port Royal,
South Carolina. Being chip of the old
BLOCK, and nheriting his fathers nervous
activity and restless energy, lie de-
termned 20 enlist, as there is now no
provision of law by which he could re
ceive a commission.
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The poet who used Hekla as an
illustration of blowing hot and
cold in one breath was true to
nature; for, strangely enough,
while one part of the cone is
quite cold on the surface. steam
is issuing from another part high
er up, showing that the heat is
local, and dependent upon the
fiery character of the under beds.
This is proved by the expert
ment of an Icelander at another
place, who discovered that the
heat began two feet below the
surface. Beneath that depth he
came to a violet-colored layer of
soil of sulphurous odor, where
the heat is greatest. Lower still
it was found to be less and less.
until at the depth Of nearly e!ev-
en- feet there was no heat at all,
lhe depth OF greatest heat al
Krisuvili was ascertained to be
twelve feet beneath the surface,
and below this the heat diminish
ed. II is remarkable that, dur
ing the eruptions OF Hekla, vast
floods of water and ice pour
down its sides with solid rocks
and fiery sands. The waters
from the volcano flow over vast
tracts Of low lands, like the fresh
cts of great river. Where this
water comes from is a mystery
that has not yet been fully SOL
we'd.
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HEAT OF THE EARTH'S INTE,
RIOR VOLCANOES.

1t is generally believed by men
of science, and others, that the
interior Of the earth is a mass OF
molten matter, the heat of which
is intense beyond that which can
be produced by known artificial
modes. Many of the rocks
which form the crust of the earth
appear to have been once In a
fluid condition, AID no skill pos
sessed by man can reduce some
OF them by heat to the state in
which they once existed. DR..
SiGestrom, swedish astronomer,
expresses it as his belief that the
interior of the earth is occupied
bv currents Of various degrees OF
heat, which mix with each other
and attain a certain degree OF
temperature In the same manner
as substances subjected to all the
physical Influences of the earth's
exterior. In other words, the
theory is, that a mass of fluid
possessing different temperatures
in different parts of its interior,
must be subject to a process oi
convection. The result is usual,
" a change of volume in the en-
tire mass of circulating fluid
causing eruptions like those o
volcanoes. In Hekla, however
the famous volcanic mountain
Of Iceland-the heat seems to be
local, not proceeding from any
great depth in the interior OF th'
earth. 4 writer in the London
Quarterly, who has visited 1t
states that, while vapors were IS
sueing from the black sand or
the summit, SIN the crater itself
some hundred fathoms below
were gaping ice.holes. and grea
masses Of snow, side by SIDE
with sulphureous steamjets.
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INTELLIGENT CURIOSITY.

Education alone enables men
to apprehend and relish what is
new in a thousand directions.
Very few persons can receive
impressions on subjects upon
which they are wholly ignorant,
and on which their observation
is unpracticed. This is conspic-
nous IN such scenes as the late
Exhibition. Not one in hum
dred of all those crowds took in
a single idea form any object to
which the mind had no previous
clue. All the strangeness, novel
ty, and beauty were passed by
were not visible, did not reach
the brain, did not even catch any
sense OF the vacant, bewildered
gazer. The artisan studied ma
chinery, the soldier looked at the
guns, the rustic at the plows and
harrows; but they could not even
see pictures or the statuary which
were ranged before them. The
women, as a rule, noticed dress
and fabrics to the utter exclusion
Of other things, not from vanity
or frivollty, but because these
were the only matters their train
ing qualified them to think about.
A veil hung between them and all
the art, genius, and wealth crowd
ed around them. 1t was all too
strange for the mind to say of
anything, "This is new to me"
which is in fact comparing it
with what is old. There was no
ground for comparison. A man
sent his cook TO spend the day
there; the sole thing that remain
ed on her mind was a kitchen
CRATE, in which she observed
some novelties of construction.
The majority Of all great crowds
are like :he woman who emigrat-
ed to America with her husband,
and, returning after some years
to her native village, was asked
what she had seen. II can't
saw" she replied, Gas | seed
anything particular" and il she
had followed Humboldt over the
world, she would have said the
same. But who can cast stone
at his neighbor on this point of
intelligent curiosity? The desire
for what is new, and the power
OF appreherding it, run in grooves.
Nobody is inquisitive on all
points deserving of inquiry; only
the largest mind, most thoroughly
cultivated, embraces most. Sat
urday Rerieir.
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Army Correspondence.
BENTON Barracks, ST. Louis, Mo-, !
March 81, 1863.

March 81, 1863.
DEAR DocroR IL am experimenting
amid the beauties, delicacies, harmonies
and virtues Of barrack- life, and, truth to
say, bat'ng few drawbacks, it pleases
me we'll. OF course rough stable-like
shanties, which were whte-washed some
two years ago, do not present such exter-
nal comeliness, nor quite that internal CO.
syness possessed by Judge Browns gothic;
but the quarters are pretty comfortable
after all, especially when we think how
soon they may be exchanged fer shelter
tents, or the storm cloud.
So far as have become acquainted with
the officers of the 9th. like them well.
| do not think that their elegant manners
would win the admiration Of romantic
misses, but they appear to carry their
hearts in their right places. Some of them
affect TO think themselves TO be too far
gone TO be benefited by their Chaplain,
yet they profess themselves anxious that
he should do all he can for their men,
The Proclamation is fast filling up the
reduced companies with the returning
Shenanigans, and many amusing facts
have exposed the flimsy and false preten-
ses upon which some Of them attempted
to obtain forgiveness for past desertion,
and discharges from further service.
One day / was in the hospital, when a
robust young man, in citizens clothing,
presented himself as an absentee from the
Regiment since June last, and "a an ap
plicant for discharge, because the mus.
cles of his leg had become so contracted
that he could not move his knee joint, nor
straighten his lee. 4 glance at the boot
he wore showed that although he who
now had it on hobbled painfully upon his
toes, it had been worn, and that recently.
by some person who had trod firmly upon
his heel. The Doctor examined the knee.
and amid chorus Of groans gave the leg
several quite lusty pulls, and then order
ed the Steward to bring the chloroform.
The fellow at first declared he would
not submit to the operation; but the
Doctor assured him that resistance would
be worse than useless; with evident re-
luctance he lay down uoon a bed and the
chloroform was administered, when the
rigid muscles relaxed. and the shortened
limb became as long as its fellow. OF
course he was ordered TO report himself
for duty Immediately. and the Doctor
gave him the comforting assurance that
his pay would be stopped from the day he
first left the Regiment.
We expect to co down the river, but
are, with what patience we can, waiting
to see the pleasant features Of the man
who distributes the grecn-backs.
a. l..
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by the President of the u. State
of America.
a PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAs, The Senate Of the United
States. devoutly recognizing the supreme
authority and just government of the AL
mighty God. in all the affairs Of men and
Of nations, has, by resolution, request
ed the President to designate and set
apart day for national prayer and hu-
initiation:
AND WHEREAS, 1t is the duty of na-
tions. as we'll as men. to own their depen-
dence upon the overruling power of God,
TO confess their sins. and transgressions,
in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope
that genuine repentance will lead to mer-
ey and pardon, and to recognize the sub
lime truth announced in the Holy Scrip
tures and proven by all history, that those
nations only are blessed whose God is the
Lord:
And, insomuch as we know that, by
His divine law, nations, ike individuals,
are subjected to ounishments and chastise-
ments in this world. NAV We not justly
fear that the awful calamity of civil war,
which now desolates the land, may be bat
a punishment inflicted upon US for our
presumptuOus sins, TO the needful end of
our national reformation, as a whole peo-
plel We have been the recipients of the
choicest bOunties of Heaven. " e have
been preserved, these many years, in peace
6nd prosperity. We have grown in num-
bers, wealth and power, as DO other na-
ton has ever grown. But We have for
gotten God. We have forgotten the
gracious hand which preserved US in
peace. and multiplied, and enriched, and
strengthened US : and we have vainly i'm
agined, in the deceitfulness of oar hearts,
that all these blessings were produced by
some superior wisdom and virtue of our
own. Intoxicated with unbrOken success,
We have become too self-sufficient to feel
the necessity of redeeming aud preserv-
ing grace. too proud to pray to the God
that made US
1t behooves Us, then, to humble our
selves before the offended Power, to con-
fess our national sins, and TO pray for
clemency and forgiveness.
Nov, therefore, in compliance with the
request. and fully concurr.ng in the views
Of the Senate, do, by this my proclama-
tion, designate and set apart Thursday
the 30th day of April, 1903, as day OF
national humiliation, fasting and prayer
/ And DO hereby request all the people tC
abstain on that day from their ordinary
secular pursuits, and to unite, at then
several places of public worship and then
respective homes, in keeping the day hol!
to The Lord. and devoted to the humble
discharge Of the religious duties prsper L
that solemn occasion.
All this being done, in sincerity anC
truth let Us then rest humbly in the hope
authorized by the Divine teachings, tha
the united cry of the nation will be hear,
on higa, and answered with blessings, N
less than the pardon of our national sins
and restoration OF our now divided an
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POWER AND OFFICE OFTHF
PRESS

a writer in the Family Her
aid (London) says
"Mr. Kinglake, the historian
of the Crlmean war, an observ-
ant statesman and member OF
Parliament, gives it as his con-
viction that the Times newspa-
per slone caused that war; if so,
it has made bankrupt one empire,
caused the death of the greatest
Emperor of the age, established
another on his throne broken
the power of the mobiles in Russia,
freed the serfs, rendered thou
sands of women husbandless and
childless, killed more than one
general, made or ruined the repu-
tation of others, and made hun
dreds of our best families mourn
ers. 1t had first fed public opin-
ion, impressed it with an idea,
and then by constant iteration
rendered this idea a reality. But
during this very time a country
squire, master of hounds, ordered
his huntsman to warn of one OF
its editors as person with whom
he would not associate and the
editor of the Times having writ
ten a warm and friendly letter to
Sir Charles Napier, begging him
not to peril his great name by
delay, but to take Cronstadt or
Melsingfors, the club gossipS and
critics, nay, and some writers as
well, take him to task and say:
What insolence mere news
paper editor to attempt to dictate
to a British admiralp The true
EDITORS position has not been al
tered from the time of Defoe.
IF, writes that acute and honest
observer of the world, Il might
give a short hint to an impartial
writer, it would be to tell him
his fate. Ii he resolves to veD-
ture on the dangerous rrecipice of
telling unbiased truth, let him
proclaim war with mankind, and
neither give nor take quarter. If
he tells of the crimes of great
men, they fall upon him with the
iron hands of the law; if he tells
Of their virtues, when they have
any, the mob attacks him with
SANDER. But if he regards truth,
then let him expect martyrdom
on both sides, and then he may
90 OF fearless; and this is the
course | take myself This
course by the way, rendered the
lie Of Defoe of infinite value to
the nation, perhaps of much more
value than that OF any great lord
or minister OF this time. ."-Scien-
tiiic American.
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JAS Il. BRADY ON HIS OLD PO-
LITICAL ASSOCIATES.

In his speech last Saturday
night, at the grand Union dem
onstration in New York, Jas. L.
Brady said;
am told in whispers through
the streets, in the reports which
good-natured friends always bring
to you when they think you are
assa led have been told that 1t
is said that |, who never belonged
to any party but the Democratic
party, have deserted my party.
shall not take occasion now to
answer that; but there will come
a time, and shortly, in this town,
when | will do it. Applause. ]
But | have ;hiS to say, that If ad-
/ herence to the Democratic party
is to be purchased by turning my
back upon the land of my birth
and upon the hopes of that land
in the day of her darkness and
peril, | desp!se it. Enthusias-
tic and protracted cheering.
"Three cheers for Brady! ]
They tell me that some gentle
men in New York are objectlng
to the prosecution OF this war,
because the Administration Is
corrupt. would like to amuse
YOU, if | had the time $50 onr'
$50 onn'] by telling you vino
are the people from whom this
objection comes-the pure mind
ed, disinterested patriots who
think that Abraham Lincoln is
dishonest. "Fernando Wood, "
''Booby Brooks. | hear some
names mentioned IN this assem-
bly, which are highly suggestive
to my mind. fGreat laughter
and applause. 1T Is perfectly
exhilarating TO man who knows
how the ridiculous and the seri
Gus always associate themselves
together in the great affairs oi
life say is perfectly exhilar-
atlnr to me TO find him who be-
longs to a crew that, in the Ian
guage Of Shakespeare, are the
creek of the rotten fen," coming
out of the slough of debasemen:
with an odor that ohends every
honest nostril, aud complaining
that there is no fresh air in the
neighborhood. Laughter and
cheers. To all those gentlemen,
whether tney have occupied the
position Of Mayor or Alderman
renewed laughter, would say
in the language of some grea
dramatic, "An ounce of cevit
good aPothecary." remember
tnat the City of Cologne, which
produces the perfume that n
doubt has given fragrance to Tx
handker h f OF many a ladl
present. is not remarkable in ant
OF itself for any sweet odors tina
attaches to it. But shall no
detain you a moment longer
4 Voices--"Go on! 90 onl'
is my privilege and my pleasur
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suffering country to its former happy con-
dition Of unity and peace.
In witness whereof, have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the Uni
ted States 10 be affixed
Done at the City of Washington, this
thirtieth day of March, in the year
Us of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-three, and of the
Independence of the United States
the eighty seventh.
BY the President:
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
WIN. II. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
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TIE LIFETIME OF MAN,

When the world was created, and all
creatures assembled to have their lifetime
appointed, the ass first advanced and
asked how long he would have to livel
"ThiIty years." replied Nature, "will
that be agreeable to theel"
"Alas"' answered the ass, ''it is long
while. Remember what a wearisome ex-
stence will be mine; from morning until
night | shall have to bear heavy burdens,
dragging cornsacks to the mill, that
others may cat bread, while | shall have
no encouragement, nor be refreshed by
anything but blows and kicks. Give me
but portion of that time, pray"
Nature was moved with compassion,
and presented but eighteen years. The
ass went away comforted, and the dog
came forward.
"Eow long dost thou require to liver"
asked Nature. "Thirty years were too
many for the ass, but wilt thou be con-
tent with them7"
ais it thy will that should7' replied
the dog. "Think how much shall have
TO run about; my feet will not last for so
long a time, and when | shall have lost
my voice for barking, and my teeth for
biting, what else shall be ft for but lie
in the corner and growl1"
Nature thought he was right, anl gave
twelve wears.
The ape then appeared.
"Thou wilt, doubtless, willingly live
tho thirty years" said Nature, "thou will
not have TO labor as the ass and dog
Life will be pleasant to thee"
"Ah, no." cried he; $50 it may seem
to others, but it will not be! Should
puddings ever rain down, shall excite
laughter by my grimaces. and then be re-
wardcd by sour apple. How often sor-
row lies concealed behind a Jest shall
not be able to endure for thirty years"
Nature was gracious, and he received
but ten.
At last came man, healthy and strong,
and asked the measure of his days.
"Will thirty years content thee7"
"How short a time" exclaimed man
"When | shall have built my house. and
kindled a fire upon my own hearth-when
the trees shall have planted are about
to bloom ad bear fruit-when life shall
seem to me most desirable, | shall die.
Oh, Nature, grant me longer period. :"
"Then shalt thou have the eighteen
years of the ass besides
"That is not enough" replied the man.
"Take, likewise, the twelve years of
tho dog"
alt is not yet sufficient" reiterated
man; "give me more"
81 will give thee. then, the ten years Of
the ape; and in vain wilt thou claim
more"
Man departed unsatisfed.
Thus man lives seventy years The
first thirty are his human years, and pass
swiftly by. lie is then healthy and happy.
He labors carefully, and rejoices in his ex-
istence. The eighteen of the ass come
next burden upon burden is heaped upon
him-he carries the corn that is to feed
others; blows and kicks are the reward oi
his faithful service. The twelve years OF
the dog follow, and he loses his teeth, and
lies down in the corner and growls.-
When these are gone, the apes ten years
form conclusion. Then man, weak and
silly, becomes the sport of children
Translated from the German.
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READING AND THINKING.-lt
is good to read, mark, learn-but
it is better to inwardly digest.
1t is good to read, better to think
better to think one hour than
to read ten hours without think
ing. Thinking is to reading ut
the book read have anything In
it,) what rain and sunshine are to
the seed cast into the ground, the
influence which maketh 1t bear
and bring forth, thirty, forty, an
hundred fold, To read is to
gather into the barn or store
house of the mind; to think IS to
cast seed corn into the ground 10
make it productive. To read IL
to collect information; to think Is
to involve power.
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Twenty of the American
States will be represented at the
great German Fair at Frankfort
on the Main, Germany, to ne
opened in May.
The Polish revolution Is
agitating all Europe, and the
Great Powers are not unlikely to
occupy their attention at home.