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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-05-31

the r~ut Of cowardice his part. winch the CON-
fau, among Inc masters Of steam transportation in his
command they having 40 rue oraveV anu Wohip'v
Inc enisi engineer. acting under very grave misap-
ehsnsi0n or his duty aftev the mss.er WAS put In ar
% obey me s Sos ssre Ssrx IMPORT
ant, and their delay acarrage mht have seriously
in,er'ered with movements IN tho held Therefore u
necessary 10 take considerable risks 10 by
sucn risks existed, although tho events show shAs on
shss occason none did exist These facts appearing
parties. hs ordered that the master Of sne
Powell be confined thirty days 10 the grard.
vessel be oreitsd beciuse the owners did MOI provide
competent master, ordinary courage and subo dnAon
being toe most necessary qualincson 10 the master Of
Steamboat Tue engineer, for his refusal to work tho
boat, being impossible 30 supply hs place. whho that
OF master tespecialy Of such one) could be supplied
very easily was ordered 70 confinement in Fort Hateras
for sixty days This not very severe punishment has
But, this is the first offence Of the kind since ahe
Commanding General has been in charge Of this
department, and a. he always prefers 70 err on
sne side o. epleeo aud as the oCcts c punishment ara
for example, and such example has been set as the
solicitation Of the friends Of theas PARTIES been de-
termned 70 remit 70 them their but not 70
20 nS
John " H.ncos. sen q John " asncos, Esq, Of New
Passmen, Who happened 70 be passenger on board the
Powell, and who. the Commanding General was M
formed, passing himself Oh ~ tho OF the Presi.
deot OF the United States nerered with the manage
mont Of the boat having been arrested therefor, ID
ordered out Of the department. which order viii be car
vied into effect.
In order that there may be mistake here.
after upon the matters which were attempted 10 be
shown In sxenuation OF thsr offence Il will bo under
stood that army transport In charge Of commissioned
officer OF the 70 take orders from any officer Of
the navy they VIII receive information and assistance
from and win Afford the In every possible way to
the officers q the navy but they are to be ordered by
their own officers. g9 g&-f &4w snfEs9FE
That this case may bs fully undersood the Chief Quar-
master III this crcuxr order 10 be read copy
~ ished every master Of steam transportation with
In this department with the distinct understanding
tho part Of each ocer that this il the last remission
OF penalty. BY command OF Major General BUTLER.
r. 8 DAVIS, Major and A. A. @. s5.s l.ss sSs..e
Strict and obedience TO tho foregoing orders
is eny0ned and any neglect the part OF employ
others having vessels charge will with summary
punishment. BY order OF fff 4
Il slf7 M ftggs' Lieutenant Colonel c. E. FULLER
G. g. DODGE, Captain and Acting Quartermaster.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-05-31
SECOND DESPATCH.


WAR DErAs1HnsT, wAsHA oros. May 3o-1oP. M.
To Major General G,x:-
No n,ellgenc. later than has heretofore been trans
mitted 10 you has received b. this Department from
Genera, Grant or General Sherman.
portion or General Bu,lers force at Bermuda Hun
dred not required defensive operations there, has
been transferred under command OF General Smith, 10
the Army the Potomac, and is supposed by this time
70 have formed a junction
No change In the command OF the Department Of vr.
gina has been made. General Butler remains in full
command OF department Of Virginia and North Caro-
Ina and continues al the head Of force 10 the eld
Dispatches from General Cnby have been received to
day He Is actively engaged in resup lsiag the troops
brought buck by General steele AMI General Banks, and
organizing the ,orces OF tho West Mississippi division,
which now csmpreheuds the Department Of Mis-.
ssuri Akans2s and Louisiana. Gcnersis Rose
Grams, steele and banks remaia In command
OF their respective departments under the orders
OF General Candy as Division Commander, his mill.
try relation being the that formerly exercised
by General Grant ard exercised by General sher-
man over the Departments Of the ohio the Cumberland
aud the Tennessee EDWIN N. STANTON,
VA
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Tse Fo,arcss Moaroc D~spaschcs.

fohifhSs hoSNsL, say ~, tSrs.
Upwards otwo hundred sick arrived 10. day from Der
nuda Hundred the Lxpress Gnd received
at Hampton Hospital
The mah Loat John a. Warner, Captain Cone, has
rRed from bermuda Hundred, and reports no lghtins
there TO dag.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-05-31

Steamers loaded with troops have already passed here
and Como mp tne York river. '
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-05-31

FoRreI2s MoNsSw Way ~. 1881
The saecnlh Army corts and rcmc regiments o. ,h,
te.ib coros ass sompg down TIC James river. Ten
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-04-01

M CHAsr AND THE ENAxcIPArrox
PRociANsTfoN, The fndependent. speak
ing Of Secretary ChAss's letter deeInisg 20
oe Presidential eandidAis. says.
=" Whether his example be followed or
nof. hls at rcnSains an honor 10 his heart
tsd sas brief but sisrant letter 4. worthy
la nen that supplied 70 Abraham Linoola
he last and goLden s@nteDce OF the prOc-
iamati0n of emancipation -
~ sentence referred to. We pre,un.. Is
he nliowing
: AHd upon this act. sincerely Believed
20 ~ an scf % lustice. warranted ~ ib.
-onstif gtlon apoa military necessity. I IN
soks the cousidsrste jaignsnt of u.as-
sind 90 tie gracious favor Of Almighty
Cod
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-04-01

SheridHn vas never without a reason.
and never faiied 70 esfricate himself BY Bis
sit in any emergency. Al country house
~hsre b. was once on visit. an elderly
maiden iAdy desired 10 be b.. companion ia
A~sls he excused himself az 6rst on A.
eOsnsof tss bAdnsss Of the weather. She
SOFA Hfter-srss. however. intercepted hisi
N stieuP, - es-ape ~itheut her '@weli.-
'hs sa'd. % ! 've % Las cleared up "wby.
yes.' 10 snspsred. "a bss ciesred up
ssoogh for ore bst not csough fort-o.-
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-04-01
OLD SERIES.

.ni ho~ handsone hs -ss. and boz much
he thooght of ssnt fssina l
lie told me shout his taking passage in
rserehsnt vessel. about a terrible storm
s.d sAip-rsck. abopt his BODY beng wash
Cd ash,rs ssd bro1glt % our plaes; sbest
sfunersl. ssd q tOasbssose in the church
vari. -1lt |n
Dever ihougAs about "a TN tls.t -irht.
but thea ! rrmsmbere,l bow xs.t Lawns
~ould save morning glOry se eds every fsll
aSd Plant fhsu every spring. underneath
ths -indo- vber. she sl-ays -iss ~ish b-r
work
Whenever I see hs-. of ssm-ser rnorn-
ings. befere tie dew !. OF. .ssading oat
thsrc. With b-r gay hsir ss.l tall. stopping
6gure. tyng mp the erespcrs. putting up
aso-O ssriRg. vhese.er I sc her cot tk~re
IN th- VT grass. bxreheadsd. for she nsv-
er val pat anything over her. nso-s - -~
say 70 Der about tt can't help standing
stIll and vatehing her. whsse.srI nav
be doiag. 1 al-sys stop NJ work. a.
~ousd Al any ose near me began 20 ofIer
prayer.
,Aad sonetiasos. when I see her lips mo-
Niag. ! fAncy Il.ere may be somebody thsre
besides sSss LayIna; sOnsbody be-iass "a.
binds and ao~srs The tAs1ght aasbs.
'hrosga ssy raisd tiat soving verbs are
agaIs bsiaz sPokon beneath the n.orning
gl0Tsos,
Nov ssihs tiHns -hen sserybsdy 20 h.x-
M Nalsntsnes. A ! ses ths@ ps,isS
about from one 10 aaother cant help
thihsing Of tAat hight -ssB asni L..iaa
told me- her .iOry. and OF the gslsutiae thaf
vas $3.50 Assrnsss. e IaOre thaa ihirty years
49,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-04-01

Duriag Gen. ShermAn's expedition /.
wounded FEDERAL officer erawled isto the
yard ola seessh planter. when abe latter
took an axe, and with kendi,hnes. scarce-
~ credible. struck hisa on The bead, killing
h'n IN iastiy. A snail party Of Federal
'oiiiefs eo@iag pp shortly after. the neg
T0es told them Of i. when they inmsdiste-
iy shot the planter and placed him m tbe
house. which tbry burned TO the ground.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-04-01
VOLUME 81, NO. 16


fsossAs srsy-.s Nv, e-.sus.
Woundrd. rrs.i
IL NJ Ee de-n.
ss-' srse "a ~ sh.4~ sf tss c..s,. ss~. rr->
nsr., % 20 n ts-.-pl-a ss.... -s-ss nav s--
The ssrs- ortA- easl~t; sd -s--- -, -
rss rasd ery 20 vSesosy, ese~~ spos e.---. =
L. - ~ @s-s.
sr Ga t~.s sr..4,
Ike tAe ts~pe. 80 eA.rged. "a ths tris@pa ..
The ts-es.s. is. ls-y as1i sAa.S>r go, d.. \.
De. o.. e'es iafrescA--ass O'er Gviax ..1 dead.
Wa the fee s-d~~ s-ss sd esr H.x sver h-as.
aaI ohs a -ns- rrsodi
-- Cd 49, . We.rs aad G4s.t-
Pro.> - fhe sofjier'. oovch, .h. ho- cas- r-.s,
VISA ts- .ass .A-t'-r-s ae.d. ed th- ..h<e
Cssr.ae-. =, .ea .n. -hea .h.H 10 .os-h,. +.
So s-z~ ~ en-. .sd teH wh--- 6.sxAs.
rarH~ Nes-a-d ssa f.iss-
rrH- Ga. th-s t..a eh-rr~l
h'EAi tAro~<h ths diesa h-si-6se Il sArapssI ..4
rAns-sA -aASss f.i.ss.as. e'--r lhr.ssh -i.A
Rsrs.s.ssssr Sssa.s. N sss ssrnoii .as sso-.
i-As Ass~ss -s a-sssi ~ th~ .as.i<r- 81 Asum'
Ga, hat asa eA<Exss
s~-s sAs-r. are -s.-Al.... ~ .s:.~ .,,.,. =.
u hat n-iieas -Aa lsy th~n p.y oal, "a bL,oS.
ar fr~-do-u ssd Uaioa. saeh nae o-~. NJ. 49,,
A"d A-r Psy ny sA.rs al ~.rus sso-. ~ b.ars.
IL q dssy,
DYING az L-t,
~ n>fh-r. cc4r NO ther. ~tth sne~k r~arfrf -,~
-fe~sL, ~sa Ood e@-ss ye.. kw~v.r ..sd ave, +
ge - , ,h-t $40 ~ % yOur p.lis~ ~ br,@.s.
70 ~esthe sy L-csigh - ts- t-ssosn -rpre.-.
Dys.x st lzst. ~
.r- Ian - sssa.
NJ 1-'ys. saF prsy-r. TA~rs's or-s fhaf begins.
Wv fsther." .so th-a ..ys. ssFsrgi~e "a oar
10" q f,fses fA.t part. .ay "a .troaxly .a1 tA.a.
ny % rSpe-f r. sad yea'H s.v Anea'
Al. Ia % ai-f
f.n 30 H4rki--sh~re's .hostf
lS-s - ~ ~ Comrades. have cOusxu~r-d kasss
p. sP O. ny f--t. -ith ~ t.oe o. the 6o~f
10. n-ss a'es ths f-s, -aIa Es ss@s ssaasIs-
Tss i-ssai.s ofGlosy. u syrubsl q RixAs.
r.ra- Ma say skry shoua
rE I'm a.u.s>r.d o-sl
- '.od - esy etAsr., sss fr.sdora ssrol0ae.
Andffead cg~a tet~iisssa. o,,kr~..sou 81 -ru,ss
% h-.t - ~-Itn'. ssg~. ,hy bl-sd s-siJ--.I .OS
dc 10 tas NaSoa. tAs u-ss-. -.d ssai 81
~ austered 0si,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-04-01
PARIS, NE. FRIDAY, APRIL 1. 1854.

that J vas sfrsii she vssnf going - sh-r
al. " a lOng time sgO-aorS than tAirty
wears. Tn jas, hftv so- TSen ~as no
older ,hsn voc. Seventeen. sreat you.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-04-01

Newfoundland is .ai4 to be a country
without a reptile. and N. Chattanooga
Gazette says. va'iandishAn Is reptil.
~ithoas eOuntry he ought to {" move 10
% Newfoandiand.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-04-01

PsHsR MAcHE. PApier macbe Is not.i
~sys strictly mashed pspsr-however Il
fnay - oecasiousfly -ueithSr can "a b. m
ifSrualy designated as a composition. c.pe
cially IN the productions of srer ornament
al Hrt'etes. When coasisting ofths pulp Of
paper. bciIed With glue or gum .rabie. &c.
the ebesPer Articles are made from II. bot
the better ors.roentai work 10 made by
csusing sheets 81 paper 20 sdhsre. or % be
oonsoiid.'ed togeah-r IN any repaired thick
ness. The pulp ;. rendered nearly water
proof by sHitins -ish glue preparAfi5n OF
sulphatS ~ iron; snd almost total incon-
bs-tibiii,yi. secured ~ combining nth
Tie ~s'sr-Proof Palp. rbcsPbaie of soda
and borar - .--
All present diyer-ities % p-rier u..ehe
msnufse,ur~s nav be eorup-eherd@d A.d
clss-sd ender Eve divisions. Tt. fbrou.
slabs made only nth coarse 6bre rsixe.l
wiih eartAy VI after. tsen. sf,sr ,hs addition
Of ceaasoting sire. eke whole - veil
kossded togethcr WITH the aid - stess.-
With the proper jngre,iisnt.. tbe svbsfanoe
. made hrc-Proof; -. sheets of paper pas
Tel together upon models; Sd. thick sheets
Of boards produced ~ pressing rsper pulp
betwess die-; ssh. carton pierre. prersr~
"a from psp-r Palp. o. psrcr mixed Nth
~hitius and glae. pressed INTO plaster pieee
noaiis. baked Nth paper. sna ~b~a suf-
t-iently ses. bsrd>,.ed by diving ina hot
room BIB. Martin's ceramic pspier slaehe.
consi.ting of psPer pulp. glae. re-in. sugar
- iesl 500 rdryisg 90 -,iv~s ~ e~---i-
hKed proportions and kaesaed tog~shvr
Il css bs ksPt 10 q plastic condition for
hall year ~ keeping the ar away. asA
kneadiug the mass ocsA-ioraliy Thee COM
position vas patsnts q IN Eagisnd in ls5s.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-04-01

Love ihy neigbbor bot poll not down
thee hedge.
A friend is isirsr than the roses Of Da-
a'assas. and n1ore costly iian Abe PEARL q
bmar
People become nl By driakinx healshs.
H. vho dunks tie hsalth % otlsrs drisks
s~ay his o-u.
Circums;asces alter csse.s - sfraigbf-
go stict apT-esrs crooked ~ -ster
TIE l,ssst Eaziish jgts Wherefore iss
ben caetiiug ov-r h-r ner-iaid szg. Ike
msri-aa? Bec,usr shs j. sa-hsn chsnssr.
u NAY serte e comfort % us IN AZ or
eaismiiies ssi Affections. THAI ~ thsi iose.
ssytbing sud gess wisdom BY q sa gainet
- sheioss.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-04-01

Let = mah ba's . gcnius for spsndinr.
and -bstier his income ~ a dollar q uin-
ute. a s equally certain 20 prove made
qssie- Ihs nan ~hO Cbsiug single) does
rot save noney On his six dollras a vesk.
~il not he Apt % A. SIXTY and h. -ho
does not lay uP something abe Gr.t ysar of
indepondcnt sxeTtion. Win be rreuy apt
q Ecar poor U'an's hair INTO his crave.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-04-01

\ No-tbe-u Engf,h rector used to think
t polite not q begin service before tie a.
rivai % he squire. A little uhie aro he
forso, kis nanners. aad beg.n. When the
~ick~d man -" Stop. Sir called out
,hs clerk. Z" be Aia't eouae yet
A HsgTo absut diving. was ioid b. hi.
u,inistrr ibat hc must forgise . s-rtsia lar-
Sea a. aia.l ~..... l.c seemed % sutcriAiu
very bitter feelings. d" les. yes BE- re-
piled. 81 7 die' { iorgive dat nigga. bot 10
I 81. wen. Jat ni gga must take car.
Miss Bst.sy l.. Caaedy. teacher 81 con-
trsbauds a. Ncwbsra. writes home that she
has q negro Psph. nas. s.asfy-sx pens
90 ege. lia came to learn his alphabci.
that before testing desiL le uighi enIoy tAe
pleasure 81 rra.l,ng lis Bi5is. sd tlpercby
appropriafs .is slbliue corsoias.on the ieu
rs,uainiag days oi hi. sarihiy Piigr'uage.
ID. mother ofa lfic isliov Who 49, a.
kiava ri.Io in ths Hartford suz-, ears ask
"a his,s ssbo scrambicd is. Why. arsnt
go roiss - tiss your mothsr before you
roy~ Ths ht,ie rogue vas IN such harry
t..at he oouidnt stop. and hastily csliod ou' 4.
' Condaeior. wont YOU kiss neither for
msy'
An oli deacon. 80 bccaue rieh IN q
grocery. used to boast of low much ho lsl
done for tie cause of ter rsrancc ~ mir
ingt-o gallons of pare ~a'sr ~iiA every
gauon % HI1or be so'd
The smiles of home arc exceeding ploss-
ant. Dot tacrv are many people who have
good homes No prefer % s'siliSg- vi,h q
? read outsiae
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1864-08-20

once a year, and collect them from the fields
and hedgcrows on the Sunday previous. II
any reader wishes for receipt for THEN
cookery, there is one to be found, says Mr..
Jetircys, in old Martin Listers book "iiiS-
foria -1Himolinm;f and it may be useful to
add that, in the opinionion of connoisseurs,
Heiir UdtjcOdes is ''thr most tender and del
icate, the best tasted, aud the most di@csti-
bic. But the species which is to be seen in
the restaurant windows in France is the lie
liz Rotomaiid.
DRIED SNAIlS COMING TO LIFE.
But the poor snail has been the victim,
from time to time, of other besides cul-
mary experiments. He has-fortunately or
unfortunately for himself-cXtra ordinary
powers Of vitality. ''Some of them says
Mr.. .jctircyS. ''havc been known to live many
years shut up in boxes and drawers, and
even affixed to tablets as specimens DIR.
Johnston, in his "lutroducton. which
Professor Kingsley has not inaptly charac-
tcrizcd as a ''collcction Of tue fairy tales"
speaks of some which had formed part of Il
collection belonging to Mr.. Simon of
Dublin, which revived when placed in water,
after having been dried Of certainly fifteen
years-prohahly much longer; but another
account, which he quotes from Silliman' $
Ameriem .joU"ol sounds like fairy tale
indeed. The men employed in cutting the
Erie Canal ''ncar Rome village, sixteen
miles west of Utica. found several hundred
live molusks iortytwo feet deep, in dilu
vial deposit How many thousand years
they had been there it is not easy to say
They might be alive now, but that 1.-The
workmcn took the animals, fried and ate
them" The same tcnacity of life is shown
under circumstances even more abnormal.
Miller relates "that some snails, from
which he had cut off their heads. lived more
than Il year in this state without food. craw-
ling about, and at the usual time forming
their winter epiphiragms.' In the case of
.NiHier' unfortunate pets, the power of re-
producing the mutiatcd parts. which this
class Of animals has been proved to possess.
does not appear to have been exercised. =
But that they have been known to reproduce
feet. tentacIcs. eyes, and even the whole
head, after amputation, seems an established
fact, thanks to the unscrupulous experiments
Of science.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1864-08-20
Attention, Farmers
REYNOLDS,
PATENT SAFETY BRAKE

For Endless Chain Horse Powers,
COMPUTING that every owner of an
~ ENDLESS CHAIN HORSE POWER
should have, being u certain preventive of
accidents to horses, relieving the mind Of
the thresher from anxiety, or apprehension
on account of the Shipping on Faiiing attic
Betf, which frequently occurs, in tire shing
gleanings, or damp grain, whereby the motion
of the machine is suddenly checked 1t is
very simple in its construction, WEIGHS
BUT ONE POUND. can be placed on either
side Of the Power, changed in three INMATES,
and when threshng is done, can be removed
from the Potcer in Sccon1.
Unlike other Patent Brakes, it does not
detract from the power Of the thresher.
1t is u combination Of Safety, Neatness.
Simplicity, Compactness. Durability, Elf
cheney and Perfection, and needs but to be
seen to be appreciated.
PRINCIPAL DEpOTs:
DAVID M. REYNOLDS x CO.,
Rising Sun, Cecil county, Md.
MiCHENER Y YOUNG,
206 Market street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Sold by all the principal dealer and manu-
facturers Of Agricultural implements in the
country.
Guaranteed to give satisfaction, or the
money refunded.
PRICE FIVE DOLLARS.
JOHN D. MICHENER, Agent
West Nottingham, Cecil county, Md.
Aug 6, 1864 -3m.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1864-08-20
5c!elt })or!rn.
without the Children.

O the weary solemn silence
OF house without the children,
o the strange oppressive Stiffness
Where the children come no more
Nh the longing of the slceplcss
For the soft arms of the children,
All the longing for the faces,
Faces gone for cvcrmorc
pecping through th' open door.
Strange it is 20 wake At midnight,
And not hear the children breathing,
Nothing but the old clock ticking,
Ticking, ticking hy the door.
Strange to see the little dresses
Hanging up there all the morning;
And the gaitcr>-ah their patter,
We will hear it neyclmorc
On our mirth-torsaken floor.
What is home without the children?
lis the earth without its vcrdurc,
And the sky without its sunshine:
Life is withcrcd to the core
SO wei leave this drcary desert,
And we'll follow the Good shepherd
Where the lambs have gone before
With the Shepherd cvemorc
o The weary, solemn silence
OF house without the children,
O the strange oppressive stiffness
Where thc'chldren come no more!
All! the longing Of the slecplcss,
For the soft arms of the children
All the longing for the faces
Pccpin@ through the open door
Faces zone for cvcrmOrc
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1864-08-20

A HAPPY DEvIcE.-The editor of the
Cleveland Herald formed one of the party
of four travelling over the PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad. At Altoona. the party endeav.
ored to enter the ladies' car, but were
politely informed that they could not be
admitted unless in company with ladies'. -
The writer says :-' We yielded to the
ruling as a correct one. Just then a gen
tleman hearinga bandbox mounted the
platform, and the key was turned in the
lock without question Through the win,
dow we saw the result of the innocent fraud,
as the lucky passenger handed over the
bandboX to lady. with laughing thanks at
the complete success Of his happy expc.
dent. Upon that point, one Of the number
spoke through the window, and out was
handed the bandbox. Its second appear.
ance at the door worked q like result. and
the same experiment with the box three
times. successfully gained entrance, unques,
toned. The fourth man, and the one who
bad at first been repuIsed, now, with faint
hope of success, bore the magic box to the
car door, but the Cerberus of the car remem
bcred faces, and a moment hesitated, but as
the bandbox was raised to his vision. step.
ped aside, and with, beg your pardon. sir,
did not see your handbook, opened the
door, and the triumph was complete. The
handbook power won at least four friends to
that abused article, who, hereafter, will not
be found among its scoiicrs.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1864-08-20

A FASHIONABLE PARIOR.-How many
people do we call upon from year to year
and know no more of their feelings. habits.
tastes. family ideas and ways, than ifthey liv-
ed in kamtschatka! And why? Because the
room which they call front parlor is made
expressly so that you never shall know
They sit in a back room-w0rk, talk, and
read. After the servant has let you in and
opened a crack in the shutter, and while
you sit waiting for them to change their
dress and come in, you speculate as to what
tkey may be doing. From some distant
region the laugh of a child, the song of a
canary bird reaches you, and then q door
claps hastily to. DO they love plants? Do
DO they ever romp and frolic? What books
do they read? DO they sketch or paint :?
or all these possibilities mute and mullied
room says nothing. a sofa and six chairs
two ottomanS fresh from the upholsterer g,
Brussels carpet, a centre table on which are
four gift books of beauty, mantle. clock
from Paris and two bronze vases-al these
tell you only i'll trigid tones, this is the
best roam''-only that and nothing more
and soon she trips in in her best clothes,
and apologies for keeping you waiting asks
how your mother is, and you remark that it
is pleasant day-and thus the acquaintance
progresses from year to year. One hour in
the little back room where the plants and
children and canary-birds are. might have
made you fast friends for life; but as it is.
you care no more for them than for the gift
clock on the mantle.