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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-10-19

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Nh. Jso ii. BLOOD, Agent of Lalemsnds Kheumsts ,n,
Gont and Neuralgia, Specific: Il have prescribed the
above mentioned Specific and must that have
found any remedy that carries SO much certainty Of
quick and salulsry that has In all the
L have used it. De- q. W. PHILLIPS.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-08-14

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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-08-14

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Butler . ne~ Work, 81 Dogs boarded tansd, n. Medi
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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-08-14
MATRiMONJAI..

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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-08-14

Y,poposAI,s roR ruEL roR THE COUNTY or NEW
York vii be recev ed ~ the Commsec on ruei OF The
Hoard Of superv sra for ten dsxs Bi1nsrs WIZ STATE the
;hrscte csa such pas IN this ciu ~ the
tt~e NAV direct delivered during the month NJ An
and Bepmber the price ton for 80 cords
~ ne wood sawed and split.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-08-14

| LpOR sALE-A VILLA, 81 ROOMS, AND A COTTAGE,
II "a on's, carriage house. two OF Improved
land variety or fruit good spring 20 es from
civ OF New York, the hndson; better location
female seminary will be sold low forms Address
Broker. DO Herald
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-07-29
Cut and Uncut Potatoes.

Editors In your paper of May 14th,
YOU published the result of an experiment l
tried with cut and uncut potatoes. In that
experiment the whole potatoes did the best,
and the large potatoes much better thar the
small ones. ID. Stiles, in an article publish
ed May 2Sth says, 81 that may be the case on
some land. particularly where it is poor
do not wish to enter into any discussion on
the value of large and small potatoes for
seed. wish simply to give the result of
another experiment with large and small po-
tatoes on ricn VI land and compare with the
first experiment. Oae acre planted with
large potatoes, 35 bushels to the acre, yield.
ed 597 bushels Oue acre planted with small
potatoes, 9 bushels to the acre, yielded 361
bushels. The result is, 235 bushels in favol
of the large potatoes. In the first expert
nent the difference between the largest an:
smallest was l4i bushels per acre, with S,
bushels of seed TO the acre, and between tn
middling SIZED potatoes and small ones s!
bushels per acre. The figures show wher,
the large potatoes did the best.
! Holden, Ne. F. B. 4. LOWELL.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-07-29
Comfort Bags.

"Carleton in one of his le tiers 10 The
Journal discourses as follows of comfor,
bags:
1t is amusing and interesting to see the
soldiers overhaul the contents of the bags.
They examine each article and pronounce
upon its utility. The things most priced are
needles, black thread, stocking yarn, small
pocket handkerchief, and small towels
Pieces of muslin henmed are as good as
any thing else for hsndkerchiefs. Envel-
opes, with postage stamps on them, little pa
pers of tea, lark spur seed, and fine comb,
are great comforts. In one of the bags Civ
en- out to-day was the following letter from
the donor, which is so simple and direct in
its language that am sure it will be read
with interest:
Dear Soldier-I am little girl nine years
old. My name is Laura Ella, and l live
among the Green Mountains. have made
this comfort bag for you, and put some
things in that will be good for you If you
are sick. But hope you will not get sick,
nor get shot or taken prisoner. hope you
will kill all the rebels very soon. will put
in an envelope all ready for you to send to
me, to let me know who gets this bag, and
if the things are what soldiers need.
Yours very truly, LAURA ELLA
A model letter. How much more direct
children are than adults. They say what
they mean in plain, brief, terss Anglo Saxon
words of one syllable. All but thirteen of
the words in the above letter are of one syl-
liable only. hope that the soldier who gets
the letter will not forget the plucky little
Green Mountain girl who goes to the bot
tom of this struggle, by wanting all the reb-
els disposed of very soon. And also hope
that the young ladies and little girls who
have so kindly remembered the soldiers in
the past will not forget them now, but that
they will send out at once several thousand
bags, filled with the little things, which,
though of triaing value, are highly prized by
the soldiers. The Christian Commission will
distribute them. Besides, there is the e!e-
ment Of patriotism not to be forgotten. 1t
keeps the fire burning. Fair ones at home
who keep in remembrance the brave ones In
the field NAV rest assured that tl-s in turn
will not be forgotten in the hour OF trial.
How can soldier, possessed Of spark Of
manliness, be coward or remiss in duty af-
ter reading a patriotic, soul-stirring letter
from young LADY, Every time he opens
his comfort bag to sew on missing button,
or take a stiie en- IN his coat. he ~ill he re-
minded of friends at home who will expect
him TO do his duty.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-07-29
An Apple Wager.

Two men at San Francisco have an apple
wager pending upon the capture of Rich
mond. The wager was made ten months
ago on these conditions If the Union forces
did not capture Richmond within thirty days
from that date, one was to give the other a
sound eatable apple. If Richmond held out
si1ty days be was to give him Two apples,
and SO on, doubling the number for each
month until Richmond was taken-to the
end of time if that event did not occur be-
fore. The last payment was 5l2 apples and
$40 gold was spoilt in obtaining them, ap-
Piles being 20 cents pound and fifty pound
box being required. Should Richmond be
taken the present month, he would get back
all the apples he has lost, ,nd one more
which, as the price will then be at the very
highest notch, would make him more than
even: bu, should il hold out year longer,
and he continue to pay his losses, his last
navment would cost hna Si0,96D, and he
would be ssI, 900 out; in three months
more he would be out s6S6,3i and, should
the war last from this date as much longer
q. it has already lasted since its commence
meut, no nation on earth could begin to
meet the terms of the wager, even allowing
it to be reduced to a cash basis, and the pay
ment to be made in greenbscks.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-07-29
A Mob Dispersed by a Joke.

When an officer of the government of the
revolution, the first Napoleon had been order
ed out to disp.rse a body of rioters. Hav-
ing drawn up his soldiers and some guns
across the street, he waited their advance
They at length appeared, sweeping down on
him and his party like a roaring torrent.
The artillerymsn, with their port-fres, stood
ready at his signal to pour showers of grape
into the body of the mob. Unwilling to
shed blood. he stepped out from his men TO
reason with the suffering and misguided
people. and soon found himself uis-a-riS with
their head virago of a woman, whose ap-
pearance presented a remarkable contrast to
his own. She was Of great size, and enor-
mously fat; while he. always very little,
was at that time so thin, as well as small,
that he was known by the sobriquet of La
Petit Coporal.' He demonstrated with this
lady ; but she replied with volleys of abuse
telling him that while she and other hon
est, hard-working people were starving, such
idle fellows as he and his soldiers were fat
tening on the best of the land. With that
eagle eyes and remarkable promptiiude which
afterwards turned the fate of many battle
field, Napoleon saw at once the weak point
of his adversary's position. He paused till
she was out of breath. Then taking of his
hat, he bowed to the mob; and placing his
own thin figure beside that of his fat oppon-
ent, he asked them to say, whether the good
lady or he looked most Ike starving? As
happens in more respectable assemblies
than mobs, and elsewhere than in witty
France, good humored joke won the day {;
and the people, for the time at least, quietly
dispersed.-Good Words.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-07-29
Decisive Battles.

There has been much said about theindeci-
sireness of all the numerous battles of this
war. But, in fact, there have been many de-
cisive battles. We may look at the decisive
ness of field actions in three aspects: First,
battles which are decisive simply of the field
of which We have favorable example at
Murfreesboro, and an adverse example in
Fredericksburg. Secondly, battles which are
decisive of the war in large states, or over
great surfaces Of country-of which Fort
Donelson, which ended the war in kentu cky
Pea Ridge, which ended it in Missouri
and Vicksburg, which ended it on the Missis-
sippi, are examples. Thirdly, battles which
are absolutely decisive of the whole fortunes
Of the war and of the fate of the parties or
countries involved-of which latter class, in
its largest aspect, We have perhaps not yet
had an example.
Professor Greasy, of England, wrote a
book entitled the Fifteen Decisive Battles
of the Word" and by decisive battles he
meant such battles as affected the whole
course of history, as regards the great COM
battants, and which, had they issued opposite
ly to what they did, would have resulted in
condition of affairs permanently different
| from that which we now see or have seen.
Fixing Upon such battles by tracing up to
/ them through the subsequent and Intricate
course of historical events, as Greasy does,
We say We really cannot yet settle definitely
or not whether such battle has been fought.
We can'.ot yet see events through the long
perspective as our posterlty hundred years
hence will be enabled to do; nor can We
take in the full scope and bearing of actions
that have already transpired or are now
transp!ring.
But may We not suggest that Gettysburg
was, perhaps, decisive battle, even in the
largest sense9 Had the issue of that great
day been defeat instead of victory to our
arms, the national capital would have fallen
Baltimore and Philadelphia would have fall
en-and beyond this, what shall We conjec
ture, either as regards event or consequence:
1t msy appear. when the history OF thi:
whole war can be fully surveyed, that thai
battle not only saved the north, but reall!
broke the south-that it was the critica
event of the war, and turning point in all it
fortunes. And this by no means belittle
the mighty work We have now in hand, o
: the mighty work We have yet to do.-Arm!
and Nary Journal.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-07-29
Monroe Edwards.

We passed an hour in Sing Sing prison
VIC o'nef day, and while regarding with IL
''aole sympathy the wretched inmates,
u'u not help thinking how little of the
actual suffering of imprisonment is snnsrsn,
10 the visitor. The ceaseless toll the eo.r..
'sfe' the solemn silence, the averted look tho
yeiioW-white pallor of the convict: HI, mar.
row cell, with its scanty furniture, his hard
couch, these are indeed visible TO the naked
eye Yet do but think of the demon
thought, which must eat up his heart during
the long and inconceivably dismal hours
which he passes in stiffness and alone -
Think of the tortures he must endure from
Inc ravages of that unpleasant friend but
most mortal enemy, Imagination Oh the
oei'ghtthe depth, the length and the bredth Of
sensltlves captive's sorrow. As we came
away from the gloomy scene, We passed on
q hill, within the domain of the guard, the
prison potters-feld, where lie, undis,inguish-
ed by hesd-stOne or any other mark, the
bones of those who had little else to Law
there when their life of suffering was ended.
There sleeps Monroe Edwards, ;he forger.
whose fate We had marked in successive
years. We first saw him when on his trial;
a handsome, well-dressed, k-whiskered,
seeming seif-possessed person, with the thin
varnlsh OF gentleman and an effrontery that
nothing could daunt. Again We saw him
while holding court with the courtezans
at the door of his cell at the " Tombs," and
the day before he left for Sing Sing, clad in
his gorgeous morning gown, with luxurious
"hiskers, and the manners of pseudo prince
receiving the honors of sham subjects. The
next time We saw him he was clad in the
coarsest felon stripe, his head was sheared to
the skull, his proud whiskers were no more;
dark frown was on his brow, his cheeks
we're pale, and his lips were compressed with
an expression of renorse, rage and despair
Never shall We forget that look, He had
little while before been endeavoring to es-
cape, and had been punished with fifty lashes
with a cat-o-nine-tails-four hundred and
Fifty stripes on his naked back. Once again
we saw him, after the lapse of many months.
lime and suffering had done their work upon
him. His once erect frame was bowed; his
head was quite bald on top, and his scanty
bordering hair had become gray. And thus
he gradually declined to his melancholy
" west of life," until he reached his last hour;
dying in agony of terror, gnawing his ema-
ciated fingers, to convince himself that he
vas still alive; that the appalling change
from life to death had not Yet taken place
And now he sleeps in felonis grave, with no
record Of his name or tate. Is not the way
of the transgressor hard ?-Clark's hnick
ksacks.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-07-29
I" She is dead" was his first thought, as he

"She is dead" was his first thought, as be
encountered ths deadly chill of the room and
saw the pulseless, rigid figure lying there
But there we're signs ef life yet. though
faint and he had soon administered stim-
ulant, and called 10 his aid the poor but kind
woman who occupied the house, from whom
the prize Of Mary and her children had con-
cealed the extremity of their want.
1t was not long before there was food and
fire iu that desolate room. As soon as Mary
could swall,S it, hot broth awaited her and
the 'od doctor had ere this redeemed from
the pswnbroker bed and blankets, so that
she could be lifted from her couch of rags
and laid in comparative comfort where the
grateful warmth Of the fire could reach her
rigid limbs. And SO she came back to life
again, and saw her room that had been so
desolute except for those pallid faces of chill
dren that had oeen mute reproach to her
last waking minutes, peopled with friends,
and kindly faces and kindly voices were be-
fore her eyes and lingering ON her ears.
1t was but necessary that her deslitution
should be known to be relieved, and | wish
the tragedy lay before you ended here
But, alas help came too late. Fire and food
and soft lodging were no longer sufficient 20
arrest the waning light of life. No medica-
ments added oil to the lamp. 1t flashed up,
then died awry, and the darkness of the
grave succeeded. In few days four little
orphans wept about the dead mothers grave
The latter evils of this tragedy have just
been enacted in one Of tie many swarming
tenant houses that line our city streets. The
curtain has fallen on the death scene, and the
weeping orphans. Tney will not suffer for
bread again, and know not what panacea
we can offer for their breaking hearts, nor
that of the soldier fighting his country's bat
ties on the banks of the Potomac.
But can We not, while We are lending so
largely Of Ger efforts in aid of the soldier,
spare some pittance of money, or kindly
word. or kindiier care, for those he had left
b-hind him-the sacredest charge to his
cour;rymen and countrywomen, and the true
heroiues Of the war.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-07-29
1t Depends on Circumstances.

How often de We hear il said that q man
is the creature or victim Of circumstances
but is it really so If at any time govern
ment tries to exceed its powers and overta1
US, We make great outery about resisting
tyranny, and all tina, sort of thing; and if
grocer sells US raisin stalks and blackthorn
leaves for tea, We are apt to get out of tenn
per with him, and declare that We won't be
victimized. And yet We submit to oppres-
sion, to curtailments of liberty, to depriva-
tiou of our rights in a thousand ways wi tn
oct murmuring, because 1t depends on cir
cumStdnceS.
You will say, perhaps, that you were badly
brought up. The excuse might be received
if you were still child; but you have arriv-
ed at years of discretion, and can think for
Yourself, so the excuse will avail you no
longer. Do you try to alter? You were
not obliged to stay and gossip when y
were out on an errand-you we're not oblig-
ed to stop and drink because Jim Stokes did
you were not obliged to play at dominoes,
billiards, or skittles, instead OF being behind
your counter or in your. workshop-you we're
not obliged to borrow five ponnds to 60 bet,
ting at the races-you were not obliged to
dress your family beyond your means be,
cause your wife said it would not DO to be
outdone by her neighbor--in short, you were
not obliged to get into difficulties.
So, my friends, old and young, gentle OF
simple, he honest! Lay the blame in the
right quarter. When you find yours elves in
a predicament, confess that you failed in
judgment or gave way to temptation. Say
1T depended on me to do better, and
would not. 1t depended on me-a being
able to choose between right and wrong-tt
choose whether would 60 straight or crook
ed, and went crooked" Avow with tn,
emigrant, that if you had only worked hal
as hard on the other side of the line, yol
would not be where you are. Be honest.
There is, however, one matter in which
may be said it depends on circumstances
and this is the training of children. Infant
and young children are very imperfect rea
soners, and it depends on what they see an
hear whether they grow up a joy or sol
row. Children brought up in We. ordere
home, where 10 ciamor and confusion or,
vail, are more likely to turn out well-cor
Quoted members Of society, than those raj
ed in dirt aud disorder. Those who Al
taught to take healIhful exercise and recre
ton, to value books. to respect the Sabbat
will be more reasonable and tractable in q
ter life than those who have been neglecte
Those treated with kindness will, as a rul
;, manifest kindness. Those trained to fe
= that right is right, will incline to continr
therein. Habit is often stronger than prl
= ciple. And thus it depends on circumsfa"e
;, whether children shall grow up to be Writ
. GUS and self-reliant or whether, as men ar
. women, they shall waste their lives in the
y tai delusion that they can do nothing whs
ever towards their amendment.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-07-29
\ Horse Against a Bear.

The fol'.wing story was recently told me
by the gentleman who met with the adven'
ture He had pony which was very much
attached to him, and very gentle with him,
but which would not allow any one else to
mount him. He was given to flying at and
biting strangers, quality which turned to
the advantage of his owner. One morning
my friend was on the march through the jun
gle, his coolies and servants following with
his baggage, guns, &C., and he walking with
his pony's bride over his arm. 1t would ap-
pear that bear was just then regaling him
self in the pathway, by an ant-hill which
concealed his interesting figure from the
travellers view until close upon him. Sud-
denly the gentleman felt himself thrown
down, with the bear on his back paving and
scratching him. knowing that there were
four loaded guns in the hands of his atten
dants, he called out to them to fire, and a
| the same time struck backward at the beal
with a stick which lay within his reach. NJ
one fired, however, and be did not know
what to do, when suddenly he heard scrim
mage; next moment the weight was remov
cd from his shoulders, and on looking up b.
saw the bear in full flight and the pony ate
him with his ears set back. He got up ant
shock himself, and saw his guns lying Of
the ground his attendants had all disap
peared. He was about to retrace his foot
steps, then he heard several voices sayin
j. Here We are, and on looking up, he sa,
his people perched high in the trees. The
told him that the pony had flown at the bea
with such fury, that he had taken to hi
> heels in the manner described. Moral
Iaege is some good in biting and kickin
ponj.-Au the Year Round.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-07-29

HORSES AND Mules IN THE ARMY.-One
hundred and seventy-four thousand horses
have been purchased by government during
the last year. Nearly sixty thousand OF
these have been killed rendered useless or
sold. Eighty-six thousand mules have been
purchased, and over seventeen thousand Of
these have been captured, condemned, sold
or killed.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-07-29

a shoemaker was taken up for bigamy.
: Which wife" asked by-stander, "will he
be obliged to take? ?" "He is cobbler," re-
piled another, and of course must stick to
h. last"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-07-29
1 RON ARNU A NJ,

LICENSED ATCTIO\EER,
rr second Congressional District \ share Of the pub
lie patronage is solicited.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-07-29

1t is better to succeed without precedent
than to fail by example.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-07-26


A RELIC OF THE FrGur.-When the Con-
federate thieves robbed the stage between
Virginia City and Placerville, ex.police
officer McDougan, Of this city, was inside the
vehicle. When the robbers came to the VIM
dow of the coach with drawn weapons, Nc
Doueall concealed his revolver under the seat,
and when the robber at the head Of the team
let 90 his hold Of the horses bits, and the
horses started off at full speed, he drew it
from its place Of coneealment, and as the car
rage went past, reached out Of the window
and fred full at his breast. BE was sur
prised, however, at learning that he had not
got his man, and in subsequent conf ersation
with parties connected with the Alta, insisted
that there was some mistake, as he must
have sailed him full in the breast. On the
capture Of the other members Of the gang, ut
San Jose, a revolver was found, with the
ramrod broken in two or doubled up BY a
bullet, and on the young robber, CLASSIFY,
being Intercepted concerning it, he stated
that Poole, who was the man at the horses
heads. held this pistol in his hand on level
with his breast, and that the ball from Nc
Dougall's revolver knocked it out Of his hand
and broke /. as it Is now seen. tits not often
that pistol Is made to act as a life preser-
yer, but Poole evidently owes what little Of
life stands between him and the hangman's
halter--not much to speak Of after ALTO the
weapon which turned aside the deadly missile
aimed at him with an unerring hand IN this
instance.--Akd, 23d.