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, 1864-12-05

No Commemorative are requested by the lady
,o.naeers Of the 6o1diers' Home to say that they
Rave no connection with any scheme for raising
money for the Home md Rest by LECTURES or e1hi-
1,tions, Parties have no authority to advertise
that ..half the procceds' Will be given to the
, 1864-12-05

NOTICE.-An persons having
1N claims against the County OF Cook arc requested
s3pfssenf the eame on or before the
18th Of December Coming.
LAURIE P. HuLARD,,
nosthfrN County Clerk.
, 1864-12-05

rr.cr D1s9RtBu 71ox.-A meeting WIS held last
cvcn,nr In tho First Presbyterian Church, to con-
slider the feasibility off more general tract distzi
button among the poor Of ths city: inte5eshng
Tmnnhfrr D. D.-pnd Rcv. Charles E. Che
,,cr. M TI,e attendonce was not large.
, 1864-12-05

:Dnsxz1Ex F1EED OK.-A dceerter who VIE cn-
.1eayorInc to cscspe nom the Provost Guard@Has
shot At on Saturday night while running mp IN
alley oppes!te the TRIBUNE offlct. The shot was
hnrmlcss, but the descrter submitted to capture.
, 1864-12-05

-PERsoRAL--Ma}oE General Heron aud staH
:Major W. II. Clark, Capt J. D. brewster, CAPITA.
II. Bradshaw. q. S. j., and Hon. C. B. lawrence,
are NOW stopping at the fremont.
, 1864-12-05

Nor RoBpEE.-Alonzo StcEney, arrested on
Thursday evening on the corner Of Clark and Ran
aolph etyrcts, requests us to deny the assertion
tiai he had any Intention OF r0hbing thc man with
,sI1nn he wus found lighting. He says he was
little under the influence Of llQuoE, but Ia no:
thief
, 1864-12-05

WINTER EVENING LEG
w TuREs.The Second Lecture OF the Course
for the benent Of the North napist Church, will be
deltvred Ia METROPOI1rA A4LL,
On Monday Evening, Dec. sta.
=. By PROF-WM. MATHEWS,
OF The University OF Chicago Subject SUCCESS
AND FAlLUEE.H .r.S
sinxls Tickets . eents-for safe At WIN: i. keens
Book Store l4a Lake street Root T. Caty's d CarE
street; Stone 4 Gayiords, under Revere House.
drs-a46 lit ithp
CT. GEOR ELS BALL
, 1864-12-05

GEHENEE-Noticingn m article In your PAPER
Of last Thursday. claiming that pianos mades sby
!sEAbe tos tho h.st premium at tbs State Fairs Of
Illinois. Wisconsin and Indiana, aud feoltng worry
false statement desire to inform yon that /
took the first premium at the Wisconsin State Fair
with one Of briggs New Patent Pianos, the sec
ond premium. or diploma, being giyen to still an
other nuke from Boston.
Referring you, further proofs desired, to the
pin ted report Of the fair, Lam. yours, respect
f1l!y. J. l. DAnL1EG,
Agent for briggs Patent Pianos for Wisconsin.
, 1864-12-05
GNante1==agents.

WANTED-Agents-And all
wv seeking profitable employment TO know that
they can secure good paying business tor the winter
By taking an agency for our standard subscription
works. also maps photographs and upwards Of sixty
steel fngtaVncs OF prominent pegsons and generals
Active nKents are realizing {H0 per month. Address
Z. B. TREAT III South CLARK street, Chicago
, 1864-12-05

Kn1ED.-A man named Turns McAtnhon wns
killed an Saturday hy the breaking OF ay wheel
belonging to wood saving mschine. working at
nectlon with the wood Saving, aud at the time of
tie accilent WIS standing on Einzie street. In
fropt Of Michnel Lanbfn's saloon. The fragment
drcd feet through the air. passing over the North
western Depot and striking him upon the back OF
the head produced instant DEATH The deceased
resided On lie corner Of Indiana md market
street. and leaves wife and tEo-child1cn.
, 1864-12-05

KnlEn.-An unknown man was killed on satar
dry morning on the Michigan Central Railroad,
about two miles On the Chicago aide u Calumet,
this In known In regard 10 the matter.
, 1864-12-05

women we're pretticr and more fascinating than
cver. As the hours for closing drew near they he
taroaFRS e ed or 9
men surrendered themselves and purses uneondt-
tionslly. and purchased articl.s In a commercially
has been successful, ani viii add mott materially
to lhc funds Of the noble institution in whose be-
half It was held. II it docs not prove so, the pub
properly appreciated the efforts Of the brilliant
galaxy Of fAir ones who hare 1abored 60 indciatg-
1Ily In the cause.
TIE FIRE A1.AEN TELEGHAru.-Mr. Shepherd,
the Superintendent Of the Fire Alarm Telegraph.
reaebed this city on Saturday, with magnetic In
suument, to be used under the new system Of tel
egraphic iirc alarns This is one Of the boxes to
M pfaccd in certatu localities ip the CITY, md con
will be communicated to tho central station. The
box received is to be placed IN District IS corner
OF Canal md Polk streets. 4 few revolutions OF
graphically. the numbcE Of the District. This is
done nnerIingly. beyond the possibility OF mis-
take. II will be eecu that each box is complete
telegrnphic etaricn. One hundred and eight Of
these boxed to be distributed In various parts
Of the city. whose location has already been indl
cated In these columns. The keys of these boxes
will be entrusted TO each policeman aud to trust
worthy persons resident nearcst the place where
Ne oezte orc stationed, so that In case Of fire tho
aaIr. can be instsntancously transmitted to the
cenEss s station The introduction Of this system
o! n8ee In Chlcago.
1HE ohktSo C1R1s OF OUR C1rr-The Young
Meme Christian Association OF Chicago has com
menced movement for the care of TINT r.n,lv In,
crcas'ng and much NJ elected, class among US
condition. Committee on Boaratn. Hnnses Mras Nas
bcen appointed, whore duty il is to Ind morsl aud
Christian families who M1al boardcrs,
is irneproachahle. The oGiect is double one@to
enable poor but worthy persons y obtain respcc.
nni by mruy. and to take he girls out from nloas.
lie i1anences Thieh t H. to- osn
1rrcisl; infnrma1ion will send! !t to them, at The
>snasns sof The I. II. C. H., In Methodist Church
hey hsge also PfRtsd Pheso dass s5fqae sa
sscrs r. N the following questions: "What Ii the
nrnabcr ] = of s,rls employed b. you a1d lying At
homer" .Thc number ssho board a2tg ~ y '!i 81
employed r :. Names and residences Of any who
need 4ss,stsnee."
, 1864-12-05

uOsE OF 2iAST."--Our correspondent under
.,,fs signature Ii Informed TIN. such movement
as he mentions has been spoken Of By some OF our
leading cltixcne hut We decline to speak Of ii in
nur columns iii the occasion ar1ivcs. II our cor
rcsnouilrnt wiehcs to aid in the movement, he
NAV obtan The information required atthis Office.
, 1864-08-05

8. The gloomy prospect of the future arises
not only from the mad policy and their power
by military force in its direct application in the
loyal States, and its direct application in the Sc
ceded States, for should they fail thus to carry
a majority in the electoral colleges in case of a
division between Lincoln and Fremont, to make
sure of the result in the House of Representa-
tives, where the military elected Representative
of Delaware will not only misrepresent the peo-
pie of his own State but vote down the thirty
two Representatives of New York with her
teeming millions Thus, also a few false Rep
resentatves of seeded States, the creatures of
military power, and single Representatives of
those party creations and executive appendages
called new States, carved out of the western
wilderness, may come in and vote down the
great States of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana
and Illinoig
Can any of common understanding shut
his eyes to the danger of carrying elections, and
especially that of President by such means p
Will the millions consent to be governed by the
thousands through force and fraud
The answer to these questions ought to be a
warning to those in power to retrace their steps,
to confne the war to its legitimate object, the
suppression of the armed rebellion, and leave
the people of the redeemed as well as the loyal
States to the free enjoyment of their constitu-
tional privileges.
, 1864-08-05
NUMBER 81.
Time Reckoning.

In the year l57 B. c., the cepsydra, or water
clock, was introduced at Rome. The nature of
its mechanism is enveloped in a historical guam
Diary. A meagre description, however, of the
one presented by the King Of Persia to Charlie
magne, is to be found in the q Annales Franco
corum" The author says: Likewise a time-
piece wonderfully constructed Of BRASS with
mechanical art, in which the course of the twelve
hours was turned toward the clepsydra, with
as many brass balls, which fall down at
the completion of the hour, and by the fall,
sound a bell under them"
About the eleventh century monk-the Abb
bot of Hrsham-with no other design than the
beguilement of his tedium, constructed time
teller somewhat similar to our clocks, it materi-
ally differing from the sun-dial and the water
clock. The ingenious machine not only measur-
ed the time, but at certain intervals produced
peculiar sound, for the pupose of admOnishihg
the Sacristans to mathis and vespers Little
did the ecclesatsic suppose that his exertons
to relieve the lassitude of the hours had given
to the world an ninvention, than which none could
be more useful and important. Clocks moved
by weights began to be used in the European
monasteries about the same century.
In 1892, the Sultan sent to the Emperor Fred
erick the ii, most curious clock, ''of wonder
full construction" /" and valued at five thousand
ducats. at appears" writes an old author, ''to
resemble internally the celestial globe, in which
figures of the sun, moon and planets, formed
with great SKILL being impelled by the weights
and wheels, so that performing their course in
certain fixed intervals, they pointed out the hour
night and day, with infallible certainty" About
the close of the fifteenth century watches were
introduced.
, 1864-08-05
The Bridge of Planks.

Spanning the streamlet's grassy banks,
A bOve the shallow brook,
Stands the old fashioned bridge OF planks,
Ina cool and shady nook.
An alder and an aged thorn
Over the waters meet,
And the wooden path is thin and worn
With the tread of many feet.
From the hamlet on the hill
That ancient fOOtway leads
Over the narrow brawling rill,
Into the woods and meads.
The sturdy peasant, hale and strong,
Crosses with heavy tread,
While the lark thrills out its morning song
High o'er his dewY bed.
The sunburnt children, girls and boys,
In wild and merry rout,
In the full prime OF childhoods joys,
Pass over with shout.
For well the hardy urchns know
Beyond are meads and dells,
And woods where pale primroses grow
And cowslips scented bells.
The cowboy passes night and morn
With his full shining pail
The cleaner rests her load Of corn
Upon its narrow rail
Inc TaI RlucS ny WIN ebehlthJ 0OuHN
Unto his ready lair;
RemOrseful truants homeward bound,
Hold rueful counsel there.
The gray-haired patriarch loves the place
lie sees it from his cot,
And tOtters down with feeble pace
To linger near the spot.
The woodman at the close Of day,
Turns to his dear abode,
And trudges DER the we'll known way
Beneath his heavy load.
And there, on summer ewes ween,
True lovers breathe their vows,
What time the pale moons trembling sheen
Falls on the hawthore boughs.
Through Summers heat and Winters cold,
Spanning the pebby banks,
II stands the friend of young and old,
The trusty bridge OF plaDks.
, 1864-08-05

CRoPs-LAprEs AT WoRK.-From information
received by persons from different portions of
the State, we think there will generally be a
good wheat crop. A gentleman from Doniphan
county informs us that fall wheat looks much
better than it did a few weeks ago. There is a
great scarcity of flabor. In many sections of the
State can daily be seen women at the plow.-
Many ladies who never thought of working out
of doors are busy putting in crops. Those in
GOOD circumstances, even feel it their duty to
work while their husbands and brothers are in
the.army No pluckier women live than those
of Kansas. They deserve a rich return next
harvest. 1t is to be hoped that by that time
the war will be over, and their husbands,
brothers and sweethearts will return from the
wars to enjoy the fruits of their sacrifices and
labors. .--LeaOenworth Bulletin.
, 1864-08-05

WERE it not for the resistance of the air,
ball fred from canon would perpetually cir
culate round the earth 1t is with such state
ments as this we are continually startled. What
a horrid thing it would be if the ball thus fred
should 90 round the world and come back and
''hoist the engineer with his own petard" be-
hind "Do you see that hill said wonder
monger to friend at Lake George, pointing to
hill about fifteen hundred feet high. eyes"
was the reply "Well,' continued he, "if 1t
wasn't for that the whole of this water would
run down the Hudson River ~ The other was
inundated.
, 1864-08-05

UYwIsE MEN.-The following are few of the
characters coming under this head:
The jealous man who poisons his own ban
quet, and then eats it.
The miser who starves himself that his heir
may feast.
The mean man who bites off his own nose to
despite his neighbor
The angry man who sets his own house on
fire, that he may burn up another.
The slanderer, who tells tales, and gives his
enemy a chance to prove him liar.
The self conceited man, who attaches more
consequence to dignity than to common sense.
The proud man, who falls in the estimation
of sensible observers, in proportion as he rises
in his own.
The envous man, who cannot enjoy life and
prosperity because others do.
The dishonest man, who cheats his own soul
more vitality than he does his fellow men.
The robber, who for consideration of dol
lars and cents, gives the world liberty to hang
him.
, 1864-08-05

JOE JoHNsToN's S SPEoIAL1TY.-To those famil-
lar with the history of the previous campaigns
of the present commander of the Army of Ten
nessee, his apparent retrograde from the Chat
tanooga Mountains to Resaca, and thence be-
yond the river, viii be well understood. All OF
his victories in the war have been won by the re-
treat-drawing the enemy from their position
and falling upon them as sudden as panic
Gen. Scott's advice to Federal commander
was: "Beware of Lee advancing, and watch
Johnston on the retreat. You may whip John
ston at stand; but the devil himself would b(
defeated in the attempt to whip him retreating
-Charlestoa Mercury.
, 1864-08-05

A WOMAN WITH HoRNs.-The New York OBJ
server, of the 18th ult., contains letter from
its correspondent at Larnarca, in the Island of
Cyprus, Turkish dominions,) describing most
remarkable hsus naturGe, recently discovered
there 1t is nothing less than woman with
horns growing out of her head She had one
large horn on the side of her head of the size
and consistency of an ordinary rams horn, be-
sides three or four cornicles on other parts Of
the head The writer states that he has seen
her, and that she has been visited by nearly all
the consuls and Europeans in that place, some
of whom are making effort to secure her for
exhibition.
, 1864-08-05

THERE is something eminently Luman and
life-like in the following dialogue betwixt man
and his wife: "0ly dear, are you comfortable
in that corner?' "Quite, thank you, dear. =
nSure there's plenty of room for your feet?'
ouite sure. love" "And no cold air from the
window by your ear?" "Quite certain, darling,
Then, nv dear, III change places With you."
, 1864-08-05

To ASCERTAIN the length of the day and night
at any time Of the year, double the time OF the
suns rising, which gives the length of the
night, and double the time of its setting, which
gives the length of the day. This is simple
method, which VIC guess, few people are
aware of. --.N
, 1864-08-05

ED1roR1AL 1NGRATITUDE.-A certain editor
having recently undertaken to comment in
his paper, upon the remissness of a policeman in
the discharge of his official duty, the indignant
star, upon seeing the paragraph, thus gave vent
to his feelings "The ungrateful man If l
had been vigilant, he would have been in the
lock-up for drunkenness, instead Of being allow
ed to write his complaint against me at home.
, 1864-08-05

In Watsonville dispute commenced between
two men about twenty dollars worth OF rags.
They went to law, and thus far the rags nave
cost the parties the sum of 81 900, and the case
is still undecided.
, 1864-08-05


THE CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN.-He is above
mean thing He cannot stoop to mean fraud.
He invades no secrets in keeping of another
He betrays no secrets conided to his own keep
ing. He takes selfish advantage of no mans
mistakes He uses no ignoble weapons in con-
troversy. He never stabs in the dark He is
ashamed of inuendoes. He is not one thing to
mans face and another at his back. If by
accident he comes into possession of his neigh
boris counsels he passes upon them instant OBJ
livion. He bears sealed packages without tam
pering in the wax. Papers not meant for his
eve. whether they futter in at the window, or
lie open before him in unguarded exposure, are
sacred to him. He profanes no privacy of 9TH
ers, however the sentry sleeps Bolts and bars,
locks and keys, hedges and pickets, bonds and
securities, notices to trespassers are none of
them for him He may be trusted himself out of
sight--nearestt the thinnest partition-anywhere
He buys no office, he sells none, he intrigues for
none He would rather fail of his rights than
win them through dishonor. He will eat hon
est bread. He tramples on no sensitive feeling.
He insults no man. If he have rebuke for an
other he is straightforward, open and manly
He cannot descend to scurrility Billingsgate
| DOM lie in his track. From all profane and
wanton words his lips are chastened. Of women
and to her he speaks with decency and respect.
! In short, whatever he judges honorable he prac-
tices towards every man.
, 1864-08-05

A late religious paper stigmatizes the authors
of yollow-covered novels as literary scorpions
who stinys virtue TO death with their tales.
, 1864-08-05
TAR. I'M. A. NJ. NJ D., PHYSICIAN AND

TAR. JIM, A. NJ. NJ. D., PHYSICIAN AND
} Surgeon Graduate OF the Imperial Meulcal lnc
s1iIute Of China and formerly resident Snrgeon OF
the Imperial Hospital for men, women and chlldren
in the CITY of Canton. China The public may rest
assured that cases of disease and sickness commseu
70 his professional care whether in town or at dlS
fonee in the country, shall receive his unremttlhg
attention with every advantage that his skill ana ex
perence can afford lie returns his thanks 10 tne
citizens of the CITY and the county Of Wala Walla LOT
their flrmer verv liberal patronage. Office on Nam
street. opposite Captain Jacks Empire Res aur"nt.
Office hours from A. NJ TO u NJ. and from r. NJ. 10
6P ,1 c;ro
me a,call and try my medicines then you can speak
foT vnnrselyes Junel7, 1868. 27mS
, 1864-08-05

DENTISTRY.
%R. FIR. KOEHLER, MECHANICAL AND

u
- SURGICAL DEN IlSf
0fiee one door below Wells. Fargo & Cos Express
Office Wala Wala,
Respectfully states the citizens of Wal9 Walla ana
vicinity that he has permanently l"cated here and Is
prepaed tn do work and perform all operations pc
skillfnl manner. ..
ARTIFICIAL TEETH, Gcld Silver or VuIcanlie
plate: Plain or continuous gum-trom one 10 luii
sets. ,,...o1
Difficult Dental operations particularly solicited.
Special attentln paid to the treatment OF Cnii-
dren's teeth. Consultation free.
Office hours at all times day and night. ,o,
July 8, 1864 ooJ
, 1864-08-05

II a person buys two apples and eats both,
how many will yet remain2 OF cores there Wlli
be two left
, 1864-08-05

SUEING HIS MoTHER.-One of those extraordin-
airy cases that now and then shock the moral
sense of mankind, has just transpired in Scot
land A farmer prosecutes his mother, ninety
one years old, for the cost of her board with
him for nineteen years past. 1t seems that his
aged, and widowed mother, had been living with
him. aided by taking care of his children, eight
or nine in number knitting stockings, &c. The
court decided that he was under natural and
legal obligation to maintain his aged parent,
and it is not averred that there was any agree
ment or understanding that she was to be made
liable for such support. The case was therefore
dismissed. Such instances of total depravity
are happily rare in the world
, 1864-08-05

BIG WoRDs AND SMALL IDEAs.-Big words are
great favorites with people of small ideas and
weak conceptions. They are often employed by
men of mind, where they wish to use language
that may best conceal their thoughts With
few exceptions, however, illiterate, and half ed
ucated persons more big words than people
of thorough education. 1t is very common
but egregrous mistake to suppose that long
words are more genteel than short ones, just as
the same sort of people imagine high colors and
fashy figures improve the style of dress. They
are the kind of folks who don't begin, but al
ways commence They don't live, but re
side They don't go to bed, but mysteriously
retire They don't eat and drink, but par
take of refreshments They are never sick, but
Extremely indisposed.' And instead of dying,
at last they decease.'
The strength of language is in the short
words-chiefy monosylables of Saxon deriva-
tion-and people who are in earnest seldom use
any other Love, hate, anger, grief, joy, ex-
press themselves in short words and direct SEN
tences, while cunning, falsehood and affectation
delight in what Horace calls Uerba sesquipedaLia
words a "foot and half long. g."-Home Jour
nal. .r...H I'D. f.i..
, 1864-08-05
KELL0G & TcAULIFF' S
s FER RY.

At THE MOUTH OF TUCANON, three miles
~ from the old Ferry on the Colvile Road This
Ferry possesses superior advantages to the travelling
pnbic situated as is Snake at the most sceessa-
hle point for travel to
CoIville, Antoine Plante's. Bitter Root, and
the Kootenai Country,
and in fact is on the most direct route TO all that
portion of country lying to the north and northeast
of Snake river.
The road leading from Walla Wal'a to the Ferry is
far superior to the old Cove road and the country
is better supplied with grass and water, The public
will find it TO their advantage to travel this road
KELLOGG Il MoAULIFF.
pa Our rates of ferriage will not exceed those
charged by the Pelonse Ferry At
March 10, 1858. 14t
, 1864-08-05

How SOLDIERS DEMONSTRATIONS ARE MADE
The National InteAigencer has letter from a
soldier in relation to the demonstration of SOL
diers got up for political effect, in which the
writer speaks of a Republican demonstration,
got up by the officers, in regiment to which
the writer belonged in 1862-63 thus;
There was an election on dress parade in this
military style The Captain commanding the
regiment read a series of resolutions in a low
tone of voice, and said all those in favor of
these resolutions will "order arms, and the
words 'forder arms" was said in louder tonej
and most of the regiment understood it to be an
order to "order arms" and the resolutions were
not understood by scarcely man in the regi-
ment and it was not until saw them in paper
which received from home, that understood
what the resolutions were They were to the
effect that the regiment was in favor of the Re
publican candidate for Governor; and after read
ing them selected a comrade of mine whom
knew to be a Republican, and we wrote two
tickets for each man in the company, on one of
them was written Republican, and on the other
Democratic, and asked the men to cast the one
they would if at home and voting for Governor;
and there were seven Republicans and nineteen
Democrats and it was as strong Republican
company as there was in the whole regiment.
, 1864-08-05

CtRUSHED. New Orleans, San Francisco, Cossi
I j pore and China Sugars. at r-,o-,,1r,s
- P'' KOHLHAUFF & GUICHARD'S'