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1Mke ny Hand, PMp0.

In the dead Of the night | am fire.
quently awakened by a little hand steal
ing OUT from the crib by my side, with
the pleading cry, Please take my
hand, papaw
Instantly, the little boys hand is
grasped, his fears vanish, and, soothed
by the consciousness OF his fathers pres
ence, he falls into a sleep again.
We commend this lesson of simple,
tilial faith and trust to the anxious, sor
rowing ones that are found in almost
every household. Stretch forth youl
hand. stricken mOurner, although you
may be in the deepest darkness and
gloom, and fear and anxious suspense
may cloud your pathway, and that very
act will reveal the presence of loving
compassionate Father, and give you the
peace that passeth all understanding.
The darkness may not pass away at
once; night may entold you in its cold
embrace, but its terrors will be dissi-
pated, its gloom and sadness fee away,
and, in the simple grasp of the Fathers
hand, sweet peace will lie given, and
you will rest securely, knowing that the
morning cometh.- III.
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That UW I'uy Best.

This, is a natural question for Il farm
er TO ask, but an answer is not always
readily given. A man with two or three
years experience on a farm can deter
mine pretty nearly what crop is best
suited 10 each section oft, So far asqu"n-
iity or yield is coDcerned; but it is not
so easy lo decide what product will pay
best in any particular year. Sometimes
the potato crop is short, and the price ct
that product reaches Very high figure.
The next season each farmer doubles his
quantity OF potato ground, and the re-
suit is a redundant market and low pri-
ces. Then follows diminished produc-
ton again, and so on year in and year
out. This is one of The annoyances of
trade, and pertains to all callings to a
certain extent. That farmer will prob
ably succeed who pursues a generally
uniform system-diversifying his crops
regularly, so that he may have some-
thing to sell of each class of products,
whatever the ruling price ofthem in the
market may be.
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No Il.
u uay DIR. Payson went to visit a
"s VINO was diseonsOlate from the
"sn enid. He said to her as follows:
uppose now, some one was making
bu Ia "dul crown for you to wear, and
[ra anew 1t was for you, and that you
|. ho ~ receive it and wear it as soon as
It u au oe done. Now, if the maker
|ake " ,h to come, and, in order to
S4nd;.un ne crown more beautiful and
|r,Is ~, We're to take some of y0t0'
|wful" ~. pat into it, should you be sor-
Men , ana unhappy, because they were
hew tahmay Tor Il little while, when you
(ooWn:" "ie gone 10 MAKE uP youl
bnrpiy. mother said that no one could
|huenaso VI me relief, the soothing, quiet
b NINA which this comparison had on
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-08-09
One Of John Ph0emia's Doages.

A California paper tells the following
of Lieu. Derby, John PheniX," the
humOrist
zone evening at the theatre; Phoenix
observed a man sitting three in front,
whom he thpuoht he knew; he reques-
ted the person sitting next to him to
punch the other individual with his
cane. The polite stranger did so, and
the disturbed person turning his head g.
little, he discovered his mistake-that
he was not the person he took him for.
Fixing his attention steadastly on the
play, and affecting Inconsistencies Of
the whole affair, he left the man with
the cane 10 settle with the other for tfe
disturbance, who, being wholly without
an excuse, there was Of course luGicrcus
and embarrassing scene, during all Of
which Phoenix was profoundly Interest,"
ed in the play.
At last the man with the cane asked.
rather Indignantly: "Didn't you tell
me to punch that man withmy stick?"---
eyes"
'And what did you want?"
II wanted to see whether you would
punch him or not.'
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TIE Empty Ce0die.

here is whole volume of poetry in
following little sketch, which we
/ in the last number of Miss Barbels
tekly:
Ne met John on the stairs. He was
Ewing an old cradle to he stored away
ong What he termed plumber, in the
nicer room. One rocker was gone,
the wicker work OF the sides broken.
Nas an old willowy affair, but we
PIT not refrain from casting Il look
2 Its empty depths.
Gomez we said dreamily, call
pr:a What golden heads once pill
yet here-heads ON which the curls
w moist in slumber, and the cheeks
Ups flushed the hue of rose leaves.
'eh sleep broke, the silken- fringed
opened heavily from the slunbrous
smiles fitted like sunbeams over
l@e; the white fist was thrust into
mouth, When mamma lifted the
sun and peeped in to see if the baby
awake. The little feet Legan to
!, out OF pure delight, and kicked on
u 10th Of the tiny red shoes were
ato at the foot of the cradle. Where
.llo'e heads now? Some that were
Drowned by vigorous manhood are
eping on battle-fields; soneare bleach
WIN time and cares; and the feet
grown VI. sore and weary on the rough
h> of life.
,erl,aPs some little one, once tenderIy
a @.u mere, is sleeping in the coffin.
|, grow the heartsease, and vigor-
,r "A' and white candy tuft, and the
Nv Jesalnine. The blue bird fiutters
|n, Il,isht wings through the willow
NEE, ana the cool summer wind Whis-
tb w. 'lle green leaves and grass blades
i" me grave. What OF? Perhaps OF
s"n,",iiiof'allty. Sleep on, little dream
.a vnn' -, Oh such is the Kingdom OF
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A FAMOUS BATTLE FIELD.-A

A FAMOUS BATTLE FIELD.-A cOrret-
spondent of the Daily Nears says: Per-
haps on all the surface of this slaughter,
saturated globe there is not to be found
a spot which has been SO c0piously ma
nured with human blood as the little bit
of territory to the south of the Lago iii
Garda, between the rivers Minci0 and
the Edige. The same names turn up
again and again, as often as Europe
is convulsed by war-the names Of OBJ.
scure little villages, rich. thriving, silk
growing fameless villages as long as
peace endures--start once again into a
feverish and ill-omened notoriety, as
soon as the blast of Bellona's trumpet
has been heard. Let us pray for the
days when nobody will any more know
where Volta, Rivorbella, Villeggio,
Goito, MonzimbanO or Oavrianna are.
1t has been bad for Europe whenever
they have been heard of North nf the
Alps. or sonth of the Po..
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u hat is LOyaHy?

rho following eloquent extract is from
,neeeh OF Hon. Edgar Cowan, in the
states Senate, July 9th, 1866, on
,,i.called Recor struction propo-
which have since passed Con-
nuasc YOU pass this amendment to
j Prostitution, and suppose the South
states. either for the purpose of
.+a% themselves into line with YOU
w. the purpose of increasing their
~ ;.al poWer under it, should admit
raorn to the franchise, will your
! hi ire" and your homes and govern
IT, he the more secure for that .
l"+ !. the,difliculty under which YOU
10 to.dav? Is it that YOU have not
1noiigh? Is it that the food upop
KAN the aemagogue fattens has grown
n.n and he has grown thin? Or is il
rayprse? Is it not because dema-
fl.;.m is rife everywhere and is not
FIaaroeism rife just in proportion as
|, inrnish it the material upon which
work? Degrade your franchise, put
Govn into the hands of men who
lee no intelligence, no virtue, and
kat is worst of all, no independence
|, il into the hands of men who have
l,hing to hope from it except in so far
|hev can use it for corrupt purposes.
i s6aJl we be safer then. / ask :: Do
h suppose that the people Of the States
(which there are negroes will send YOU
tre intelligent, more learned. more
ktnous, and more independent Senators
4 representatives here if YOU make
/. change than they would Without
|Mr. Wilson.-They will send more
taI men.
|lIre Cowan.-" Loyal 90 What is
Mas." | ask Massachusetts what is
|ovas.n What is the meaning of the
brdo A fellow that votes with YOU!
lat is like the chap defining "ortho-
&" orthodox is the way l believe
terodoX is the way the other man
Ieves.' Loyal means az abolition.
| suppose. At least | find that
krbody who does not happen to be an
bIitunist, or tarred with that stick, is
ID to be disloyal. Loyalty, Mr.. Presi-
k, is Il simple word. Loyalty means
tdienee to the laws. 1t means legality.
ko1is means law as well as ier means
When Il man alleges his loyalty to
+ let me see his reverence for the
bstitution and the laws. Show me a
IN who disregards either; show me
IN who does not believe i'm the Consti-
ZION which brought this country to
|ha pitch of prosperity for seventy
( Years and made us so happy
bpIe; show me man that lays sacri-
|ious hands upon that instrument, es-
Fally when | know that half the
be he does not understand it, and
II he never read commentary upon
n his life; show me that man, and |
y show you one who is not loyal.
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w Rk IN THE GARDEN.
A IT GU ST
TURNIPS.

A IT G. ST
TURNIPs.
Up to the lO:h Of this month YOU may
sow tnrnips.
CELERY.
Have the bed you have allotted for
celery prepared, and the plants set out.
ASPARAGUS BEDS.
Have these cleaned Off and give ttyp
bed dressing OF a mixture of equal
parts of salt and ashes.
RADIsHEs.
Sow radish seed at intervals of a week
apart, during the month.
SMALL SALLADING.
Everything of this description NAV
he sown at intervals throughout thp
month.
In some shady part of your garden
prepare bed, and drill in a few rows Of
peas.
Kidney beans OF every kind, NAV bp
planted throughout this month; those
for pickles should be planted about the
middle of it.
LETTUCE.
Sow lettuce seed for late use. Set out
your plants for heading.
SPINACH.
Drill in a few rows for Fall use, in thu
beginning Of the month. Towards the
last of the month drill in more for next
Springs use.
Cut and dry these in the shade.
CLIMBING BEANS.
Carefully hoe, and water these, if the
season be dry.
CARRIAGES
Keep these as clean as penny. II
the weather be dry have them freely
Watered every evening about sunset.
Cabhages delight much in moisture, and
will not prosper we'll without water,
WEEDS.
Have your garden as free from weeds
as thorough paced politician is from
conscience, and your crops cannot fail to
grow luXuriantly. Never suffer weed
to go to seed within your garden limits.
BUDDING.
Cherries and pluns may be budded
this month, whilever the bark parts
freely from the stocks.
INOCULATING.
Apples, eaches, Apricots and Nee
tarines may be inocu!ated throughout
the month pears in the early part oft.
POTATOES.
Give your potatoes a good hoeing-
that done, dust them freely with mix
ture comprised Of two parts ashes, onn
part salt, and one part plaster.
WATERING.
Now, if you wish your vegetables to
thrive and grow luxurantly, they must
never suffer for water; therefore, in all
times OF drought, make your gardener
use his watering pot freely, on every
bed in the garden; for without water to
prepare the food, no plant can feed, and
as Il consequence, cannot prosper.
SOAP SUBS.
Have all the soap suds given TO your
cabbages, unless your liegelord should
want them for his compost heaps.-.
Rural Gentleman.
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SENECA, the ancient moralist, speak
ing OF the Roman Empire, said: What
would our empir have been to-day had
not the conquered been permitted to
mingle with the conquerors, as the re-
suit of a saIutary policy: ROnlulus,
our founder, showed wisdom in pursu-
ing this policy TO such an extent that he
n,adc citizens o! his enemies The same
day lss conquered Turn.
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IN EucUat f,1,teMt IN the Desert.

By night the desert is more romantic
than by day, but at the same time more
dangerous. AS the power of sight is
now limited, the circle OF safety is con-
tracted to the most immediate neigh
borhood, and both during the march
and i'll encampment every one tries to
keep as close as possible to his fellows.
By day the cara an consisted OF but one
long chain; by night this is broken up
into six or eight smaller ones, which
marching close together, form a compact
square. of which the ouimost lines are
occupied by the stoutest and bode t..
BY moonlight the shadow of the cameIs
as they stalk about produces IL curious
impressive effect. During the dark star
less night everything is full OF horror,
and to go one step distant from the side
of the caravan is equivalent to leaving
the home circle to plunge into a desc
late solitude. In the halt by day each
him best. At night, on the contrary, "a
compact camp is iolmod under the di-
rection OF the Kurouun Bushi. The bales
of goods are heaptd up in the middle;
around them lie the men; While with
out wall of defense, the camels are
laid, tightly packed together in a circle.
| say laid, Tor those wonderful animals
squat down at the word of command,
remain the whole night motionless in
their place, and like children do not get
up in the morning till they are tod TO
40 so. They are placed with their heads
pointing outward and their tails inward,
ior they perceive the pltst nee OF an enc
my affair off, and give the alarm by a
dull rattle in the throat, SO that even in
their hours of repose they do duty as
sentinels. Those who sleep within the
ruyon find themselves in immediate CON
tact with these beasts. and, as is we'll
known they have not the pleasantest
smell. 1t often happens that the saline
fodder and water which these animals
feed upon produce palrable consequent
ces for such as sleep III their immediate
neighborhood. myself often woke up
with such frescoes. But no one takes
be angry with these animals who, though
ugly in appearance, are SO patient, so
temperate, so good-tempered, and so use
tul?-A.nipia,s Vunbe77y.
GENUINE ELOQUENCE.-There are no
people in the world with whom elo-
uuence is so universal as the Irish.
When Leigh Richie was travelling in
Ireland, he passed "a man who was a
painful spectacle of palor, squalor and
raggednees.-H is3heart snote him, and
he turned fiack. ''lf you are i'll want, ,"
said Richie, ''why don't you beg?"
"Surely, it's begging / am, yer honor.
"You didn't say word" "Of course
not, yer honor, but see how the skin is
spaking through the trousers! and the
bones cryin' out through the skin! Look
at me sunken checks. and the famine
that's starin' in my eyes! Man alive,
isn't it begging am with Thousand
tongues.
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Congressional Modesty and Gene

Under the provisions of the nicola
neous appropriation bill, passed on the
last night OF the session Of Congress
with the poor pittance Of twenty per
cent. increase of salary proposed to TIC
given to the hard working male and
female employees in the Departments
stricken out, the amount OF extra pay
due to each member Of Congress to the
day Of adjournment Of the late session
was twenty-e eight hundren dollars
From the fact that Sergent-at-arns Ord
way has already collected seventeen
thousand dollars of internal revenue tax
upon this increase of salary, 1t would
seem that these modest and generous
congressman have been very prompt IN
collecting their extra pay.
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The Taxpayers Of the nation will have
many reasons to remember the present
Radical Congress. They have added 10
the national burdens the following items:
Freedmen's Bureau, 81 900 900; Nation,
al Bank interest, So, OOO,OOo Increased
Revenue, $4,000, 9'o; Educa1i%n burt ;sn
$, 600, GOO; Mississippi and pa aazoo K |o1,
road subsidy, $50, 900, 600. This is what
thew thew have done Will. the peoples moQ-
a s' In the meantime, they have pre-.
vsntad restoration Of the States, and
Tins injured the business Of the nation
and reduced its receipts. This record OF
The Radical Congress should interest he
neonle of all sections OF the country.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-02-15

A ROMANCE OF REAL LIFB.-The fol-
lowing story is told concerning party
now residing near Rochester, New
York -
The narrative which / am about to
narrate is peculiarly interesting. Al
though it may seem fictitious it is new
ertheless true, as | can vOuCh, being &C
quainted with the parties concerned and
the facts of the case.
About the spring Of the year 1850, a
Mr.. Garnett, living near Auburn, N. Y,
was arrested for forgery. He was tried,
found guilty, and sentenced to three
years in the State Prison at Auburn.
He denied his guilt to the end, and be-
ing q man of very sensitive feelings,
and having wife and family, it bore
quite heavily upon him. He served his
time and was released q mere wreck of
his former self, despised by his once low
ing wife, who refused to live with him,
and Stunned him as o guilty culprit.
Sad and broken hearted, he disposed Of
his property and went to Central Penn
sylVania when he married beautiful
| and excellent young lady.
They lived happily and prospered.
Several years after his departure, the
first wife became fully convinced that he
| was innocent and had been wronged
This conviction proved true by the death
| bed confession of man who acknoWl-
| edged the commission of the crime of
which Mr.. Garnett had been convicted
The sorrowing woman repented her for
mer act,and with a friend went in pur--
suit Of her discarded husband, whom she
seemed to expect to find somewhere in
Pennsylvania.
After a search Of several weeks, they
at length arrived in the neighborhOOd
of the object of their search. Just at
| dark they drove up to door Of snug
and pleasant little cottage, when Mrs.
Garrett entered the house, and there be-
held her once beloved husband appar-
emily happy in the society of his second
wife. She rushed up to him, and throw
ing her arms about his neck, wept Bit
terly. Soon the scene became affecting,
the two wives clinging to him, each
claiming him as her husband.
After calming their feelings, and can
didly considering the case, the second
wife decided to give up the husband, be-
lieving that the first had the lawful
claim. After few days Mr.. Garnett
and his first wife removed to the vicin-
ity of Rochester, N. Y, where they now
reside. The second wife makes them an
annual visit, and Mr.. Garnett keeps her
supplied with the ueCessaries of life,
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and interesting OF all our public docu'
ments, and should be read and preserved
by every family In the country.

0AusB or The CRoLBBA. $500 a dlstln-
guished lady OF title has lately made
Communication to the French Academy
OF Science, In which she declares that
she has discovered the cause OF cholera
In microscopic insect which she calls
the winged leech, and which, she says,
is developed especially in marshy and
ilthy localities. The details she gives
in relation to this animalcul@ and Its
connection with cholera are so minute
that the Academy, which commenced by
laugh ng at the first paragraphs Of the
report, finished by deciding TO iuvesti-
gate the matter,
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Miscellaneous Items.

Information from Georgia is to the
effect that Stephens and Johnson have
both accepted the Scholarships to which
they were elected.
BY keeping steadily drunk Ia Mis-
souri, for one year, a divorce may be Sc
cured without fail. Some one wiCkedly
suggests that this Is q premium offered
to drunkenness.
The challenge of John Woods, of
Boston, to fight any man in America for
$1,000 side, has been accepted by VIII
liam E. Davis, the California pugilist,
for whom it was specially intended.
The fashionable b0nnets are thus de
scribed by a miserable bachelor Of an
eccentric turn of mind: "a brown vel
vet dice box, with a little dead wood
cock perched over the forehead of the
wearer trying to peck out her right
eye"
The marine lesses in January show
an aggregate OF eighty-nine vessels, OF
which eight were steamers and forty one
schOoners. Six were burned and TWEEN
ty-four abandoned. The total value of
property thus lost was S5,67l 500.
Rev. Dr.. Cuyler, addressing the tenn
persnce meeting held In Cooper Insti-
tute, New York. the other evening, stated
that there were 5000 run shops in that
city, only three hundred OF which pay
government licenses. Their aggregate
yearly receipts are twenty eight millions
of dollars, mere than Is expended for
churches, schools. and all the charities
put together.
Many If not most Of the presidents
and professors OF our leading colleges
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the Vermont regiments in actual battle,
and some that, like the 9th New YORK
Vols, not only equalled them, In night
Ing qualities, but greatly surpassed them
In drill, discipline and appearance on
parade. Az y brigade, however they
were undoubtedly the best brigade In
the Army of the Potomac, for they not
only fought as well as IL was possible 10
nght, but they would outmarch with the
utmost ease any other organization In
the army.
1t was the Intention OF the writer only
TO refer TO this brigade as furnishing the
best type of the American soldier, but
this article has grown beyond its inten-
ded limit, end we have therefore not the
space 10 examine into the causes OF this
superiority. Two however may be
briefly stated. First, that the regiments
from Vermont were brigaded together,
This rule, strange to say, seemed to work
we'll only in regard to the smaller states,
like Vermont and New Jersey. Second,
the fact that Vermont during the first
year recruited for her regiments
and kept them full. Regimental
and company officers, knowing that their
ranks would be filled up discharged men
freely, and thus managed to get rid OF
their weak and worthless soldiers. For
these reasons the Vermonters Were good
men. They Were fortunate, moreover
in having such commanders AZ Gen. W.
f. Smith, and Gen. W. T. II. Brooks, II
naturally resulted from this combina'
ton OF circumstances that they became
great power in battle, and earned q
reputation of which every man and wo
man in Vermont may well be proud.'
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-02-15

IRxICo.-We have at last something
positive concerning the long rumored
withdrawal Of the French troops from
Mexico. 1t is the explicit avowal OF the
Emperor Napoleon, in his speech to the
legislative corps on the 22d ult., that ar
engagements are being made to that end.
The emperor hopes that "this course will
pacify the people Of the United States,
who were originally invited to join the
allied expedition against Mexico, but de-
elined, although the expedition was not
opposed to their interest" (Which isn't
the American view Of the question, gen
orally.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-02-15

MILITARY NECESlTA LAfAhuEb.H-
oar CotempOries having spoken of a
disagreement between the Troy & BOs-
ton Railroad Company, in regard to the
transportation of powder freight from
Burlington, it is proper to mention some
facts precedent to the opening Of the
question. When the war broke out, the
Government made large contracts with
powder manufacturers in the interior,
who found difficulty in making arrange
ments with railway companies for trans
porJatiOn. The risk was too great to be
taken by any company. Yet from the
most patriotic motives, the Troy a. Bos-
ton road brought down the powder in
front OF the gravel train, and it was
shipped to New York, the road charging
$40 a car for transportation. The pow
der company appears to have been dis
satisfied with the means afforded for the
shipment OF the powder. At any tate,
Quartermaster Button came on here
with an order to take military posses
sion OF the road. Upon investigating
the matter, he declined to act, and re-
ported the coalition Of affairs to the
Cuartcrmlster General, who revoked the
order, and made an arrangement, (the
tariff OF price having advanCed,) by
which the company received about $50
per car sOr transportation. Qurter-
master Buttons orders Only Contem-
plated the payment OF about 81 per car
Under this arrangement, the powder
was transported Hu to the close Of the
war
a few weeks since, the Government