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Year: 1862

A "FUssY" DARKEY IN TENNESSEE
I cannot refrain from giving you a speci


men of negro wit which I witnessed short


time since. / was travelling through the
Western District of Tennessee, and had oc-
casion to stop at hotel in certain village
where I found the most important person
age connected with the establishment was
big, fat faced, jolly dog sort ofa creature
called Henry. Now, this fatfaced fel.
low Henry was no common sort of fellow
especially 10 his own estimation for ne
was always CON hand" when jokes and
quizzes were passing among the boarders,
who, it appears, frequently had attempted
to quiz or stump him, but generally came
off second best. One Of the boarders, how
ever, had praoticed sort Of quiz on him
few days before, by asking him if he
had heard of Mr. Plants arrival in town.
"What Phant," naturally enough asks fat
Henry. Of course it was Elephant. This
was sumner to Henry, as he had never
had specimen of that kind of wit before,
SO he hung his head as low as his short
neck would admit and toddled off. The
next morning, when all the boarders had
met in certain room, wherein the bell rope
hung suspended, and to ring which for ev


cry meal was Heury's pleasing duty, in he
rushed with an excited look. Said he
Year: 1862

To Aford Hid to the Families Of Soldiers.


l. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives, now met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority Of
the same, That not less than five nor more
than ten freeholders, in each tax district in
the State, shall be appointed, as hereinafter
provided, who shall be called the "Soldiers'
Board of Relief" who shall continue in
Office during the existing war, and for four
months thereafter; and they are hereby au.
thorized to fill up all vacancies in their re-
spective Boards, arising from any cause, by
appointment of said Boards; and they shall
meet upon the call of the Chairman, as
we'll as by their own resolution; a majority
of each Board shall constitute quorum.


II. That the said Boards shall have pow.
er and authority to levy tax on the tax
payers of their respective districts, annual
ly, and but once in each year, on the prop
erty taxed by the State, to be paid during
that year, and none other, to raise sum OF
money sufficient to afford aid and relief to
the wives and children of such persons, in
their respective tax districts, who have
now, or may hereafter, volunteer in the
military service of this State, or the Con.
federate States of America, and while In
such service as may desire the same, and
whom the said Boards respectively may
deem to be proper objects of this aid and
relief; but the said tax shall not exceed
forty per ceutum on the general State tax
in any one year.


III. That the said Boards, respectively
shall deliver tc the Tax Collectors OF thell
respective tax districts written order tc
collect such per centage on said general tax
as they may decide on, at least one month
before the Tax returns of the State arc
made to the said Tax Collectors that the
said Boards, respectively, shall take al
proper means to ascertain whether the ap
plicants for aid and relief are proper recipi
ents thereof, according to the true inten
Year: 1862

to the station houses, and it soon became
apparent that those voting any other than
the Union ticket would be intimidated, and,
if they persisted, arrested. Prisoners could
be seen in every direction, being carried
to the station houses, which had the effect
of completely putting an end to the elec-
ton, so far as the voting was concerned
on the Democratic ticket.
Year: 1862

Rcsozued, That all officers commanding
regiments. companies or detachments, while
in actual service, are authorized, during the
continuance of the present war, to use
promptly such force as may be in their
judgment necessary to compel any person
or persons who may be liable to serve in
their commands, to take arms for the de-
fence of the State, without being obliged
to seek the aid of Courts Martial.
Year: 1862

D Bilious Disorders Liver COmpinihts'


From DT. Theodore BsEL Of NeO Fork City, '' q


Not only are your Pills admirably adapted to thor pur
pose as an aperent but find their beneficial effects upon
the Liver very marked indeed! They have IN my prao-
tIce proved more efectual for the cure of bilious
plains than any one remedy mention. sincerely
rejoice that have at length purgatiye which s wof
thy the confidence Of the profession and the people
Year: 1862

The report that Galveston has fallen
leaves wrong impression on the public
mind, especially when the geography of
this region is not understood, Galveston Is
land is n strip of land from three to ten
miles from the main land and thirty miles
ia length, and from one TO three miles wide.
Across the eas ern end of the island is the
city. extending to within mile or two of
the Point or extreme eastern end Around
this point is the channel to the harbor,
which lies north of the city. Within this
llarbor, and abreast of the city lie the Fed
eral vessels with their guns double sholtcd
pointing at the elown. This is all The pos.
session they have got of it. They have
made no permanent landing and really TO-
day have no more possession of the city
than have our forces.


Five miles west of the town is thc'rail-
road bridge connecting the island with the
main land We hold the bridge, with bat
teiics on both Sides and are in full possess
sion of the island itself. Oar forces at the
bridge are in command of Col. Cook, an
active and vigilant officer. Our scouts scour
the city whenever they please, which is ev-
cry day. They arrest ali persons who ap-
pear to be disaflectcd and send them within
our lines. The Federals know this, and
dare not prevent it.


With their present force only, the Feder-
ais have won an elephant in a rallle, and
they don't know what TO do with it. They
can + take possessions; they cant let il 90,
and 50 they sit still with their double shot
ted guns pointed ~ pcaceahle people and
waiting 10 see what will turn up Tcte
WGph.
Year: 1862

An act Of the last session of the Confed-
erie Congress makes it tie duty of the Sec
retaIy of War TO transfer any private or
non-commissoned officer who may bc in Il
regiment from State of the Confederacy
other than his own, to regiment from his
own Stale, whenever such private or nom
commissioned officer may apply for such
transfer, and whenever such transfer can
be made without injury to the public service.
Another act authorizes the Secretary OF
War to furnish transportation whenever be
grants a transfer os herein provided. Nei-
ther act can be made available for those who
have enlisted as substitutes
Year: 1862

LORD LYOEs' OPINION OF THE SOUTHERN
STATEs.-Lord Lyons, under date of December


is, thus expresses his opinion of the Southern


COnfederacy ia a dispatch to his government


This overweening notion Of their own i'm


portance may lead to very serious incouveni-


enee, if they should succeed in establishing


their independence. Our need Of their cotton


is quite great enough to render it extremely


desirable that we should be on good terms with


them, and encourage any disposition which


they may show to place their commercial re-
latiOns with US on a mutually advantageous


footing We might be willing to consider that
a quarrel with them would give US no means of
ameliOrating the condition of their slaves,
while it would bring great deal of hardship
and suffering upon vast numbers Of our own
working people.


But still ii must ever be repugnant to our
feelings to be in intimate relations with a con-
federation founded on the avowed principle of
perpetuating, if not of extending slavery
Unless the seeding States can be induced to
act with moderation upon the question of
slavery, they may rouse feeling Of indigna-
ton and horror in Great Britain which will
overpower all consideration of material inter.
est. of this many of their leading men in the
present movement do not seem to be aware
Some Of them even talk openly of reviving the
African slave trade. An attempt actually to
do this would, it may be supposed, be at once
put down by the united force of the northern
States, Great Britain, and of civilized Europe.
But, on the other hand, it might be extremely
difficult to bring any of the slaveholding States
to renounce, in principle, the right of trading
in negroes, or to induce them to enter into
any treaty engagement on the subject.


Any such engagement would be regarded by
them as an admission that they were in the
wrong on the question on which their contest
with the North has so inAamed their passions
that they have lost sight of all reason. How
could they bind themselves not to extend to
larger numbers of Africans the blessings of the
institution of American slavery, which they
hold to be ordained of God for the happiness
and Improvement Of the negro race' 1t is to
be apprehended that we shall have very con.
siderable difficulty in placing our relations,
commercial or political, on a satisfactory foot.
ing with people imbued with such sentiments,
immense as is the Importance to US Of procuring
cheap and abundant supply Of their staple
commodity.
Year: 1862




thinks the best course for green manuring
with clover is to "apply barn manure or
the sod for corn, follow with oats, seeding
heavily With clover (say 8 or 10 quarts to
the acre) sown among it. After the oats il
taken of, the clover may be pastured lightly
during the fall. Next year il should be al
lowed to grow until three or four weeks be-
fore it is time to SOW the wheat. when the
clover should be we'll turned under, and al.
lowed to remain until seeding time, when
the wheat should be put in in the usual
manner. By this plan the manure is in
good order to act on the wheat crop as soon
as it is sown. and the green clover will
strengthen the straw and increase the yield
of grain. He has found plaster to prove
Of great benefit in increasing the crop Of
clover, but we sould advise sowing it on
the oats soon after the clover seed came up.
Another dressing may be given the next
spring to good advantage. In some Sec
tions spring wheat follows corn. and it is
found better crop to seed clover with than
oats. not shading the ground as closely. and
proving equally as profitable.


DRIvrNa Mich Cows-Dairymen are
every year sstonished at the remarkable
yield claimed for some dairies. reaching five
or six hundred pounds of cheese and butter
per COW. and even higher than this, the
cows being ted on hay and grass alone. To
prove the truth of these statements We re-
TERED to the books of the merchant who
has received the produce, and it is found sl
correct. Good cows, good feed, q careful
dairyman. are the most obvious reasons that
must unite in producing this result. They
are at the command OF any one who earnest-
ly sets about it. Yet how difficult it is 10
attain these highest yields Of the daryl The
truth is. many minor cases, appearing too
trifiing for notice, lnust operate together or
fail.
We found that the owners, the man aud his
wife, no. only did their milking themselves
but they always brought and drove their
own cows. Quietness in driving, especially
when the uodeS are full is of the utmost
Importance. A broken bar, aud a swelled
teat. are often the indications the owner gets
of inconsiderate haste in driving cows. A
vide gate. or taking out the bars entirely is
safer than to let them down at one end. A
dairyman complains of the season as bad
for the dairy. but his neighbors say the
training of shepherds dogs is worse than
the season. Two boys and q dog are rs
unfit Tor driving cows as they would BE- to
drive a moving machine or locomotive
We have seen q boy and dog urge them
TO the bars, and another watch outside to
give them good scare AMI make them jump
as they came through. Yet the good dAi,
rywomsn did not know why her cheese was
smaller the next day.-Homestead
Year: 1862

While it is the duty Of every man at the
West either to enlist himself, or to do
what he can 10 get others to do so,
every cxcrtion should be made to
save the crops In some SEC
lions we learn such has been the patrio-
tic devotion to the government that fears
are entertained that it will be absolutely
impossible to procure the labor to thrash
out The wheat and properly secure it or
to take it to market. In such cases let
neighborhoods be organized as far as pos
Eible to assist the families Of those who
have felt it their duty to go into the army,
to save their crops. This is in every re-
spcct patriotic duty which no lover Of Ills
country and his kind has any right to ne
g1ect. Our armies and our people must
have bread; our surplus is needed to feed
the starving millions Of Europe, and
the country needs the money and the goods
they will gladly pay us, On every
account, therefore, let every effort be naade
to secure the crops rs fast as may be, and
in the best possible condition
Year: 1862

NVV1AAA 0kAHV VIZ y 1S& 1
However much the administration may
have underestimate the strength Of the
rebellion, it is plain that it has now taken
hold Of the matter in earnest and that the
gigantic powers Of the loyal States are to !
he energeticany employed to crush treason
and to sustain the constitution and the |
laws Of the country.
The orders to fill up the old regiments.
when executed, as they eooa will be, will
give us at low estimate six hun
dred thousand men in the field; and when
the two calls for three hundred thousand
more are filled, as they certainly will be,
within the next three OF four weeks, kr.
Lincoln will be ommander-in-chief Of one
million two hundred thousand men. With
the means and resources at the command
of the government, the new recruits can
all be ready for the field by the fifteenth
cf October-certainly by the first Of No:
vember. Suppose hundred thousand
men he left in and about Washington to
render that "valuable institution" per
fectly safe, fifty thousand be assigned to
the seaboard south Of the chesapeake, and
ffcy thousand more be scattered about
Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky to look
afler and hang guerillas, we shall then have
two armies OF half q million Of men each,
one cast and the other west Of the noun
tains, to commence their triumphant march
to the Gulf Of Mexico.


With such an army-embracing moro
intelligence, patriotism ana courage than
WIS ever before massed in any army in the
whole history Of the world, who can doubt
that this most wicked rebellion can and
will he crushed out by the first Of January!
1lr. Lincoln aud his Cabinet, as we are as
sured by gentlemen just from Washington,
are fearfully in earnest. They mean work
in the fullest sense Of the term. There IS
TO be 10 more guarding rebel cora fields
and hen roosts, while the owners are in
the rehel army, No more " contrabands' ~
are to be returned to their rebel masters.
The kid glove pol;y, all are now salts
fed, has utterly failed, aud war with all
its ter1ors is soon to oEertake the traitor
crew who have so long and SO madly de-
fed the best government on earth.


Let no one be discouraged If during the
next few weeks some rcverses should be
fall our armies The wiley enemy know:
full well that now if ever Is the time tt
strike. Whenever an opportunity offer
he will mass his forces and fight with ma
lignant desperation. The recent at
tack Of Brcckin1idge upon Bato1
Rouge, and Of Jackson upon Pope
are but foretaste Of what we have ever
reason to expect But let no friend of th
Union for one moment doubt the re
suit. With million Of men il


the field and an abundant surplus to guar,
all exposed points, and with commander
from president to corporal fully imbue
with the magnitude and the dignity Of th
duty. committed to them by their God an


their country the end Of the rebellio
~draweth nigh Deep down in its igut
minious grave let slavery be thrust out {
sight forever, and then Let the angel {
mercy and Of peace, "Proclaim libert
throughout all the land unto all the il
babi,auts thereofo
Year: 1862

ITALIAN MARBLE STArrARf.-The sale of
statuary, china, and rich glass ana silver plated
ware, now on exhibition at 81 Dearborn street,
will commence this evening at ~ o'clock
The goods on exhibition are well worthy the
time Of anyone to 60 and examine them,
Year: 1862

VAcAT1os.-The pupils Of the public schools
Of this city are now enjoying their spring
vacation The schools reopen week from
next Monday. Meantime We hope they may
have little more sunshine than the past week
has afforded us
Year: 1862

Among the curiosities exhibited in the
late Paris Exposition, and promised for
ours, was huge concave mirror, the in
strument of startling species of optical
magic:-On standing close 10 the mirror,
and looking into it, it presents nothing
but a magnifcently monstrous dissection
of your own physiognomy. On retiring a
little, say couple of feet, it gives your
own face and figure in true proportion bu
| reversed, the head downwards. Most of th,
spectators, ignorent of anything else, obser
these two effects, and pass on. But retire
still further; standing at the distance oi
FIVE or six feet from the mirror, and behold
you see YOURSELF not refection-it does
not strike you as refection-but your YER
table self, standing in the middle, part be-
tween you and the mirror. The effect is al
most appalling from the idea it suggests Of
something suberDatural; so startling, in fac;
that men of the strongest nerves will shrink
invountarily at the first view. Ifyou raise
your cane to thrust at your other self, you
will see it pass clean through the body and
appear on the other side, the figure thrust
ing at you at the same instant. The artsi
who first succeeded in finishing a mirror o.
this description brought it to one of thu
French kings-if we recollect Alright, it wa
Louis XV-placed his Majesty on the righ
spot, and bade him draw his sword anC
Lburst at the figure he saw. The king die
so; but seeing the point of sword directed
at his own breast, threw down bis weapon
and ran away. The practical joke cost the
inventor the Kings patronage and favor
his Majesty being afterwards so ashame
of his own cowardice, that he could neve
again look at the mirroror its tsowner.-Eng
hshpaper.
Year: 1862

The Memphis appeal just before the arrival
of the fleet before that city-said at the close o
an article on the Yankees;


rSuch is the feeling of this abandoned race o
people towards us, who are now seeking TO whiI
us back into an intoerable social and political
affilation with them. Better far the smoking
ruins of once prosperous cities, and country
made desolate and barren by our own hands
attest if necessary, the indoiuitable resolute.
ness of our determination 10 be free"


And then skedaddled--Bah ,--.. s....
Year: 1862

lelteIS are as lOllOWS.


-ls Anew Orleans, June II 1862.


"Dear Daughter: Having another opportuni.
ty of writing to you, have done so. / have
often before, by persons going north, but have
not heard from you. Do, my dear child, write
to your brother and myself We all want to
hear from you and see you.


81 never was so glad in my life as when the
Union men took this city The people here
were worse than slaves. They shot men and
put women in prison if they said one word for
the Union, and so | had to say nothing. Every
thing here is so dear that many came near starv-
ing. Coffee is one dollar pound and flour fifty
dollars barrel. Calico that was ten cents a
yard is fifty cents now.


81 want to leave this place for Gods curse is
on it, for the wickedness of the people MANY
said TO me that ] ought not to write to you, be-
cause you were in the north, and the northern
people were all thieves aud liars; and if spoke
about you to them they would say l ought not
to think of you. But my heart is for this I'm
ion and for you.


"This place is ruined forever-no work nor
money. We have no silver nor gold. Paper
money and omnibus tickets were all we had for
the past year. Do, my child, write"
"Dear Sister: have one more opportunity tC
write to you, to let you know that l am well
and hope that you are the same. l am not go
ing to tell you about the full particulars of tn,
capture of New Orleans. The people commen
ced building the great boats, for which they
had to pay from 100000 to $l,000,00O, and as
soon as the Union ships came up they set fire to
all the boats, and the women and children broke
open hogsheads Of sugar and molasses.


"The greatest scene was the Goth Of April
when the ships came up and the boats were
burned The day will be remembered in his.
tory. The city is now quiet, and the soldiers
have got the principal houses. They are al
live looking men.


"Wnte as soon as you can.


"Union foreverl -"
Year: 1862

far which We will hardly find In all the annals
Of city crime, is a sailor, has a countenance
not altogether devilish, as we could naturally
imagine be might have, and Ia perhaps forty.
five years Of age. What could have impelled
him to the perpetration Of the deed is not at
present known He keeps profound silence
when questioned, having evidently made up
his mind to meet the worst consequences Of
his crime without ;;finching, aud when ar
raigned yesterday afternoon before Justice
Akin, went through the form Of an examlna-
ton without betraying more emotion than he
would be supposed to experience in splicing a
cable or polishing an anchor in o dead calm.
He was held in default Of $500 bail to await the
result Of the injuries Of his wife
Year: 1862

We congratulate Andrew johnson. the
fearless and patriotic. upon the restoration OF
bis sou and We trust that the d,y is not FAR
distant when thsy will be able 70 return to
their homes and there exert thsir eloquence
to convince their neighbors that the strength
of the Union arms will bc exerted only Tor
the preservation Of the Government and
never used tor purposes OF aggression upon
vested rights OF the S1oth--L0u Jour.
Year: 1862

who are now striking at the life Of the
nation, to return to their possessions
under the fold Of rebel flag, re-assert-
ing their ownership over their deserted
slaves? If he desires the armies Of tho
Republic to push forward until tho
laws of the Union shall be acknowledg-
ed, under the protecting folds Of the
Stars and Stripes, to its utmost limits,
what does he propose to do with these
destitute people? Does he propose to
support them directly from the national
Treasury? Would this be more wise
than to permit benevolence to provide
for their temporary wants, and to per-
nit the labor Of their own hands to
supply their necessities for the future?
Ido not deem it proper on this oc-
casion to enter into labored investiga-
ton Of the probabilities Of amalgimation
Of the white with the negro race If tie
negroes should all be set free. How 10
it in point OF fact? Do you find white
gentleman and white ladies marrying
the free negroes that are now<in this
District? Do you find them marrying
the negroes that ale now free in Mary
land, and Understand the Senator says
there are over eighty thousand of them
in that State? Do Senators find that
the amalgamation Of the white and tho
negro race is in progress in the States
they represent? And if SO, does it pro-
gress more rapidly in the free than in
the slave States? And in the Slave
States does it progress more rapidly
among the free negroes than among the
slaves. / know Of but three cases in
my own State, and all three of these
men married TO wenchcs have been res
idents of slave States, where, doubt
not they acquired their tastes. Laugh
ter J.iberating the negroes carries
with it no obligation to marry their
wenches to white mon. Gentlemen
may follow their tastes afterwards az
now.
Year: 1862

4 certain member Of Congress from
Missouri is the habit ofgettins muddled
with drink. Being one da, reproved
by friend for this habit, he said that
he came there to represent his consti-
tnents, and the fact was large ma ajority
Of them got drunk OH an average once
or twice a week.
Year: 1862

SURGEON AND MECHANICAL DENTIST,
Prepared To perform any operation pertaining TO


his profession in a manner that will give entirs sat
laactien Office up stairs the Union Billiard Sa
loon 5l-N