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Year: 1862

To-day there are near thousand miners in
town, and have not seen case of drunkenness.
have not seen as much drunkenness in Salmon
during my whole stay here, as at Orc Fino and
Pierce City, or Elk City, in one day last season.
Miners are getting wide awake, and are, almost
without exception, 60 on the make and save"
Year: 1862




The following preamble and resolutions
were unanimously passed by the Republic
an Central Committee, at its regular meet
ing on the 9th inst Fl @a.y 81


WHEREAS, The condition of our coun-
try renders it the duty of all good men to
stand by the government IN Its efforts to
crush rebellion; therefore, be it


Resolced, That this Central Committee
of the Republican party of the city and
county of New York, as whole, and each
member thereof, for himself Individually,
pledges the committee to aid the admins
tration in its efforts to suppress the rebell-
ion; and be ii further


Resolred, That the committee views with
utter adherence the attempts of Northern
traitors to aid the rebels by efforts to di-
vide the people of the loyal States, and
that any party or any man who attempts.
in these perilous times, to attract attention
from and divide the odium justly fixed on
rebels in arms, is as much traitor to the
Union as those in arms for its destruction.
Re.slred, That the Government ought,
10 this hour Of necessity, to avail itself Of
all the means within its reach, inviting and
accepting the aid Of every person willing
ana aole to serve his country.
Year: 1862

CURIOUS MIRRoR.--Among the curiosities
exhibited in the last Paris Exposition, and
promised for ours, was huge concave mirror.
the instrument of startling species of opti-
cal magic On standing close to the mirror.
and looking into it, it presents nothing but a
magnifcently monstrous dissection Of your
own physiognomy. On retiring little, saw a
couple of feet, it gives your own face and fig
ure in true proportion. but reversed, the head
downward. Most of the spectators, ignorant
Of anything else, observe these two effects. and
pass on. But retire still further; standing at
distance of five or six feet from the mirror,
and behold, you see yourself, not reflection,
it does not appear like refection-but your
veritable 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 supernatural; so startling, in fact,
that men of the strongest nerves will shrink
involuntarily at the first view. If you 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 thrusting at YOU
at the same instant The artist who first sue
ceeded in finishing mirror Of this description
brought it to one of the French kings-if we
recollect Alright, it was Louis XIV, placed his
majesty on the right spot, and babe him draw
his sword, and thrust at the figure he saw
The king did so; but seeing the point of a
sword directed to his own breast, threw down
his weapon and ran away The practical Joke
cost the inventor the kings patronage and IA
vor; his majesty being afterwards SO ashamed
of his own cowardice, that he could never
again look at the mirror or its owner.-I Eng
lish paper.
Year: 1862

In the year 1910, noted cow-thief had stole
en- several. COWS in the back part of the State
OF Rhode Island, and among the number was
one that had no tail, nothing but stump. AS
he was about to start for Wexford, to take the
boat for Newport in order to dispose of his
stock, his wife suggested TO him that the stump
tail COW might lead to his detection. to avoid
which he procured cows tail from tannery,
and very ingeniously splicing it on the stump,
started on his journey. The owner of the COW
happened to be one of the passengers on the
ferry-boat, and his eye falling upon the cow he
stepped up to the thief, and said: "If that cow
had no tail would be willing to swear she was
mine. The passengers all began to assemble
together, when the thief, for fear of closer ex-
animation, took from his pocket large knife.
and cut the tail off above the splice, and threw
1T into the Narragansett Bay, exclaiming in an
angry tone, and looking the owner square in
the face, Now, damn you, she has no tail
claim herw The proof was positive that the
COW had tail, and the owner had nothing
more to say. After the thief had returned
his wife asked him how he had made out with
the stump tail. "Oh," says he, Il fixed all
that. First, l retaled her, and then. in the
presence OF her owner, / curtailed herr'
Year: 1862

WHAT is THE UsE.-When public opinion
sets in general and very decided current one
way, what Is the use in trying to make ones
self miserable by running out against it, moth
ing being palmer than the fact that the pres
ent time Is no time at all to make prosclytes to
this cause or that, If it happens to stand op-
posed to the general view? What is the use
in young mans defying even what he knows
to be the narrow prejudices of his EMPLOYERS.
and giving himself up to dissipation and rev.
elry, when he must see for himself that such a
course is sure to lose him both friends and Do
sition in very little time.


What is the use in feeling bad because ac-
quantances, and even former friends, have i'm
pulsively turned their backs on their former
professions, when the act is no WAYS to be
laid at your door, but would have occurred all
the same to any other person, whether better
or worse than yourself? What is the use in
saying that you mean to be happy, and cheer
ful and contented, and all that, after you have
got together about so much money, when Won
are entirely uncertain about making dollar
above your actual wants as long as YOU live.
and cannot TELL at the very best, if YOU were
going to be allowed to keep your money after
getting it or not?


What Is the use of borrowing trouble, ours
ing the bridge before you come too it, and
even after it has safely carried you over. too
What is the use in wasting your energies
by giving place to useless lamentations and de-
SPAR, when you need nothing so much as to
husband all your resources and strength Mt
the present time, against the new days TO
come when you will be called upon TO EMPLOY
your powers to advantage? In fine, what IS
the use of being uneasy and fretful at all
why not take things about as they come?
Year: 1862

EUcHRE ON THE STRICKEN FIELp.-A
member of the Massachusetts 18th regiment,
writing day or two after the battle of Cedar
Mountain, speaks as follows of the proceed
ings subsequent to the battle


Day before yesterday the battlefield was
under the white flag, and open to all parties.
IL was novel sight to see the Yankee mud
sills" and the secesh lying on the grass. side by
side, debating the war question. Then you
would see group of four playing euchre-
two of our soldiers against two of theirs. The
two armies, for the time being, were on the
most friendly terms. There was no danger of
disturbance, as no arms were allowed on the
field by either party"
Year: 1862

is vain thing for you to stick your fin
ger in the water, and, pulling it out, look for a
hole 1t is equally vain to suppose that, how
ever large space you may occupy, the world
will miss you when you die.
Year: 1862

may be either applied as part pay-
mcnt OF annual premiums, or to the
increase Of the sum assured, This adyan-
tage is too obvious not to be seen Ut the first
gance. All that re have written, applies to
the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany Of Hartford. It has stability and per
manence won By long course Of successful
business On scale Of magnitude few compa-
mes can approach. Its Annual Statement
abundant}y shows this and the list of its in
sured includes some Of the most sagacious
and prominent of our own citizens, not only
OF those in moderate circumstances, but Of
the wealthy, who are aware that Health Is un-
certain, and thus avail themselves Of this
means Of laying up patrimony secure against
the exigeucles Of business and the claims Of
creditors, securing Independence and comfort
to the widow and orphan and substituting q
certainty Of patrimony for the uncertainties
Ct the continuance Of life in which to acquire
it. Especially in time OF business depres.
sion and reverses like the present var period,
Is it every mans duty If he has family, to
make them secure against the perils Of the
loss Of g protector, by a policy as liberal as the
utmost an cunt he can lay aside in annual pre-
miums. When we suggest particular com.
pany as above We arc aware that we give
point to our advice, for Of the merits Of the
Connecticut Mutual We can speak intellf-
gently.
Year: 1862

must 60 back to the starting place, and trv
again. The truths upon which it was
founded are eternal and always applicable.
Lapse Of time has not altered, amended.
improved or substracted from them, They
must be made the rule Of action again.
The sacredncss Of Human Liberty, not as
IN abstract thing for Hungary, Italy or
ireland, must be the one truth at the bot
tom OF our national being, giving it daily
strength and at times lofty inspiration. We
are suffering for apostacy-shedding
rivers Of blood for the national sin. Slavery
stricken, we are fighting for slavery
still With a chance 10 win the
favor Of Heaven by such 1estitu-
tuition as Jet in our power, we serve the
devil still, and wonder why God will not
hear our prayers. The people in the
South, the North looking consentingly on,
have for more than . quarter Of century
been digging beneath the corner stone, and
now we allwondcr why the edifce topples,
and swear to Heaven that we have done
nothing to be ruined by its fall.


The nation will be wiser by-and-by.
Some great calamity will remove the veil
that obscures all eyes, and the beginning
Of the end will appear. Led by Justice
and encouraged by humanity the
people will consent to go back,
ind by the favor Of Heaven to repeat our
national experiment once more But they
must begin without slave, or we tread the
same round again, and bring up once more
at the bloody goal at which the Republic
is now stayed. Until We do that, let us
not complain Of the presence Of the Ayen-
rer
Year: 1862

The principle OF life insurance is sonnd. sen.
sible and humane. It is s mode Of living up
money for ones family and defendeuts, which
is but common honesty, and it is therefore an
allowable variation Of the old phrase sshones-
II Is the best policy to say that policy of
Life insurance is the best honesty, If it be
honest to provide while in health for the help.
less ones Of the household against what time
their protector shall have been removed.
There are many advantages in this method of
MAKING such provision, over any other mode,
1he party insured may elect what sum he NAV
desire to Lay up, and this sum is secured even
though he make but "a single annual payment
before his death, an advantage denied to the
Ordinary principle Of saving. And there is
yet another. The sum thus in store is safe
and secured from the risks that pertain tn
one's other possessions. 1t Is 8 saered trust 80
placed that it can inure only to those for
whom it is designed. The prodigality nor the
misfortune Of the insured cannot affect It. so
long as the small annual sum Is promptly paid.
The business and possessions may fail and be
swept away, the farm may be lost and bsnk-
ruptcy visit the household, the life insurance
Is an anchor surely cast which will hold and
survive all, and the widow and children are
provided for. These general principles and
benefits apply alike to all sound companies
but there are other features possessed by
claEs OF these. worthy Of special attention, We
refer to the n7atael plan whereby the insured
are stockholders, and receive upon their policy
an annual dividend Of profits, which
Year: 1862

Perhaps tile declaration is premature, but
we cannot avoid saying that the proba.
zllities that the new levy Of 100000 men
can be raised in time for the present cam
71alggh, are not dattering, particularly
in the West; and that the sys-
ten Of drafting by States must be
necessarily resorted to, if instant aid is re-
Quircd. That is the quickest and cheapest
method. and as it puts all able bodied
men of the proper years and sound
bodies, on common footing, none
can complain. The disinclination to
volunteer Is not from any want Of heart
In the advancement Of the loyal cause;
but the vast abstraction Of bone and mus
Gle from the labor markets Of the North,
caused hy the rush Of young men to the
field. has given profitable employment to
those who remained at home; and at this
stage Of the contest it is hard to persuade
the man who is III the receipt Of good pay
for the performance Of easy tasks, that
tlere is an eSigency Witch demands Of
him the sacrifice that be is called upon to





make. We trust that We are mistaken and
that the result will prove that we hare
moderated the patriotism Of the class to
which the Government has sent out its lp-
peal. But, remembering the accounts Of
tue difficulties and discouragementsw Which
bcsct the armies Of the Revolution, after
tue second campaign, when no response
was made to the cry Of Washington and
his broken regiments, for lclp, VIC cannot
conceal orr fears that thirty thousand vol
uHtccrs cannot be found IN Illinois, nor its
quota in any other State. In this emer-
gcney, VIC may say, it would be the extreme
offony to wait the voluntary gathering Of
the forces that the Government has tue
undoubted power to compel. What is
done should be done quickly. The want
is men-men, nowi
Year: 1862

a chap in Virginia was taken prisoner by
the rebels, who demanded that he should take
an oath to support the confederate govern
mcnt. TIE fellow said he had taken great
many big oaths in his day, but he could not
even support lis own family, and to swear to
support the confederate government was taller
swearing than he dare do.
Year: 1862

An Incident OF THE BATTLE OF WILLIAMS
BuHG.-Shorty after the battle of Williamsburg, the
wife Of a soldier in the S7th Regiment brooklyn
Rifes), under command of Col Stephen A. Dodge,
WAS called upon by an acquaintance just returned
from Fortress Monroe, and informed that her hus-
band was killed in that engagement. The family,
consisting of several children was Of course greatly
distressed and after giving vent to their feelings
made preparations for he funeral in anticipation of
the arrival Of the body, which was expected in a
few days. ODe day this week letter was received
informing the wife that there was a package IN
Wes,eots Express Office to her address. This was
supposed 10 be the body, and she, in company with
some friends, proceeded TO bring the remains to the
house. On making inquiry at the Office parcel was
handed to her, ard Oh opening it, she found SO III
Treasury Notes, and letter from her husband CIV
ng AN account of the battle and OF his narrow es-
cape. lie was not only alive and well, but spoke
confidently Of reaching Redmond in few days.
OK the housc of mourning was changed to the
house OF joy.
Year: 1862

SIR would like to make suggestion, through
tho columns OF your psper by the general adoption Of which
II thousands of dollars might be edded to the
fund being contributed for tie beneh q the sick and
wounded oldcIs daily arriving In city This suggestion
s that subscriptions be tsken in eve workshop in the
city where any considerable number Of employed
by PEI engaged in such shop by the employer
VINO shall receive the money contributed aud pay over
to the Soldiers Relief Association" There are thousands
of mechanics and wokiDgnen who wond gladly contribute
their mite in such opportunity pre'en'e but
who would not Of the suaness Of the sum they
could afford give send directly the Association while
would aggregate that would plac. our
sick and wounded heroes in condition of comparative
fort. zR.B.


Nesr. York May Is. 1862
Year: 1862

CASE OF THE EMILY ST. PIERRE.-In the
British House OF Lords, recently, Lord Brough-
am asked for the correspondence which had
taken place respecting the capture Of the Emily
st. Pierre by the Americans and her recapturc
from the prize crew. He understood that there
had been some correspondence upon this sub
ject, and he wished to know from the noble earl
Lord RUSSELL whether there would be any OBJ
lection to produce that correspondence.


Earl RUSSELL have no objection to lay the
papers before the House. as the correspondence
is now closed. and Lord Lyons, in his last let
ter, promised TO send it home Immediately. The
opinion of the law officers was taken upon this
question, and they stated that there was no
power in this country to surrender the vessel,
or to give it up to the United States Govern
ment. 1t was at that time supposed there was
no precedent to refer to, but ! have been in
formed this morning that there IS precedent
regularly enough, when the British Government
demanded from the American Government the
surrender ofa vessel which had been recaptured
by the crew after being seized as prize. Mr.
Adams, the grandfather Of the present Ameri-
can Minister in this country, was then Presi-
dent, and he replied that there was no prece-
dent for such demand. The result was, the
British Government failed to obtain the redress
then sought from the American Government.
Year: 1862

MOUNTAINS OF SLvER.-The Silver Age
says: From pretty reliable source we learn
that the Ophir Company are shipping weekly,
from their works in WathOe county, the sum OF
not less than 100000 in bullion, and some
weeks it amounts 10 nearly 100000 in value:
This we call pretty good. At this rate the yield
Of the mine will probably reach the enormous
sum Of three millions Of dollars this year There
are hundreds of mines in our vicinity equally as
good. which are undeveloped, but which only
requires the capital to make them yield simi-
laTly.
Year: 1862

A NEW PACIFIC STATE.-The Portland,
(Oregon) Times thinks that the new gold fields
Of that portion OF Washington Territory lying
east Of the Cascades, will attract large emf
grafton to that region. and lead 10 its speedy
settlement. The arabic lands will be occupied
and cultivated, and the farmers will find profit
able markets in the dggings. The completion
of the Fort Benton road opens the country to
easy communication with the East, and the
Homestead law will lead many to settle in its
fine valleys. Hence the country east Of the
Cascade range ofmountains is destined at no
distant period, to assume such importance and
contain such a population as will cause it to be
set off as a new territory, and speedily grow TO
a stature emitting it to be received as State
into the Union.
Year: 1862

THE amount of sugar destroyed by the New
Orleans mob is now estimated at twelve hun
dred hogsheads; and the quantity left in the city
when the rebel forces hed, now to be shipped
North, as equal to ninety thousand hogsheads.
II is also stated that in course Of time more
cotton than was supposed to exist there will be
brought forward,
Year: 1862

ANY person travelling through the coun-


try will observe general decay Of fruit


trees. Old orchards in particular, are in


many locations an entire failure. What is
to be done? Are we to recuperate and


prevent further decay? SO far as the vim


ters have influence, we probably need not
hope any change, unless the severity be


abated Extreme warm wether. followed
| Immediately BY extreme cold has been the


cause, think, of the general decline OF fruit
trees. Then the borers and mice have


made strange havoc among young trees
set row OF trees, some third of mile,


near the wall. some five years since. Now


there are very few remaining, aud several
of those were saved by inserting scions
across the wounds inflicted by mice-there-


by carrying the sap from top to the root.


have recently examined an invention called
a "Tree Protector" by Homer B. Record,
of Turner. consisting of shield and bon
net. The shield prevents the mice. borers


and other insects from access 70 the trunk of
the tree, while the bonnet prevents them
from ascending into the branches. The ma
terial used is wire cloth, light canvas or
what may be equivalent. The cloth is cut
SO as to go about one third around the tree
and to extend upward about one foot. 1t is
slightly enlarged at the bottom SO as to con
form 70 the tree. The top of the shield is
provided with an elastic band. somewhat
larger than the part of the shield to
which it is attached and expands with the
growth of the tree. The bonnet is compos-
ed of the "a ne material, in the form of
cane, and goes around the tree above the
shield with which il may be connected by
a small wire, or it may be detached. This
too is supplied with an elastic band, SO as to
expand with the growth of the tree. The
bands pass around the tree and fastened
with a hook or button. The under side of
the bonnet is smeared with tar, then a quaO
tity of cotton or its equivalent applied,
W hch adheres closely to the bonnet. Thus
it will be seen that all insects that attempt to
ascend the trunk Of the tree will become en-
tangled in the bonnet and there die together
with their Larvae. The expense for small
trees will be from ten to fifteen cents,
think.


Fruit growers should examine this appar.
atus and satisfy themselves of its utility
I see no reason why it should not produce
the desired result Maine Farmer.
Year: 1862

Mr.. Downing, in one of the early vol
umes of the Hoyt,cuAurist; tells how to grow
common asparagus. SO that it will always
rival any giant production. He says: Eve
ry one who has seen nv beds; has begged
me for the seed--thinking it q new sort
but have pointed TO the manure heap The
farmers best bank, and told them that the
secret all lay there. The seed was only
such as might be had in every garden.--
About the lst of November--as soon as the
frost has well blackened the asparagus tops
Il take a scvthe, and NOW all close down
to the surface Of the bed; let it lie day or
two. then set fire to the heap of stalks; burn
it to ashes, and spread the ashes over the sur
face of the bed. then go to my barnyard;
l take load Of clean, fresh stable manure,
and add thereto half bushel of hen dung:
turning over and mixing the whole togeth-
er throughout. This makes pretty pow
erful compost. | apply one such load to
every twenty feet in length of my asparagus
beds, which are six feet wide. With a
strong three -pronged spud. or fork, l dig
this dressing under. The whole is now lett
for the winter. In the spring, as early as
possible, turn the top of the bed over
lightly, once more. Now, as the asparagus
grows naturally on the side of the ocean
and loves salt water, l give it an annual
supply OF its favorte condiment. | cover
the surface of the bed about a quarter of an
inch with fine packing salt; it is not too
much. As the spring rains come down 1t
gradually dissolves. Not weed will ap-
pear during the whole season. Every thing
else-pig. weed, chicken weed, purslane-
all refuses 10 grow on the top of my briny
asparagus beds. But it would do your eyes
good to see the strong, stout, tender stalks
of the vegetable itself pushing through the
surface early in the season. l do not at all
stretch point, when l say that they are
o. ten as large round as my hoe-handle AMI
as tender and succulent as any ever tasted.
The same round of treatment Is given to my
bed every year.
Year: 1862

The Boston Cultivator thinks that so long
as the rules which generally govern pureha-
sers prevail. the practice of washing sheep
viii be less followed than it has hitherto
been One reason assigned for this is sha.
sheep can be shorn earlier. More wool is
obtained from shearing early in May where
as the water is frequently too cold to wash
the sheep with safety till the last Of May Or
the FIRST Of June.
Year: 1862

comfy vouches for the following:


At meeting in this county. held for the
purpose of getting volunteers. young lady
went to her bethrothed. took him BY the
hand. and led him up to the stand where
the recruiting officer was taking the names
OF those who desired to enlist in the service
of their country, and then without seeming
the least sbashed, in the presence of the
large sssemblage, kissed him, and then laid
his hand on the roll for him TO sign his
name Delaxare Press