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Year: 1862

New OPrRA Houss.-Ths preliminary arrangemensfor
the erection Of now Opera House are, unde stand
nearly completed The site fixed upon is eligible
one little above Union place. and the purchase can
be effected upon tho terms offered, tho building will be
Immediately commenced. Tho house viii seat aboat
sixteen hundred persons and It Is estimated that lis
tire cost win not bs more than 900 large pro
portion Of the auditorium will DO divided of into four
seat boxes. On the ground floor there will be two fine
storesone for ice cream saloon, and the other for
any purpose that may consist with the general plan Of
tia building. II is calculated that these two stores will
bring in rent OF -. 900 year, which viii go way
towards paying the interest the capital invested Tho
theatre can undor those circumstances bs let for the
rent per week that the Academy Of Music per
night, and tho lesses will have full command OF
his house; for there will be no privileged stock
holders and no desdheads. Under the conditions
which the Academy Of Music is at present Jet,
all the best seats and boxes occupied graonsly by
the very class OF persons upon whom amanager most
relies to support the Opera. It is argument TO urge
that this is tho only advantage which the shareholders
gcs or tho money which they have sunk In the blding
If they have invested it exravaganty and without due
consideration to the capabilities OF tho house in the
way ofrsturns it is why those undertaking


tho risks Of operate specuaops should enter upon them
under circumstances that render failure certaii Tho
expenditure en,ailed by company such is rcqui s


to keep tho Academy constantly ed is too great for any
Manager unaided by subscriptions 10 II
that difficulty he anls supsradded adspropotiobatey
high rent and crippled besides by the occupation Of his


hest places by doadheds, IL is clear that no long
continue the struggle. This is tho reason why no
manager win venture upon more than few
nights of opera in New York. 10 does not
prove, however, that under proper economical con-
dtons community not able to support coninu.
ous season OF several months, the great cities
abroad II lie the object Of the projectors OF tho
building TO put this question TO tho test and IL thsy ad
here strictly their plan believe that they will
solve u Satisfactorily.
Year: 1862

The Secretary Of War has decided that
when a drafted man furnishes substitute
that is accepted, the two change places.
The principal is liable to another draft, IL
made. Just as he wonl1 be it ho had not
been drafted at first ani the substitute is
bound, by the first draft Of the principal
ust as if he had been drafted himself
Year: 1862

cleax that q great victory on The .RappAhannock
woeld cause . smart decline in gold, and that
decided defeat would lead to an advance in tho
Aprecfous metal. And if we assume that the fau
advance In stocks, which was equal to 100 per
cent in some instances, was due to the depreciation
OF the currency and the want of confidence in the
national cause, it would follow that victory on
the Rappahanneck, which would have the,
effect Of increasing public confidence anddiminish-
ing the depreciation of the currency, should de-
press the market price of stocks. On the other
hand, though the ultimate effect Of national de.
feat on the Rappahannock might lead to the adop.
tion Of national policy which would cause the
currency price Of stocks to advance its first effect
by depressing the spirits of the public and render
ing the prolongation Of the war uncertain, would
probably be unfavorable to the market. At the
morning board to-day the amount of business
done was small, and prices declined n a X per
cent all round. Between the boards there was no
disposition to trade, and at the second board the
same dulness prevailed. and some of the Western
shares were u aN lower. At the close, at half
Year: 1862

But all look for and confidently expect q
quick Withdrawal Of four millions Of per-
sons from the rebel cause and q consequent
collapse Of all armed reasonable endeavor.
s.. The day is not distant In which MI these
theories are to be tested. The President,
thank Heaven, has found himself equal to
the occasion, and when the next year
daFns the Republic will be ree. We
await the day with q quiet consciousness
that the hopes Of mankind will not be dis.
appointed. Theyear Of Jubilee comes!
Year: 1862

say, most of them would cheerfully assist in
ventilating any useful question OF Animal Eco
nomy, if invited.


Sometimes sheep which die of the rot, are
placed wrongfully to the account of worms in
the head The most common symptom of the
presence of such worms, is the raising and
Crooking of the head and neck 1; eyes glariDg,
aud twitching of the eye-lid and ear on the
same side running off suddenly in circnlar
direction, with occasional spaSms, and slight
frothing at the mouth.


AS Remedy, BLACKLoCK, the celebrated
sheep-culturist, advises the employment of to.
baccO. Take common clay pipe, and push
the stem well up into the nostril of the sheep,
having first half filled the bowl with common
smoking tobacco Light it, and then cover
the top of the bowl with thin cloth and blow
the smoke into the sleeps head. A violent
sneezing follows, in course of which, the worms
are often elected in large numbers. Scotch
snuff, administered in the same way, is said to
produce the same beneficial result


AS a PreUenilUe tarring the noses of sheep
at shearing time, or a little afterwards, about
the time the fly makes its appearance-is the
most rational of any thi have found in the
books. A plowed field, or few burrows run
ming through the sheep,pasture are eagerly
sought by the sheep in fly time. They then
rub their noses in the earth, and thus, it is
thought, expel the intruder from bis lodgment.
The approach of the fly is easily known by the
sudden budding of the flock, with their noses
inward and hidden


| remember that my father, who was an ex-
celent practical farmer, always tarred the nos
es of his sheep at, or soon after shearing time,
" to prevent taking cold, and also to keep off
The fy," as be said, but what fig be meant, L
had no idea at the time, nor indeed, up to the
day l turned to the books, from which draw
these hasty notes for your columns. He also
constantly kept Tar within reach of the sheep
at the bottom of small board trOughS scattering
salt over it, and thus forcing the animals to
axe up portion of it with the salt. | dare
say this was done with profit, as few finer and
healthier focks we're found, than those which
roamed bis hill sides shall tar all my sheep
this Spring, for it is plain an enemy is at
their gate" G. l.. w.


TowANDA, APRIL "a, 1862
Year: 1862

II thou hast peace at home'
wb,t boots it though the rabble rout
UpHft their hoarse, discordant sno''-
Though the unquiet world should toss
And cast up feculence and dross,
And warning tides each other mock
And vengefuI surges smite the rock
And men contend with angry mind
Iftbou in sheltered nook can'st ma


Sweet peace at home.


II thou hast love at home,
WHY need'st thou care though throngs ol Pride
With sneer of fscorn thy course deride
Assai the fabric of our fame
And ring their changes on thy name
rLo,, u,opId'st not to their taste refuse
Such pungent pastime if it choose
While shielded from TIE unseemly blast
Tby comforts all are garner d fast


By love at home.


If there is rest in Heaven,
And so the Unerring Word declares,
Wbv shrink from labors grief or cares
The appointed agencies to try
Thy patience and thy constancy.
For like the illusions of dream,
Like passing bubbles on a stream,
Shall be their memory and their pain
When thou at last shall blissful gain


The rest of Heaven.
Year: 1862

a Man SWEPT Over GENEsEE FALLs.-On
Wednesday morning, abont 6 O'clock a man
by the name of Francis McKeaT, the proprie-
tor of the Canada House, on Front street, COM
mtted suicide by jumping into the river be-
tween the Gas Works aud Browns Race
His brother saw him start for the river, and
diviuing his intention started after him, but
was too late to avert the catastrophe. The
unfortunate man, the moment he struck the
water was beyond the reach of human aid
The body of the man continued on the top Of
the water as it swept under the railroad bridge.
and remained in sight until it reached the,
brink of the falls, when it passed from view to
the seethDg and boiling caldron below. Me.
Kean is said to have been labOring under aA
attack of delirium tremeus for several days
prior to bis successful attempt at self destruc-
ton He leaves a wife and four children
Rochester Democrat
Year: 1862

The bill for the admission OF West Virginia
as one Of the States of the Union comes up in
the lower House on Tuesday next. We take
an interest in the passage of the bill, which has
passed the Senate by strong vote, because 1t
viii give 10000 square miles of territory TO
freedom, and give half million of true, hon
est, live men, who are now martyrs 10 thec cause
Of the Union, freedom for which they have
been ererting themselves for the last thirty
years.


We fear that some members of Congress NAV
not have given the careful attention TO this mat
ter that It's importance deserves; but If they
will closely examine the constitution offered
for their acceptance, and the Senate bill, we
think they will not oppose measure at once
so clearly desirable, both for the Union and the
people who ask its passage. They are tied, as
II were, 10 carcass. They are alivei East
Virginia is dead, and they ask to be cut oil from
the carcass.


We hope Congress will not resist this cry for
freedom, for we are sure that If II is done the
last hope of freedom in West Virginia will be
lost.
Year: 1862

MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE CONDUCT
OF THE WAR.-The Committee on the Conduct Of
the War appointed subcommittee yesterday,
consisting Of Messrs. Gooch, Odell and Coyode,
to investigate the abuse said to exist at the con-
valescent camp near Alexandria +; also the con-
dition of the wounded and sick soldiers, with a
view to the Immediate discharge of those found
permanently disabled or unfit for further SER
vice In the army.


This committee will also investigate the sub
Iect of absenteeism Of officers and men from the
army without proper authority, as well as the
conduct of army surgeons and their treatment
Of the men under their charge.


The committee will also recommend the
adoption of stringent measures to promote the
efficiency Of the service.
Year: 1862




The bill to enlarge the Illinois and
Michigan Canal, as OUT readers arc aware,
WAS postponed. by & small majority, to the
meeting Of Congress. in December next.
That fact will render the very able speech
Of our irdefaEsable representative, Hon
Isaac y. Arnold, to be found On the third
paee, not whit the less Instructive and
valuable. His success in bringing this
great national work so fsvoTably and so
prominently before the country is the
highest possible compliment to lis tact
ability and industry as legislator, and
should obtain for him the respect and the
gratitude, not only Of Ills Own constituents
but Of all the loyal, liberty loving States 0!
the Union.
Year: 1862

There's land fur away mid the stars we are


told,


Where they know not the sorrows of time;
Where the pure waters wander thro valleys of


gold,


And life is a treasure sublime;
'Tis the land Of our God, tits the home of the


soul
Where ages of splendor eternally roll
Where the way weary traveller reaches his goal,
On the evergreen mountains of life.
Our gaze cannot soar to that beautiful land,
But our visions hrve told of it's bliss,
And our souls by the gale from its gardens are


famed,
When we faint in the deserts of this,
Ard we sometimes have longed for it's holy re-


pose,
When our spirits were torn with temptations and
When we've drunk from the tide of the river that
From the evergreen mountains of life.
y! the stars never tread the blue heavens at ight
But we think Of where the ransomed have trod
And the day never smiles from his palace of light
But we feel the bright smile of our God.
We are travelling homeward through changes and


gloom,
10 kingdom where pleasures unchangingly
Aud our guide is the glory that shines through


the tomb,
FROM the evergreen mountains of life.
Year: 1862

FEED Bones TO THE HENs.-If yon take
fresh bones from the kitchen, and with q
sIedge or rock, or any natural or artificial
anvil, pound them up into small pieces, hens
will eat them up ravenously, aud not only
digest the bones and make better manure
of them than can be made in any other way
but they will be themselves greatly benefit
ted by them; they will lay throughout the
season with much greater regularity than
otherwise, and fatten on the marrow within,
and the fat and muscle that will adhere to
the bones. Homestead
Year: 1862

PEACH AND APPLE TREE BoRERs Il
have just examined my orchard Of peach and
apple trees, and will give your readers my
experience with the inveterate borers.-
When bought said orchard. the apple bor-
er had destroyed some ten or dozen trees,
and were drilling away in about every tree
in the three hundred. His exudation of saw
dus: told plainly where he was. | cut out
all could, and punched to death most of
the others in their holes. | tried oyster shell
lime to keep the miller from laying its eggs
in the bark at their desired p!ace-the base
of the tree. This was Intellectual, as was
also wood ashes used for the same purpose.
Last summer tied my daily Journal of
Commerce around part Of the trees, and
found it annoyed them. They-the egg de-
positors were driven to the other side of
the orchard.


Downing recommends the p!u- ging up
the holes. This is unnecessary, as the borer
bores out, perfect insect, and leaves his
habita,ion for good.


| BY cutting in where the saw1ust is, you.


will often find the young borer in the bark.
| have washed all my trees with whale oil
soap twice this spring. to benefit the trees,
and keep away the enemy. do not know
why soap should do it, unless it deceivss.
them as to the kind of a tree they are look
after; as apple tree worms only appear on
certain trees-app!e, cherry and peach
The millers must tell those trees by their
sense Of smell, and they never mistake the
tree to lay their eggs upon. Would whale
oil soap deceive them? am now nearly rid
of the borers.
Year: 1862

The stock market appears to have recovered
from the depression which commenced at the
beginning of the month. The public are recover
ing courage, and are buying stocks in moderate
amounts. They have been tempted into the mar
ket by the depression of government securities,
and the large earnings of the trunk railways; and
if no disaster occurs they seem likely to increase
their purchases, and possibly q fresh period of
activity may be on the cards. Holders of govern
mont currency bearing no interest, not redeem
able in coin, and only convertible into five-twenty
bonds, can afford to purchase government skies,
twenty years to rum with interest payable in coin,
at or near par, without being guilty of much
speculative rashness. And, ON the other hand, an
increase of some two millions in the earnings Of
the Central and million and quarter in those OF
the Erie naturally tempt the large class Of opera
tors who are accustomed to embark their money
in the securities Of these roads. There is fair
short interest in the board-enough to give life
and strength to an upward movement, If the skies
remain serene, and sufficient to check panic, in
the event of more disaster. So far as can be
judged by observers, however, the preponderance
Of influence and capital is now enlisted on the bull
side.
Year: 1862

SUNDAY, July ~, 1862.


The entries of foreign goods at this port for the
week ending yesterday were very large, mainly
in consequence of the approach of the period when
the new tariff goes into operation. The principal
Year: 1862

BURGLAR rROoF.-Thc foundation
for the moLey vault OF the State Bank is
most massive affair. epy seuslble thief VINO
win take the pains to GO and look at the work
will a. once own up beat ard 60 where be
can do bette.
Year: 1862

only remedy Is to cease at once from the
present plan, consolidate the men already
enlisted, DRAFT for the entire number re-
quired tor the 100000 men Of the call and
ell up the old regiments It should be al
accomplished in. month. It might dis
appofnt some budding of1cera It might
disappotut State pride By postponing the
reaching of the 9esth regiment 10y nnnder)
but it would end the wsr, and sage the
Year: 1862

lHE 0-:IIi.E LAST FRlDAY.-Lne Army
correspondent OF the New York Herald sayg:
"Between three and four o'clock the general
engagement began. The taking no note Of
time, except from It's loss, is ordinarily true.-
There is 10 taking note Of time, however, in
the excitement Of battle was never 50 AS
toniahod as when | looked at my watch and
saw it was seven 0 clock There had been
three hours and more Of fierce and determined
battle; it seemed less than one hour. The ear
was full of the roar Of cannon and musketry
and shouts Of the men moving artillery, and
rerimenta and smoke had filled the ey.


The firing on both sides was terrific. Al
tenpts were made to break through both our
right and left, but both were successfully re-
pulsed.


4 respite comes And now the result Of the
engagement is partially revealed. Bodies of the
slain lay about IN every direction Borne On
strotcherS and PROSTATE IN moving ambulances
and on the ground are men covered with blood
and every wound incident to the battle field
Dwellings and barns and sheds are converted
into TEN porary hospitals. We hear OF officers
who have been killed and privates who have
lravcIy met their death in the face OF the enc
my. We hear recounted the valorous exploits
OF this and that regiment and this and that
officer: we are told OF dozens OF regiments that
have been cut to pieces, OF cross-frng and
trcachcrous slaughter through false displays OF
the Union flag Who shall be disbeheved?---
" hat shall be believed: and what not? All
these defails can only be gathered within day
or two after the fight and even then can only
be reliably recounted after the official reports
are made


The fight of Friday cannot be described
save bv a memorandum Of the positions re-
spcctively held by the opposing parties at its
close, and by the list of the killed and wound
ed. On the rebel side, however it was ciarac-
terized by the steadfast old policy; OF pouring
fresh and eager troops upon our weary men,
and endcavoring to crush us with superior
weight Of fire and vastly superior exhibition OF
force.


Twice all along the front did the bloody and
determined attack cling to our lines OF battle
and our riHe-pirs and the redoubts. Porter
thunaored on them with fifty cannon; Sum
ner's, Hookers ana Ayre's guns reaped them
with very death harvest. Their loss in killed
and wounded was horrible We but debate
now if our own dead, wounded and missing
equal those Of the Seven Pines-or exceed
theirs.


Capt r. A. Bennett, OF the bark Hugh Blrck-
Year: 1862

The following is from an article in The
Butte Record, Of April 26th, and has par
ticular reference to the secesh editors of this
State who are denouncing the Government
for ordering the arrest of the traitors
charged with aiding the rebels:


The great anxiety OF these reasonable
wretches. just now, is TO compel the DemOc-
Iacy OF California to adopt lying anti jail
resolution that has defeated the party In
every State where il has been adopted.
They feel ticklish about the neck. The idea
Of playing checkers with their noses on the
bars OF a prison, where the habeas corpus
of a rebel judge cannot reach them carries
terror to their reasonable hearts. They
had better settle with their eonseiences by
recanting their treason. than by the adop-
tion OF untTuthful resolutions. The DemOc-
racy Of California will adopt no such reso-
luton as did the Democracy of New Hamp-
shire, for the simple reason that those who
are arrested by the Government upon false
information, have either been liberated, or
can obtain their release by swearing ale
glance to the Constitution. The Democra-
cy of California are not friendly to the per.



ance TO the Federal Constitution. Those
who are can go into convention where
they can adopt resolutions to auit them
selves. The Constitutional and Union De-
mocracy-those who refused to leave the
National organization at Charleston-are
not reduced to the necessity Of adopting an
anti jail platform. If the seceders from the
Charleston Convention are already reduced
TO that extremity, let them adopt ii or emf
CRATE. The Democracy of California shall
never hamper themselves With lying reso-
lutions 10 shield those who refuse their al
legiance to the Federal Constitution, how
ever much it may be spiced with enuncia-
tious Of correct principles


We pronounced the New Hampshire res
oluton concerning the arrest and imprison-
ment of men charged with treason, as fool
ish and absurd because we are not willing
to acknowledge the principle that the Fed
eral Government cannot constitutionally
arrest person for treason or for furnish
ing aid and comfort to the enemies of the
Constitutional Government. That men have
been wronfully arrested, upon false infor.
nation, there Ia no doubt. But such have
been liberated, or had an opportunity to set

themselves right. All the arrests in the
loyal States, that we are familiar With,
were made by the United States Marshals,
on authority lodged with the proper depart
mont, just as embezzling postmasters are ar
rested in peacable times. Those who we're
arrested upon false information, have been
discharged, and those who are not disloyal
have never been denied the privilege of
showing their allegiance. The immediate
trial of those who will not swear allegiance
to the Constitution. is not worth political
resolve. We believe that we have Fed
eral Government, and that the Federal
Government can arrest traitors, or those
who furnish aid and comfort TO traitors,
and we want to see it done, as long as there
are traitors to 20 out into our streets and
hurrah for JEFF Davis and bis Southern
Consederacy.
Year: 1862

Deadi one Of them shot by the sea in the east,
And one OF them shot in the west by the sea
Deadl both my boysl When you sit at the feast
And are wanting great song for Italy free,


Let none look at mel
Year: 1862

The REBEL RAM MrssIssIPPI-The
Charleston Mercury has the following in
regard to the great rebel ram which was
burned at New Orleans:


The great Mississippi ram had just been
launched a few days, and would not have
been ready to operate fo- forty days more
She was propeller, with three screws
and sixteen engines. to carry twenty guns
of the largest calibre Her projection or
ram was twenty feet OF solid timber, to be
shod with an additional steel point She
was three times as large and powerful as
the Pirginia, hoated beautifully and was
sea going All the naval officers who saw
her. say that she was the finest ship in the
world, and that ii is confidently asserted
by officers of high rank, that without a
gun she could have destroyed the whole
Y ark ee feet.
Year: 1862

THE NEW DIREcToRY. - Tomorrow morning,
the canyassers for the City Directory will saly forth
on ,heir annual eraui Of compilation. Those who
desire 10 have a correct st of the residents Of New
York will afford them all proper facilities. Al
advertisement upon this subject may be found in an
other column.
Year: 1862

Oliver Wendell Holmes, one of the most
spirited poets of the land, thus beautifully
sings of the destined perpetuity of


THE UNION
Has our love all died out Have its altsrs grown


coldz
Has the curse come at last which the fathers


foretold
Then nature must teach US the strength of the


chain
That her petulant children would sever in vain.
They may fight till the buzzards are gorged with


their spoil,
Till the harvest grows black as it rots in the soil
Till the wolves and the catamounts troop from the


caves,
And the shark tracks the pirate, the lord of the


waves;
In vain is the strife When its fury is past.
Their fortunes must flow in one channel at last:
As the torrents that rush from the mountains of


snow.
Roll mingled in peace through the valleys below.
Our Union is river, lake, ocean and sky:
Man breaks not the medal when God cuts the die ?
Though darkened with sulphur though cloven with


steel,
The blue arch will brighten, the waters will neal