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Year: 1865

Coon NIGHr.-How common place is this
expression, and yet what volumes it may speak
for all future time. We never listen to its
passing that this thought does not force itself
uDon us. be the tone in which il Is uttered
never so gay. The lapse of few fatal hours
or minutes NAV so surround and hedge it with
horrors that of all the millions Of words which
a lifetime has recorded. these two little words
alone shall seem to be remembered. Good
night the little child has lsped as it passed


smiling, TO a brighter morn than ours the
lover with his gay dream of nuptial morrow
the wife and mother, all the tangled threads oil
household cares still 10 her fingers the father
With appalling eye Of childhood all unanswer-
ed. Good night that seal upon days past
and days to come-what band so rash as to
rend aside the veil that covers lis tomorrow
Year: 1865

The CHOLERA AND ROTTEN WHRAr-Sey-
eral physicians Of our city have expressed
themselves in the most decided terms in favor
OF the proposition 10 keep back the damaged
wheat now lying at Chicago. They all concur
In the opinion that there is no such prolific
cause OF cholera as foul grain, and il cholera
is not prevailing it must produce other diseases
scarcely less fatal. One physician, who re-
sided in Buffalo years ago when the cholera
prevailed, stated that the disease was worst
among the men employed about the gram eIe-
yators and ships.-Rochester Union
Year: 1865

main to considerable extent the master of


the situation before Richmond. The rain
up to Saturday had been sohesvy and con-
tinuous for some Gays as to turn all the
roads into slOughs and put stop to any
very important movements on either side.
Year: 1865

CHERRY TREEs.-Plant early il
the soil Is open, and attend to any
grating the last OF this month or
early in next month: The cions
should be freshly cut.


CUTTINGS from currents aad
shrubs, started thus. must be made
before the buds start. Plant out
those made last autumn as early as
a place can be prepared.


GRAFrisc.-Roo, grating should
be got out OF the way as soon as
possible, and preparations made for
grating trees in the ground.


INsErcs.-If any OF the twigs ap-
pear as if they had swollen place
upon them, an examination VIII
probably show tha; tie apparent
swelling is cluster OF the eggs of
the tent caterpillar. This insect
CLUES it's eggs to the twig, in a
broad ring. Ii these are found, re-
move at any cost OF time and trouble


MANURE.-Surface manuring is
now practiced by our best orchard :
lists. The manure may be carted
eut and applied while the ground is
frozen


ORcuARps.-Wash the tree, II
the weather is suitable. If pruning

must be done before summer, do it
now. The weight OF authority is IN
favor OF summer pruning.


PLANrING-The trees should
have been ordered by this time, but
il postponed until now, do it at
once. In ordering apple trees it is
well TO recollcct the value o. sweet
varieties as food for stock. Drain
ing will always pay in the orchard,
and the drains should be made be-
fore planting. The land may be
ssaked out and the holes made at
anv time when the season is mild
enough.


SEEDs.-Order tree seeds for
planting this spring. Those kept
over winter in BOXES of earth should
not be sown till the soil Is warm.


SrocKs.-Thcse budded last year
may be cut back to within three
inches of the bud where the bad re-
mains bright and appears to have
united or "taken."


TRANSrLANrING Of all hardy
shrubs and trees may be done as
soon as TIE soil is in worains order.
Year: 1865

TIE WAY To RAISE BLAcKBER-
niEs.-The vines are planted in
rows three feet apart, and three feet
apart In the rows. Over each row
is stretched stout wire at the
hight OF about fcur feet, with stakes
ut proper intervals to support it at
this hight. As the vines grow they
are tied TO the wire and bent down
along the wire ali in the same
direc,ion--that is, all toward the
south. al toward the north, or III
such direction as may be most
convenient.


The berries are borne on the
wood of the previous years growth.
In the spring of each year. the bear
ing wood OF the year before is cut
out and removed, and the new
shoots are tied TO the wire, the lat.
erai shoots of the new wood teing
at the same time cut back within
foot OF the main stalk. Thus the
whole labor OF trimming and train
ing the vines is performed at one
operation. Ii is better 10 manure IN
the fall, and this all-imp6rtant mat
ter should be attended to every year.
Year: 1865

To PREVENT designation by
small pox, use collodion; varnish
the face over while the pox are dis
charging mucus; keep them con-
stantly covered with the co.iodion
until well, and the lace will be
smooth
Year: 1865

EFFECT OF LAzINEss.-A lazy
boy makes lazy man just a sure
al a crooked saplln makes a crook
ed tree. Think Of that. my little


lads. Who ever saw a boy grow
MP in idleness that did not make a


lazy, shil,less vagabond when he
was old enough to lie man, though
he was not man In character, un-


less he had a fortune lett him TO
keep up appearance? The greater


mass OF thieves, pauperS and crlmi-


nails have come to what they are by
being brought up to nothing useful:


those who are good men now, and
useful to the community, were In
dustrious when they were boys.
II you do not ike to work now, a
love for industry can soon be acquir-
ed by habit. SO, my little reader. we
want you to look around at once,
for somethin 9 to do, in doing which
YOU can benefit somebody. Shuh
idleness as ycu would the evil one.
Year: 1865

GENERAL ANDERSON AT Fort SUMTER
The following are the remarks which, with
great emotion, General Anderson delivered
at Fort Sumter, on the occasion of restoring
the old flag to its place over that fortifca-
ton:


"My Friends and Fellow Citizens and
Brother Soldiers: By the considerate ap.
pointment of the Honc rabe Secretary of
War. am here to fulfill the cherished wish
of my heart through four long. long years of
bloody war, to restore to its proper place this
dear flag, which foated here during peace,
before the first act of this cruel rebellion.
thank God that have lived to see this day,
(great applause) and to be here to perform
this duty to my country. My heart is filled
with gratitude to that God who has SO sig
nally blessed us, who has given us blessings
beyond measure. May all the world proclaim
glory to God in the highest, and on earth
peace and good will towards men," Voices
Amen, Amen.
Year: 1865

L1NcoLN's FAREWELL WoRDs.-The fol-
lowing words of farewell to his neighbors, on
leaving them, February 11th, 1861, have
now fresh and mournful interest:


NV Friends: No one not in my position
can appreciate the sadness | feel at this
parting. To this people l owe oil that am.
Here | have lived for more than quarter of
a century here my children were born, and
here one of them lies buried. | know not
how soon l shall see you again. A duty
devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater
than that which has fallen upon no other man
since the days of Washington. He never
would have succeeded except for the aid of
Divine Providence, upon which he at all
times relied. / feel that l cannot succeed
without the same Divine aid which sustained
him, and on the same Almighty Being l
place my reliance and support; and l hope
you, my friends, will all pray that l may
receive that Divine assistance. without which
cannot succeed, but with which, success is
certain. Again bid you an afectionate
farewell
Year: 1865

IHE LOCALITY OF THE SURRENDER.--The
locality which will be forever famous in his
tory as the scene of Lees surrender to Gen.
Grant, Is Malard's Church. situated in the
southern corner of Buckingham county, on
the Lynchburg and Farmville road, on the
north side of the Appomattox, and about
nve miles northwest of Farmsville. There
may be some other local name than NAL
lard Church for the place, which history
Will adopt instead; but that is the place,
no matter what you call it.-Hartford
Year: 1865

the scheme will probably prove otherwise.


Suppose we had thirty thousand negroes
here whom we would take out into the H.
linois prairies and locate on forty acre
tracts of land, giving them the title
Though the soil might be ich and the
climate delightful, not one in ten could
live there. unless we gave them money,
tools. timber, and. in some cases, brains.


Neither General Sherman nor Secretary
Stanton can, by "a general order, fix the
coalition, determine the policy, or shape
the public mind with reference tc this great
question Of the proper settlement OF tho
condition of the Freedmen. And any
wholesale attempt 70 dispose OF the SUBJ
iect, as they might of the command of a
corps, its line of march, or its location,
will be signal failures.


At present no fixed policy can he adopt
el. Nothing can 10 done but to relieve
such cases of want and suffering as como
under our notice, and when the steady
light of freedom beams around them we
can see the way Of delivcrancc.


Whether they then should be allowed to
SO to State Of their own. or to stay
among Us as portion Of our people will
then. no doubt. he much easier to settle.


For the present. we say. all honor to
tbs generous men who are helping those
who have already broken away from bond
age to help themSelves-who are giving
them the light OF knowledge AMI the word
Of life. AMI fitting few. At least. TO hear
the torch for the dusky millions whose
rumbling FOOTBALLS are becoming aud 'ble
as the grey dawn Of freedom is breaking


For the present. that policy which gives
them employment and q small compsnsa-
tion is the best. An, thing that looks
f.r,hcr seems shroudci in difficulties.
Year: 1865

Among the most rare and curious
things we have witnessed in these latter
days, is the Obtrusive Olacrity with which
the most venomOus COpperhead Demo
Gratis rushed into the ring, shouting and
thrusting themselves forward as leaders,
in celebrating the triumph Of the Union
arms since the fall of Richmond
Year: 1865

On last Saturday evening, while
every one was endeavoring to crowd his
way to the front to see the rockets,


a soldier who was being pushed about a
little unceremouiosly, sung out, "Oh,
yes, you all want to get in frOot here
put if you had been down South, where
I have bTen, imagine your coat tails
would have been standing straight out
from an ambitious desire to get as far
away from II as POssible.-[ Ripley Bee
Year: 1865

The PuNcTuAL MAN.-Mr. Higgins
was very punctual man in all his
transactions through life. He amassed
"a large fortune by untiring industry
and punctuality; and at the advanced
ago of ninety years was resting quietly
on his bed and calmly waiting TO be
called away. He had deliberately
made almost every arrangement for
his decease and burial. His pulse
grew fainter, and the light of life
seemed just Pickering in its socket
when one of his sons remarked -
Father, you will probably live but a
day or two: is it not we'll for you to
name your bearers 2" "To be sure,
my SON." said the dying man. "It
is well thought of, and will do it
now" He gave the names of six, the
usual number, and sank back ex-
hausted upon his pillow. A CLEAN of
thought passed. over his withered fea-
lures like a ray of light, and he rallied
once more. "My son read me the list.
Is the name of Virgins thereY" at
is father" "Then strike it OFF, said
he emphatically; :" for he was never
punctual was never anywhere in
season and he might hinder the pro-
cession whole hour?"
Year: 1865

Would through this medium acknowledge his
thanks to the Public for the very liberal patron
age received by the late firm, and would take
this opportunity to announce TO the citizens Of
East Saginaw and the Saginaw Valley gene
rally, that he has on hand, and is constantly
receiving at the old stand one Of the best assort
mcnts Of
Year: 1865

The goldsmith, in setting diamond,
places inPthe capsule dark leaf, and
this gives beauty and brilliancy to the
jewel so the dark leaves placed by
the hand Of God in the book of our
earthly history give glory brightness
and preciousaess to the higher life
above.
Year: 1865

" A wood-sawyer respectfully requests
that people will not steal the sawed wood un-
I'll it has been measured. That little arrange
ment will not add to the loss of the owner or
diminish the gain of the thief, but it will save
the poor sawyer from losing part of his pay.
The request is certainly reasonable.
Year: 1865

AGRICULTURAL READING.-The monthly
report January Of the Commissioner Of Ag-
rioulture announced that hereafter the lead
ing article in each report will be strictly an
agricultural cne, with shorter articles on ag-
ricutural topics. The editors Of the sgricul-
tural newspapers generally complain that this
lie unjust TO them /; and they do so from an
evident apprehension that such document
will injure them We think it will benefit
them rather. If any body shall become inoc-
ulsted, by the reports Of the commissioner
with taste for agricultural reading. the dis-
ease "a very good one) will manifest itself in
subscriptions for agricultural newspapers. Is
it not true, in every community where the
county or village newspaper gives attention
to agriculture, that the exclusively agrcutur-
al papers are most literally pstronized =
We are confident it is so.


The scope of the agricultural bureau must
necessarily be as broad as the nation. 1t must
treat of every variety of agriculture and
therefore it can never give enough to answer
the demand in any particular locality. So the





Northern farmers ought, must, and will, have
the agricultural papers best adapted to their
kind Of agriculture and so will the South
ern and the Western farmers, and the wine
makers and stock -raisers of the Pacific slope





The vote of the present Legislature of Ken
lucky against the constitutional amendment
was expected; but it is to be remembered
that this vote is not final negative vote
does not preclude subsequent affirmative
one. The provision of the Constitution is
that an amendment shall take effect when
ratified by the Legislatures Of three-fourtns
Of the several States &c. Therefore should
the next legislature Of Kentucky, in August,
ratify" the amendment, she must be counted
in. Should any other State, which has once
" ratified" undertake to change its vote, It
cannot do 1t. The rsti6catons only are re-
garded and the amendment must stand open
for ratification until three-fourths of the
States have given an affirmative vote Con-
gress, even, cannot reconsider or withdraw
its proposition to amend. Its power in this
respect is only to propose amendments, or to
call convention to propose them on applica-
tion Of two-thirds Of the States and 10 either
case three-fourths OF the States ratify, by
Legislatures or conventions as Congress shall
choose Kentucky and Delaware may both
change heir votes, and we have reason for
thinkiLg that they will. Let the other loyal
States all come in and then the assent of these
Statesmay be expected. They will be asham-
ed to stand alone on such question.
Year: 1865

The remarks of Gen. Cox, on this topic,
st the Oberlin meeting, though not fully
nm 20 the standard of the Radical men
vho listened to him, will command respect
from all for their candor and evident sin
cerity. Whilst Gen. Cox may frankly
axpress bis individal sentiments upon this
question, It must be borne in mind.that he
does not regard his theory as "a finAlity,"
but prefers to wait the development OF
events. The experiment of reeonstruc-
zion, now being tested in the Southern
States, and the "logic of events, will, in
his opinion, modify the various views now
entertained, and tend to crystalline public
sentiment upon some practicable plan for
the solution of the problem. Upon the
subject of our duty 70 guarantee to the
colored race the highest civilization it is
capable of enjoying, Gen. Cox does not
differ with the most radical. 1t is only as
20 the manner of securing that end that he
IA compelled TO differ with his friends, who
will support him none the less cordially
mon that account. Bis reply to the in


terrogatcry put to him IS to universal
suffrage IN our State, evincea much csndor


and is in the main satisfactory to the


friends of the colored race in Ohio.
Year: 1865

WASHINGTON aug. Y.


The Chronicle Of this morning says, from
an official who has just returned from
q brief trip through some of the Southern
States, where he went on official busi-
ness, we have full confirmation Of the
reports which have recently come from
these localities of the utter destitution
of the South, and of the desire of
the people at large to submit eheerfully to
the Government Of the United States.
The Chronicle adds: From sill accounts it
appears that if fair expression of public
opinion csn be obtained at the coming
election in the South, there will be little
difficulty in the work of reorganization.
Year: 1865

NASHVILLE, August Y.
Ex-rebel General Wheeler was badly
beaten today by Colonel Blackburn and
Captain Quinn, in consequence Of q threat
made during the war by Wheeler that he
would kill Blackburn if ever he took him
prisoner, as he was damned homemade
Yankee. Wheeler was in bed when at
tackled, and was severely beaten.
Year: 1865

Is invited to the regulating and restorative powers of
this harmless effective preparation At the two epocls
of life in Which female system undergoes the most i'm
nortap and critical changes the Pills will prove positive
against evil consequences They also confident
ly recommended specific in every disorder to which fe
males are exclusively subject.
Year: 1865

ESTABLISHED IN THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO IN 1852
AND REMOVED TO SAN FRANCISCO IN 1862 FOR
THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF AFF0RDING AN ASY-
LIN To THOSE AFFLICTED WITH CHRONIC AND
yENERIAL DISEASES AND FOR THE
Year: 1865

WE learn that as soon as the dispatch reached
Acapulco, giving the news of the destruction of
our whaers by the rebel pirate Shenandoah, the
commander of the English war steamer Derdsta-
Hon then living in the harbor, sought inter-
view with Capt. r. G.. Scott, of the L. 5. steamer
SaranGc, and informed him that he should set
sail Immediately with the Devastation in pursuit
of the Shenandoah, and should treat the rebel
cruiser pirate. and capture her wherever she
might be found. He left port as soon as his ship
could be got under way.
Year: 1865

Is a BAD FN.-The editor of the Monterey
Gazeue has been put up for the Office of County
AUDITOR because his paper will not afford him
living. lie says:


We are not long and zealously identified with
the county or its interests. though none have
been more industrious while we have been here :;
and we say, to its shame, that had the Union
party in this county done half its duty, we should
not now be reduced to the pitiful strait of run
ming for office. If the members OF the party had
taken their county paper, and contributed their
mites toward its support, we could have presen-
ted them with journal of which they might
have been proud.
Year: 1865

The rebels of Mississippi, with their State
Militia, which refuses to march under the flag
of the Union, are carrying things with high
hand The rebel GeneralelectedG Governor OF
the State, is exercising his power to wreak the
vengeance of which he was foiled in war upon
Union officers and soldiers, who are thrus
into prison if they presume to resent an insult
from taitor.


1t would seem that Union soldiers are about
'plaYed OUT in Mississippi, and 1t is about
time they were relieved of subordination to
the rebel Militia of that State.
Year: 1865

The New York Tribune wants the boarding
house keepers of Washington City to pile on
the tariff this winter, in order that members
of Congress may have realizing sense of the
evils ofan expanded currency and consequent
inflated prices.
Year: 1865

The RIGHT Way isthe title ofa new paper
under the editorial control of Col. SrEARxs,
Who recently gave an account of converse
ton held with the President The paper is
published in Boston, is radical, as its name
implies and devoted specially to the ques.
tons of reconstruction.


The editor says:


I'VE have supposed that we differed in
cpinion from Andrew johnson upon some i'm
portant points of national policy. Werejoice
10 hope from recent developments that these
differences are less than we believed, and that
some of them are theoretical rather than
practical. But we have never doubted his
patriotism and fidelity. How could We dis
trust man who remained faithful when he
had every motive to be faithless, except simple
honor and integrity, and expect him to become
faithless when he has every motive to be faith
ful, except, indeed pure love of wickedness
for its own sake ? What Northern man has
given proof Of love of country and fidelity
to the Union to be compared with that which
Andrew Johnson haag given? What Northern
man has been SO situated that he could not
S,ve such proof? Go, read the records of
The session of Congress of '60-'6l, when
among all the Senators from his part Of the
country, johnson stood alone, and boldly de-
nounced the rest as traitors read the thrilling
stories of 81, when he was again and again
insulted, threatened and assailed by bodies of
infuriate men, when his property was confs-
Gated, his sick wife with her child driven into
the street, price set upon his head, and his
patriotism seemed to have for its cost the loss
of all that men hold dear on earth, and even
of life itself: read the history of his subse-
quent administration as Military Governor Of
Tennessee; and then distrust Andy John
SON. if you can
Year: 1865

The National Intelligencer regards Speaker
CoLFAx's speech as a declaration of war by
the leader of the radicals in Congress against
the President and his policy


The wish we take it is father to the thought,
as that sheet would rejoice exceedingly in any
division which would place JEFF DAVIS and
his reconstructed rebels in power again at
Washington. If Mr.. CoLFAx is at issue with
the President, how happens it that there is no
opposition candidate for Speaker of the House
in the Republican ranks


Whatever diversity of views NAV exis. on
matters OF cetait, there is entire accord be
tween the President and Congress on the
main issue, and We doubt not their views will
eventually harmonize in detail.
Year: 1865

President LINCOLN desired that the right
of suffrage should be extended to colored men
who fought the battles of the Union, and 10
those possessed of superior intelligence.
President JOHNSON. who does not regard It rs
within his province to impose the condition
on the states. says that in the capacity of a
citizen of Tennessee he would favor the gra
dual admission of the colored citizens to the
ballot; and Chief Justice CHASE says:


| cannot disguise my conviction that, the
surest and shortest road to permanent peace.
settled order, sound credit, contended indus
try, and general prosperity in every State, is
the frank recognition of tie right of every
citizen, white or colored, to protect his and
neighbor's freedom, and promote his and his
neighbor's welfare by his vote.


Who can name three Americans of equal
reputation for patriotism, ability and honesty
who oppose the policy.
Year: 1865

Many an old person has the pain-not
bodily, but sharper still--of feeling himself
In the way. Some one wants his place.
His very chair in the chimney corner is
grudged him. He is O. burden to son or
daughter. The very arm that, props him
is taken away from some productive labor.
As he sits at the table, his own guests Are
too idle or too unkind to make him sharert
ofotheir mirth. They grudge the trouble
of that raised voice, which alone could
make him one of them and when he speaks,
it is only to be put aside as ignorant or de-,
Spised, as old-fashioned or obsolete Oh
how little do younger persons know their
power of giving pain or pleasure. Il is
pain for any man still in this world to be
made to feel that he is no longer of it; to
be driven in upon his own little world of
conspicuous isolation and buried enjoy
ment. This is his condition and If any
fretfulness or querulousness of temper has
aggravated it--if others love him not be-
cause he is not amiable, shall we pity that
condition any the less? Shall we upbraid
with that fault which is itself the worst
part of it-good words? 'pr a. .s-.