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Year: 1862

The CHEERING WoRD.-Little Charley
WAS hs.dull boy of the school. All the
rest either laughed at or pitied him
Even his master sometimes tainted with
his deficiencies. He became sullen and
Indifferent, and took no pains to get on.
One day gentlemen who was visiting the
school looked over some boys that were
making their first attempt to write
There was a general burst of amusement
at poor Charley's efforts. lie colored bar
was silent. t


Never mind, NV laI. +" said the gentle
man cheeringly. don't be discouraged
just go on and do your very best, and you
will be brave writer some day. recOl-
leet when l first began to write being
quite as awkward as you are but perse-
yered and look here" He took "a pen
and wrote his name on u piece of paper,
in fine legible characters. ''See what
can do now" he added. @


Many years afterwards that gentleman
met Charley again. He had turned out
one of the most celebrated men Of his
day. and he expressed his firm conviction
that he owed his success in life, under
Gods blessing, to the encouraging speech
made by the school visitor. Ief
Year: 1862

A correspondent of the Boston Trans
cript writes:


81 heard a very characteristic anecdote
of the late Commodore Percival from one
of his officers. the other day While he
was at Cyanein one of the Mediterranean
ports, he happened to go into hotel
where were congregated several English
officers of the navy, and in course of con-
versatioa the Commodore said something
obnoxious to the dignity or nationality of
one of the number on which he told him
he should give him satisfaction for it
He accordingly stepped out, and return
ed with two loaded pistols, and gave one
to Commodore Jack. Eyeing the weapon
for a moment, he asked the Englishman
what he wanted him to do with that p
Give me satisfaction for what you have
just said.' Whereupcn Mad Jack took
his chapeau from his head, and tossing it
into the air, fired a shot through it as it
went up, saying, to the Englishman, Il
can give you satisfaction such as that
The clustering officer was satisfied mere
ly by witnessing the shot"
Year: 1862

WHAT FRETs THE ECRoPEoS MoNARcHs.
No European nation ever did or can
make war on a large scale without borrow
ing heaps of money, and going down on
its marrow bones to the Rothschilds.-


Yet the Loyal States of the American
Union have put in the field, armed and
equipped, over one million of men, and
are now carrying on vigorously war
more gigantic than any two Europeon ma
tions ever knew and all without asking
or receiving a dollar of European capital.
The spectacle must be annoying to them,
particularly as they hoped to have the OPP
portunity to snub us in England. aud to
show the Loyal States that King Cotton
would get all their financial favors. They
may give their money for cotton, they
may, an stand and excellent chance to
lose the whole of it a prospect that may
fret their gizzards. - Toledo BL,,ls.
Year: 1862

The following methods for obviaiing this
evil have been described at the ROYAL In
stitute of Architects. Three-auarters OF
II pound of notified soap are to be dissoly-
ed in one gallon of boiling water, and the
hot solution spread steadily, with fiat
brush, over the outer surface of the brick
work, taking care that it does not lather;
this is to be allowed to dry for twenty
four hours, when solution Is formed 0f
a quarter of pound Of alum dissolved in
two gallons of water is to be applied in =
similar manner, over the coating of soap.
The operation should be formed in dry,
settled weather. The soap and alum
naturally deeompOses each other and
form an insoluble varnish which the rain
Is unable TO penetrate and this cause of
dainpness IS said To DO effsetualIy remoy-s
ed. The other method consists of sui
phurized oil as vsrnish or paint, and is
said to improve the color of brick and
stone. as well as preserve them. Ii Is
prepared by subjeeting eight parts OF lin
seed oil and one part of sulphur to a
temperature of 2T8o in an iron vessel.
1t Is said to keep out both air and mois-
ture, and prevents deposits. of SCOT and
dirt, when applied to the surface of a
building or stone, or even of woodwork
American
Year: 1862

NEW EyVELoPE-A new style of letter
envelope has just been issued. Its pecu-
liariarity consists in hole cut in the right
hand upper corner of the face of the en-
Yelope, over which the postage stamp is
placed. This hole is larger than the
stamp, but two or three bars of paper are
left running across it. The stamp thus
adheres to the letter itself as well as to a
small part of the envelope. The princi
pal advantage is that the stamp and post
mark remain on the back of the letter
after the envelope is lost or thrown away.
This object seems to be most ingeniously
and efficiently gained by the invention,
Year: 1862

sons sprang upon him. But the fellow was
strong and desperate, and perhaps had some
suspicion of the truth. With a wild yell he
cleared their united grasps at bound, leav-
ing large portion of his rags in their hands.
lhe next moment the whole four of US were
in chase of the villain, as he ran across the
road TO gain the cover of wood some twen-
ty rods distant.


Fire shouted the father, shoot down the
scoundrelr


We were all armed and prepared, and at
the word four revolvers began to crack behind
him. But he seemed to bear charmed life,
and still ran on, keeping short distance g.
head of US. Once fancied saw him stag
ger, but he gained the wood and disappeared.
and We reluctantly and with deep ehagrln
gave up the chase.


When We returned to the house, the wife
and daughter were both up and terribly a.
larmed. Of course an explanation followed
the host being disappointed in not making
the capture, as he intended, without exciting
their fears. There was no more sleep in that
house that night.


The next morning We went out into the
wood and discovered trail Of blood. We
followed on for half mile, and found the
ruifian lying dead, face downward. his hands
firmly elenched upon some bushes. One Of
tie SONS recognized him as a suspected muir
derer, who had couple ofyears ago left that
part of the country He was buried with
little ceremony. was warmly thanked for
the part | had played 10 save the family
but from no other did the words sound so
sweet to me as from the lips Of the beautiful
maiden.


The family pressed me to STAY with them
for while, and | stayed long enough to lose
nv heart and win another. Strange as il ap-
pears in looking back to il, the event of that
villain leaping into the road before me,chang-
ed nv whole fortune and sometimes, when
gaze fondly upon my lovely wife, am
tempted TO bless the dark and wicked design
that providentially led me TO so much happi-
ness.
Year: 1862

BY KATE CAMERON.
Some give to our country their talents and time
And others give their gold;
had only one treasure to bestow,
And that did not withhold.
And know the Offering will be blest,
For, oh, it was my all:
God pity me, if in battle hour


1t should be his fate 20 fall
| have given my all to my country's call,
And what more can | do
have given the strong arm on which leaned,
And the heart so brave and true
Now walk alone through the crowded streets,
And alone kneel to pray;
All. many wearisOme hour have l,
With my loved one far away.
know not if he will come back again;
1t may be my doom toreee,
As so many have seen, in the fatal list,
The one name that's dear to me.
But trust him with One who is greater than all
More loving and more kird
Oh. God defend those who have gone forth,
And strengthen those left behind.
-!prinqfeM Republcan.
Year: 1862

The army chsrlains are like the pro-
phets hgs-the good are very good, the
bad could not possibly be where they could
do more harn- A loafng, lazy fellow,
with only an eye to his pay, and without
tl.e smallest Christian grace in or about
him. is just such 3 chaplain as disgraces
the service and brings discredit on the
cloth in too many Of our regiments. Every
such an one should be weeded out IS
EoFSc than useless
Year: 1862

Our very full dispatches from Washing
Ton arc Of much interest, and are the record
Of g plump days work done By Congress.
The important measures they have passed
gre such as meet the expectations Of loyal
u1cp, long looked for come at last The
contscation bill is awaiting its fate in tile
Senate, where the tender footed patriots arc
aiming to emasculate it, but We hope with


out avail. 1t was an excellent days work
yesterday and it's results will 1fvcln history.
Year: 1862

Z AA


Ono Of The most important measures in
The history Of the country has been passed
BY both houses, and only needs the Presi-
dents signature to become Law. The
House yesterday gave handsome majority
to the bill as it came from the Senate three
days ago, unwilling to hazard the bill By q
dissent to the Senate amendments, for fear
the sanc should fail through an adjourn
uaeut The bill is better than any one ever
before discussed in Congress. Tic road
viii be commenced from California and the
Missouri River It is not necessary Tor the
Kansas and California companies to wait
for the organization Of the central
company, as they are wisely left in.
dependent Of the latter. The necessity
for The States frem Iowa TO the Inc Of the
lakes, central New York and New Eng
1and to have the other road start fron
Omaha City to 60 through to the Cali6or
Year: 1862

The Harvest in Southern N1inois.


The farmers in the southern part OF the
Slate are in the midst OF their wheat harvest.
The greatest difficulty they find is the scarcity
Of laboress. Our advicee from that region all
agree TINT the quality OF tho new wheat was
never better, aad that the yield Is abundant.
Year: 1862

FLOUR AND GRAIN IN STORE IN CHICAGO.


Tie following table shows the amount
Of flour, wheat and corn in store on the
23d inst, compared with the amount in
store week since, and that in store at the
Year: 1862

Beef Cattle are quiet as the offerings are light
and Of only medium quality.


Live Hogs were more active under better de-
mand by packers, and we note an improvement Of
fully 50 10o-the market closing firm.
Year: 1862

I


Our readers are indebted to a special CORE
spondent for stirring item of intelligence, to-
wit: that the brsggart Pope, in command of the
consolidated remnants Of tie armies Of the Po-
tomac and the Shenandoah is in full retreat,
closely pursued by the stern, avenging legions
of the South, led by the wary but indomitable
Stonewal Jackson. At last adVices, says our
dispatch, his headquarters were at point thirty
miles beyond Gordonsville, which places him
within twenty to thirty miles of Manassas, ac-
cording to tbs line Of march pursued The enc
my must have been painfully apprehensiVe of
the result of q battle, or he would not have
abandoned the line ofthe Rappahannock, for he
could not but know that he must now give US
battle ia the open feld somewhere in the Manas-
sas region, or fall back on the Potomac be
driven TO earth in his own capital, and submit to
be anked by our forces moving up the Potomac
to the old localities about Lsesburg and Har-
per's Ferry.


OF course the enemy sees the danger of allow
ing Us to obtain so admirable position for the
invasion Of Maryland, when we have the forces
to make that movement and 70 lesve enough on
this eide Of the Potomac to threaten Washington
from the Virginia shore. Hence we conclude
that the enemy will screw his courage to the
stricking pOiat and offer us battle twenty OF
thirty miles this side of the Potomac. We can
accept or decline the conflict IS we see 6t, for if
We don't want to make him run by lighting we
csn do it by strengthening force on a
flank movement toward Maryland. There is no
doubt that even now our army has attained po-
siEion to do this safely Thus the enemy ap-
pears to be in the dilemma that he must either
| light or run. Theye is no doubt as to which he
prefers to DO but will he dare do i1 Will the
Lincoln government dare permit its yaunted
army to be besieged in its own capital-driven
in before the despised rebels and siege laid to
that capital by q vigorous army in the feldi
/ It is Indifferent which horn of the dilemma is
selected. If the enemy gives US battle, we shall
doubtless whip him, and if he flies trembling
into Washington for safety, it will be equivalent
| to great victory. The North win see its best
army driven to the wall, as it bOasIed the South
ern army would be- its capital besieged its ter
ritory imminently mensced with invasion, and
viii realize that the snbjugstion Of the South is
/ further off than ever, and the war to such an end
utterly hopeless. The enemy is fully prepared
for defeat if he stands; he has been whipped in
every battle, cowed by loss Of confidence in
himself, and demorazed by flight and the hot
pursuit of the fiery warriors whose prowess has
forced him to recognizs them as his masters. So
| fight or run, fellows--it must come to the latter
at last.
Year: 1862

From the Memphis BulletiHl


We learn by q passenger on the steamboat
Saline, who was engaged IN the search for and
present at the finding of the murdered body
mentioned below, the following details, rarely
equaled in horror and atrocity. Mrs Bradley IS
widow, residing at the foot Of " Clarke's Tow
head, near Walnut Bend, in Phillips county,
Arkansas. She had one child, sweet, pleasing
girl Of nine years Of age. On Wednesday after
noon last she heard the child calling TO her in an
alarmed voice, and fastening to the door, saw
movement among the bushes at some distance
Off whence the screams and cries issued Il was
some little time before aid could be procured and
2 search made, but It become evident that the
child had been carried off, and investigation
showed that the guilty party was a negro youth
OF nineteen years OF age, slave Of Mr.. John
Ashley, living In the same neighborhood Next
day the negro was found, but he utterly refused
to tell what be hal doHe with the child. Whip
ping and other punishment could ORly get from
him an acknowledgement that he had left the
liltle girl in the woods, where or in what condi-
zion ne declared agsin and again no power on
earth should compel him 70 tell On Thursday
and Friday the search was continued. The
negro was taken along and chastised at inter-
walls, bat he still persisted in his refusal to make
any revelation. Ga Saturday the party again
taking the negro with them, resumed their
search. While so engaged they met band Of
gueTTillas 10 whom they revealed the particulars
Of the loss Of the unfortunate child.


The guerri.las was fred with Indignation and
swoTs yengeance TO the utmost extreme against
the negro They bound him to a tree and pro-
eeeded to pile wood around him When the boy
found that death was near he told them the child
was dead be had violated and killed her, and
her body lay in q certain spot they mad several
times passed in the search Il was between two
cottonwood trees and covered thickly over with
brush. This revelation made the woods were
fred and the negro was burned to death. The
body of the little girl was found at the spot in
dcated. It presented a horrible appearance.
There wss a wound on the forehead apparently
from a blow. On the arms and various parts Of
the body were dark bruises showing where the
negro had violently held her in her vain struggles
against his Aelish attempts Dark marks on
her throat, showed that she had been put to death
by choking. The condition Of her person We
cannot state ON p2per al that 6eud5 could i'm
agine barbarity, cruelty, and he.lish viIiainy
were apparent there. The excitement in the
neighborhood is exreme, and the fate of the ne
gro is pronounced to be only just.
Year: 1862

THE TRAITOR DR. ROCKER This noto-
rious and infamous Individual was brought TO
this place last night, on the western Train, and


turned over to the military authorities here for
safe keeping. He has been examined but the
result bas not sranspred, the testimony and the
finding Of the court martial having to be submit


ted to the Secretary Of War before being made


public. The charges upon which he was exam
ined were treason and murder. He is desper-
ate villain, and viii attempt every meeus to es-
cape the ignominious fate he is conscious he de-
serves, and whichwe have no doubt has been
awarded him. While in confinement at the
Salt Sulphur be attempted to bribe the guard, of
fsring him s 500 to permit him to get away,
which doubtless gave rise to the report that he
had escaped. lie is heavily ironed, aud We
hope VIII be kept so until he is hung. No mercy
should be shown him Lyachburg Repeblieaa,
Year: 1862

The accounts recently received from New Mexico con.


rm TO some extent the attack upon forces In this
department, but also state that Colonel Candy had been
reinforced by the troops under Kit Carson and Others
and that they thus combined would be able resist all


the efforts brought to bear against them brave
duct Of Captain Mcao and his gallant band has also bcen
fully confirmed. Az yet this particular department
out Of the line Of the general movements Of the Union
army and unless great change should take place In the
policy Of the no very material effect could be
brought about by rebel attack upon the position
Having the dofences, however, in possession, we
intend to keep thsm and, the larger rebel bodies will


have TO be employed on moro important positions
nothing but kind Of guerilla warfare appears ever


likely take place in this department To tho north Of
Fort Craig the pleasant station Of vaverde or the
"Grcen Valley" and TO tho west Of the Rio Grando
Is the Jornads del Mnerte--a Spanish name, which
means the "Road, March, or Passage OF Death" The
latter name s very symbolical for there is no water
those plains for ninety miles south That bong the
case tho protection Of the OF the river is MILL
tary necessity to the American forces stationed at the
forts Of New Mexico and the possession Of these forts
only will that protection. Any attempt tho
part Of the rebos to capture them will be resisted TO the
Year: 1862

tuition was a primary cause of the alien.
alton and hostility of tho South, and
fear they would not yield that aver.
sion now to render the Union what it
onco was. Let Mr.. Lincoln try this
question, if he would solve the the
problem of the nations imbroglio.
Do not understand nae that I would
yield the sword or any other means
calculated to render the Union what it
was. What l mean is, that if tho
Union, and that only, is tho object, the
sword will never find the belligerents
in better condition to communicate
that work than now, and that other
agencies should be promptly employed.
| yield to no man in devotion and loyal
ty 10 the Union as it was, and to the
principles Of government transmitted
TO us by oru fathers. The maintenance
and perpetuation of these shall bo tho
objects nearest my heart, whether l be
in private or public lifo. With much
esteem, | remain,


Yours truly,
VIM. BIaLER,
Year: 1862

1t is ascertained that no column Of
the enemy is approaching from Ken.
lucky towards Cumberland Gap, whore
we now have largo force. Indeed
such is tho impoverished state of the
country in that section, that it would
be impossible to subsisL an army du.
ring this winter There is hardly any
danger to bo approhended therefore OF
an invasion in that quarter
Year: 1862




MY DEAR SIR: In reply to your favor
of the 30th ult, have to say that you
have been rightly informed do not
intend to be candidate for United
States Senator at the coming election.





The other question you ask, "what
can be done to save the country" is
not 80 readily answered. The usual
response is, God knows. Few of our
best thinkers seem to have any clear
views on tho question; and it is not
even certain that the Administration
ut Washington has a well defined poll
cy to that end. | have some thoughts
on the subject which do not hesitate
to give you. They may seem to you
crude, and on some points even novel
and startling; but they are the result Of
some reflection.


Tho sword is the only agency at
work. But tho sword can not do ALL.
[. is an agent of destruction. 1t can
tear down but car not build up. 1t
may chastise and silence the rebels
in the field; but it can not makea Union
of States; it can not restore confidence
and fraternity among the people ,s-
tranged and alenated to each othcr. If
the war was against the leaders i'll the
South only, as many at the beginning
supposed, then the war might put them
down and the masses could return TO
their allegiance. But the conflict turns
out to be with the whole mass of the
people within tho United States, old
and young, male and female, number.
ing many millions. With such pow.
er, sooner or later, we shall have to
treat and negotiate The sword alone
will never restore this people TO the
Union.


You we'll know that whom the pres.
>ent calamities menaced the nation, |
was for peaceful means to avert the
blow. Then our present suffering and
sacrifices could have been avoided, and,
as | believe, unity of the Statos pre-.
served for generations, without the
sacrifice of principle, honor. or con-
science on either side; passion, preju.
dice and fanaticism would only have
been required to give way; and l still
think, nay, am sure that other means
beside war are necessary 10 savo our
country our whole country-from
present Affections and impending ruin.


l know how easy it is to talk about
war and carnage; about strategic posi-
tions and brilliant victories; about the
prompt subjugation of .he South by
the North; how pleasant it may be to
some to float in tho common current of
expectation and passion, and especially
how unpleasant, if not unsafe, it is to
stem this tide. But the time is coming
If it be not now, when tho man who
would render his country substantial
service must do this. He must look at
the whole work before US, and strike
for the right, regardless of clamor OF
consequences to himself personally.


Wo have had war for eighteen
smonths, the like Of which the world
has seldom witnessed before, to sustain
which q national debt of startling mag.
nitude, which must hang over posterity
long into the future, has already been
created, and more than quarter of q
million of invaluable livos sacrificed
Year: 1862

Children are often sagely told, that "they
don t know what is good for them" The
saying is as true when applied to large folks,
and the conduct proves the fairness OF the
application. When hard times, or fear OF
hard times, come over land, on what do
they begin retrenchment aud economy. On
the back mo, madam you clothe your
self with the finest and rarest still. With
the stomach NO, sir; you pamper it with
every delicate meat as usual. On luxuries7-
No, Mr.. Sybarite; you drink the choicest
and smoke the most exquisite in wonted pro-
fuseness. No, no, deluded big children
you begin with the printer you cut of
books as if they were pest, and you either
stop your paper or refuse to pay for it. You
seem to imagine that you are merely ami
NAL, without soul or intellect. Your action
indicates this anyhow.


Verify, the public has been spoiled
Books and papers have been furnished at SO
low q rate, and with so little recompenss to
author and printer, that they are lightly es-
teemed, when they should be held above all
price; and the consequence is, that the
printer, wLo makes but scanty living at
the best Of times. is left to crumbs or starv-
alton when a real or fanced necessity for
retrenchment exists. Out upon such re-
trenchmentl Wear less costly gear-eat
palmer food-drink less and smoke less, or
none at all, rather than cheat your soul and
mind of their due portion. Buy good books


and take and pay for an honest and decent


newspaper; and as upright, God-created be-


ings, you will be the better and richer for it