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Year: 1861

NEWSPAPER PAYMENTs.-Halls Journal
of Health has the following hints upon this
subject, which are worthy of consideration:


Not solitary subscriber owes us dollar;
on the contrary, We owe them four more jour.
nails but we are urging plea for our exchan-
ges, some OF whom have stopped, others are in
deadly drag, and many moro must fall into
the same condemnation, some of them losing
the products of the labor Of lifetime and all
this because the men whom they done so much
70 amuse, and instruct and crafty, withhold
the pittancc of a dollar Or two or three, which
they could certainly pay, if they had but the
will. Shame burning shame, to all such
The order Of payment is of great practical
Importance. 1t is tenfold economy of hap
piness and health to pay ten debts averaging
81 each, than to pay one of SO; for 10 per-
sons are grati6ed, 10 holes are stopped 10 chan
ces of being dunned are removed instead of l;
for what is greater annoyance, a greater
jar on sensitive mind than to be dunned for
a dollar when there is not penny in the
pocket? You feel mean because you are 50
so poor, and meaner still from the conscious.
ness that your neighbor has found out that
you cannot pay contemplate dollar, while if
you know that he really needs it, modification
and regret are added to the catalogue. The
smallest debts should be paid first, on the pre-
sumption that the smaller the debt,the poorer
is your creditor, the less his ability to borrow
in case he is disappointed in getting what you
owe him, and the less can he afford the time
required in calling on you.
Year: 1861

SORRY FOR H1M.-A rich man, in a costly
carriage by careless driving brought lis car
riage against the wagon of laborcr. 1t was
the rich mans fault that the two vehicles
came in collision. The laborer's wagon was
heavily loaded, but he gave more than half
the road. The man in the carriage abused
him sadly, while they were extrcating the
vehicle. When he had driven on, the COM
panion Of the laborer said, j should not have
taken his abuse as patiently as you did


Poor! fellow, am sorry for him, said
the laborer.


Poor he is worth nearly half a million,
and is laying up more every day


He is not laying up anything in heaven,
and am afraid he never will He is to be
pitied. Us. s. Times.
Year: 1861

We take the following interesting particulars
respecting the North Carolina soldiers taken to
New York in the Minnesota, from the CONNER
cial Adrertiser


/" The prisoners on the passage thither We're
allowed full liberty of tile ship, and were not
placed in irons. OF course, every precaution
was taken to prevent surprise watches were
doubled and armed, magazines carefully guard
ed, and the small arm chests and lockers in
charge of special and trusty jack tars.


The gun deck was occupied as the sleeping
apartment of as many Of the prisoners as could
be accommodated, and the remainder were put
on the spar deck with the boonrcover, thus pro-
tected from the falling dew. The passage to
this port being very favorable, the entire lot of
prisoners IRE looking exceedingly well, consid-
ing their two days fighting and their tour days
Imprisonment.


A rougher loo ing class of men are seldom
seen together Mostof them are dressed in gray
clothes, and wear felt hats Of all sizes and
shapes, which are, to say the least, shocking
bad hats Most of the prisoners were either
baretooted or very near it. The use of razors
seems to be unknown to the great ma ajority of
them, and their unshorn hair adds much to the
disagreeable appearance of the motley crowd
Most of them, however, are young, athletic
men, and look as if they might endure hard
ships, but there is peculiar expression about
their countenance which does not indicate cour-
age Many of them claim that they were i'm
pressed into The Confederate service, and state
that they are good Union men, but to save their
lives the were obliged to take up arms for the
Confederacy. This is an old story, and, with
the officers of the ship, it is not credited in a
majority of instances.


Most OF the common soldiers say that they
are glad that they have been taken prisoners,
and seem very anxious to know where they will
be sent now they are here, From them we
learned that their officers have studiously en-.
dcavored to keep from them any Northern pa
pers, but were willing to let them have and read
any secession journals which contained the glow
ing accounts of their victories.


Most of the officers were clad in species of
blue cloth or flannel, decorated with stripes and
buttons, not unlike those worn in the United
States navy. The officers occupied the after
portion of the ship and were quartered in the
vicinity Of the rooms of the officers of the ship
Year: 1861

The Late Grand Review Mt washington.


We have seen various and graphic de-
scrptions Of the last review of the grand
army of the Potomac. Doubtless the sight
was a grand and impressive one, and well
calculated TO draw thousands of witnesses.
The correspondent Of the New York Post
gives us concise and comprehensive de-
scripton. He says


The REvIEw.-Truly it was a magnificent
sigbt. A valley slightly undulating. but
quite bare of trees, lay below US, and on il
were drawn up, in solid lines of artillery,
cavalry and infantry, over seventy thousand
men in long dark lines with bayonets gilt
teIing like diamonds in the rare CLEANS cf
sunlight-no mimic show of holiday parade,
but the solemn earnestness of war. Grim
they looked, too, and as if not easily to be
dispersed, these sons of the soil that have
SPRING to arms in its defense. Soon around
the hill swept brilliant cavalcade our
brave young General and his suite. Nc
Clellan rode his white horse, and could easily
be distinguished from among that host of
officers by his tbodghtful brow and clear
gray eyes, and the certain dir of command
which so soon becomes habitual.


AS they dashed down the yellow road and
into the ground, cheer ater cheer followed
them, and then the review. began. The can
non, with hoarse echoes, thundered forth
their salute, and the music of the bands made
the cir ring with martial strains In and
out through the lines wound the staff, every
man of which was an officer of high rank,
among whom there were even princes and
mobiles of the Old World, as we'll as the self.
made magnets of the New. Every regiment,
as it was passed, dropped its colors in salute
and gave three ringing cheers, some of them
adding the hearty tgGre of the city soldiers.
1t was a sight to stir the coolest blood, and
we civilians could not help joining as they
came near enough for us to catch the en-
thusiasm.


Then, having made the turn of the field,
the General and staff took their places on a
central hill, and one by one the regiments
passed in review before them, leaving the
field as soon as they had been inspected, so
that shortly after we were between two lines
of tIoops-on the one hand artillery in end
less succession trotting past, while on the
other infantry swept by, nearly as fast on
the double quick. Every now and then a
halt would be ordered, and we could see the
files of men in regiment and brigade stretch-
irg away in coils of steel and iron to the
distant parade ground and on before US far
down the winding road. On and on they
came in bewildering numbers, until all the
mighty mass had swept away to their white
tents and low huts, and Bailey's Crossroads
was once more left to the solitary pckets
But it was late and dark before all were gone
and the sun had long set when the General
and his suite trotted down Pennsylvania.
avenue.
Year: 1861

CLAY PICTURE FRAMEs.-James Brown, of
London, has obtained patent for making
Photographic picture frames of burnt clay.
He prefers to use the kind of which tobacco
pipes are made. The clay is taken in moist
state and forced into mold of the desired
pattern, then the mold is subjected to pres,
giving strength and sharpness to the frame
The mold is slightly oiled inside, and the
back of the clay is covered with a tin plate,
to which it will not adhere. This is fOy the
purpose of permitting the frame to be easily
drawn from the mold. After the mold is
pressed, the clay is removed from it and
placed in kiln, and when a sufficient num-
ber are ready they are burnt, after which
they are gilded or otherwise ornamented
like porcelain.
Year: 1861

laid bare the sdnctun sonctCrum of home, un-
yelling the very penetralis of life and love to
"mob" of the vulgar, the careless, the
curious, the censorious.


No matter whether it has been the home
of great man or a little one, to those who
think Of something beside the auction it Is
70 very genial sight to see this same mob
rushing through an abode which has ever
been consecrated to the sweet privacies of
life; seizing with sacrilegiohs grasp the
sacred toys which have been gathered by
household hands; carrying of from under
the auctioneers hammer the household treas
ures so dear to the woman's heart


Aside from the structures of the crowd, Mr..
Douglas house any New Yorker would have
called livery plainly furnished" Evidently
it had never been given into the hands of an
upholsterer to be fitted up to order after the
exact pattern of a thousand other houses
Comfort and elegance had been sought, rather
than costly display; and in spite of the bleak
morning, the motley crowd aud displaced
furniture, 1t wore still something of its old
home air. .s.--.
There were a few exquisite pictures among
the paintings for sale in the dancing hall.
Among the engravings | noticed fine por-
traits of the Emperors Nicholas and Alex
ander and the present Empress of Russia.
Among the marble busts was one of Mr..
Douglas himself and q fine one Of Calhoun.


A long table in this hall was crowded with
china, cut glass and silver. Hosts of
emerald and ruby goblets which had never
We'd together save at feast, now waited to
he sold Most Of this service was disposed
of at large sacrifice. An elegant dinner set,
worth two or three hundred dollars, sold for
sixty; silver urn, worth four hundred, sold
for one hundred. Thus, though every thing
was sold, not half were paid for.
Year: 1861

THE PNEUMATIC PcsT.-The London En-
ginesr says that on the 18th ultimo further
experiments were made at Battsrsea for the
purpose of showing the action Of the pneu-
matte principle for the conveyance of pas
seDgeTs and parcels for the purpose of
experiment. Two carriages only are used


each weighing about one tun, and loaded
with ten bags of gravel, each containing one
hundred weight These vehicles were drawn,
or rather propelled, through the tube over a
quarter of mile long, by the pressure of the
atmospheric air, in rather less than thirty
seconds. AT other trips a mattress was
placed over the bags of gravel in each car.
riage, and some of the visitors passed
through the tube. The journey was of course
made in perfect darkness, but beyond this
there was no unpleasant sensation whatever
Year: 1861

We give the following from the Agri-
culturalist, with the remark that it is not
yet too late to put them in practice if
they have hitherto been neglected. The
sun in February and March has so much


power, while the nights are yet SO cold,
that more mischief is then done by freez-
ing and thawing than in the two previous
months. We have known raspberry plants
which had stood the vicissitudes Of q
whole winter, killed by severe frost in
April.


"Fruit and ornamental trees planted this
fall are benefited by mound of earth q
foot high thrown up around the trunk
Let this earth be brought to the tree
from another quarter, not taken off from
the extremities of the roots, and so expo
sing them, as it is often done. Such a
mound will keep the trees steady against
the wind, and protect the trunks from the
inroads of mice. Cunning as these YER
min are, they don't know enough to ascend
bank of fresh earth in search of green
fodder. For pear trees, subject as they are
to frozen blight, we would suggest the
additional defence of light board or Sec
ton of bark set up against the South
side of the trunks. A hay-band wound
loosely answers a good purpose, Dwarf
pears need special care in winter if the
ground continues bare. Their roots need
a covering of manure or a mound of earth.


Gas to cherry-trees, do the best you
can, and even then, expect some injury and
loss in the northern states. For the. split
ting of the trunk, so common, the pro-
lection recommended for the pear tree is
worthy of trial. -


Grape vines not perfectly hardy should be-
laid on the ground and fastened there, and
then covered with litter or few inches of
soil. So of tender roses and schrubs,
they may be bundled up in straw, or COW
cred with mating or evergreen boughs.
but they are generally safer if bent to the
ground and covered with little earth.
Year: 1861

81 remember while in distant court of
Europe, and at the most despoiic of Gov
ernments, that on a memorable occasion
visited the magnificent gardens that sur
round Peterhoff, near St. Petersburg
The gardens and grounds were dedicated
TO the enjoyment and peaceful pursuits of
the greatest and most brilliant of courts.
On remote Island of these magnificent
grounds that had been set aside for pri.
vate enjoyment and private walks Of the
Emperor and Empress, tree was pointed
out to me in that garden, cultivated BY
particular and devoted hands, surrounded
by wire wicket work, and flourishing all
around it. There stood on one branch of
the tree large brass plate, and on one
side of that plate in German, and on the
other side in Sclavonic, was written "this
tree was planted in 1889, by Nicholas,
from an acorn that grew near the tomb of
the great Washington" This was the in
scription upon that tree, placed there by
one of the most absolute rulers that ever
swayed the sceptre of Empire. And yet
in his private, secluded gardens, he paid
his deep and heartfelt tribute to the MEM
ory of the purest man the world ever saw.


He did not take an acorn from near
the tomb of the great Elizabeth; nor did
be take it from the garden of the TuilIeries
grown in the time of Louis the XIV, nor
did he take it from the tomb of the great
Napoleon; nor did be take it from the
garden OF the Casais near Rome; but be
took an acorn from the tomb of a pure
and mighty man, from the wilds of Amer.
lea, who had planted the seeds of gov
ernment consecrated to the. freedom and
independence of nations, whose every
principle was at war direct with the prin.
clples OF its own government; and vet so
great were the virtues and integrity of
Washington, that even this monarch
In private and secret, paid to him bis
heartfelt and deep tribute. The tree was
watered and cultivated with mora care
than any of the trees in that garden. 1t
was tiourishing aud green and trust in
God 1t will continue to flourish green and
fresh until its branches shall oyerspread
the civilized world.


81 have also seen the Cossack of the
Don and the Folga; have seen the Lam
GERS of Russia, and have seen the Tar
tar and the Arab in the wilds of the Inte-
rior, and yet, notwithstanding their semi
barbarian life, even they converse of the
mighty Washington in their tents at
night. There is no portion of the world
that has not. heard of his name and love
and admire his great and manly truthful
ness and virtue" -
Year: 1861

DEAR BoB-Bully for vacation. I'm
having the tiptopest time you ever Sc.


Uncle Nathe was as glad to see me as he
could be, for he's cross old curmud dgeon
and, makes the boys toe the mark, l tell
you. He said he hoped I'd be good, and
l said 1 shouldn't be any thing else. He
whispered something to Aunty Hetty. and
look at me, but l didn't seem to mind
it. He's got new horse that very old
and pretends that he cannot get along un-
less you push him with whip. It's all
sham. Tor stuck brad into stick and
touched him with it, and he went like
smoke. He kicked his hind heels through
the dasber, and broke the wagon and Ian
ded me and Bill into the ditch. Uncle
Nathe said he couldn't see what had got
into the beast, but / guess it was the brad
though I thought it wasn't best to men
ton it.


We had flag raised hero yesterday
1t was big fun, you'd better beleive.A
We hadn't any flag; SO l took one of
aunt Hetty's sheets, and painted a blue
square in the corner with her indigo bag
AMI chalked out some stars; then 1 got
Uncle Nathe's pot Of red paint that he
marks his sheep with and made some ell
giant stripes, and the flag was done. We
took bran new cord line of Uncle Ma
the's lor halyards, then cut down nice
little maple for pole, and nailed it up
on the barn. One Of the neighbors went
down and told Uncle Nathe what we were
doing, and he came up from the meadow
as mad as hop.


see by the way he acted that he was
secessioner. He took down the flag
that we had consecrated, and l couldn'
stand it, so I made him a speech, and
told him the flag that he had pulled down
was the emblem of our right to do as we
pleased, and he had better be careful how
he trifed with the spirit of liberty. I'd
better not said it, because all of us
boys had to go to bed without our supper
that night, and Aunt Hetty gave us a
talking to about the sheet. What fuss
folks make about trihes. @
But we had some fine fun next day with
Uncle Nathe. He's got big white roos-
ter, that he sets everything by. So we
caught him and colored one of his wings
blue and the other red, and he looked as
fine as anything you ever saw. The hens
did not know what to make of him. and
they all seeded. When Uncle Nathe
came home, the first thing he saw was
his grower, who got upon the woodpile
and yelled yankee Doodle" as loud as
he could bawl. Uncle Nathe did not
know what to make of it at first; but when
he saw the fun of the thing, he did not
laugh any.


l wish you was up here, if you were,
we would train round l guess. There's
plenty of berries, and lots of binds, and
Uncle Nathe has got gun and two pounds
of powder, and there's boat in the pond
fine fishing, and everything to make fel-
low comfortable. Cannot you steal away
and come up here, and make 'em think
you've gone to the war?


Yours in clover, IKE PARrISaroN.
Year: 1861

Doesticks, who claims to be an Els
worth Zouave, thus narrates the expert
ence of his Regiment after receiving their
uniforms from the Military Board:


The uniforms sent from New York
were the trashiest things possible they
would not stand the pressure-they
wouldn't stand any pressure, A gentle
wind would blow mans coat into rags
in half day; while if he ventured out
doors in a stiff breeze, his red breeches
would tear out into long red flags, asd in
ten seconds he would look like a walk
ing flagstaff, with the signal set for
"Never mind the Commodore old fellow,
set sail in and fight on your own hook. !"
No man has had whole suit of clothes
for two months. We've gone on. guard
dressed only in over coat and musket,
and we've done scout duty in the easy and
elegant attire of revolver and one pair
of shoes to three men. When we've
wanted to dress extra fine for Sunday
service. we'd polish our muskets and tie a
red rag on each leg. The chaplain for dc
cency's sake-when he preaches-stands
in an empty pork barrel to hide his legs.


l called on Colonel yesterday, dress
ed only in bayonet: and that consider
ate officer admired my airy costume
much, but I'd better kill few seceshers,
and when I bagged one of my own size,
l might help nv self to his breeches.-
When our whole comp any lately applied
to him for clothes, he said he hadn't
got any for us, but he served out fifteen
rounds of cartridges to each, and gave
us leave of absence for two days, and
told us to bury all the seceshers we killed
so as not to lumber up the country
Most of the fellows get good suits of
clothes, and Bob Brown was so uucom
monty particular that he didn't suit him.
selftill he had killed five fellows. With
my usual luck, couldn't find fellow
size-they were all too short too long.
When at last l did find fellow five feet
nine. and had just got good aim on
him, he raised his head and disclosed the
unwelcome fact that it was one of our
own sergeants. just my luck-he had
on lovely suit of gray which would have
fitted me to hair, and ifl'd been half a
second quicker on the trigger l could
have had it. but couldn't decently
shoot after I'd seen his face. However,
l got fair suit of blue cloth, and Bob
Brown is on the lookout to help me to
better my condition. He wants to find
fellow FIVE feet nine, rather slim in the
waist, and with q new and well fitted
suit, army blue preferred. -
Year: 1861

A STEAMBOAT IN BATTLE, AND HOW A RE-
GIMENT CAME Our OF 1.-THE st. Louis Re
publican of Sunday last says:


'sThe steamer Memphis, which boat was in
battle near Columbus the other day, has ar
rived in port again. She is bailey riddled
with balls, and some fifteen or twenty bull
let holes were made entirely through her
texas and cabin, tearing their way entirely
through the boat. One man was killed by a
shot in the cabin.


"Two hundred men, all that were left of
the Seventh Iowa Regiment, came up on the
Memphis, and will go into camp at Benton
barracks to recruit. The only officer left in
the regiment was one Captain Most of the
wounded were sent to Mound City. A few
of the wounded and twenty-five or thirty
sick came up on the Memphis"
Year: 1861

A Administrator of the late James Harran, here
n by notify all persons indebted to him to make
payment to me, and all who have claims against him
present the same TO me at my Office for allowance
and settlement aud also give further notice that all
claims not presented within the time required by law
will plead the statute in bar. J. E. GIEAyES.


octl6-d1w&wlm Administrator
Year: 1861

HusKING CORN.-The frosty mornings of the
past week have given our farmers confidence
In the safety of housing their corn, which they
have commenced to do. The crop being large
will consequently take all their time, until the
approach Uf winter.
Year: 1861

BURNED TO DEATH.-Coroner Dorothy was
summoned on Saturday last to hold an inquest
on the body ofa mulatto child which had been
burned to death the day before, near Dinsh's
Cross Roads. The child was the daughter Of
Thomas Dean, who came to her death in C. n.
sequence Of her clothes taking fire while er
mother was absent from home.
Year: 1861

The enormous foreign demand for bread
stuffs, which absOrbs ell the shipping at the
Eastern ports not used by the Federal Govern
ment, will insure a most lucrative trade to
all the railroads leading to our great CONNER
cial depots.
Year: 1861

Another little form asleep,


And little spirit gone.
Another little voice is hushed,


And little angel born
Two little feet are on the way


To the ONE beyond the skies,
And our hearts are like the void that comes


When a strain of music dies.
A pair of little baby shoes,


And lock of golden hair;
The toys our darling loved,


And the dress she used to wear;
The little grave in the shady nook


Where the flowers loved to grow
And these are all of the little hope
That came three years ago.
The birds will sit on the branch above,
And sing requiem
To the beautiful little sleeping form
That used to sing to them
But never again will the little lips
To their songs of love reply;
For that silvery voice is blended with
The minstrelsy on high.
Year: 1861

An Irishman working on the canal lately
walked into the water, and coming across a
turtle, with head and legs extended. hallooed
to his companion that he had found box full
of snakes. IS
Year: 1861

We know the richest man on earth canpot
heal all but every man may select patch Of
the moral desert, and cultivate that patch, and
try to make it brighter, If not to blossom an
the rose. SIT