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Year: 1864

At last the abolition papers, alarmed at
the rapid depreciation of the currency, call
loudly for taxation. The war has been car
ried on thus far by 4" due bills" and Mr..
Chase has evidently about reached the limit
in that direction. Nothing will answer the
purposes but taxation; taxes upon every
thing we see, hear, taste, or smell taxes
upon light and locomotion; taxes when we
lie down and taxes when we sit up; taxes
when we are born and taxes when we die.
This is the only policy to restore anything
like public credit. But then must the peo-
pie be awakened from the insanity that now
fills their souls ? Must they be made to re-
alize that war is severe and expensive bus
mess, and that whether they count the cost
or not, it follows them like spectre? We
have had our dance Of joy; we have seen
the gorgeous display of blue coats and gilt
buttons; we have feted and toasted the
mushroom generals whom the peoples
money has lifted out of deserved obscurity,
and now the pay day is coming How little
do the giddy throng imagine as the eyes Of
thousands strain at regiment equipped
for the field, that that body of men carry
away with them the very life blood of the
people who vacantly and stupidity stare at
them? Every dollar, every cent it costs to
send them forth ON their mission Of destruc-
ton must be paid, if paid at all, by the
sweat. toll and very life blood of the masses
who cheer them on.


They have no right, therefore, to COM
plain of taxes, Of high prices of any kind.
Two millions of people withdrawn from the
position of producers of wealth and turned
into destroyers of it, must, of necessity,
require large outlays for their support
Every man in favor of the war, should
cheerfuly welcome the tax necessary for its
support. If any can be allowed to grumble
| it is only those who have condemned the
entire war policy from the beginning. We
notice, however, disposition in certain
Democratic war journals, to growl about
the war expenses, while at the same time
urging on the giving of more men and more
money. Do those editors suppose that the
war can be carried on without paying for it?
The simple truth is, no nation has ever had
such immense armies as we have, and it is
not astounding that the debt is enormous.
There are, therefore, but two alternatives
before us, taxation or reputation. Con-
gress has at last, under the spur of the alb
clifton journals, brought forward tax bill,
the principal features of which we give in
another column. 1t will be seen that moth
ing is to escape the scrutiny of the tax gath
erer. The few articles heretofore exempted
are now included, and there is no possibili-
ty of turning around without encountering
a tax. This is the only remedy for down
right bankruptcy. The people will be forced
to face it, The fiddling has been DONE
The tifer must be paid. The day-dream OF
fictitious wealth is over. The reality be-
gins, and the sooner the better.-Day
Book
Year: 1864

There is more sunshine than rain-more
Joy than pain--more love than hate-more
smiles than tears, in the world. Those who
say to the contrary, we would not choose
for our friends or companions. The good
heart, the tender feelings, and the pleasant
dispositions, make smiles, love and sunshine
everywhere. A word spoken pleasantly is
a large spot of sunshine on the sad heart
who has not seen its effect? A smile is like
the bursting out of the sun behind cloud,
to him who thought he had no friend in the
wide world. The tear of affection, how
bright it shines along the dark path of life!
A thousand gems make a milky-way, on
earth, more glorious than the glorious clus-
ter over our heads.
Year: 1864

81 know the Democracy of the North. l
know them now in their waning strength.
do not know possible disunionist among
them all. l believe they will be as faithful
to the Union now as in by gone days when
their ranks were full, and their challenge
to the contest was always the war cry of
victory. "-WM. II. SEWARD, 1861
Year: 1864

| In health no one 1ught to drink ice water,
for it has occasioned fatal ihHamfnations of
the stomach and the bowels, and sometimes
sudden death. The temptation to drink is
very great IN summer; to use 1t at all with
any safety the person should take but sin
| gle swallow at time take the glass from
the lips for half minute, and then another
| swallow, and so on. 1t will be found that
| in this way it becomes disagreeable after
! few mouthfuls.


On the other hand, ice itself may be ia.
ken as freely as possible, not only without
| injury, but with the most striking advanta-
ges IN dangerous forms of disease. IF bro
ken IN sizes OF a pea Or bean, and swallow
ed as freely as practicable, without much
chewing or crushing between the teeth, it
will often be efficient in checking various
kittds Of diarrhGa, and has cured violent ca
ses of Asiatic cholera


A kind of cushion of powdered ice kept
to the entire scalp, has allayed violent in
t1amation of the brain, and arrested fearful
commissions induced by too much blood there.
Water as cold as ice can make it, applied
freely to the throat, neck and chest, with
sponge or cloth, very often affords an almost
miraculous relief, and if this be followed by
drinking copiously of the same ice cold el-
ement, the wetted parts wiped dry, and the
child be wrapped up well in the bedclothes,
it falls into delightful and life-giving slum-
ber


All infamations, internal and external,
are promptly subdued by the application Of
ice or ice water, because it is converted into
steam and rapidly conveys away the extra
heat, and also diminishes the quantity Of
blood in the vessels of the part


A piece of ice laid on the wrist often ar-
rests violent bleeding of the nose.


To drink any ice liquid at meals retards
digestion chills the body, and has been
known to induce the most dangerous internal
congestion.


If ice is put in milk or in butter, and
these are not used at the time, they lose
= heir freshness, and become sour and stale;
for the essential nature of both is changed,
when once frozen and then thawed. .-HaEs
Journal Of HEALTH
Year: 1864

The washerwoman of Holland and Belg-
um, who get up their linen so beautifully
white, use refined borax as a washing pow
der, instead of soda, in the proportion of
one large handful Of borax powder to about
ten gallons of boiling water. They thus
save in soap nearly one-half. All the wash
ing establishments adopt the same mode. -
For laccs, cambricks, etc, an extra quantity
of the powder is used and for crinoline ire
quiring to be made stiff strong solution is
necessary Borax, being a neutral salt
does not in the slightest degree injure the
texture of the linen; its effect is to soften the
hardest water, and therefore it should be
kept on every toilet table. To the taste it is
rather sweet; it is used for cleansing the hair
is an excellent denhi6ce, and in hot coun-
tries is employed in combination with tar
saric acid and bicarbonate Of soda, as cool
ing beverage. Good tea cannot be made
with hard water, bur all water may be made
soft by adding tablespoonful of borax pow
der to an ordinary size kettle OF water, in
which it should boil. The saving in the
quantity of tea used vii be at least one
fifth.
Year: 1864

Don't keep a solitary parlor into which
you go but once month, with your parson
or sewing society Hang round your walls
pictures, which shall tell stories of mercy,
hope, courage, faith and charity. Make
your living room the house. Let the place
be such that when your boy has gone to dis
tant lands, or even when perhaps, he clings
to single plank in the waters of the wide
ocean, the thought of the old homestead
shall come to him in his desolation, bringing
always light, hope and love. Have no dun
geon about your house-no room you never
open-no blinds that are always shut.
Year: 1864

AN ANT TRAP.-As the season is at hand
for those pests, the ants, housewives and
others who are troubled with them may pro-
hably use the following trap to advantage:
Procure a large sponge, wash it well, and
press it day, which will leave the cells quite
open; then sprinkle over it some fine white
sugar, and place it near where the ants are
most troublesome. They win soon collect up
on the sponge and take up their abode in
the cells. 1t is then only necessary to dip
the sponge in scalding water, which win wash
them out dead, by tens of thousands. Put
OH more sugar, and set the trap for new
haul. This process will soon clear the
house ofevery ant, uncle and progeny -IMa-
honing Register.
Year: 1864

Be vIaILANT make all necessary prepara-
tion to prevent illegal votes from being
polled at the presidential election. Now is
the time to arm yourselves TO prevent fraud
at the ballot box. We are lighting an unscru-
pulous foe, who will stOop to the commits
sion of any thing to secure triumph
They must be watched.
Year: 1864

oRoANlzR oRoAsrzEll Union men of
Delaware, bear in mind that Il full vote in
every election district in the State will
secure a complete triumph to the cause of
Union and Liberty. Go earnestly to work
then and effect complete and thorough
organization. Be prepared to bring every
man to the polls and vote him, on the sIh of
November, and victory will be certaia.
Year: 1864

THE soLDIRRs IN THE field, expect every
true Delawarean to do his duty. They kaow
that the triumph of Mcclellan would render
all their toll and labor and noble deeds on
the field Of strife futile, and urge you to vote
for Abraham Lincoln, who will consent to no
armstice, or peace on any other terms than
submission to the law.
Year: 1864

BEAR IN MIND, you who have sons and
brothers in the army, that no COpperhead
Legislature ever passed law which would
in any manner benefit the soldiers. On the
other hand, in this State, they have steadily
refised to grant them the smallest pittance.
Year: 1864

TUE Nsw LoAN.-Tho Treasury Department
yesterday sent of 5i,5OO,0Oo Of bonds of the
new loan, and will continue TO furnish them to
,ubscrbcrs Immediately on tho receipt of the
pYrtinratps
Year: 1864

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF NORTHERN Wat


January 22.


General Orders No. Z.


The Commanding General considers it
due to the army to state that the temporary
reduction of rations has been caused by
circumstances beyond the control of those
charged with its support. Its welfare and
comfort are objects Of his constant and
earnest solicitude, and no effort has been
spared to provide for its wants. 1t is hoped
exertions now being made will render the
necessity but of short duration, but the his
tory of the army has shown that the coun-
try can require no sacrifice too great for its
patriotic devotion. ln.t


Soldiers, you tread with no unequal sters
the road by which your fathers marched
through suffering, privation and blood to
independence. Continue to emulate in the
future as you have in the past their valor
in arms. their patient endurance of hard
ships, their high resolve to be free, which no
trial could shake, no bribe seduce, no dan
ger appal; and be assured that the Just God
who crowned their efforts with success will
in his own good time send down his bless
ings upon you. INNS
[Signedl r. e. LEE.
Year: 1864

Is Of more general practical util-


ity than any invention now be-
fore the public. 1t has been
thoroughly tested during the last
two years by practical men, and
pronounced by all TO be
Year: 1864

The PAY OF SoLD1ERs-The pro position
agreed upon by the Democratic Members OF
Congress at Washington, to support bill
which shall provide for the payment Of the
soldiers in gold, or its equivalent. seems to
be consistent, fair and just. The soldier
ought not to suffer by he depreciation of
the currency. At the beginning of the war
equal to twenty dollars in money to him
now. We shall, if the pretended friends Of
the soldier will vote to m AXE him stand the
depreciation, or whether they mako his
th irteen dollars by handing it over in coin
or in its equivalent-Holmes Co. Farmer.
Year: 1864

A babe, not old enough to speak or walk
was creeping on the floor. BY and by 4
bright ray of suushine fell upon the carpet
Baby saw it, and crept toward the dazzling
object. She looked at it, aud crept all
around it, with the greatest interest in her
sweet face, and then putting dowL her little
lips she kissed it. Now was not that beau
tiful? The bright little sunbeam lighted
up Joy in her baby-heart, and she expressed
that Joy with sweet kiss.
Year: 1864

or individual


4 That the Constitution of the United
states does not recognize slaves IS prop
erty, bat as persons wing service or labor
IN certain States under the laws thereof;
and it is the right aud duty of the Uuited
States to offer to such persons such in
aneemeots as are best calculated to enable
them To give to their country the para
mount allegiance which they owe.


> That the proclamation of emaucipa-
ton lasned By the President on the Ist of
January. 1868. vas measure neeesssrr
for the common defence, sanctioned bv the
sPIrit of the Constitution and bv the Law
and practice of nations; and said procla-
nation is hereby declared to have the force
ana effect of law. anything in the laws or
constitution of any State to the contrary
notwithsta uding
Year: 1864

TIE following judgment is worthy of
the court Of Solomon


A trial was going on one day, in which
the parties were A versus B. Question
in dispute was the ownership of certain
dog. Both parties claimed the dog as
theirs. by certain marks upon him. The
testimony in regard to identity was full
and clear upon both sides. After hearing
the testimony, the Judge ordered the dog
brought into Court. All being seated, he
directed the Sheriff to hold the dog. A
was to stand on the north side Of the
room, B on the south side, the Judges
seat being the east end, and the outside
door was open at the west end. He gave
orders that, at certain sign, A should
whistle, B whistle, and he the Judge would
whistle, and, at another signal, the Sheriff
should let the dog loose. A whistled, B
whistlcd, and the Court whistled. At the
second ST! nal the dog was let loose, and
at four jumps he was outside the door,
despite Of oil whistling, and over the hills
out of sight. The Judge then ordered
the clerk to enter Neither party, and thus
ended the dog suit.
Year: 1864

'Ihave just met your old acquaintance,
DAILY said an Trishman to his friend, and
was sorry to see he had almost sh1Unk
away to nothing. You are thin, and !
am thin, but he's thinner than both Of US
put together
Year: 1864

g1nThe Dayton Journal tells story
of a young man living in Montgomery
county, who had been cripple from his
birth, one of his legs being crooked below
the knee. He recently went to Cincin-
natl to attend a Commercial College, and
grew morbidly sensitive about his lame
ness. He imagined that his appearance
in hobbling about on crutches made him
repulsive, and determined to get rid of the
infrmity. He accordingly had his leg
amputated without consulting his friends,
and is now rejoicing in the belief that with
an artificial leg, he will be able to walk
better than with the natural distorted limb


Pride and pluck conquered the fare of pain.
Year: 1864

bSg~ At lively village in Illinois, not
far from Woodstock, they have benevo-
lent association, one of whose objects is
to watch with and take care Of its sick
members. Last fall an unmarried young
lady was admitted to membership. In a
couple of months she was blessed with a
bright-eyed babe, and was very sick
Some Of the young lady members ex-
pressed to the chief f-officer of the associa-
ton their indignation, and asked him if
he really thought it their duty to visit
the unfortunate one" "Well, said he,
after much deliberation, 81 suppose not.
You are not obliged to watch where there
is a contagious disease?'
Year: 1864

b A Western paper notices a curious
specimen of the handiwork of Southern
lady-a pair of knit pantaloons in crochet
work. The work was firmly and neatly
done, and the maker was Mrs. W. IL.
Mackie, of Columbia, Arkansas. During
the blockade IN that region, her husband
needed pair of pantaloons, and as there
was no cloth to be had, she took her cro-
chet needle, and with plenty of homespun
yarn got up an article equal to anything
a merchant tailor could turn out-hand-
some in appearance, and good for "three
years or the war"
Year: 1864

questions which were identically the


same, has poisoned the lives, and de-


stroyed the influence, and palsied the ex-


ertions, of scores of public men, who, if


they had magnanimously grappled with


the problem, must have solved it, and
with its solution, have given permanence


to our institutions. But the work which
they did not do is ours; the responsibility
of simple consistency which they evaded
has descended to their children; and the
peace which they bought, at the price of
manliness and courage, has resulted at
last in the very civil war, the fear Of
which would not let them sleep.


For our own part, we have seen so ma
ny and such serious evils resulting from
Constitution requiring continual judi
cial Interpretation, and we think we are
justified in saying Legislative and supple
mentary provision, that we shall not be
sorry to find hereafter an evil so great as
Slavery guarded against expressly and in
so many words. Certainly, upon points
of far less Importance than our mere po-
litical consistency, the Constitution is
sufficiently specific; and, if we are to have
a Government recognizing the freedom
and equality of all persons before the
law, there can be no harm in placing so
noble determination upon record. Then
it will be understood by all, that we ac-
knowledge fealty not to the forms, modes
and shows of Democracy, but that We
have made its essential and vitalizing
spirit the supreme law of regenerated
land Tribune.
Year: 1864

ney Professor johnson says that a
pound of cheese is equal in nutrltlve val
ne, to two pounds of flesh. The Euro
means seem to be better acquainted with
this fact than our own people. With us
cheese is regarded rather as a luxury,
while in England it is regarded as one OF
the substantial articles of food, and it is
not uncommon thing for the workmen
there to make a full meal on bread and
cheese alone.
Year: 1864

Da- From present indications there is
little doubt that the maple sugar crop of
1864 will vastly exceed that made in any
peryious year. In all probability the
crop of maple sugar at the North for the
present year will reach 25,000,000
pounds, worth, at the low estimate of
fifteen cents per pound, S8,75O,O00, an
important item in the sugar product of
the country.
Year: 1864

na-As proof of the fact that girls are
useful articles, and that the world could
not very well get along without them,
late writer states it as fact that if all
the girls were driven out of the world, in
one generation, the boys would all go out
after them.
Year: 1864

Rg~ A Western editor, describing the
effects of a squall upon canal boat, says
"When the gale was at the highest, the
unfortunate craft keeled to larboard, and
the captain and another cask Of whiskey
rolled overheard"
Year: 1864

sg>A A company of Boston capitalists
are erecting buildings in South Boston,
for the extensive manufacture of plate
glass, comparatively new business in the
country. The sand to be used IN the
manufacture is to be brought from Berk-
shire county, and four hundred workmen
are expected over from England 1t few
days.
Year: 1864

I'll J A Boston paper Suggests tHe OF
ganization of "a grand Loyal Ladies
League, composed of women who are will
ing to pledge themselves to maintain, while
this war lasts, decent economy in their
attire" In connection with this, it is
interesting to know that the Merrimack
Print Works are about to resume opera
tions, so that calico will once more be
cheaper than delaines. These print works
have been closed nearly two years.
Year: 1864

IHE UATLiNG 4bC<.-1ne Indlanap0iiS
journal OF late date has the follwins:


Cur dispatches TO day state that the :. Cat
ling gum was used with terrible effect upon
the rebels in repelling a recent assault upon
our works on james river. So far as we
know, this is the first time this formidable
invention has ever had chance to exhibit
Its power though it has been tested and ap
proved fifty times. No one who has seen 1t
has doubted that in destructive energy It
would prove equal to a regiment of men, and
that Its Eghtness and facility of handling
would enable it to be used where a regiment
could not be placed. AND he moved with
rapidity that no regiment. not even "f cavalry
could equal 1t is hardly heavier than a
wheel barrow, Il child can haul 1t, a single
horse could trot off with whole battery. Its
charge of cartridges can be renewed by load
ing ON the field as readily as the chargc OF any
other gun; it can fire "a many shots In a
minute as a whole regiment, it is simple uf
constr uction, impossible to be dlsordered,
costs "A trifie compared with other guns, and
can be fired as accurately at a great a range
as a Government rife. Ii other words. it i
IL regiment Of men put into half dozen gun
barrels and mounted on a light carriage 4
half dozen in each brigade would cost little
and virtually double lis destructive strengt .
Yet with all these obvious advantages repeat
edy declared by competent men. the ordin-
ance office has utterly ignored it. just as it
does every Improvement in firearms.
Year: 1864

is purely scientific preparation, discovered by
long research and study, and can be depended on
as being all that it is represented is perfectly
harmless. and will not stain the finest cambric.


If tne use of this preparation is persevered in,
according to the directions (which will be found in
full on each bottle), there will be necessity of
any one having gray hairs, no matter to what age
the person may live.
Year: 1864

The LAWS OF CoNGREss.-As will be
seen BY our readers, we devote the space in
our columns, this week, heretofore occupied
BY light reading matter, to the publication
of the. laws Of Congress. The apprOpria-
tiOn of so large a space to this purpose is
rendered necessary by the delay in receiving
the work, which has been accommodating
since the meeting of Congress, in December.
In the course Of three or four weeks we
shall dispose Of the greater part of these
laws, when we win again return to the mat.
terwhich they necessarily crOwdO out. Mean
while we trust the laws will not go unread
BY all of our readers, a portion of whom at
least may CLEAN useful knowledge from a
perusal Of them.
Year: 1864

At the election for members Of the Leg
islature and local officers, held in this Ter
ritory on Monday last, SO far as we have
yet learned, with the exception of Pierce
and the adjacent county Of Mason, the
Union party has triumphed. The adverse
result in this county is justly attributable
to the agitation of the Capital question
that being the lever used with most marked
effect to induce voters to vote the Union
Democratic Ticket" so called. But fol
this issue, which the opposition knew too
well how to turn to account, we have but
little doubt the Union ticket would have
been elected here, as elsewhere.


1t is gratifying to know, however, that
success has crowned the efforts of the Union
party in other counties. ThurstOn County
elected the entire Union ticket, save one
member of the Legislature, and his election
will be contested on the ground Of illegal
voting. King and Kitsap Counties have
both given handsome Union majOrities, al
belt the former has always been regarded
and claimed as strongly Democratic. Wat
son, Of the Gazette, and Mercer, late Prin-
cipal of the University, (the former for the
House and the latter for the CounciD have
been elected to represent these counties in
the Legislature. This is far the best re-
presentation, intellectually, King and Kit
sap have had for many years.


From meagre reports from other counties,
more distant, we judge that the Union party
has generally succeeded, and in the next
Legislature will have at least a good work,
ing majority. When we get the official re,
turns, we shall lose no time in placing them
before our readers.