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Year: 1865

A meeting of our citizens, holden at the Court House. on Monday evening. instituted arrangements for a. reception of the old Nine teenth, in this town on Tuesday, August first. We had hoped that the boys would be sent to their old camp on Chestnut hill to be paid off i; but the Secretary of War. who moves in a mysterious way. decided otherwise, and the members of this, our pet county Regiment, have dispersed from New Haven to their homes Beside those who escaped the martyrs fate in battle to be mustered out after assisting in the crowning. triumph of the war. there are doubt less hundreds who had previously been dis charged on account of wounds or sickness. The reunion of all these brave men who have mingled so many times in the bivouac and up- on the battlefield, will be an occasion of thrill ling interest. Among them are our noblest brothers and sons. They are the embodiment of our patriotism and our valer. They nave carved out fame for us that shall be as eter- nal as these mountains that echo our rejoicing and welcome. They have fought, and many of their companions have fallen, to establish the government upon the sure foundation of freedom, and into their hands in the future will be placed our offices of public trust. The time will never come, while one of these brave men remain, that a grateful people will not honor and support them.

 Every soldier who has served his country in this struggle is an object of admiration but these, whom we propose to make our guests on i the first of August have been the special rep resentatives of our devotion to the govern ment, and are the special objects of our pride How we'll they have sustained the honor of the Mountain County their record of fearful battles, their torn banners and thinned ranks tell. Their decorum in the camp, their pa. tience on the march, and their unflnching val or in battle, won for them the admiration of the whole Division iu which they fought. The brave aud lamented Gen. Russell, who led them through some of the most fiery struggles, often spoke of them. to the writer, in unqualified praise. Not a regiment Tn our whole Union army, has achived more lofty renown, has l aennirad n mnre we'll deserved fama Ru their bravery they have identified our country with some Of the most heroic deeds of the war. Let us celebrate their return with more than Ro man Triumph.

 The committee in whose hands are the pre- parations for this reception, will. with the CO., operation of other generous and patriotic citi zens. make every possible preparation for the entertainment of the soldiers. The whole pro- gramme will probably be announced in next weeks Enquirer. s...s,s

 The boys must all come. We want to see them all together. We want to grasp the hands of our defenders. to tell them how proud we are of them, and to give them good square meal at the county Seat.

 If the day is pleasant we will have the big gest time Litch6eld ever saw.
Year: 1865

AA AvCA1nS-
We sit Dy the window, my baby and I.
In the fading sunset light,
Watching the darkness creep over the sky,
Out of the bosom of night;
We see the stars come trembling out
In the track of the fallen sun,
And we feel the quiet within and without
That comes when the day is done.
What have we been doing all day, all day,
Since the rosy morning smileds
Playing at work, and working at play;
God help US, mother and child!
But much fear that those little hands
Have put me to shame o.day,
For God who is earnest, understands
Truly our work and play.
think of kindness left andone,
That mig ht have frightened the day
Of duties dreamed of but never begun,
Scattered along my way
You lie with peace in your violet eyes,
You have not learned regret;
For the sorrowful years that make wise
Have not come to my baby yet.
And still. as / sit in this twilight hour,
At the close of this weary day,
Even sorrow and sin do not have power
To keep a blessing away
A blessing that falls like the dew from Heaven
On the parched and thirsty ground;
And in loving much because much forgiven,
My deeper peace is found.
Your life, my baby, is just begun,
And min is growing old;
But we're children--both-in the eyes of One
Whose years are all untold
He holds US both in his loving hand,
He pardons all our sin,
And by-and-by to the same sweet land
He will gently let u s in.
Year: 1865

The children who deSpise age are likel ly to
receive the letilbute justice OF being despis'
ed by their own descendants.


The creature could never lament the dis
pensations of the Creator if he undcrtood
them; therefore the measure of your grief
is also the measure Of your ignorance.


God never torgets any labor OF love and,
whatever it may be- OF which the first and
best portions have been presented to him,
lie will increase and multiply seven told.


Prayer is an exercise which has the prop
ty Of incorporating itself with every other;
not only not impeding it, but advancing it.
There is no crevice so small at which devo-
ton may not slip in.


He that pays out of custom, says Jeremy
Taylor, or gives aims for praise, or affects to
be counted religious, is but PhaTisee in his
devotion and beegar in his aims, and a
hypocrite in his fast.


80 lovely as you see one star III the sky
the sun is not risen; so long as one leak ad-
as one sin remains in a man heart and is
practiccd in his life, Jesus is neither his Sa-
yiour nor his King.


| see where christians, in general, arc
wrong We Go not make companion Of
N0d. we ShOulu trust lin mere as a
triend-not as distant friend, but always
near, close to us, so that we are never alone,
but continually in his company.


The name of Jesus is not only light, but
also food; it is likewise oil, without which
all the food of the soul is dry, it is salt; un-
seasoned by which whatever is presented to
US is insipid; it is honey in the mouth, melo-
dy in the ear, joy in the heart, medicine to
the soul; and there are no charms in any
discourse in which His name is not heard.
Year: 1865

MR. LrNcoLN's LAST INAUGURAL The
last inaugural address by Presilint Lin
coin made strong impression in Eng
land. The British Standard speaks of it
as "the most remarkable thing Of the sort
ever pronounced by any President Of the
United States from the first day until
now.


Its Alphs and its Omega is Almighty
God. the God of justice and the Father
Of mercies. who is working ont the pur-
pose Of His love.


Iii invested with dignity aud pathos
which lifts it high above everything OF
the kind. whether in the Old World or
the New. s


The whole thing puts us in mind OF the
best men Of the English commonwealth;
there is. in fact. much of the old prophet
about it." 80
Year: 1865

ExrbaIsEp.-Fhs Rulo Register gives
the following explanation Of the watch
affair. which We spoke Of last week:


The Frenchman" spoken Of. desires
us to make the following explanation ;
On the night in question. his hotel was
crowded with travellers, and amons.them
were two ladies. to whom his wife very
kindly gave up her own room, and fol
herself and family made down bed on
the Office floor. near where the carpet -sacl
was lying. When she retired. she laid
down her watch in the place mentioned
in the above extract. remarking to hel
husband. at the time. that he must no
let her forget it next morning; but not
withstanding. both Of them forgot it IN
til it was discovered BY the owner OF tn
carpet. sack.


We have no doubt this explanation i
correct. and with it the Register nigh
have let the matter, rest. Oar articl
contained nothing but facts. which. with
out explans nstion. as the laudlady left it
made the affair look suspicious. Th
fact that stealing has been dons in tn
vicinity of White Cloud. or that spartie
committing robberies in N.braska soma
times retreat in the direction of Kansas
is wholly irrelevant to the question. AM



adds nothing to the explanation. Hence
the Register may as we'll have spared
largo amount of bad grammar. and th
useless exhibition Of ill-grained nonsense
Year: 1865

80. and a positive dsiuclination to 60 on wfth
our classification. For we encounter a man
like Mr.. James T. Gerard, who addressed
the Democratic meeting last week in Brooklyn,
who cannot plead for bis faulty the accidents OF
birth and locality; who has no lost slaves 10
bewail, and no lost fight to embittcr him. ana
who yet mourns over emancipation, as a volun'
toer, and gratuitously voids his spittle in the
face of Libcrty-who tells us that al an.i.Slav'
cry voters are either hypocrites or fanatics
who asserts that the Freedmen pine " for the
old order of things and who satisfies us that
ho is really and truly sorry that the centrai
principle of tho Declaration of Independence IL
to be practically asserted in tho affairs OF this
Republic. We suppose he is sorry, and yet he
calls himself q Democrat, whereas he might as
well call himself cbaste while living in adultery
honest while picking pockets, sober while guz'
cling or abstnent while stuf6ng-a Christian
woman or an archangel! Let him buy dc
tionary and find out tho meaning OF the word
{" Democrat" before ho claims it as title OF
distinction For one like this, with bis eyes
such as they are, preposterously set IN tho paeA
of his head, we have only-COntempt ..


Between the dsaffected at the South and the
dirt.eaters of tie North there is natural aihn'
its which bodies no good to the country, and
may prove both morally and materially disas-
trous. At ono time We fondly thought that
this polluted partnership was forever dissolved,
no more to insult the common sense ana oiiend
the nostrils of tho time; but we did not sui
ticcntly take into account the depraved selfish
ness of human nature. 1t is clear to US now
that unless we kill OF this mongrel thing which
calls itself Democracy" we shall have "
coalescrg with the very worst political ele'
ments of tho South--with the SCUM, the spawn,
the rotten relics of the Rebellion. Such party


may not be strong enough to direct the affairs
Of tho nation. but it win DO strong enough to
distract them, to hamper and hinder wise iegis'


lation, and 10 make every Presidential election


regularly recurring danger. Will not the


great State Of New.Yorx, with wise forecast aud


by On honest AID intelligent decision at the
coming election. do all in her power n save


The country from danger 50 much to DO dcprc'
4 Gated
Year: 1865

Taxpayers will please to take notice OF tho
effort making in all the Reconstrueting States
TO secure o recognition and assumption OF their
Rebel War Debt. In somo OF those. it Is sald'


such an assumption is almost certn'r The
object of this Is to give the debt sort Of re-
spectability. This accomplished. we shall have
these States, backed up by their creditors


foreign and domestic. bowling at the Treasury
of the United States for pecunary relief, with
tho whole Copperhead psrty OF tho North as
their indorsers. The best way to prevent this
is to spoil tho stomGchs Of the slocum faction
for any such business; and wc can do this


efirctually on tho 9TH inst. People who think
that taxes are high enough already, and that
charity begins at home, con, if they please,
knock that nonsense opt Of the Copperhead
noddle efTectuslly and fnallys and, If they
don't do it, they may as well begin to make
their little preparations for paying their share
of tho Bogus Debt Of "thc Coniedcracy.' -
Year: 1865

Tho Secretary Of State has addressed letter
to the Provisional Governor Of Florida, assuring
him that he is directed by the President to say
that the ratification of the Congressional
Amendment by the Legislature Of that State is
indispensable ~ tho return of peace and bar
mony and the restoration Of Florida to the
Union. This secures the constitutional abolition
Of Slavery, Of. any rate. as the indispensable
condition will, Of course, be applied to oil the
States lately in rebellion. f,i ee.. %
Year: 1865

The correspondent Of the New York
Times from Paris contains the following


After the death Of the Duke de Nor
my, the next subject Of conversation is in
all circles American affairs The Bourse
goes up and down on nothing else; it is
the great question in all circles where
politics, finances or commerce are the
topics Of conversation. The journals
which are nearest the Government labor
in vain to stay the panic, by assuring the
public that the Uni.ed States Government
continues to discIaim any design of at
tackine France in Mexico, and, moreover,
that it is against the interest Of that Gov-
erument to seek war at the present mo-
ment. even if the rebellion be at its last
gasp and in any case, that there is still
time to come to an understanding on the
subject But the majority of spectators
paw lit c attention to these semi-oficial
assurances, and Judge the question by
their own reason, and this leads them to
an opposite conclusion. This sentiment
is to be regretted, because on the one
hand it paralyzes business, and on the
other it prepares the public mind for war
to he constantly talking about it"


The French have been guilty OF viola
ting the Monroe doctrine during our do
mestic troubles. They do not believe this
Repahiia will tamely allow the usurpation
to continue, and they know they deser.e
to be soundly chastised for their infringe
uent of American rights bile it is
not certain that war with France will
crow out of this Mexican invasion, ye. j:
is not impossible or e en- improbable.


Never trust with Il secret married
Year: 1865

An Englishman had heard of the Yam
kee habit Of Dragging, and he thought he
would cut the comb Of that propensity
He saw some huge watermelons on a mar
ket womans stand, and, walking up to her
and pointing TO them with look of dis
appointment, said


What don't you raise bigger sppI.s
than these in America"


The woman looked at him q moment
and retcrted


Apples anybody might know you
were an Enslishman. Them's buckle
berries r.
Year: 1865

Four years ago President Lincoln was
compelled to elude assassination by a
steathy flight to the national capital To-
day he indtes Il telegram to his wife
''from the late mansion of JEFF Davis" at
Richmond. Baltimore thirstei for his
blood at his first election, and voted for
him when he was candidate a second
time.


Such are the facts that are waiting for
the historian He will chronicle them
with amazement, but no words of his, or
of ours, can add to their impressiveness.
-ChicagO Journal
Year: 1865

Some years ago, in the great state Of
Indiana, lived and flour.shed popular
young preacher. lie was not specially
noted for Lis gravity, and some Of his
friends expressed an opinion that he was
entirely too wild for one of his profession
\ little girl Of some ten summers replied
Indignantly that it was not SO at least, if
he were wild at times, he was tame e
aough in ths pulpitT' and there the de-
fence rested
Year: 1865

About five miles from Hartford, Con :.
there is a spring the water of which il
continually coated with q substance re-
sembling tallow. twill burn like beef or
mutton taliow. Why don't some enter
prising individual get up mine of good
table butter or mountain Of prime roast
beef?
Year: 1865

THE WAY THEY GET News AT WAsHNIG-
ToS.-A Washington Correspondent says
Strange as it may appear, the people OF
New York receive the Official war bull
letins of the Government before we can
read them here Ii cannot be expected
that the head of a department win con-
descend to inform the people Of what is
transpiring Mt the front, but he can tele-
graph to Major General Dix, and the dis
patch can be dropped in Philadelphia
Our newspaper proprietor5 have it teie-
graphed back here at their own expense,
and we ara then grsoiously permitted to
read i.
Year: 1865

The Washington Chronicle rouches
for the fact that short time since lieu
tenant of the rebel army deserted and


came within our lines On his way he
his way to the rebel lines. The rebel
lieutenant seized the Union man, made
him prisoner and Brought him to the
provost marshal to answer for his offence.
Year: 1865

A watering place correspondent thus de-
scribes that popular dance, the gallsp


This gallop is comparatively new dance.
The gentleman clasps his arm around the
lady's waist, and squeezes dd ibitun,, and
the lady drops hers around his neck and
lovingly lolls her head upon his shoulder,
and both 60 spinning and painting down the
room at a speed elsewhere seen only at a
Dutch lager beer garden after ten glasses
each. Imagine a team consisting of blind
mule and lame COW hitched to a cart,
whereof one wheel is twice the size of the
other and ugither is round, driven rapidly
over superannuated corduroy road, and
you will have seme idea of the motion of
the gallop, and nothing short OF that will
do. The cid, graceful. plain waltz, the
schottische and polka, with even their IL
sense, were bad enough, but when the bet
toms Of skirts go flying far above where
dress tops ought to be-when the lady q
flushed cheek literally lies ON her partner s
shoulder, and his too often whiskey-
breath scorches her bosom-when the whole
seems especially contrived to secure unre-
strained hugsing and to exhibit female
stockings in a distended state, the thing,
though perhaps fashionable, becomes lit
tie too much for decent humanity.
Year: 1865

First and foremost don't try to be polite
1t will spoil all. .-7
II you keep overwhelming your guests
with ostentatious entreaties to make them
selves at home, they will very soon begin to
wish they we're there. Let them find out
you are happy to see them by your actions
rather than by your words.


Always remember to let bashful people
alone at first. 1t is the only way to set them
at their ease. Trying to draw them out
has often the contrary. effect of driving
them out-of the house.


Leading the conversation is rather a dan
gerouS experiment. Better follow in its
wake and if you want to endear yourself to
takers, learn to listen we'll Never make q
fuss about anything talk about your
self-and always preserve perfect compo-
sure, no matter what blunders or soecisms
others may commit. Remember that it is
very foolish proceeding to lament that
you cannot offer to your guests a better
house, or furniture, or viands


II is fair to presume that their visit is to
you not to these surroundings. Give peo-
pie pleasant impression of themselves,
and they will be pretty sure to go away with
pleasant impression of your qualities
On just such slender wheels as these the
whole fabric of society turns; it is our busi-
ness, then, to keep them in perfect revolv-
ing order
Year: 1865

1t is ut timos necessary to censurs and
punish. But much more n ay be done by
encouraging children when they do we'll -
Be, therefore, more careful in expressing
your appreciation of good conduct than dis
appreciation of bad Nothing can more dis
courage child than spirit of incessant
fault t-tinding on the part Of its parent. And
hardly anything can exert verse influence
upon the disposition both of parent and
child. There are two great motives inhu.
enciDg human actions-hope and fear -
Both OF these are at times necessary But
who would not prefer to have her child in
fuenced to good conduct by desire of
pleasing, rather than by fsar of offending?
If mother never expresses her grati6ca-
tion when her children do well, and is al
ways censuring them when she sees any
thing amiss, they are discouraged and un-
happy. They feel that it is useless to try
to please. Their dispositions become hard
eoed and soured by this ceaseless fretting,
and at last, finding that, whether they do
well or ill, they are equally found fault with,
they relinquish all efforts to please, and be-
come needless of reproaches; but let
mother approve of child's conduct when
ever she can. Let her reward him for his
efforts to please by smiles and affectation.
In this way she will cherish in her child's
heart some of the noblest and most desir-
able feelings OF eur nature. She will cul-
tivate in him an amiable disposition and a
cheerful spirit. Your child has been.
through the day, very pleasant and obedi-
ent. just before putting him to aeep for
the night, you take his hand and say, my
son, you have been very good to day, 1t
makes me very happy to see yoa SO kind
and obedient. God loves children who are
dutiful to their parents, and He promises
to make them happy" This appreciation
from his mother is to him great reward,
And when, with more than affectonate
tone, you say, GOOD night, my dear son, I"
he leaves the room with his little heart full
Of feeling. And when he closes his eyes
for sleep, he is happy and resolves that he
will always try to do his duty. - Mother at
Home.
Year: 1865

The power Of discovering comic point,
of appreeiating humorous hit, and enjoy
ing the fun of dloll position. is "a gift not
to be despised 1t is not vain, silly or un-
becoming thing, as soms moping owls and
grave dullards suppose. 1t is, indeed, like
all human faculties, liable to abuse, and
capable of being perverted to evil but it is
essentially good gift, and ought to be
turned to the good account of whicn it is
susceptible, and manifest itself in the in
crease of the cheerfulness, the happiness,
and the affection of social and family life.


We might go further. We might say,
and adducs much evidence to support the
proposition, that as humor is discerned enly
by those who can, to any extent, catch the
feeling and spirit of humor is one phrase or
department of sympathy, and thus the
springs of mirthfulness and kindness is not
far distant, and many home, amid the
alterations of joy and sorrow that brighten
or darken the course Of life, has found an
ever fresh gladness in the comic vein and
jocund humor Of some mirthful member Of
the family. Many of tho hest men We have
ever known-the best in the highest sense
OF the term-vith the bes. heads and
hearts, have been men who'thpFoughly ap-
preciated and highly enjoyed true humor.
i North British Review.
Year: 1865

Mr.. Clark, editor of the Kendall (Ill.
Clarion, is man who loves good joke,
aud never let's an opportunity slip that
promises dish of fun. Here is one Of his
last


DISGUISED. We have lately got new
suit Of clothes, and no man could be more
effectualy disguised. We look like gen
tleman. Upon first putting on, we felt like
a cat in strange garret, and for long
time thought we were swappe1 off.


We went to the house and scared the ba-
by almost into fits; our wife asked us if we
wanted to see Mr.. Clark, and said he was
at the office; we went there and pretty soon
one of our business men came in with strip
of paper in his hand. He asked if the ed
itor was in; told him we thought not; asked
him if he wished to see him particularly;
said he wanted him to pay that bill; told
him we didn't believe he'd be in; business
man left.


We started to the house again; met
couple Of young ladies'; one of them asked
the other. "What handsome stranger is
that?" In our dilemma we met friend
and told him who we were and got him to
introduce Us to our wife, who is now as
proud of Us as she can be.


The next time we get new suit of
clothes We shall let our wife know it before
hand, -rsE
Year: 1865

Aud make friend sincere" PC


Speak kindly, thou, mother, as thou re-
provost the erring child. Remember that
gentle words will soften the heart, and, in
after years, when thou shalt be gone, they
will linger around it, and be shield to
guard it against temptation. 1t is kind
werdst that memory twincs around our hearts
and guards them with care. .-,.a


Speak kindly, thou husband, as thou
contest to thy peaceful home, with thy
heart saddened with the cares of business.
Danish thy sorrows as thou enterest thy
home, and meet her with smile who waits
for thee with happy heart Remember,
she, too, has sorrows that are hard to bear,
and thine ought not to be added thereun,s.
Then meet her with a smile and kind
word, aud when she has left thee, no recol-
lection of unkind words or harsh looks will
make her memory sad and unpleasant, but
hallow it with a remembrance Of life Of
happiness and joy. ..


Speak kindly, thou man of business, unite
thy fellow man. He may be unfortunate
and need thy help, and if thou canst not
assist him speak kindly to him aud cheer
him up. Bid him hope, and thou will have
aided him vastly, If thou hast misfortune
or angry moments to cloud thy brow, do not
let it effect thy intercourse with thy fellow
men. Speak kindly to them. Heaven will
bless thee for it.