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Year: 1864

Surgeon Charlton expresses full conf


dence that his captivity will last for only
very limited period, believing that the
whole affair will terminate as did the sci
zure of Mason and Slidell three years ago
IF the demands which he thinks will be
made by the Brazilian Government are
disregardad by our authorities, he looks
for an Endorsement of the claims by the
Governments of Great Britain, France
and Spain, in such a manner as to compel
compliance. The Rebel officers profess a
complete indifference as to the result OF
yesterdays election. They say that the
North entirely mistakes the universal SEN
timent of the South, which they affirm
will never consent on any terms to res
toration of the Union. They declare an
unshaken confidence in the ultimate tri-
umph Of their cause, placing their reli-
ance on the intrinsic advantages of their
position in military point Of view, mo-
wing constantly on interior lines. They
argue that volunteering is entirely at an
end in the North, and that the conscrip-
tion cannot be enforced here, while the
Rebel army is kept up to fighting stan
dard by steady recruiting, and has re-
serve always on hand of three hundred
thousand negroes capable of efficient mil
itary service.


Surgeon Charlton estimates that the
Florida has steamed over forty thousand
miles since she left Brest, not having
spent ten days in port in nine months
During her career she has captured about
forty American vessels.


The Kearsage has on board one or two
prisoners taken from the Alabama last
summer She still bears upon her sides
the marks of that desperate encounter,
and will have to undergo thorough o.
verhauling and reftting daring her stay
in this port. She will probably 90 out
of commission in few days, and will re-
ceivs new sails and be repaired in every
part during the winter at the Charleston
Navy Yard. Her cruise has lasted three
years, and she has steamed about thirty
FIVE thousand miles since she sailed on
her maiden voyage from Portsmouth in
1861. She now lies just off the navy
yard, in full view of our wharves, where
hundreds of people will flock to see the
gallant little steamer that so nobly van
quished and destroyed, in romantic sin
gle combat, the freebooter which was for
so long the terror of our mercantile ma
rine. The officers and crew of the Kear-
sage, as is announced in another place,
are to have public reception tomorrow
in Faneuil Hall, and we trust that they
will receive such an ovation as will give
them an adequate idea of the estimation
in which their invaluable services are
held by the merchants and the public
generally of Boston and Of the nation.
Year: 1864

There is man in Maine, the owner of
& piece of crinoline, who shows decided
pluck. He says that when the minister
was hugging and kissing his wife, he
bseped through the crack of the door aud
saw it all and as long as he has the spirit
of man remaining, he aoiN peep on all
such occasions.
Year: 1864

FEMALEs.-Rcv. Henry Ward Becchcr
has said


"a girl is not allowed to be n girl
after she is ten years old. If you treat
her as though she were one, she will ask
YOU what you mean. If she starts to
run across the street, she is brought back
to the nursery to listen to lecture on
the propricty Of womanhood. Now it
seems to me that girl ought to be moth
ing but girl until she is seventeen. Of
course there are proprieties belonging to
her sex, which it is fitting for her to OBJ.
serve, but aside from these she ought to
have the utmost latitude. She ought to
be encouraged to be much out of doors,
to run and exercise in all those ways
which are calculated to develop the mus.
cular frame. What is true Of boys, is
the matter of bodily health. is cmineutly
so Of girls. 1t is vastly more important
that woman should be. Man votes. and
writes, and does business, but the woman
is the teacher and the mother Of the
world aud anything that deteriorates
woman is comprehensive plague on hui
man life itself. Health among woman
is thing that every man who is wise
and considerate for his race should moro
earnestly seek AMI promote.
Year: 1864

LARGE SToCKs.-The merchants of our city
are now getting in their supplies of goods, and
never before have the stores been so literally
''crammed" with goods as now. To look at their
stocks one would think they have enough on
hand to supply "all the world and the
rest of mankind" At all events, none
need now go out of this city to procure any
article in the merchandise line; and by-the-way
the merchants are now selling at such figures as
to successfully compete with the towns below.
Year: 1864

kangaroo won the pole, but getting bad
start he lost it before rounding the turn, the
stallion leading him about length and a
half, which position they maintained through
out the race-Dasher winning it in 1868.
Second 1Leat.


Both horses cooled off WE'LL and got off
with beautiful start, Dasher leading slight
{ lyas they rounded the turn and getting in
to straight work on the back stretch. Kan
garoo put on steam and made fine steady
effort for the lead but never collared the
stallion, When on the turn both riders took
a pull and swung into the home stretch with
Dasher leading by about length. Here
Kangaroo again made play for the heat, and
half way down the home stretch was at the
girth of the stallion, when in went the steel
and with a spledid rally Dasher crossed the
score a length ahead, winning the heat and
race in 1864.
Year: 1864

A QUAKER recently wrote to member
of the Ohio Senate that young man, for
merly in his employ, had so distinguished
himself in the war as to merit promotion;
and the letter ended quantity thus:


Now thee knows, James, that IT IS
against the Quaker discipline for ortho
dox members to meddle in wars and
fghtings, therefore | turn this matter over
to thee, and want thee simply to tell Gov
ernor Brough that, as the service will be
advantag ed thereby, it is right that William
should be first lieutenant. Relying on thy
suave presentation Of the case 10 our friend
John, as well as on his correct Judgment,
l expect soon to be, thy again Obliged
friend.
Year: 1864

Trust not your lives or health the OF the many
Unlearned and worthless Pretenders, destitute of
knowledge, name or character, who copy Dr. John
stons advertisements style themselves IN the news.
papers regularly Educated Physicians, incapable OF
Curing, they keep you triing month after month taT
king their filthy and poisonous compounds, or as long
as the smallest fee can be obtained and IN despair
leave you with ruined health TO sigh over your CALLING
disappointment -..


DR.. Johnston the only Physician advertising.


His credentials or diplomas always hang In his Office.


His remedies treatment are unknown to all others
prepared from life spent in the great hospitals Of Eu
rome: the first in re country and more extensive
Pirate Practice than any other Physician IN the
uarld
Year: 1864

refect that sound mind and body are the most neces
sary requisites to promote connubial happiness. In
deed, without these the journey through life becomes
weary pilgrimage; the prospect hourly darsens to th
view: the mind becomes shadowed with despair and


filled with the melancholy reflection that the happnes:
Il I:1xht tal urith airo n
Year: 1864

8 been doubted whether sJl-
gar could be. made from the Sorghum,
Notwithstanding a most excellent article
of syrup could be produced with but lit
tie trouble. The high price of sugar has
directed attention to this subject. and it
seems that avery excellent sugar can be
made merely by drying and straining the
syrup from the Sorghum. The most of
the experiments made to test the matter
have failed, and an accident appears at
last to have led to this important discoy-
cry.


There is no part of the Confederacy but
will produce Sorghum, and if its manu-
facture in this way is practicable, every
farmer may raise his own sugar, and TINS
be independent of high prices. In the
hope that it will be acceptable to our
readers to learn the process by which
suqar has been made from sorghum, we pub
lish the following account of it from a
late number of the Richmond Sentinel
the discovery was made by farmer with
out any intention Of theorizing or expe-
rimenting:


"In last October, he boiled the juice OF
his sorghum for three hours, in a wide.
mouthed boiler. He took the molasses
thus obtained and put it away, intending
to use it as such. 1t chanced that it was
put into vessel with wide and open top
a stone Jar, or q common churn, we are
not sure which. A thin cotton cloth was
tied over the the top, as a protection. A
few weeks ago, on examining the syrup,
it was discovered that large deposit Of
sugar had been made; the result, doubt
less, of the slow evaporation allowed by
the cotton cloth. This was taken out,
tied in o cloth, and allowed to drip, and
was then dried, and the result was the su-
gar before US.


"What improvement can be discovered
upon this mode of obtaining sugar from
sorghum remains to be seen. But it is a
great point gained to know that sugar
may thus be made-and made SO simply.
The experiments heretofore instituted
have, we believe, all relied on rapid boil
ing. This obtains. no sugar, but simply
converts the syr0p into black, bitter
stuff, fit for nothing. The failure of the
rapid process and the success of the slow,
both point.to gentle evaporation as indis-
pensabIe. Whether it may not be hast
ened by the application of a moderate
baat and how far this may he ADVANTAGE
ously done, are points to be investigated.
With time and patience the process, as we
have seen, is extremely simple. Wedoubt
not that by proper investigation and
pains mode of expediting the trans
formation will be readily discovered. The
facts established by the discovery we have
described will serve as guides to further
inquiries.
Year: 1864

ABUSE OF PoWER.-The Richmond
Wing gives the annexed incident to show
how the appointing power is abused


"It was believed that it had been
agreed by the heads of bureaux and dei
partments that in the distribution of Of
fces-at least, those to be filled by fe-
males-that qualifications being equal,
preference was to be given to the most
needy. This is a mistake, and we state
it so there may be in future no false hopes
raised to be cruelty dashed. Recently,
forty places for females were in the gift
of department, and he gave them all to
his personal friends or their friends"
Year: 1864

A JocosE CoUpLE.-An accepted suitor
one day walking with the object OF his
affections hanging upon bis arm, and
describing the ardency Of his affection,
said chow transported / am to have you
hanging upon my arm Upon my word
said the lady, ''you make Us sout very
respected couple, when one is transported
and the other hanging"
Year: 1864

DRArT1NG.-The orders of Governor
Carney todraft don't seem to be popular,
aud an opposition to it, We are sorry to say,
does not engender the best feelings on the
part Of the Governors particular followers.
1t was the first proposition in Kansas to
draft. We had raised nearly sixteen reg
iments of men for three years, and it was
surprising that great emergency existed,
and one regiment could not be raised for
three months, without insultingly threat
ening our patriotic people with draft
The threat was not only an insult to our
patriotism, but to the intelligence OF the
people. The order of the War Depart
ment was for volunteers, and there was no
more power vested in the Governor to
draft than there was to play the tyrant by
imprisoning our citizens We hope the
men will be raised. II would be disgrace.
ful if they were not, and burning shame
10 the fair fame of Kansas.
Year: 1864

Many complaints are made to US on ac-
snpunt of the unprotected condition of our
western frontier. While we aprehend
no danger from Indians that are hostile,
it is much better to be prepared for emer-
gencies than to suffer from neglect. There
are good many Indians on the Republi.
can seventy.fve or obe hundred miles
west of here and if they thought the set
tiers were weak or afraid of them it is pos
.sible that they would steal from the remote
settlements, horses and other stock if moth
ing worse. There is no doubt but that
an unusual warlike spirit is at present
abroad among the tribes west of here, and
the policy of taking any more men from
.tafs Section is at least nota prudent and
wise one. A gentleman from Washington
county informs US that the settlers up
there last year informed Gov. Carney OF
their exposed and Gefenseless condition
and asked for his influence to furnish that
section with a company of troops, and the
Governors reply was that they must pro-
tect themselves or leave. If this is the
case, we want cavalry arms for the militia
want no more men taken from US, and
also want the assurance that in case it is
necessary to employ a scout or scouts to
visit the Indian range, they will be paid
by the State. The red devils have sent
word to the settlers that if they will behave
themselves they (the Indians) will lei
them alone! we want to be able to send
them the same message.
Year: 1864

Persons just in from the Plains report
that the Missouri Sioux have ten white
women with them that they hold as slaves,
and that no price will suffice to ransom
them. Their condition is represented as
truly depIorable, and no white person is al
lowed to hold intercourse with them. 1t
is to be hoped that Gen. Sully will rescue
them from their living death.
Year: 1864

Politics make strange bedfellows, and
the strangest thing ye. is the prospective
union between the Peace Democracy and
the Fremont faction of the Republican
party Should Grant fail at Richmond,
we have no doubt Fremont will be the can.
dldate of Fernando Wood and Vallandig
hamites for President. This will combine
factions that never were combined before
clear case of political miscegnegaSou,
gotten up for the spoils of Office, and with.
out caring whit for the country. The
watchword of those factions is anybody but
Lincoln, and the rank and file ofthe party
will consist of poor fellows who would serve
any master for an ofice.-Inuestigatsr.
Year: 1864

A correspondent of The Big Blue onion.
who signs himself Allen, objects to our pro-
posed abolition of the above Office, and
comforting its duties upon the County
Attorney. He objects to The change on the
ground that the County Attorney cannot
visit every school in the County, once or
more during each term; examine the class
es advise with the teachers, and exercise
a general supervision over all the schools
in TIE County This would be valid OBJ
joction if the County Superintendent per
formed all of the above duties, but he
does not in this County, and, so far as we
can learn. does not in any county In the
Stale. To do so, would employ him con-
tinually, travelling from place to place,
and occurring to the schools and teachers
in his county. We doubt not that the
schools would be greatly benefited by such
an officer, but it is not done, and will not
be done until the Legislature makes it
the plain duty of that officer to do so, and
then cannot be done in the larger Coun-
ties. We are, therefore, in favor of abol-
ishing the office, and making it the bust
ness of the County Attorney (whom the
law supposes to be a man of learning) to
do all that is now done by the School
Superintendent. aud If criminal business
does not increase rapidly, it will be but a
poor Office for the next twenty years.
Troy Investigator.
Year: 1864

I don't know how it is that our taxes arc
so high, nor do I know where we are to
get at the leak in the treasury to lessen
them do think we might have some
fewer Office holders, and l do also think
that some of the officers might be content
ed with smaller pickings than they at pres
ent reiceve. But in clipping and retrench.
ing let us be very careful not to injure some
of the vital interests In the State. Com
monSchool interests are most likely to suf.
fer in seasons when we feel the pressure of
hard times-really the most vital interest
in the commonwealth. A Superintendent
of Public Instruction is necessity-if
common schools are a necessity. Our
present law makes it the duty of every SUI
perin,endent to visit every school in his
county, a, least once in the term. would
not have that law changed if could. But
as we desire to retrcnch, if we do not de-
sire to pay for SO many visits to schools
we may elect Superintendent who will
do as some of them now do (the Superin-
tendent of Donlphan County, fail to visit
them then they II not have to be paid there
for. Butin merging one or more offices to-
gether remember that those who work for a
per diem, can only charge for the number
of days they are actually employed, and
the work will cost the same whether per.
formed by one man, or by many. How
then can the cost be made less by employ.
ing the County Attorney to do~the same
number Of days work ? unless you give
him less pay. But ought We not rather
to increase than diminish the days WORK
in that matter and pay enough that a
good man will be willing to spend his time
to attend to it? ALLEN.
Year: 1864

is safe adviser he doesn't drink whis-
key; folks depend upon him ; all this
part of Indiana believes in him." From
that day to this have never taken up
the South Bend Register without think
ing Of this eulogy, and envying the man
who had just entitled himself to it in the
dawn of his manhood. That man when
25 years of age, and again when a9 years
old, was sent by his neighbors to the
national presidential conventions when
27 years old was sent by his neighbors
as wise political reformer to the oonsti-
tutional convention Of the State Of Indi.
ana was sent by the same neighbors to
Congress in the year 1854, and kept
there by them from chat day to this.
On the first Monday of this month of
December, The republicans of the House
of Representative unanimously elected
him the speaker of that body Samuel
Witheson's Speech at the P,ess Dinner
tn Washington.
Year: 1864

All that is earthly must fade. This
is an annual lesson taught by the falling
feaf, the withering frost, the silence that
prevades the air; and the wreck and
deep decay of vegetation as each return
ing autumn assumes her reign. An
other autumn is upon us. The tassels
of the corn are dead, and the husks Of
the pendent ears have lost their green.
The scythe has shorne the hay6elds Of
their last burden. Trees stretch their
naked branches towards the sky. Flow
er stalks that recently stood green and
glowing, bearing proudly up their wealth
OF floral beauty, are now withered and
dead. Autumn fruits lie thicklv scatter
ed beneath the trees that bore them !:
forests have dropped their nuts the
grauaries are already filed, and soon
housed and garnered the products Of the
year will await the grateful use Of man
and animal.


All thatis earthly must fade. We
all do fade as tbe leaf" Man has his
spring, his summer, his autumn. his
winter. Some leaves wait not for the
frost, and fall early, and we who grow
crisp and dry with age. and we Who
grow golden and glorious in the fross
of time, must alike follow them to the
earth. There are worm eaten fruits and
blasted corn ears in the fields Of humani-
ty as in the fields of vegetation. The
good ones only can find place in the
storehouses of the great husbandman
The lessons Of the autumn bears up and
illustrates the whole subject OF the close
of human life. The year is but hollow
farce without fruit as grand result. A
human life in its autumn, in which ia
seen no fruit, betrsys a preservation so
foul that it might make an angel weep,
and as the angels look down upon the
world. may they find graces which blush
like apples among the leaves, characters
well filed out and clean from all impu-
rity, true wisdom filling all the store
houses, and the seeds of an immortal
life perfected and resdy to be enfolded in


"Those everlasting garders


Nhere angels walk and seraDhs are the war
dens."
Year: 1864

consistency Of their argument, will
simply say, when aproposition was made
for nearly doubling up the county Off
GERS salary, it was strongly advocated
by this same Copperhead crew, and they
were the only ones who made speeches
in favor Of it. They had nothing to ap,
propriato for the poor soldier, who went
without fee or reward to protect the flag
of their country, 60, patriotism, how
art thou fallen ? o, justice, hast thou
deserted the councils Of our county y
but would willingly double up an off
cial's salary, simply because few Cop,
psrheads advocated it, and the Union
men said aye, aye. Such is the patriot
c discrimination of our County Board.
As I shall have more to say on this sub
iect, and intend to follow it up. until our
County fathers do justice to the boys
who have gone TO The wars without any
county bounty, l will close this commu-
nication, hoping that every one of your
readers will advocate what he thinks is
right and Just to our brave volunteers.


ta OBSERVER.
Year: 1864

Never faint halt nor despair because
you cannot realize your ideal and do tie
thing you ,coald Only do the bes, you
can, and no authoritative judgment shall
condemn you. Your will may be equal
TO your ideal, while circumstances may
raise an insuperabls bar. for the time BE-
ing at least. How many persons make
wreck of talent in sighing for opportuni-
ties to do other and more than their cir.
cumstanees warrant. They disdain the
low rounds OF tie ladder which most
surely lead to the high. They have a
notion OF what is perfect accomplish ment.
and are unwilling to take any halfway
preliminary steps. They have no faith
in the proverb, " half loaf is bet Than
no bread" Ii they would study the
record. they would soon learn that the
most famous winners of the whole loavss
were at the star. willing and ready to
take any slice they could get. Our true
business in life is to make the most Of
the means end opportunities we have
not TO neglect small advantages because
we cannot have large ones, By cultiya,.
ing the Titles, We make il easier 10 com. I.
pass the greatest.