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Year: 1862

An eight-legged sheep WAS OH exhibition
at the State Fair, at Hartford, Connecticut.
A gentleman entered the tent and saw the
sheep, great curiosity indeed. Four Of his
legs rested on the ground, and the other four
stuck straight up from his back. SO it woe
appear that the sheep, ongetting tired on one
set, might turn over and travel on with the
others. On examination the ger tleman dis
covered some stitches on the side OF the eight.
legged animal, and at once saw" the trick
Of nature. The lower part Of another sleeps
hide, legs and all, had been sewed on this
'' wonderful creature
Year: 1862

A young husband at Syracuse N. Y, thot
nc would frighton his wife the other day ju st
Tor the fun OF the thing. He got under the
bed just before she was going to her room to
dress. and suddenly reached out his hand nd
took hold Of her leg The surprise was 50
great that she uttered one loud shrek and fell
senseless to the floor. and it is thought, il
she does no. die, she will be maniac for life.
Some men have aqueer way Of showing their
affection for their wives.
Year: 1862

TnANKruLNEss.-I hope, friend, you and
are not too proud to ask for our daily bread


and to be thankful for getting it. 1t is a
thought to me awful and beautifi i, that Of
the daily prayer, and of the myriads of fellow
men uttering it, in care and in sickness, ir


doubt and in poverty, in health and in wealth.


All over this world, what an endless cho.
rus is singing Of love, and thanks and pray
er. Day tells to day the wondrous story and
night recounts it to night. How do come
to think Of a sunrise which saw near TWEEN.
ty years ago on the Nile, when the river and
sky glowsd and flushed in the dawning light,
and as the luminary appeared, the boatme n
kaelt on the rosy deck and adorcd Allah p
So, as your sun rises, friend, over The humble
housetops round about your home, shall you
wake many and many day to duty and Ia.
Dor. May the task have been honestly done
when the night comes, and the steward deal
kindly with the laborer.- 7nackery.
Year: 1862

In youth we seem to be climbing hill, up.
on whose top eternal sunshine seems to rest
How eagerly we pant to attain its summit


But when we have attained it, how diffsren,
is the prospect on the other side. We sigh
as we contemplate the weary waste before us
and look back with wishful eye upon a flow
cry path we have passed, but may nevel
more rctrace. Life is . protentous cloud
fraught with thunder, storm and rain; Goo
will clothe it with light As with garment
and fringe its shadowy skirts with gold. q
Year: 1862

OUR GUARDIAv BRO IN Acmox.-From
letter dated at Corinth, October 18th, we
make the following pleasing extract Speak


ing Of the recent fight at Corinth, the writer
says: The finest thing I ever saw was q
live Americ IN eagle, carried BY the 9Th Wis
consin, in the place Of flag. It would fly
off over the enemy in the hottest Of the fight,
then would return and seat himself upon his
pele, clap his pinions, shake his head and
start again. Many and hearty were the
cheers that arose from our lines as the old
bird would sail around, frst to tho right, then
to the left, and always return to his post, re-
gaYdless Of the storm Of leaden Fail that was
flying around him. Something seemed to
tell Us that that battle was to result in our
favor, and when the order was given to charge
every man went at them with fixed bayonets,
and the enemy scattered in al directions.
leaving US in possession Of the battle iclf."
|-NilUdukcs Sentinel. Fs
Year: 1862




DURlNG the recent political canvass in Cali
fornia, Milton S. Latham, United States sena-
tor from that State, made the following re-
marks which we clip from a very long and
mastery speech in the California papers. The
concluding sentence is worthy of the best
days of Greeian and Roman oratory and pub
lie virtue:


(" While do not profess to be the advocate
or the peculiar friend of the negro, I regard
it as the very consnmmation of cruelty that
they, who have nothing to do with this quar-
rel poor, untutored creatures as they are,
should be placed upon the bayonet or in front
Of the cannon's mouth. say more than that,
that this is the white mans war; that it is an
insult to the courage, the greatness, the char
acter of the 2OOOOOOO of Northern people to
say that we can not put down the rebellion
Of 6.0O00O0 ofpeople without enlisting in our
cause the brutal passions of the negro. Do
you say, Sir, they, if furnished with arms,
would stand up against their Southern mas
ters2 You know little of the negro charac-
ter if you think that. They are mere child
ren, as it were untutored in intellect, and they
never would confront the white race-never,
Sir, in contest, and what would be the result? {?
The moment you stimulated their brutal pas
sions they would be turned loose to murder
and massacre the women and children, just
as in 1871, when Rebespiere and his associ-
ates in the idea of Liberti EgaIite and Fra
ternite, gave freedom to the negroes in Hayti,
and gave them arms to let it be recorded in
history that they marched through the streets
with infants impaled upon their bayonets;
that they sawed asunder the bodies of their
male prisoners, and debauched the women
upon the the dead bodies of their husbands
Do you want these things? Has it come to
this spirit of intolerance and vengeance that
it is proposed to inflict such an outrage upon
your Southern brethren? If that is so, then
I have only to say that you can get somebody
else to speak your voice, for I will never do
it, Sir; no, never, never, never [VOciferous
and prolonged applause.l
Year: 1862

IF those old giants, who essayed to capture
heaven by heaping hills on hills, had gone to
their work by heaping prayers on prayers,
they would have succeeded.


Keep your body sound as wine savors Of
the oask it is kept in, the soul receives tine
ture from the frame through which it works.


BY Christian calmness we protect ourselves
from the heats that wither and the storms
that chill; thus being our own umbrellas and
our own sums.


In our adversely it is night with us, and in
the night many beasts of prey range abroad
that keep their dens through the day.


ACCEPT what is good no matter from what
source. Elias would have been a fool to re-
fuse his food because raven brought it to
him.


THEr err widely who propose to run men
to the thoughts of a better world by making
them think very meanly of this.


DISHONESTY requires skill to conduct it, and
as great art 70 conceal-what It's every one
interest to detect


A BREATH goes from the preacher, and a
sound comes to the hearer, and that's gener-
ally the end of the matter.


The flowers that breathe the sweetest per-
iume into our hearts, bloom upon the rod
with which Providence ehastises us.


IF man presents you with full suit Of
clothes from head to foot except cravat, he
cut y0ur throat


He who doesn't want thing has the ad-
vantage Of him who possesses it; for he is
not troubled with its custody.


NoNE are so resentful of the unfavOrable
opinion of others as those who are continually
decrying Themselves


Brave men often use more dexterity to
avoid death than men versed in the law TO pre-
serve their estates.


BEGIN your ife-work betimes; it is sad to
be sowing your seed when YOU should be
reaTing your harvest.
Year: 1862

A SOLDIER in one Of the hospitals, who
had lost one Of his arms, was rejoicing
over the fact. Said he: Ny grand
father lost leg in the Revolutionary
War, and our family have been Dragging
over it ever since. That story is an old


one, and now I am going % be the hero
of the family" ~
Year: 1862

OUR MONITORS AND FIFTEEN-INCH
GUNs.-There was a trial of the Moni-
tor Passaic and her ffteen-inch gun in
the neighbOrhood of New York on Sat
urday 10Th. 1t was found that the Pas
sale could run about nine miles an hour,
which is pretty good rate Of speed for
an invulnerable iron. clad. But the trial
was rather of the great gun than the
vessel, and it was shown that the gun can
be fred inside the turret without pain
full shock, and that by aid of the admi-
rable machinery used, the monstrous
weapon can be handled by four men,


These results are highly important and
satisfactory, going to show decidedly
that our Monitors and ffteen-inch guns
are likely to be masters of the situation.
Year: 1862

SAVE THE PAPER.-An exchange calls
the attention of the public to the fact
that wrapping and writing paper has been
cheap, and therefore it has been used
prOfusely and WastefuIly. Let the half
sheet be used when it will answer the
the purpose intended Turn the envel-
opes, and use them a second time. Pick
up the scraps and save them to be made
over. Paper has advanced 80 per cent,
chiefly because the material for making
is scare. Save all such material that
you can If this kind of economy should
be generally practiced, it would not fail
to considerably modify prevailing prices,
and be of immense advantage to the
reading and publishing community.
Year: 1862

It is astonishing low "handy an old
campaigner will become at making the
best Of what comes to hand and adapting
himself to circumstances. correspond
ent writes from the army:


1.-THE cookery Of the army has been i'm
mensely improved since our people were
driven TO learn war. The wholesale sick
ness that came upon the regiments early
in the service was, as every body helpless
iy knew, largely chargeable to the prepa-
ration Of food There seemed to be no
means of educating the men To do their
cooking decently, except in the hard school
Of experience. It was General Wool,
think, who said that half-cOoked beans kill
ed more American soldiers in the Mexi-
can War than the bullets of the enemy
The remark was, doubtless, in its intent
and purport, true, and II would probably
apply to the frst months Of the present
war. But the boys who have seen service
for year OF q year and a half, know how
to cook beans, and make coffee, and fry
pork and boil beef.


g Il is wonderful what nice supper
they will get in little while, under cir
Euu41s1nNG1 An3b hOAAN lAu1U AuD AgNAID "
despair and 60 supperless to bed. In the
first place they have knsck Of making
Q FIRE that would excite the envy Of one
Of the original {" big injins" A few green
pine sticks, hoop or stave from q barrel,
brush cut with hatchet, 1--WE won't imag-
inc that luxurious FIRE wood for soldiers,
fanea raiis and mo oieoliv IN sass -.in--
utes there is q rousin hre and, cut Of
h,,alraF - ds.raI --stb
from the nearest creek, and the usual stock
Of coffee, -four and fat pork, with tbe aid
ofs single frying pan and camp kettle,
there will be realized q supper Of hot bis
cult and coffee and fried pork that, season.
ed with an appetite is q good thing. Ifit
should happen that there is fresh beef or
ham at hand, there is 8 feast. Then the
boys light their pipes and carry on
the process Of digesting comfortably, un-
| less they have been on the move, and have


to fix up sleeping accommodations.
| aThere are thousand tricks known to
the old campaigners that new hands be-
come expert in, only under the pressure Of
necessity and the force OF example. There
is fine art even in carrying FIRE from one
pipe to another, or from a pipe to q cigar.
One Of the guests Of the army tried to
light his cigar at the pipe of q soldier, and
failing to do it, nearly produced the ca
tsstrophe Of putting out the fire in the
pipe. The soldier, giving his pipe a few
pulls to keep the light steady, tore of the
margin ofa newspaper, and rolling it up
hard, making it solid as possible, took the
little roll between his thumb and finger,
put one end of in his pipe, and after a
few Pufs, handed the roll to the guest, who
was waiting, and one end of it was nearly
8 solid coal, from which the cigar was
readily ignited."
Year: 1862

i Secretary Stanton, in a recent letter,
Fays high compliment to the Ohio medi-


p corps in the army. BE regards it as
above that furnished by any other State,


both in point Of skill and in prompt and
close attention to the wants or the soldiers.
Year: 1862

The people Of West Virginis can never
forget the debt Of gratitude which they owe
to certain members Of Congress for the IN
usual interest which they took in getting
the new State through the Senate and
House of Representatives. We have before
alluded to the part which Senator Wade of
Ohio, took in the Senate last session. We
have again to renew our most cordial ae-
acknowledgements and obligations to that dis
tinguished Senator for new services this
session During the days of Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday last he was in
cessantly laborious. He gave our mem
bers in the House and the friends of the
new State who were on the ground, his
best efforts. He appealed in private con-
versation to his friends, and was indefati-
gable in posting them up in all the neces-
sary statistics and arguments. He work
ed incessantly to the very last. Never
can our people afford to forget his services.


To the Hon. Jno. A. Bingham, of the ad-
joining district in Ohio was committed the
management of the case. He handled it in
a most mastery manner. By his move
ment Of the previous question when the bill
was first called up thus showing his full
COnAuCuOo IL tAo pVWGL VI It's AIAtAGS "
put it through without debate and his sub
sequent withdrawal Of it on condition that
vote should be taken on Wednesday, at
two clock, P. NJ, he evinced a skill that
told especially in our favor.


He reserved to himself the closing argu-
ment in the meantime giving full latitude
to the opponents Of the bill to express
themselves. From the first it was seen
that the bill was going through and not a
speech made against it produced a single
adverse result. Mr.. Critteaden's speech
was singularly lame and defective. Indeed
the old mans heart was entirely with us
as he confessed just previous to the vote.
Segar's speech was q mere nothing and
made US friends Mr. Bingham's reply TO
him was terribly scathing.


We venture that no question was ever
more deKtrously handled than was thenew
State question on the floor Of the House,
by its friends Its management left moth
ing uudone and it was entirely successful
in every detail. To Mr.. Bingham an eter-
nal debt of gratitude is due from our peo-
pie We shall publish his magnificent
speech in q day or two. As one of our
New York exchanges well remarks, it was
a speech that was worthy of hin" =
Wheeling IRtslIigeHeeT.
Year: 1862

The Historical Society of Buffalo have
directed their Corresponding Secretary to
procure, as far as practicable, without cost
to the Society, specimens of all postal and
revenue stamps in use in the United States,
aud also of the various shinplasters," or
substitutes for. money, which have been, or
may be, in circulation during these war
times, for preservation in some suitable
manner.
Year: 1862

The New York papers state, that in
answer to their advertisement for prOpos-
al for furnishing 100000 pounds of print
ing paper per week, a proposal has already
been received from a party to supply the
amount at large reduction from current
rafaa
Year: 1862

gins, the officers will for their own interest
take only able bodied men, and the process
will be in reverse to that above named.
AL the weaknesses will come out in tbs
rigid inspection, and regiment Of 1000
men will be just ten hundred able bodied,
healthy and hardy men, These are what
we need, for We arc not playing war any
longer. There might be other reasons
urged why the draft is more equitable in
principle, but the same reasoning
will apply to the mode Of raising
money for War expenses There
aremen in Chicago who are wealthy who
have not given dollar to the cause Of the
Union. The war tax reaches these and
exactly. in proportion to their abundance


So there are men who will never volunteer,
upon whom it is right that the country
should call. Let the work begin and go
forward There are sixty days given to
traitors to prepare for the wrath to come.
The interval should be employed in the
array Of men, and enunciation Of principles
which shall make the campaign Of the
coming fal1, short, sharp, and decisive, and
push the enemy to the wall. For all this
the people are ready, and they shrink from
no means for its accomplishment.
Year: 1862

The President is right in his views and
and appreciation Of the crisis, but unfor-
tunately believes himself far in advance Of
the people. He is not afraid! himself Of 8
radical course, but he fears that the great
body Of the Loyal men are not ready for it.
When he warns the Bo1der State men
in plain terms Of what must come
to Slavery, he means that
the change that is to take place is one that
shall bring the great mass Of the people
up to his own standpoint. But the people
are already there. We're the next news
dispatch to be the Presidents Proclama-
ton Of Freedom to every slave who would
take up arms against the enemies Of the
Union, it would be received with
one shout Of joy from the Atlantic
to the Rocky Mountains. The
meeting Of Saturday was an abundant
proof, IS our readers will agree, that men
Of all parties are ready to do anything tt
save the ship. The Government needs
onlyto watch such tokens to learn that tht
people are right and ready for emancipa
ton for the sake Of the Union
Year: 1862

4 correspondent recently sent US rather
lengthy communication on the subject Of
drafting. It's whole strength and point was
excel1enty well condensed into tue first
few Ines He asked i tic State Of Illinois
1as fro million dollars to pay zciM she rely
atpon subscription or taration2 manifestly
the latter, for thus only would the burden
which belonged to the whole public to bear
be evenly distributed We must not under
value, LOT can ne cease to admire the patti
otic zeal which filled our first armies, and
gave us without conscription an !:
army Of soldiers for the Union which ;
challenged the wonder Of the world. But |
we must not forget that that very earnest !
ness, and the numbers which responded to :?
it was drain and no slight one, it garner ;
ed the first crop. We are now in want
of men three hundred thous sud are called
for. We. shall yet need half q million.
There is just as much patriotism now as
before, and even more, for the whole couu-
try is ready tor the severest test Of patriot
ism-drafting. Every loyal man Is ready
for the Government to layz1ts hand upon
him, and there will be no hanging back.


We must not deceive ourselves On this
point. Men are wanted, time is precious,
our army must be filed, and-it is not be-
ing filed By volunteering. Ifyou seek the
reason, answer The question why you do
not 60 yourself ask your neighbor
why he does not 60? The tics that hold
men to civil Life and home duties are those
people wish to know the truth The Gov
eminent will be best served by a plain
statement Of the facts and an open remedy.
We are not wiring Of Illinois alone, but
our opinion is made up from facts sought
from divers and distant points in othe1
States. In all Of them, from Maine to hin.
ncso!a, there is a delay in coming forward
In all Of them, men are seriously acknowl
.edg1ng the necessity Of ultimate drafting
Why not openly and fairly accept 8 ne
-cessity-so apparent.


Besides, there arc reasons whv thi
method Of collecting an army is bette
than any other. Government may thu
have its pick Of men A soldier needs


stout heart, but he must have stout leg
He is the better for gn earnest patriotism
but he is useless without vigorous po~e1
.of digestion. For these acquisitions tt
system Of medical inspection is provides
Any well versed medical practitioner


aware Of what is the fair average Of Te
and sound men in q community, and no


many weaklings 60 to an average cit
~crowd. The point VIC woald make is tti
that in the pressure foz men by voluntee


ing physical weaknesses are Kept out


Eight, and by fayoritism Of the medical i


spector many men are passed who are u


suita5le- ANY visitor to our camps at


hospitals during the past year has had b


heart panied by the pale boy faces turn,
up to him from the hard cot, OF 1ooki.


wistully at him from the ranks on Il


toilsome march. Beyond all question t
-carnestness Of these men Who thus eva


the rules Of the service is admirable, but


the spirit is willing the flesh is veal


The prominent characteristic of the !" 60
SOLDIER" is his physical capacity to "e


.dure hardship"


Now, On the contrary, when the draft
Year: 1862

The extremely high price Of quininc
readers it very difficult for persons of
moderate means to purchase it, and
yet it has been considered as almost
Indispensable for the cure of our sum
MGR and autumnal fevcrs.


The bcs st substitute for it, (if indeed
it be not equal to the quinihe itself
nay be obtained with all ease, by talk.
ing the inside bark of the Red Dogwood
(thought to be preferable to the White
Dogwood, cut it up fine and put it
into kettle covered with pure water;
then boiling it down TO the consistency
of molasses or jelly. During the pro-
cess Of boiling, it should be strained
onco or twice to free it from all i'm.
.purities. After thus being boiled down
it may be put away in bottles. When
wanted for use, it can easily be made
into pills by mixing with flour.


The writer Of this has known three
cases Of severe chills and fevers cured
within the last thirty days, by taking
q few pills Of three or four grains
each, in twcnty-four hours, taken every
hour.


This information is obtained from
an eminent Texhs physician and che
mist, who has thoroughly tested the
preparation in his last years prac |
ticc. B.
Year: 1862

Ren.oval.-The printing Office of the
Union will be removed to the old Court
House, in the Recorders office. This change.
placing us closer to the business part of the
town, cannot lail to meet the approval Of our
friends
Year: 1862


treasury and threatening war with Eng
land. The panacea for all our woes is an
advance Buncombe proclamations, and
high-suunding speeches in Congress and
elegantly written General Orders" are all


in vain. The only hope of the Republic is
in the strong arms and brave hearts of the
Grand Army. Once set in motion toward
the Gulf they viii sweep the insurrection
from existence, as rapidly as fire devours
the grass on our western prairies. In view
of our foreign relations, wiilsnot our lead
ers at once re-double their energies in the
work of putting down the rebellion A
few great and decisive victories will do a
world OF good in our behalf on the other
side of the Atlantic. Inactivity is almost
as fatal as defeat. We have the men and
the means for a succession of great victo-
ries. Let Us then be mp and doinC and all
win be well.
Year: 1862

BG The examination of Miss Fishers
school, yesterday, was very satisfactory to
all who had the pleasure of being present.
The scholars displayed great proficiency in
the studies upon which they were exam
ined. To-day will be devoted 10 the exam
ination of the High School, and we need
scarcely say that it will be both interest,"
log and instructive.
Year: 1862

The New Orleans correspondent of the
Charleston Courier states that three Federal
officers, disguised as oystermen, paid New
Orleans visit on the 9Th ultimo. What
was to be accomplished by the hazardous
adventure, the correspondent is at a loss to
comprehend, unless it was TO communicate
directly with the stationary spies, who, he
acknowledges existlin the city and perhaps
TO witness the spectacle Of the celebration of
the anniversary on the s'h, with a view of
measuring the rebel military strength. Be-
fore leavingi one of the Union officers
dropped a note in the Post-office to rebel
military officer with whom he was formerly
acquainted, bantering him upon the laxity
of their guard, and promising another call
at an early day, under circumstances not
eonstraining disguise.


The cool impudenee of these Federal Off
GERS appears to worry the rebels not a little.
Year: 1862

B@ There are 300 men in the I'd Ger
man regiment now at Camp Yanderburg.
Recruiting seems to be slow business in
this District, and it is very doubtful whether
the regiments now being raised will be able
to fill up before next summer