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Year: 1864

In the ranks Of the sick and dying, in the cham


Der where death -dews fall,
Where the sleeper wakes from his frances to


leap to the bugle call,
IL there hope for the wounded soldier? All no !


for his heart-blood flows,
And the fickering flame of life must wane to


fail At the evenings close.


darkness and gloom!
Make way for his path OF glory through the dim


and shadowy room;
Go speak to him words Of comfort and teach


him the way to die,
With his eyes upraised from the starry nag 70


the blessed cross on high.
And tell him brave hearts are beating, with


pulses as noble as thine;
That We count them at home by tie thousand


thou sweetest sister OF mine
That they tail not and finch not from duty, while


the vials Of wrath are ontpoured,
And tell him to call it not grievous, but joyous


to fall by the sword.
When the hosts Of the foe are outnumbered, and


the day Of the Lord is at hand.
Shall we halt in the heat Of the battle, and fail


at the word Of command?
Oh no! through the trouble and anguish, by the


terrible pathway Of blood,
We must bear up the flag Of our reedom. on-on


through the perilous Hood!
Aud if one should be brought faint and bleed.


ing, though wounded, yet not unto death,
Oh plead with the soft airs Of heaven, to favor


his lsnguishing breath,
Be faithful to heal and to save him. assuagin &


the fever and pains,
Till the pulse in his strong arm be strengthened,


and the blood courses free in his veins.
Then take the good sword from its scabbar d


and front his pale face to the foe,
And bid him march onward, unconquered, tho,


stricken again, he lie low;
He shall see in the dream Of his slumber, he


shall know in his souls swift release,
That the herads afar on the mo antains come
bearing the lilies of peace.
When the blood Of the Old Dominion shall lie


trod in its pride to the dust,
When her swords and her traitorous banners
are consumed by the moth and the rust.
When the gold and the purple lie furnished, and


the light is gone out in her halls,
And she sees the last slave, freed from letters,


walk out by her pitiful walls.
Though late comes the signal Of promise, when
the horse and the rider shall reel,
And slow with the hope of the ages, comes the
roll Of Gods chariot wheel;
Yet sure as Gods heaven above us, on the gilt
tering scroll shall be read,
"Ihe days of thy kingdom are numbered" and
our last armed foe shall be dead.
Year: 1864

In addition to the very liberal interest on the
notes for three years. this privilege of conversion
now worth about three per cent. per annum for the
current rate for $40 Bonds not less than nine per
cent premium. and before the war the premium on
six per cent U. s. stocks over twenty per cent
1t will be seen that the actual profit this loan at
the present market rate is notless than per cent
per annum.


Its Exemption from State or Municipal
Year: 1864

We have taken no part in the person
al controversies which have been going
on in the State for some time past. be-
cause We could see no earthly good was
likely 10 result from , EN-: and the less
Of them The better. But Sidney CLARK
has recently written a letter over
which he and lis friends should blush
with shame-if any shame they have.


Thomas Carney is the Governor Of
the State. and as such, every man in
Kansas owes it to himself and to the
honor OF his S ate. TO speak Of him with
the respect due his station. To insult
the Governor. is. 10 one sense 10 insult
every citizen of the State. How mex
cusable. then. is Mr.. Clark's recent con-
duct. in applying epithets. not even gen.
tlemanly to use under any circumstsn.
ces to The Executive Of the State. Why
such language should never be used At
all; it is not the kind we'll bred gentle
men indulge in = it was never before
heard of in such a connection! Only
appropriate 10 drinking eaioons-if il
can be permitted even there-its use
in any other place only serves to show
the material OF which the individual is
composed who INDUCES 10 it. If Mr..
Clarke is capable Of being disgraeed. he
has certainly digraced himself by stoop-
ing TO the use Of language so unfit to be
employed BY gentleman under any
circumstances. in speaking officially Of
the governor Of his State,


We have nothing to say to the mat
ter in dispute a. this iime-that is
not our purpose: but every man in Kan
VINO has any sense Of proprie:y or any
appreciation Of the fitness Of things
must mol only condemn Mr.. Clarke for
he gross Improperly Of which he has
been gully but regard him as without
quail cation to conduct anv business re-
quiring official correspondence. or the
use of words in speaking of others in Of
ficlal position. A street-scavenger
oggM TO know better.
Year: 1864

No man living, think, can show good
orchard of grated fruit which was kept in
grass the first ten years of its life. 1t is
point settled beyond controversy, that Or
chards, to be healthy and productive, must
be cultivated most of the time. There is
such thing as over cultivation. The mis-
take oftenest made, | think, of late years,
is forcing young trees too much, thereby
giving them too luxurious growth, and in
creasing their liability to injury by frosts
Land, rich enough for crop of Indian
corn, is in good condition for the heulthful
growth of apple trees. Even after trees
are grown to large size, manuring so as to
maintain a vigorous growth often renders
the trees unfruitful.


The theory is, that when dame Nature,
along in Summer and early Autumn, is
laying her plans for next years operations,
she forms buds without at first deciding
whether they shall be for leaves or fruit,
and that we, her servants, may help to de.
termine their character by urging or check
ing the circulation of the sap; u vigorous
circulation and full supply developing the
buds into leaves and wood, and diminish,
ed circulation developing fruit buds A
tree which the plow has injured, or which
has been bent down by the wind, often is
full of bloom, while its thriftier neighbors
are expanding their dimensions with no at
tempt at fruitfulness. We prune the roots
or bend down the branches to induce fruit
fulness. On the same principle, if your
beautiful orchard, at eight or ten years of
age, grows rapidly but does not bear, by
laying it to grass year or two, check will
be given to its growth, and blossom and
fruit will appear in due season. 1t is not
uncommon to hear a man complain that a
certain tree is apparently dying, and regret
1t, because it was tree that always bore
full, not knowing that the partial loss of
vitality had turned all its twigs to fruit
spurs,


| know of no substitute for plowing or
chards, unless it be mulching There is
practical difficulty however, that all expert.
ence in raising apple orchards has not oh.
waited; undoubtedly, low branching trees
are most healthy, most productive. most
convenient In all respects, except in cult
vation. But low branching trees will not
admit horses to pass under them, and oxen,
though not SO high headed as horses, have
o great many more horns, which are very
incouvenient in orchards. After low head.
ed trees have borne two or three full crops,
their branches often touch the ground
giving great convenience in picking the
fruit, but utterly preventing the passage of
a plcw team. | know orchards of this
character which have long been kept very
productive by mulching the whole ground
with hay or straw. They were near the
sea, and the mulch was the coarse grass of
the fats. Where any mulch can be cheap
Year: 1864

You asked me, little one why bowed


Though never passed the man before1
Because my heart was full and proud,


When saw the old blue coat he wore;


The blue great-coat, the sky blue coat,


The old blue coat the soldier wore.
l know not what weapon he chose


What chief he followed, what badge he wore;
Enough that in the front of foes


His country's blue greatcoat he wore.
Perhaps he was born IN a forest hut


Perhaps he had danced on q palace floor;
To want or wealth my eyes were shut;


only marked the coat he wore
1t mattered not much if he drew his line


From Shem or lam, in the days of yore;
For sure he was a brother of mine,


Who for my sake the war-coat wore.
H might have no skill TO read or write,
Or he might be rich i'll learned lore;
But knew he could make his mark in fight
And nobler gown no scholar
1t may be he could plunder and prowl
Or perhaps in hls mood he scotfed and swore;
But would not guess spot so foul


On the honored coat he bTayely
He had worn it long and borne it far;
And perhaps the red Virginian shore,
From midnight chill till the morning-star
That worn great-cost the sentry wore
When hardy Butler reined his steed
Through the the streets tree Of proud, proud Baltimore,
Marched he who yonder blue coat wore.
PefllapS ~ was seen IN BurnSIde'S ranks,
When Rappahannock ran dark with gore;
Perhaps on the nountan-side with Banks
In the burning sun no more he wore
Perhaps in the swamps twas a bed for his form,
From the seven days battling and marching sore
Or with kearney Pope, mid the steey storm
AS the night closed in, that coat he
Or when right over as Jackson dashed,
That collar or cape some bullet tore;
Or when far ahead Antetam flashed,


He flung to the ground the that he wore.
Or stood al Gettysburg where the graves
Rang deep to Howard's cannon roar;
Or with Grant the unclaimed waves
Where conquerIng hosts the blue wore.
That garb of honor tells enough,


Though its story guess no more;
The heart 1t covers is of such stuff


That coat is mail which that soldier wore.
He may hang it up when the peace may come,
And the moths may find il behind the door;
But his children will point when they hear q drum
70 the proud old coat their father wore.
And so, my child, will you and |,


For whose fair home their blood they pour,
Still bow the head as goes by


Who wears the coat that soldier wore;


The blue greatcoat, the sky-bue coat,


The old blue coat the soldier wore.
Year: 1864

SEVERAL teams have already made the
trip this spring from this city to Boise and
back. The only bad road on the route is
on the Blue mountains, which teamsters
now report impossible. The road on that
part of the route is rendered bad by the
melting snow, and will probably not be pass
able again with freighted wagons for, four or
five weeks A VII ST. tl E1- g.
Year: 1864

10 leave on similar errand.S As though Just
now It was Of special value to the Govern.
meht to send gold miners to Idaho, when
every one Of the stout fellows is needed for
Southern destination w1th musket On his
shoulder. If they will not enlist let them
stay and be drafted presently, when we come
to 1t. Captain Fiske is worse aud mora
useless humbug than the managers OF the
other expedition.


Now We hare proposition to make, which
we hope may be taken kindly in Minnesota,
Why will not these two schemes on the pub
lie treasury be consolidated aud each made
the complement Of the other, cutting loose
henceforth from the Governments Let the
contractors, who will not be content without
launching these expeditions against Indians.
club forces with Capt. Fiskc who Is unhappy
at the amount Of gold waiting to be released
from 1dnho, and let the auriferous treasures
Of this one, pay The cost Of the aboriginous
pursuits Of the other. It is quite time the
Government were we'll rid Of both nuisances.
Year: 1864

Nzw YORK, June. 27.-The Paclac Mai
Company hare information that the steamer
Golden Age sprung herport shaft Just north
OF Acapulco, and was proceeding under one
wheel, The Golden City would overhaul
aid take her in tow If NECESSARY.
Year: 1864

Rules for the Preservation Of Health.
Wash yourself now and then.


Change yovr inner garments occasionally.
Chew your meat; eschew greasy gravies
Don't chew your tobacco.


Drink as little as you choose.


Don't eat much more than your stomach viii
hold


Avoid falling out about trifes.


Fall out OF windows as seldom as possible.
If your constitution requires you to sleep during
the sermon, see that the sexton has aired night
cap for you, and hod Of bricks to put your feet
Keep your mouth shut on dusty days.
Never open your mouth in frosty weather.
Close your mouth very tight when the wind blows
from the east.


II your business compels you to go out before
breakfast, have some breakfast first.


II it is wet under foot, house your poor feet.
Beware of the ice of summer and the SHOWS Of
winter.


Do not swallow too many kilograms.


Keep out of the streets when gold is falling
If the silver of advancing years il your head,
don't change it for paper.


Don't let your circulation slacken, especially if
you are newspaper man.


Use toothpowder instead of gurpowde1.
Neither sleep in hot rooms nor eat mushrooms.
Live on six nickel cents a day, but don't earn
them as some wretcheG spectators are doing now.
Partake sparingy of wild fowl-particuary of
"caDards' that come from the army.


If you cannot account for the milk in the cocoa
nut, do not hesitate to make free use of it.
Never eat your own words, unless you are madly
desirous of giving an additional flavor to the cup of
bitterness.


Should your thermometer indicate an extreme
degree of cold OF heat, immerse il in cold or hot
water until it arrives at proper sense of its duty.
II you are subject to swelling wear kid gloves
next to your skin.
Year: 1864

THE BEAUTY OF THE FAMILY.-Reader,
we leave it to you if the @beauty of the
family" don't invariably "turn out" the
worst of the lot If she don't cultivate the
outside of her head, to total forgetfulness of
the inside If she is not petted, and fon-
died, and fattered, and shown off, till sell
fshness is written all over her? If she is
not sure to marry some lazy fellow, or some
drunken brute, who will bruise her body
or heart-to Jelly, and be glad TO come
with her forlorn children, for morsel of
bread to the comfortable home of that
snubbed member of the family who was only
"our John" or "Martha," and who never,
by any possibility, was supposed by them,
capable of doing or being anything? We
leave it to you if the "beauty of the family"
be he boy, don't grow up an ass? If he is
not sure to disgust everybody with his con-
ceit and affectation, while he fancies he is
the admired of all eyes-eyen if he don't
squander away all the money he can lay his
hands on, and die in the gutter? We never
saw very handsome child Of either sex, set
up on the family pedestal to be admired by
that family and its friends, to the exclusion
of the other children, that we don't feel like
patting these children on the head, and say
ing-thank Providence, my dears, that you
were not born "beauties."
Year: 1864

SIGNS AND ToKENs-If you see a man
and woman, with little or no occasion, often
finding fault and correcting each other in
company, you may be sure they are husband
and wife.


If you see a lady and gentleman in the
same car, in profound silence; the one look
ing out Of one window, and the other at tho
opposite side, be assured they mean no harm
to each other, but, are merely husband
and wife.


If you see lady accidentally let fall a
handkerchief or glove, and a gentleman
that is next to her tell her of it, that she
herself may pick it up, set them down for
husband and wife.


If you see lady whose beauty attracts
the attention of every one present, except
one man, and he speaks to her in rough
manner, and does not appear at all affected
by her charms, depend upon it they are
man and wife


If you see male and female constantly
tbwarting each other, under the appellation
of "my DEAR" "my love-" &C., rest assured
they are husband and WIFE,
Year: 1864

PRIESTS IN CHILI.-M Gustave Aimard
has written book, in which he describes
the priests of Chill. The recent catastrophe
at Santiago gives interest to his description.
He says:


"With the exception Of the minor grades,
the monks are jolly fellows-smoking, drink
ing swearing and making love as we'll as a
man of the world 1t is not uncommon to
see in wine shop fat monk, with red
face and cigarette in his mouth, merrily
playing the vihuela as dance accompaniment
to loving couple, whom he will confess the
next morning. Most of the monks carry
their knife in the sleeve, and in a quarrel,
which is a frequent thing in Chill, use it as
well and with as little remorse as the first
conner"


Such are the people and such are the
priests, who form fourth ofthe population,
in the country where the great human burn
ing took place.
Year: 1864

BREYITIEs OF NAPoLEoN-O Opinion
makes men brave-nature forms them in
trepid.


What is called the law of nature is madc
up simply of two things-self-interest and
reason.


To be great man requires only courage
enough to support adversely.


Everything is easy, if you follow the cur
rent of opinion; shallow bark neither
wants canvas or oars to glide down the
stream.


Nothing is more imperious than weakness
when it fancies itself unhelped by strength
some weak people, on the contrary, are SEN
sible of their weakness, and are able to
make good use of it.


On reverse of fortune we always re-
spect those who have respected themselves
in prosperity.


That would be most singular book in
which no falsehood could be detected.
Year: 1864

You rarely, if ever, says an exchange see a
politician with smooth hair, fop with coarse
hair a minister with curly hair, or an editor
whose hair is carefully adjusted.


Or a married man with long hair.
Year: 1864

Human nature is a mystery; it possesses
as many different phases as the chameleon
We study it, we think we understand it, and
then we meet with nature that battles our
comprehension
Year: 1864

WOMAN S LOVE.-A man who had strug-
gled with malignant disease approached that
crisis in its stage on which his life seemed
to depend. His anxious wife, scarcely dar.
ing to breathe, was sitting by his bed her
servants, exhausted by constant watching,
had all left her. 1t was past midnight
door was open for air-she heard in the
Stiffness of the night, window open below
stairs, and soon after approaching footsteps
A moment more man with his face dis
guised entered the room. She instantly saw
her husbands danger and anticipating the
the design Of the unwelcome intruder, she
pointed to her husband, and pressing her
finger upon her lips to insure silence, held
out to the robber her purse and keys. To
her great surprise, he took neither Wheth-
er he was terrified or charmed by the cour-
age of her Affection cannot be known. He
left the room, and without robbing a house
sancti6ed by such strength of affection, he
departed.


BOUND TO WIN-The Buffalo EXPIRES is
responsible for the following story :" A
chap who somtime since caught the oil infec-
ton, put for Tdioute, and commenced to
bore well. After he had reached the depth
of three hundred feet, without even getting a
Show some of his more fortunate neighbors
took it upon themselves to ridicule him on
account of his poor suecess-an operation
which he bore very patiently. The next day
some of the same party had an occasion to
visit his engine house, were rather startled
from their propriety at seeing a shingle nailed
up in conspicuous place, upon which was
inscribed the motto, 'Oil, He'll, or China ?
1t is needless to say his neighbors discon-
tinued their ridicule from that moment
and we add it was not long before hepersist-
ent felloY struck ile'
Year: 1864

THE LOVE OF HoME.-The following no
Bile sentiments were uttered by Daniel Web
ster. They are, indeed, pearls of the rarest
value We place them here, in order that
mothers may see them and read them to
their children "It is only shallow minded
pretenders who make either distinguished
origin a matter Of personal merit, or obscure
origin matter Of personal reproach. A man
who is not ashamed Of himself need not be
ashamed Of his early condition. 1t did hap
pen to me to be born in log cabin, raised
among the snowdrifts of New Hampshire,
at period so early that when the smoke
first rose from its rude chimney and curled
over the frozen hills, there was no similar
evidence of white mans habitation be-
tween it and the river of Canada Its re-
mains still exist | make it an annual visit.
carry my children to it, to teach them the
hardships endured by the generation before


me. | love to dwell on the tender recollec.
ton, the kindred ties, the early affections,
and the narration of incidents which min
gle with all l know of this primitive family
abode | weep to think that none of those
who inhabited it are now living; and if eyer
| fail in affectionate veneration for him who
raised it, aud defended it against savage vio-
lence and destruction, cherished all domes-
tic comforts beneath its roof, and through
the fire and blood of seven years revolu-
tionary war, shrunk from no toll, no sacri-
fee to serve his country, and to raise his
children to a condition better than his own,
may my name and the name of my posterity
be blotted from the memory of mankind.
Year: 1864

OYerton walking on one side of jackson,
the surgeon on the other, when the surgeon
observed that one of Jackson's shoes was full
of blood.


"My God General Jackson are you hit p
he exclaimed pointing to the blood.


ooh believe" replied Jackson, that he
has pinked me little. Lets look at lit. But
say nothing about it there" pointing to the
house.


He opened his coat, Dickinson's aim had
been perfect He had sent the ball precise
ly where he had supposed Jackson's heart
to be located. But the looseness of his coat
combir deceive Dickinson. The ball
had only br60en a RIB or two, and raked the
breast bone. It was somewhat painful bad
looking wound, but neither severe nor dan
gerous, and he was able to ride up to the
tavern without much inconvenience. Upon
approaching the house, he went up to one of
the negro women who was churning, and
asked her if the butter had come. She said
| it was just coming.


He asked her for some buttermilk While
she was getting it for him she observed him
open his coat and look within it. She saw
that his shirt was soaked in blood, and she
stood in blank horror at the sight, dipper in
hand. He caugh her eye, and hastily but
toned his coat again.


She dipped out quart measure full of
| buttermilk, and gave it to him. He drank
it off at draught, then went in, took off his
coat, and had his wound carefully examined
and dressed. That done he dispatched one
of his retinue to Dr. Catlett to inquire res
pecting the situation and condition of Mr..
Dickinson, and say that the surgeon attend
ing himself would be glad to contribute his
aid toward Dickerson's relief. A polite re-
ply was returned that Dicksnson's case was
past surgery. La the course of the day Gen.
Jackson sent bottle of wine to Dr. Catlett
for the use of his patient.


But there was no qualification which
Jackson could not even in such circumstan-
ces, grant him. A very old friend of Gen.
Jackson writes to me thus: Although
the General had been wounded, he did not
want it known until he had left the neigh
borhood, and, had therefore, concealed it at
first from his own friends. His reason for
this, as he once stated to me, was that Dick
inson considered himself the best shot in
the world, and was certain of killing at the
first fire he did not want him to have the
qualification of even knowing that he had
| touched him
Year: 1864

WHERE'S my wife? inquired our friend
Nil on returning home early one evening
and missing his better hall. She's gone
to bed with a toothache, was the reply of
some member of the family. Well said
the indignat Nil, if she had rather go to
bed with toothache than to 60 to bed
with me, let her 60, and he settled hia-
self to the perusal of the latest war news.