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Year: 1862

EE The rebels wage war against the
Government, for the purpose Of strengthen
ing slavery. Then let that for which they
wage Wat, share the fate Of war. If they
should win, the Government would be de-
s'1oyedi but as they have staked their


institution" against our institution"
and as We have accepted the issue, must
no1 slavery 50 down if .ce win? Both
sides cannot be victorious; and that for
which the Vanquishcd side is fighting must
fall with it. Such would be the fate Of our
side if the fortune of war should be against
NE. The fact that the slave power attempt
ed to destroy our system OF Government
in order to perperuste it's own rule, proves
two thingrhrst. that slavery cannot long
exist in this country, unless it be strength
ened by further concessions; secondly
that if it be 80 strengthened, our system o
government cannot long survive The!
can never be reconcled. We must choos
which we shall give up
Year: 1862

mH. LINCoLN,s C0DNTER.BLAST. |
The Presidents Proclamation IN relation;
to the recent Emancipation Order Of Gen.
Hunter will attract universal attention. To
m fthas significance which reaches beyond
the particular fact that called it forth. We
who know the author and his thoa1 fnd
ingrained detestation Of Slavery 80 well
can recognize in itaeaEaest pleading an un-
der.tone which the sellers Of men and tne
1phinners Of women will do well to heed
As plainly as if the words were incorpora-
ted Into the text, he says, that " the day is
@coming, and is not far of, in which the
great national edgency viii compel
me. to issue my Proclamation
Il A Commanderin-C Chief, in which Eman-
ncipasion, as military necessity, will be
udeclared. do not want to assume this
responsibility: I love peace and order:
81 desire the cooperation Of the Union
amen Of the Border States. But this war
0cannot last always, The Republic must
arcturn to its old ways, and our
apeople to their accustomed pursuits.
aOu me is impressed duty which
ut will not sl,i1k To me is en-
"trusted Discretionary power which I will
"use after all other means have been tried
ain yain- Come up, then, and help me
"while we may negotiate amicably. de-
"sire for you no injury, no loss. But the
ayar must close. Be wise in timer This,
we say, is what we read beneath the text
this is the meaning Of the impassioned
plca that the President makes. And it IS
not the first time that We have had occa-
sion to notice it. The same impression
vas conveyed by his Emancipation Mes
sage; and in his private talk this deVout
wish for perpetual adjustment on the basis
of common sense and common .justice-in
aword, EMAxcnA11oK--is the uppermost
idea.


We wait patiently the Presidents choice
Of time when the trumpet which viii
startle the world, Will sound We have
profound and well grounded confidence il
his patriotism, and we know that h
will not suffer the country to be broker
up snd the cause Of civilization to b
set back by neglect to do III
duty. And with an earnest COL
7ict1on that permanent peace an'


hearty reunion are to be foun


only in the destruction Of that Internal SIT


ten that caused the Wat, We can see th5


Emancipation cannot be long deferred


Hope may sicken and expectation die, b1


the regeneration Of the Republic is sure.
Year: 1862

am about to make an assertion which
[ presume will be doubted by most of
your dairy readers, and one which |
should not do, were it not proven true by
repeated trials in my own experience. 1t
is this That cows giving but a small
quantity of milk, say from three to six
quarts daily, will give as great an amount
and continue TO do so, if faithfully MIXED
but once a day. And still farther, that
cows can be brought up in their milk in
this way.


\ few years since | bought dozen
cows of drover in the fail, that had
been on the road some three weeks, and
consequently were very nearly dry
They were springers He told me TO
take this course with them, l. e., to give
them good food, and milk but once a day.
| did so ; and the result was that IN
week they increased in their milk more
than two-fold. Since that time | have
adopted the same plan repeatedly, and
always with the same result. | have no
doubt, however, of the value 4f the in
creased feed in aiding the process; but |
had previously supposed it simply impos-
sible to bring up COW in her milk by on
ly drawing it once per diem.


| have for several winters practiced
this, with cows giving a limited quantity,
and at the date Of the present writing
am milking some eight-about one-halt
farrow, and the rest springers-with just
the same result.


In doing this way, l look upon it as
highly important that all the milk should
be drawn from the udder.


We all know that milking in the winter
is usually sufficiently unpleasant; and
where COW gives only a small amount,
very much Of the time is used in "strip-
ping" or in other words, it necessarily
takes long time to get little milk, and
how much more pleasant it is to have
COW with full udder to work at.


Ordinarily it is thought that to dry up
a COW, she needs not only to be MIXED
once day, but my experience is that if
MIXED thoroughly this once, and we'll fed
at the same time, this is no easy matter.
w. j. PErTEE, IN Country Gentleman.
Year: 1862

/. To think that the more man eats
the fatter and stronger he will become.


2. To believe that the more hours
children study at school the faster they
will learn.


3. To conclude that if exercised is
good for the health, the more violent and
, exhausting it is the more good is done.


4. TO imagine that every hour taken
from sleep is an hour gained.


5. To act on the presumption that the
smallest room in the house is large
enough to sleep in.


e. To argue that whatever remedy
causes one to feel Immediately better, is
good for" the system, without regard to
the more ulterior effects. The soothing
syrup" for example, does stop the cough
of children, and does arrest the diarrh9a
only to cause little latter alarming con-
vulsions, or the more fatal inflammation
of the brain or water on the brain; at
least, always protracts the disease.


I. To commit an act which is felt in
itself to be prejudicial, hoping t bRt, some
how or other it may be done in y0uF case
with impunity.


s. To advise another to take remedy
which you have not tried on yourself, or
without making special inquiry whether
all the conditions are alike.
t4r9. To eat without an appetite, or to
Continue to eat after it has been satiated,
merely to crafty the taste.


III To oat bao Ounpor poaralyy (or
the pleasure experienced during the brief
time it is passing down the throat, at the
expense of a whole night of disturbed
sleep, and weary waking in the MORN
ing.


/. IL. To remove q portion of the cloth
ing Immediately after exercise, when the
most stupid drayman knows that if he
docs not put cover on his hors, the mo-
ment he ceases work in winter, he will
lose him in a few days by pneumonia


II. To contend that because the dirty
children in the street. or on the highway,
are hearty and healthy, that, therefore, it
is healthy to be dirty; forgetting that
continuous exposure to the pure outdoor
air is such a powerful agency for health
that those who live thus are well in spite
Of rags aud filth.


13. To presume to repeat, later in life,
without injury, the indiscretions, and ex-
posures, and intemperances which in the
flush of youth were practiced with i'm
punity.


II. To believe that warm air is neces-
sarily impure, or that pure cold air is
necessarily more healthy than the con-
fined air Of a closely crowded vehicle, the
latter at most, can only cause fainting or
nausea while entering a conveyance after
walking briskly, lowering a window, thus
while still, exposed to draught, will
give cold infallibly, or an attack of
pleurlsy or pneumonia, which will cause
weeks or months of suffering, if not act
ual death within four days.
Year: 1862

CURING PoRK.-A French chemist has
lately asserted, that scurvy will never
arise from the use of salt provisions, un-
less saltpetrc be used in the curing; that
salt alone answers all the purposes, pro-
vided, the animal heat be entirely parted
with before sailing. He claims that the
insertion of pork in pickle alone is not
sufficient, but that it should be rubbed
thoroughly with dry salt after it has en-
tirely parted with its animal heat and
that then the fluid running from the meat
should be poured off before packing the
pork in the barrel This should be done
sufficiently closely to admit no unnecessary
quantity of air, and some dry salt should
occupy the space between the pieces, and
then pickle, and not water, should be
added. Great care must be taken to fill
the barrel entirely full, so that no portion
of the meat at any time project above
the surface OF the fluid for, if this oc-
cur, change of favor ensues such as is
known with musty pork.


The pickle, Of course, must be satu-
rated solution Of salt and water, that is,
so strong that it is incapable Of dissolv-
ing more salt 1t must be remembered
that cold water is capable Of dissolving
more salt than hot water.- Working
Farmer.
Year: 1862

How peacefully they rest,
Crossfolded there
Upon his little breast,
Those small white hand, that ne'er were still
before,
But ever sportcd with his mothers hnir.
Or the PLAIN cross that on her breast she wore
Her heart no more will beat
10 feel the touch of that soft palm,
That ever seemed new surprise,
Sending glad thoughts up to her eyes
To bless him with that holy calm
Sweet thoughts they made her eyes as sweet


LOWELL.
Year: 1862

CuuRNING IN WINrER.-You can not
get butter out of milk, if there is none in
it. Feed the COWS well, and thus secure
good milk, and there is not much trouble
in churning even iu winter. Keep the
cream in warm room till it turns some-
what sour. Let the churn be scaldcd be-
fore putting in the cream, so that it will
be well heated through and not cool tha
cream. Let the cream be at tempera.
ture of IS to 70 . E, and there will not be
much difficulty in making the butter
come We see it stated that if little
rcnnet is added to the cream just before
churning, it will help materially, We
think this quite likely, as it would help
to generate Tactic acid. But do not put
in too much.
Year: 1862

yet their ranks could not have whstood more than that
endured by our men In the afternoon tempest OF iron
plunged down upon but the lines stood firm as rock
paying back the musketry with interest," while our bat
teres struggled to disable the guns the hills. Thus
the battle ragged from morning until after dark neither
party yielding both determined victory Night closed
the scene both lines In the field near each other that
the infantry constantly firing while the artillery at
intervals opened brsky. Tomorrow the battle win b.
renewed. We have the men and the skill requisite for
the task before us. Shall we be successfully


The rebel prisoners state that franklin s opposed to
Jackson with A. p. Hls division upon extreme left
Several hundred have been captured all OF whom
in the statement that Lees whole army is in the mme
date vicinity. The rebels are generally comfortably
clothed though q1te destitute They seem to be
in the best Of spirits and confident Of SUCCESS. All Of
them however, wear haggard appearance and look a.


almcst Worn Qst Their wounded who have fallen into
Dur hands suffer much more than our own, .her debility
being great to almost preclude the idea Of recovery


Several hundred prisoners have been captured, most
Of them belonging to A. p Hills command Their loss
in killed and wounded our left must undoubtedly
have been severe but on our right their earthworks
pyosced them t5 very sfsa extent. II is impossible
vet TO estimate our loss We bold the position taken
IN in the morning. with The left somewhat advanced but
no other portion Of the encmya field Is occupied by


The most lamentcd occurrence Of tho day the
wounding Of General Deyard. General Frankn's head
quarters during fight about three hundred yards
In roar OF line, and in the immediate vicinity
of the hospital. Several times during the morn
ing tho enemys shells had passed very near tic
group of officers and It FOR time monentary
expected that rebels would shell the place. Genera
Bayard was sitting the base of large tree onycrng
with the officers whon solid shot struck hln on the
right side shai,crng the hip terribly. He imme
dately carried into the hospital and at his request, the
cg was ampuated but hopes are entertained Of his re
coycry Hc has spprscd Of the hopcessncss Of his
case and his heroic rncss under the peculiarly trying
circumstances most affecting feeling Of deep gloom
prevails among his friends and few viii forget the
bravery and high .oned seun ,nts Of the gallant and
unfortunate young general.


Tho wounded are receiving every attention, and are
being removed from the field hospitals rapidly pos
sble In order to make for these who may fall 10
morrow. Troops fastening over tho river. ammuni
ton Ia being dstribuod fresh troops msvng 10 tho
front. and there Is every indication Of another terrible
battle tomorrow.
Year: 1862




General Hooker visited at his quarters at the In
Hospital to-day by tho President Senator Hale and
several officers OF the army The wound in his left foot
longer paniu and speedy recovery Is anticipated
by the attending surgeons The bail passed through the
bottom Of tho foot, but of the bones injured.
The General is in excellent quarters and receives the
kndcs attention and treatment from DR.. Nichols Super
ntcndent Of the Hospital General Hooker chafes some
what under the reflection that when he was obliged to
leave the field he was whipping the enemy, and
felt certain Of destroying their army. His remark at
the time he hit was, that il they had let him alone
until night be would not have cared what might have
happened to him afterwards He says that he had the
ehemy rolling towards tho river and with Summers fresh
troops he confident of annihilat ing them. II is
mistake say that he had been repuscd when General
Sumner up. His men holding ther ground,
and full Of enthusiasm. When tho supports went
tho fight Hookers cheered them on feeling that
with their continued efforts the rebels would be scattered
,ke chafr General Hooker and his staff accord TO :he
corps formerly under General Mcdowell the praise Of
having behaved splendidy The Pennsylvania reserves,
who have been broken repeatedly in previous battles,
this occasion fought with Irresistible valor.
Year: 1862

of injury was perccptable. He could not
comprehend the mystery, but soon after
resumed the fight, and forgot the sensa-
tion until we had returned to his camp,
when he learned, to his surprise and sor-
row, that his twin brother, George, was
among the dead. George had been in an
other part of the field, and had been shot
in the body, and at the same time that
Hiram had believed himself mortally
wounded. The sympathy between the
two brothers had ever been complete, and
the illness of one was usually accompan-
led by the sickness of the other. Strange,


if true, say many; but the stranger the


truer, says the student Of Nature.
Year: 1862

The sunlight rises from the wall,


And the long spring day is near its close;
hear the old clock tick in the hall


How like the restless heart it goes
Beating beating, beating still,


whether the sky be clouded or bright;
Beating, beating, beating still,
Through the busy day and the quiet night
Now the bells are sounding clear,


Ringing out on the still air.
This the burden to our ear,


Which their music seems to bear
,.Come ye young and happy hearts
Give your MAKER all the praise
Come, ye sad ones ! 'Tis His love. .
For while o'erclouds your days !"
Now the bells have died away,


Stars come out in the deep blue sky;
Little birds have sought their nests,


Safe beneath Fathers eye.
So let us, whate'er betide,


Trust in Him who never sleeps
But, interchangeable in love,


Ever ALL in safety keeps.
Year: 1862

very little liquor, good or bad, left out
side of the street cutters. OF course that
duty don't devolve on the commissioner.
But l say if it should be done, and cer-
tain class of constituents" could witness
the act, they, if anybody, would be so
moved by an overcoming palate-felt desire,
to such humble efforts to save the fnny
tribe from strong drink, or some other
benevolent motive, to do good, or get good
quick,


Lest from the ditch it should be gone


Ere they. their pious act had done,


that | think if our commissioner, now
elect, could witnes the dramatic scene, he
would be moved with some compassion
towards his so very humble constituents.
And would that his compassion for them
might be so great, that he might do his
best to keep the "critter" out Of their
reach. ! have some hope that our COM
missioner for the coming year, may be in
fuenced to cartail in measure, the sale
of liquor, in the county, during his ad-
ministration. Let the friends of law and
order in every town in the county, use
their best influence with him for that OBJ
ject. | think it is not in his better ma
ture to ride entirely rough shod, over SO
large a portion of the people of the coun-
ty. Let us try in every honorable way,
to stay the fiery scourge, for it is worse
than the fiery flying serpent of old.
Let us do the best we can in the circum-
stances, this year, and see to it that we
have a better man in nomination for COM
missioner for another year, in good sea-
son; then nail our colors to the mast head
of the temperance-ship, and fight under
them, like true temperance men. And il
we are run down, let us go down with oui
colors flying but never give up the ship


G. W.
| Johnson Anril 9TH 1862
Year: 1862

PUMPKINS ALONE AND AMONG Corn.
Doubtless thousands of the readers of
the AgricuIturiSt regard the corn field rs
the only place for raising pumpkins. But,
however little the harm that pump
kins do the corn-and we believe that in
good seasons they produce quantity of
food which much more than counterbal-
ances the evil which they may do-they
will yield much larger and finer product
if planted by themselves. Putting the
hills eight feet apart, two or three good
shovelfulls of we'll rotted manure being
dropped on the surface and covered by a
little earth, the pumpkins will luxuriate in
unobstructed sunshine and upon the fat
of the land: and when Autumn strips
away the leafy covering under which they
hide, a golden harvest will do ones heart
good. Low growing, small stalked vari-
cites Of corn do not essentially interfere
with the ripening of good crops Of pump
kins. But if planted with corn they sho'd
in no wise interfere with thorough culture
of the corn. A good plan is to drop seed
in every other bill, in alternate rows, and
it is very important to secure good seed
The medium sized, round dark orange col
ored, fine grained varieties are best, and
usually the earliest, most prolific, and the
best keepers. The cheese pumpkin is
preferable for family use or for Market
american Agriculturist.
Year: 1862

Gently our little boat glided over the
waves, and the dimpling of the waters as
the oars dipped in made sweet music
Each little ripple bore a moonbeam on its
bosom, and tie stars were reflected with
unusual brilliancy. The shadows of the
dark trees that lined the bank formed q
fitting contrast, and the glimmer Of the
home-lights, as We saw them from the
shore, rendered still more lovely what was
beautiful before. Numerous fishing lights
were dotted over the waves. Sweet fan
cies floated and fingered around our
hearts, and all that was beautiful and love-
ly seemed thrown around us rs q spell.
We were silent-for we felt that human
words would but mar the solemn beauty,
and each, with his heart filed with ten
der thoughts, contemplated the scene,
musing the while upon the past, and pen
etrating the future, as far as allowed
May yhaps some noble plan was formed III
the bosom of one, as the fire of genius
and poetic light was kindled in the hearts
of others, there beneath the twinkling
starlight. The impress of a character fol
better or for worse, may have been stamp
ed from that hour, and God have been re-
vealed in his grandeur and sublimity
through his own mighty works.


God of the moonlight, starlight, anC
the waves! come in thy might and maj
esty and touch each heart, reveal thysel
to men until they learn to love Thee, and
the earth becomes once more a paradise
filed with music, and softer airs float dowr
from Heaven and sweep over the harp
strings of tho "Great Universe It'll
melody shall be waited to thy throne
from every heart. How could we breal
the spell. Twas woven round our heart
by invisible hands. We could not breal
away from it; we were fascinated, and, al
the solemn tone of the midnight bell stol
over the waves, we returned to our home
filled with higher thoughts, and bette
longings, and as we whispered each "gooC
night" we offered a silent prayer t,
Heaven that God would so far revea
himself to us as 10 give us the light o
his countenance, and fiji our hearts will
love and admiration for the Creator ant
the creation.
Year: 1862

DEPTH OF QUIET PEoPLE.-Some men
draw upon you, like theAlps. They i'm
press you vaguely at first, just as do the
hundred faces you meet in your daily
walks. They come across your horizon,
like floating clouds, and you have to
watch a while before you see that they
are mountains. Some men remind you
of quiet lakes, places such as you have
often happened upon, where the green
turf and the field flower hang over and
are reflected out of the water all day long.
There is nothing remarkable about the
flowers, only that they seem so much like
love and kindness and gentleness, and
those other every day ordinary little vir-
tues. Perhaps you become attached to
the lake because it is a genial spot, and
whether you ever lived near lake or not,
it seems to remind you of home. But
you never dream of its being in any way
wonderful Some day or other, you care.
lessly drop a line into the clear depths,
close by the side of the daisies and daffo-
dis, and it goes down, down, down. You
lean over and sound deeper, but your line
doesn't bring up. What deep spot that
is and you try another. The reflected
daises seem to smile at you out of the
water, the turf looks green rs ever, but
there is no shallow spot beneath. You
never thought it, but your lake is unfath
omable. You are mono the less impress
ed from the fact that it is quiet lake
- Williams Quarterly.
Year: 1862

The richly tinted chords Of sunset lie,
In massy clouds against the western sky,
Bathing the hill tops in a food Of gold
Oh often to me legends they have told,
Of when the smiling angel of the night,
Came down in raiment spotless, pure, and white,
When God said. let the earth in beauty rise.
And while all fair, and clear, and blue the skies,
Then, at the close of earth's first infant day,
And while the night-bird chanted its first lay,
The angel touched the clouds with brilliant dyes
And spread golden luster Ger the skies.
And now 1 fancy can see his face,
As, with his airy, brightly colored lace,
He decks the clouds in rich and gay attire,
While music sweet is floating from his Tyre,
And then, witha allow, rustling, murmuring sound,
Through those golden wreaths of airy chords he


wound


His upward flight, till hidden from the view,
Within the depths of the deep azure blue.