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Year: 1864

This place is pleasantly and delightfully."-
located or the slope of several hills tending
toward the water and from the top OF the one
We passed VIC had fine view of the city. The
streets are Of various widths, and run in all
directions making it have confused and
crowded appearance. At present it is very
dull, the miners of Frazer and Cariboo not
having yielded large amount this season ;
and from what can learn of the latter from
returned miners the prospects for the balance
Of the season are dull indeed. Several hun
dred men there unable to get work, and trying
TO get hold of enough money to get out Of the
country with. The Government is cutting a
trail from Fort Hope on Frazer river to the
Kootenai mines, bat as the distance is about
$50 miles, and very rough they will not draw
off much Of the travel from the Columbia river
route


In Victoria, the relative position Of the ne
gro is somewhat higher than with Us, and
several Of the finest dry goods, stores etc, are
owned by them must confess Il somewhat
took me ''aback' to see these sable counter
jumpers waiting upon ladies of the Auglo
Saxon stock; yet l saw no signs Of that social
equality aud "miDglng of races" OF which our
Copperhead friends prate so loud, and which
they prophecy as being the inevitable result,
should the present war result in freedom to
the slave Do you not think that & large
share of their lamentations over the horrible
state Of affairs that may exist in the far Of
future are pat on for occasion or else trifa
too far fetched.


Here too for the first time l saw the Con
federate Flag flying, As its sinister stars and
bars first met our gaze. We were astonished to
think that it could be allowed to feat 10 close
proximity to the glorious Flag Of Liberty, but
we soon recalled the fact that We were in the
domain and under the sway Of that strid'y
neutral ~ power, Great Britain. There was
some excitement among the passengers, nearly
all of whom were UDionisis, aud strong talk
Of tearing it down, but soberer couuse.s pre-
vailed and it still. floats on work Of mans
ambition. AID Of Eoz land shame. Oa' on the
nation who having for years ooas'ed Of their
philanthropy. and that "a slave can never
breathe Old EnglaDd's air" and yet at their
frst opportunity show their whole sympathies
are with that nation founded with slavery as
its main support.


About two P. NJ, we started on our way,
having been in town about ten hours during
which time our passengers had managed to
visit several places of note in the immediate,
and several who had protrscted their stay too
Year: 1864

The New York Express Of Thursday re-
lates the following:


Yesterday afternoon there occurred an
exciting incident on one of the Third ave
nue. cars on an uptown trip Two gen.
tlemen of opposite politics Lincoln and
McClellau.-who were passengers, were
seated side by side, and were discussing
the affairs of the day-the war particular
ly-in warm but friendly manner. The
latter was candid in his hopes that Nc
Clellan would be elected, the war cease
and the Union be restored. The former
like Old Abe, could see nothing bright in
the future until slavery was abolished or
the whole South exterminated If it took
the last man and the last dollar said he,
the war must 60 on to the bitter end. lie
was extremely violent in bis manner, ges-
lures and looks By his side sat plainly
dressed, respectable looking women. who
showed considerable agitation while the
Lincoln fanatic thus rayed. She had
watched him closely from the beginning,
and her ears evidently drunk in every
wrathful word he uttered. But when he
exclaimed that every men must suffer in
the cause Of the negro, she sprung from
her seat as quickly as tigress, and dealt
blow alter blow upon the face and nose
of the unlucky Llrcolnite. Blood spirited
over the floor Of the car, and the sensation
created ty the extraordinary act caused
great excitement among the passengers,
among whom were many ladies.


Tue conductor was thunderstIuck, and
scarcely knew what to DO. First he started
for the belligerent female then he halted,
and pulled the strap TO ring the bell and
finally he made dash for the belligerent t
female, who kept punlshing the offending
Republican, exclaimiug once in while,
"Y ou want war you have it right here at
home" and then followed seyerer blow
STILL Finally she was drawn off, and the
sufferer. with his pocket handkerchief to
his bleeding nose, beat retreat ana reach
ing the sidewalk, performed miracles in
the way he footed it down the Third ave-
nuo.


After quiet was restored, and the car
was proceeding up town, the assailant ex-
cused herself for her unwarrantable co o.
duct by saying that she had already lost
her husband and one son in this war, and
that she had still two sons in the army,
and she felt that no one must intimate
before her that the other two must sacrl-
fee their lives also, and leave her alone
in the world to satisfy the tanaticism OF
the hour.
Year: 1864

E = hearing In the case Of the murderer
Green tot Waldon Bank notoriety) was tried
in Boston On Thursday before the Executive
Council Committee on Pardons, in which
Mr. Werden Phillips strongly advocated
plea that Green shonld be placed in an insane
asylum instead Of being hung. The commit
tee reserved their decision.
Year: 1864

The latest sensation Of the hour Is that
Of woman becoming o telegraph operator
A Mrs. Palmer, from Kenosha, Wisconsin,
is at present employed in Shelbyville, and
attracts much attention, not only from the
fact Of the peculiar vocation she processes,
but because her personal beauty is said to
be Of high order. She is tall, graceful
and qucenly, is intelligent and refined, and
makes many admirers feel the ennObling
influence which true woman has upon
the sterner portion Of humanity.
Year: 1864

GENIUS, TALENT AND CLEvERNEss. -.
Genius rushes like awhirlwind; talent
marches like a cavalcade of heavy men
and heavy horses; clevcrness skins like
a swallow in the summer evening, with a
sharp, shrill note and sudden turning.
The man of genius dwells with man and
with nature; the man of talent in his
study !, but the clever man dances here,
there and everywhere, like butterfly in
4 hurricane, striking everything and en-
joying nothing, but too light to be dashed
to pieces. The man Of talent will attack
theories, the clever man will assail the
individual and slander private character.
The man of genius despises both: he
heeds none, he fears none, he lives in
himself, shrouded in the consciousness Of
his own strength; he interferes with none
and goes forth an example that eagles
fly alone; they are but sheep that herd
together" 1t is true, that would d poi
sonous worm cross his path he may tread
it under his foot; should cur snarl at
him he may chastise him but he will not,
cannot attack the privacy of another
Year: 1864

The following is from the st. Louis
correspondent Of the Milwaukee Seatinel !;
~ have been profoundly interested in
studying the history of General Grant,
while u resident of this city and county,
All our readers know that this paper has
had few favorites in this war. One of
these is general Grant, whom it has never
deserted, and whom it sustained with an
unfaltering trust, when so many others
condemned him. This man has rendered
such inestimable services to his country,
that 1 have been tracing his early and
modest history here, with an interest L
have rarely felt in any subject.


Six years ago, General Grant occupied
a little farm to the southwest Of St. Louis,
he was in the habit of cutting the
wood, and drawing it to Carondolet, and
selling it in the market there. Many of
his wood purchasers are now calling to
mind that they had load of wood deliv-
cred in person BY the great General Grant


When he tnme into the wood market, he
was generally dressed in an old felt hat,
with blouse, and his pants tucked in the
tops of his boots. In truth he bore the
appearance of sturdy and honest woods
man. This was his winter work. In
summer he turned collector Of debts, but
for this he was not qualified. He had q
noble and truthful soul so when he was
told that the debtor had no money, he be-
lieved him and wonld not trouble him
again, One Of the leading merchants Of
St. Louis mentioned this circumstance. to
me. GrI .H.. ~. l. fY


From all I can learn of his history
here, he was honest. truthful, indefatiga-
ble-always at work at something, but
did not possess the knack of making
money. He was honorable, for he al
ways repaid borrowed money. His hab-
its of life were hardy, inexpensive and
simple, About his being an incbriate,
| find nothing to confirm it. On cold
day, when he brought load Of wood to
the Carondolet market. he wotild take
something to keep himself warm This,
so far as | can trace, is the foundation Of
many reports of his inebrity.
Year: 1864

R The Presbysery Of Nashville.
Tennessee, At recent session rescinded
the vote by which it attached itself to the
General Assembly of Dixie, and thereby
resumes its position under the General
Assembly Of the Presbyterian Church Of
the United States.
Year: 1864

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The war correspondent of the Chicago
Journal writing from Sherman's army
and referring to the close Of the severe
fighting near Marietta, on the l7th, says
after so-furious an onslaught as was made
In the morning, it became necessary to
rest and recuperate the men, for An hour
or more, which was done by the lines lay
ing down in the bitches from whish they
had just dispossessed the enemy. II is
indeed wonderful with what GOODNESS vet
Grams of dozen or . score of furious bat
ties look upon carnage and death. The
field was scattered over with the dead Of
both armies the groans Of the wounded
momentarily greeted the ear and the
ground was red with blood yet the men
threw themselves down on the ground
they had SO vaiiantly won--aye, threw
themselves down into tha:. pools Of gore,
and slept beneath the says of burning
sun, SO souudly as if on downy couch,
beneath the shelter of their distant roof.
Year: 1864

1t is important that the people of the
several townships Of the State should take
prompt measures to correct the enrolment
lists before the qnotas of the several States
are assigned. This will lie done soon,
when it will be too late to effect the quotas
Of the State by correction of mistakes.
All persons who have del. removed. en-
listed in the army. the physically disabled
aliens not subject to draft, and those over
anil under the proper age. should be
stricken from the lists. and the names of
young men who have arrived at the age Of
twenty years since the enrolment. and
those subject to the draft who have since
become citizens OF the township. should be
added. Ii is important also TO men who
have been enrolled in one county and
change,l their residence to another, TO take
the necessary steps to have their enroll
ment transferred to their present place OF
residence otherwise they are liable TO
Ge drafted in both.
Year: 1864

But sEw PEOPLE THAT HAVE HEALTH
can az rrcciate the blessings they enjoy
nor IS it supposed that they wfh place q;
proper value on it, until they are deprived
of it, 1t is only in the absence of the thing
which we wan: that we can realize its val
uc When the blood becomes impure the
indications are in the form of sores, pimples.
or the VIRUS collected in small knots under
tho skin upon the glands of the neck, which
are the seeds Of scrofutnns ulcers, and will
sooneror later destroy the syssem snless
some timely remedy is used to restore it.
$ 'ovILL's BLOOD AND LIVER SYRUP is the
most valuable, as it will purify the system
and restore it to health,
Year: 1864

UThere are flowers that are repulsive
at first sight, but vixen closely examined,
they unfold world Of bcauty-and so
with men. We should never judge man
from first sight, for he may have good
qualities which will develop themselves
on acquaintance.
Year: 1864

Company X, Massachusetts, ---th
Regiment, Captain Robert Stanwood. had
been detailed, some two months previous
to the opening of our sketch, to guard au
important bridge in the eastern part of
Virginia. to prevent it from being burnt
BY any band of guerillas that might be
prowling about that neighborhood. The
position of the little force was highly
favorable one-their number and the bat
terry which they had in charge being
deemed sufficient TO hold the position and
Year: 1864

The party sent out in search of Frank
lin returned in the early part Of the al
ternoon. They had carefully scanned the
rivers banks, searched among the rocks
and deJris at the foot of the bluff, exam
ined the clumps of bushes and swamps in
the vicinity, aud explored the whole
neighborhood to their general satisfaction,
but not trace of the missing officer could
they discover, With heavy hearts and
sad faces they returned to camp well as
sured in their minds that the object OF
their search had either been shot and his
BODY thrown into the river, or been cap
tugel and taken to some other locality.
Year: 1864

We frequently hear the remark that


sour piano stands in tune for year."
Now the truth is, there is not one piano


out of thousand that, with any ordinary


use, will stand bearable in tune two


months, and not one in five thousand that


will remain perfectly in tune for three


weeks. True, pianos will stand suf6ci.


emily in tune to suit an unskilled musical


ear for half year at times, but no culti-


vated ear can tolerate the discord THAI
ensues after month or two's use. Any
rejecting individual can readily perceive
why this is, when it is considered what


materials constitute piano. The steel


wires and iron frames must necessarily


alternately expand and contract with the


variations of the surrounding atmosphere,


aud hence a constant movement of tho


wires and change in the pitch of their


tones; and when one reflects on the inn


mense strain on the body of the instru-


nent, caused by the tension of the


strings equaling the weight of no less


than one hundred thousand pounds, and


upwards, it becomes a matter Of no sur


prise that piano that will stand perfect
ly in tune is an instrument that has noe
yet been made. =


Another important thing to be done to
preserve piano in order, is to keep out
the moths. Cloth is used in, pianos to
considerable extent, being placed where
ever there is liability to contact between
any Of the numerous movable portions Of
the instrument; in order to avoid the rat
tling and noises incident to such contact.
Of course when this cloth is destroyed by
the moths, the noises referred to ensue.
Experience has shown that moths gene
rate rapidly where dust is allowed to ac.
cumulate, and the best way to keep the
piano free of dust is to use large feath-
er brush at least once week. In refer
ence to the tuning of piano, it should
be generally understood that tuning con-
sists simply in tightening and relaxing
the strings to the requisite degree, and
does not in clude general renovation and
repair of the instrument, as many people
imagine.


New pianos require tuning once q
month, and none should be allowed to go
untuned over three, the reason being thai
the longer an instrument remains untu-
ned the lower its pitch of tone, and con-
sequently the greater the strain mads
upon the instrument when it il required
10 De uTdWu up W -CouCcrI PhCu, dHu
when 1t Is thus raised in tone donble
tuning is necessary, for the first drawing
up causes the case to yield gradually, and
in week or two the piano is out of tune.


Some pianos cannot be placed in tune
at all, owing to the falseness of the
'scale," or mathematical measurement Of
the division of sounds, by which the sin.
gle wire is made to give out double
one. Others again will not remain in
une Fl ON the causes above described, tho
principal one being the looseness of the
bins holding the wires in the pin-block.
Year: 1864

lishment of grim and gigantic military
despotism upon the ruins of the fairest
fabric of constitutional liberty that was
ever raised to animate the hope of man
kind. ~. - il r 9tsr5rs7z. :. .s..sai q, ..lI


1t has been said by one of the wisest of
modern political philosophers, that sit is
beyond the combination of human force
or art to arrest the upward or; downward
course of;States." The only hope for us
in the future, lies in the faith that the
wisdom of God has not left tho life of a
GREAT nation at the. mercy of the wicked
or incapable men of a single generation.


The system of government adopted by
the wise men who framed the Constitu-
tion. of the United States, was, in the Ian,
guage of Lord Brougham, ssthe very great.
est rein ement in social policy to which
any state of circumstances has ever given
rise, or to which any state has ever given
birth" The same philosophic statesman
says 'sit is plainly impossible to consider
the Constitution which proposes to govern
this whole Union, the Federacy of States,
as any other than treaty of which the
conditions are to be executed for them
ALL"


The idea of maintaining such a system
OF government as this by military force, a
system which was founded upon consent,
and derived its existence from the most
enlightened and equitable spirit of con-
cession and compromise, is the widest
chimera that ever entered into the brain
of man. But one road is left open for the
of American liberty-,the
first station upon that road is PEACE.
Year: 1864

1t is really surprising to note the igno-


rance that prevails in regard to this uni


versally popular musical instrument. The
general class of people who possess them


seem to know rather less about. their


manufacture and the proper method of


using them, than they do about the


watches they wear. With view of en-


tightening the most benighted of the


owners Of pianos upon their proper use


and preservation, We have procured the


following Information ON the subject from


one whom we deem competent authority.


The great desideratum aimed at by the


best manufacturers of pianos is to make


them stand in tune well, for unless they


succeed in this respect the quality of


tone or beauty of finish they may impart


to their pianos is mparatively of little


value. To attain this desirable object,


therefore, is the principal ain. of our best


makers; but few, however, succeed and


We will briefly state the reason.


The steel pins that hold the wires of
piano are driven into a solid block of


wood, and in order that this wood may


retain firm hold of the pin, and yet ad
NIT of its being turned by the hammer of
the turner, not only is a great care and
skill necessary in regard to the fitting of
these pins, but it is absolutely requisite
that the wood forming the .'pin block
should be of the very best seasoned ma
best when prepared by outdoor season
ing instead of by artificial means, but un- |
fortunately this former method requires
considerable capital to admit of so much |
dead stock, as it.were, lying by. This
largo capital but few. manufacturers have,
and the result is, they havo to use heat
dried wood, and the majority place wood
thus seasoned in their pianos that will not
stand the action of the hot air furnaces
in such general use in private houses.
The consequence in such cases can be
readily foreseen, the result being that a
year or two's use SO shrinking up the
wood in the pin blocks of those pianos inl
which this halfseasoned stuff is used.
that the pins move in the block from eve
ry hard blow on the wires, and hence the
piano will not stand in tune. if5


So much for the injurious effects of this |
artificial heat on piano, as far as its
standing in tune is concerned. In refer.
ence to its effect on the action of a piano,
viz: the keys and machinery for striking ]
the wires, the result is that the heat
warps the keys, loosens tho hold of the
great number of screws used in an action,
In the wood, and thereby causes the keys .
10 stick or rattle, as the case may be.
r Now, how to obviate these evils is the
question, and the answer is, in the first
place, only to purchase those pianos that i,
ire made of thoroughly seasoned wood, !
md of the best quality of materials gene :
n liv for sueh only ara the cheapest nj =
mos, no matter what their first cost may !.
De; and secondly, to keep your piano as :
much from the fnflueneeyof the hot air of
7our house furnace as Possioie' Ior IL ln-
ures the best made pianos and almost
renders those of inferior quality use.
ess.
Year: 1864

KNoX's LATEST STYLE.-Clean linen and o
good suit Of clothes very well in their way let
dressed well and put shabby unbecoing
lis head and bis personal appearance spoiled But e,
man of the Spring style Of bats just introduced by
KNOX of No 22 Broadway Of Fuoust, and though
l m av have shabby anti he will s,ili look respectable
Year: 1864

"THE WAR A CR1ME"-On the Sunday
before the day the extra session Of Congress
of 1861 adjourned, President Lincoln said
to Mr.. Mallory, a Representative of Ken
lucky, in the presence Of Senator Cri,tenden
and Others


"Mr. Mallory, this war; SO far as I have
anything to do with it, is carried on on the
idea that there is a Union sentiment m these
States, which set free from the control now
held over it by the presence Of the Confeder
ate or rebel power, will be sufficient TO place
those States in the Union. II am mistaken
in this, if there is no such sentiment there,
if the people of those States are determined
with unanimty, or with a feeling approach
ing unanimty, that their States shall not be
members of this Confederacy, it is beyond
the power of the people of the other States
to force them to remain in the Union; and
said he, in that contingency-in the contin'
gency that there is not the sentiment there,
this war is not only an error, but it is
crime."
Year: 1864

The BIRD OF BATrLE.-The New Albany
(lndiana) Ledger tells this story:


We printed few days ago, from an At
'anla paper, an account of mocking bird,
which at the battle Of Resaca, perched itself
on the top of a tree, and during the feht
initiated the whistlng Of the bullets and othl
er noises incident to battle. Another and
more touching incident Of a similar char
acter was yesterday related to us by Captain
George Babbitt, of Gen. Gresham's staff, and
of which he was himself a witness. During
the fierce canonading at Nckaack small


bird came and perched upon the shou-
der of an artileryman-the man was desig~
mated, we believe, as mo. l." whose duty it
is to ram down the charge after the ammu,
milton is put in the gun. The piece was a
Napoleon, which makes very loud report
The bird, as we have stated perched itself
upon this mans shoulder and could not be
driven from its position by the violent mos
tions of the gunner When the piece was
discharged, the poor little thing would run
its beak and head up under the mans hair
at the back of the neck, and when the rel
port died away would resume its place upon
his shoulder. Capt. Babbitt took the bird
in his hand, but when he released his grasp
it Immediately resumed its place on the
shoulder of the smoke begrimmed gunner
The scene was witnessed by large number
of officers and men. 1t may be subject Of
curious inquiry, what instinct led this bird
to thus place itself Possibly frightened at
the violent commotion caused by the battle,
and not knowing how to escape or where TO
60, some instinct led it to throw itself upon
this gunner as protector. But whatever
the cause, the incident was most beautiful
and pleasing one TO all who witnessed it.