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Year: 1862

Know the conscious stars vii weep


Their radiant tears upon his grave,
And angels faithful vigils keep


Near one 80 loved, 50 good and brave.
Come wind that lutters 10 the west,
Come bear my grief to that lone grave.
Where sleeps the friend loved the best,
With more than an immortal love.
Kiss ye the trembling grass that grows
Above his consecrated bed,
And sweeter than the sweetest rose


Be summer flowers above his head.
Around him fold the twilight dim,


So that his sleep shall feel no pang;
And tell the birds to sing to him


The sweetest songs they ever sang.
Tell We the lake TO murmur low,


And tell the storm its wrath 10 cease;
Tell ye the streams that near him flow
To flow in gentleness and peace.
At morn the dew shall deck the grave,
And shadows mantle it al noon,
Where lies the ever good and brave
Whose hour Of parting came too soon.
God bless thee, soldier. Prayers shall rise
Like this to Him for thee-for mine
And daily offerings from our eyes


Shall crown thy memory 5 sacred shrine.
Tho stars that 'lume a distant sky
Shall kiss thy grave with lips of light,
Still. every day, pilgrim,


To thee, in love, shall wing my flight.
Year: 1862

A NOBLE old horse belonging to the Regmar
Battery, formerly Magruder's, went to James
Island and was so wounded as to be unfit for
battery service he was turned loose and, as
the battery refused to own him, he hung
around the camp, eating with the other horses
when they were fed. One day when the bat
terry was out drilling, he fell into the ranks on
the gun with which be used to drill and went
through the whole exercise When the men
left, they intended to leave him on the Island :;
but the patriotic veteran had no idea of follow
ing the example of his former commander and
going over to the rebels, or of being taken by
them, and so crowded in with the other horses
when they were put aboard.
Year: 1862

IT Is known to many, yet not to all, that a
handful OF -four bound on wound will pre-
vent the blood from flowing. Thousands of
men who have bled 10 death on the battlefield
would have been saved ii they had had hand
fnl OF iour in their sacks, aud bound it on their
wound with their handkerchief.
Year: 1862

HIRED Farmers are obliged
to hire laborers unless they have boys
enough to ca the work Of the farm
When the farmer can attend to all the
operations in person, he can afford 10
hire ordinary help. But ghen lie is
away from home half the time, he
should hire men who know something
Of the business, or he will not make
the two ends meet.


Young men who want employment
often state that they have been bred
to farming and know all about it,
Yet, when, they are required
TO set a fence, to hold plow, TO drive
team, 10 plant potatoes or corn, or 70
perform the ordinary labors, they show
their defciency and the employers
are obliged to teach them how 10 per-
form when set TO any kind Of labor.


1t is not expected that the common
laborer can lay stone wall, or split,
rails, or make mortice holes IN post
or set rail fence. Yet All this is work
which must be done on most farms by
somebody. The young man, there.
fore, who has not learned the art of
doing these things, should not expect
so high wages as the man WHO has ex-
perience.


Ii requires long time 70 learn the
whole art Of farming, 50 that a farm
shall pay an income Of five per cent
on It's fair value. But farms seldom
yield five per cent unless the owner
himself is able 10 labor, and he can
be present to direct every movement.


Laborers earn more when they are
kept TO one kind Of business through
the day. II they are directed or per.
mitied from field to field, or from one
business 10 another. they wilI moi al.
ways give q good account OF their
days work.


II is a good practice 10 lei out work
by the Job, when il can be done
Then the undertaken feels hat be is
at work for himseli---and Of course he
viii DO more work than he would for
another man.


DIching, wood-cutting and other
business may be jobbed out And
this when tie employer i not q home
70 direct the work.


But the business Of plowing, bar-
rowing and tilling among corn and po-
lsioes should Be done io ihe presence
G. the owner.
Year: 1862

..e -. .-s ,re IO7', tHS SpeCIOtOf.


Mr.. EDITOR IL would like to know which
would be the wcrst-to be driven from our
homes and property by an ol en- f4eed foo, or to
be sw inGie'. out of them by eztortlOnefs and
vile speculators. The latter. think h very
likely TO be the case with E.aLy of us who are
in the army, and cannot be Ut home to sttend to
our own Interests, and also with others who are
rot willing to sell their souls for money. fear
tiist some are almost past redemption, and more
particularly q certain class cf ira esmen who
manufacture en- indispensable article and sell it
at about three Zines its value. Some have gone
50 far TO cay that If the war will last 80 mary
years they will be able to make fortune be.
lieve that macy of them desire that 1t may, and
yet they profess to te good honest men. Well if
it is hoLest and right to make money at the sac
ri6ce. of the lives and property of friends and
neighbors, then have no more to say. believe
that our cause in this campaign is just one and
that we have had the aid Of Divine Power, and
if we are ever defeated, it will be caused by the
wickedness of our own people, departing from
their duty. greatly fear that il the spirit. of
speculation continues in the same form in which
it now exists, We will be ruined people after
all our toll and privation ard loss OF valuable
lives. Many have lost sight of every thing else
but making money aud take no interest in the
"siiars oI the country, and when victory Is
won they are like the old nan when Betsey
killed tha bear 'sUe did it.'' v


The present condition of things is enough to
convince every loyal citizen tha. this is no time
to make fortune by speculation, and that we all
should be mo,e united 10 all things, and all that
we do We should do with wise reference to
the God OF battles and then, undoubtedly, we
will be successful in gaining our independence,
and we shal be once more free and happy
people. O. @.
Year: 1862

to a letter from Camp Allegheny, dated the 9th
instant. After speaking of the wounded, many
of them by name, the writer adds the P. S.,
which you are requested to publish. f. 3.


s.We are out of lint here to dress wounds with,
and / think if the patriotic ladies of Augusta
knew this, they would try to furnish some.
know there have been heavy draughts upon their
charity, but as there are many brave men here,
now suffering from wounds received in defence
of their country, / think that the ladies would do
well to spend part Of their time in preparing
lint and bandages to relieve the wounded soldier.
1 suggest that you mention the matter to the Aid
Societies in your neighborhood. I speak of this
matter because have seen tho necessity of hav-
ing these things. Use your own discretion about
speaking to the ladies, &c GRANVILLE.
Year: 1862

The Washington correspondent. Of New York
Post relates the following incident:


A horseman, clad in sort Of cavalry costume,
with heavy overcoat and slouched hat, had been
noticed for some time dashng about the CITY In
rather suspicious manner. At last the author
tiles felt themselves warranted in arresting him,
and accordingly, one morning, when trotting
down Pennsylvania avenue, he found himself
suddenly surrounded BY fiie OF soldiers, and
was carried off to prison. But the funniest part
was to come. The Investigation that followed
resulted not only in the discovery of certain
papers, but also of the fact that the cavalier was
G woman,
Year: 1862

For several days We have had very remarkable
weather for this season of the year. It has been
as warm as the latter part of May. On yesterday
(Monday) we had shower of rain, attended with
vivid lightning and loud thunder.
Year: 1862

The Representatives and Senators of the
Border Slavohoding States having, by
special invitation of the President, been
convened at the Executive Mansion on
Saturday morning last, Mr.. Lincoln ad-
dreascd them as follows, from written
paper held in his hands.


GENTLEMAN After the adjournment
Of Congress, now near, | shall have no op-
portunity Of seeing you for several months
believing that you Of the Border States
hold more power for good than any other
equal number of members, feel it duty,
which | cannot justifably waive, to make
this appear to you.


intend DO reproach or complaint when
[ assure you that, in my opinion, if you all
had voted for the resolution in the gradual
emancipation message of last March, the
war would now be substantially ended
Aud the plan therein proposed is yet one
of the most potent and swift means of end :.
ing it. Let the States which are in rebel.
ion sec definitely and certainly that in on
event will the States you represent ever
Join their proposed Confederacy, and they
cannot much longer maintain the contest.
But you cannot divest them of their hone
to ultimately have you with them SO long
as you show determination to perpatuato
the institution within your own States
Beat them at elections, as you have over
whelmingly done, and, nothing daunted
they still cloim you as their own. You
and know what the lever of their power
is. Break that lever before their faces,
and they can shake you no more forever.


Most of you have treated me with kind
ness and consideration, and l trust you will
not now think | improperly touch what is
exclusively your own, when, for the sa..
of the whole country, ask, "can yoy,
for your States, do better than to take the
course | urge? Discarding p,uctiio and
maxims adapted to more manageable times,
and looking only to the unprecedentedly
stern facts of our case, can you do better
in any possible eventl You prefer that
the constitutional relation of the States to
the nation shall be practically restored
without disturbance of the institution and
if this were dore, my whole duty in this
respect, under the Constitution and my
oath of office, would be performed. But
it is not done, and we are trying to accom-.
plish it by war. The incident of the war
cannot be avoided. If the war continue S
long, as it must, if the object be not sooner
attained, the institution in your States
will be eXtinguished by mere friction and
abrasion by the mere incidents of the war.
1t will be gone, and you will have nothing
valuable in lieu of it, Much of its value
is gone already. How much better for
you and for your people to take the step
which at once shortens the war, and Sc
cures substantial compensation for that
which is sure to be wholly lost in any 9TH
er event How much better to thus save
the money which else We sink forever in
the war How much better to do il while
we can, lest the war ere long render us
pecuniary unable to do it How much
better for you, as seller, and the nation
as buyer, to sell cut and buy out that with
out which the war could never have been,
than to sink both the things to be sold and
the price of it in cutting one another'i
throats
Year: 1862

country. We have done all this under the
most discouragng circumstances and in
the face of measures most dstasteful to us
and injurious to the interests we represent,
and in the hearing of doctrines avowed by
those who claim to be your friends most
abhorrent to us and our constituents. But,
for all this, we have never faltered, nor
shall we as long as we have q Constitution
to defend and a government which pro.
tects us. And we are ioady for rene we'd
efforts, and even greater sacrifices, yea,
any sacrifice, when we are satisfied it is
required to preserve our admirable form
of government and the priceless blessings
of constitutional liberty.


A few of our number voted for the res
olution recommended by your message of
the 9th of March last; the greater por-
ton of us did not, and we will briefly
state the prominent reasons which inhu-
encod our action.


In the first place, it proposed a radical
change Of our social system, and was
hurried through both Houses with undue
haste, without reasonable time for con-
sideraton and debate, and with nc time at
all for consultation with our constituents,
whose interests it deeply involved. 1t
seemed like an interference by this Gov
ernment with question which peculiarly
and exclusively belonged to our respec-
tive States, on which they had not sought
advice or solicited aid. Many of US
doubted the constitutional power of this
Government to make appro priations of
money for the objects designed, and all
of us thought our iinaces were in no con-
dition to bear the immense outlay which
its adoption und faithful execution would
impose upon the National Treasury. If
we pause but a moment to think Of the
debt its acceptance would have entaied
we are appalled, by its magnitude. The
proposition was addressed to all the
States, and embraced the whole number
of slaves. According to the census of
1860 there were then very nearly four
million of slaves in the country from
natura increase they exceed that mum
Der now. AT even the low average of
three hundred dollars, the price fixed by
the emanci patton act for the slaves of this
District, and greatly below their real
worth, their value runs up to the enormus
sum oftwelvc hundred millions of dollars;
and if to that we add the cost of depora-
| ton and colonization, at one hundred
dollars each, which is but fraction more
than is actually paid by the Maryland
Colonization Society, we have four hun.
dred millions more We are not willing
to impose a tax on our people sufficient
to pay the interest on that sum, in addi-
| ton to the vast and daily increasing debt
already fixed upon them by the exigencies
Of the war; and if we had been willing
the country could not bear it. Stated in
this form the proposition is nothing less
than the deportation from the country ol
sixteen hundred million dollars worth OF
producing labor, and the substitution in
its place Of an interest-bearing debt of the
same amount!


But, if we are told that it was expected
that only the States we represent would
accept the proposition, we respectfully
submit that even then 1t involves sum
too great for the financial ability of this
Government at this time. According to
| III
Year: 1862

And we have the enormous


sum of S17S,07S,33l


We did not feel that we should be iusti~
fed in voting for measure which, if car.
ried out, would add this vast amount to
our public debt, at a moment when the
treasury was reeling under the enormous
expenditures of the war.


Again, it seemed to us that the resolu-
ton was but the annuncation of a senti,
ment which could not or was not likely to
be reduced to an actual, tangible PROPOSE
tion. No movement was then made to
provide and appropriate the funds required
to carry it into effect and we were not en-
couraged to believe that funds would be
provided, And our belief has been fully
justified by subsequent events. Not to
mention other circumstances, it is quite
sufficient for the purpose to bring to your
notice the fact that, while the resolution
was under consideration in the Senate,
our colleague, the Senator from Kentucky,
moved an amendment appropriating $780,.
600 to the object therein designated, and
it was voted down with great unanimity,
What confidence, then, could we roasona-
bly, feel that, if we committed ourselves to
the policy ii proposed, our constituents
would reap the fruits of the promise held
out; and to what ground could we, as fair
men, approach them and challenge their
support


The right to hold slaves is right ap-
pertaining to all the States of this Union.
They have a right to cherish or abolish
the institution, as their tastes or their in.
terests may prompt, and no one is author
lied to question the right or limit its en-.
joyment, And TO ole has more clearly
affirmed that right than you have. Your
inaugural address does you great honor in
this respect, and inspired the country with
confidence in your fairness and respect for
Year: 1862

There's gold for the man that win dig il,


And peace for the soul of the seeker
There's Loves wine for him that will drink 1t,


o'eraowing the golden Tipped beaker---
There's Fame for the brows of the thinker,


If he will work and struggle to win it
Every care-eloud that folds DER the future


May prison rich blessings within it.
There's home for the son of gaunt sorrow,


A rest for the worn-out and weary
A hope for the pallid despairing,


A light Ger each path that is dreary.
There's no wave so dark but the summit


win break into snowy like whiteness-
There's no cloud so black in the heavens


But has some rich, folded up brightness.
'Tis hard to wade through the deep waters


Unseeing the shore that we covet;
'Tis dismal to look for Hopes rainbow


When black wells of doubt hang above it
But Faiths hand can lift up the mountains,


And give us riches supernal-
She points to the land of the Prophets,


The land of the Blessed Eternal.
Year: 1862

DRILLING BETTER THAN BROADCAST.
Drilling in field seeds is becoming quite
common, but not enough so. Too many
still adhere to broadcast sowing greatly
against their own interests. 1t certainly
stands to reason, that twelve stalks of
wheat, or oats, or other grain, will do bet
ter if each grows on plot three inches
square, than if one such plot contain three
or four stalks crowded together, while an
other plot has more. But this happens
very frequently in field sown broadcast.
Again, if one seed be covered but half an
inch, and the next one be worked down
three or four inches by the harrow tooth,
the two will come up unevenly, and grow
uncvenly. Air and sunlight are impor-
tant agents in promoting the growth of
plants, and the full effect of these can on
ly be secured where the stalks are grow
ing at something like uniform distances
apart. The expense of a drill is the main
objection TO its introduction everywhere.
But single bushel more of grain per
acre, on ten or twenty acre field will 60
far 10 meet the cost Of the drill, or at
least pay very high interest on the cost.
And who doubts that much more than
the extra bushel will always be secured BY
judiciously using a seed drill.-American
Agriculturist.
Year: 1862

The following extract is from Artemus
Wards lecture on "The Children in the
Woods"


Advertising for wife is about as alb
surd as getting measured for an umbrella.
1t is absurd-it is mean-and | suspect
that the most of those fellows who adopt
that method of securing domestic bliss
ought to hammer stone in some wellreg-
ulated penitenitiary. Once in while,
however, there may be a simple-minded
but unfortunate young man among those
advertisers, and to him the lecturer void
say, why advertise? There is probably
some young lady of your acquaintance,
for whom you have certain regard
Why not go to her boldly and tell her
there is commodious apartment to let in
your heart, with board. If you get the
mitten do not despair, but charge else
where for another mitten. You may as
we'll have a pair of mittens. One mitten
is of no possible use. l know of young
man out West who has got mittens
enough to go peddling, and he is yet
peddling, and he is yet healthy. Don't
be bashful young man. Don't be like the
young parson who rode ten miles in a
sleigh with pretty girl, one bright moon
light night, with the intention of popping
the question, but all he said was +" 1t is
quite mooney tonight" eyes," she re-
piled, "muchly." And there wasn't an
other word said"
Year: 1862

This is one of the earliest garden crops
that can be put into the ground. For the
first crop, select the dryest aud warmest
corner of the garden, sheltered by wall
or high and tight fence if possible, and
open full to the south. Tie ground sho'd
not be manured the same year il is plant
cd to peas, or the vines will grow too ram
pant, and bear Few pods. 1t should, how
ever, have been enriched the previous year.
Some of the old school will tell you not
TO sow peas in the "new of The moon,"
lest the vines all run to stalks, and not
to fruit. But let the moon alone, and
sow the peas rs soon as the season opens.
The frost being well out of the ground,
break it up by spading, and rake it down
level and fine. With garden line, lay
Oft the drills as long as you like, and at
least two inches deep. A good method
is 10 make two drills six inches apart,
then TO leave a space two and half
feet wide, or more, for tall growing kinds,
for walk between them; ther the next
pair of drills, and so on. The peas are
scattered in the drills about an inch apart,
and then covered with the back of rake.
One row of brush is stuck for two rows
of vines. For this purpose, the best ma
teral is brush from the woods, especially
the fine 5ushy limbs of birch trees. Yet
the spray of almost any tree will answer,
and the bushes should be from three to
six feet high, according TO the pea. An
other method, often practiced where brush
is scarce, is to drive in stout wooden stakes,
six feet apart, along each row, then pass ~
line of strong twine from end TO end of the
rows, taking a turn around each stake as
you proceed. Begin when tho vines are
about six inches high; put on second
line when they are two feet high; the
tall varieties will want :hird string. Do
not put down the brush at the time of
sowing. Let the plants get several inch
es high, give them two or three hoeiogs
and thorough weddings meanwhile, the
last time drawing up the soil around the
stems to prevent them from being blown
about by the winds: then bush them.
To get very early crop, SOW the peas un-
der the lea of n sunny wall, in drills run
ming east and west, and have frame of
boards, shaped like an eaves-trough, to
sci over each row in frosty nights and du-
ring cold rains. Set it up on the edge by
day to reflect the light and heat of the
sun on the young plants. Of the many
varieties now in market, we can not speak
at length. Early Kent and Daniel o.
Rourke seem, just now, to dispute the
field as to earliness. Both of them and
the Prince Albert are early, and fair
quality peas. For a little later crop, the
Champion of England ranks high: it is
very sweet, rich and high favored. Tho
Marrowfats, of course, will always be in
vogue.-American Agriculturist.
Year: 1862

POcAHONTAs, Ark, June "A rebel gunboat
came to Jacksonville day before yesterday and
destroyed all the cotton and sugar there and then
returned down the river destroying all the Gotten
and sugar as she went. Fot a time there was
much CONSERVATION in this vicinity, and the
troops were ordered under marching orders.


Tuesday night. All In quiet now.
Year: 1862

- Where is the Monitor? We have not
heard word Of the little cheese-box since
the repulse in James River uutil yesterday,
when ayague paragraph in Philadelphia pa
per stated that the fleet Of which the Monitor
Is 4 part was ready to assist in taking Rich
mond as soon as General Mcclellan should
EaY the Word
Year: 1862

ing this, it seems TO me, from the time
their advancing column were headed at
the bridge, the town was clear of the enc
my. In moment they were gone. Co.
rinth was safe. The fire set to the public
stores had not had time to do much dam
age, but was speedily put out; the people
began to return; and, in little over an
hour from the first advance Of the enemy's
column, not gun was to be heard, all
was still, or seemed so; for the terrible
agony Of the hour had suspended all ordi
nary emotions; but, as the sense of still
ness crept over the thoughts, and con
sciousness came again, it was not still, for
the cry of the suffering, the groans Of tie
dying, fell upon the ears fton every dicec
ton