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Year: 1861

PS.-For the information of those who
may wish to write here, I will state that if
they will prepay postage, direct To-,
Company -, care of Col. W. A. Forbes,
staunton, Va, it will probably reach here.
Furthermore, let me explain why We can
not prepay postage. We have no Post
Office here, and besides there is not as ma
ny dimes in the regiment as there are let
ters written here in one day. And as it ia
very hard to get sheet Of paper out here,
l would advise those who send us letters
to enclose a blank sheet, as l understand d
one young man had to write to his mother
the other day on linen rag. Send us pa
per, and we will tell you oil about the
fght-after it comes of.


Excuse the length Of this, and believe
me, yours ever, G.
Year: 1861

SOUNDING RUMOR THAT THE REMAINS
OF WASHINGTON HAVE BEEN REMOVED
FROM MOUNT VERNON,


WASHINGTON, May IA, 1861.


have just ascertained, from reliable source, that
sacred remains Of Washington have been removed


m Mount Vernon by Colonel Washington, who has
Gently joined the Confederate army. This act may
pear at first sight less than npious outrage


must be borne in mind that in the sale Of Mount Yer
Colonel Washington reserved to himself not only the
NIB Of Washington but also of ground around it,


also bound himself to renovate the tomb.


csc details all contained in the deed OF sale


ee possession Of George Riggs Trustee of the Mount


'eon Association. II is ndisputabe, therefore, that


onel Washington s the sole owner Of the remains Of
august ancestor and has the legal right to remove
e. But this win hardly suffice to stide those emoti
Indignation, and even horror, which will swel
every Northern heart at the shocking intel.
'nce that revered bones or sainted wash
|gton have been secretly extracted from his tomb,
Id hid away in some unknown and unhonored
|ceptac,e Whatever may be the right of Colonel
he has been guilty of act Of vaudasm
|nich for the first moment, will chill the blood OF the
BIRTH and strike every one dumb with amazement Up
this hour the North has had but purpose-to vim
|cate the national ag-but she lay down her
ms till Washington. the common property of the ma
,n reposes calmly in the tomb on the banks


the Potomac which he so loved In life, aud designated


his final resting place. Sacrilegious is the hand that
s dared to violate the ast wish of the Father of his
ountry.
Year: 1861

bUBrON, My II, IcOI
In the Senate to day bill introduced authorizing
the Governor toform camps, to consist Of
hve thousand men, who are to be enlisted for three
years. and who to be governed by the United states
military law.


These troops TO be liable to draft the reqaisi
ton Of the general government and military instructors
and fun commissariat are to be appointed for each
camp by the Executive. The pay and rations OF
the officers and will be the same as
thoee in the army and the equipment TO be furnished
by the State. The bill referred to q Join. special
committee who WIN probably report in favor OF it's pas
Year: 1861

BONNETS.
Of all tho charms dear woman wears
Of all unmanly traps and snares,
For real effee.thcre's naught compares


With truly pretty bonnet;
For when or wherever you chance to meet
One that is perfectly modest and neat,
You may depend 'tis 4 prccf complete


That the head has more in than on it.
No matter whether she's pretty or not,
How much or how little money she's got,
Whether she lives in a mansion or cot,


'Tis fact, depend upon it
The woman to make a man happy thro' life,
To make model mother and wife,
Is one who, scorning this milliner strife,


Wears plain and tasteful bonnet.
Now, bonnet of genuine beauty and gracss
Worn on the head in its proper place,
Shadnwing taintiy the wearer's face,


rs the thing for u song or sonnet"
But one of these gay and gaudy things,
Made up of rainbows and butterfly wings,
A mixture of flowers, ribbons and strings,


Is dreadful, depend uponit.
A vulgar mass of "tuss and feather"
Alittle of everything thrown together,
As If by a touch Of windy weather,


A wretched conslomeration-
A sort Of cup to catch the hair,
Leaving the head to ego it bare"
A striking example of ::Nothing to wear"


Is this bonnet abominati0n.
IT mal1es 4 woman look brazen and bold,
Assists her in catching nothing but cold,
1t is bad on the young, absurd on the old,


And deforms what it ought to deck;
For, look at her face, no bonnet is there,
See, at the side it hangs by hair
View it behind, and you will declare


That the creature has broken her neck
No matter where you may chance to be,
No matter how many women you see,
A promiScuous crowd or q certain she,


You may fully depend upon it,
That gem Of the very rarest kind,
A thing most difficult to find,
A pot for which we long have pined,


Is perfect "loye of q bonnet"
Year: 1861

LAyENDER.-The cultivation of lavender
in England, is carried on in two hundred and
seventy eight acres Of land only, in Surrey
and Hertiordshire. Each acre produces six
thousand two hundred pounds of flowers
Every one hundred pounds produces one
pound of the otto; and thus about seven thou
sand pounds of the essence are annually
manufactured. Six ounces of this will make
up gallon of lavender water, and thus many
thousand gallons of this article are exported
annually to all parts of the fashionable
world
Year: 1861

wear. Allowance should be made for the eradu-
o. return OF the great toe to its place. by leaving
It's Place ito some extent at least) vacant for Il.
and permitting gentle pressure where the Joint
mas peen forced into undue projection. When
tne shoemaker now tells q customer that he
treads very much on one side, he in fac. COM
piiments him by the information that he has q
healthy and unsubjugated foot, determined to
tread straight. IL Is precisely because chldren's
feet are only In the first stage of injury, and are
more nearly as God made them than as thew are
destined TO be made by the shoemaker, that child
rem especially come into trouble with the shoe
maker, or with the parents and guardians who
oeieve rather In shoes than In feet, for threading
on one side" A strong and healthy foot tram


pies abolish shoe out far as possible into the
shape It ought at first to have had. Even the
distorted foot, after the shoemaker has done his
worst, will often tread over the leather of the
inner side OF the boot-heel, because of a natural
effort OF the foot-heel to bring itself into some
approach to the right line with the great toe.


In properly made shoe, then, the great toe
and the heel have their right relative places fur
nished for them. And since they are to be in
line together, Il must follow that II we'll. m ade
pair Of boot, be placed side by side go that their
heels touch, their sides also will touch through
Tue whole space in front Of the instep from the
place Of the ball Of the great toe to the very end
NJ They will diverge only at the rounded
ends where the great toe rounds off into the little
toes, along whose line, and no where else, any
possible pointing Of the shape of the boot sole
can be got.
Year: 1861

A soldier writing home from one OF the camps
on the Potomac, thus alludes to the peculiar mu-
sic made by bullets passing through the air:


1t is a very good place to exercise the mind
with the enemy's pickets rattlng close at hand.
A musical ear can study the different tones of
the bullets as they ekim through the air. l
caught the pitch of large sized mimic yesterday


1t was swell from fat to F, and as it passed
into the distance and lost it's velocity, receded to
D--a very pretty change. One Of the most start.
ling sounds is that produced by the Hotchkns
shell, It comes like the ehriek OF demon, and
the bravest old soldiers feel like ducking when
they here il. Itisno more destructive than some
other bullets, but there is great deal in mere
sound TO work upon mems fears. The tremen-
dous scream Is caused by ragged edge Of lead,
which is left on the she'll Ia favorable positions
of light, the phenomenon can sometimes be seen,
as you stand directly behind gun, of the cling
ing of the air to the ball. The bail seems TO
gather up the atmosphere and carry 1t along, as
the earth carries its atmosphere through space
Men are frequently killed by the wind Of can.
non shot. There is q law which causes the at.
mosphere to cling to the earth, or which presses
upon it with force, at the surface, of fifteer
pounds to the square inch; does the same law
or q mobilization, pertain to cannon balls In
flghtY do not remember Of meeting With q
discussion Of tho subject in any published work
Il is certainly an interesting philosophic ques-
tion. a
Year: 1861

The following Is from the Chicago Times Of
the 18th inst. II might we'll be termed gen
tleman in pursuit of knowledge under great
difficulties:


A grave practical joke was perpetrated a
night or two since on rustic individual who,
under the impression that be possessed remark
able keenness, entered into the detective busi-
ness on his own hook. Having heard about
town, and read in the papers, about the X. G.
C's--the Knights of the Golden Clrcle-he
conceived the idea that he was born to lead a
crusade against that damning iniquity, He
communicated the fact to one high 10 authority,
and added that he was on the track--almost
ready to reveal. He was told to go ahead, for,
although no sensible person entertained the idea
that such an association existed in Chicago,
there was pro .pect of fun ahead.


Unluckily for his scheme, it ohanced that he
mad fallen among mereiless Get of Wags, who
had played upon his credulity so as partly to
lead him on, and he was now ready for the sac
rifce. Having received the sanction Of au-
thority, he determined to go through with the
initiation. With this end in view, he was con.
veyed mysteriously to private room on Ran
dolph street, where he was put through the pre-
limi0ary ceremonies. He swore BY all the
saints to support the Southern Confederacy, to
act as spy on the North, to communicate at
all possible opportunities with jeff. Davis, and
in all things to conform to the secession creed
in letter and deed. He was then stripped ma.
ked, and, while the room was enveloped 10
darkness, anointed with sacred oil composed
of equal parts of molasses, coal tar, and pound
ed glass, which was poured over his head and
suffered to trickle down in fragrant rivulets to
his feet. He calmly bore his fate, and asked
what came next. The gas was turned on, and
he found himself sitting vis-a.vis with female
figure which looked so much like life that be
turned back somerset from fright, and set.up
a series of yells which threatened to bring in
the police. The company scattered in sudden
panic, and tumbled down the back stairs as well
as they could from laughter. The proprietor
of the premises kicked out the devotee to pro
fame mysteries, threw his clothes after him, and
turned off the Gas. The police found him on
the stairs en- dishabille and marched him off to
the lock up. He managed to discern the point
of the joke the next morning.
Year: 1861

The bootmaker, ignorant of the relative use
and Importance Of the different parts of the foot,
has steadily persisted for centureis, and at this
day usually persists, in 80 shaping the shoe that
the great toe is forced upon the other toes more
tr less out ofits right line with the heel Nine
civilized people in ten, perhaps, have their great
toes thuss by q course OF submission to misshapen
boots and shoes, 60 far turned inward, that a
line run down in the middle of them from point to
ball, II continued, would not fall anywhere in the
heel at all, but several inches away outside the
body. The necessary consequence is, that the
full strength of the natural lever for raising the
bodyis destroyed, the effort has to be made at
disadvantage, ald with pressure; the act Of
walking loses some Of its grace and much Of
its ease; 90 that although the boot may be 80
well eladjusted to the spolt shape OF the foot as to
cause no pain, an honest twenty or thirty mile
walk 10 more than the hampered foot machinery
has power to sustain. .e.aEa


For this reason, says DR.. Meyer, II is wrong to
suppose that because shoe 10 easy II ls right, or
that cast Of the foot, unlesb 1t be healthy one,
would make the best last for the shoe u d to
Year: 1861

HINT TO March MAKING MOTHERS. Some
mothers have the idea that young gentle
man is no match for one of our daughters
unless, to use their own language, he can
support her in the style to which she has
heen accustomed Old Smith lives in "a
big brown stone house, with twenty thou
sand dollars worth of rosewood and car
pets in it therefore, let no man presume
to address Miss Smith, who can't providel
and maintain big brown stone house, and
twenty thousand dollars worth of rosewood
aud carpets. A most preposteroas notion,
this. A better rule we beg most respect
fully to the occupants OF brown stone pala-
ces. Let no young man be considered
proper match for young lady unless he
can take her to as good house, and pro,
vide as large an income as her parents en-
joyed when they were married.
Year: 1861

Near by little cottage on the banks OF
the Hudson, among the dozen dead from
the burning of the Henry Clay there was
one form which attracted attention above
all Others it was that Of tall old man,
who had already lived beyond his three
score and ten there was ia his features
dignity in DEATH which showed without
information, that he had been man Of
mark in his day. On opening his pocket,
book there was found the houored name of
STEPHEN ALLEN, and among the papers
was found printed scrap, dingy aud Soed,
almost worn out with tie frequent fo.dings
and uufoldings, showing very clearly that
| 1t had been peruSed often and long for couu-
sci aud guidance its principles and its pre-.
cepts embody the secret of long life; of q
healthful, useful and honorable old age
We lived near by at the time and the
whole scene has left lifelong impression.
The paper was entitled


TUE MAxMs OF LIFE ; on, noa TO BE HAPPY.


Keep good company or none.


Never bc idle.


If your hands cannot be usefully employ.
ed attend to the cultivation of your mind


Live up 10 your engagements.


Keep your own secrets, if you have any.


When you speak to a person, look him
in the face.


Good character is above al! things else


Your character cannot be essentially i'll
jured except by your own acts.


If any Que speaks evil of you, let your
life be such that none will believe him.


Drink no kind of intoxicating liquors.


Ever live (msfOrtunes excepted) within
your income.


When you retire to bed, think over what
you have been doing through the day.


Make no haste to be rich if you would
prosper.


Small and steady gains give competency,
with tranquility Of mind.


Never play ut any game of chance.


Avoid temptation, through fear you may
not Withstand it.


Earn money before you spend it.


Never run into debt unless You see way
to get cut again


Never borrow if you can possibly avoid
it.


Never speak evil Of any oUe


BE just before yon are generous.


Keep yourself innocent, if you would be
happy.


Save when you are young to spend when
you are Old.
Year: 1861

Father, mother,


Sister, brother,
All who hold each other dear,
Each chair is flied we're all at home
Tonight let no cold stranger come.
1t is not often thus around
Oar old familiar hearth we're found
Bless, then, The meeting and the spot
For once be every care forgot
Let gentle peace assert her power,
And kind affection rule the hour,


We're all-all here.


We're not all here
Some are away-the dead ones dear,
Who thrOuged with US this ancient hearth,
And gave the hour to guileleSs mirth,
Fate, with stern relentless hand,
Looked 10 and thiuned our little band
Some like night.Aash passed away,
And some sank lingering day by day ;
The quiet graVeyard-some lie there
And cruel ocean has his share,


We're not all here.


We are all here
Even they-the dead-though dead, so dear
Fond memory to her duty true,
Brings back their faded forms to view.
how llie-lke, through the mist Of years,
Each well remembered face appears
We see them as IN times long past
Grom each TO each kind looks ure cast
We hear then words, their smiles behold;
They're round us aS they were Of old.


We are all here.


We are all here


Father mother


Sister, brother,
You that love, with love so dear,
Ihls may not long of US be said
Soon must we Join the gathered dead
Aud by tue hearth we now SIT round,
Some other circle will be found
On then, that wisdom may we know,
Which yields life of peace below
So, IN the world TO follow this,
May each repent in words OF bliss,


We're all here.
Year: 1861

At the hotel in Augusta, the weather
being fine aud warm, they gave me a room
without any fireplace and looking to the
north through three large windows. That
afternoons influx oftravlers filled the house
so that they had not square inch to spare,
and then the weather changed. The next
were the only really cold days that
had visited Augusta in 8 years.


OF course caught cold that stuck by
me for months
Year: 1861

The present year Is undoubtedly the most event
full in the political history Of this country and the
record Of occurrences transpiring at the Fed
sral Metropolis is naturally Of striking and re-
markable interest The public desire to receive
prompt, fsall and reliable accounts of all that
passes here 10 most intense, and we have
consequently made alterations and Improvements
In the weekly issue Of the Warrington Star to
meet this want most satisfactorily. In compli-
ance with the wish Of the public the paper has
been changed from quarto to the more conve.
nient folio shape, and now appears a handsome
sheet Of thirty-tioo columns, hlled with choice
and carefully prepared Reading Matter, and bear
ing the name Of the


"Washington Dollar Weekly Star" I"
As indicated by the title, we now furnish the
paper at the unprecedented low price Of


ONE DOLLAR PER YEARu
Or barely more than the price Of the paper upon
which II is printed. 1t Is our determination to
make the WEEKLY STAR not only the largest
and abandonment Dollar Newspaper in the United
States, but that IL shall absolutely be


THE BEST FAMILY WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN THE


WoRLD!!!


It contains the very fullest, freshest, and most
important details Of all that transpires at the
Seat Of Government editorials on all the impor
tant topics Of the times; the news Of the week;
interesting correspondence from all parts of the
world; capital stories, humorous and graphic
sketches, and the pick Of the floating miscellany
Of literature and gossip.


The DOLLAR STAR has as q permanent feature
carefully prepared


AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT,
embodying whatever may be Of interest to farm
in the transactions Of the Interior Department,
the Smithsonian Institution, and the U. s. Agri-
cultural Society. Gardening and Horticulture
also receive due attention in this department
Of the paper, and we also give each week a
choice budget Of Household Recipes for our lady
readers; also, Recipes for the Workshop, together
with an official list of all the new inventions
issued from the Patent OfRce each week


In short, 1t Is our purpose to give our readers
varied, rich, and sparkling variety OF the
reading that at once instructs and entertains,
but aiming to make WASHINGTON News AND
GOSSIP our speciality, In accordance with the
views set forth above.


Believing II TO be better to sell many papers at
low price than few at a high price, we have
determined TO offer the following


Extraordinary Inducements to CIu5s.
Year: 1861

while II was healthy and sound, is manifest
absurdity. The truth was that wealth had be-
come concentrated into few hands only, that
selfishness had completely corrupted all classes,
and that the poor were In such hopeless con-
dition that they had less to dread from new
masters than from the old; and IL was the weak.
ness OF the commonwealth, caused BY these
things, which made the empire 80 easy prey
70 the invader, But when the deluge had swept
over the ancient order OF thingf, when rich and
poor alike were washed into one common aIlu.
vium, and when the seeds of the sentiment of
personal liberty, which the Northern nations
bad brought with them and scattered abroad.
had germinated, then arose that new civiliza.
tion which we now enjoy, and whose distin-
gushing characteristic, as compared with that
of the old world, Is the sense Of personal indie
pendence. ~ .4


If we consider civilization to consist solely in
marble palaces, sumptuous furniture, and
generally In luxury, then the middle ages were
undoubtedly inferior TO the Roman world,
though, even in the middle ages, more OF the
luxury and refinement of the old world was
retained, at least in Italy and the south of
France, than is usually believed Bot II we
regard civilization as consisting 10 higher things
personal independence or political freedom
then the middle ages take rank above that of
the ancient world. For even the republics Of
the old time taught liberty, less as a personal
right than as the privilege Of class. 1t was
not as man, but as an Athenian, that the
Greek voted in the public assembly It was
because he was member of his tribe or order !,
that the free citizen Of Rome had voice In the
State, and not because be was human being,
gifted with an immortal soul, and endowed by
his Creator with the lnalienable rights of life,
liberty and the pursuit Of happiness. II 10 time
that we moderns were more just to both the
learning and the civilization of the middle ages.
-PhiLad, lphia Ledoey
Year: 1861

DULL.-Saturday was one OF those
days which people don't like to see. An occs-
sionsl candidate could be seen now and then
dragging On unwilling voter through the mud
like . lamb to the slaughter. Merchants had
. first rate time to take breath and strsighten
up their goods for . fair etart to-day.
Year: 1861

VERY WET WEATHER.-The kind of
weather which We have been experiencing for
few days past is not such 80 will help the
farming community. The ground is now pref
ty thoroughly soaked. and it will require at
leaet one week of good sunshine to put it in
condition for soving and planting. We trust
the rainy season will not be Of long duration.
Year: 1861

OF course it will-what? The non
receipt Of important intelligence, be-
cause everybody expects it. Such is
the case with most of things in this
world, and we should make ourselves
contented, and take things as they
come. We cannot say that we ex-
pect any startling intelligence from
any particular point, however, the
supposition is that something i'm
portant must soon take place, thus it
is that all. flock around the stage on
its arrival, anxiously- making inqui-
ries Of passengers about the news
We noticed an article clipped from a
New York paper. which insinuates
that a mammoth. peace meeting will
probably be held in the city of New
York, sometime during next month
or the month after, to be under the
management Of Messrs. Benjamin and
Fernando Wood. This grand meet
ing to be, is spoken Of in glowing
ter,ns, and it is said will settle the
pending difficulties. This, though,
we think is canard. The influence
Of Fernando Wood in that particular
section is. beyond doubt, very great,


and should there be any truth about


his undertaking the step, we have an


idea that the result will be the down,
fall of the Lincoln party, for really
such u adetestable party must be short
lived. Tune will prove the fallacy
of their doctrine.