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Year: 1864

The State Constitutional Convention in
Arkansas, which convened on the 9Th in
slant, WAS one Of the largest and most in
telligent and influential political bodies
ever known in that State. An article pro-
hibiing slavery was adopted with but one
dissenting vote. The constitution is 10 be
submitted to the people on the second
Monday in March, st which the State off,
GERS and members Of the legislature will be
chosen. The legislature is to meet on the
third Monday in April The action Of the
convention was universally Satisfactory 10
the loyal men. The qualification Of voters
is that prescribed by the President in his
proclamation. II is believed that the 10y
al citizens will be able to poll twenty thou
sand votes for the constitution. The con-
vention will recommend q suitable person
for provisional governor.


In Tennessee the reconstruction move
nent is making good progress. At mass
meeting held At Nashville on the 2lst, re-
solutions were passed denOuncing slavery
as an evil in itself, and as the cause Of the
rebellion. advising The reconstruction Of
the state government by q constitutional
convention. composed Of delegates pledged
to immediate and universal emancipation.
The resolution commended the integrity
and fidelity Of Governor johnson, and re-
quest him to call such convention. A
committee was appointed to select delegst-
es to the Southern Free States Convention
In Louisville.


At the same meeting Governor johnson
made a speech in which he said that grad
usl emancipation was prepOstures, for it
proposed 10 fit the slave for freedom by
prolonging his slavery. There must be no
compromise with traitors till treason goes
down. Perhaps to-day is the Christening
Of the nation for cur great national sin.
Slavery is in our way-let truth triumph,
justice prevail and slavery go down.
Year: 1864

Editing paper is q very unpleasant
business.


If it contains too much political mat
ter, people won't have it.
If the type is large it don't contain
enough reading matter.


If the type is small they can't read it


If we publish telegraph reports folks
say they are nothing but lies.
If We omit them they say we have no
enterprise, or suppress them for political
effect.
If We have in few jokes, folks say we
are nothing but rattle head.


If we omit jokes, they say We are an
old 70: sil.


If We publish original matter, they
damn us for not giving selections.


If we publish selections, folks say we
are lazy for not writing more and giving
them what they have not read in some
other paper.
If We give man complimentary no.
tlces, We are censured for being partial.
If we do not, ali hands say we are a
greedy hog.


If We insert an article which pleases
the ladies, men become jealous.
If We do not cater to their wishes, the
paper is not fit to have in their house.


If We attend church they say it is only
for affect.


1t we do not, they denounce us deceit
full, and desperately wicked.


If We speak well of any act of the
President, folks say we dare not do other
wise.


If we censure, they call US traitor.
IF we remain in the Office and attend
to business, folks say we are too proud to
mingle with our fellows.


Ii we 60 out; they say we never attend
to business.


If we do not pay all bills promptly,
folks say we are not to be trusted.


If We do pay promptly, they say we
stole the money.-E.s.
Year: 1864

of Grants railroad along the bat
tie line of the Army Of the Potomac, the
correspondent Of the Philadelphia ln'
quirer says:


Who but parcel of Yankees would
ever have thought of building railroad
along the battle line OF an army, with
one termini the outer chain of tortitica.
tions. The Yankees who have settled
around Richmond have done this thing
The railroad goes over the ground with
a most sublime Indifference to its ups and
downs. If you are seated in one Of the
last cars of long train, half the time
the locomotive drawing you is out oi
sight over hill but the best of all is
the covered way. where the road runs
through the field near Hancock, under
the fire Of the rebel batteries of Whit.
worth guns on Cemetery Hill. The re-
bells used to amuse themselves by she'll
ing the trains. They never did any dam
age, but it was Judged best to make SURE
against mishaps, and so breastwork foI
the railroad was thrown up across the
entire field. Down into the cut goes the
train. and whirls safely under the friend
ly cover Of earth to beyond the point ol
danger.


With all its going up and comings
down, with all the instability OF its road.
way, there has never been any, accident
on the road, on train ever collided, none
have ever gone off the track. The rail-.





road is u great thing
Year: 1864

No ROOM FOR PR1DE.-" A nice pass
we're come to-" exclaimed bundle Of
brushwood to some fine tree-tops that were
lying ready to be carted for drewood.-
The tree-tops quivered their fading leaves
with contemptuous Indignation, but did
not deign reply.


Those were the days." said the brush
wood again, '.when we were 80 gay and
green. You gave fine shade then, and
as for US, my friends, the thorns, black
and white, made the hedges like a garden
and the bright gold blossoms Of US furza
bushes was something to see. All! those
were the days; but we must make the most
of it. They have had US in our summer
pride, and now they have got to admire
US in blaze as they sit round their fires.


More and more the leaves of the tree
tops quivcred, and an ash, in pity to both
parties, thus tried first to silence the low.
born loquacious furze


Friends, our union in fate should
make US one in sympathy. You. like
ourselves, have to rejoice In life and free.
dom like us you are condemned to
flames but as our beauty and dignity in
life differed, so will differ the last scenes
of our existence. You will crackle under
Il pot, while we shall sustain clear and
steady fame


Thcp, addressing his unduly sensitive
com panon, he added Nevertheless, for.
get not that OF both Of US only ashes will
remain ~
Year: 1864

With proper supply Of windows, and
a proper supply OF fuel in open fire-places,
fresh air is comparatively easy to secure
when your patient or patients are in bed


Never be afraid Of open windows, then.
People don't catch cold in bed. With
proper bed clothes and hot bottles il
necessary, you can always keep patient
warm in bed and we'll ventilate him Id
bed. Never to allow u patient to be
walked Intentionally or accidentally, is a
sine qua non Of all good nursing. If he
is reused out of bis first sleep, be is
almost certain to have no more sleep. 1t
is curious but quite ineligible fact,
that if a patient is walked after a few
hours instead of few minutes sleep, he
is much more likely to sleep again; be.
cause pain, like irritability of brain. per-
petuates and intensifes ITSELF IF you
have gained respite. Both the proba-
bility Of recurrence and of the same in.
tensity will be diminished whereas both
will be terribly increased by want of
sleep. This is the reason why a patient
walked in the early part of his sleep, loses
not only his sleep, but his power to sleep.
The more the sick sleep, the better will
they be able to sleep. A good nurse will
always make sure that no door or window
in her patients room shall rattle or
creak; that no blind or curtain shall by
any change of wind through the open
window, be made to flap; especially will
she be careful of all this before she leaves
her patient for the night. If you wait
till your patient tells you or reminds you
Of these things, where is the usr of hav-
ing nurse Florence Nightingale.
Year: 1864

There lives in Canada an old Dutch
woman who received at her marriage
from her husband paper of pins. All
of these, with the exception of one or
two, she has preserved for thirty years,
using them constantly all the while.
Year: 1864

Our brave soldiers (and may the Lord
bless them everywhere Dare Fast solving
the problem which so ahlicts with dire
distress the "armistice and immediate
cessation Of hostilities" party, and our
peace-at any-price politicians. They scorn
the pusillanimous Intervention Of Copper
head sneaks, who would flch from them
the results Of many bloody battle and
fercely contested campaign. They know
there is nothing like hard knocks to teach
rebels repentance, and they have not
spared the convincing argument of heavy
blows The rebellion was never in such
a sorry plight as now, and the soldiers
know it. They are not fools to be man
ipulatcd by purblind Office seekers and
treason ruongers under McClellan's lead,
or that of any other man. Nothing will
induce them Tor their loyal friends at
home) TO swallow the detestable peace
platform ofthe Democratic party Grease
it all over with the fat Of a dozen such
sham heroes as Mcclellan, (who never
smelled powder nor was under fire in his
life. J. and they win repudiate the loath-
some dose They viii settle the matter in
their own way, to the tune Of another
song-something after this fashion =
eve have heard the reieI YELL


! We have heard the Union shout


We have weighed he matter we'll,


And to fight II out;


In the flush of perfect triumph


And the gloom OF utter rout,
We have sworn many bloody field
We TO fight il out


NORTH H-esterR 2. u. Gazette.
Year: 1864

Dispatches from n New Orleans state that Z; shop
AMrs has been empoweIed by the War Depart
ment TO take charge of the Methodist Church.
it appears that military necessity requires that
the Administration shall assume the charge and
control of spiritual affars well as temporal,
and permit is required from the Government to
The next step may be to make Bishop ANEs
Pope AMEs and confer upon him the general ad-
miniStrntion of religious aif,irs There is moth
ing TOO ridiculous for the party in power to at
tempt
Year: 1864

party in power Under its rule the country.
with its boosted free institutions have been going
TO destruction with railroad speed, but it appears
little more "dribbling" is necessary to reach
the end.
Year: 1864

+. &. Liable has the honor Of informing his
patrens and the public that in consequence "A
Of his not being able to obtain his room until
commencement of his classes in Washin gton l1HkA
until that time. Due notice will be given in future
advertisements of the exact time. sep Is
Year: 1864

When the misguided and imprudent votary OF pleas
ure finds that he has imbibed the seeds OF this painful
d sease il too often happens that timed sense OF
shame or dread Of discovery, deters him from applying
TO those Who from education and respectablity, can
alone befriend him. delaying till the constitutional
symptoms of this horrd disease make their appearance
such as liberated sore throat diseased nose nocturnal
pains in the head and limbs, dmness Of sight Deafness
nodes on tho shin-bones and arms, blotches on the
head face and extremties progressing with frightful
rspdity till at last the palate Of the mouth or the
bones Of the fall in and the victim Of this awful
disease becomes horrid object Of commseraton, till
death puts period to his dreadful suerpgs, by send
ing him to 'ithat Undiscovered Country from whence
no traveller returns"


It is melancholy fact that thousands fall victims TO
this terrible disease. owing to the unskfulness Of
norant who, by the Of that Deadly Poi-
so Mercry ruin the constitution and make the resi-
due of life miserable.
Year: 1864

reflect that sound mind and body the most neces-
sary requisites to promote eonnubia happiness. In
deed, without these the journey through life becomes
weary pilgrimage; the prospect hourly darkens to the
view: the mind becomes shadowed with despair and


filled with the melancholy reflection that the happiness
of another becomes bhghted with our own,
Year: 1864

How NATURE COVERS UP BATTLE. FIELDS. -
Did tell you ever, among the affecting lit
tie things one ia always seeing in these
stirring war times, how l saw on the Bull
Run battle field, pretty, pure, delicate flow
ers growing out of omptiod ammunition
boxes, a rose thrusting up its graceful head
through the head of Union drum, which
doubtless sounded its last charge (or retreat,
as tho case may have been,) in that battle,
and cunning scarlet yermilion peeping
out of fragment of bursted shell, in which
strange cup it had boon planted. Wasn't
that peace growing out Of war? Even so
shall tho graceful and beautiful ever grow
out of the horrible things that transpre in
this changing and ever advancing world
Nature covers oven the backgrounds with
yordure and bloom. Peace and plenty soon
spring up in the track of devastating cam
paigns, and all things in nature aud society
shall work out the progress OF mankind and
harmony of Gods greatest dosign.-Er-
change.
Year: 1864

The old, old friends
Some changed; some buried some gone out o


sight
Some enemies, and In the worlds swift fight


No time to make amends
Tic old, old friends
Where are they Three are buried in one grave
And one from the far. off world on the daily wave


No loving message sends.
The dear old friends
So many and so fond in days of youth
Alas that faith can be divorced from truth.


When love in severance ends
The old, old friends!
They hover round me still in evening shades;
Surely, they shall return when sunlight ladies',
... And life ON God depends.
Year: 1864

An lrishman was employed to trim
some fruit trees. lie went out in the
morning. and on returning at noon he
was asked if he had completed his work.
No was the iefly, but he had cut them
all down, and was going 10 trim them
in the afternoon.
Year: 1864

In addition to the very liberal Interest the notes
for three years this privilege of conver>os Is worth
about three per cent snnum, for the
and before the the premium six per cent. L. $
Stocks was over twenty per oeu q viii be that
the actual profit this loan, present market rate
Year: 1864

Resolved That ia the future. IN the past will
with wervug fidelity TO the Union under the
Constitution ~ the only foundation OF our strength
security and happiness as people, ard a. framework
ofgoveruuent equally conducive 10 the welfare and pros
periy Of all the States both Northern and Southern


Resolved That this Convention does explicitly declare


the Of the American people that after four
Of failure TO restore the Union by the experiment Of war;
during which, under the preteRse 81 military necessity or
power higher than the Constitution. the Constitution
itself bss been dsregarded In every part and public lib
erty and private nigh; alike trodden down. and the mate


rial prosperity 81 the country essentially impaired justice
humanity liberty snd the public welfare demand that
immediate efforts be made for cessation Of hostities
with view 10 ultimate convention of the states or
other peaceabe means % the end that at the earliest
practicable moment may be restored on the basis
OF the Federal Union Of the states.


Resolved. That the direct interference ef the military
authorities Of the United States in the recent elections
held in kentuoy Maryland Missouri and Deis"sre, was


shameful violation of the Constitution, aud repetition
Of such acts In the approaching election will be held as
revolutionary, and resisted with al the means aud power
under our control.


Resolved That the aim and object Of the Democratic
party j. preserve the Federal Union and ths rights OF
consider that the Administrative usurpeton Of extraod
nary and dangerous powers not granted by the Con>uu


on the subyers0n Of the civil by military law IN States
not IN insurTecton the arbitrary military arrest, npris-
onmen trial and sentence Of American citizens in States
where civil law exists in fun force. The suppression OF


freedom Of speech and Of the pres the denial OF The


right of un the open snd avowed disregard OF state
rights the employment Of unusual test osin>, and the
interference with and denial Of the right OF the people 10
bear in their defense: Il calculated 10 prevent
restoration Of the Union and the perpeuation Of the
Government deriving u, powers from The consent Of
the governed.


Resolved That The shameful disregard %. tie Admins
traton e. duty respect our fellow citizens who
are, and long have been, prisoners OF war in SUI
fering condition, deserves the seyeTes reprObauon on
the alike Of public policy aud common humanity


Resolved, That the sympathy of the Democratic party


heartily and earnestly extended 10 the Sodery OF our
army aud sailors c. our navy who and have been in
the field and on the sea- under hag Of their country
the event OF its attaining power, they will receive
oil the care protection and regard that the brave sol
dcrs and sailors of the republic have nobly ed
Year: 1864

FENHE FIRST COLLEGE or THE WEST WHERE


actual BUSINESS practice is conducted with theory
in TEACHING, and where session Of Board Of Trade IS
held by experienced n all the legitimate ransac-
tous and usages OF the West.
Year: 1864

MICROSCOPIC REvELATIONs.-Brush u ht-
tic of the fuz from the wing OF a dead but
terfy and let it fall upon piece OF glass. Ii
will be seen on the glass as fine golden
dust Slide the glass under the microscope,
and each particle of the dust will reveal itself
rs a perfect symmetrical feather. Give your
arm a slight prick, so as to draw a small
drop of blood mix the blood with drop Of
vinegar aud water, and place itupon the glass
slide under the microscope. You Will dts
cover that the rcd matter OF the blood is.
formed Of innumcrable globules or disks.
which though so small as to be separately
invisible to the naked eye, appear under the
microscope, each larger than letter 0, OF
the print. Take drop Of water from stag
nant pool or ditch or sluggish brook dipping


it from among the green vegetable matter on
the top. On holding the water to the light it
will look Il little milky; but on placing the
smallest drop under the microscope, YOU
will find it swarming with hundreds Of strange
animals, that are swimming about in IT with
the greatest vivacity. These animalculeS
exist in such multitudcs that any effort 10
conceive Of their Numbers bewilders the I'M
agination. The invisible universe Of created
beings is the most wonderful Of all the reve-
lations of the microscope. During the whole
Of mans existence on the earth, while he has
been fighting, tanning and studying the lower
animals which were visible to the sight, he
has been surrounded by these other multi
tudes of the earth's inhabitants without any
suspicion of their existence. In endless va
riety Of form and structure, they are burst
ing through their active lives-pursuing their
prey-defending their persons-waging their
wars-prosccuting their amours-multipying
their species-and ending their carecrsi
countless hosts at each tick Of the clock pass
ing out Of existence, and making way for
new hosts that are following in endless sue
cession. What other fields of creation may
vet, by some mconceivable methods, be re-
vcaled TO our knowledge
Year: 1864

General Benz. F. Butler Is to have ex-
elusive control of all the rebel prisoners,
and of all matters connected with their
exchange. There are SO, 600 Of them who
are being gathered from the lakes and the
seaboard for the purpose Of being cor
rallied in his department ready to be ex-
changed, or otherwise dealt with, as the
exigencies of the case may demand


There is to be no more fooling in this
matter. The great Secesh Tanner" is in
his element again-an element which he
well knows how to control, and which
will soon become obedient to his viii, or
be broken on the rack. The other day
the Richmond Junta refused to exchange
any more prisoners with General Butler.
on the ground that JEFF. Davis had out
lawed him by setting price upon his
head and it was then reported that our
Government would give this subject some
attention, and the result is, that General
Butler has had placed in; his charge and
under his control all the rebel prisoners in
our hands. We will hear no more OF the
starvation of our men at Richmond or
their agonizing death in fetid dungeons,
or of their execution, or of them being
sold into slavery, without such counter
retaliation as the laws Of war and neces-
sity may allow. In its dealings with men
brutalized by slavery end drunk with
crime, the Government has been too le-
nient; and like all bullies, the rebels i'm
posed upon its forbearance. They edicted
that our colored soldiers should be treated
as their slaves, and that our officers who
led them should be put to death. And
in answer to this, President Lincoln pro-
claimed that the uniform must be respect
ed as the flag itself. Our colored troops
in their hands, and the white officers who
led them, they refuse to exchange, and
have resorted to the base expediency OF
starving our men, in the hope that their
wall of wo and want arising from Rich
mond prisons will pierce the hearts Of our
people and melt them into that plastic
mood which would let treason have its
own way for the sake of alleyiating the
sufferings of our brave fellows-those he
roes of the Republic. This condition Of
things had to be met, and who so fit to
solve and master it as Gen. Butler The
whole question has been referred TO him,
with plcnary powers hence the country
will feel satisfied that whatever can be
done to cause the leaders of rebellion to
treat our troops as prisoners of war are
treated by civilized nations, he can do
and that If they continue to be barbarous
he will not hesitate to retaliate. The great
Secesh Tanner has been placed in field
wherein his wonderful administrative abil-
ities can have full scope, and in a little
time he will bring order out Of chaos, or
know the reason why. This seems to US
one of the happiest strokes of policy
struck by the President in long time
Sac. Bee.
Year: 1864

The country has already heard Of John
Burns-the hero of Gettysburg-how the
old man sailed forth, host within him.
self, to " fight on his own hook, !" and how
he fell wounded after having delivered
many shots from his trusty rifle into the
faces and hearts of his country's foes.
John Burns name is already recorded
with the immortal, to live wherever Amer
lean valor and patriotism have an admirer
and an emulator. But there was hero
inc as well as hero at Gettysburg. The
old hero Burns still iyes-the heroine,
sweet Jenny Wade, perished in the din OF
that awful fray, and she now sleeps where
the flowers once bloomed, and the per-
fumed-laden air, waited lovingly over
Cemetery Hill. Before the battle, and
while the National hosts were awaiting
the assault of the traitor foe, Jenny Wade
was busily engaged baking bread for the
National troops. She occupied house
within range Of the guns of both armies,
and the rebels had sternly ordered her to
leave the premises, but this she as sternly
refused to do. While she was busily en-
gagged in her patriotic work, Minnie ball
pierced her pure heart, and she fell holy
sacrifice to her counry's cause. Almost
at the same time rebel officer of high
rank fell near where Jenny Wade had
perished. The rebels at once proceeded
to prepare coffin for their leader, and
about the time that was finished the surg
ing of the conflict changed the position Of
the armies, and Jenny Wade's body was
placed in the coffin destined for her coun-
try's enemy, and thus the heroine Of Get
tysburg was buried. The incidents Of
the heroine and hero of Gettysburg are
beautifully touching, noble, and sublime.
Old John Burns was the only man OF
Gettysburg who participated in the strug-
gle to save the North from invasion, while
Jenny Wade was the only sacrifice which
the people of that locality had to offer On
the shrine of their country. Let monu-
ment be erected on the ground that covers
her, before which the pilgrims to the holy
tombs Of the heroes of Gettysburg can bow
and bless the memory Of Jenny Wade.
Before the summer sunshine again kisses
her grave before the summer birds once
more carol where she sleeps in glory; be-
fore the bowers again deck the plain made
famous by gallant deeds, let monument
rise in token Of virtue, daring and noble
ness.