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Year: 1862

Lend hand to one another


II TIE daily toll of life;
When We meet a weaker brother,


Let US help him in the strife.
There is none so rich but may


In his turn be forced to borrow,
And the poor mans lot to day


May become our own to morrow.
Lend hand to one another


When malicious tongues have thrown
Dark suspicion on your brother,


Be not prompt to cast a stone.
There is none 50 good ou: may


Run adrift on shame and sorrow,
And the best Of men to day


May become the worst to morrow.
Lend hand to one another


In the race for honor's crown;
Should it fall upon your brother,
Let not envy tear it down.
Lend a hand 20 all, say,


In their sunshine and their sorrow,
And the prize we've lost to-day


May become our own tomorrow.
Year: 1862

Egr A pond existed in front Of farmer
lis house, instead Of field Tie
weather being very cold, the pond was, Of
course, frozen very stiff and solid. A flock
Of Wild geese came, and, as they always
prefer to biyouac on an exposed situation
where 10 enemy can approach unseen,
they settled on this pond. Farmer Il
saw them "a doing Of IT," lie therefore
went to the hooigate Of the mji!dam.wlich
empt;ad into the pond, and allowed about
an inch and three quarters Of water toruu
evenly over the frozen surface. Farmer
Il vas practical man and good
shot. In expectation Of his mornings
success, he spent the night In fixing up lis
fowIirg piece for practice and recreation
on the ensuing morn. Morning came


and h;mer Il began the sport
Judge of his surprise when, after tie fret
discharge Of his weapon, the geese took
flight and fer array agith the p2nd!
Year: 1862

Females nurses 40 cents per day and one ra-
ton.


Paymaster's Clerks 500 per annum, and 75
cents per day when actually on duty.


Chaplain in volunteers Sl46 So


In addition to the pay as above stated, one ra-
ton per day and an abunaant supply of good
clothing is allowed to every soldier. Quarters.
fuel and medical attendance are always provided
by the Government without deduction from the
soldiers pay. If a soldier should become disabled
in the line of his duties the law provides for him
a pension, or he may if he prefer it, obtain ad-
mission into the Military Asylum, which will
afford him comfortable home so long as he may
wish to receive its benefits


To the above pay for private soldiers must be
added the additional SO month to be paid du
ring service, the 800 bounty at the end of the
war, which has already been provided for, and
the quarter section of land that Congress will
provide for at its coming session. The bounty
and land apply to officers and prvates alike.
Year: 1862

A writer in the Scientific American gives
the following method Of planting out sweet
potato plants:


Having got the ground together with your
plants all ready, no matter how dry the wealth
er, commence about he middle OF the afternoon,
having tubs or barrels of water conveniently
situated, and use about a teacUp toll of water
TO each plant. The ground being loose, the
four fingers Of the right hand are passed dow n
about their length into the earth and the dirt
pulled up so as 10 make hole large enough for
a cap Of water. With your left hand carefully
set your plant down as it should stand. Now
let come person pour en- the cup of water,
which will cause the fibrous rsota to swim and
straighlen cut and stand in their natural posi-.
ton. Now quickly let the dirt in your righ
hand be conducted around your plaat in as
loose a manner as possible, leaving the top oi
the plant properly out Of the ground. Ns
packing is desirable in this case. By using
this method We never have to wait fer suit
able season.
Year: 1862

The Chicago Journal states that the steam
rams which have tor some time been iu course
Of construction, at Louisville and other points
on the Ohio River, are at last completed, and
on their way to their destination. Il add; II
is needless to attempt to disguise the fact that
the recent engagement between oar feet and
that Of the rebels came but little shert Of being
Year: 1862

A dispatch from Fortress Monroe states that
Gen. Wool will remove his headquarters to
Norfolk. This may be the preparatory step TO
a movement down the Seaboard and Roanoke
Railroad to Weldon.
Year: 1862

The Illinois and Michigan Canal bill
comes up for action il lie House On Thurs
day the 18th inst. Whatever action may
he taken by our citizens to affect the result
must therefore be decided on speedily.
Year: 1862

Parental INDULGENCE No children are
ever so happy rs those who have been
early taught implicit and immediate ODE
dience to their parents wishes, or will, or
commands. Would that parents more
universally felt this When they suffer
their children to disobey them they are
absolutely teaching them TO sin against
God, breaking one of his commandments,
and one to which the promise of long life


is given, No wonder if God in just dis
pleasure, remove the child from such tut
ton. Remember what solemn and in
stractive lesson the Holy Ghost has given


in the history of Eli. There is much dams
ger, from an amiable wish to crafty a
child,or counterordering your own orders


If you once direct a child to do a thing,
however unpleasant it may be to yourself
or the child, insist with frmness upon
immediate and full obedience. There
should be no demur nor delay. Prompt
obedience is as lovely in q child, as its en-.
forcements are dignifed in parent. The
firm and gentle constraint of parental au.
thority commands respect, and even in
spires reverence and love in the child to.
wards the parent. Thus, then, if you de,
sire your children should grow up pCherish-
ing for you profound esteem and affection,
insist upon the filial duty-the duty of i'm
plicit obedience and commence early
To begin right is the way to end right.
Year: 1862




TWO GREAT THINGS.


The State and the Confederaev-
through The medium Of their authorized
agents in the capitol, are having warm
time over their whisky and salt. In old
times, when whisky could be had for
five cents a drink, and salt for quarter
a bushel, who would have dream
ed that such state of affairs
would ever exist as would render necess-
sary government legislation for the pro-
duclion Of either? The truth is. bless
ings, like babies, are never appreciated
until they mount upwards. Whisky and
salt are found absolutely essential ele-
ments Of war. Like air. these two indfs-
pensable bounties of nature have been
sucked in without a thought through
necessity and without necessity. thew
have been wasted used for everything
and for nothing. When a mouse is put
in receiver he Immediately sets about
getting out of the difficulty without ex-
actly knowing what The dificultyis. As
the atmosphere is gradually exhausted
he begins to appreciate his position, and
pants for breath until the breath is gone.
and he drops and dies. If our legisla-
tors will remember how they '1egislated"
upon salt and whisky upon the opening
of the war, perhaps they will find in this
allusion to the mouse simile for their
reflection.


II the Enquirer means to say that its
Congressman, in days past have received
and imbibed so much whisky, they have
became exhausted receivers" its illus
tration is fine--very fine. What will
poor Dixie do without whisky?
Year: 1862

SSaphSAa N"1oS Ah Aabob AShhSocOOs


For tho benefit Of our friends at dis
tance, we have the please to say, and we
believe in truth, too, that the idea of pre-
serving the Union mas become an obsolete
idea with all men in Upper East Tcnnes.
see.


These, heretofore, who stood out for the
Union have now become convinced that
they were laborng under vain delusion.
They are now convinced that il is indie.
pendenoo and liberty, or then it will be
subiugation and such despotism us the
| world never saw.


The despotic acts Of the North, togcth-
or with Lincoln's late Message, and Cam.
oron's report, have been sufficient to fully
satisfy any honest inquiring mind that
the North is wrong and that the South.
ern Coniedoracy must and shall be ac-
knowledged. The people OF East Ten
nessco are honest, they are patriotic, and
We honestly believe they will finally do as
much TO maintain tho honor and dignity
of the southern ConTcderaoy as any other
portion OF the South. We have had
many brolls, and harsh cpthots among us,
but now that men have determined To
throw aside old Marty prcjudicos and lond
their aid for tho niaintainanco and carly
recognition of the Southern Con(ederacy
we freely forgive all that may have been
said and done, and will meet each and
cvory individual in friendship, and lend
him helping hand to assist him on "a
peace and prosperity. II Is now indie.
pcndonco and liberty, or then it will be
subjugation and ruin.-- GrcenriRe Dem.
Year: 1862

l Auc SohoitiOuoi % tut Sountry Nortn.
The following comes from the editorial
columns Of the New York HGalt


Whilst Congress Is wasting the precious
hours Of the session in the discussion Of
questions which belong TO the executive
business Of the War Department, and the
agitation OF which can be OF no sort Of
benefit At the present time. the financial
Affairs OF the country are in condition
| which excites the utmost anxiety and
alarm. In another week the Treasury
will be without cent. and In financial
and commercial business Of every kind
the prospect Is fast precipitating matters
towards panic. Those who have any.
thing to dispose Of, and who can realise
It are investing the pfoceeds in gold or in
foreign exchanges, so as 70 be epreparcd Tor
what seems inevitable. II evident that,
unless Congress acts speedily and ener.
getically. not only viii we be overtaken
by q financial reyulsioa seyerer tapAssns
, we iiave as vet encountered. but tLecred.
1t of the Government will be destroyed,
and our army, which is being brought in.
10 such fine condition, utterly denoral.
ired. The issue of irre6cemable paper
money, SO far from helping TO extricate
us from our embarrassments. will only
render them less easy OF solution. A ma
tion that has recourse TO such expedients
is pent on suicide.


The same paper-the Hral8-adds;


I'VE are fighting to put down Southern
white rebels. and not against the hun.
dreds ofthousandso OF Union men through.
out the South who are awaiting the day
OF their delivorance from jeff Davis; we
are fighting TO save the South. not de-
stroy it; our object is to restore tho bless
ings of our Federal Constitution 10 the
rebel States, and not TO transfer them
from one irresponsible military despotism
to another.


I'VE have an army and a navy sufficient
for the immediate work in hand; we have
our army and our navy so organized and
distributed rs to indicate the inevitable
overthrow Of this rebellion, and in n very
short time. But the money question is
assuming an alarming shape. Sixty mil
lions OF cash receipts make sorry figure
against six hundred millions of expendi-
ture. The receipts of the Treasury must
be increased to the extent Of a hundred
and fifty millions, and that right soon,
or We shall be deluged by q general ont.
poring Of shinplasters, and the fearful
revulsion of 1887, ten times magnified in
its evils, will again come upon us. The
solvency and salty of the Treasury, our
currency, our credit, our commerce, as a
people--our very existence as an indie
pendent nation-are all now depending
upon the action of Congress on this all
important money question. We have
plenty OF money and means in the coun-
try--they are at the service Of the Gov
ernment, but il fCongress shall fail TO
adopt the necessary measures Of taxation.
and such acts for the regulation Of the
currency and commerce of the country,
and for the encouragement Of its suffer
ing business classes, as the crisis demands,
we shall before long be suffering all the
evils of swpeeping financial rovuision.
Year: 1862

ITO coal OIL, KEROSENE OR PETROLEUM RE-
i dners.-A gentleman, having an extensive European
correspondence and wishing purchase largely Of refined
oils Of good quality without the intermediate aid OF brokers'
invites with stating location
of WORKS quality OF oil and most expeditions TO visit


the facors Also the specific gravity Of the OIL length Of
time will burn without repenshiny the lamp and all
ticuars The advertiser proposes to visit the different
works. personal Interview with propretos will be pre-
box ,t5l Post Office New York city.
Year: 1862

There will be no violence at any OF the
polls to~1ay-not even in the most pug
nacinus corner Of the tenth ward. Every
citizen y id be enablcd TO deposit his ballot
peacefully and without intimidation A
police force entirely adequate to the ser
vice has been sworn in and detailed to the
several election districts, and a strong
reserve viii be held in readiness for any
emergency which may arise The know1~
edge Of the existence of such force will
render its USE unnecessary.
Year: 1862

A PRosPEcr OF THE DEFEAT or WADE AND
SuMNER.-There seems now fine prospect that
both Wade and Sumner will be defeated in their
endcavors to be reelected to the Congress which
they have disgraced. Ohio has gone decidedly
democratic in the recent election, and 1t is to
be hoped that the Legislature Is 80 strongly
democratic a. to make the defeat of Senator
Wade certainty. In Massachusetts, the peoples s
party are much moro powerful than was anti
cipated, and will give the supporters of Sum-
ner avery close contest, and probably defeat
them triumphantly BY the interference Of
these Senators with the conduct Of the war, by
their avowed hatred to the constitution, and by
their expressed repugnance to any restoration
Of the Union which does not involve the de-.
stuction and perhaps determination Of the
South, they have fairly earned for themselves
that overwhelming popular rebuks which we
trust they will receive through the representa-
tives Of the people in the Legislatures Of their
respective States.
Year: 1862

THE REBEL SEApoRrs SHOULD BE TAKEN Pos
SESSION OF AND BLoCKADERs Turned INTO CRUl
sERs.-The depredations of the pirate steamer
Alabama will bring before the government the
necessity OF at once taking possession of the
seaports still in possession Of the rebels that
the large number of our ships now employed
blockading may be withdrawn to look after
and capture the marauder. In a very
little while 1t will require the service Of
every available ship we have to clear the
North Atlantic Of the Alabama and other
steamers Of like character that are now building
in England. Hence tho necessity that Charles
ton, Savannah and Mobile should be occupied,
and our cruisers free from their present duty in
time to cure the evil before il becomes Of toe
great magnitude.
Year: 1862

The elections which have just taken place are


different in their complexion from any that


have ever preceded them. They are the be.


ginning of the end-the commencement Of q


great revolution. They are fatal blow to the


radicals. and their organs stagger and reel un-


der its force. But the secessonsts can find in


them no lattering unction to lay to their souls.


While Grow Is defeated in Pennsylvania for his


ultra radicalisn, yallandigham 10 defeated in


Ohio for bis sympathies with the rebellion.


These elections mark the uprising Of the people


against the extreme factions which have brought


the country to its present condition-the aboli-


tisnists ut the North and the secessionists at


the South, with all who give them aid and


comfort in the loyal States. II is the develop


ment OF the conservatism Of the nation, direct


ed equally against all destructives. 1t is the


evidence Of great reaction begun in the pub
lie mnd-a reaction against organic revolu-
tion come from what quarter II may. :
The people will not tolerate the plea that,
because the Southern rebels have done wrong,
| Northern Jacobins ought to be permitted to do
wrong also. Two wrongs cannot make one
right The result Of the election contests shows


that the people are in favor Of vigorous prose
cution OF the war in the field but against mix
| ing it up with other questions which are only
| in order when the rebellion lie crushed and the


war is terminated. II house is on FIRE, the
proper course is first to subdue the flames, and


then inquire into its origin, and take measures
| 20 prevent future fires from incsndiarism OF
! from recklessness and neglect; but TO first dis.
! cass the cause Of the fire and the best mode o
preventing similar conhagrations hereafter, and
after that proceed TO extinguish the flames
I would be either the prcposterous act of mad
| rcaa or the designing act Of knave who hat
Year: 1862

SAUCE FOR THE GoosE SAUCE FOR THE GAM
pER.-when we suggested that Horatio sey.
mour should perform an act Of patriotism, by
retiring from the present contest, the Tribune
and Times went into ecstscies over the recon-
menda,ion. They evidently did not UNDER
stand what was coming, and caught at the bait
with the svidity Of hungry perch. But when. in
turn we advised the withdrawal Of Wadsworth
TO make way for General Dix--a man on whom
all the friends Of the Union and the supporters
OF the administration could unite-they did not
manifest quite so much pleasure. Now, what
il sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
II the democrats withdrew their goose the r.
publisau. syo aid withdraw their sander.
Year: 1862

TAxxASY AND MozARr BARGAISs.--The poll
tical managers Of the old Coal Hole and Mozart
appear 10 have considerable trouble In getting
the people to endorse their wholesale transfer
Of the votes Of our citzens In every direction
there is a prospec, Of bolt which may prove
Of sufficient importance 70 forever end both Of
those conccrpp
Year: 1862

One OF the Confederate States-tht
powerful and populous State Of Geor
a---(which would be in tile Confed
eracy, should it ever have an indepen


dent existence, what New York is in
the Union--the Empire Statc,) has
witnessed judicial trial and voiding
of the Conscription Act. The Judge
renderingthe decision, which dismissed
an enrolled citizen from the custody OF
the recruiting officer, was Judge Thorn:
as OF the Supreme Court, of Ebert CO.


He declared the act demonstration:
al"


This incident is one of the straws
which indicate the way the wind sets
in Southern national affairs. 1t is a
bold position for local Judge to as
sumo in circumstances which Of them
selves would seem to set the prece-
dents Of civil law aside. We are not
sufficiently conversant with the Con-
stitution Of the Rebel States to know
how far the Georgia Judge has war
rant in it for his decision, but we can
argue that if any of the high judicial
functionaries of the Contederacy are
bold:enoush Just now to fly in the
teeth of the military tyranny under
which the South is held, we may rea-
sonably hope that there will speed
ly be pluck enough here and there in
rebeldom, for sensible and thoughtful
men to resist the deeper injustice of
the rebel government which has pre-.
cipitated the people Of the South into
war with theirrighthil govcrnment,and
threatens to plunge them into the abyss
of political and pecuniary ruin. We
are delighted to find that there is some
spirit and some sense of justice left in
the minds of the people Of the South
the mass of whoti1 are slaves to CHI
nlera, or worse still, to despotic the
ory. From the reputation Of the
conscription act, We hope the great
State Of Georgia, under the lead Of
Stephens-~rcstoFed to his fight mind
may go on in the reclamation of her
sovereignty, and repudiate the odious
and destructive tyranny of the Rich
mond cabal-thus returning to her al,
legiance. Who can tell but she will
Year: 1862

In the Independent, in au article entitled
Patriotism Of the People, Mr. BEEcHER
says For more than sixteen months, this
great twenty million people, educated to
free action, accustomed to parties, to end
less divisions aud contentious have stood
before the world unit Tor Union The
recent efforts of a few masked men in the
North to create a party Of opposition to
the Government have but served to show
the breadth and strength Of this Popular
U li,y They ran out of the great channel
into a bayou, and thought the current
would follow them. Instead of that, the
great river flows on, and they, cut off, sit
around the edges of their pool, which every
day is drying up and becoming smaller and
dirter, croakiug into each others faces
the melancholy doctrine that if the people
would not adopt their puddle, they ought
to have done it.
Year: 1862

How To KEEP MoNEY.-The way to keep
money is to earn it fairly and honestly
Money SO obtained is pretty certain to
adide with its posseSsor. But money that
is inherited, or that in any way comes with
out just and fair equivalent, is almost
certain to go as it came. The young man
who begins by saving few shilings, and
thriftily increases his store-every coin be
ing representative Of u good solid work,
honestly and manfully done-stauds bet
ter chance to spend the last hail OF his life
in sffiueuce and ease than he who in his
haste TO become rich, obtains money by
dashing Speculations or the devious means
which abound in the foggy region lying be-
tween fair dealing and actual f,aud---
Among the wiSest and most thrifty men Of
wealth, the current proverb is, money
goes as il comes" Let the young man
make note of this and see that his money
comes fairly, that it may long abide with
them. -
Year: 1862

And ye kind Que to another tenderhearted orgying
another God fo Chrsts sake hath forgiven


Bible.
Earth, though lovely place,
Teens with dark care
Clasping each other comes
Death and Despair
Sorrows on every side
Frownng we find
Sad hearts need sympathy
Let US be kind.
Love, like the sun, can gild
All things below
Ee'en tinge with golden light
Trouble and woe.
Few in this world of change
Ever find much
Some souls ne'er feel its warmth
God pity such
Hopeless and heart broken,
Living mid gloom,
Many are toiling on
Down to the tomb;
Others are wandering .......
.NOrdliy blind
Would we do good on earth
Let US be kind
What over wealth and fame
Scars far above
What is most sweet on earth |?
Friendship and Love
Who are most beautiful
Who most refined
Those who can pass through life
Truthful and kind
God alone knows what pain
Seine hearts endure
How they need sympathy
Tender and pure.
We oft 10 thoughtfuness
Grief round them wind
Oh when we can, to all
Let US be kind.
Year: 1862

Walking, for young and active people,
is by far the best exercise riding is good
for the elderly, the middle aged, and in-
valids. The abuse of these exercises con-
ssts in taking them when the system is
exhausted more or less by previous fasting
or by mental labor Some persons inju-
diciously attempt a long walk before break
fast under the belief thatit is conducive TO
health. Others will get up early to work
three hours at some Abstruse mental toll
The effect in both instances is the same
it suqlIucts fom the powers of exertion in
the after rart of the day. A short saunter
of some light reading before this meal, is
the best indulgence of the kiud otherN ise
the waste occasoncd by labor must be
supplied by nourishment, aud the break
fast will necessarily become heavy meal,
and the whole MORNINGS comfort sacrificed
by weight at the chest from imperfect
digestion Of food. These observations ap-
ply especially to elderly persons, who as'
prone to hAtler themselves into the per-
suasion that they can use theis mental OF
bodily powers in age as iu youth
Year: 1862

The AsHrABULA HOUSE We notice
from the manner in which this Hotel is con-
Quoted, that it has The high esteem of all
its patrons, and Of the surrounding comma
nifty. FULLER is skilllfnl in all his under
takings as proprietor, and will not fail to
please. Reporter.