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Year: 1864

When the plague ragged violently at Mar
seilles, every link of affection was broken the
father turned from the child-the child from
the father; ccwardice and ingratitude no lon
ger excited indignation. Misery is at its
height when it thus destroys every generous
feeling-thus dissolyes every tie of humani-
ty. The city became desest; the grass
grew in the streets; funeral met you at
every step.


The physicians assembled at the Hotel de
Vile, to hold consultation on the fearful dis
ease, for which no remedy had yet been dis
covered. After long consultation, they de-
cided unanimously, that the malady had a
peculiar and mysterious. character, which
opening corpse might deyelop-an opera
ton which it was impossible TO attempt, since
the operator must infallibly become victim,
in a few hours, beyond the power Of human
art to save him, as the violence Of the attack
would preclude their administering the Gus
tomary remedies. A dead pause succeeded
this dreadful declaration. Suddenly,a sur
geon by the name of Guyon, in the prime Of
life, of great celebrity IN his profession, rose,
and said firmly, . Be it so: deTote myself
for the safety of the country. Before this
numerous assembly, promise in the name of
humanity and religion, that to morrow, at the
break of day, will dissect a corpse, and
write down as proceed, what | observe"


He left the assembly instantly. They ad-
mired him, lamented his fate, and doubt
ed whether he would persist in his design.
The intrepid and pious Guyon, animated by
all the sublime energy that religion or patri-
otism can inspire, acted up to his word. lie
had married and was rich and he immedi-
ately made his will, dictated by justice and
piety.


A man had died in his house within four
and twenty hours. Guyon, at daybreak,
shut himself up in the same room; he took
with him ink, paper and a little cruclhx.-
Full of enthusiasm, never had he felt more
tirm or collected. kneeling beside the corpse,
he wrote Modering tenement Of an I'M
mortal soul-not only can gaze, on thee with
out terror, but even with joy and gratitude.
Thou wilt open to me the gates of glorious
eternity. In discovering to me the secret
cause of the terrible plague which destroys
my native city, thou wilt enable me to point
out some salutary remedy; thou wilt render
my sacrifice useful Godl1 continued be.
g thou wilt bless the action thou hast thyself
Inspired


He began--he finished the dreadful opera
ton, and recorded in detail his surgical OBJ
servations He then lett the room, threw the
papers into vase of venegar. and immedi-
ately sought the Lazaretto. where he died in
twelve hours-a death ten times more glori-
Gus than the warrior who, to save his conn
try rushes on the enemy ranks, since head
vances with hope at least, and sustained, ad-
mired and econded bv a whole army.


Physicians who remain firm in the discharge
Of their duties. while the fear Of their fellow
citizens are prompting them to fly from con-
tagion, display that moral courage which is
as far superior to the physical energy which
sus aims the soldier in battle, as the mind is
superior to matter.
Year: 1864

THE Eastern CATHOLIC Pass on SLAVERY.
While the traitor Monitor in this city is de-
bauching the Irish Catholic mind, the lead


ing Catholic journals of the East are coming
nobly up to the support of the Union. On
this subject the New York Tribune observes:


AT the outbreak of the rebellion, Brown
sons Quarterly Review was almost the only
advocate of an anti slavery policy among all
the Catholic journals. The great majority
were violently opposing every anti slavery
measure of the Government, and acting in
concert with the ult a peace faction Of the
Northern Democracy. But the progress OF
the war has wrought among them several
conversions. The Cincinnati Telegraph. the
organ Of Archbishop Purcell, was the first to
come over to the anti-slavery party, and to
admit and even TO urge the necessity of abol-
ishing slavery throughout the United
States. Its example has recently been fol-
lowed by the UhiCsrse, the Catholic paper Of
Philadelphia, hitherto a violent Democratic
and anti-AdninistratiOn sheet In late is
sue, this paper admits that the peace of the
Republic demands the abolition Of slavery ;
that the national current in favor ofabolition
grows steadily stronger and has become ire
sistible and thati would be absurd to attempt
to oppose it. Ii therefore gives to the Irish
Democrats the sensible advice 10 accept cheer
fully what they are unable to undo.
Year: 1864

How TO GET SLEEP.-How to get sleep to
some persons is matter of great Importance.
Nervous persons who are troubled with wake
fulness and exeitability, usually have strong
tendency of blood on the brain with cold ex,,
tremities. The pressure of blood on the brain
keeps it in stimulated or Wakeful state,
and the pulsations in the head are often pain
ful. Let such rise and chafe the body and
extremities with a brush or towel. or rub
smartly with the hands to promote circula-
ton and withdraw the excessive amount of
blood from the brain. and they will fall asleep
in few moments. A cold bath, or good
run, or rapid walk in the open air, or 60
ing up and down stairs a few times, just be-
fore retiring, will aid in equalizing circula-
ton and promoting sleep. These rules are
simple and easy ofapplication in castle or
cabin, and may minister to the comfort of
thousands who would freely expend money
for an anodyne to promote . Natures great
restorer, balmy sleep'
Year: 1864

TIE President has the acknowledged char
aeter for saying good words in good time, and
his recent tribute to the women of America
is an instance of this. lie spoke for all the
men of America when be invoked the bless
ings which concludes the following manly
and characteristic speech;


| am not accustomed to use the language
of eulogy; | have never studied the art of
payins compliments to women. but | must
say that, if all that has been said by orators
and poets since the creation of the world in
praise Of women were applied to the women
Of America. it would not do them justice for
their conduct during this war. God bless
the women Of America


This is compliment, to be sure but ev-
cry word of il is true.
Year: 1864

TEST OF CHARAcTER.-The use of money
has become, in modern society, the test of
character As men use money they use
everything and everybody. If they are hon
est and equitable in that, they will be honest
and equitable in other thing. Ii not not.
The intense and universal pursuit of society.
it follows that men will manifest in il what
manner of spirit they are of. The eagerness
with which they pursue the " main chance"
absorbs all other feelings and desires. Even
the internal laws and ordinances of God,
which have been established as q bulwark
against the mad assaults Of human passions.
are no barrier to The master passion. 1t may
he that the test comes in a matter Of mills or
of millions but whcneverit comes. and how.
ever it comes. and however large or small the
transaction is. how few. comparatively, out
ofthe immense multitude enga sed in hu siness
can Law their hand On their heart aud say.
:" / have not ovegreached or taken advantage
or put a cent into my pocket that was not
honestly nv own" How few have so scru-
puleus sensa Of t0nov and honesty that they
would 10 more overreach the Government
than their own. brother! For beside the
amazing ambition Of getting rich, another
feeling comes into play. To gain the better
of man in a bargain is accounted smartness.
The flip of greater intellectual keenness is
added to the love of money. There is some
thing peculiarly fascinating in being quicker
earlier, brighter, faster than your neishbor
1t is not that you care so much for the = FL
thy lucre; 40, no but you are resolved not
to be beaten in trial of wits. Thus it is
that false intellectual pride often joins with
the dominant passon Of riches to trample the
golden rules cf honor and fair dealing under
foot.


But in spite ofall solicitations, how beau.
tiful beyond comparison is answering up
rightness IN. 7. Christian Inquirer.
Year: 1864

\ SOUTHERN camp paper publishes the fol-
Loving tactics of kissing:


First Motion Bend the right knee, straigh:
ten the left, bring the head on line with
the face of the piece: at the same time ex-
tend the arms and clasp the cheeks of the
piece firmly in both hands


Second Moton-Bend the body slightly
forward, pueker the mouth slightly and ap-
ply the lips smartly to the mnzzle mouldings.


Third Motion-B Break off promptly on both
legs to escape the .jarring or injury should
the piece re..oil
Year: 1864

TIE hat was passed round IN a certain con
gregation for the purpose OF taking up col
lection. After it had made the circuit of the
church, it was handed to the minister, who,
By the way, had exchanged pulpits with the
regular pastor, and he found not penny in
it. He Inverted the hat over the pulpit cush-
ion and shook 1t, that its emptiness might be
known, then raising his eyes toward the cell
ing, ne exclaimed, with great fervor, Thank
God. have got back my hat from this con.
gregation."
Year: 1864

In the northern part of Hancock
county, there resided a good-looking
intelligent young widow, whose hus-
hand died in 1860. Now, this hus-
band, who was very considerably the
senior of his wife, on his death-bed
had exacted a promise from her that
she would never marry again, and af-
ter his death, his relatives managed to
gobble up his entire estate, leaving
her not only widow, but very poor.
The aforesaid promise to her husband
she regretted in less than year, for
10, young officer in the gallant 21st,
from the neighboring county ofwood
who had loved her before her mar
riage, renewed his suit She would
have married him. but for the fatal
promise, and remarkably tender
conscience, which rebuked her when
ever she thought of the matter.


So the matter stood until the battle
of Chickamauga' The young officer
was badly wounded, and was brought
home to die. He made all his pre-
parations, setting his house in order
completely, for the last scene of all in
his eventful history. He sent for the
widow and told her he desired but
one thing, and that was to provide
for her. He knew that she was poor,
and he had no property to leave her;
one thing only he could do. His
widow would receive pension of
thirty dollars month from the gov
ernment-he would make her his
widow.


She thought of the matter for sew
eral hours, and finally concluded to
do it. True she would violate the
letter other promise, but not its spirit
and when she thought Of the good
the pension would do her, her scru-
pies vanished, and they were married.


Singular as it may seem, this mar
riage had a beneficial effect upon our
wounded hero. He showed signs of
improvement Immediately; in fact, so
rapid was his recovery, that the ex-
widow began to think that the hope
of his pension was growing faint; and
well she might, for in week he was
walking apout, and last Wednesday
he started for his regiment, leaving
a wife behind him who wept bitterly
at the parting.


| Some say the gallant officer was
not wounded at all-that the whole
affair was a deception, and advised
the deceived woman to sue for div
orce; but she thought not. She did
not believe there was any deception.
She had done justice to the memory
of her deceased husband; he only pro
posed marriage to benefit her; in his
recovery she recognized the hand OF
Providence, and was disposed to sub
NIT thereto.
Year: 1864

There is God the herbs of the
valley, the cedars OF the mountain,
bless him-the insect sports in his
beams-the elephant salutes HIM
with the rising orb Of day-the bird
sings him in the folisge--the thunder
proclaims him in the heayen-the
ocean declares his irnmensity-man
alone has said. "There is no Godr'
Unite in thought, at the same instant
the most beautiful objects in nature
suppose that you see at onceall hours
of the day, and all the seasons of the
year, a morning offspring; and morn.
ing of autumn; a nature bespangled
with stars, and night covered with
clouds; meadows enameled with flow
ers, forest hoary with snow; fields gil
ded by the tints of autumn; then
alone you will have just conception
of the universe. While you are ga
zing on that sun which is plunged
under the vault of the west, another
observer admires him emerging from
the gilded gates of the east. By
what inconceivable magic does that
aged star, which is twinkling fatlgued
and burning in the shades of the eve
ming, re-appear at the same instant,
fresh and humid with the rosy dew Of
the morning? At every Instant OF
the day the glorious orb is at once
rising, resplendent at MONDAY, and
setting in the west; or rather our
senses deceive us, and there is, prop
erly speaking, no east, or north, OF
south, or west in the world. Every
thing reduces itself to one single
point, from whence the King Of Day
sends forth at once a triple light in
one sin gle substance. The bright
splendor is perhaps that which ma
ture can present that is most beauti-
full, for it gives us an idea of the per
petual magnifcence and resistless
power of God.
Year: 1864

:"


A cotemporary apfiy say< ether


are many reasons why sfery sfamil,


should have their home paper. 80


apart from military matters, th


winter will be one ofunequalled inte


rest. The discussions In Congress


the progress of ideas, preliminar,


crystalization of principles and par


ties preparatory to the great struggl,


at the ballot box next fall, all make i


important for the people not only tc


keep themselve informed of public
matters but to see to it that such infor.
nation is disseminated broadcast
throughout the land. Those who al
ready see the dawning of a brighter
and better day, day of glorious
promise for the nation and humanity
throughout the world, ought of all
things not to slumber now. If they
would work most effectually to the
end of complete and glorious triumph
they should be steady, active and
Jealous, throughout the present win
ter.


Now is the time for every active,
live and thorough-going Union
man to take the paper himself, and
get others to take them as well. Two
Or three hundred Union papers circu-
ated in every county this winter, will
be more effective in promoting right
7oting next fall, and preserving a
steady and efficient support of the Ad-
and the Government,
han two or three times the effort
necessary to secure them, made in
my other direction next Spring and /
summer. We repeat it, take your
ocal paper, and by all means pro-
note and extend their circulation a.
nong the people.


In subscribing for a paper, people
hould not forget their HOME paper,
he most valuable and cheapest one
hey can take. The price is almost
he same, and the JOURNAL for in
tance gives all the news of the day,
ogether with the local and county
Iews, which the city papers cannot
i've and the subscriber gets his paper
Without paying the postage taxed on
ity papers. By all means take your
ouHty paper first. 9.|-.-
Year: 1864

Pike county in this State is again
perplexed with contest for the coun-
ty seat, it being alleged that fraud was
exercised in moving it from Piketon to
Waverly. Although the people of a
county certainly have right to To-
cate their county seat where they
please and for convenience, it should
be as near the center of population as
possible, yet once located, it should
not be removed until large excess of
population, and that not concentra.
ted in town, should demand it,.
These are troublesome questions to
Legislatures, and spring generally
from the industrious intrigues of in
dividuals to enhance the value OF
their property. Legislatures dodge
the responsibility, and leave it to the
people, when they should dispose Of
the question at once, or require 8
most decisive majority of the voters
to determine removal.
Year: 1864

1t is wonderous advantage to :


man, in every pursuit Of fvocation, 10


secure an adviser in d sensible
woman IN women there is at once


a suitable delicacy Of tact and plain


soundness of Judgment which are


rarely combined to an equal degree


in man. A woman, If she really is


friend, will have a sensitive regard


for your character, honor and re-


pute. She will seldom counsel you


to do a shabby thing, for q woman


friend always desires to be proud


Of you. At the same time her con-


stitutional timidity makes her more
cautious than your male friend
She, therefore, seldom counsels you
to do an imprudens thing.


A mans best female friend is a
wife of good sense and good heart,
whom he loves and who loves him
he have not that, be need not seek
elsewhere. But supposing the man
to be without such helpmate, fe-
male friendship he must still have, or
his intellect viii be without q gar
den and there win be many an un-
needed gap in even the strongest
fence! Better and safer, of course,
such friendships where disparities Of
years or circumstance but the idea of
owe, out of the question. Middlelife
las rarely this advantage; youth and
Did ape have.


We may have female friendships
With those much older and those
much younger than ourselves. No
ier's old h0usekeeper was a great
lelp to his genius; and Montaigus's
takes both q gentler and
OTTER character of wisdom from the
late in which he finds in Marie de
3ournay, an adopted daughter, "cer-
aihly beloved by me-" he says,
with more than paternal love, and
involved in my solicitude and re-
as one or the best parts of
nv being" Female friendship is
indeed, to man the bulwark sweet
ner, and ornament of his existence
70 his mental culture it is inyalua-
lie; without it, all his knowledge of
looks will never give him knowledge
# the world
Year: 1864

SPrayer is the rustling of the
angels that are on their way bringing
us the boon of heaven. Have you
heard prayers in your heart. You
shall see the angel in your house
When the chariots that bring us bles-
sings to rumble, their wheels dc
sound prayer. We hear the prayer
in our own spirits, and that prayer
becomes the token of the coming
blessings. Even as the cloud fore
shadoHeth rain, so prayer foreshad-
oweth the blessing even as the green
blade is the beginning of the harvest
so is prayer the prophecy Of the
blessing that is about to come.
Year: 1864

In my judgment three mills on the
dollar is the least sum at which this
should be fixed, and ! would prefer


to see it four mills The patriotic
people of the State will cheerfully


pay it, and justify you for imposing
it. The act should also require


County Commissioners to collectre-
ports of disbursements from town
ship and ward Trustees, and COM
municate their aggregates annually
to the Auditor of State.
Year: 1864

Rf oung men choose good COM
pany. You are in general but, little
aware how much your reputation is
affected in view of the public by the
company you keep. The character
of your associates is soon regarded
as your own. If you seek the socie-
ty of the worthy, it elevates you in
the public estimation, as it is an evi-
dence that you respect others. On
the contrary, intimacy with persons
of bad character links you in the
eyes of the public.
Year: 1864

Fine old fellows, it seems are
sGarcer than they used to be. Now
and then one meets with a genial
sexagenarian, who laughs in the face
of Time, and pulls the ancient NOW
er playfully by the scalp lock as he


vaults lightly over his scythe; but
such delightful "old boys" are rare:
Hood would have been one of them
had he lived long enough, and as it
was, his cheerful spirit triumphed
over irfrmity; pain and death
Even when he saws.
Year: 1864

To know I'm further off from heaven


Than when vas boy"


he was brimful and running over
with boyish vivacity. 1t is matter
of surprise to US that dull, saturnine
people ever lived to be old. There
is so little vitality In them that one
would thi1k it could not last three>
fourths of century; but then all
cold blooded animals are long lived.
Terrapins that tfipped the shell be-
fore Washington was born are crawl
ing the earth to day and we have
seen cut out of q limestone rock q
toad that for aught we know might
have stuck in the mud Of the first
great deluge, and been inclosed in
its calcareous prison for thousands
of years. Man however; not being q
reptile or a polypy but having in
prospect better world than this; has
no right to nope Why should not
a good old man be light-hearted, and
grow wiser as he grows older?-
Does not every year bring him near
er the land where sorrow never
comes, and if anything on earth can
check the spirit of a traveller, the
assurance of a perfect happiness at
his journeys end should do So
And yet how few take kindly to the
down-hill road, or tread It smiling
ly. Thousands who have died be!
fore they reached middle age would
have seen three-score-a and-ten had
they been jollier, for, as Solomon
says, "a merry heart doeth good
like medicine, but a broken spirit
drieth up the bones"
Year: 1864

Savannah and Wilmington would quickly follow
The military part Of the rebellion would then be
pretty well crushed. The armies OF the South
would then have been conquered. What would
then remain to be done would he to sUBsUGkrE
rHE COUNTRY But by that time the next Presi
Dental election would have taken place. and that
Year: 1864

EE- After argument in the case of
Gen. Dix for the arrest of the publishers
and the closing the Office of the New York
World, the Court deferred the decision of
the points raised till the Let Of August.
Year: 1864

A HARD CASE A soldier who enlisted
from Fremont Plantation, Aroostook county,
writes the Lewiston journal that when he
enlisted he received no town bounty, that
his family applied for the State aid, which
was refused for whole year, that meantime
his family had used up all the little property
he left behind him, and that the State aid
now furnished is not enough to support his
wife and four children with what they can
get from other sources. He well says, 'It is
hard to be a soldier, but harder to know that
my family is suffering" Such cases of hard
ship should be attended to.