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Year: 1865

he asks for then should be promptly


placed at his disposal without long
speeches or arguments as to the manner
Of doing it, for to delay while FEW cap
tious men were discussing red tape and
precedent, might destroy his best laid
plans, and prove suicidal in the end
General / zee asks for negroes, and believes
they can be made servicable in his arm
les. By all means let him have them
Whether they can he made into soldiers
is an experiment to be tried Our slaves
of Louisiana and Mississippi now NIL
Grants ranks, and they have been fonnd
no despicable antagonists even TO our
veteran troops. The Confederate Senate
still withholds the negroes from General
Lee. That body actually jeopar,lizes
the safety of this city, the hope OF our
cause; the liberty of the people Sena-
tors who are thus careless of their coull-
trv's liberty, are unfit to he trusted with
it's interests Events are rapidly hurry
ing this people 10 the crisis of their fate
Men. men are needed to save the cause
Withhold now and all must he lost
and vet the Senate deliberateS anu thar
i, all it docs-delibrrates dehberates---
Will not the Legislature OF Virginia
come up 10 the defense Of tue State and
provide bv State law for aiming large
body of slaves from this State! The
DANGER To this cits and to this State is
imminent The Confederate Senate Is
discussing, talking Can
not the State Legislature act.
Year: 1865

WAsHIseroS, May 20 The recent falling off
In subscriptions to the 30 loan is attributable
the fact that fears have been entertained that
there might be a tight money market, but of this
there need be no apprehension, there will be
demand the n atiOn4l banks for some days
TO come, there now being sufficient funds IN the
hands OF the Assistant Treasurer pay all the
present wants of the Government
Year: 1865

ST Louis May 20 The steamboat McCombs,
with regiment OF cavalry for Kansas City and
heavily laden with Government freight. sunk in
tie Missouri river Yesterday. No lives were
lost The boat and cargo is total loss Value
not ascertained.
Year: 1865

An officer has been despatched 10 the
battle. fields in the Shenandoah Valley by
the War Department, 10 look after the
proper interment Of the Union troops who
fell in the many engagements in that vi
ciniiy during The war. Ii is understood
that cemetery will be laid out in the
Valley. in which the remains Of all the
Union troops now buried there will be in
TERED.
Year: 1865

An old sea captain, who was in the habit of
spending hin time while In port among a set Of
hard drinking fellows, returned to bis hotel one
evening in a partially intoxicated condition.
In going up to hls:room he walked out OF the
window i'd the second story and landed upon
the pavement; fortunatelyIhe was not Injured
by the descent, and upon going back into the
Year: 1865

In the Circuit Court of Bedford coun-
ty, Tennessee, last week, an interesting
case was tried The executors of d r
VANCE sued JAMES NJ Johnson on a
note given tot the purchase of 4 slave at
time when slavery existed, the said note
falling due before the abolition of the in
stitution in Tennessee. The defendant
pleaded failure of consideration But
it was decided. says the Shelbyvile Tn
ion, that as the executors could have
made a title to the slave ut the time the
note was due. the defendant Is not releas-
ed from his liability to pay the debt. he
not having offered TO pay it before slavery
was abolished. The note was payable
in good paper currency Of the country,
and money itself The jury rendered a
verdict against the defendant for the
amCnnt of the note and interest, less
twenty per cent, it being proved that the
best paper currency was twenty per cent.
discount.
Year: 1865

never undertook but once, said Tom, to set
at nOught the authority of my wife. You know
her way--cool, quiet, but determined as ever
grew Just after We were married, and all was
nice and cosy, she got into the habit Of doing
all the churning. She finished breakfast rath-
er before me one morning, and slipping away
from the table, she filed the churn with cream.
and set it down where couldn't help seeing
what was wanted. So | took hold readily
enough. and churncd till the butter came. She
didn't thank me, but looked so nice and sweet
about it that felt well paid. Well, when the
next churning came along, she did the same
thing, and followed suit and fetched the but
ter. Again and again did the same thing,
and | was regularly set for it every time; not
a word said, you know of course. Well, by
and-by, this began to be rather irkSome | wan
ted her just to ask me- but she never did, and
| wouldn't say anything to save my life. So
or we went At last ! made a resolve that |
would not churn another time unless she asked


me- Churning day came, and when my break


fast-she always got nice breakfasts-when


that was swallowed, there stood the churn.
got up, and standing a few minutes, Just to
give her chance, put on my hat and walked
out OfdOOrs | stopped in the yard to give her
time to call me, but never word said she, and
so, with palpitating heart, [ moved on. l
went down town, and my foot was as restless
as Noah dove felt as if | had done wrong
did not feel exactly how, but there was an in
describable sensation Of guilt resting on me.
1t seemed as if dinner-time would never come
Year: 1865

MINISTER.
This woman wilt thon have,
And cherish her for life?
Wilt thou love and comfort her,
And seek no ether wife?
This woman will take,
That stands beside me now;
I'll find her board and clothes,
And have TO other frow.


MINISTER.
And for your husband will
You take this nice young man;
Obey his slightest wish,
And love him all you CAM
I'll love him all l can,
Obey him all l choose,
If when | ask for funds
He never does refuse.


MINISTER.
Then you are man and wife,
And happy may you be-;
AS many be your years,
AS dollars be my fee.
Year: 1865

A correspondent of the Country Gentleman
"a Lewis county farmer-writes: "After your
horse is harnessed to the carriage procure q
piece Of webbing as a broad strap about ten
feet long, fasten 1t securely around the OF foot
girths and lay the end over the dash board; see
that every thing is right, teen standing on the
off.side Of the wagon take the strap in the right
dh 20 ~ m the ths .emp 70
'whoa;'-the strap brings his foot up and makes
it pretty effectual whoa; slack up on the
strap as soon as you have stopped him, and II
be attempts to start again repeat the operation.
When you have got good ready to tart, give
the horse the word and 60 along. Repeat the
operation until the horee will stand perfectly
quiet at the word whoa always remember not
whip your horse, but always treat him as you
would friend, with perfect kindness, and
never say whoa unless you want your horse
to stand perfectly still. No man shoold m
6STtr 6Nh ttemnerp
Year: 1865

Many persons have but q limited use for the
same tool. The first idea we have Of a manure
fork Is to remove coarse manure, but 1t Is far
better than q spade in garden. 1t does not
require half the muscular strength that a
shovel or SPADE req uires, and the ground can
be pulverized much better. We use it alto
gether in the garden. When roots or weeds or
grass spring up in garden, they can be re-
moved more easily with fork than in any
other way.


Then there is the big hoe. We should not
know how to get along without one, yet many
persons never use one where we do. For dig
ging turfs by the road side, and for levelling
off knolls and hemmocks on meadows, no tool
is better. g There is the trowel, we think OF il
for plastering, yet for garden purposes NO tsol
is better. An old axe that will not be injured
by driving into the ground is always one tool
for removing forest trees. The crowbar, which
was made to handle stone, is an excellent ar
tcle to set the bean poles when the land is
hard. A thin shoeknife. which has been de-
signed to cut leather, is the best toel we have
ever found to cleft stocks for grating. A
bushel basket and q wheelbarrow are often
better than.oxen or drag for collecting sma IL
stones on land laid down to grass.-.haiHe FaY-
Year: 1865

SParties In California propose to introduce
paper manufacturing machinery from this
country into China, in order to procure sup
plies of paper from that country, where it is
made OF excellent quality from the fibres of
the bamboo and mulberry trees. Its dark COL
or is the objection to it, but its quality, and
adaptation for printing purposes. are said to be
excellent.
Year: 1865

8sa- A suicide Of a very painful char
acter occurred in Philadelphia, on Satur-
day night. The deceased, a foreigner by
the name Of Herman Powell, carried on
the sale Of metallic packing and a patent
coal oil stove, Of which he was the pat
cutee. He was man Of considerable
scientific ability, spoke several languages,
and was accomplished as q musician. He
was not successful in business, and had
had some trouble with his partner, which
is supposed TO have had some connection
with his sad fate.
Year: 1865

There is no place in Chicago for the
poor to bury their dead, and those who
are unable 70 buy a lot in the cemetes
RES, have been compelled to inter their,
deceased friends on the open prairie, or
in the sand heaps along the lake shore.
Year: 1865

campaign. War has waged long enough
among our people for them to understand
at least its great principle of singleness
in command. The people desire that
Gen. Lee should be entrusted with the
command of all the armies during the
balance of the war. The constitutional
commander-inSchief is the President, but
the duties of that position devOlVe no
more duties upon the President, as to the
movements and command of the army
than they do to the sailing and manouy~
ering of the navy. If the President is
to command the army in the field, why
not the navy upon the oceanH And if
not the latter why the fOrmer2 The fra
mers of the constitution adopted this
feature of tho executive from the governs
ment of Great Britain, where woman is
now cOmmander-inschief of the army
and navy, OF, as Blackstone terms it,
"9eneral of tha I6ingdom.H y But Victoria
would hardly undertake a campaign over
command of the army, or to sail and
manoeuVre a feet. The Congress can,
therefore, provide for geueralissimo of
the armies, who shall have the immediate
command of all the armies, without in
the least encroaching npon tho constitu-
tional duties of the President. General
Grant commands now three armies-un-
der Meade and Sherman and Thomas as
their immediate commanders. In like
manner our armies under Lee, Hood and
Beauregard. But Gen. Grant plans the
general campaign for his three armies as
if they were one army; that is, he orders
their movements as to him may seem
proper for the single object he has in
view. Thus, deeming Savannah of more
Importance in the campaign against |
Richmond than at Atlanta, he gave up |
the latter, though it might have been
better as a base against Georgia, even |
than Savannah. Now Gen. Lee can only |
direct the movements of the army of
Northern Virginia. He can not and |
does not regard the armies of Hood and
Beauregard as in any way defending
Richmond, but as mere detachments, op-
Grating as diversions, rather than as
armies cooperating in the general plan
of defence.


If the Congress will create the position
of generalissimo, the people will feel
that new reasons for exertions, new hopes
have been given them, and they will
respond with all their means. The arm
les terminated by knowing that the ex-
perienced head of Gen. Lee directs their
movements, and that hereafter no more
executive campaigns will be undertaken,
but that all the forces will be made to
work and march and fight for one OBJ
ject.


If any difference of opinion existed
among the people upon this appointment
of General Lee to be genaralissimo, such
difference would manifest itself through
the public press, but an almost uubroken
unauimity exists upon this subject.


We do not know that the President
would offer the objections of veto to
this popular wish, but the Congress would
have the satisfaction of knowing that it
had done all in its power to give express
sion and force to the will of the people, as
well as provided the first great step to
reorganization of the army, by giving it a
head accustomed to command, and capable
of using the forces of the country to the
best advantage.
Year: 1865

of the number and the value of such un!
stamped pictures, and afixes to said re.
turn an amount Of stamps equivalent to
the amount that would have been requir.


ed to stamp all the pictures sold during the
month, liable to stamps. Though this is
not in literal compliance with the law,
still it satisfies the spifit and intent of the
Year: 1865

Another Antediluvian Frog.-The Erie
Dispatch says that probably the Oldest
inhahitant in Pennsylvania was discovered
in the store of Gray & Farrar, in that city,
on last Thursday, 1t is living frog, about
an inch long, which was taken from piece
OF bitumiDous coal that one ofthe EMPLOYEES
of the store had broken for the purpose of
burning. His escape from torturing death
was almost providential, and it is a cause
OF satisfaction that he escaped fate SO
Ignominious after having lived SO long and
quietly. His advent to the outer world
was witnessed by four or FIVE gentlemen
connected with the establishment, and he
was Immediately deposited in ci gar box.
Year: 1865

Of all the expensive things in a modern
house of the ordinary class perhaps carpets
are the dearest. In case Of removal, thew
become almost useless, and have to be sac.
rihced at any price that can be got for
them, because, having been cut and measured
for one room, perhaps of peculiar shape,
they are useless in any other for if the
pattern could be matched, which it often
cannot, bit of bran new carpet sewn on a
bit not so new, would be out of harmony,
and tell a story which pride of poverty
would rather were concealed. The Persian
and Turkish system of carpeting rooms is
infinitely better and prettier than ours.
The Persian carpets, especially those from
Resht, are exquisitely beautiful. Their
colors are brighter, the designs are prettier,
and they are far more durable than the
European carpets. They are made in strips
usually between two or three yards long,
and about one yard breadth, to go round
the sides of room, with square carpet of
any size preferred, for the center


They do rot require to be nailed or fitted,
and a sufficient number of them, will, of
course, carpet any room, however large or
small. They have very rich and grand
appearance too. In summer they are easily
taken up, beaten, rolled and put aside by
a single man servant and in the hot wealth
er why should We not more generally i'm
itate Continental custom by painting or
polishing our floors? Floors painted or
polished look far prettier in July sunshine
than any carpets, which are then mere
fusty traps to catch dust. harbor insects
and retain bad SMELLS Every thing has
its use and its season The use and the
season of carpets are not in the summer
time. Where it is impossible to paiut or
polish the floors of a house, the employment
of oilcloth, will be found good economy in
summer, aud far cleaner. Oil-cloth, too,
OF charming patterns, may now be bought
very cheap, and it keeps room delightfully."-
cool and fresh.-AH the Year Round
Year: 1865

The following is related as fact,
having actually happened some years
since in the State Of Connecticut:


A man in rather Indifferent circum.
stances, surrounded by large family,
being entirely out Of meat, had re-
course to the sheepfoId Of his neighbor.
wealthy farmer, for relief The
neighbor having a large flock of sheep
did not perceive that he had lost any,
until one of the finest of the flock. very
large and fat, was missing, and counting
his sheep he found he had lost several,
Unable to account for this extraordi-
nary loss, he resolved a few nights af
ter o watch. About midnight he OBJ
served great disturbance among the
sheep, caused by the appearance Of
man in disguise. Curiosity, as we'll as
to find him out, induced him to lie still.
In the flock there was ram with
whom it seems the man was in the hab-
1t OF conversing, as if he had been the
actual owner of the sheep" Well, Mr..
Ram, says the nocturnal sheep steal
er, Il am come to buy another sheep,
have you any more to sell ?" Upon
which he replied, as in person of the
ram, " Yes, l have sheep to sell"


By this time the owner had discov-
cred him to be one of his neighbors.


"What will you take for that fat
wether" says the purchaser


-Four dollars" replied Mr. Ram.
That is very high price," says the
man, ''but as you are SO good as to
wait for the pay, 1 think l will take
him"


"Well Mr.. RAM" continued the
honest sheep-buyer, "let me see how
many sheep I have bought of YOU"


"It | am not mistaken" says the
ram, "this is the fifth" and then went
on to cast up the whole, and giving
Mr.. Ram a polite invitation to call on
him for his pay, and bidding him
good night, he led the sheep home,
while the owner lay laughing at the
novelty of the scene, highly gratifed
and amply paid for the whole. A few
nights afterwards when he supposed
his neighbor was nearly out of mutton,
he caught the old ram and tied little
bag under his neck, and placed piece
Of paper between his horns, on which
he wrote i'll large letters:


II have come for my money"


Under this line he footed up the
whole amount of the FIVE sheep, exactly
as his neighbor had done, as before
related; he then took the ram to his
neighbor's house, where he tied him
near the door, and then went home.


When the nelghbors arose in the
morning, he was not little surprised
to find a sheep tied to his own door
but it is beyond words to express
astonishment when he found it was
the old ram with whom he had been
dealing so much in mutton, with his
brand on his forehead, and the amount
of five sheep actually made out, as he
had done few days previous, in the
person of the ram. Suffice it to say
he obtained the money, and after tying
it nicely in the bag, and tearing the
paper from his horns, set the ram at
liberty, who Immediately ran home
jingling the money, as if proud of hav-
ing accomplished the object of his
errand-to the no small qualification
Of the owner.
Year: 1865

TIE PRICE OF CoAL.-Coal has gone down
about four dollars per ton all over the coun


try. A few weeks sinoo the poorest kind
was selling at retail in this city at thirteen
dollars per ton: it is now advertised ut eight
dollars. The fall in gold, the stoppage Of
the great Government factories of arms. the
withdrawal of the navy demand, and the
certainty of abundant labor in the future.
all have had their effect in bringing down
the price. The coal companies have been
compelled to reduce the price Of labor to
three dollars per day, which has caused q
general strike on the part of the miners |;
but the latter cannot help themselves, and
must work, or other laborers will take their
place. Railroad tolls must soon come down;
and, altogether, we doubt whether coal can
he held at over seven dollars per ton after the
lst of June.-Nzo York World.
Year: 1865

PASSAGE OF THE ARMY OF THE PoroNAc
1HRouoH RICHMOND. Richmond Wing.
in chronicling the passage of the Second and
Fifth Corps Of the Army OF the Potomac
through that city. en- route for Washington,
says the sight was grind Que. The men
were in fine condition and were taken bya
route that would give them good view OF
the city which they had so long fought to
capture. The march past the Libby prison
was marked alternately by cheers and groans
from those who. from time to time. in the
progress Of the war, were SO unfortunate as
to be involuntary inmates of its inhospitable
walls The programme Of route tok the
line past Gen. Lees residence, and those Of
the soldiers who were aware Of the probable
proximity Of the chief Of the late rebel
forces, cheered Justify. It is said Gen. Lee
stood at the closed blinds of one OF the win
dows, and viewed the pageant for o few
ulluuttcs Do
Year: 1865

With that remarkable estimation of the
greatness of small things which is one of
the most valuable of his high intellectual
qualities, and with tender appreciation
of the importante of small people, Baron
Liebig devotes a special article in an Eng
lish scientific periodical to the description
of new article of diet which he con-
ceives to SO the most fitting substitute for
the natural nutriment for those children
who are by circumstance. robbed of their
mothers milk. 1t is we'll known that
cows milk does not adequately represent
the milk of healthy woman, and when
wheaton flour is added, "a it commonly is,
Liebie points out that. although starch Is
not uniting for the nOurishment OF the
infant. the change of it into sugar in the
stomach during digestion imposes an un-
necessary labor on the organization, which
will be spared if the starch be beforehand
transformed into the soluble forms OF sugar
and dextrine. This he effects by adding
to the wheaton flour certain quality of
malt AS wheaton flour and malt flour
contain less alkali than womsns milk, he
supplies it when preparing the SOUP
This soup" may be shortly prepared as
follows: Half an ounce of whcaten flour
and an equal quantity Of malt flour, seven
grains and a qnarter Of bicarbonate of
potash, and one ounce of water are to be
we'll mixed five ounces of cows milk are
then to be added. and the whole put on a
gentle fire; when the mixture beg gins to
thicken it is removed from the fire, stirred
during five minutes, heated and stirred
again till it becomes quite fluid, and final
ly made to boil. After the separation OF
the bran by sieve, it is ready for Use
BY boiling it for few minutes it loses all
taste Of the flour.


The immediate inducement for his max
ing the soup was that one of his grandchil-
dren could not he sucked by his mother,
and that another required, besides it:
mothers milk, \ more concentrated food


In both cases. as we'll as in other tamilie,
where IT had been introduced, the soup
proved an excellent food. the children
thrived perfectly well, and many a petty
suffering disappeared after some week:
use of the soup. He often takes it pre-
pared with ten parts of milk and tw,
parts OF malt flour, with tea, for hi:
breakfast. He adds that DR.. Eol
Pfeufer, the most renowned physician il


Munich, has induced the apothecaries o
the town to keep for sale a mixture o


half an ounce of malt flour and sever
grains and a quarter of bicarbonate o
potash; milk and wheat flour being sup
posed to be in every house. The nal
flour ought always to be freshly mad
from the malt.-Ldncet
Year: 1865

Major General Rousseau Is entitled
70 high position among the noble sons
of his native State. he is true SOL
dier, an honest patriot, and 3 man en-
dowed with high order of genius


Kentucky is justly proud of him, and
though in the contest for Senatorial
honors be was defeated, the people Of
his State love him none the less. Had
the choice fallen on him, he would
have represented the Commonwealth
with justness and fairness, and have leg
islated for her good and the welfare Of
the common country. As a soldier, he
has won many honors, and he will re-
turn to the field carrying with him the
prayers and the blessings of the people
of Kentucky. We Commend his ster-
ling qualities, respect his candor, and
accord to him q high sense of honor
and lofty patriotism The General
has carved bright history in the past,
and he will add new gems TO his course
Of glory when his sword shall again be
unsheathed At the front among the en-.
emies ofhis country.--L0Visvills journal