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Year: 1864

ANOTHER CoNFEDERAoY.-Some ono In Mis-


souri, has discovered that the Wholesale muir
dering, burning and plundering now carried
on in that State by two or three hundred out
laws, and which Mr.. Lincoln calls 20 family
quarrel" is part Of plan for the formation
Of great Northwestern confederacy. 1t seems
that there is no limit to the nonsense of which
Missouri ID capable 1t is very evident, even
from this distance, that Thornton is numbering
and burning in Missouri out Of q love Of peace
as ardent and angelic as ever stirred the heart
OF Vallandigham or as Fernando Wood ever
gave expression to in Congress. Thornton's
movement ID merely one Of the man1uvres that
the peace party praotises where any consider
able portion of the population sympathizs
with it; and Thornton Is Is plain peace demo-
crat as ever went unhung. He openly de-
clsres that he sis Vallandigham man." No
body thought there was going to be New
York confederacy when the peace democracy
tried this same numbering and burning ma
tneuvre in this city last summer.
Year: 1864

CHINESE FORTUNE TkILERS.-These men
carry on their profession IN the streets of the
city. wherever there is the least available space
A mat is spread on the ground with a stick at
each corner, ar und which strip of cloth is
cast to form an enclosure for the fortune teller
and his hen-kept in a small bamboo cage.
BY his side is an open box containing a nun.
Der of very small rolls of paper, with sentences
or single characters written on them: In front
OF him is a large row OF sixty or more paste
beard envelopes, which also bold single char
acterS. or dIvination sentences. A little board
painted white, for writing en-, and The inkstone
and pencil, are at hand aud ready for use. An
down on bis heels outside of the enclosure


pays three cash, half farthing, and tells his
story, stating what he wishes TO know. He is
told 10 pick out roll from the box, which
having done, he hands il to the man, who un-
rolls it aud writes its contents on the board.
The door Of the cage is then opeIVd and the
hen marches forward TO the row of envelopes
after peering over them lnquisitively she picks
out one and lets 1t fall TO tie ground. A few
grains of rice are put into the cage, and she
returns. The envelope is opened, and the con-
tents are also written down from these two
inscriptions the consultors prospects are an
nounced The hen is regarded as the arbiler
of fate incapable of moral motive in the Sc
lection Of the roll, and is therefore supposed to
give the decree of fate without the possibility
OF coluslon or misinterpretation Of any kind.
Year: 1864

OsE OF the dairy kings of Summit county,
Ohio. stopped taking the Beacon, Published at
Akron, because the editor denounced The high
price OF butter. To the soul of such man the
area OF ten cent piece IS infinite space.
Year: 1864

abused, this "despot," or "tyrant," or
whatever else they please Is our friend
and trusty servant that this man whe
did so many high handed acts in his own
name, did no act that we, tho people,
speaking through the ballot-box, do not
ratify and mdorse With all our love
and respect for the great men whose
names have been mentioned by their
friends for the leadership of the Union
hosts, we cannot but think That any
change Of lesslers at this time would be
a grievous error. These good men can


wait. The coantry respects their fidelity
now, and will honor their patienee and
devotion in the future. But at this
time let us stand together; and having
followed Abraham Lincoln thus far. let
us follow him 10 the end The yrople
are naming him as their leader for an
other campaign, and we bow before their
voice as we bow before the voice of God.
Year: 1864

FGRING CANNON UNDER WATBR.-Ex-
periments made by English gupers show
that cannon may be fired beneath the
water with powerful effect. An Arm
strong gun and several targets were ar
ranged at low water, and when the tide
had covered them the gun was fired by
means of a tube. The targets were
placed at fAgm twenty to twenty-five
feet from the muzzle of the gun. One
was composed of piles and oak planking,
of thickness of twenty-one inches; an
other consisted of the hull of an old ves-
sci, the Griper, laid on mud bank; a
third was made up of three inches in
thickness of iron boiler plates, bolted to-
gether and backed with timber. On all
these the effect OF shot and shell from
the submerged gun was very startling,
The wooden target was pierced through
and through, the iron target was broken
into pieces and driven into the backing,
the solid shot passed right through both
sides of the vessel, making a huge hole
through which the water poured in tor
rents; a shell with percussion fuse burst
in entering, opening up Il chasm of five
by three feet in the planking, shattering
the ribs and bursting up the deck beams
above.


The New York Post suggests that our
Ordnance Bureau ought to look at this
matter. If it is practicable to load and
fire cannon under water, then the defense
of harbors will receive new help; and
iron-c clads, no matter how heavily they
are armored above water, will be- as
weak and defenseless against such
submerged battery as the merest shell Of
wooden frigate. 1t is impossible to
arm floating vessel against such an as
sault.--Boston Journal.
Year: 1864

WIDE AWAKE VETRRASs.-The boys of
the 5th Connecticut regiment, stationed
in Tennessee, have forwarded the follow
ing interesting bulletin to the ladies in
advance of their return. 1t shows that
the Connecticut boys are wide awake,
and alive to the advantages of advertis-
ing:


ATTENTION, LADIES .Now is your time
to get a HusJqud! In short time from
now the old 5th Connecticut regiment
will return to the State on thirty days
furlough, as they have enlisted in the
veteran corps in body. The most of
the boys have made up their minds to
get married before they leave again for
the seat of war Every one of them has
$500 in greenbackS in his pocket, and
gets new gum blanket, so that he is
able to put up q comfortable home for
his love. The State of Connecticut pro-
vides So per month for wife, and IS for
q wife and one child This Is Il rare
chance for patriotic young ladies to
unite themselves to the defenders of our
glorious Union. None with Copperhead
sentiments need apply. .....-


THE VETERANS OF THE 5TH.
Year: 1864

A SLASDER.-F. b. Spinola, recruiting
superintendent in New York City, COM
municates to the New York Herald the
D'odws Qp0aadi of the substitute brokers
in that city, in running out men to states
where large bounties are offered, and in
the course Of his letter says


And here | would say, upon informa-
ton from a reliable source that Vermont,
with her boaSting of having filed her
quota, Is indebted to New York for at
least one-half of the number of men
that have been enlisted there, and upon
principles quite similar to those above
alluded to.


This statement is an unmitigated SLAM
der concerning state which has done
her duty promptly and patriotically,
and it will not serve New York City,
where men are forced and drugged and
kidnapped into service, as an apology
for being behind. In the first place, it
may be said, that New York is supposed
" be as wealthy as Vermont, and as we'll
able to pay large bounties, so as to Sc
cure all her men upon her own quota
But the statement is unfounded. New
Workers may have enlisted largely in
other states, but not in Vermont The
Woodstock Standard, which, from its
location, has facilities for information
from official sources, says that of the
whole number of men mustered in this
State under the last call nine men are
from New York City, and if there are
more, (and the whole number cannot ex-
ceed twenty-ave,) the authorities have
been unable to ascertain that fact" 1t
says that the officers at Brattleboro
through whose hands all recruits pass,
" have made u careful count, with
view 10 ascertain the standing of the
men, and that of the whole number en-
listed, less than fifty are of that class of
substitutes who are likely to prove
unserviceable. Substitute brokerage has
been discouraged in every possible way
by the State authorities and the Provost
Marshals and time will show that the
men Vermont now sends are good and
true, for they are her own citizens
Year: 1864

We just shake hands at meeting


With many that come nigh;
We nod the head in greeting


To many that go by
But welcome through the gateway
Our few old friends and true
Then hearts leap up, and straightway
Keep open house for you.
The surface will be sparkling,
Let but a sunbeam shine;
Yet in the deep lies darkling


The true life of the wine!
The froth is for the many,


The wine is for the few;
Unseen, untouched Of any


We keep the best for you.
The Many can not know us!


They only pace the strand,
Where at our worst we show US
The water thick with sand!
But out beyond the leaping


Dim surge tbs clear and blue;
And there, Old Friends, we're keeping
A sacred calm for you.
Year: 1864

The first solder was buried at the
Conscript Camp, Long Island, lately
He MAS from New York, and was MOI
known to have had friend in the
world. =
Soctly and revcrently close the white eye


lids.


Fold the still hands on the passionlcss


breast
God hath relieved the poor soldier from


duty,


Slowly and silently bear him to rest.
Sneak of him gently, his errors forgetting,
Brush the damp locks from the wan,


pallid brow;
Friendless and lone, he hath passed the


dark valley,


Plying angels have charge of him now
Bear him forth gently, comrades in duty
Carefully smooth down this damp, Lonely


bed;
Never IA friend had the suffering soldier
No one to weep for him now he is dead
Homeless and friendless! nowhere in tho


wide world


Were pulses that quickencd or thrilled


at his touch;--
Speak of him teuderly, now that he


sleepcth-


God, the All Pitiful, carctA for such.
Lay him to rest where the sea gulls arc


screaming;


Sing to him softly, o blue bounding


wavel
Soft airs aud summer flowers, garner youl


sweetness,


And scatter it lavishly over his grave
Year: 1864

$500 PER ASNUM-It will be no
ticed that we have advanced the terms Of the
Reporter to 81 per annum. We deem it need
less to give the reason for this change. Those
who have paid in advance will receive the
paper at the old rates until the time expires
for which they have paid.
Year: 1864

Are fluid preparation, the only one of the
kind ever discovered in this country, and acts
directly on the parts affected, whilst pills and
powders can only reach them as they work
through sympathy, but not at all direct and
positive.


Are you suffering from a constant anxiety
for the regular return of natures prescribed
laws? Give yourself no uneasiness, for Ly-
ons Periodical Drops, if taken day or two
before the expected period; will positively
and invariably regulate its coming, as sure
as effect follows cause, as certain as daylight
follows darkness.


Are you sick, enfeebled by disease, or una
bic to bear the labor and danger of increase?
Year: 1864

~ Will those /" democratic" pa
pers which assert that their party will end the
war if restored to power, be good enough
to tell Us Why their party did not prevent
the Tar while il was IN power:
Year: 1864

will surely save YOU.


Do not use the Drops when forbidden in
the directions, for although positive cure,
and harmless at all other times, thew are so
powerful and finely calculated to adjust and
govern the functions Of the sexual organism,
that, if taken at improper times, they would
produce results contrary to nature, against
which all, particularly those who would re-
produce, should carefully guard.
Year: 1864

TURPENTINE IN NOUTAGAMIE.-ET
learn that Jcre Mcrickle, taking a hint
from the Crescent that the manufacture Of
turpentine from the pines north and north
east of US would be profitable, has tried the
experiment in the town of Maple Creek, and
finds it success. lie made 10 gallons III one
day, and that too, under every kind Of dis
advantage Crssceat.
Year: 1864

pect to maintsin his credit? Yet this is
now the Governments identical position.
The Government Issues bonds for what it
needs. The State banks obtain the bonds
and issue notes upon them, linitod in
amount only BY the bonds they are sble to
obtain. These notes initiate the currency,
and send up the prices. creating the neces-
sity for more bonds. and more bonds are
succeeded by more notes, and further
rise in prices. making yet more bonds
necessary; so IL proceeds, until, il the evil
be as plainly foreseen as the fate of the
individual man.


In the face of these difficulties, il is
impossible for Government to control the
currency Of the nation and reduce the sup
ply to healthful limit.


Were the national banks alone en-
powered to issue notes, the whole control
would be in the hands of the Government;
as it now is, we are drifting inevitably
into sea Of troubles. because we do not
heed the warning voice of the pilot to
whom we refuse the power 10 grasp the
helm. by refusing to control the over
whelming issues of the State banks.


In times OF peace, such was our in
heront strength that, so long as Govern
ment retained the right of coinage, the
over issues Of the banks only impeded our
progress without imperiling our existence:
they now imperil our very existence. and
the question presents itself; Shall the
Government regulate the currency and save
the people. or shall the banks continue to
entrench themselves at the expense of the
Government. until we are all overwhelmed
in one common ruin?


This is now with the representatives Of
the people to decide. and we hope they
will decide promtly. firmly and patriot
ically. The life Of the nation is superior
to every vested interest in it. be it slavery
in the South or banks in the North.
Year: 1864

DELIVERED AT MACON, GA. JAN. IA. =


There is but one enemy that fear, and
that is lurking in the hearts of some men
not to do their duty. The farther removed
from danger the more timid some men be-
come. Go to our army and we see no tim
idity there. The sight of ten thousand
banners causes no alarm, but rather excites
courage. But go back into the interior,
and you see men who are guarding their
property and their gold, and there you will
find cowardice.


If we do our duty-that is, if all men
able to bear arms will take the field, all
danger can be averted. would not aban-
don any interest necessary for the success
full prosecution of the war. All others
should be abandoned. Then what interests
are necessary for the success Of our arms !?
The soldier must be fed and clothed, and all
men not necessary to make these provisions
for the soldiers should be enlisted. If you
ask me how many ought to be exempted for
this, I cannot tell you. The planter can
not tell you. The press cannot tell you
The legal profession cannot tell you. 1t
can be answered, however. Their who
shall answer the question of men and mate
rial? 1t is immaterial whether you are the
friend or the enemy of President Davis
You have placed him in power, and be your
confidence in him strong or weak, he is still
your representative, and that power must
be lodged in his hands. And when your
Government, by the action of your Congress
places that power in his hands, it will be
your duty to respond.


When you have remained at home two
years while others have been fighting your
battles, it will come with bad grace from
you to look around for law to test your
constitutional rights. Where would the
haJeas corpus be if we had all looked for
those rights at the beginning of the war p
Ask these soldier boys now around me and
they will tell you. They were not drawn
into the service by conscription. Well do
7, and all of you, recollect the departure of
the End Georgia battalion from Macon
They were young and old men; but none
were there by force. Go to your hospitals
and ask them how many were compelled to
90 by force. Call up your honored dead
and ask them. They were impelled by
atriotism-devotion to their country and
devotion to Georgia--.God bless her. Let
their spirit rise up here and rebuke that
spirit which would now refuse to 60. Is
there any man who has counseled lawyer
for means to evade this duty? If there is
I would say to him to pause before writing
the black record. There is but one right
and that right all mankind will honor,
and in green old age you can tell your chill
dren-that right is to meet the enemy
Don't tell your children about the hobeas
corpus. I would rather leave my wife and
! children in rags--and love them as dear.
Year: 1864

To KILL WoRMs IN PEACH TREE
RooTs.-Our people do not sufficiently at
tend to their fruit trees; hence the defec


i've character of much of our fruit. A
simple plan for destroving the worm tha,
iufests the root of the peach tree is to scraIe
the earth from the root Of the tree o'the,
depth the worms usually penetrate; theO
take about.a pound of unslsked lime, bro
ken into small pieces, mix it with the earth
removed from the tree, and pack the mix
'ture into the excavation around the tree ;
thcn pour sufficient water upon the mixture
to.slake the lime. The heat evolved by this
means, together with, the.corroeiye quality
of the lime, will within very few minutes,
destroy every worm even when they have
penetrated the bark; and this without In
juring the tree. If half a dozen good
peaches would not compensate for your a.
Dor you are NO lover of fruit. rs
Year: 1864

LARD CANDLEs.--To every 8 pounds
Of, lard add one ounce Of nitric acid and
the way of making it is as follows: Hay-
ing carefully weighed your lard, place it
over slow fire, merely to melt it, then
add the acia, and mould the same as tai
low, and you have clear, beautiful candle.
In order to make them resemble sperm can
dies, you have only to add small portion
of white bees wax.
Year: 1864

S@- It is said that an unfailing cure for
bronchitis is common saltpetre, small a.
mount of which is sufficient TO cure any in
dividual The way to take it is to suck it.
a small lump at time-and swallow it as
dissolved. gs ~
Year: 1864

THE Legislature has continued the


agency record the Of soldiers from this State
who have fallen In service died from disease during the
present The following resolution adopted by
both branches of the General Assembly: -
"Resoiped That the Agent DO urge, by public advertise
men the families OF deceased soldiers report 70 him.
that he may have the means of verifying and correcting
Regimental returns"


In accordance with the above resolution of the General
Assembly, earnestly request the families and friends Of
deceased soldiers forward the names of the brave
who have fallen in battle died In service during the
present The information required is the name, rank,
number of Regiment, letter OF company, date Of DEATH
cause Of death, in what battle, or where died.


would also earnestly request all the commanding Off
of Regiments from this State forward official
Of the casualties in their respective commands from
the beginning Of the war; and 10 continue said d
rng their Of Service that the Roll of Honor may be
perfect and complete as possible. -


VIM. b. JOHNSTON,


Recording Agent Of the State
Year: 1864




Notice hereby given that the rolls OF the real
estate of the city and county OF New YORK Tor
the 1864 win be open for inspection aud review from
and after Monday jan H. 1854. and will remain open until
the 3Oh day OF April 1864 for the correction OF errors snd
the equalization o the OF the aforesaid real aud
personal estate Of the city and county Of New YORK All
picaton the during the period above men
At 1850 provides that during the time the books shall he
public inspection. herein before provided, ap
p!icaton be made by considering himself
aggrieved by the assessed valuation of his real per
have the corrected" II such appli
he made In relation to the assessed valuation OF
the real estate, II mus be made In writing, stating the
Of objection thereto; and theeupon the Conims
shall examine into the complaint and u. In their
Judgment the they shall cause the
corrected. If such application be made In rel
the assessed valuation OF personal estate the app
shall be examined u1der the III BY said Commission
who shall be authorized adm mister such OATH or any
OF them; and In his or their Judgment the assessment
they shall the same TO be corrected and
TX the amount OF such they may bceve 70 De
Just and declare their decision thereon within thirty days
after such app shall have been made 70 them NO
reduction shall be made By the Board Of o. any
assessment real and personal estate imposed under M
act unless shall appear under cath or Affirmation .ha,
prescribed Tor the correction Of BY reason OF sickness
" -''' Al. WILLIAMSON. Commissioners


j. w. ALLEN. OF
J. W. BROWN. Assessments
Year: 1864

lnconsequence of the hi price ofwhite pa
per and the great increase in tho wages Of rint
ers, and the enhanced cost Of everything con


nected with printing, the following are the
lowest terms Ut which the Journal an be at
forded. There will be no deviation from these
Year: 1864

Information was received during the
morning that heavy reinforcements had
reached the enemy during the night.
In front of Stannard the whole of
Hokes rebel division, from Petersburg,
was massed, and an attack from them
was momentarily expected 1t was
known that it would be a serious and
desperate effort to retake the works, as
General Lee himself WAS in command.
Year: 1864

Brevet Major-General Godfrey Welt
eel was assigned to the command ofthe
corps during the absence of General
Ord, whose wound compelled him to
go North. General Weitzel relieved
General Hickman at noon, and the
latter again assumed command Of his
diuision
Year: 1864

GAIN HIS POsITioN


To-day three desperate efforts were
made by the enemy to retake the
works captured from them by this
corps yesterday. General Lee in person
commanded, but the rebels were each
time driven back with considerable
loss
Year: 1864

of Gettysburg and Coal Harbor fame,
was wounded in the right arm and
compelled to leave the f, Id He has
elected during the last two days fight
ing the warmest commendatiOn from
bis commanding officers by the magni-
fieent manner in which he handled his
division Captain Kent, Assistant Ad-
jutant General on General Stannards
staM is also among the Wounded
Year: 1864

Twice again they were rallied by
their officers and returned 20 the charge,
but only with the same result. until.
finally, broken and dispirited, they fell
back in irredeemable confusion, leaving
the ground covered with their dead and
wounded
Year: 1864

WE copy to-day from the Richmond Sentinel the
eloquent and stirring address of President DAVIS to the
army.


1t is address worthy of its author and of the oc-
casioa which draws it forth. 1t does justice to the
sublime patriotism Displayed by our noble army, and
holds forth the promise of assured victory and conse
quent peace and independence; promise which, we
rest assured must sooner later, be redeemed, and
which may turn oat to lee far less distant than mcst
of suppose.


THIS day is the llth of February. This day week
will be the l6tb IND by O'Clock noon on that day il
rot at midnight of the 7th, the present Congress will
come to end its term will expire and its legislative
powers cease. The Senate might be retained for the
transaction of Executive business but for that there
would appear to be no necessity.


Both houses are working like beavers, and we think
will in way dispose of the most pressing and me-
cessary measures relating to the army and the currency
Whether the passed will giva general setis-
faction s doubtful. No measures could do that now.
Congress must do the best it can and be satisfied with
knowing it has done so.
Year: 1864

FCyeteutIe Car0Ltntdn.
We regret to find that We among the aenquents,
bat our friend Of the CaroLinian will readily under
stand that the ailare unntentona on cur part
Indeed, thought the Journal had bee going until
Our attention being attracted by the above paragraph,
We made enquiry, and learned from our mailing clerk
that such was not the case. We trust long to have
pleasant exchange of papers and of sentiments with the
CaroLinian.