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Year: 1864

UselessIy. aimlessly drifting through life.
What was born f0r2 For Somebody's wife,,
am told by my mother. Well. that being true.
Somebody" keeps himself strangely from view;
And if nOught but marriage will settle my fate,
believe shall die in an unsettled state.
For though I'm not ugly-pray what woman tE
Ou might easily find a more beautiful phiz;
And then, as for tempsrs and manners, ts plain
lie who seeks for perfection will seek here IN vain,
Nay in spite of those drawbacks. my heart ID per-


verse.


And should not feel grateful. for better or worse
To take the first boody that graeiously came
And offered those treasures. his home and bis name
I think, then. my chances Of marriage are small.
But why should think Of such chances at ally
Ny brothers are all Of them, younger than L,
ct they thrive in the world and why not let try
know that in business I'm not an adept,
Because from such matters most strictly I'm kept
is the question that puzzies my mind
Why am not trained up TO work Of some kindly
Uselessy, aimlessly drifting through life,


Hhy should I wait to be Somebody's vifef'
-Elsefie Magazine.
Year: 1864

Mr.. Thomas Tileston the distinguished
New York merchant, recently deceased,
was left, says Hunts Merchants Magazine
without any other legacy than that, OF
good name, and at the age OF 10 entered
printing and publishing house OF that
city as a printers. boy at a salary OF 80
dollars a year and board. The character
of the boy at that time is well illustrated
in the remark made to his mother: moth
er by going into printing Office, l hope
to educate myself, and trust to be alberto
take care of you and the whole family"
With such a purpose in view it was i'm
possible for the boy not to succeed.
Year: 1864

A young woman Was recently sentenced
to three months imprisonment in Roches-
ter, New York, for being drunk. A no
tice of her case met the eye of a young
man who Is the SON of q wealthy farmer
and owns and runs canal boat, and he
hastened to her rescue as his wife. He
was at last accounts circulating petition
for her pardon.
Year: 1864

past political course of the Vice President.


If this review Of Mr.. Stephens previous
politics should excite distrust as to his
loyalty, his late speech can not be plead
in denial of the charge. When the Vice
President no longer considers his official
position as a restraint to his assaulting
the Government, and as justifying hin IL
upholding noisy, rickety crotchety Gov
erRor, he can not be surprised that there
should be found those who do not admire
such evidence of patriotism. We do not
class Mr.. Stephens with Holden, but the
North Carolina buffalo has placed himself
beside Mr.. Stephens, and will not be
shaken off Such fellowship and COM
pany do no good to the loyalty of any
man.
Year: 1864

From the Richmond Enquirer April S0l


We learn from those who use -four, a
favorite Southern cereal much affected by
all classes during the war, that, owing to
some cause, it has gone up so high that
the expense of buying yeast is entirely
saved. This is an item not TO be over
looked during these hard times. We
have long ceased the use of the cereal
mentioned, and fallen back on corn,
which, whether taken in liquid or sol
id state, (dodgers,) has been found to
agree very well with the gastric region.
One of our largest mills is also patronizing
the favorite Indian vegetable. Seriously
speaking, however, there is no need for
the high price of flour now prevailing
Families ought to club in, employ special
agents, send to the South and purchase
for themselves. The Government would
interpose no objection, we imagine, to
the transportation of supplies necessary
to sustain human life.
Year: 1864

The following extract is from the Wash
ington correspondence of the Cleveland
Herald.


On Monday we had rain and mud, but
on Tuesday found my way to the halls
of Congress. | had seen grand and i'm
posing legislative bodies, from our own
State Legislatures to the House of Peers
in London, and the still greater House of
Commons, and the august Chamber of
Deputies in Paris, but the interest in all
these was trivial compared with that now
centered round our national capital. These
have been grand eras in our history be-
fore the present. but never a time so
fraught with the destiny of the world as
the present. A mighty nation struggling
up from battle-felds won at infinite cost;
four millions of people standing with
chains broken, but still with manacles
around their wrists, which political black
smiths wish to relink; God and the great
heart of a mighty people, its tender wo-
manhood, its fegerent manhood, protest
ing that the nation must be redeemed,
that the blood Of our glorious sons shall
not be shed in vain. Surely, it is grand
to be where you can lay your ear 10 the
national heart at such a moment as this.
On Tuesday, when entered the Senate
Chamber, John Sherman, of Ohio, was
just speaking upon the important ques-
ton of arming the Negroes question
not without its complications. Mr.. Sher-
man favored the employment of negroes
in the military service, and was prepared
to vote for comprehensive system OF
emancipation, and just compensation to
loyal owners. The amount Of 1t all seems
to be that we as q nation must legislate
for emancipation. We have sinned
through our whole being, and our repent
ings must De equal to our transgressions.
The really grand man in the House, the
one whose future impresses me as OF most
vital importance to the nation, IS from
your State. Strong, clear, earnest, a true
Christian hero and statesman, Major
Gen. James A. Garfield seems to me one
of the grandest types of manhood that
you viii find in the House of Represent
atives. He never says or does anything
that is paltry, anything that compromises
the true Christian gentleman, or the
statesman of broad and comprehensive
views.


1t is refreshing to hear him state a
point with such logical clearness, and ar
que it with such genuine earnestness.-
We have been in the habit of regretting
the past, and believing that the present
was but child in comparison. We say
of Clay and of Webster, There were gi-
ants in these days" But tell you such
a genuine David would be more than a
match for their tangled wisdom /; the
sling aims at the center of the forehead


Goliath of the Philistines as you


- speech on confscation.


- stand by the


---s and
Year: 1864




CURE FOR SHALL Pox.-The German Re-


formed Messenger has received q letter


from friend in China, in which it is sta
ted great discovery is reported to have
recently been made by Surgeon of the
English army in China, in the way of an
effectual cure of small pox. The node
OF treatment is as follows: When the pre-
ceding fever is at its height, and Just be-
fore the eruption appears, the chest il
rubbed with croton oil and tartaric oint-
ment. This causes the whole OF the erup-
ton TO appear on that part of the body
to the relief of the rest. It also secures
full and complete eruption, and thus
prevents the disease from attacking the
internal organs. This is said TO be the es-
taolished mode of treatment in the Eng
lsh army in China. by general orders, and
s regarded as permanent cure.
Year: 1864

| he that Is porn IN the month OF Janu-
ary will be lsborious and lover of good
wine, be very subject to fidelity, yet he
will be complacent and withal fine sin
ger. The woman born in this month will
be a prudent housewife, rather melan-
choly, but yet good-tempered.


FEBRUARY.


The man born in the month of Febru-
ary will love money much, but ladies
more; he will be stingy at home, but
prodigal at abroad. The lady will be hu
name and affectiopate to her mother.
MARCH.


The man born in the month of March
will be rather handsome; he will be hon
est and prudent; he will die poor. The
lady will be jealous, passionate and a chat
ter box.


The man who has the misfortune to be
born in the month of April will be sub
iect to maladies; he will travel to his dis
advantage, for he will marry rich heiress,
who will make-What, no doubt you un-
derstand The lady of this month will be
tall and stout, with agreeable wit and
great talk.


The man born in the month May will
be handsome and amiable; he will make
his wife happy. The lady will be equally
blest in every respect.
JUNE.


The man born in the month of June
will be of small stature and passionately
fond of children. The lady will be a per-
sonage fond of coffee; she will marry
young.


The man born in the month of July
will be fat, and suffer death for the wick
ed women he loves. The female of this
month will be passionately handsome,
with sharp nose and fine bust; she will
be of rather sulky temper.
AUGUST.


The man born in the month of August
will be ambitious and courageous; hewill
BILE and twice married, but her second
husband will cause her to regret her first.


SEPTEMBER.
He who is born in the month of Sep
tember will be strong and prudent, but
will be too easy with his wife, who will
give him great uneasiness. The lady will
be round faced and fair haired, witty, dis
Greet, and loved by her friends.
OCTOBER.
| The man born in this month will have
a handsome face and horid complexion;
he will be wicked and always inconsistent.
He will promise one thing and do anoth-
er, and remain poor. The lady will be
pretty-alittle fond of talking-will have
two husbands who will die OF grief-=he
will best know why.
| NOVEMBER.


The man born in this month will have
fine face and be gay deceiver. The Ia
dy of this month will be large, liberal,
and full of novelty.
| DECEMBER.


The man born in this month will be q
good sort of a person though passionate.
He will devote himself to politics, and be
beloved by his wife. The lady viii be
smiable and handsome, with good voice
and well proportioned body, and very
honest.
Year: 1864

The man born in the month of Febru-
airy will love money much, but ladies
more; he will be stingy at home, but
prodigal at abroad. The lady will be hu-
name and affectiopate to her mother.
Year: 1864

The man who has the misfortune to be
born in the month of April will be sub
iect to maladies; he will travel to his dis
advantage, for he will marry a rich heiress,
who will make-What, no doubt you un-
derstand. The lady of this month will be
tall and stout, with agreeable wit and
great talk
Year: 1864

The man born in this month will be q
good sort of person though passionate.
He will devote himself to politics, and be
beloved by his wife. The lady viii be
smiable and handsome, with a good voice
and well proportioned body, and very
honest.
Year: 1864

He that is born in the month of Janu-
ary will be lsborious and lover of good
wine, be very subject to fidelity, yet he
will be complacent and withsl fine sin
ger. The woman born in this month will
be prudent housewife, rather melsn-
choly, but yet good-tempered.
Year: 1864

The man born in this month will have
handsome face and forid complexion;
he will be wicked and always inconsistent.
He will promise one thing and do anoth-
er, and remain poor. The lady will be
pretty-alittle fond of talking-will have
two husbands who will die OF grief-she
will best know why.
Year: 1864

The man born in the month of July
will be fat, and suffer death for the wick
ed women he loves. The female of this
month will be passionately handsome,
with sharp nose and fine bust; she will
be of rather sulky temper.
Year: 1864

He who is born in the month of Sep
tember will be strong and prudent, but
will be too easy with his wife, who will
give him great uneasiness. The lady will
be round faced and fair haired, witty, dis
Greet, and loved by her friends.
Year: 1864

The man born in the month of August
will be ambitious and courageous; he will
have two wives. The lady will be amia-
BILE and twice married, but her second
husband will cause her to regret her first.
Year: 1864

IT is more difficult to make the eye lie
than any other organ we are possessed of.
To tell what a woman says, pay attention to
her tongue. Ifyou ascertain what she means,
pay attention to her eye. To talk in opposi-
tion to the heart is one of the easiest
things in the world to look this opposition,
however, is more difficult than algebra.
Year: 1864

My aunt has many queer notions,


She never buffers her bread
Z She declares that Bulwer novels


Are things not fit to be read
She thinks that to 1irt is a crime


And especially with youth
And she thinks the paradise lost ,"


Is every syllable truth. A
My aunt has got to her spectaces,


Though without them she sees well enough
She is very well versed in politics,
And thinks your poetry stuff.
She imagines that all the clergymen


Are wise as WISE can be-
She thinks that Pope is poet


But there she agrees with me.
She drealhs she tell the mark that is left
On my cousins lip by kiss;
And of all the antic theories
am not to meddle with this.
She might tell the track of a bird thro' the air,
Or the track of ship ON the sea- ---
On.the viewless heart, not the visible lip,
The stamp of kiss will be
Year: 1864

A young lady once married man by the
name of Dust against the wish of her pa-
rents After short time they lived unhap-
PLY together, and she returned to her faith
er's house, but the old man refused to see
her, saying "Dust thou art, and unto
Dust thou shall return" And she busted
Year: 1864

THE FUTURE OF HORsEs-The drain
upon the serviceable horses of this country
has been so great, that the horse interest is
bound to 60 up; and among the best invest
ments of live stock now to be made will be
the purchase of likely colts for raising to
maturity; the next to this the breeding of
good horse stock for future supply Wilkes
Spirit
Year: 1864

An IMBRDDED ToAD.-Not long since work
man engaged in laying the foundation wall Of
building In OIL City, Pa, broke q piece Of
the rock with bis hammer, when, much to his
astOnishment, be discovered q live toad imbsd.
dsd in The solid rock. The rock was gray
sandstone, and tho toad was contained in .
cavity just large snOngh for his body. One
Of the bind feet was extended short distance
In the rear Of bis body. Just opposite this
hole was another one Of similar size, iilled with
yellow clay. These holes were not more than
half an inch apart The toad is Of ordinary
size, 6s lively as . cricket, and Of the color Of
the stone from which it was taken,
Year: 1864

CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR AGAN.-Judge
Barnard, or Justice Greedy, is still busy elec-
tioneering for his own nomination as the demo-
cratic candidate for Governor, and is happy
because be believes his prospects hopeful. We
are glad to hear this and trust that, as he pro-
ceeds, the Judge will have q good time. But
the more he labors for his own nomination the
more we are stimulated to exertion in behalf Of
our candidate, Judge Russell. The latter, in
our estimation, has far higher claims to tho
nomination than Judge Barnard. We do not
wish to detract from. tho merits Of Judge B.,
where they exist; but We have known Judge
Russell for twenty years, and during that period
have had opportunities Of testing his democracy,
his ability to handle high constitutional SUBJ
jects, and to decide with clearness and good
judgment upon questions involving the exercise
Of the highest order Of legal knowledge and In
tellect. Judge Russell has grown more rapidly
into public favor than any other member Of
the bench In this city who has nourished during
bis career, and he now occupies q lofty and
permanent position in the estimation Of the
whole community He is dignifed, clear-headed,
prompt and profound. What is singular in his
history as judge is the fact that none Of his
deciaions have been reversed by the higher
courts. We therefore think that Judge Russell
n better entitled to the nomination for Gov
ernor than Judge Barnard or Justice Greedy.
II this view is dissented from BY Judge b., let
us hear from him through the columns OF bis
paper, which Is promiscuously edited hy,a bevy
of sophomores ard seedy Bohenians.
Year: 1864

To THE PEopLE-Let us have great mass
meeting in this city in favor Of an armistice and
Q convention Of States This is a war measure,
and ia therefore popular with war men. II is q
measure to secure Union peace, and is there
fore popular with all loyal peace men. Who
will start the meetingf No copperhesds need
apply.
Year: 1864

STRONG REAsoNs.-An armistice will strength
en- the North and weaken the South. A con-
venton of States will result in reunion. These
are war measures, whether taken separately or
together Let those who are ID favor OF them
speak out.
Year: 1864

4HE PRINTERS DEMAND FOR INCREASED Fay
The WORLDS LITTLE LIEs.-On Saturday the
World stated that the printers employed on the
HERALD had, on Friday, at midnight, entered
into q combination to prevent the insertion
in our paper Of an advertisement for printers
sent by the proprietors of the Times. On Mon
day the World apologized to its readers for
having told them this odd little lie on Satur-
day, and then proceeded to tell them another,
which, doubtless, it supposed to be better
one. The last lie was to the effect that our
printers demanded that the obnoxious adver-
tisemcnt should be followed BY another in
tended to nullify 1t. All of this is sheer inven-
ton. We have had no difficulties at all with
our printers. No one has pretended to dictate
to us what advertisements should 60 in the
paper and what should not. Neither Of the
Worlds little lies has any other basis than an
Imagination stimulated by army ale.


We shall have no difficulties with the printers;
for we have done what every just employer
must do in times like these. We have acceded
to the reasonable requirements Of our printers,
because we believe their labor to be worth the
prices they ask for it. The bcefsteak that used
to cost fifteen cents pound now costs thirty;
and il is no more than right that the price
Of labor should proportionately increase, and
that the printer should get sixty cents now
where he got thirty cents few years ago. In
f1ation is o fact too patent for US to refuse to
recognize it; and as the government goes on
with its new issues all this must get even
worse, until the great balloon shall burst But
we pay this increase Of price because it sp-
pears to be just and not because any organiza-
ton demands it; for we do not recognize the
right Of any printers union to regufAte our
business arranQements
Year: 1864

/ An army correspondent writing from
| Charleston says So accurate has practic,
made the gunners in Forts Strong. Chatfeld
and Putnam, that they can drop their shells
into any part of the city that is within range
The batteries so unwisely built by Beauro.
| gard, to draw upon the city the FIRE Of Gen
Gillmore's forces, have been abandoned. The
same writer says the harbor obstructions
have nearly all been removed, and he adds
The navy is chafng with impatience at the
inaction in which they have been so long
kept. Every officer but one is eager TO prove
that the prowess Of the sea service is not a
thing Of the past. Delays are dangerous
While the enemy is left at liberty to build
his iron-clad vessels in security quite within
range Of the guns Of our feet, the sailors aud
officers on our ships, lying at anchor, are be-
coming dispirited by the odium aocruing to
their branch Of the service. They have seen
the triumphs of their brothers in arms ashore,
and naturally envy the army in the possession
of commander who knows what to do and
how TO do it. sg


1t is generally understood nov in that de-
partment that the reason alleged for the pres
snt inaction Of the feet is the presence Of the
three iron-c clad ships in the rebel possession,





building


just out Of the reach Of Morris Island bat
teries are visible two new rebel iron-clad
ships, in forward state Of construction, so
closely initiated from the New Ironsides and
the Dunderberg as to leave no doubt that the
rebels have reduced to practice the celebrated
military maxim o. the Romans, which advises
belligerents to learn even from their enemies.


One Of these iron ships-of-war was an
nounced lately as hlving been in view. 1t is
evidently intended, like the New Ironsides,
for a 'broadside' ship, and is constructed to
carry four guns Of immense power on each
side. Another monster is announced by our
lookouts as being built on the model of the
ram and the general contour of the work,
as it proceeds, assmilates to the shape of the
Dunderbefg, as that ship has been dravned
and described by the daily and illustrated
papers Of New York city.


Three powerful iron-clad ships are known
to lurk in the harbors Of Charleston harbor,
hiding behind the forts, to strike us at the
most critical time and in the most vulnerable
place. The forward condition Of their two
companion ships would seem to promise for
our delectation lively time, not long to be
deferred
Year: 1864

letter from Chattanooga to the N. Y.
Times shows the practical view Of the mat
ter taken by the people thereabouts -


"There are men in Chattanooga who, il
they are not themselves rebels at heart, seem
to understand how rebels think and feel on
most questions. This class, if they mean
what they say, and am inclined to believe
they do, are heartily satisfied with the terms
of the proclamation, and say that all through
the South, just as soon as they can do it. the
great mass Of the people--especially the pro-
perty y-holders-wil make manifest their will
lingness to accept them. This property con
sideration-the property that is going to be
saved, about which all question is to be put
to rest as to confscation--is an important
feature in the case. The truth is, very few
in the South do not know and feel that by
rebelling great wrong was done and a cor
responding penalty incurred As the pros
poets Of the rebellion hafs waned the query
in the minds Of the propeIty-holders has been
about their property-how they were indivi-
dually going TO be affected when the grand
smash came. Mr.. Lincoln tells them II they
throw up their hands it shall be even quits
and, as | have said, it is the belief Of those
who seem to be best informed hereabouts
that the mass to whom tie proclamation is
really addressed will gladly come into the ar
rangement just the first moment they find
themselves in position to do so.


"Of course, the protection they require
must be given by our armies, and this will
henceforth be an important feature of the ad
vance into the confederacy. The olive branch
will not be less conspicuous than the sword
10 our future movements. 1t will necessarily
be a long time before the terms of the proc
lamation will be thoroughly Khown to the
people of the South. The state of helpless
ness which has succeeded the late rebel re-
verses has prepared the way for the proclama-
ton in the minds ofal who have not resolved
to sink or swim with the lesaers for whom there
can be no terms. l have seen several refu-
gees lately from Georgia, some Of them quite
intelligent, who take this view Of the case
They say that the southern people were not
prepared for such manifest Justice, such fair
ness, such liberality or course, say they,
the extensive shareholders will kick against
the anti-slavery clause but then they will
save their heads and their other property (;
and in this light the proclamation opens to
them the only way Of escape"
Year: 1864

The meetings of the Teachers Association
have been well attended, and the exercises
have been interesting and valuable. The
topic of entertainment at these meetings was
discussed, and resolution adopted for the
entertainment Of members of the Association
only. 1t is certain that either the number
should be limited, or notice should be given
in time for special preparations. When large
numbers attend without notice, they not only
subject themselves to disappointment, but
others to Inconvenience and undeserved re-
proach.