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Year: 1864

BY JEAN NGELow.


A song Of o boat!


There was once boat on blllowi
Lightly she rocked to her port remote,
And the foam was white In her wake like snow,
And her frail mast bowed when the breeze would
blow,


And bent like wand OF willow.
Isbaded mine eyes ono day when boat
Went courtesying over the billow,
marked her course till, q dancing mote,
She faded out on the moonlit foam,
And stayed behind In the dear loved homej
And my thoughts all day were about the boat,
And my dreams upon the pillow.
Ipray you hear my song OF q boat,
For 10 Is but short
My boat, you shall and none fairer aaoat,
In river or port.
Long looked out for the lad she bore,
On the open, desolate sea,
And think he sailed to the heavenly shore,
For he came not back to me


All mel


A song OF nest
There was once nest in hollow,
Down In the MOSES and knotgrass pressed,
Son aud warm, and full to the brim,
vetches leaned over II purple and dim,
With buttercup buds to follow.
Ipray you hear my song Of nest,
For 1t is not long
You shall never light in summer quest
The bushes among
Shall never light on prouder sitter.
iairer nestful, nor ever know
A softer sound than their tender twitter,
That wind-like did como and so.
1 had nestful once Of my own,
All happy, happyI!
Right dearly loved them, but when they
were grown


They spread out their wings to fly
Oh one after one they few away
Far up to the heavenly blue,
To the better country, the upper day,
And-l wish was going too.
Ipray you, what is tho nest to rue,
My empty nest!
And what Is the shore where stood to see
My boat sail down TO the west'
Can call that homo whore anchor yet,
Though my good man has sailed'
Can call that home where my nest was set,
Now all its hope hath failed,
Nay, but the port where my sailor went,
And tho land where my nestlings be,
There Is the home whore my thoughts are sent,
The only home for me


All me
Year: 1864

GENERAL HooKER.-The republicans are
making great noise and bluster about Fighting
Joe Hooker being in favor of the reelection of
Abraham Lincoln. We published few days
since despatch from our Albany correspond
ent announcing that General Hooker declared
himself in favor Of the election of Mcclellan
on the platform advised and urged by the
HERALD. That statement General Hooker ar-
thorized to be made. Since then the re.
publican leaders have made great fuss over
him, and, by pressing the idea that his presence
at a republican meeting would have a great
effect upon suppressing the rebellion, prevailed
upon him to attend republican meeting in
Brooklyn. But, when there, what did he say?
His speech was simply one for the suppression
Of the rebellion aud the restoration OF the
Union. Now, Mcclellan has in his letter Of
acceptance, placed himself on Is strong Union
platform as Lincoln. Hooker's speech there
fore, would have been just as appropriate at .
Mcclellan meeting. He made no denial Of our
statement. The fact of the matter is General
Hooker like the other generals Of the army,
is wrapped up In the idea of crushing out the
rebellion, and takes but little interest in who
is elected President. The republicans are
therefore making q great ado about a very
small affair.
Year: 1864

and the forging is complete and the shoes
ready to be packed and sent to market.
These machines require the attention of
only two or three men each, and the shoes
are turned out at the rate of eight in q
minute. It is intended to erect as soon
as possible, six additional horseshoe ma
chies, and when this addition is complet-
ed the works will be capable of turning
out about twenty tons of shoes in day.
About halt that amount is now made.


This manufacture of horse shoes by ma
chinery has grown up within a very few
years. Seven or eight years ago, when
the manufacture was first commenced, 1t
was considered doubtful experiment. 1t
was hardly thought that shoes coulc be
made by machinery capable of enduring
as hard service as those made by hand;
But the experiment has succeeded beyond
the expectations of the original movers,
and the establishment has grown in that
time to its present enormous proportions,
with a constant demand for its manufac-
lures beyond its ability to fill.
Year: 1864

Kissing in, producing very unpleasant
sensation upon the drum of the ears. of
which one was at once relieved by inspir-
ing and swallowing.


The vessel seemed perfectly under con.
troll, for we stopped when half way down
to the bottom, and raised the door on the
bottom Of the boat, but the air inside of
course prevented any water from coming
IN, not even enough to wet the soles of
our feet. One of the crew from your
city Improved this opportunity to dive
ou. ana come up on the surface of the
water much to the astonishment of the
spectators. lie afterward returned, en-
terlng the vessel from the bottom, when
the door was closed, and another rush of
compressed air came in, and we were on
.lle oeu oi the river, twenty odd feet un-
der water, this distance recurring an addi-
tlonal pressure to resist the water with the
open door. We could stand on the hot
tom OF the river and not wet Our feet and
at that distance under water could easilv
see to read by the light that came in at
the glass window. Bells ringing outside
were also heard distinctly.


To return to the rest OF the world on,v
few strokes of the pump are necessary.
the air rushed out of the bottom and the
boat was quickly on the surface of the
water. We moved with propeller easily
under as well as upon the water. and in
all respects worked so completely that its
success is undoubted
Year: 1864

Weep, oh, We clouds overhanging


Moan, winds that sweep over the lea!
Droop, flowers in your bright beauty blooming
And wall, oh ye waves of the sea!
Mourn for the one who has perished,


Who will never come back to me!
He was proud as the clouds dark and heavy,
He was free as the winds of the lea;
As fair as the flowers in their beauty.


And true as the waves of the sea;
Alas! in his glory he perished,


He will never come back to me-.
No Kind friends were gathered around him,
His ear heard no soft, loving tone;
He sank in the current of slaughter.


And the place Of his rest is unknown:
But he is now happy in heaven,


While I, on the earth, am alone
love thee. o banner of Freedom.


Yet dim is thy glory to me;
Twas bought with the life of my loved one,
And naught but his blood can see!
Alas! in his glory he perished,


He will never come back to me!
Year: 1864

farmer to secure his summer crops in ex-
cellent condition.


The hay crop is unusually well secured.
The grass grown in a dry season always
contains much greater amount Of nutri-
ton in proportion to its bulk than when
grown in wet one, and it may be regard
ed as true that one ton of the hay this year
will be equal to a ton and a half of such as
last year.


For the prompt and excellent returns to
the circulars by his correspondents, the
Commissioner tenders his sincerest thanks,
and hopes that, az the utility of their labor
will be, from month to month, more and
more seen, other recognition of the value
of their services will be made, and that the
gratitude of all will be accorded to them.


ISAAC NEWTON, Commissioner.
Year: 1864

out the regions Of the northwest, now
thronged with populations and the seat of
prosperous cities. He was born before the
acknowledgment of our independence he
saw the Union formed and the constitution
made he has lived to see both DESTROYED
by fanaticism and force. May he live to
see them restored again, and close his pa-
triotic career amid the regrets of united
people.
Year: 1864

Writing of sermons, did YOU ever make ors


at field preaching at the trent? If not. !


must give yeu a homely little picture saw
Yesterday, which by the calendar was Sun.
day. Blunderlng past rusty camp. the
tents stained and rent, came upon group
of about as many as met of old =" in an upner
chamber" and not officer among them,
unless it might be sergeant. They were
seated upon logs. aud the Chaplain was Just
leading off in a hymn, that hoated up and
was lost like bird in a storm, amid the
clash of bands and the rumble of army wag.
ons in the valley below. The Chaplain wore
hat with q feather in it, that he might have
been born in, for any evidence | saw to the
contrary; for, during the entire services,
praise, prayer and preaching, the voice came
out from beneath the hat with feather in It,


Perhaps it would have struck you as irrevay-
ent, but it may be that he feared the misf0l.
tune of the wolf who talked hoarsely with
Little Red Riding Hood, because he had
cold in his head. AT the heels of The Chap.
lain, as he preached, kettle was bubbling
over a fire, and soldier boy on his knees
beside it was apparently worshipping the
hardware. But he was no idolator. for all
that. since a closer look discovered him fish
ing in it f r sometling with fork Around
the preacher, bnt just out oil sermon range,
boys were smoking, darning, chatting. read
ing, having frolc; the voice of muleteer
came distinctly up from below, as he damned
| the hearts of his six in hand-for no team
ster | ever heard of was so wild as to swear


at mules soul; the passing trains of am


munition crushed the chaplain's sentences in


two, and now and then whistled truant


word away with them; but he kept right on,


clear, earnest. sensible-no matter for the
! hat with feather in it-and could not help
| feeling profound respect for the preacher


and the little group around his ct. The re.
suit of my observation Of chaplains is already
matter of record in your columns. but I
must say that have seen little reason to vary
my opinion, that there is no officer in a regi-
ment SO utterly useless as an inefficient chap
lain, ncr SO decidedly damaging as an un.
worthy one. Said prnfane Colonel to The
question '"What shall we do with that
rebel we have taken-he SAYS he is chap
lain?'' 81" returned the Colonel, keep
him, - him we are out Of Il chaplain"
Now, the doctrine of total deprovity ia E
good deal like the adverbial sink in the cid
time parsing; when we found L word and
did not know what to do with it, we called it
an adverb. So people are apt to credit an
evil to total depraviiy, when perhaps but for
them it might not have existed at ALL The
chaplain that Colonel was lust "out of
might have been good man, but he was a
good man out of place. He lacked-to bor.
row a word from the arti lersts-' the heavy
metal of character; did not carry guns
enough to inspire respect.-Cor. Chicago
Journal.
Year: 1864

The bill of fare. however, is varied.


We haye pork and crackers for breakfast,
Crackers and pork for dinner, and


Pork with crackers for tea.


think we shall have change next week
as the commandant has sent an order to New
York for barrel of pork.


When you write to me, inclose bunch of
radishes IN the letter. ~
Year: 1864

cause they cannot expose US to any suspicion
OF exaggeration.


With these data, it is easy to determine The


amount of mortgage which rests on any par
ticular farm by reason of the public debt If
the farm be worth 50. 900, It is mortgaged to
the governm ent for $4,000; if it is worth S4,
500, it is mortgaged $1,000 and in the like
proportion for any larger or smaller value
Nearly half of your farm is already gone four
years more of war would make the mortgage
to the public creditors about equal to its assess
ed value. Are you scilliag to prosecute the ex
pertinent OF freeing the negroes at this cost /?
By the time the experiment is completed, you
viii be as much slave as the negroes them-
selves. For in what does slavery consist, out.
in one mans Iaboring and a mother having q le-
galtitle 10 the fruits of his labor The slave
labors and the master pockets his earning You
labor, and your earnings, ali but small sub
sistenee, viii go to pay for the Injury of the
Emancipation proclamation Areyou so enam-
cred of this prospect that you viii vote for
doubling the present heavy mortgage which
the government holds on your farm Ponder
this thing well in Jour own mind; talk it O.
yer with your neighbors; and see If there is
any way OF getting rid of the conclusion that
a proportionate share of the public debt is
mortgage on yoSy property.-7He TForld.
Year: 1864

this universal expression Of patriotic attack
mcnt to the Government, and determination
that 1t shall remain one and lndiridble, the
commercial metropolis Of tho country should
make for herself the record which now dis
EI0ce6 the city OF New York.
Year: 1864

Drs1SKss No11cE-By referring to smother part
Of this papcr readers will perceive that there
is m opportunity TO procure one OF those splendid
Florence Sewing MacAfucs as present to their
fritDi1e
Year: 1864

The fact has recently been stated by q
writer IN modern novels and novelists, that
fow authors of fiction aitemp. to Introduce
into their works the character of a moth.r
Dickens has very few in the many yolumes
he has written. None of Miss Bronte's be.
ronos have mother and even Sir Walter
Scott and Miss Edgeworth rarely introduce
the character. "The heroiues of fctiops
have no mothers"


There arc of course exceptions. but thew
are raro. The simple, natural relations of
life furnish small scope to the inventive
genius of writer's who aim not 30 mnch to
instruct as to startle and amaze. No one
can have read novels without having had
the conviction forced upon the mind that
secresy and Misunderstanding, not to say
deception. underlie every work of fiction
By an outspoken word or candid ayowal of
the truth, the long drawn torturing array of
circumstances would m melt into DIR. and the
romance be turned into the reality of daily
life. This necessity of deception doubtless
has much to do with tho expulsion of moth
ers from tho pages of novels. The heroine
mustremain the victim of attentions and
sufferlngs from which no one has authority
or power to set her free.}


But still stronger cause for the omission
exists In the fact that heroine must be suf-
fered to act out, without restraint, those
natural impulses and wild passions of her
heart which any mother, however worldly.
would grieve to behold eIemplified in
daughter. Liberty of speech and liberty of
action are inseparable from the brillan, be.
roine Of sensation novel. She could ney-
er be subjected Cor moment to tho gentle
check of mothers presence and loving
glance. Thus the mother is dispensed with
as an element quite too dull and common
place to be compatible with popular taste.
Year: 1864

Truths like the following eau scarcely be
repeated too often. Young men, for the
most part, are but little aware of the danger
which attends the beginning of evil. No
ono becomes suddenly abandoned and prof
ligate. There is always gradual progress.
He begins with slight occasional departures
from recttude, and goes from one degree of
guilt to another, till his conscience becomes
scared. the vicious proponsities strong, tho
habits of indulgence fixed, and the character
ruined


Nothing is moro obvious than this con
nocsion between tho beginning and consum.
nation of evil +; und yet hardly anything is
moro difficult than to convince tho young
of its reality. In entering upon wrong
courses thoy have not the least expectation
or fear of tho dreadful issue. They mean
not to proceed boyond tho point of safety ;
and they have no doubt they can easily Of.
feet an escape, whenever danger appears ;
but, ore they are aware, they are arrested by
tho iron grasp of habit, and ruined forever.


Take for example the young man who
occasionally drinks to excess in tho social
circle he docs not draom that ho is enter.
Ing upon course which will probably end
in confirmed incompetence. lie means no
harm he says of tho sin, is it not little
one /; there can bo no danger in it. But
soon his bands are made strong, and ho be.
comes tho slave of a scottish vice.


Thus it 10 with all vicious practices-
llowevor slight at first, they tend, by a
strong and necessary impulse. to tho point
of utter depravity of priuciple, and ruin of
character. There is no safety but in guard.
ing against the first appearance of evil.
To step upon forbidden ground is to
throw ono's self into the power Of the do.
stroyor, and, if God iuterposes not to deliv.
or, ruin is inevitable. 1t was o wso saving
among the ancients, that tho way of vice
lies down hill. If you take but few steps,
tho motion soon becomes 80 impetuous and
violent that it is impossible for you to Ie-
sist it,
Year: 1864

The government has determined upon
organizing an immense cavalry force,
which shall be placed under mmend of
Major Generals. Not less than one hun
dred thousand strong shall our cavalry
number by next spring. They will sweep
everything before them. and reduce the
south to such a state of destitution as will
per force bring about desire for peace.
A powerful body Of cavalry, making a
raid into rebel territory and laying it
waste, will inAict an irreparable injury
upon the enemy, whose population has
been SO conscrip,ed that but few are left
to farm the lands. Destroy what these
lew have done, and there is not energy
and vitality enough left ia the rebel coun-
try to repair the damage done. 1t must
be apparent that these sudden attacks
can but be made by cavalry. Infantry
cannot move with sufficient rapidly to
enter a portion of country, lay it waste,
and then quickly move on to some other
field OF operation. 1t is only with mounted
men such result can be accomplished.
Next spring we shall be enabled. with our
great superiority of force, to crush the re-
belion totally, and not the least efficient
arm OF the service will be cavalry.
Year: 1864

EB A contemporary pertinently remarks
that the progress Of anti.slayery sentiments
in the border slave States seems at first
thought amazing, Yet it is in fact most nat
ura1 aid healthy. Now for the first time in
many years is there m opportunity for free
utterance of the sentiments really cherished.
Those, who were at heart opposed to the In
stitution Of slavery, could not proclaim their
belief and mike converts to It; they could
not even find out who shared It with them,
Suddenly the seal is removed from their lips
and they find that some whom they never
suspected Of agreeing with them, have really
always held views identical with their own.
And now as the confession runs from lip to
lip, the fire Of enthusiasm is kindlcd in their
hearts, md they announce their doctrines
with Ill the ardor Of new converts and preach
Them with the zeal and power which are well
nigh Irresistible.


But besides, the course Of events has now
for the first time fully awakened the inhabi-
ttal9tase IT, Of .the - Border States to perception
They see in the light Of the condagration It
has caused what hateful thing It is. They
hare started up as If from dream and asked
themselves why they never understood the
real spirit Of the Institution before, why they
never saw that it carried in itself spirit OF
essential snd irreconcflable hostility to those
democratic principles, on which our govern
ment Is founded. They have for the first
time clearly perceived that the material, no
less than the moral, and the political, and the
sotia1 interests of those States require its re-
moyal.
Year: 1864

A WOMAN was married in Boston the other
day. Three days after she began to mani
fest much dislike for her husband, stole
from his coat pocket pistol, hid it in her
stocking, attempted to withdraw it after
wards, discharged it, accidentally wound
ing herself in the leg, then got crazy, point
ed it at her husband, pulled the trigger and
shot another woman who entered the room
at that instant, in the nose. She then sub
sided
Year: 1864

DISLoYALTY WHAT IS ITf-The Gin.
cinnaIi Enquirer pertinently remarks -
THE charge Of disloyalty is about as. .ex
piicit as to say as large as piece Of
chalk DiSloyaIty! where is that crime
'deined3 We shall have 10 get new
political dictionary that will tell us what
is the nature OF the crime called diSloyal.
Unless we know what is meant by being
dsloyal, we may all be thrown in Jail for
the offense. viii some Loyal Leasuer
explain and deiine the term Z"
Year: 1864

CONsoElSG.-The large and often re-
peated calls made by Abraham Lincoln
for men and money, have at least oAs en-.
couraging point Of view. If the war is tn
20 on till the last man and the last dbl.
lar are taken, these large calls show rapid
progress towards the end. When the
men and the money lately called for shall
have been furnished and used Up, the
country must be pretty we'll exhausted.
The stock on hand is not abundant; and
few more calls for tive hundred thou
sand more will close the market The
demand is too heavy for the supply. II
is said that in some Of the Atlantic States
men have become prematurely old and
that cripples have increased at an amazing
rate; and as all such are exempt and the
young are passing away in Virginia,
Georgia and Louisiana, more calls must
speedily follow, and the last man will soon
be goner. Then we shall have peace.
Year: 1864

We have seen recently notices of large
purchases Of Government lands by Eas-
tern capitalists. Over a million scres in
Michigan are mentioned as having been
bought by some half q dozen persons.-
This exemphhes the ineompleteness of The
homestead law. At the present standard
Of our currency, the Government realizes
only about eighty cents an acre for these
lends. FQr this nominal sum they are mo-
GopOlized, bnd the settlement Of the country
retarded Congress should either double
the selling price, or stop the selling Of the
public lands entirely.


The time to do this is now, for inistions
Of the currency invariably cause land
Epeculstions, and this undoubtedly will
Il does not come so soon as speculation in
commodities, which are more available for
trade and transfer, but when it comes, the
momentum is likely to carry prices sbsve
the currency expansion, as we see il does
in some other articles whose rise has made
great spocuiaHons.
Year: 1864

vile for their appointment by the County
Commissioners.


The relief bill passed the House. 1t
goes back to the Senate for its CONCUR
renee in several amendments.


No great change has been made, other
than an addition to the State Tax Of two
mills and the County Tax Of one mill.


There is allowed City Tax Of half 3
mill.
Year: 1864

The Cincinnati Gazette, in an article
upon the withdrawal of Mr.. Chase from
the Cabinet, says:


a house divided against itself can not
stand. The Administration has been a
house divided against itself, and instead Of
seeking unity it has sought to play off one
antagouism against another. The fall of
this house involved the ruin of the coun-
try. 1t was necessary that a change
should be made And eTen il il is made
so as to throw out that which gave it po-
litical charaster, and to retain the worst
elements, it may be beneficial in directing
public opinion to the true responsibility. .


Chase saw that the house was about to
fall, and he quickly left it, leaving its 9th
er inmates to take their chances. He saw
day by day the pillars giving away, and
knew that crash was not far off.
Year: 1864

We arc informed that Lincoln will soon
issue a call for more men His calls now
average about one hundred thousand per
month. 1t will not take him over two
years at this rate to get the last man kill
ed. 1t is rather singular that although
the Administration press tells us that our
losses are triAing-that the President has
to call for his hundred thousand every
month"; Enquirer.
Year: 1864

The New York Express says the clergy
men of New Jersey and New York have
sent petition to Washington asking ex-
emption from the draft. 70 comply with
their request would be the highest of in
justice. They were in a great degree the
authors Of the war, and they have been
the loudest in shouting for its continuance.
They have fairly howell for blood. In
stead of being exempted, they ought all to
be drafted ard put In front cf the battle,
and they should lead in every attack upon
the enemy's Works. 1t is mean and co W.
ardly for them to ask an exemption. while
they are anxious to see every body else
drafted and slaughtered E1 :hange.