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Year: 1862

FoNTENELLE.-This distinguished author
stands out among writer's for having reach.
ed the extraordinary age of hundred
years. 1t was believed of him that he
never truly laughed or CT Q in the whole
course of his existence. The following
characteristic anecdote is told of him T.
Que day certain bonvivant Abbe came
unexpectedly to dine with him The Abbe
was fond of asparagus dressed with butter
for which Fontenelle also had great goat,
but preferred it dressed with with Old
Fontenele said for such friend there was
no sacrifice he would no make the Abbe
should have half the dish of asparagus be
had ordered for himself, and moreover, it
should be dressed with butter. While they
were conyersiug thus together, the Abbe
fell dow IN fit Of apoplexy upon which
Fontenelle instantly scampered down stairs.
aud eagerly called out to bis cook "The
whole with oil the whole with oil, as az
first"
Year: 1862

In the lonely quiet chamber


There's an empty cradle bed,
With print upon the pillow


Ofa baby's shining head.
'Tis fair and dainty cradle,


Downy soft with pillows white,
But Within the blanket folded


Lies no little form tonight.
Once the mother sat beside it,
When the day Yas growing dim
And her pleasant voice was singing
Soft and low a cradle hymn.
Now there's no more need ofsingiug
When the evening shadows creep,
For the cradle bed is empty,


And the baby gone to sleep.
Little head that used TO nestle
In the pillows white and soft
Little hands whose restless fingers
Folded there in dreams so soft
Lips we pressed with fondest kisses
Eyes we praised for puress ray
Underneath the churchyard daisies
They have hidden all away.
Alb, the empty, useless cradle
We will put it out of sight,
Lest our hearts should grieve too sorely
For the little one to night.
We will think how safe forever
In the better field above
That young lamb for which we sorrow
Resteth now In Jesus love.
Year: 1862

WATcH THEx-Persons who appear to be
well posted, says the Carson Age, state that
it would astonish the people of this Territory
if they could see at once the small army Of
thieves and desperadoes, of the chiEalry or
guerrilla style, who are congregating in this
place and the mining towns. One person has
intimated that he can see more of them in one
evening at Virginia City than he ever saw in
one night at San Francisco and what is
worse they are still coming, and the brains
are also around to lead them in house robbing,
burning, or the formation of guerrilla bands,
Our mining and other towns people cannot
be too careful. They may baye their honses
burned down over their heads some windy
night. This is the kind of danger we fear
here more than any other because, if these
scoundrals should form guerrilla bands they
will find that others can take q hand at that.
Year: 1862

Very bad symptoms which, u not corrected may tend
to some serious disorders Of the heart or other vital
organs Eat moderately Of Solids take sx Pills nightly
crate exercise and the human machinery will be quickly
restored N health and ygoE Try this but for three days
only, and the result will be marvellous.
Year: 1862

In Connecticut they find use for almost
everything. An old lady in that State is col
leeting all the daily newspapers she can lay
her hands on, to make soap Of She "says
they are desput sight better than ashes
they are as good as clear he
Year: 1862

" lN afraid that you do not practice much
selfdenial,' said minister 10 a pretty girl in
Newport. " I'm sure l do" said she, g for
every day fall in with handsome young men
whom want to kiss most sadly. but DENY
myself that pleasure"
Year: 1862

FACTS WORTH KNowING.-To tell a
woman's age-fnd out when she was born
and then figure on it.


To prevent being thrown from horse
ride a mule.


To " draw a lottery prize-put it on a
hand sled.


To prevent being sleepy in church-stay
at home.
Year: 1862

Drifting away


Like mote on the stream,
To-day's disappointment
Yesterdays dream;
Ever resolving


Never to mend;
Such is our progress


Where is the ends
Whirling away


Like leaf in the wind,
Points of attachment


Left daily behind,
Fixed to no principle


Fast to no friend;
Such our fidelity:


Where is the end 2
Floating away


Like cloud on the hill,
Pendulous, tremulOuss
Migrating still
Where to repose ourselves
Whittier to tend 2
Such our consistency:


Where is the end
Crystal the pavement,


Seen from the stream
Firm the reality


Under the dream:
We may not feel it,


Still we may mend:
How we have conquered,
Not known till the end.
Bright leaves may scatter,
Sports of the wind,
But stands to the Winter,


The great tree behind
Frosts shall not wither it,
Storms cannot bend:
Roots firmly clasping


The rock, at the end.
Calm is the armament,


Over the cloud;
Clear shine the stars, through
The riffs of the shrOud;
There our repOse shall be,
Thither we tend;
Spite of our wayerings


Approved at the end.
Year: 1862

progress it would have been Balls Fluff re-
enacted on large scale. To Providence,
therefore, and to the failure Of the enemy's
vigilance and enterprise as much as to the
prudence of Burnside, is the ultimate safety Of
the army due.


1t must be said in favor of this commander
that he is an inexperienced young general, and
too much ought not to have been expected from
him. 1t was not his fault, but his misfortune,
that he was ordered to lead such an army He
felt conscious Of his ioferiority to tho able and
experienced chief whom be succeeded and it
was with extreme reluctance that he accepted
the post He did Che best he could and he is
, not 30 responsible for what has happened as
those who appointed him, after removing q
tried general in whom the whole army had
bouDdless confidence.
Year: 1862

THE FINANCIAL Asqacr or THE CABINET
CRISIS Nobody believes that the botching up
OF the disruption in the Cabinet is more than
temporary. 1t is like the rallying OF the doomed
sick man before his fnai dissolution. Pubic
opinion is stronger than the Cabinet. and the
Cabinet will soon have to 60 the way of all
flesh. The crisis therefore, still continues, ard
can only'be solved by the final breaking up of
the Cabinet, for it has lost the confidence Of
TIE country, and ssltpetre cannot save it. TIE
financial considerations involved in the ap-
pointment Of the Successors Of the present
imbeciles are of the gravest character, aud
ought to have decided influence on the Presi-
dents choice.


The radicals intend to return TO the charge
against Mr.. Seward as soon as the present ex-
element subsides but whether il will suhside
remains to be seen. If they succeed IL forcing
him out of the Cabinet and causing other va
cancies in order to have them filled up by such
men as Sumner, Wade and Fessenden, the war
for the Union would be soon brought to a dead
halt for want of the means TO carry it on. The
bankers and moneyed interest in the large cities,
who are practical men OF business, have no con
fdence in the radical faction, and will not lend
money to be placed at the disposal of visionary
fanatics, TO squander it recklessly, and with it
the lives Of thousands Of brave men without
accomplishing any legitimate object Of the war
The faction have already so mismanaged the
finances entrusted to them that, according to
their own showing, the nation is ON the verge Of
bankruptcy, and they have so mismanaged the
war itself, both in its political and military u.s.
poets, that capitalists will be very reluctant to
invest their money in any enterprise conducted
by such destrnctives.


Theresare no men Of brains among 30 narrow
minded a faction. A Cabinet capable Of stoer-
ing the ship of State through the roaring break
ers which surround her must come from diffe-
rent quartcr-from men of experience, men Of
large and enlightened views, whose heads are
not filled with one idea to the exclusion of
every other. The materials Of any Cabinet that
is to save the country from impending ruin
must be constructed from the conservative ele-
ments in the republic. To continue the radi-
Gals Of the present Cabinet, therefore, in power,
or to replace them by other revolutionary radi-
calls, will be equally unsatisfactory to the
bankers and men of capital. and cannot fail to
result in such financial embarrassment TO the
government as will arrest the progress Of the
war, from lack of sinews to make it move.
Year: 1862

THE RESIGNATION OF SECRETARY CIIAsE.--The
resignation or Mr.. Chase as Secretary of the
Treasury is under the circumstances, like q
pickpocket shouting stop thiefr' The seeming
desire to resign il all feigned on bis part
There is no other man who has done 80 much
to bring on the present crisis ss Secretary
Chase, who really controls the War Depart
ment, General Halleck and the generals in the
field. by his forcing the mischievous radical
measures of his fanatical faction in the Cabinet,
and by devoting his attention to intrigues In
other departments of the government, resulting
in their Encouragement and failure, while hs
neglected aud mismsusged his own department,
causing financial disturbance and panic. he has
produced the .Jssssco which resulted in forcing
the resignation OF the only man in the Cabinet
who conducted his department with credit to
himself or advantage to the country. The we'll
dissernbled resignation OF Mr.. Chase would b.
bread farce were not his whole career In the
Cabiney 80 sragical and the consequences Of
his continuing In II 40 likely TO lead to greater
disaster. The tender Of his portfolio to the
President Is like what trial by jury has been
for the last eighteen montbs--''a mockery,
oelusion and snare"
Year: 1862

B9~Thc Peace Society of London has issued an
address to the people of the United States, urging
that the time has come when attempt should be
made to arrest the destructive conflict that is now
being carried on. 1t deprecates any interference
with American affairs. but such as would prove
acceptable to Americans; but says Surely, the
idea of friendly meditation may be entertained
without any derogaticn of national dignity" 1t
argues that there only two alternatives to issue
out of the war-either the utter extermination Of
of the parties to it, or some form of accommoda
ticn and compromise between the contendiug sides
1t asks ais it not better to have recourse to the
latter at once before the feelings of the North and
South become hopelessly infamed with the most
bitter animosity and vengeance ?"
Year: 1862

n0- A correspondent of the Washington Star,
speaking of the conduct Of some of the people of
Maryland after the Confederate Army Withdrew
from Frederick City, says:


'That there exists strong Union sentiment in
Maryland, Capt. David says that there can be no
doubt After the rebel army left and the Federal
army had entered, farmers came in voluntarily
from all sections Of the country around, aud gave
information as to the whereabouts of the Con.
federates-That moro to the point, snd best
evidence of their Unionisn, they told the truth in
every instance. The citizens of Frederick City,
too made preparations to receive aud entertain
the Federal soldiers the best Of their ability,
and spread before them such food as they had,
and had water ready to aIlay their thirst. All
the stores that had been closed On the approach
oftke Secession Army were opened TO the Unlonsts,
and the only question that appeared TO concern
the people whether the Union army strong
enough to prevent the Secessionists from retakug
the place"


I'VE do not think MARYLAND will belong the
Confederacy and there's no use of fBssing about It,


A CONSPIRACY The New York Herald has
discovered conspiracy among politicians of the \
Abolition stamp to depose the yirtuons aud
patriotic Lincoln, and place John G. Fremont at
the head of affairs. We venture to predict, that
if they could succeed in their purpose the Herald
would be the first toswing lis hat for the newcomer
and help Abraham with hearty kick into tbq
obscarity Of private life. That there will be
conspiracy in the North some day or other "a
depose the Washington despot, we 90 not doubt
for the fresh succession of dsappointments and
disasters, which inevitably awaits the proaigat
Administration of the United States, cannot fai
to bring his demented subjects to their senses
Their only road to deliverance lies in the over
throw of the caba which is exhausting them
their blood and treasure TO carry on scheme
subjugation, which is impracticable, and whio
none but men whose reason had been completel
driven from its throne by furious passions won!
ever have attempted.
Year: 1862

must be greatly improved. 1t is very suitable,
however, to coarse fabrics and With coarse fabrics
we must be content until such time as America
sends her produce here again, or the cotton cf
other countries improves in quality as well as in


awe have shown how small is the prescott
stock of cotton, and, looking to the immediate
future, the prospects is gloomy in the extreme


Chief reliance is placed upon the supply of
Surat Sorts butit is nos by any means encourag,
ing to find that the total quantity from this
source now aasat and me way to England is
only 10000 bales more than il was at this time
last year, being 100000 bales against 300,O0 in
1861 From no other source can the deficiency
now indicated be made up, save with time
Assuming that the American crop is not released
and allowing for the probable supplies from every
other quarter, competent authorities estimate that
during the next six months there will be only
sufficient cotton to admit of the operatives having
two days work week, and this is upon the sup
position that not single bale will remain in stock
at the end of that period.


The latter anticipation, Of course. will not bs
literally fulfilled, but there is too much reason 10
apprehend, as we have already hintac, that the
pressure the cotton manufacturing districts will
become yet more intense. A well known Man.
chester firm have given public expression to an
opinion that it's severity will be the greatest dur
ing the autumn and winter months, from October
to February next"
Year: 1862

KING Abraham has returned to Washing
ton after spending two days and nights with
the Yankee army. The "lIerald," in speaking
Of The visit, says:


There il; reason to believe that this visit ol
the Chief Executive and Commander III -chici
Of the Army and Navy of the United States,
will work Immense benefit to the whole Of
the country, and will bring about decisive
victory for the Union army, much sooner
than the most sanguine anticipate, and, in
deed, much too soon to suit the sinister tic.
Sans Of those who are willing to sacrifice the
Union to their peculiar political prejudice.
Year: 1862

You must commend the poisoned chalice. not
to the Yankee armies only, but to those who
employ and send forth those armies to the
work Of subduing our States and ext"r'nina-
ting our people. Strike home! Boldly strike
It is our only safety.


If there be- any who fta: that, by adequate
measures Of retaliation. we shall provoke q
dire revenge and bring upon our people still
greater suffering, that is a
Year: 1862

THE ARMY MORE SENSIBLE THAN CoNoREss.--
The abolition journals are trying to get up q
sensation because the Hutchinson band Of abo-
lition nigger singers were turned out of the
camps on the Potomac for singing abolition
songs Our soldiers are more sensible than
our members Of Congress The gallant boys Of
the army understand that they are to fight for
the Union and The constitution, and will No
Year: 1862

WANTED IMMEDIATELY AT WAsBINGToN--A few
more enlightened, practical men, like Repre-
sentative Alley, of Massachusetts,, who was the
first member of Congress to exhibit any common
sense or practical knowledge in regard to the
financial necessities of the country. Any one
furnishing few such men can have half dozen
Year: 1862

at his Store, on Main street, next door to Bank Of
Smyrna, and that


Euery article is Fresh and Genuine and Of the Best
Quality that be procurcd each being selected er
PressIy for Physicians Prescriptions and Family


is his determination to sell everything in his line
at tho lowest price.


His connection with the best wholesale houses in
Phlladel phia and New York will enable him to do
so; he therefore respectfully soleits the Public Pat
ronage, VII CHI by strict personal attention business
and an accommodating disposition, it shall ever be
his study TO deserve and appreciate.
Year: 1862

The HONEYMOON BR1GApE - The New
York Express gives the following as a COM
munication


Deuteronomy, twenty Fourth chapter, fifth
verse When a man hath taken new wife,
he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be
charged with any business, but he shall be
free at home one year, and shall cheer up his
wife which he has taken


Its of some interest to newly married young
men TO know whether Governor Morgan viii
ignore the higher law" and compel them to
so TO the war
Year: 1862

Mr.. WALKERS LETrER.-We are glad to see
that Mr.. Walkers second letter. which no
clearly exhibits the blightiug effects Of slavery
upon the interests Of Maryland, is being copied
by the newspapers of that State 1t will give
their people facts and views to which they
would turn deaf ear il urged from Republi-
can sources. The mad dog cry Of Abolition
has heretofore kept Maryland aud the whole
South in profound igaorauce of almost every
thing which 1t was most their interest to know
But the day will break at last after the longest
night


There is one part Of Mr.. Walkers letter
which ought TO be copied by every Northern
paper. We refer to his testimony, not merely
to the practicability Of raising all the staples
Of the South by free white labor, but 10 tn,
immense superiority OF that species Of labor o
the South over negro slave labor. Mr.. Walker
promises to elaborate this point more fully
hereafter The old formula, mo slaves, w
cotton" will be likely to be pretty roughly
handled before Mr.. Walker gets through with II
OF course, We entirely Disagree with Nj
Walker In his opinion that the immediate abo
li,ion Of slavery will injure either the North O
the South. We cannot expect him to g


right all at once. He Is making good prt


gress. however, and is doing a good work.
Year: 1862

In extent, Java is about seven hundred
miles in length, and 1T varies from eighty
TO one hundred and forty miles in with.
Its area is less than twenty thousand
square miles. The face of the country is
more or less broken by mountains, but
the soil generally is rich and productive
The products are rice, sugar, coffee, pep
per, spice and a profusion of the finest
tropical fruits Coffee Is cultivated to as
great perfection as IN almost any other
part Of the world 1t grows upon large
bushes, and the grains of coffee are found
two IN berry about the size and shape
of our common plum. The skin OF the
berry is about as thick as that ofthe plum,
and the color when ripe, pale scarlet


The bush is very productive Every
branch is loaded with the berries, which
grow two in place, on the opposite sides
of each other, and about All inch an1 a
half apart When ripe the SKIN bursts
open and the grains of coffee fall out up
on the ground; but more general way
is to spread something under the bush and
shake the coffee down. After the outer
skin is taken off there remains a kind of
husk over each kernel which is broken
OH (after being well dried in the SUM by
heavy rollers The coffee after this, needs
winnowing in order to be freed from the
broken particles of the bush. 1t has been
said bv some writers that one bush with
another, will not average more than
pound of coffee.


Black pepper is also raised to some ex-
tent on the Island of Java but Sumatra
which lies just across the straits is by tar
the most celebrated for this commodity.
Her pepper is, perhaps, the finest ana
most abundant of any country in the world
Black pepper grows on a vine very much
like our grape vine. 1t grows and looks
when grown, very much like cur currants
There is this difference, however the cur
rant has each its own distinct stem, but
the pepper has not, each grain grows hard
on to one common stem, just as each grain
of Indian corn does on the cob. The col
or of the pepper when first ripe, is almost
a bright red, and changes to the dead
black by being exposed to the heat of the
sun.


The white pepper is nothing more than
the common black with the skin taken Off
1t is first soaked till the skin bursts open,
which is then rubbed off and the grain
dried. The white is not considered so
pungent as the black though it is nicer
and more expensive, as more labor is nee
essary in order to prepare it-.ScientJfc
iHlertcdn-
Year: 1862

We are yet without paper sufficient for
q whole sheet None 10 be had in Galena
or Warren We have winters supply
somewhere on the road between this place
and Beloit, which we hope viii be here in
time for next weeks issue, but as every
thing pertaining to this world is uncertain,
we may be again disappointed, though we
have the assurance Of the Express Com
pany that it viii be on hand. Supposing
we were sure of receiving a supply in
season, to accommoda ate friends we lent a
part of our paper on hand, and others than
ourselves have been disappointed We
have done the best we could, and as angels
can DO no more we hope TO be pardoned
for the failure to come TO time


We give all the reading matte; IN this
half sheet that we have room for.
Year: 1862

CoHBAT BETWEEN A HawK AND A SNAKE
We have been informed of singular
combat that tcok place in Pelham \. H.,
a few days since between a hawk and
blaak snake. Mr. Tristan F. Palmer,
while walking in field in in Pelham,
came upon hawk and black snake ID
a life and death struggle From appear
ances the hawk made descent upon the
snake with the expectation of making an
easy prey of it but the result was fatal TO
both The snake was firmly held IN the
talons of the hawk, which had managed
get n coil around ono wing and one leg in


such a manner as to prevent the bIrd from
disengaging itself, but the snakes body
had been picked and torn by the hawk,
whose head and neck were at liberty. Ap-
parently the hawk stood the best chance
of winning the fight, as the snake appear
ed to be pretty nearly used up but the
struggle would have proved fatal to both
had not the gentleman put an end 20 1t by
dispatching the combatants. The snake
was #. 10 in long, and unusually heavy


for its length. The hawk from tip to tap
Of the wings measured exactly the same.
Year: 1862

UBrouIrY OF REBEL GESERAL--The
war correspondents are just now very
busy in ascertaining the whereabouts of
Stonewall jackson The movements of
that most erratie Of chieftains gives them
a world of trouble No two Of them a
gree as to where he is-whither he is go
inc-or what his intentions are He IS
made to occupy half a dozen points a. the
same time; to travel from place to place
faster than steam or lightning; to appear
at all sorts Of impossible places at all sorts
of impossible times; in short, to realize
the boast of Puck, that he could put a
rirdle round about the earth in forty min
utes. albany EreIsing Journal
Year: 1862

HThe Louisville Journal says the TO-!
lowing sensible things: a


There is class of men in the loyal
States, who, not daring to come out squar
ly on the carrying out of the war for the
suppression Of the rebellion constantly
assail the war-tax with every representa-
ton and falsehood they can invent Their
endeavor is to excite fierce popular OPP
position to its payment They wish TO ren
der it as obnoxious as possible, and thus
bring out its repeal They know that if
it be repealed, the United States Govern
ment viii be without the means of prose
cutting the war, and then their favorite
Governm ent, the JEFF Davis monarchy,
the remorseless and limitless rebel despo-
tism, will accomplish its whole purpose,
North as well as South. This class how
ever is small one, and is daily diminish
ing. 1t cannot withstand the intelligence
of the masses. The war tax is a necessity
On the whole, its provisions are judicious
and are the best probably that can be
done. Upon the great producing classes
of the country it will not bear heavily
Those whe make assaults upon it are for
the most part as much traitors in heart
and intent as their brethren who are open
ly in arms under the rebel flag