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Year: 1864




No MORE DIvoRCEs.-The Washington
Territory Legislature have "Resolyed" not
to grant any divorces the ensuing winter
A Memorial has also passed both Houses
praying Congress to amend the Territorial
Organic Act so as to deprive the Legislature
of the power to grant divorces. The Act
will, no doubt, be SO amended the present
session of Congress. Persons who have an
eye on prospective matrimonial alliances, had
better consider we'll their chances of making
permanent and agreeable matches, before
they take the final STEP as procuring divor-
ces hereafter is likely to be difficult mat
ter We think this step of our Legislature
good one, and mainly for the reason that
it will induce proper consideration on the
part of those who are Sin the Market" to
form no 'entangling alliances with the
view of getting divorce in case matri-
mony might not prove as pleasant as ex-
pected 1t will not only induce greater pre-
caution before marriage but it will also have
a tendency to Cancellation in domestic broils
where heretofore in some cases, the first
thing thought of was relief by the easy
means of divorce. And, any way, it seems
to be subject that should be left entirely
with the civil courts, where all the testimony
in these cases, pro and con, can be heard
and passed upon. 1t not unfrequently hap
pens that divorces are granted in legislative
bodies where the plea of but one party is
heard, and when the testimony is Of the
most trivial character.
Year: 1864

A slight mistake was made day before yea
terday in one of the hospitals at City Point,
which caused autter among the patients. A
wounded solder was pronounced dead by .
surgeon, aud the ward master caused him to
be put in his coffin for burial.


The brethren OF tho Christian Commission
attended the remains to the grave, opened the
c. fin, and were proceeding with the burial
service when the soldiers hand was observed
to move. On closer examination IL was dis
covered that life we not extinct. The fatigue
party detailed to bury the poor fellow refused
to "iet up on him." saying they had orders To
bury the party and must do II.


The humane gentlemen Of the Commission
intimsted that they "would make q corse Of
him" who should attempt to bury the man be,
fore they were satisfied he was dead, and he
was carried back TO the hospital. The surgeon
who ordered the burial was called for. who still
contended that the man was dead, and the
movement Of his fingers was q muscular con,
traction sometimes observed In defuuct bodies


Other surgeons, however, discovered pulsa.
ton, and the man lived till the next morning
when he was buried. Our informant says tht
case is to be reported to the proper officers.
Year: 1864

who love them, and who. would arrest the
government in its efforts to destroy their
power. -7n


There will be no step backward in this
matter. The vote for the government, as
indicated in the recent state elections, will
be increased at the Presidential election.
Everything win tend to secureits increase.
The evidences of reasonable designs in
some of the western States, the late man
ifesto of the rebel President, in which he
confesses that the fortunes of his sham
government are desperate, the growing and
glowing certainty of federal success, all
will tend to bring the soldiers to the side
of the government, and to the support, for
new term of power, of him who repre-
sents the government and the policy in
which they fight. In the meantime, the
political faith of the army wilhhave a glo-
rious effect at home. II the men in the
field believe in putting down the rebellion,
and are willing to risk their lives In the
dangerous service, certainly those at home
would be inexpressibly mean to refuse to
stand by them. The soldiers stand by the
government and stand by us. Let us
stand by the soldiers, and make it sure
that the sacrifices they have made for the
country shall not be lost, or bartered away
for the advantage of corrupt party.
Year: 1864

country enAll not Dc lost, or Dartereo away
for the advantage of a corrupt party.


IT has always been remarkable in the
politicians who abused Clay and Webster
as long as they lived, and who have prais-
ed them ever since they died, that they
are more fond of publishing what these
great men would have said than what
they did say. This style of quoting has
the great advantage that the men who
make the quotation can adapt it to the
exigency which demands it, and are not
troubled by any necessity for yerifcation


The sentence attributed to Mr.. Web
ster about the "infernal abolitionists" a
phrase remarkably Websterian, was un-
fortunately located by the inventor, who
placed it in the 7th Of March speech.
OF course it was not found then and of
course Mr.. Webster never made any such
coarse remark as his posthumous friends
put into his mouth. This, however, is
what he did say, in his speech at Buffalo,
in 1851: eE


"If the south want any concessions
from me they wont get it-not hairs
breadth of it \ never would consent
that there should be one foot of slave ter
ritory beyond what the old thirteen
States had at the formation of the Union.
Neverl neverl The man can't show his
face to me, and prove that ever departs
ed from that doctrine"


So of Henry Clay. The men who are
fond of bringing up his great name as a
reproach to his friends, who supported
him all their lives, and who believe that
they.are faithfully following his teachings
in their support of the Union, do not quote
what he did say, but are profuse in their
declaration of what he would say. Now
Mr.. Clay did say this, and we prefer to
accept it as as his belief, rather than to
take the Interpretation ofthose who always
hated him. In 1850, in reply to a speech
from Jefferson Davis, Mr.. Clay said:


"And now, sir, coming from a slave
State, as do, 1 owe it to myself, owe il
to truth, owe it to the subject, to say
that no earthly power could induce me to
vote for specific measure for the intro-
duction of slavery where it had not be-
fore existed, either south or north OF that
line. Coming as / do, from slave State,
it is my solemn! deliberate and well mat
ured determination, that no power, no
earthly power shall compel me to vote for
the positive introduction of slavery eiths
er south or north of that line"


And again:


"But, if, unhappily, we should be inr
volved in war, in civil war, between the
two parts of this confederacy, in which
the effort upon the one side should be to
restrain the introduction of slavery into
the new territories, and, upon the other
side to enforce its introduction there, what
a spectacle should we present to the as
constituent of mankind, in an effort, not
to propagate rights, but, must say it,
though trust it will be understood to be
said with no design to excite feeling
a war to propagate wrongs in the terrific
ries thus acquired from Mexico. 1t would
be @ war in which we should have no
sympathies-no good wishers; in which
all mankind would be against us; for from
thecommencement of the Revolution down
to the present time, we have constantly
reproached our British ancestors for the
introduction of slavery into this country
Year: 1864

A SINGULAR INCIDENr.-The Boston
Gazette tells the following story:


Twenty years ago gentleman of this
city resolved to remove out West, aud
started for his destination. In New York
he stopped at second class hotel, and
while there he was robbed of a purse
containing some $4,000 in gold. Ia the
course of his peregrinations he was sue
cessful, and had forgotten all about his
loss, having accumulated handsome
property. When the war broke out he
was too old to enlist, but feeling patriot
ic, he offered his services to General Lo-
gan, and acted as Quartermaster to a
brigade. One night, on the march,
the army arrived at small town in
Southern Alabama, and according to or
ders he took possession of the inn for
general headquarters


While talking with the landlord he
discovered that he formerly kept hotel
in New York, and, upon pressing his
inquiries, found that he was the iden,ic
al landlord Of the house in which he had
been robbed. In the course Of the even.
ing he arranged a mock court martial
and brought the landlord before it, charg-
ing him among other things with the
robbery. Much to his surprise the land
lord confessed the robbery, and he had
his choice to restore the money or die at
sunrise. The man received his priuci.
pal, aud all the interest the landlord
could afford to pay, in gold, which the
gentleman invested in United States
I 3 10 notes.
Year: 1864

SLOW GRINDING Quite a number of years
ago there lived in AndToseoggin county, Maine, a
man by the name Of L.. He was farmer,
stage-dryer and hotel keeper, and was blessed
with a large family Of boys Among them was
the hero of our yarn lde was the name that he
was best known by. lie was lean, lank and
scrawny--aways on hand to run errsndS and do
chores generally One very hot day in July lde
was sent off about three miles to a mill, with
large lot Of grain to be ground. Unluckily for
him, there was quite quantity in before be got
there, so that it was late 10 the afternoon before
they got to work on lde's lot. The water was
low, consequently the mill stones revolved mther
slowly lde was hungry, and bis inner man grew
uproarious, and looking up to the miller, he says :


Uncle Reub. can eat that meal faster than
you grind it"


"Ah, my boy, how long could you do it p


Nhy, I'LL | starved 10 death said lde.


Uncle Reub says that be never got such shot
before
Year: 1864

A renowned New York clergyman lately
preached long sermon from the text - Thou
ar, weighed in tho balance, and found want
ing" After the congregation had listened about
an hour, some began to got weary aud went out ,
others soon followed, greatly to the annoyance
OF the minister. Another person started, where.
upon the parson stopped in bis sermon and said
/" That is right, gentlemen, as last as you are
weighed, pass out" lie continued his sermon
at some length after that, but no one disturbed
him by leaving.
Year: 1864

The Sth Wisconsin regiment has never carried
any colors, but in their place have carried a
living American eagle, mounted on perch
borne by the color sergeant IL has been once
wounded and was sent to the hospital for treat
ment with one of the color guard as an attend
ant The noble bird has never manifested any
disposition to desert their eagle.
Year: 1864

piles of brushes. Where we would sup.
pose that all vegetable life must be ami
halatsd this powerful agent appears to call
into existence a new and distinct vegete-
ton. Similar in many respects are the ef'
tects produced by draining. | cannot Pur-
sue this subject, so full of interest so preg-
nant with philosophical and scientific re-
search.


The application Of these truths to practi-
cal agriculture is striking and important.
If in the great labratory of nature results
like those have described are produced by
the agency of air, light, and heat may we
not rely on the influence Of these elements
on agriculture, direct and powerful when
aided by human art2 These results clearly
establish or rather corrOborate one great
principle in husbandry. 1t is this: the
value and efficacy of opening the soil, but
may they not also create or animate in it
additional and unknown elements Of fertil-
ity9 Deep plowing, aided by sub-soiling,
can best, and, indeed, it is the only exPedi-
ent to subject the land to these influences.
The farmer may thus render nature in
new form subsidiary to his labOrs.


have only space to present one other
idea. We all recognize the amazing effects
on most soils, produced by the application
of gypsum. The mode by which it acts is
mysterious and inscrutable One agency,
it is generally admitted, is derived from
its affinity to the fertilizing gasses borne in
the atmosphere. Docs not tho light al
fordcd by the facts and the results we have
afforded BY the facts and the results we
have examined afford another theoryl II
the elements in their natural operations
produce effects so extraordinary, is it moi
probable that the subtle and powerful &C.
ton Of gypsum may excite and vitalizC
properties in the earth, that arouse dormant
fertilizing principles, which impart to vege'
tation an influence which produces such as
tonishing efectsl


These views have long occupied my
mind, and | submit them to the thoughts
and observation Of the agricultural commu
nifty, in the hope that they will animate in
quiry and observation.
Year: 1864

An Acr for the prevention and punishment Of


frauds in relation to the names Of vessels


Be IL enacted By tie Senate and House Of Rep
reseatdtires Of tie United States Of Ameriea IN
Congress assembled, That every steamboat Of
the United States shall, in addition to having
her name painted on her stern, as now required
by law, also have the same conspcuously placed
in distinct, plain letters, Of not less than six
inches in length, on each outer side Of the pilot
house, if 1t has such, and Gin case the said boat
has side wheels) also on the outer side Of each
wheel house; and if any such steamboat shall
be found without having her name placed as
herein required. she shall be subject to the same
penalty and forfeiture as Is now provided by
law in the case Of vessel Of the United States
found without having her name and the name
Of the port to which she belongs painted on her
stern, as required by law.


Sec 9. And b 10 further enacted, That no
master, owner. or agent Of any vessel Of the
United States shall In any way change the name
Of such vessel, or by any device, advertisement,
or contrivance deceive, or attempt to deceive,
the public, or any officer or agent Of the United
States Government, or Of any State, or any
corporation or agent thereof or any person or
persons, rs TO the true name Of such vessel, on
pain Of the forfeiture Of such vessel: Pr0rided,
That this act shall not take effect until the ex-
piratiOn Of sixty days from and afler its pas
sage.
Year: 1864

WHEN the rebels invaded Pennsylvania
year ago last Summer, Gen. Mcclellan
privately expressed that our army would
be defeated and that he would be sum
moned to the field to save the National
Capital. But he proved as bad prophet
as he was bad General The victory of
Gettysburg was won, Lee was sent howl
ing and limping back to Virginia, and the
hero Of the Chicahominy Swamps was left
undisturped to the "inglorious ease" to
which a righteous popular verdict had
CONSIGNED him.
Year: 1864

NoTE THE FACT that the emancipation
policy is vindicated by the rebels The
rebel Governor Allen, as late as Septem-
ber 26th, wrote to his Government "The
time has come for usto put into the army
every able-bodied negro man as a soldier.
He caused the fight, and he will
have his portion of the burthen to bear.
| would FREE all able to bear
arms, and put them into the field at once :"
Cannot Mr.. Lincoln do for the Union
what the rebels want to do against it ?
Year: 1864

THE strongest evidence We have yet
seen that Gen. Mcclellan is a military
failure was his selection as their standard
bearer by the champions of Peace. Had
they wanted man who knew how to fight
they would have selected some such men
as Grant, Sherman or Farragnt but
wanting a man who had conscientious
scruples against furnishing traitors, they
instinetiyely turned to "Little Macn
Year: 1864

GENERAL MCCLELLAN must have very
poor opinion Of Sheridan The young scape.
grace, instead of resorting to gunboats or
other safe places for shelter, goes square
into the fight himself he should be cashier
ed l. and probably will be when Little Mac
becomes Commander.in-Chief But what
a very old man Sheridan will be when that
happens
Year: 1864

edge it at once? Why not show our lead
ers that we know that we are whipped as
we'll as they do? President DaUiS Uir-
tually acknowledges this fact; so do tie
Secretary Of War and the Secretary of
the treasury What use is there for Us
to contend against dead currency an /
an empty cOmmissay in the face of the
best army ever marshalled for Combat?
Think of these things, fellow-soldiers,
and decide what shall be yOur course.
We hare made up our minds to go home
as soon as our time is out!


MANY SOLDIERS"
The italics and capitals are the au-
thor's; the punctuation is mine. have
the original copy in my possession.


Z. S. SCOUT.
Year: 1864

T HAVE DISPOSED OF MY STOCK OF GRO
L ceries, Produce, &c, as find that 1 cannot.
nor can any one else, do justice to themselves and
their shippers when they buy, for it is natural
that they will sell their own goods first As
have many shippers, l will hereafter confne my
self strictly to the
Year: 1864

GA youth asked his fathers sanction
10 his project of marriage. The old gentle
man requesting his son to pray win hiin'
srayed that if the match was against the Will
of the Lord he would throw obstacles IN their
wav and make it impossible The son IN
terrupting cried, 80 Lord, don't you do it;
for must have her anyhow"
Year: 1864

s9r A story is todd Of deserter who
has glass eye, which he used to take
out, when he wanted to get discharged,
or when after running away, he wished
to avoid detection. lie enlisted and left
the service twelve times, and will now
leave it for the last time, as he is to be
shot.
Year: 1864

The above Is the title of an interesting little
sketch printed on the first page of to-day's pa
per, which gives an inkllng of the patriotic
devotion Of one OF our Florence Nlghtingales
to our soldiers on many fields throughout the
war The name of Mrs. Almira Fales will re-
cur to-day to a number of the members of the
old Sixth Massachusetts regiment, for 1t is the
anniversary of the day when their Baltimore
wounded were placed in hospital in this city.
Year: 1864

~ Do the public remember the part
Gen. Lane took in the Impeachment Of
Geo. s. Hillyer, first State Auditor ;
and how the Lane papers abused every
nan who did not howl a. loudly as they
did Hillyer j, now q clerk in the
War Department. At Washington, which
position Lane procured for him, as he
said. to atone for the ,srong be had done
him and Hillysr is writing letters to
Kansas. telling hew all the great men
Of the nation are opposed to an election
for Senator in Kansas, this Winter
Year: 1864

The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows Of
Indiana is in fourishing condition,
Notwithstanding the fact that many Of
its most active and efficient members
are in the army, and the calls on its be-
nevolence have been heavy. There are
nearly two hundred effective lodges,
with an aggregate contributing member
ship of over eight thousand.
Year: 1864

Two years are supposed TO elapse be-
tween the third and fourth chapters Of
this original American romance


A manly Mormon, one evening, as the
sun was preparing TO set among select
apartment Of gold and crimson clouds
in the western horizon-slthough for
Year: 1864

THg GREAT TwENTY-I INcH Gun, aboutwhich
so much has been said of late, and which it
was feared would be too heavy to be trans
ported on the trucks which had been prepar-
ed for it, has finally been taken safely from
Pittsburg to Philadelphia, us appears by the
following from the Philadelphia Enquirer


1.-THE monster Union gun, recently east at
Pittsburg, and about which so much fuss has
been made in the newspapers. arrived here
Yesterday by railroad. and was housed in the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad workshops. A large
number of people visited the gun during the
day; and it formed the staple for conyersa-
ton all over the city. The bore is twenty
inches in diameter, and the whole weight of
the gun is one hundred and sixteen thousand
four hundred and ninety seven pounds, (ll6,-
497 lbs.l The mammoth trucks used in the
transportation of this gun. were constructed
by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, at
their Altoona shops. 1t was at first thought
that no trucks could be built strong enough
to bear the immense weight of the gun but
the fact of its safe arrival here is a sufficient
refutation of the assertion. 1t will 20 to New
York via the Allentown route day."
Year: 1864

THE CANPAIGN.-Already has the cam
paign been opened in some of the lower eoun-
ties, and preparations are being made for a
pretty thorough canvass of the different Con-
gressional districts by our nominees. We
hope the State Central Committee will see to
it, in making their arrangements, that we
have more speakers from abroad, in this part
of the political vineyard, than we had last
year. We can roll up heavy majority, it
is true. but it can be increased by the calm
and sensible discussion of the important
questions involved in the contest before US.
Year: 1864

BRASS BANp.-We learn that the mem
bcrs of the Lyon Light Infantry Co. are tax.
ing the preliminary steps for the organization
of brass band, and that they have it in
contemplation to give party early in Octo-
Der, the proceeds of which are to be appro-
priated to the purchase of the necessary
instruments. We are glad to notice move
in this direction, as a good band is not only
a military but social necessity. Dae notice
of the time and place of the party will be
given
Year: 1864

The literature of this day-so far, at least,
as novels, serials, sketches, etc, go-might
be classed under the head of uncomfortable.
No one ever rises from a work OF fiction,
written by living popular author, feeling
placid and content. Only now and then are
any of the purer emotions awakened. AS
general thing, to do them justice, sensation
writers keep up a certain feVerish interest,
and WELD the pen in manner which makes
one wonder why they do not do better things.
But, nevertheless, the perusal of modern
novel has generally the same effect that
might be supposed to arise from six months
residence in a jail, and confidential conver-
sation with its worst inmates Bigamy is
always introduced with PLAUSIBLE excuses.
Mothers commit such strange crimes as the
murder of their infants and the conceal
ment of their eldest sons, to spite their hus-
bands To assassinate is as common as to
breakfast; delicate maidens have furious
conflicts with ferocious bandits to whom
they have been previously welded, and fling
them over precipices. Revenge is prime
virtue, and the best character in the book
has always placed himself in the power of
IHe MOIsV-OHe Wy OHO OOAIAlSoAOn VI SO
terrible crime When one rises from the
literary feast it is with mental indiges-
tion, owing to the consumption Of too many
horrors, heavy as lead, and unrelieved by any
such light food as a pure woman, man of
principle, or an ordinarily honest person
who would not mruder his dearest friend for
the sake of fortune, title or revenge We
say again, the literature of this day is un-
comfortable, and calculated to inspire the
rising generation with the belief that theft
mot of spoons, perhaps, but certainly of
Wills is commendable, murder excusable,
revenge virtue, and an unfaithful wife
highly praiseworthy person, providing she
has the excuse of being jealous without rea-
son, and that all faults lesser or greater, may
be expiated by suicide.
Year: 1864

The hills are bright with naples yet,
But down the level land
The beech leaves rustic in the wind,
As dry and brown as sand.
The cluods in bars of rusty red


Along the hill-tops glow,
And in the still, sharp air the frost
Is like dream Of snow.
The berries of the brier rose


Have lost their wounded pride;
The bitter-sweet chrysanthemums
Are dropping heavy-eyed.
The cricket grows more friendly now
The dormOuse sly and wise,
Hides away in the disgrace


Of nature from mems eyes.
The pigeons IN black wavering lines
Are swinging toward the sun,
And all the wide and withered fields
Proclaim the summer done.
His store of nuts and acorns now


The squirrel hastes to gain,
And sets his house in order for


The winters dreary reign.
Tis time to light the evening fire,
To read good books, to sing
The low and lovely songs that breathe
OF the eternal spring Carey.
Year: 1864

THE Paleontologist finds no trace in ma
ture of the golden age of the world of
which the poets delighted to sing, when all
creatures lived together in unbroken peace,
and war and bloodshed were unknown. Ev-
er since animal life began upon our planet,
there has existed, in all the departments of
being, carniverous classes, who would not
live but by the death of their neighoors, and
who were armed, in consequence, for their
destruction, like the butcher with his ak and
knife, and the angler with his hook and
spear.-Hugk Miller.