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Year: 1862

the Holy Spirit comes to US. If He breath
81 upon our hearts. we live to do good.
Let US obey this Spirit. and all good will
De ours at last, though we gain it little by
l'tt'e. Christiea Observer.
Year: 1862

the happy spirit that inspires it. The
sourest temper must sweeten in the atmos-
phere Of continuous good humor. As well
might fog. and cloud, and vapor, hope to
cling TO the sun ilumined landscape, as the
blues and moroseness to combat jovial
speech, and exhilarating laughter. Be
cheerful, always. There is no path but
will be easier travelled, no load but will
tighten, no shadow Oh heart or brain but
will lit sooner in the presence Of a deter
mined cheerfulness. Ii may, at times. seem
difficult for the happiest tempered to keep
the countenance Of peace and content, but
the difficulty will vanish, when we truly
consider that sullen gloom and passionate
despair do nothing but multiply thorns, and
thcken SORROWS. LII comes to us provi-
dentially as good-and is good, if wa
rightly applied its lessons; why not then,
cheerfully accept the ill, and thus blunt its
apparent stingl II we are i'll, let US be
cheered by hopeful visions Of better for
tune--if death robs US of the dear ones, let
US be cheered by the thought that they are
only gone before to the blissful bowers
where We shall all meet 10 part no more
forever.
Cultivate cheerfulness, if only for per-
sonal profit. You will do, and bear every
duty and burthen better by being cheerful.
It will be your consoler in solitude, your
passport and commentator in society. You
will be more sought after, more trusted and
esteemed for your steady chesrfulness.


The bad, the vicious, may be bolsieronsly
gay, and yugarly humorous. but seldom or
never truly cheerful. Genuine cheerful
ness is an, almost certain index Of happy
mind, and pure good heart.
Year: 1862

We wish some two writer's and expert
menters would agree upon the proper treat
ment Of Irish potatoes-just two, SO that we
could have a majority in favor Of some one
plan. The best we can do is to repeat what
we see in the way of actual experiment
Here IS the result Of trial:


ct. Nj. Carr, Of Lafayette, Indiana, re-
lates in the Ohio Cultivator an experiment
on that subject. He was stopping with a
friend, whom he found planting potatoes.
covering lightly. say two or three inches
deep. and advised deeper covering. His
friend thought not, but allowed him to COW
er row his own way. Accordingly, Mr..
Carr picked out the largest potatoes. (his
friend had cut them up quite fne. and
dropped row, covering six or eight inches
deep. This row did not come up as soon as
the rest, but when the plants did come. their
superiority was manifest, as far as you could
see them and they kept ahead through the
season, and at digging time told the whole
story. yielding two or three times as much
as any other row."
Year: 1862

nures. plant it in corn. The second year
SOW it in oats. with twenty pounds Of clover
per acre. Cut the growth Of clover about
the first Of June. and plow under the second
growth early in September. and sow with
rye. If this crop winter we'll, let it mature ;
if not, plow it under in the spring and again
plant corn. BY this time the soil will have
gained much strength. and the crops will
have paid for the labor of first improvement,
so that you may seed it to clover again with
prospect Of success. IL the cultivation Of the
corn shall haze been after the fiat" system,
the seed may be put in with light harrow
in the month Of July. By the time it germi-
mates and shows itself, the corn will be large
enongh to shade it from the hot rays Of the
sun. and it will be sufficiently established
before winter to resist the cold. Cut off the
corn stubs as soon as the ground is sufficient
" frozen, and in the spring put on The
rollers.


This method has been tried and approved.
but il any Of our readers know better, let
them speak. Southern Field and Fireside.
Year: 1862

THERE is no malady of deeper Importance,
L either in medical or moral point of view,
to which the human family is more liable, than
that arising from impure connections.


AS medical man it is the duty Of every Ply.
sician 10 look at disease as it affects health and
life, and his sole object should he to mitigate, as
far as in his power, their bodily suffering. Iin-
man nature is at best but tral; but all are liable
to misfortune


or all ills that affect man, none arc more terri
BILE than those of II private nature. Dreadful as
it is in the person who contracts il, frightfu as
are its ravages upon his constitution, ending fire.
quently in destruction and q loathsome grave. it
becomes Of sti\l greater Importance when it is
transmitted to an innocent offspring Such being
the case how important 1t becomes that every one
having the least reason to fear that they have
contracted the disease. should attend to it at once
by consulting some physician, whose respectable
ity and education enables him TO- warrant n safe,
speedy. and permanent cure. In accordance with
this necessity, DR.. Young feels called upon to
state that by long study and extensive practice,
he he's become perfect master Of all those diseases
Year: 1862

Now we are all engaged in this controversy,
in this contest, and my prayer and wish is that
we may act together as one man, and have q
definite policy from the Executive that that
policy may go before our army, that ever.v
man who takes q musket in bis hand may
know as he goes into battle, that he hiss the as
surance of his country to stand by him in an
affirmative policy, and TO make the disloyal
mans property subject to his wants, and to aid
in defraying the expenses of the war. Then
we shall have a system, and viii show to all the
nations of the earth that we are yet Govern
ment and that there is yet power, frmness and
nerve enough to punish rebellion.
Year: 1862

Is it dangerous thing to give the President,


if necessary to save the life of this nation, the
power 10 arm privateers2 What right have
you to call in question the conduct of Great


Britain, or any other Government, in suppress
sing q rebellion within her limits What
right have they to call in question our conduct
in suppressing rebellion here? / am willing
to trust the Executive of this country. re-


marked to gentleman three months ago that


this Government could have we'll afforded to
pay f2oo, 600 for the capture of those two ves-
! sels-the Nashville and Sumter-twelve
months ago. repeat it is not dangerous
power; and hope the Senator from Iowa
will again call up his bill, so that / at least
will have the pleasure of voting for it. 1t ia
/ just as essential in time of war that the Gov
ernment of your country should have the
power to issue letters Of marque and reprisal
IS 1t is to pass confscation bill. Our COM
merce has been crippled vessels have been
detached from the naval service just on &C
Year: 1862

Have you right to ask three hundred thoa-
sand men to come into your army while vac
cilating councils prevail2 / want the soldier
of my State, when he falls upon the battle
| field, to know that disloyal men are to be pun
ished; want him to know that the Govern


ment for which he is dying is to be preserved.
| If we have not the boldness and frmness of
purpose, how can we expect the soldier to ex-
ercise the courage that belongs to him2
Year: 1862

INTERESTING FROM NEW ORLEANS.
Arrival Of the Marion with Two
Days Later News.
The Negro Question Again q


Source OF Trouble.
Correspondence Of Army officers on


the Subject.
Letter from General Butler to tho


Secretary of War.
SUCCESSFUL EXPEDITION TO PASS MANCnAC.
Year: 1862

LIGHT BAGGAGE.-Our soldiers at the West
are learning from the rebels how TO travel with
light baggage. The late order reducing army
baggage does not trouble them much. A lette


from Lagrange, Tenn, mentions "an Illinois
cavalry regiment where every man is provided
with two little pockets in his jacket, one OF
which is for salt and the other for pepper.
Each man also carries with him small sack
of two or three pounds of flour. When they
camp for the night the nearest corn-feld sup
plies them with thousands of small bake-ovens
in the shape of corn husks. Each man pro-
cures an ear of corn with the husk still on it


the husk is slightly parted at the top to allow
the fingers to be inserted the ear is twisted
around several times until it breaks loose al
at the bottom, and is then drawn out leaving
the husk clean and complete cup. In this
the -four is mixed and seasoned, and after
closing the top of the husk again it is buried
in the hot ashes of the camp fire for half an
hour, after which it is withdrawn and the
charTed husk pulled off, disclosing fresh, hot
roll. Whether one man is detailed to carry
with him on his horse the coffee and coffee pot.
for the regiment, / did not learn but if so
that is their only baggage. Encumbered witt
no other equipments they remain out on
scouting EXPEDITION several days at time.n
Year: 1862

THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE" Owing to
circumstances over which we had no control" "
we ascertaned about nine o'clock last even
ing, much to oT disappointment, that We
should not be able 10 procure the Message com
plete in time for our paper this morning. The
electric fluid" refused to do its regular duty
the latter part of the afternoon and early
part of the evening upon the New York line,
and we were obliged to submit. We con-
cluded. under the circumstances, that our
readers would be better satisfied with our reg
ular war dispatches and such synopsis of the
Message as we could procure, than with
fragment of the Message and no other dispatch
es. The only consolation we can find in the
matter is that we shall be able to give th'
Message IN our next in more perfect shape
than we could have done by telegraph las
night had we then been able to procure th'
whole of it,
Year: 1862

w The Wheeling I'steUigencers says heavy
elipment fanny goods WIS made last Wednes-
day from the Government store house, on
board the steamer Victor, bound for the Kan
awha region. Among the goods shipped was
q lot Of four thousand rubber blankets.
Year: 1862

t Judge Sample Orr Of Springfield, No.,
WHO made the run for Governor Of his State
in 1860, and Was narrowly beaten BY the now
dcposcd traitor Claib. jackson, announces
that he is prepared to run for the ofiee again
next fall, if The people manifest desire to have
him do SO. He says he Will not stand in the
way Of other men, or cannot consent to d.
vision of the Union vote, and be will only ac-
cert an election as the upnistakablc choice
Of the people.
Year: 1862

Our AGAIN.-We are glad to welcome the
Portsmouth Va. Transcript upon our exchange
list again. After slumber of several months
it has again appeared. 1t is small bat hand
Some, and we heartily wish it a long and pros
porous life
Year: 1862

The story IS told Of a girl at Bangor, Ne. !,
who presented the interesting spectacle Of
ehewing gum during the ceremony Of her
marriage with her beloved II isn't quite 10
bad as the man who stepped to ths window
in the midst Of the ceremony which was
making him double, and relieved himself OF
tobacco juice.
Year: 1862

We are permitted TO publish the follow
ing private letter, from member of the
Senate of Kentucky to a friend. 1t is a
plain story of the awful barbarity of the
rebels, from gentleman whose yeracity
none dare dispute:
Year: 1862

; Answers to Correspondents without per-
ceiving that they migla I've made the means
Of doing vast amount Of evii Thousands
of persons are willing 70 regulate their con-
duct, at the most critical periods of life, by
the advice of an utter stranger, and they
accept his Judgment d what is right and
what is wrong without hesitation or doubt.
A man accustomed to think for himself can
scarcely CONCEIVE the value and importance
VIII ch many persons attach to the opinion
of an unknown editor. He is taken COM
pletely into the confdsnse of his readers
they tell him of personal defects which they
would conceal from all others; they dis
close to him their secret troubles they
ma&e him at once their lawyer, their physi-
cian, and their closest friend. Papers which
WELD an influence like this ought not to be
overlooked by the student of social phe-
nomena. A few of them, as we have seen
take their subscribers oa~yery dangerous
ground, and seem to be Indifferent to the
mischief they may cause; bat the majority
and more particularly the really popular OF
the number, are not unmindfal Of the re.
sponsibiiiies they have undertaken, and use
their influence on the right side"
Year: 1862

ECONOMY OF THE CHINEsE.-It would
make celestial farmer groan in agony to
see the waste that goes on in European and


American cities. The sewers which take


the emptyings of waterclosets, and the gar


bage, into the rivers, which substances are


thence conveyed by the tide out to sea.


would be mine OF wealth TO him. Moth
| ing is wasted that can enrich the soil In


China. Every privy and barn-yard is care


fully constructed 10 preserve its ammonia


so that not thimbleful is lost. If such


things as weeds grow there, not fiber is


allowed % waste, but all are placed so as to


give out their nutriment to the soil. Such


thing is not known there at drainage for


cities. AS soon would Chinaman think


OF draining off his gold The fact is, our


farming operations are yet in their infancy.


ihe time is not far distant when the people


will wonder that our large cities sent ships
TO distant islands of the sea to bring home
manure in the shape of guano, when mill
IONS OF dollars worth OF better article
were constantly thrown away at heavy
expense at home. The Chinese, although
but half civilized, according TO our ideas,
excel in laborsaving machinery. They will
get tat on substances on which we should
siarve. They have now absurd antipathies
to reptiles, vermin, cats and dogs, or insects,
and will feast on diet which, though per.
haps really palaiable, would turn the stom-
ach of an American or European. In
California they thrive in places abandoned
by Yankee gold diggers. John Chinaman,s
long nails will claw out tiny specks Of gold
from the heaps of 'dirt" that the brawny
white digger has flung contempt,ously aside,
and he can thrive on the very scra,chinos
OF an abandoned claim. And if our Lake
Superior copper mines were as handy to
his country as California, he would thrive
there to, for it is well known that the long,
tailed race have secret process for sepa-
rating per centage of gold from copper ore,
and can ship II to Canton at a profit At
home, his wonderful industry conjures up
a maintenance out of slender means. He
was the first gardener, the first breeder of
fish in artificial reservoirs, the first to find
out how valuable were the pig and the
silk-worm. We do not know enough Of
Chinese chemistry to j-dge OF his progress
in that science. Whether he can extract
the beautiful aniline, the rosy magenta, the
delicate mauve, the oil of almonds. and
other delicate extracts, as we do from coal
tar, is questionable. Nor are we certain
that he can convert his dead horses boofs
into the royal Prussian blue. But vet.
wonderfully ingenious and persevering
fellow is John Chinaman, and he can prob
ably do good many things that we wot
not at present.
Year: 1862

THE AGE OF OUR EARTH--Among the
astounding discoveries of morden science is
that of immense periods that have passtd
in the gradual formation of the earth. So
even the appearance of man on the surface
OF our globe. that our own period seems as
yesterday when compared with the epochs
that have gone before it. Had we only the
evidence of the deposits of rocks heaped
above each other in regular strata by the
slow accumulation of materials, they alone
would convince us of the long and slow
maturing of Gods work on earth but when
we add to these the successive populations
Of whose life this world has been the theater
and whose remains are hidden in the rocks
into which the mud or sand or soil of what


ever kind on which they lived has hardened
in thocoursc ofsime, or the enormous chain,
of mountains whose upheava divided These
periods OF quiet accumulation by great con
vulsions or the changes of different ma.
tnre in the C nfiguraIions of our globe, as
the sinking of lands beneath the ocean. or
the gradual rising of continents and islands
above; or the slow growth or the coral
reefs, those wonderful sea- walks, raised by
the little ocean architects whose own bodies
furnish both the building stones and cement
that binds them together, and who have
worked SO busily during the long centuries
that there are extensive countries, mountain
chains, islands, and long lines of coast,
consisting solely of their remains--or the
countless forests that have grown up, -four
ished, died, and decayed 10 fill the store
houses of coal that feed the fires of the hu-
man race, if we consider all these records of
the past, the intellect fails to grasp chro-
nology of which our experience furnishes
no data, and time that lies behind us seems
as much an eternity to our conception as
the future that stretches indefinitely before
us.-AgassiS.
Year: 1862

WHY THE SOLDIER WAS HAPPY.-A
letter writer from Washington says: 1t is
astonishing to see how cheerful the wound
ed men are. Almost without exception
they are lively and garrulous over the Incl
dents Of the battle. The most of these gall
liant fellows are in the Alexandria hospitals.
though some are at Falls Church. One
man in an Alexandria hospital, who had
lost an arm, was one of the happiest fel-
lows, the night he was brought in, that /
ever saw.


/" You are in good spirits for wounded
man !" said stranger to him.


He locked up from his cot with smiling.
happy face, and replied


Yes, why shouldn't be happy?
have saved my life, and now / have got
something to show to my family as long as
1 live. My children won't be ashamed TO
have it known that l lost that arm fighting
for my country. No, sir / doubt if now
l would have that arm put on again. My
grandfather lost a leg in the revolutionary
war. Our family boasted of that for near
a hundred years. 1t was about time some
body else did something for the credit of
the family. The old story was getting to
be little too old /; aud now, sir, you see
that / am to be the hero of the family"


There was patriotism, pride of ckarac-
ter and philosophy from common soldier.
Year: 1862

A NARROW EscAPE.-0Tange or lemon
juice left upon knife or other piece OF
iron, will, in few days produce a stain so
nearly resembling that caused by blood as
to deceive the most careful observer, and
not many years ago, in Paris, man was
nearly convicted of murder, owing to knife
in his possession stained with what was
pronounced by several witnesses to be blood.
but afterwards discovered to be simply lime
juice.


Incidence ia stream which flows slow
ly on, but yet undermines the foundation of
every virtue.
Year: 1862

A Photographic counterfeit of five dollar
Treasury notes has been detected at St..
Louis. The Democrat, which describes it
as follows, says it is well calculated to de-
ceiYe:


Compared closely with the genuine bill
it was found to be about sixteenth of an
inch longer and the paper haTsher and
sitter. The signatures show more plainly
on the back of the bill than in the good
money, and the shading of the engraving
is heavier and darker. Other defects
would probably be disclosed on very crit
ical examination. It is likely these coun-
terfeits have obtained wide circulation
here and elsewhere; and it will become
necessary for the people to be little more
careful in handling 'greenbacks' than
they have heretofore been"
Year: 1862

A Washington dispatch to the Times says
that the friends of the Administration, in
reply to the oensures Of General Mcclel-
lan's partisans, confidently assert that the
Government is in possession of letters from
that officer, written during his Peninsulsr
campaign, admitting that the force under
his command was ample for the objects he
had in view. They also assert the exist
enee Of evidence that while he was seem-
ingly anxious to continue his operations
against Richmond from that base, he was
actually intriguing to be recalled; and
that he anxiously awaited those orders to
that effect against which he so vehemently
demonstrated when they were received.
Year: 1862

as security for advances, and they in turn
are secured by insurances at an extravs-
CANT premium, but with margin enough to
make themselves good.


"But it is to the Liverpool Southern As
sociation that the rebels most largely owe
whatever Of credit and resources they
possess in England. Liverpool is bitterly
and almost unanimously rebel in its sym
pathies, and throughout Great Britain this
pestilent seaport has exerted wide and
earnest influence against us. We are not
likely to forget it.


e. A fact concerning the Alabama deserves
to be stated. The American Consul at
Liverpool seems to have made every effort
to persuade the British authorities to pre-
vent her from leaving port on cruise
which all men knew to be piraticaL The
Government at last consented to interfere,
and the day after the Alabama had sailed
issued an order restraining her from GO
ing to sea"
Year: 1862

poets Ahead.


An reports from General Rosecrans' ar


my are favorable. A letter to the Cincin-


natl Commercial says:


g The troops have been pushed forward


as vigorously as possible under the circum-


stances have mentioned, and they have


been halted only because it was impossible


to feed them at points further in advance.


Every possible energy has been employed
in the reconstruction Of the railroad to
Nashville, and it needs but this to insure
onward movement. The first click Of the
battery which announces the re-opening of
railway communication, will be echoed by
answering manipulatiOns setting our le-
gions in motion everywhere l-


And letter to the New York Times
gives this assurance:


HWhen VIC crossed the State line an
hour ago, according to rebel edicts and re-
bel codes, we pressed the soil Of an enemy's
country; we left the lines of the United
States, and tore ourselves from the undis-
puted protection Of the flag Of our country
carrying with US only the glorious memo
ries that gather around it. The army
bears with us, however, our flag, which is
emblematic Of the power of the Govern
ment whose supremacy it is our mission to
vindieate and maintain. We have been
trihed with long enough by empty profess
sions and pretended friends. Tell your
friends that we are going south, and that
our business there is WAR, and that we in
tend to wage it with every appliance that
can be made available, till the flag of our
Union, with mot a stripeS erased nor
star obscured, shall float triumphantly over
all parts Of every State Tell them also,
that our leaders are worked up to all the
energy Of spirit that the interests of the
time demand. We are penetrating an en-
emy's country, or rather our own country,
where pestilent traitorous enemies live
and lord it over the land. We will no lon
ger be oajoled by promises and protesta-
tioDs. We intend to bring back the States !
to an acknowledgement Of the National |
Union. We intend to accomplish this at |
whatever cost it may require. Let those
who wish to die in the last ditch prepare |
to do so, and let them dig it wide, and |
deep and speedily. The people Of these re-
bellious States declare they never will |
come back into the Union. We can only |
say to them that we will bring the soil back /
into the Union, and il they prefer that it |
be fertilized with a little Of their precious
chivalrOus' blood tOliving on it under our |
avs we will give them an opportunity Of |
gratifying their preference
Year: 1862

The TwsnrT-NInth Regiment and What


II has Done.


The following private letter from
member Of the Fwenty-Nin,h, although
lengthy, win be Of interest to the friends
Of all in that regiment ss showing what
they have been doing for the past month