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Year: 1864

TERMS OF PEAcE.-In his ultimatum, ad-
dressed fto whom it may. concern, Mr.. Lin
coin lays down the abolition of slavery as one
of the terms of peace2 Where did he get his
authority for this? What section of the const-
tuition authorizes it2 When was the war for
the Union transformed into crusade against
slavery2 By what right does Mr.. Lincoln pre-
sumo to say that the emancipation Of negroes is
as much the object of this war as the restora-
ltion of the Union What party sustains him in
this view of the case If the South wish to
come back into the Union with slavery, what
party will dare oppose their return The Nor
thern people care nothing about slavery. What
they wants the Union. Who will refuse to let
them have that when the rebels offer to lay
down their arms IN. T. Herald.
Year: 1864

The Grafton delivered by Judge Thos. Russell
before the city authorities Of Boston, on the 4th
of July, is a production that is worthy ofthe in
tellect and the heart of this distinguished and
rising jurst Unlike the teachings of too many
of thepublic men Of the day, Judge Russell-dis-
carding passion and prejudice, and looking
with a calm eye of reason and philosophy while
his bosom beats with the enthusiasm of patri-
otis disposed to award that justice to a large
portion of his fellOw-citizens, which, by many


is denied them, and he administers a rebuke to
those shallow and noisy brawlers who cry
shaitor' and 'disloyal to all who do not bow
down to their narrow ideas Of party and of
government On this head, he says with great
force;


"Itis no part and no proof of loyalty to1 de-
nounce as traitors those who only differ from us
as to the true method of crushing the rebellion
Within the limits of devotion to the Union
there is room for wide difference of opinion as
to measures and men. Is it wise or Just to an
nounce to the South and to foreign nations that
the North is almost equally divided between
Unionists and rebels; that the great State of
Pennsylvania can only giyeaslendervot against
treason; that it needs sharp contest, every
Spring to decide whether New Hampshire is for
rebellion or against it, and that no one is quite
sure on which side the State of New York now
stands? No; reason with your neighbors; tell
them, if you think so, that their course threat
ems ruin to the country; convince them if you
can; vote them down if you can; but do not
lightly bring the charge of treason against those
whose whole hope in life is bound up in the
preservation of the Union


know at these views may not altogether
acceptable Wholesale, denunciation is cheap
er and easier and more popular But if 1
should fail to say this-if should seem to de-
nounce as disloyal those who have given their
blood or the blood of their children for the Union
! should lack the approval of one voice, without
which the applause of the world is altogether
vanity.
Year: 1864

lawyer wrote ''rascal" in the hat of broth
er lawyer, who, on discovering it entered com
plant in open court against the trespasser, who
he said, had not only taken his hat, but had
written his name in it,
Year: 1864

fairs of the Continent beyond our concern. We're.
monstrated to purpose as the OF documents
shows and not without eff ct either the results have
proved. Austria aud Prussia have given promises
of moderation and perhaps the conference have sug
gesteG will produce nearly good settlement would
have been attained after seven years war. Still, we
admit that this policy makes but poor show only
we wish 1t to be observed that such is its necessary
character 1t is unavodaby open to taunts sarcasms
and sneers


When man who will not fight except under irress.


ble pressure, interteres in quarrel and wishes the
combattants to accept his judgment, we know what
words he is likely TO get But this Humiliation"
such it is, s the inevitable incident of such policy
as we have chosen 1t could not be escaped. We can
not at the same time eschew force and speak with the
voice of command. We cannot at once cling to peace
and dictate to Europe. We cannot combiLe the posi-
tion of France with the policy OF England We may
have which we choose of these but we cannot have
both. There is the whole plainly stated. II the
readers OF the Opposition mean to say that they ii
they bad been in power would have gone to war; they
are propounding distinct and tangible policy. We
do Sot even say that the policy would be an unpopular
one, for there is good deal OF pugnacty in when it
comes TO the push. We only wish it to be under
stood what this policy would cost u.s. and that it can
not be adopted except at that price.-7imeS, March
Year: 1864

WHERE is the feet OF war vessels that left New ork
the 10th going to after it leaves Fortress Monroe
That and another matter is about the most impoHaut
that has turbed up in a day Or two. The other is
whether GRANT IculIy at Chattanooga, with the an
kee army OF the Cumberland be is reported to be-
1t snot that any great Importance attaches to GRANTS
presence because Of any abilities he possesses but be-
cause his presence with either army as It's immediate
commander, would Indicate the point of first attack
and that against which the formidable force of the
enemy is 10 be hurled.
Year: 1864

FIVE dollar NOTEs-lt is great pity that Congress
made distinction between the fVes and denoni
nations of the old issue. only prooDg the trouble and
keeps the currency and unsettled. 1t now
Just four weeks since the first OF April and already
dollar bills will not pass at par with the new issue.


There has been trouble bother with them the
named four weeks than could possibly have
imagined Instead Of accommodation they have
Cd o4t to be plague and curse We trus. the treasury
Year: 1864

From communication, by Gen. II.
Harmon, of Whcatland, in the New York
Chronicle we extract the following:


Farmers would find it much to their in.
terest to pave the floors Of their horse sta.
blcs, their cow and wagon houses, and their
hog pens, with small stones. For horses,
stone floors are more favorable than wood,
as when they stand on wood their hoofs
become Try and hard, and are moro liable
to break, while they do not hold the shoe
as well. Stone floors well put down will
last an age, whereas wood soon decays,
and many a fine horse has been lost thereby.
Some farmers may conceive that stone
floor is hard to build and keep in order,
but this is not the case. have stable
floors that have been down thirty years,
which arc now as good as when laid, and
hog pen floors that have been down twenty
years, and in spite of the hogs roofing,
they have not raised one stone. Yet these
floors were not put down by professed
paver-l laid them with my own hands.


The stones used In paving should be from
four, to ten inches in length. Before laying
them, get the ground INTO the shape you
wish the floor, and cover it with three
inches of sand. Commence laying the
stones on the side under which the manger
or rough is to be, going through with one
course, and then following with one another,
II the stones are not round, they should be
set on the smallest end with little slant
and in laying the larger ones, scoop out the
sand so that the top Of the stones are even
After having finished laying, 60 over the
whole surface with mallct, pounding thC
stones down until they are so solid thai
they will no longer yield to The malIet
Then cover them with fine sand, and aitel
this becomes dry, sweep it from one sid
to the other till every crevice is completely
filled. Thus you will floor that will las
as long as any man may desire.


For horses, the floor should begin t
drop off five feet from where their fore fee
stand, and gutter should be formed SO a
to carry off all liquids. If the floor il
well laid, it will soon become SO tight tina
liquids will not sink into it. For cows
four feet is sufficient for the level. If th,
floor is of The right descent, and the gutter
are dropped four or five inches, it will tent
much to keep the animals dry and clean.
Year: 1864

Concerning the tate of feeling in the South. the
testimony of one who has had such an experience as
Capt Hubbard, and who has observed with keen
intelligence recognizable by any who converse with
him, is worth having, lie says that the masses of
the Southern people have lost not one jot of heart
hope confidence or resolution, If anything thoy
arc more sanguinc Of success than ever Ignorant
infatuated and dcludsd by their leaders, they look
upon each retreat of their armies rs Il temporary
yielding of territory for stratogys sake, to be speed
lily recovered with interest They talk of Atlanta 5
taking sherman, instead Of sherman taking ATTAIN
Ia, They regard their independence as already
achieved and do not dream of peace except upon
its recognition
Year: 1864

Step ont into the purcst air you can
End; stand perfectly erect, with the head
and shoulder back, and then fixing the
lips, into the lungs. When the chest il
about full, raise the arms, keeping them
extended, with the palms of the hands
down as you suck the air, so as to bring
them over the head just US the lungs arc
quite full, Then drop the thumbs inward
and after gently forcing the arms back


ward, and the chest open, reverse the pro


cess by which you draw your breath, I'll
The lungs are entirely empty, This pro-
cess should be repeated three or four times
during tie dsy. 1t is impossible TO des-
oribe to one who has never tried It the
glorious sense of vigor which fellows the
exercise. 1t is the best eXpec.orant in the
world, We know gentleman, the meas
ure of whose chest has been increased
some three inches during as many months
Year: 1864

Das> a waggish chap whose vixen wife,
by drowning, lost her precious life, called
out his neighbois all around, and told
them that his spouse was drowned, He
knew he SGd the very nook, where she
ha d tumbled in the brook. And he had
dragged along the shore, above the place
mile or more, Above the place the
people cried.


Above the place the man replied. of
course you don't suppose I'd 60 and waste
my time to look below. I've known the
woman quite a spell, and learnt her FASH
ions very well alive or dead, she'd go,
l know, against the current anyhow,
Year: 1864

A rebel lieutenant, brought here from City
Point, Saturday, took the oath of allegiance,
but 1t was evident that he sympathized with
the rebel Confederacy Notwithstanding. He
frankly confessed that the reason why he had
given himself up was that he knew the cause
of the South was doomed-that they had neither
men nor money enough to hold out much Ion
ger. He says that Lees army can only dis.
play a single file on the same length of line
formerly occupied by double llcs.
Year: 1864

II you want suit Of good clothes the
place to get them is at sam Pcrry's, orpo-
site the Post Office. He has Il large stock
Of ready made clothing on hand, and also
makes to order. He keeps ar immense
stock of everything pertaining to gents
furnishing goods, and when You cannot suit
yourself by looking over his extensive as
sortment, there is 10 use going to any fur
ther troube-it is not in the city,
Year: 1864




WE are often troubled with severe
coughs, the result of a cold of long stand
ing, which may turn to consumption and
premature death.


Hard coughs cause sleepless nights, by
a constant irritation in the throat, and a
strong effort to throw off offending mat
ter from the lungs.


The remedy propose has been tried
by myself, and often Recommended to
others with good results, which is simply
to take into the stomach before retiring
at night, piece of raw onion, after chew
ing. This esculent in an uncoOked state
is very healing, and tends to collect the
waters from the lungs and throat, caus-
ing immediate relief to the patient. Sill
ced onion in the raw state, will collect
poison from the air, and also from the
human system when taken internally, or
externally applied to the arm pits.


Another good remedy is to take an
ounce of loaf sugar placed in cup, add
just water enough for the sugar to absorb
without dissolving it. Add the same
quantity of sweet or olive oil in its pure
state, as of sugar in bulk. AS the cough
continues, take half of a small teaspoon
full every five hours, day and night. Be-
fore using stir well the compound each
time. This, strictly followed, will cure a
violent cold of long standing, and taken
nights is a great relief to those who are
afflicted with the asthma.


Solo. ". JEwETT.


-CguRtrv Gentlemen.
Year: 1864

In the ancient town of Messina there
once dwelt a poor cobbler-poor but hon
est, and possessed with the love of good
order and justice in very eminent de-
gree. .a


Such a man as that virtuous cobbler
must have had rather hard times of it in
Messina, where good order was luxury
unknown to the oldest inhabitant, and
where Justice lay ever by the wayside in
a drunken slumber, with her broken sword
beside her, and her improperly regulated
scales dangling from the unoccupied glib
bet hard by.


And so the poor but honest cobbler Of
Messina was cut to the heart, day after
day, as he saw the most atrocious crimes
perpetrated with impunity Assassins,
who we're openly recognized and respect
ed as such, swagger fearlessly in the most
public resorts of the city. Young and
innocent girls became victims to the un-
bridled license of the wealthier citizens,
by whom they were abandoned to roam
the polluted streets. In trade there was
no law save that Of monopoly. The poor
laboring man had no chance to better his
condition. Public plunder was the prin-
cipal occupation of the ministers of the
government, who became rich at the ex-
pense of the POOR.


Long pOndering over this lamentable
state of things, the virtuous cobbler of
Messina conceived the idea of constitu-
ting himself the reformer of the abuses
under which the people groaned. He
would take the place left vacant by JUS
tice when she toppled off into her drunk
en- sleep. His mission should be to de-
liver society from the knaves and murder
ers who were a scourge and a terror to it,
but be had no idea of accommodating
them with the conventional courtesies of
formal arrest and trial: such civilities,
he maintained, would have been thrown
away upon the like of them, the only law
for whom was one admitting of no de-
lays.


In view of his proposed reform, then,
the cobbler Of Messina instituted a sys-
TEN of what our police call piping" the
knaves and swaggerers whoruled the city
He possessed himself fully of the facts
connected with some crime or act of in
justice, and, as soon as he had fully es-
tablished in his own mind all necessary
Year: 1864

proofs against the perpetratOr OF 1t, ne
lay in wait for him, and shot him dead
with an arquebus specially purchased by
him for the purpose, and carefully loaded
with handful of bullers, so as to make
sure work. .ta' .'


This done, the cobbIer of Messina re-
turned to his home, with the clear con-
science of the man who has done a good
deed. Had he just been accessory to the
death of a rabid dog, he could not have
been more self-complacent Justice was
regenerated in his person, and there was
yet hope for Messina.


About fifty of these prompt executions
had taken place in Messina, and people
began to make remarks about them, be-
cause the dead men we're, for the most
part, connected with the most respectable
families of the place. Then the chief
magistrate thought that it was about time
for him to take some notice of the matter;



but as every exertiOn on his part failed
in throwing any light upon it, he at last
offered a reward of two thousand crowns
for the discovery of the assassin or assas-
sins who had thrown so many respectable
inhabitants of Messina into mourning
He stated in his proclamation that free
pardon would be extended even to the
perpetrator himself, if he would only
come forward and confess his crimes. On
learning this, thecobbler, who was good |
deal furried lest the wrong man might
come forward and cut him out, hurried |
to the residence of the chief magistrate,
with whom he requested the pleasure of
a private conversation. The audience
was granted, and the cobbler thus address
sed himself to the bench


You see before you the executioner
of the fifty high-born criminals whom
you feared, or neglected to bring to JUS
tioe. Here, in this book, you will find
an accurate record of the proceedings ia
ken by me before | condemned them to
suffer the extreme penalty of the law
The evidence, III every case, is very com
plete. There could be no doubt regard
ing the guilt of the parties, and l think
that you will admit that my sentences
we're perfectly just. It is to your indo-
ence or want of decision that the crimes
which I have thus been compelled to
lvenge may be traced and soNconyinced
I'm that you deserve to be punished,
yourself, on this account, that nothing
but personal respect for you has prevent
ID me from executing the extreme penal
" of the law upon you long since. Now,
however, I am in your power; dispose of
ne as you will 4


The chief magistrate was so much
struck with these remarks of the honest
,obbler, that he handed over to him the
wo thousand crowns, and gave him full
pardon. The irregular law meted out by
he cObbler had opened the magistrates
yes. Justice was reused up from her
drunken slumber by the way-side in Mes
ina; police was organized, of which
he honest cobbler was made chief, and
he thieves and assassins thatinfosted the
,lace were soon thinned out without the
lse of the arquebus, and with all the
ourtesies and usages that lend so solemn :
character to the criminals fate. !
Year: 1864

crous appearance of the party did not
become less striking but went from
bad to worse in geometrical progress
ion until every idullard in the COM
mand laughed, not only al his own
figure, but at the appearance Of ovory-
body else. The buc',slin ranls, then
very generally worn, wero ae e.uming
such shape as accident gave thom in
their series Of wettings and dryias to
which almost every day exposed thom.
Some that were ut fret too long for
tue tallest man in the party were now
too short for tho shortest, so that thoro
was an universal appearance of the
whole cornpanys having made raid
ON some boys clothing emporium and
cleaned it out. But the uniform Was
not tho most amusing part Of this ad-
venture p, those viii discover who
read tho Subsequent chapter Of this
workable history.
Year: 1864

Ha OVER TAsKED CnIRDRES.--A great
trouble always pressing heavily ON
many a little mind, is that it is over


tasked with lessons. You, will. see


here and there, idiotic parents striving


to make infant phenomena of their
Echildren and recording with much


pride how their children can read and


write at an unnaturally early age
Such parents are fools-not necessari-
ly malicious fools but fools beyond
question. The great use to which the
first six or seven years of hfo should


ef Be giysa, & yen, is the laying tho foundation


mind, and in tho instilling of those
first principles of duty and religion
which do not ncod to be taught out q
any books. Even il You do not per
manently injure the young brain aud
mind by prematurely over tasking
them, even if you do not permanently
blight tho bodily health, and break
the minds cheerful spring, you gain
nothing. Your child, at fourteen
years old, is not a, bit further advanced
in education than child who began
his years after him !; and the entire re-
suit of your stupid driving has been to
overload some days which should hayo
boen among the happiest Of his life.
1t is woeful sight to me 10 sec the
little forehead corrugated with mental
effort, though the effort be to do no
more than master tho multiplication
table. 1t was sad story ] lately
heard of a little boy repeating his Lat
in lesson over and over again in tho
dolirium Of the, fever Of which he died,
saying pitcously that, indeed, he could
not do better. / don't like to see a lit
tie faco looking unnaturally anxious
and earnest about horrible task Of
spelling; and oven when children pass
that stage, and grow up into school
boys who. can read .Thucydidcs and
writo Greek lanbics, 1t is not wise in
parents to stimulate clever boy anx-
iety is strong enough already; it
needs rather to DO depressed /, 1t is
bad enough oven at college to work on
late into. the night; but at school it
ought not to be suffered for one mo-
ment. If a lady takes his place in
his class every day in a state Of ner-
vous tremor, he may be in tho way to
get his gold modal, indeed, but he il
in the way to shatter his constitution
for Life. 'nr,'''
Year: 1864

TIE Butter SpEcuLAr1oN.-The pa
pers all over the country, charge, on
what they consider is sufficient proof;
that the present high prices of butter are
not the result of scarcity, or an Inflated
currency. Upon this subject an Albany
paper says:


The butter spectators have their
agents traversing the central counties of


the State contracting with farmers for
their entire product the coming season at
forty-eiy7t cents and upvardsi ! BY thus
buying in advance of the manufacture,
they expect to control the market, and
permanent j maintain the present scan
dalous prices. These prices are, of course
the result, in good measure, of combina-
tons. La ordinary times, butter ranges
from fifteen to twenty-five cents per
pound. 1t does not cost a cent per pound
more TO manufacture it now than it did
three years ago. The price OF land has
not essentially advanced-rents remain
nearly the same. "Help" is dearer but
the Increase would not amount to more
than half u cent pound on the cost of
preparing dairy for the market. The
taxes on farms and farm products are
nearly nominal. The initiation Of curren.
cy ought to not to enhance the nominal
value more than six or seven cents a
pound. So that making the most liberal
allowance for the legitimate disturbing
agency Of the war, the best article Of
butter ought not to run beyond twenty
eight to thirty cents per pound. Every
mill above that is SO much paid in the
way Of concession to extorton.


Is there no way to break up this ring
Of spectators 3? The coal monopolists
had to compromise last winter. And yet
coal is an article of necessity while
butter is an article of luxury: Why
don't somebody start an Anti-Butser.
Eating Association? Let fifty of our
principal citizens sign pledge not to buy
an ounce of butter while the price is
above thirty cents, and how long would
1t be before the article would 90 a-beg-
gng at rates even below that ?"