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Year: 1864

New YORK, Jan. pa special to the
Tribune from Washington 24th, says: In
structions will be sent to Gen. Steele by the
President to issue proclamation appoint
ing an election for Governor of the State OF
Arkansas on the 2Sth of March. After the
election, the Governor, it is understood, is
to call convention to revise the State Con-
stitution so as to abolish slavery. No per-
son will be allowed to vote who does not
take the oath prescribed by the President
in his proclamation.


Gen. Pleasanton, of the cavalry depart
ment, has issued an order to the effect that
no excuse will hereafter be accepted for
surprise or capture under the plea that the
enemy is in our uniform, as no person will
be allowed to approach within rifle shot
until their character is ascertained. Officers
surprised will be recommended for dismiss
al and privates be tried by court martial,
should they prove responsible. Rebels
wearing our uniform, caught in the act OF
making war against our force, are ordered
to be shot on the spot.
Year: 1864

SO into the bank they went, aud Lin
coin says to the casHief, awe just want to
take thirty thousand dollars to makS
legal tender with. I'll bring It back in
an hour or two"


The cashier handed across the money
to Honest Abe" and without tho
scratch Of pen in acknowledgment, he
strobe his way with the specie, all in
most sacred simplicity, made the tender,
and brought it back with as much nom
ohalanee as if he had been borrowing
silver spoon of his grandmother.


He was chosen to Congress in 1S4e
over Rev. Peter Cartwright, but declined
a reelection. He was several times
Presidential elector at large in his State
because of his superior ability as POp-
ular debater. lie was the competitor 81
Hon. Stephen a. Douglas for U. s. sen.
ator in 1859, and won a national repu-
tation by his great struggle with the
Little Giant" On the stump.


In 1860 he was nominated for the
Presidency by the National Convention
at Chicago, and elected By the electoral
vote Of every free State except a fraction
Of the vote of New Jersey. OF his ad"
ninistration and the fearful issues he
has been compelled to meet, it is mob
necessary here to speak. The people
will soon record their verdict in refer
euce to him and to them. May thSt
verdict be just one.
Year: 1864

IF 1t is said that there are lots of cotton


throughout the country belonging notoriously
to foreign enemies-persons who have volun-
tarily taken the oath of allegiance to the United
States. We are not advised of any law for tax
ing said cotton, except the general principles of
the law of nations; but we certainly think it
might be seized and held until properly confs-
Gated. we cal the attention of the proper au-
thorities to the subject. Our true citizens are
willing to give up their own cotton for the sake
of the cause. Why be tender of the enemv'sI
Year: 1864

IMPREsSING-THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG
WAY.-Considering the sacred protection ever
extended to the right of property in times of
peace, and that our psople have grown up thor
oughly imbued with the idea of that protection
the dearest of rights, it is very remarkable the
unanmty and cheerfulness with which they
comply with properly made military Impress
ments. There are some exceptions, of course.
The Southern character would be immaculate
if there were not But the great body of the
people recognize the necessity, and feel that
they are entirely willing to submit to any rea-
sonable privations for the sake of the cause


Whilst this is admirable, and by all means to
be encouraged in them, there are duties and re-
| sponsibilities also devolving upon officers who
execute those orders, which should not be lost
sight of. 1t is of the utmost importance that
proper men should be selected for this duty
They should be iudicious, discriminating and
polite, but firm, ever remembering that the citi-
zen is himself the highest order of man known
to our Government, who may indeed be called
upon and forced to contribute TO the public de-
fence, but should not be subjected to wanton
| and arbitrary rudeness.


In the execution Of orders too, it is highly de-
srable that discrimination should be used so as
to make the impressment fall lightly upon
individuals may be consistent with the public
service. Those sections should be pref erred
which have been least subject to the ravages of
Inarauding parties and jayhawkers. and where
| the articles needed may be best spared. Where
other horses can be obtained, it is far better also
to refrain from taking the last horse of the poor
man from his plough, thus drpriying him of the
means of supporting his family. If impressing
officers whilst firmly executing their daty, should
do so with courtesy, explaning to the ignorant
that it was not done from any desire to oppress
or to rob, but from indispensable necessity and
for the common good appealing rather to the
| patriotism of the citizen than to his fears of
harm, the effect on public sentiment would be
highly beneficial. The public interests would
be Just as well or better subscrved. and disaf-
fected people would be deprived of much fuel
with which to keep up the fires of discomfort in
the hearts of the people.


This must be accomplished, if at all, by the
subordinate officers acting under orders The
Generals are not able to regulate their action in
detail.


Itremains to add, that these, remarks are not
made with reference to any particular person or
case They are merely thrown out as people
consult together about what is best for cause
which all have at heart.
Year: 1864

CRoPs.-Our prospects for corn are
magnificent. There has been rain enough
to make fair crops without another drop.
The weather is clear again and all the
wheat viii be saved.


The time for sowing turnips comes near.
1t is to be hoped that large crops will
be put in. They are very important in
ease Of a scarcity Of other food. If our
country should be drained by the army,
they would go far to sustain the poor at
home.
Year: 1864

WHAT IS GOLD LACE 2-Gold lace is not gold
lace. 1t does not deserve this title, for the gold
is applied a surface to silver II is not even
silver lace, for the silver is applied to fOunda-
ton of silk. The silken threads for making this
material are wound round with gold wire so
thickly as to conceal the silk; and the making Of
this gold wire is one of the most singular me-
chanical operations imaginable. In the first
place, the refner prepares a solid rod of silver
about an inch in thickness; he heats this rod,
applies on the surface a sheet of gold leaf, burn
ishes this down, supplies another coating, burn
ishes this down, and so on, until the gold is
about one hundredth part the thickness Of the
silver. Then the rod is subjected to a train of
processes which brings it down to the state of a
fine wire; it is passed through holes in steel
plate, lessening step by step in diameter. The
gold never deserts The silver butadheres closely
TO 1t, and shares al It's mutations; 1t is one hun
dredth part the thickness Of the silver at the
beginning, and it maintains the same ratio to
the end. As to the thinness to which the gold
coated rod of'silyer can be brought, the limitde-
pends on the delicacy of human skill; but the
most remarkable example ever known was
brought forward by DR.. Wolaston This was an
example Of solid gold wire without any silver.
He procured small rod of silver, bored a hole
through it from end to end, and inserted in this
hole the smallest gold wire he could produce
he subjected this silver to the usual wire-dFaw-
ing process, until he had brought 1T to the finest
attainable state-being, in fact silver wire as
fine as hair, with gold wire in its centre
To isolate this gold wire he subjected it to warm
nitrous acid, by which the silver was dissol7ed;
leaving gold wire one thirty thousandth of an
inch in thickness-perhaps the thinnest round
wire that the hand of man has yet Produced
But the wire, though beyond all comparison f.
ner than any employed in manufactures, does
not approach in thinness the film Of gold on the
surface of silver in gold lace 1t has been cal
culated that the gold on the very finest silver
wire for gold lace is not more than one third Of
one millionth of an inch in thickness that is,
not above one-tenth the thickness of ordinary
gold leaf
Year: 1864




MARSHAL NEY's DEATH ScENE.-The vengeance
of the Allied Powers demanded some Victims


and the intrepid Ney, who had well nigh put the
crown again on the head of Bonaparte at Wa
terloo, was to be one of them. Condemned TO
be shot, he was led to the Garden of Luxemburg,
on the morning of the 7th of December, and
placed in front of file of soldiers drawn up in
line to kill him. One of the officers stepped
up to bandage his eyes, but he repulsed him,
saying care you ignorant that for twenty
five years have been accustomed to face both
ball and bullet?" He then lifted his hat above
his head, and with the same calm voice that
steadied his columns so frequently in the roar
and tumult of battle said ~ declare before
God and man that never betrayed my country;
may my death render her happy. Pipe la
France" He then turned to the soldiers and
striking his hand on his heart gave the or
der, "Soldiers, fire p Simultaneous discharge
followed, and the "bravest of the brave" sank
to rise no more. ''He who had fought five hun
dred battles for France, not one against her,
was shot as a traitor AS looked on the spot
where he fell l could not but weep over his
fate. True, he broke his oath of allegiance
so did the others, carried away by their attach
ment to Napoleon and the enthusiasm that
hailed his approach TO Paris. Still he was no
traitor ffaH
Year: 1864

UNoERTAM.-T whole nation is more or less
drunken with the intoxication Of paper curren-
cy, yet chsgrined by the poverty Of its substan-
tial results People are uncertain of the pres
ent and uncertain of the future, and uncertainty
begets recklessness. We live in a period of
change when it is more literally true than ever
before in our history that ''there is no knowing
what an hour may bring forth" We are crowd
ing day by day long history into a mere nut
shell, and like the government in its finances,
are pursuing hand to mouth poicywhich only
the decisive events Of the war will mould into
consistent and permanent shape


We are at present, in the aggregate full Of in
with the waves OF opinion and the changes in
the aspect Of the military situation; and the
fluctuations in gold make US all almost as un-
settled as so many ships at sea.


Such state of feeling we need scarcely re-
mark is highly calculated to predispose men to
rush into Wall street and blow hard at the bub-
BILE of speculation. They are buoyed up by Wis


ions of unlimited currency imitation and depreci-
alton in the future, by national debt too vast
for contemplation, if not for computation, and a
general chaos and clean sweep in the end, pre-
paratory to a new beginning. They do not stop
to think or to question themselves as to how
they would fare in the event Of such contin-
gency. They do not debate in their own minds
as to what should be done to make the best of
the vast resources at the nations command
Their patriotism, if they have any, takes no
practical form. Their proverb is, "Every man
for himself and God for us all" Their prime
motive is a field of momentary gain, and their
cry, "After us the deluge." N. Y. Herald.
Year: 1864

WoRK-We believe in work--good, honest,
hard woodwork with the hands, work with
the head, and both combined. 1t was mans
original destiny, as well that of tire entire
imal creation. And if we can call those opera
tons which are done without CONSCIOUSNESS or
yoliton" work. then the vegetable kingdom is
full of workers.


But man, above all, because he needs most.
Some animals make themselves dwellings, like
men, and wonderfully nice ones; but where is
the animal that makes himself a suit of clothes2
The silkworm No. His cocoon is his house,
or his vest, if you please; but not his coat and
trousers.


Animals gather their food and store it up
for use, with great labor but no animal builds
a fire or cooks it. Animals live on fruit and
grains; but never, in any conscious or voluntary
way, do they plant trees or SOW corn.


The beaver is content to use his teeth for an
axe, and his tail for trowel, and does admira-
BILE work with both; but man makes tools and
machinery.


The squirrel crosses the river on chip, OF
piece of bark, making a sail of his bushy tail
which is very clever of him; but men make ca
noes and steamboats,.


Thus, in clothing, cooking, agriculture, tools,
and navigation, man is superior as worker to
the whole animal creation. And when we come
to brain-work and writing, and artistic opera
tions, there is no sort of comparison.


Dignity of labor Why, what dignity is there
in anything else? Whoever thought of the Dig
nifty of idleness The only use and the only ex-
cuse for play and rest are, that they enable us
to work the better. Rest the pause in which we
gather strength to labor. Recreation is the step
back which enables US to spring forward with
greater force.


1t would be a rash thing to say that work
could not be in excess, because all must have
rest and sleeps but it is quite safe to say that ten
men are killed by bad habits and bad conditions
for one who is cut off by honest work. And
idle men are notoriousy more short lived than
laborious ones. The oldest men we know, and
those who have best preserved their faculties,
have been workers. and some Of them very hard
workers.


And the workers certainly have the most en-
joyment Ask any man who has retired from
business. Idleness eats into the soul, and
makes happiness impossible. Work brings
cheer. Excess of work is like all excess but
there is no better condition Of life than that Of
the wise and temperate worker.
Year: 1864

R1GHTs OF FPEDKsTRIANs.-The United States
Circuit Court, New York, has given a verdict
of S4 600 to a person for damages sustained,
while crossing the street, from q stage. The
law is that pedestrians have the first right to
the crossing, and that drivers of vehicles must
consult the safety and convenience OF the per.
son crossing the street on foot. A few YER.
diets of this kind would have q good effect in
washington.
Year: 1864

Clyi1ans are not permitted to travel on the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad north of Meridian,
which is the railroad route to the vicinity OF
1ne army, Wnen us Iocauon was last reported.
Thus far General Hood has succeeded m mys-
ufying both friend and foe; and as he can very
easily direct the conduct Of his military super
intendent OF telegraph SO as to prevent the
remain befogged until such time as he desires
else patience.
Year: 1864


ton Of blood, for there was now a deep
carnation tint upon her cheek and lip.


The excitement having in some degree
subsidized, explanation followed.


Lillian stated that after her mother had
left her to go oU deck, she thought she
would just 60 up to get little peep over
the rail at the icebergs. This had no
sooner entered her head than she carried
it into execution. In leaning too far
over the rail, howeyer,-tho ship happen
ed to give lurch at the same time-she
lost her balance and was precipitated in
to the waters. On rising to the surface
she felt herself seized by the neck Of the
dress, and the next moment was dragged
safely on to a large cake of ice. Then
she perceived that her deliverer was no
Bile Blusco. She felt terribly frightened
and clung close to the dog, She remem-
bered that they were half shut in by three
walls of ice, which partly prevented the
waves from dashing in upon them, Sud
denly the cake upon which they were
standing came in contact with another
one which lowered up like a lofty col
umn. When the concussion took place
this lofty mass tottered over, and fell up
on the three walls of ice (by which the
little girl and her dog we're encompass
ed, } in such curious manner as to com
pletely close them up, as though they
were in prison. In this position she re-
mained a long time, praying and hugging
the dog by turns, until at last, feeling
cold and benumbed, she began to grow
drowsy, and fell into a doze Had her
rescue from this situation been delay
ed a few minutes longer, we would
never in all probability have succeeded
in bringing her to life As twas, long
time elapsed ere the natural freedom Of
circulation could be restored to one Of
her arms.


Many were the praises lavished on
Blusco for his noble conduct, and al
though he shakes his head and turnes up
his broad nose when any person speaks
to him about it, as much as to say


pshaw, it's nothing'-still We believe
that in his heart he is proud of his ex-
ploit.
Year: 1864

Tne high and daily increasing price OF
paper and all other kinds Of printing ma
terial., compels us to raise The price OF
the p1Lor after this date to Two DOLLARS
FER YEAR, and We shall enter the name Of
40 subscriber on our books unless we get
the nav in advance. Tho village subscri-
bars, who receive their papers by the car
rier, will be charged So Those who have
paid us in advance will, of course, be fur
nished until the expiration Of the time at
the old price. Those Of our subscribers
who are Indebted 20 Us, and who will paw
up arrears and one year in advance by The
18th day Of August, can get the paper at
Sl.50 Thcss who are in arrears, and
~hodc not pay up by the l5th'of August
nexs will be charged 81 a year for their
arrearages, and have their names stricken
from our, Subscription Books on that day
bVe UiH strictly adhere TO the aboue rule,
and no person should expect any deviation
from it. Under no circumstances shQU ace
change the rule.


As we are following the course of every
paper IN the country, we presume it is IN
necessary for US to state the cause; every
farmer understands it. Three wears ago
it required six bushels Of potatoes, or two
bushels of wheat to pay for the Pilot
Now we ask only tWo bushels Of the for
mer, and less than one bushel Of the latter
to compensate US. Three years ago we
could print an edition of the Pilot a, an
expense Of twenty dollars per ,ueek Now
it requires nearly three times that amount i!


Our old subscribers will observe that we
remember their former manifestations of
kindness and good will, by Offering them
four weeks time to pay $3.50 for the com
ing year, aud : balancing the old account" ;"
Remember the 18th Of August You
must not grumble If You fail to receive
the Pilot after that date. 1t is your own
fault-not ours
Year: 1864

Nr One Of our farmers recently made
scarecrow so very frightfuI, than an old
crow went and brought back all the corn
he had stolen for several days. Couldn't
the farmer be induced to try bi. hand in
the government corn field.
Year: 1864

The richest Joke or the campaign
occurred near our city. 1t seems that
among the faithful who came up to
town to draw inspiration from the lips
of Henry Clay Dean two weeks ago,
was n resident of our county, who
shall be nameless Fired by the teach
ings of the orator, and armed cap apie,
like so many of his peace-at-any price
brethren, with a fine revolver, after
the meeting WAS over, he mounted his
horse. and wended his way homeward
revolving in his mind the warlike ut
terances be had listened to. his re-
Elections took the form OF dobate, IN
which he argued the question Of the
day with an imaginary Abolition op-
ponent, and at last he came in fancy
to the point so often imagined by ram
nant politicians of his school, where
force should take the place OF logic,
and viIiainous ssltpeter usurp the
throne of argument. Then drawing
his murderous revolver, he shouted
the war-cry OF his clique, aud rushed
in fancy, TO the assault. With an
"Hurrah for Mcclellan" he flourlshed
his weapon when 10. the thing went
OF. and so did his horse, shot dead as
a door nail! Fancy his pheelinks, as
he gazed upon the slaughtered steed
thus inundated upon the altar of Dem
ocratie principlesI Oh, luckless shot,
by which $500 horse was converted
into a frst-eass Democratic martyr !!


With sorrow he gazed upon the pros
traie form of his noble steed; with
curses not loud but deep, did he hire
a neighbur to remove the defunct an
imal from the highway, and, we hope,


with a clearer Judgment did he reflect
on the danger to self and property
nrone to arise from carrying deadly


weapons for the benefit of Abolition
lists. A first class revolver is now for
sale cheap, warranted to kill
Year: 1864

A writer in the Mechanics Magazine,
who says he had three pair of boots
last him six years, and thinks that ne
will not require any more for the next
six years to come, tells how ne treats
them:


put pound each of taIIOw and
resin in a pot on the FIRE; when melted
and mixed, apply it hot to the boot
with q painters brush until neither
the sole nor the upper will soak any
more. Ifit is desirous that the boot
should take an immediate polish, dis
solve an ounce of wax in teaspoOnfui
of turpentine and lamp black. A day
or two after tn. boots have been treat
ed with the resin and taliOw, rub over
them this wax and turpentine, but not
before the fire. Then the exterior will
have a coat of wax alone, and shine
like mirror Tallow and grease be-
come rancid aud rot the stitching OF
the leather, but the resin gives it an
antiseptie quality which preserves the
whole.
Year: 1864

To CURE HAMs.-To every sixteen
pounds of ham take one pint OF pure
salt and one ounce Of saltpeter. PACK
in a clean oak cask, sprinkling the
salt between the layers of meat. Dis
solve the saltpeter and pour it over
the whole, adding sufficient pure water
to cover. Soft water is best. Let
them lie under the brine six weeks,
then smoke.
Year: 1864

| go out of the service next year. Their
terms begin to expire in the spring. IN
| nine months the army sciU need The largest dd-
dtiOns Mm haze been made at any one time
AS the Administration shrank from calling
for more three years men just before All
election, the places to be vacated by the
one year men must be provided to be filled
IN nine months, and thus it is reasonable to
believe that THE LARGEST DRAFT THAT HAS
YET BEEN MADE WILL BE ORDERED AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR 1865. do not
speak unadvisedly, for the Administration
has intimated to me that they expect another
draft. The State of New York had fur
nished an excess of three years men, and
asked that, in making up the quota OF
New York, one three years man should be
counted as equal to three one years men,
They said they could not do that, as they
needed men Immediately; but they provid-
ed that three years man should count as
one man on this drgft, as one man on TIIF
NEXT DRAFT, and as one man again on THE
THIRD DRAFT, and thus the matter would
be equalized. So it appears from this that
we are to have at least tlvO drafts more
Voice" That's refreshng."] Every man
knows that we must have this further draft.
After the war is ended, under the policy OF
this Administration we shall be compelled





of the South in subjection, to carry out the
Emancipation Proclamation and the confis-
cation act.'


How do the people relish this exhibit of
what is before them if the Lincoln Admin
istration is continued in power tU prosecute
the war for "the abandonment of slavery"
When Sherman ended his campaign in
Georgia by the capture of Atlanta-when
Sheridan drove Early up the Valley-whcn
Grant advanced upon both sides of the
James river against ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
our armies in the field have gained an adj
vantage over the enemy, the friends of Mr..
Lincoln have seized upon the military tri-
umphs and held them up as evidences of the
virtual overthrow of the rebellion and of the
wisdom and certain success of the political
policy of the Administration. But who Is
now so blind as not to see that with all our
victories in the field the enemy presents as
bold and defiant a front at every point, and
the end of the war is rs far off, as ever; and
that under the policy of emancipation, con-
tiscation and subjugation, even were the
best end we can hope for at hand, we could
not, if we would, maintain it and hold the
Southern people in subsection, withdraw a
single man from the field. In any event,
with Lincoln in the Presidential chair, the
army must be kept up to its present stand
ard, and the daily expenditure of over three
millions of dollars must 90 on.