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Year: 1865

ENToMOLOGICAL.-It has long been dispu-
ted point with entOmolOgists, whether the pc
culiar war cry Of the mosquito was produced
from whatever it has in the way Of lungs, or
was merely caused by the rapid vibration OF
It's wings. A party who inclined to the former
opinion recently declared thar he would not OBJ
ject to the mosquito holding sanguinary fes-
tival upon his body if he did not always say
grace before meat an eminently facctious Re
mark. But, nevertheless, it is certain that the
hum Of the blood thirsty insect is produced by
its wings Il fact sufficiently proved by the ces-
saton Of the sound when he alights to begin
his cannbali>tic rePast.


1t has been assertained by an instrument
called the sirene, that Il mosquitoes 5 wings Vi
brate at the rate Of fifteen thousand times a
second, the pitch Of the note produced being
more than two octayeS above the highest note
Of seven octave piano The wing of Il mos
quito is SO thin that fifty thousand placed one
upon the other, would not form heap more
than quarter OF an inch in height


The man who stated that the mosquitoes in
Atlantic county, New Jersey, made noise like
the passing Of railroad train, and that they
were in the habit Of clinching their stings in
the bodies of small children and carrying them
off, to be disposed Of at leisure, was guilty Of "A
heartless and base prevarication. There is al
50 no truth in the report that they eat oxen in
the fields and then take a SieSft on the sence,
picking their teeth with one Of the bOnes
Year: 1865

TIE IRISH SAILOR AND TIE CAPTAINS 8
COPPER kETLE.-Diffcrent people attach
different meanings to the same word. An
Irish sailor allowed the captain copper kettle
to slip from his hand into the sea: but being
a'witty fellow and knowing the captain to be u
Would you say that thing was lost, sir, if
you knew where it was?' 'Of course not, ="
was the captain reply. "WeE!. sir, your cop
per kettle is at the bottom Of the say
Year: 1865

Our TURN MUST COME.-'Gencration after
generation, says fine writer, have felt as we
now feel, and their lives were as active as our
own. They passed like vapor, while nature
wore the same aspect Of beauty as when her
Creator commanded her to be. The world will
have the same attractions for our offspring yet
unborn, that she had once for us as children.
Yet little while and all will have happened.
The throbbing heart will be stifled, and we
shall be at rest h our funeral aeG shall lind its way
in silence and darkness for the worms. And
it may be for short time we shall be spoken
Of but the things Of life will be soon forgotten
! Days will continue to move on, and laughter
and song will be heard in the room in which
we died; and the eyes that mourned for us vii
be dried and gisten again with joy, and even
our children will cease to think Of us, and vii
not remember to lisp our names.
Year: 1865

BuRKEvuIE STATION April 10, 1858.
General Meades ocial Of the death of
the President received at these headquarters to-day


Full II Ia Of force and feeling, but feeby expresses
the sentiments Of the army In relation to this horrible
In tho full tide Of in the brightest hour


have during the last four years. this bloody and
terrible tragedy has been enacted and all the Joy
and triumph resulting from recent have be N
|overshadowcd The feelings Of lenency and friendship


lately experienced and largely and widely pracced


have made this terrible dicult TO realize
and believe than would have been had not every thing
TO Indicate that peace and prosperity soon TO
be restored.


Nothing elso has been walked Of during the day. and
details Of the triple nation snxiousy looked
for
Year: 1865

The military will, usual, form leading feature IN
the solemn display. The whole First division will turn
,u together with he divisions Of Brooklyn and other
places in the vicinity. The Seventh regiment Will escors
the body the City Hall and mount guard there while
remains on exhb.lion The following is MAJOR Gene
Year: 1865

Nav YORK, August 25 The Constan


tinople correspondent OF th4 Tribnne


under date of August Cd. say, When l
wrote two weeks since it had Just be
come apparent that We were to be scourg


ed with Asiastic cholera. The official
returns then reported fifteen cases a day


The epedemic is now fairly upon us with
all its horrors The official reports give
the number of deaths now at two hun


dren and twenty five day, but il is
plain enough from the numbers of dead
and dying seen in the streets that this is
lar below the real mortality in the city


and 1t does not include at all the militia
ry garrison of some 10000 men, among
whom it is understood to be raging -
Twenty-siA dead bodies were carried bv
my office yesterday What would be the
mortality in New York. the population of
which is less than that of Constantine
pie, if twenty-five dead were carried in a
day through Lafayette place alone, fol
example do not think the deaths eau
now fall short of FIVE to six hundred a
day They probably exceed this number
Year: 1865

WASHINGTON, March 25.-It was men.
toned in former dispatch that S65 ref
ugees had arrived here from Fayetteville.
They have taken the oath of allegiance,
and those who decide to do so were fur
nished transportation North These ref
ugees report that the majority of the
people of North Carolina, in and about
Fayetteville, are Unionists, and hailed
the approach of the old flag with many
manifestations of joy. There is no great
scarcity of provisions in South Carolina,
but money cannot be obtained to pur-
chase them One dollar on the Bank of
the State of South Carolina, will pur-
chase ten dollars of Confederate money
One dollar ON the State Bank of North
Carolina will purchase fifteen dollars of
Confederate money, and it requires one
hundred and twenty-four dollars in Con-
federate money to buy one dollar in gold.


Yesterday forty rebel officers and
twelve guerrilla prisoners of war were
taken from the Old Capitol prison and
sent to Fort Delaware.
Year: 1865

RECEIPTS TO GET INTO FORT LAfAY-
ETTE.-Discouraging enlistments by ask
ing intended volunteers to take drink
of South Street gin.


Doubling the originality of Old Abe's
last joke.


Calling in question Major Gen. Buffers
ability to whisky plain or sardine
stew.


By observing in reference to the Presi-
dents last cali for men, that you wish
he may get them" q. ,


Expressing disgust at the perennial
quiet along the lines"


Disbelieving in the dislocation of the
spinal vertebe of the rebellion.


Calling a loyal sutier swindler and
swearing at the patriotism of con-
script.


Suggesting that Republican Con
gressman is liable TO error that Mas
sachusetts Senator's loyalty is like the
cream on New York milk-only skin
deep.
Year: 1865

AFFECTING INcIDENT.-The Petersburg
(Va.) Express has the following: ..An
affecting incident occurred sin the Provost
Marsha's Office, two or three days since.
which brought the tears to the eyes Of all
who witnessed it. Large numbers of ladies
have been recently hocking to the office to
subscribe to the Presidents amnesty oath, as
a preparatory step to drawing rations. A
little boy appeared at the Marshals desk
one morning, and in timid accents inquired
if he could take the oath for his mother
His features were handsome, bis manner
modest, and he had an intelligent and an.
pealing look He was Informed that his re
quest could not be granted. but that his
mother must take the oath in person. The
little fellow turned toward the door and
burst into tears, and sobbed so passionately
that the Provost Marshal called him back to
ak the cause of his grief. My mother he
said is sick and confined to her bed she is
unable to work-has nothing to eat and is
starving The appeal was irresistible, and
the Provost Martial interested himself in the
case and procured the necessary relief
Numbers witnessed the incident and were
deeply affected by it. 1t was beautiful
instance of affection in the little boy, to offer
to take the oath Though too young to appre
ciate it, for his mothers sake and in her
steado
Year: 1865

SENATOR WILSON, at Republican meeting
in Philadelphia. lately. said:


A day OF two ago | said to President
johnson, there are differences Of opinion in
regard to negro suffrage. In my State we
are all one way. We are all for security
for the future. We do not ask any indem.
nifty for the past. There is no indemnity for
the 325 900 dead heroes who lie under the
sod of Southern battle fields.


There is no indemnity for widows and
orphans-none We can forgive their
murderers but we want security that our
sons shall not be murdered in the future
We want loyal men to govern America
torevermore. I asked the President if he
had made any discrimina ion among the men
who elected him on account of their views
on suffrage or on reconstruction.


The President said be never had made any
such distinctions, and never intended making
any in the future that be was in favor of
the freest and fullest discussion of all the
questions now arising before US. And 80
long as we have broad tolerations and free
discussion, we can go right on, shoulder to
shoulder, arguing discussing and examining
these questions that are before US to be
solved, and l believe now as / did during
the war, that we will solve these questions
right, and that our country will come out in
the future glorious and free
Year: 1865

( The following excellent poem was written for
l London Magazine in 1881. on the approach Of
The great cholera visitation, the following year.
We trust it is not once more appropriate.
Breathless the course of the Pale White Horse,
Bearing the ghastly form
Rapid and dark as the spectre bark


When it sweeps before the storm
Balefully bright through the torrid night
Ensanguined meteors glare
Fiercely the spires of volcanic fires


Stream on the sulphurous air.
Shades of the slain through the Murderer's brain
Fit terrible and dear,
Shadowy and swift the black storm drift
Doth trample the atmosphere
But swifter than all, with a dark pail


Ofterror around my path;
have arisen from my lampless prison
Slave of the high Gods wrath J
A deep Voice went from the Firmament,
And it pierced the of earth
; Therefore | come on my wings Of flame
From the dark place of my birth
And it is said : :" Go from the South to the North,
Over your wondering ball
Sin is the King Of that doomed Thing,
And the sin beguiled must fall"
Forth from the Gate of thy Uncreate,


From the portals of the Abyss
From the caverns dim where vague Forms swim,
And shapeless Chaos is
From Hades' womb--from the joyless tomb
OfErebus and Old Night
From the unseen deep where Death and Sleep
Brood in their mystic might
come-I come-before are dumb
The nations aghast for dread
Lo have passed as the desert blast
And the millions of earth lie dead
A voice of fear from the hemisphere


Tracketh me where I fly
Earth weeping aloud for her widowhood-
wild and desolate cry
Thrones and dominions beneath my pinions
Cowed like meanest things
Melt from my presence the pride and the pleas


ance


CT pallor stricken kings
Sorrow and. mourning supremely scorning,
My throne is the boundless air
My chosen shroud is the dark -plumed cloud
Which the whirling breezes bear!
Was I not born on the wings of the morn
From the jungles of Jessore,
Over the plain of the purple main


To the far Mauritine shore?
To the isles that sleep on the sunbright deep
Of a coral paved sea,
Where the blue waves welter beneath the shelter
OF Heavens serenity?
From the womb of the waters, athirst for slaugh-


ters,


rose that thirst to safe
These green isles are graves in the waste of the


waves


Their beauty is desolate!
From the wide Erythrean the noise ofmy Paan
Rolled on the southern blast
Eternal Taurus made answering chorus,
From the glaciers lone and vast!
Did not pass his granite mass,


And the ridged Caucasian hill
Over burning sands-over frost-chained lands,
Born ut my own wild will?
Then bark to the beat of my fastening feet,
Thou shrined in the sea-
Where are thy dreams that the Ocean streams
Would he safety unto thee!
Awaken Awaken my wings are shaken,
Athwart the troubled sky
Streams the red glance Of my meteor lance,
And the glare of mine eager eyei
Harken oh harken my coming shall darken
The light of the festal cheer;
In thy storm-rocked home, on the northern foam,
Nursing of 0cean-hear !
Year: 1865

EFT In the case of Miss Kent who re-
Gently confessed the murder of her brother
in England, the Lord Chancellor has de-
cided that confessions made to priest in
the Confessional are proper evidence and
are not entitled to the privilege of secrecy
or sanctity.
Year: 1865

The property this Powder possesses in in
creasing the quantity Of Milk in Cows, gives
1t an Importance and value which should
place 1T in the hands Of every person keeping
Cow. BY actual experiment it has proven
that 1t will increase the quantity of Milk and
Cream twenty per cent, and make the Butter
firm and sweet. In fattening Cattle. it gives
them an appetite, loosens their hide and
makes them thrive much faster.


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Year: 1865

l want once more to recommend the use
and value Of coal ashes, as a particularly
valuable article for trees l think that of
all aids for the growth and health Of pear
and apple trees, have found nothing equal
to coal ashes. have tried it on low and
high land, and have found it useful in both.
My fruit is better and free from worms than
before | had large pear tree in decay
ing state, which was dug about and manured,
but it did no good. then put around the
tree two wheelbarrow loads Of coal ashes,
and from that time the tree began to thrive,
and l have been rewarded with large and
perfect fruit, which | ascribe to the beneh.
cial effect OF the ashes.


The ashes keeps the ground free from
weeds, kills the grass and keeps the ground
loose around the trunk. Will those who
have apples, pear, peach, ounce and plum
trees try it once? Two wheelbarrow loads
should be put around the trunk, making a
space about three feet in diameter. If it
can be put on in the fall or winter, it will
do the more good.


When | put out my pear orchard l set
at the same time "A row of white pine trees
on the north boundry, and row of oak trees
on the west, the east being protected by
grove oftrees The forest trees grew up
and now protect my pears from driving
winds. When my neighbors' pears are
blown off in the fall mine are uninjured by
wind and storms.


In low land put all the clinkers around
my pear trees to keep the soil loose, and
cover them with ashes. By that means l
am saved the trouble around my trees
Nelc En1laad farmer.
Year: 1865

mother, looking with pride and affection on
her children. Come nearer, that may
bless you. God never forsakes the innocent
and the good. Oh, may he watch over you
in all your paths! A physician has just
been here. He was a stranger but he
spoke to me with compassion and kind
ness that was ba I'm to my heart, When
he went away he left that prescription on
the table, see If you can read 1t.


Henry glanced at the paper and started
back-he took it up as he read it through
again and again, a cry Of wonder and as
tonishment escaped him.


"What is it, my son?' exclaimed the
poor widow, trembling with apprehension
of she knew not what.


"Ah, read, dear mother? God has heard
US"


The mother took the paper from the
hands of her soon, but no sooner had she
fixed her eyes upon it than, my God!
she exclaimed, ''it is Washington, and fell
back fainting on her pillow.


The writing was an obligation from Wash
ington-for it was indeed he BY which the
widow was to receive the sum Of one hun
dred dollars, from his own private property,
to he doubled in case of necessity.


| Meanwhile the expected physician made
.
/ from her fainting ft They joyful surprise,
together with the good nurse with which
the physician provided her, and plenty OF
wholesome food, soon restored her to perfect
health.


The influence of Washington, who visited
them more than once, provided for the wild
ow friends who furnished her with constant
employment; and her sons, when they ar
rived at a proper age, were placed in res
pectable situation, where they were able tc
support themselves, and render the re-
mainder of their mothers life comfortable
and happy.


! Let the children who read this story, re
member, when they think of the great ant
good Washington, that he was not above
entering the dwelling of poverty, and car
rying joy and gladness to the hearts Of it
inmates. This is no fictitious tale but It i
only one Of thousand incidents whicl
might be related of him, and which staml
him one of the best of men.
Year: 1865

Young men who idolize young women, in
sist on Being Joined to their idols. ,"


The most unwholesome bread, in the long
run, is that taken out of other men 5 mouths.


When men are together they listen to
one another, but women and girls look at
one another.


When may two people be said to be half
witted? When they have an understanding
between them.


Epitaph on Bore-"He was not for
time but for all day.


That, sir, is the Spirit of the Press, said
a lady as she handed glass of Cider to an
Editor.


A compass is said to have thirty-two
points. The compass of an abolition editor s
mind has no point at all.
Year: 1865

The Chattanooga Gazette says the Freed.
men Bureau of Mowry county, few days
since arrested negro and commanded him
to marry certain negro woman. The man
refused to do so; whereupon he was inhu-
manly tied up by the thumbs and forced to
submit to the celebration Of the marriage
rites
Year: 1865

We have often heard of the surprise of
Gen Putnam at the apt text selected by
DR.. Dwight to preach to the army, after the
surrender of Gen. Burgoyne, but have new
er seen so full narrative of the matter as is
found in Headleys ChaplainS and Clergy Of
the Revolutton, publihed by Scribner:


''The news of the surrender reached
camp on Saturday. Next day Dwight
preached at headquarters. Putnam and
his principal officers were present, and new
er before did the young chaplain seem SO
inspired. His patriotic heart, like that OF
the meanest soldier, had been thrown into
ecstasy at the glorious tidings, and it was
require any preparation. Rising before his
attentive, brilliant auditory, he took for
his text, Joel 2: 20--I will remove far
from you the Northern army The effect Of
its enunciation was astonishing, and seemed
like voice from heaven, reminding them
of the deliverance SO often promised BY
the chaplain.


1.-The language Of the chapter applied
with wonderful force to the invasion and
overthrow of Burgoyne. The day of dark
ness and gloominess, the day of clouds and
thick darkness had indeed come upon them.
Before the resistless legions Of Burgoyne
the Inhabitants of the land had fed in ter
ror, aud desolation marked their progress.
1t was time for 'the ministers of the Lord
to weep between the porch and the altar,
and cry, Spare thy people Q Lord Their
prayer had been answered, and now they
could shout aloud, "Fear not, o land, be
glad and rejoice" The theme was one Pc
culiarly adapted to Dwight's glowing lmag-
ination and enthusiastic patriotism. lie
painted in vivid colors the terror and dis
may this Northern invasion had spread
through the land, described the victory
and the exultatiou of the people, giving
God all the glory, and declared that be saw
in it the bright assurance Of final triumph;


'The officers and soldiers were carried
away by his eloquenee, and Putnam was es-
pecially delighted and did not attempt to
conceal his pleasure, but nodded and smiled
in acknowledgements through the discourse,
though he did not fer a moment suppose
that the text was in the Bible, but rather
an inference which Dwight had drawn from
the preceding passage. After service was
over. he was loud in expires 2ns OF admlra-
tion of the sermon and the preacher, but
remarked at the same time to some OF his
officers. that of course there was no such
text in the Bible, and it was made up by
Dwight for the occasion. The officers smi-
led in reply. saying that Dwight had taken
no such liberty with the sacred volume for
the text was really in it,"


putnam, however, stoutly denied it, and
refused to yield the point till ons of them
brought Bible and pointed it out to him.
He could at first hardly believe his eyes,
yet there it was, beyond all cavil. He read
it over carefully, and then EXCLAIMED -
"Weu there is everything in that book, and
D,cight knops Just schere to lay his finger on
~
Year: 1865

The following, which we copy from the
Scientific american, should be cut out and
preserved:


"Three persons out of four would rush
right up to the burning individual, and be-
gin to paw with their hands without any
definite aim. 1t is useless to tell the VIC
tim to do this or that, or call for water
In fact, it is generally best to say not "a
word, but seize blanket from bed, or q
cloak, or any woolen fabric---if none is at
hand, take any woollen material-hold the
corners as far apart as You can, stretch
them out higher than your head, and run
ming boldly to the person, make motion
of clasping in the arms, mostly about the
shoulders. This instantly smothers the
FIRE and saves the face. The next instant
throw the unfortunate person on the door.
This is an additional safety to the face and
breath, and any remnant of. flame can be
put out more leisurely. The next instant
immerse the burnt part in cold water, and
all pain will cease with the rapdity of light
ming. Next get some common. flour, re-
move from the water. and cover the burnt
parts with an inch thickness OF Hour; II
possible, put the patient to bed, and do all
that is possible to soothe until the physi-
clan arrives. Let the -four remain until it
falls off itself, when beautiful new skin
can be found. Unless the burns are deep,
no other application is needed The dry
-four for burns is the most admirable reme-
dy ever proposed, and the information
ought to be impaired to ALL The principle
of its action is, that like the water, it caps-
es instant relief from pain by totally exclu-
ding the air from the injured parts"
Year: 1865

expA Western editor whose wife was
absent at the East, was deprived ofhis usual
doughnuts. He therefore advertised that
he would send his paper one year to the la
dy who sent him the best pack Of home
made doughnuts, and would also mention
her name in large type. He had two bar
rels full furnished. and the mean fellow
not content with this speculation, announc
ed that none of the samples came up to hi
home standard, and advised the ladies Il
try again in month,
Year: 1865

aY-A story is told of cool old sea-cap-
tain, with virago off wife, who met one
of these artificial devils in lonely place.
AS the ghost obstructed his path the old
fellow remarked -


"If you are not the devil, get cut If
you are, come along with me and get sup
per. married your sister J"
Year: 1865

In DARKNEss.-The supply of coal has
become so low in Washington, on account
Of the want of transportation, that the Gas
Co. have notified the Government that they
will not be able to supply the public Offices
with gas any longer, unless coal can be more
rapidly shipped. AS much of the govern
ment work is done by gas light, the dark
ness may interfere, seriously with the sup
ply of greenbacks and other necessaries.
Year: 1865

egrIt is stated to be rule of law in the
far western territories that "a town is q
place where whisky is sold" BY means of
this rule, the courts distinguish real towns
from those which exist only on the paper
plans of the land spectators.
Year: 1865

~Accounts from almost every direction
speak OF the drought as excessive. Many OF
the farmers in Maryland have not vet com
menced sowing their wheat, the dry weather
prevailing to such an extent that they have
been unable to prepare their lands for that
purpose In several counties the streams have
entirely stopped running