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Year: 1862

DIsCoUNT ON RErUnLICANs.-Bv sweep
ing order from the Secretary of Treasury
the subordinates in the Custom House, Ap-
praiser's office, etc, must submit to reduc-
ton commencing or the lst inst, of from
forty to fifty per cent upon their salaries.
As is usual with Government financial re-
forms it commences with the mudsis and
the apex is left undistnrhed. Collector Ran
kin, Naval Officer FarweI, tie Surveyor and
Appraiser General are left undisturbed in the
enjoyment of fat salaries, while the Iaborers
are cut down to fifty dollar per month 1t
is proper to add however, that an act Of
Congress is necessary to reach the big bugs"
while the pay of the others is within the
discretion Of the Secretary The employees
received their unwelcome "New Years"
without the least sign of gratitude but on
reflection they will perhaps be delighted
with the sacrifice they make npon the Ealtar
Of patriotism" albeit per force and right af-
ter they had been seducel into liberal sub
scrption to the government loan.


San Francisco JourndL
Year: 1862

PusruLEs IN SMALL Pox.-lf you are ever
afflicted with the small pox, reader, and the
pust ues begin to appear, annoint them with
sweet oil and lime water, AS these are pre-
pared for burns and water scalds, and the
irrita ion will be aIayed, and the discoor'
alton Of the skin and the pitting Of the flesh
will be greatly lessanel. If you have no
present need of this receipt cut it out and
paste it in your scrap book. 1t is valuable,
and although you may never need it your
self, some Of your neighbors may.
Year: 1862

WHAT A CHANGE.-Speaking of the re
lease of Mason and Slidel the Bulletin saws
it will not be denied that our Government
has to all appearances changed its tone and
sentiment on this question. On the 2d De-
cemter Mr.. WelIes, Secretary Of the Navy,
in his report to the President, after briefly
stating the fact of the arrest, held this lam
guage:


"rhe prompt and decisive action Of Cap
tain Wi kes on this occasion merited and re-
ceived the emphatic approval of the Depart
ment, and If q too generous torbedrdnce by
him IN not capturing the oesseL which had
these rebel enemies on board, it may in view
of the special circumstances, and of its pa
triotic motives, be ercused, bit it must by no
means be permitted TO constitute a precedent
hereafter for The treatment of any case of
similar infraction of neutral obligations by
foreign vessels engaged in commerce or carr
ryng trade


The Bulletin asserts that Secretaries are
not wont to write without some little reflec'
ton and forecast, and it is hardly probable
that he (Wees) could have penned that
sentence without the rest OF the Cabinet
knowing what he was about. On the 81
December, President Lincoln sent in his
Message to Congress. He made no allusion
to the Wilkes affair, but after a paragraph
concerning our foreign affairs, he used the
following language which is certainly calm
enough, and which takes ground about as
high as that occupied by Secretary Welles:


at is not my purpose to review or dis
cuss with foreign States, because whatever
might be their wishes or dispositions, tho in
tegrity of our Government mainly depends
not upon them, but upon the loyalty, patri
otsm, virtue and intelligence of the Ameri-
can people.
Year: 1862

CoLD FEEr-lf you have cold feet inn
merse them morning and evening in cold
water, rub with rough towel, and run
about your room till they are warm. In one
month you will be entirely relieved. All
these red pepper aud mustard applications
are like rum to the stomach, relieve YOU to-
lav, but leave you der to morrow.
Year: 1862

Some mise e"able fellow, probsbIy a crab
ed bachelor, has sent us the following high
ly libelous poke at married ladies:


Men dying make their wills; but wives


Escape work so sad


Why should they make what all their lives


The gentle danes have had?
Year: 1862

A Woman in loveis very poor judge o'
character. She can see nothing but excel
lence. where others see nothing but shallow
ness and rottenness. Ditto on the o'her soe
with man in love-only more SO.
Year: 1862

the movement from that point is likely to as
sumo more formidable Proportsns than was
as first anticipated. Probably but two or three
regiments will remain to guard the post. The
ground in the vicinity OF Springfield has Been
thoroughly reconnOitsrcd, and it is anticipu-
ted that the coming conflict will take place
en Jetford's farm, an elevation a short dis.
tance from the city.
Year: 1862

o dear. o dear there's JUST one 'hih6


I'd truly love to know -,
Why can't | have ike othel silie'


A young and handsome beau
There's saIlie Jones, and Matte Smith


And freckled Susie Grow,
A trio like the Gorgon Maids,


Yet each one has a beau
But here's poor me, as fair a flower


As ever chanced to blow
My winning voice and sweet bcguiles


All fail to catch beau
dress as neat and smile as sweet


As any girl | know,
Yet as | live, l do believe


III never get beau
I'm always found in best attire,


Wherever gents may go.
Yet not one chap in all the lot


Asks me TO be my beau
Confound such men, such silly dolls
3 How very dull and low.
To stand and look, to grin and squint-
Afraid to be a beau
Just list to me, ye gawky clowns
Now don't you fully know,
That you should be, each one of you,
Some fair young lady's beau
Then brush your teeth. and oil your hair.
And let your 'stachios grow,
And turn to be a civil man


gay and gallant beau
Year: 1862

TIT FOR TAT.--Here is story told by the
Providence Post ga clergyman, from town
near Providence, and one of his elderly par
Ishioners were walking home one icy day last
winter, when the old gentleman slipped and
fell fat on his back. The minister, looking
at him a moment and being assured he was
not much hurt, said to him 'sFriend. sinners
stand on slippery places" The old gentle
man looked, as if to assure himself of the fact,
and said, Il see they do but | can't.'''
Year: 1862

would have majority far greaterahan that by
which he was elected. He can begin now to
see his way clear through the troubles that
beset him, and we hope to able TO congratulate
him, before many months, on being the Pres
ldent OF restored, peaceful and happy
Union.
Year: 1862

The session of the House was opened the
morning of the l7tb, with the following
prayer by the Rev. Thomas H. Stockton,
Chaplain Of that body. 1t is worthy of re.
petition in all the Churches:


ave thank Thee for the abolition of sla-
very in the District of Columbia. We
thank Thee for the emancipation of slaves
in the capital of our country. We thank
Thee that our soil is now free from slavery.
and that this air is now free air. and so
shall remain forever We accept this great
blessing, not as the result of human man
ifestation--not as matter Of party policy
but as Divine intervention; as the de-
velopment ofanother form of confirmation
Of Thy great and glorious purpose, to carry
on and complete the whole work Of human
redemption. Therefore We bless and mag.
nifty Thy most excellent name, uniting with
the churches of all lands, and Of all ages ia
saying :-Glory be- unto the Father and
unto the Son, and unto the Holy Ghost: as
il was 10 the beginning, is now, and ever
shall be, world without end
Year: 1862

The Washington correspondent of the
New York Post writes:


General Sherman, late of South Caroline,
has been in town for number of days, and
has been waited upon by many of his old
friends. The General is naturally some
what sensitive respecting the criticisms
made in certain quarters upon his conduct
in South Carolina. He has had an inter
view with the Congressional delegation
from Rhode Island, and satisfied them per-
fectly that he is not responsible for tho non
reduction of Savannah. Hestates positive
ly, understand, that he was explicitly or.
dered by General Mcclellan to desist from
all operation against Savannah; and this
was after regular siege-train had been sent
to him for that specific purpose. General
Shermas's friends feel somewhat sore upon
the subject of bis transfer, and especially
because it gives color to the idea that he
was not so efficient as he might have been.
Year: 1862

How THE BATTLE OF PEA RrDeE WAS
WoN.-A private letter from friend ip
the West contains the following interesting
paragraph:


The battle of Pea Ridge was the best
fighting during the war. It was not gen
eralship but soldiership, that won it, Al
the close Of the second day all the leading
officers except Sieel and Dodge were dis
heartened, and regarded surrender as .
foregone conclusion. But the men had
just got up to the right pitch. and around
the camp-6res on that weary night they did
not have the faintest idea Of being whipped,
but universally said: HTo-morrow We wall
finish up this business and whip these fsl-
lows ont" So they did. through clear
Northern pluck, and nothing else. s.i 81
Year: 1862

WEST VIRGDIA.-The admission kof this
State into the Union was voted Yesterday in the
House by a large majority, in concurrence with
the Senate. The bill only needs the signature
of the President to become law. The opera
ton of the bill Is made contingent upon the
incorporation into the constitution of the pro-
posed State Of provision for the early, al
hough gradual, abolition of slavery. The delay
caused by this condition viii be short, us the
West Virgnians will be only TOO happy TO rid
themselves of an institution which they know
has been always an unmitigated burden.


With West Virginia, the Union now EN-
braces twenty-lour States
Year: 1862

yet stamina enough in the yeomanry of the North


to fight this battle out triumphantly. But it has


got to be stimulated-has got to he fred with


passion-has got to recover something of the
God-impsnted rage against the destroyers of
traitors in their low malignity but there is high,
sacred vehemence which we must have, that we
do not yet possess-an ardor that shall not bleneh
in the encounter though the field run with blood
and the slain are counted by tens of thousands
This is the only true heroism and without It
here is no just hopes Of lriumph.-.M J. WorLd.
Year: 1862

God grant you patience and knowledge, and rest
'ssured, provided you have patience and hope in
God. we shall meet in the joys of paradise


Barbe Blue, or Blue Beard, transformed into a
Turk, and made the murderer of wives instead
of children, is at once the delight and terror Of
the nursery, and appears to have achieved an un-
dying popularity.
Year: 1862

CASE or PERsEvERENCE.-The Carson
City Age relates the following case of per-
severence and its reward


For nearly year past an Old man bad
delved away solitary and alone on claim
in the Sullivan District, a short distance
from this city, which he named the "Sate
Home Ledge" Parties out prospecting.
noticing the old man, have laughed at his
confidence, and doubted his sanity on learn
ing his brilliant anticpations. Notwith-
standing which he continued TO delve away
in search of his hidden wealth, and last
week his expectations were fully realized
by his striking the ledge at a distance of
sixty feet from the mouth of the tunnel.
He took some of the rock to Virginia City,
and as it gave an assay perfectly satisiac-
tory to the old man, be returned to his
ledge to ascertain its width by tunneing
through it. Since the day he struck the
ledge, several hundred feet in the mines
has changed hands. and offers have been
made him which would amply compensate
him for his labor expended, but the old
man is not yet ready foe sale. Those
who have seen the rock report it to be
canal 10 richness to the COmstock ledge.
The name of the old man is j. B. Ewin. He
has son iu the Federal army East. lie
thinks he will be able to pay his family in
the States visit this fall, and so do we. for
we think he has got home ticket in The
safe Home Ledge"
Year: 1862

NELSON CREEK. Sept so, 1851.
DR. &c. YoUNG.-YOu will remember what n
poor wretched creature was when last saw you.
and the result has astonished me as well as my
friends. Your invaluable prescription and excellent
advice have completely overcome ailments such as,
It seems to me- never afflicted mortal before. new
er wrote letter with greater satisfaction than pen
this. shall remember you with gratitude as long
as live. That you may live long to aleviaIe the
sulIerings Of others you have mine is my earnest
prayer. Please accept my heartfelt thanks that you
have brought this almost hopeless to so happy
a termination. Yours truly,


II ~
Year: 1862

Our only hope of national salvation lies
in the success Of the Government IN pat.
ting down the rebellion. Every attempt
to embarrass the Government or destroy
popular confidence in it is q blow at the
Union itself If the Government is 1t fault
in is measures, let it be told so with all
fidelity. But false and hostile attacks or
the Administration, whether made by Re.
publ ans or Democrats, can have no effect
but to weaken the only power that can save
the country, and thus to give indirect aid
and comfort to the reason that seeks its
destruction. 1t is impossible to believe
that those who dishonesty and malignant
ly assail the government do it from motives
of patriotism, or if they do they are labor
ing under terrible hallucination. We
say, then, to all men who mean 10 be loyal
and to contribute to the extent Of ther per.
sonal and social power to the salvation Of
the Union from its present perils, stand by
the Government. Give it, too, words and
deeds Of encouragement, and il there arc
ccnsures to be given that cannot be deferred
to moment Of less danger, let them be
spoken with friendliness and not with hate.


If anybody insinuates that the Govern
ment does not prosecute the war with ener.
gy, ask them what they mean by it point
them to tn" hundreds Of hard contested
and bloody fields, to the weeks of despcr.
ate battles in succession, to the thousands
of dad and wounded, to the record Of the
year past, which shows war without par.
a'lel in history for the energy and success
with which it has been waged. Look at
the bloody but glorious record, and ask the
senSelcss GROWERS what they mean by
saying that our Generals desire to spare
the enemy and prolong the war. They
cannot tell what they mean they speak
ignorantly or from malice aforethought.-
Oh that the whole army Of malcontents
might be drafted and put in front in some
OF our hottest battles; that would soon
stop their fGlse and unsratcful complaints
against the men who arc winning safety
and glory for the Union.


Ii anybody says that the Constitution "
obsolete and the Union clean gone, tell
him to 60 South where he belongs and
preach the doctrines Of secession to those
that will receive them he has no business
to retain his peStlent heresies here among
loyal men. If anybody insinuates that the
President Of the United States is dsloyal
and Will not execute the laws, tell him he
is the most stupid Of slanderers. If any
body insists that our Generals are all trait
ors, and that no man is loyal at heart who
does not receive the benedicton of Wen
dell Phillips. tell him the country is lost
then and he may as well sit down in des-
par, for that style Of loyalty is as rare as
honesty in politics. In fine, whoever dis
pa'agts our Generals and our armies, with
such glorious record as they have made
AMI are making, or calls ia question the
patriotism and fidelity Of the President and
his Cabinet upon whom rests burden and
responsibility such as no government
.v'r stood under before, command him to
silence. 1t is little less than treason to lis.
ten to such men at time like this
Springfield, .H.ss., Republican.
Year: 1862

The CARE OF THE EYEs.-First, never
use desk or table with your face towards
window. In such case the rays of light
coming directly upon the pupil Of the eyes,
and causing an unnatural and forced con
traction thereof, soon permanently injure the
sight. Next, when your table or desk is
near window, sit so that your face turns
from, not towards it, while you are writing
II your face is toward the window, the
oblique rays strike the eyes when you sit
in front Of the window. 1t is always best
to sit or stand, while reading or writing,
with the window behind you, next to that
with the light coming over the left side
then the light illumines the paper or book,
and does not shine abruptly on the eye
ball. The same remarks are applicable to
artificial light. We are often asked which
is the best light-gas, candles, oil, or cam.
phene. Our answer is, it is immaterial
which. provided the light Of either be
strong enough and does not flicker.-Seicn.
sntife american.
Year: 1862

a New ARTICLE OF FEMALE WEARING
APPAREL. The patent has just been CON-
pleted of an article designed to be worn
above the boot, and to protect the leg be.
tween the ancle and the calf. 1t consists
OF what the pateutee terms leglet, in con-
tradistinction to gauntlet, and is made by
preference Of waterproof or glazed cloth,
lined or not with flannel or other textile
material. 1t is made to button round the
leg, OF it is secured by elastic wadding,
which un:tes the two ends or sides Of the
leglet. This new article not only keeps
the leg warm, but protects it from dirt and
wet at that part where mostly the dresa
comes in contact with it in walking.
Year: 1862

FORMS OF SALUTATIoN Most modern
forms Of salutation and civility arc derived
from chivairy, or at least from war, aud
they all bctoken some difference, as from
conquered person to the conqueror; Just as
in private life We still continue to sign
oursclv, S the very hun ble servants of our
correSpondents. The uncovered head was
simply the head unarmed; the helmet be
ing removed; the party was at mercy. So
the hand unsloved was the hand ungaunt-
letd and to this day it is an incivility to
shake hands with gloves on. Shaking
hands itself was but token of truce, in
which the parties took hold each of the
others weapon hand, to make sure against
treacEery. So also gentlea,an's bow is
but an offer Of the neck to the stroke of the
adversary so the lady's courtesy is but
the forms Of going on her knees for mercy.
The general principle is marked, as it
ought naturally to be, still more strongly


in the case Of military salutes. Why is a
discharge of guns a salute? Because it
leaves the guns empty, and at the mercy
of the opponent. And this is so true that
the saluting with blank cartridge is mod
crn invention. Formerly, salutes were
fired by discharging the cannon balls, and
there have been instances in which the
compliment has been nearly fatal to the
visitor whom it meant to honor. When
the officer salutes, he points the drawn
sword to the ground; and the salute of tn.
troops is, even at this day called present
ing arms"-that is, presenting them to b,
taken.
Year: 1862

THERE is not a single type-foundry south
of Baltimore, and most of the Southern pa
pers, unless they succeed in getting type
from Europe, will be compelled, in the
course of year, to suspend publication on
account of the type from which they are
printed So far as Typography is concern
ed, the rebel newspapers already present
a wretched appearance.
Year: 1862

What is the use of trimming q lamp,
If you never intend to light it?
What is the use of graphing wrong,
If you never intend to fight it
What is the use of removing your hat,
II you do not intend to tarry?
What is the use of wooing maid,
If you never intend TO marry?
What is the use of buying a GOAT,


II you do not intend to wear it?
What is the use of house or two,
If you never Intend to share it?
What is the use of gathering gold,
If you do not intend to keep it2
What is the use of planting field,
lfyou never intend to reap itY
What is the use of buying book,


If you do not intend to read itP
What is the use of cradle to you,
If you never intend to need il?
Year: 1862

A sAGAcIous philosopher has found in the
fact that there are three times as many
muscles to draw the mouth up as there are
to draw it dowu, rule that we should laugh
Just three times as much as we cry. Even
does not seem to be altered; and the crack
of a joke seems as much in place as the
crack OF a rifle.
Year: 1862

-@ - - ~ -
PIANo FoRTEs


M ELO D EON s!
take pleasure in announcing TO the citizens of
this place aud the public in general that am now
selling


IPIANos AND MELoD EoNs
At lower prices thanever before offered in the west
Only 100 Dollars for Z octave Rosewood Piano.
with full iron frame and ovcrstrung bass. Good
WARRANTED MELoDEoNS At sss.


A large assortment always on hand at


WHlTNEY'S
PIANo& MELoDEoN wARERooM


I5I Summit Street, Toledo. Ohio.


sssy- Now let me give you reasons why II will be
TO your advantage to buy of me. In the first place
you will have a large assortment to select from,
comprised of the


THE BEST MADE IN THE COUNTRY.
Again you will have your Piano put up in your
house in good condition without further trouble
after ordering. And in the third place, you will
buy CHEAP and


Get A Good Reliable Instrument!
great many Pianos are spoiled by getting out of
order in moving, aud there being no person to put
them properly in ORDER they are used in that CON
dition and materially injured / buy my Pianos at
the lowest cash prices, and my sales being large
do not require large profit on each one. | now
ask YOU to consider these facts and should you want
a Piano or Melodeon. write to me, giving name and
place of residence and will call upon YOU and If
we do not agree upon price, terms &C. it shall not
be my fault.


STEINW AY & SONS
GOLD MEDAL SQUARE & GRAND PIANOS.
Year: 1862

Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, made
speech at Cambridgeport, the other even
ing, in the report of which we notice the
following statements


The other day called on the President
with an earnest Douglas Democrat of
Massachusetts. Tho news had Just come to
the President of these defeats OF his sup
portcrs in those States and the President
seemed bowed down, when the intelligence
of the defeat of our armies in the field came
upon him, and he said: 81 confess that
am grevcd at the results of these elections
This intelligence will go to Europe; it will
be construed there as n condemnation of
the war; it will go into the land of the re-
bellion, and will encourage the leading
rebels and nerve the arms of the rebel sol
diers fighting our men in the field. 1t is
true said the President, ''many of these
men elected profess to be war Democrats;
but the resolutions of their conventions,
the tone of their leading presses, and their
general actions, will be constructed every
where against the cause of our country"
Year: 1862

Wereferred yesterday to the riots in Gin
cinnati, in which the Irish had risen against
the negroes and waged indiscriminate war
fare upon all persons of color. From yes
terday's papers we learn that the troubles
continued up to Wednesday night. A
meeting Of citizens was held to devise ways
and means for the peace Of the city, and it
was resolved to raise an organization of
one thousand men who should be well arm
ed and ready at all times to quell any dis
turbance. The Winfield Rifles, a Home
Guard company, marched to the Mayor s
Office with ten rounds of cartridges each
mot blank Ones) and reported for duty
Many arrests had been made.


The people Of Cincinnati owe it to them
selves to crush out this foul spirit of intOl-
erance and characterization. The difficulty
arose partially from the employment Of ne
groes upon the river boats. They had just
as much right there as whites, if the pro
prietors chose to employ them, and if the
tools of pro-slavery Democracy attempted
to drive them from legitimate competition,
these tools should have been Immediately
reduced TO law and order by steel and
ball, if no milder terms would answer
Northern cities Iare not the places for such
se5updreIs.