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Year: 1862

breath of wind stirring, and nary a SOU
in sight. I'll leave it to your wife
Now [ ask you as a reasoning being
what mortal means could ha broke that
ar glass into powder in the wink Of al
eye?"


Il crept behind the big fireplace
frightened.


Furthermore sir" said Liza, 'that
i ar glass made for the foot. board Of the
old ladys bed as straight as any arrow
that ever you see If there ever was q
warning sir, that 'ar's warning or Tn
no judge.


20 grandpam whispered Kate, cling
ing close to his neck.


''Don't put me out, Kitty When !
saw how solemn they all were had a
great many queer feelings. went and
hid in the meal-room, partly for shame
and partly because [ couldn keep from
laughing. Yet every word they said
cut me like lash with pin in it.


"You see | had been down by the
river skipping stones, and what should
[ do in my idleness but wheel right
about and send little pebble toward
the house. I little thought Of hitting
the window, but when | heard the crash
my first thought was, Now for scold-
ing SO [ ran down the bank in a
very crooked path to 60 after my COWS,
hoping that when | should get home my
mothers anger would be cooled. But
they never dreamed that [ was the rogue
who sent the warning. When enter
ed the house that night expected to
have a grave rebuke from my mother,
and meant to tell her just how the acci-
dent happened, and promise to do better
next time.


But when I found to my surprise,
that such breeze had been raised,
kept still, being very fond of a joke.
Besides. | was a graceless scamp Kitty,
and hadn't moral courage to let my
mother know what dupe she was for
fear Of the consequences 1t really
happened that my grandmother died
that week in peaceful ignorance Of the
panic in the house, and of course our
family and neighbors talked very sadly
and wisely about the omen which had
toretold her death.


II listened and thought to myself,
well my good friends, if that is one OF
your dreadful omens I'm not afraid OF
them"


"Of course I told the whole story af-
ter while, and took a whipping, and ]
deserved it. But | learned good les
son, which | never forgot and between
you and me, Kitty, it's my private opin-
ion that if people looked into things as
they ought to, there wouldn't be quite
so many signs and wonders. ,


'There jump down, my dear, and let
me finish my apple. ."-,Student and
Schoolmdte.
Year: 1862

A MILITARY EXECUTION IN SOUTH
WESTERN MIssoURI-The execution
ground was about half mile from the
town, and when [ reached there found
troops drawn upon three sides Of the
square, while the fourth was occupied
by the condemned and the firing parties.
A long line of mounted sentinels kept
back the too-curious crowd, but word
from polite little major, who had pre-


viously seen me at the headquarters, ad
mitted me, and took my place near the
General and his staff, in one corner OF
the square. After some time occupied
in the preliminary preparations, each
prisoner was blindfolded and knelt in
front of his own execution party A
venerable looking gray-headed chaplain
now stepped out from among the staff,
and in short, fervent prayer, commended
the souls of these poor wrctches to the
mercy of the God before whom they
would shortly appear. Everything was
still as death, The perfect hush, if |
may say so, was painfully distinct, and
[ could see, even under the grave stern
face OF the General, softening look, as
if he was still struggling between duty
and mercy. For moment the silence
was awful then came the clear tone OF
command Of the officer Of the day


Ready" "aim, ''fre z rafting dis
charge puff Of smoke; a groan, and
all was over, The ten had paid the
penalty Of their broken oaths For a
moment all was hushed, as before, and
you could almost hear the long drawn
breath of relief The bright sun shono
as calmly and clearly as before, but
shone on ten corpses stiff and stark
where moment before were ten mer
in the full flush of physical health.
Year: 1862

asa-It is openly charged in Washing
ton, that army surgeons are constantly
bribed to allow men to 90, on the ground
of physical disability, and that the ar
my is rapidly growing less through the
dishonest operation. Powerful friends
of sick soldiers constantly throng the
War Department and the Surgeons Gen
erals Office, in the endeavor to obtain
discharges for their friends.
Year: 1862

"CRowDED BEFORE He WAS OUT OF
THE WOODS. "A we'll known sccesh
planter, living not far from New Orleans,
wrote last spring that four Of his slaves
who had run away to the Yankees, had
returned. "They have had enough Of
liberty, and were glad to come back. "
But in his next letter to the North he
told different tale; the four had run
away again, and had taken with then
two hundred more.
Year: 1862

That keeper truly felt the response
bility of his position. His duty was to
keep lights continually burning during
the night for the guidance of vessels.
The reformer is lighthouse keeper.
The world is enveloped in moral dark
ness. This is not merely an incident
or attribute of it's condition, but its es-
scnce and principal element, 1t is a
darkness that prevade and overshadows
all human society.
Year: 1862

"There S two ways Of doing it, said
Pat to himself, as he stood musing and
waiting for job. Of | save me two
thousand dollars [ must lay up two
hundred dollars year for twenty years
or can put away twenty dollars year
for two hundred years-now which
shall [ do ?"
Year: 1862

The tasks set to children should be mod
crate. Over-exertion is hurtful both physic-
ally and intellectually, and even morally
But it is of the utmost Importance that they
should be made to fulfil all their tasks cor
rectly and punctually. This will train them
for an exact, conscientious discharge of their
duties in after life.
Year: 1862

TEE foundation Of domestic happiness is
faith in the virtue of woman. The founda-
ton of political happiness is faith in the in
tegrity Of man. The foundation of all happi.
ness. temporal and eternal, is faith in the
goodness, the righteousness, the mercy, and
the love Of Goi.
Year: 1862

At my suggestion that the object of his alarm
could he nothing living. as the tomb had for 80
many years, as he well knew, been closed the
sexton gathered courage, and again descending
the steps, took firm hold Of the iron door. But
still he hesitatrd to open it. | reiterated my ar
gument against his fears aud at length summon
ing all his courage, be boldly drew the old door
wide open on its rusty hinges. As he did so,
there fell outwards, at bis feet nay, upon them,
as he stood upon the stones-a il'shless skeleton!
The knee Joints bent d0wnwards upon the edges
Of the lower step, which formed the sill OF the
iron door while closed. The arms were extended
over the head, and fell beyond the skull, which
rested on the last stair but one, while the finger
Joints dropped upon the stair above The skull
was partially covered with long hair, plainly de-
noting the sex Of the deceased. noticed, also.
that the teeth were very fine, and in "A state Of
wonderful preservation. On the floor of the
vault we're strewed the decayng remains of a
shattered coffin, that seemed to have fallen from
a high niche in the side Of the tomb, where others
we're ranged, entire, in black and mouldering ar
ray!


All these particulars were glanced al in mo.
ment, and the whole story was thus revealed as
if by some terrible convusion OF nature. My
simple companions stood around in speechless
terror The sexton seemed ready to sink liieless
into the tomb he had been opening for another.
Never shall forget the scene


Suggesting to the assembly the propriety Of
Year: 1862

LEwrsroN.-Notwithstand the damage done
in that section by food and fire, within the past
year, Lewiston is thriving, and will be in the full
tide of her former prosperity in few months
more The Sons of Temperance which order is
in flourshing state are about to erect new
hall, having already raised sufficient money for
the purpose. Charley Rantzau, who lost every
thing by the late fire, has his new store we'll fill
ed with assorted merchandise, and is doing
prosperous business, which he certainly deserves.
Phillips has completed his new dwelling house,
but will not attempt to rebuild his bridge this
year. He has a ferry in operation Cor the con-
venience of travellers Howe and Boyer have
just finished new saloon Fox has built new
store McCausland Il market, and Phillips u
blacksmith shop. There are rich mines about
Lewiston, and we see no good reason for growing
despondent over the reverses of the past year.
Lewiston will come out all right another
season,
Year: 1862

INDIFFEREN CA soldier, who was in all the
battles before Richmond, remarks that it is
astonishing how Indifferent to danger man be-
comes in action, after being in it "A short timc.-
While supporting battery, some of our men
ley down on the ground and slept soundly, utter
y regardless of the shells that were bursting
around them. If had not seen this, certainly
never would have believed it,"
Year: 1862

A MILD WINTER. The Sierra Democrat says
that the Indians predict mild open winter
They say that when wild plums abundant
a moderate winter will follow. The wild pums
have not been SO plentiful for great many years
as this
Year: 1862

New RoAD.-An effort has been made this sea-
son to open a road up Rush Creek from the mouth
to nterscct the Trinity Center and Weavervlle
road at Lqngdon's. John Arm has nearly com
pletcd the road from his place to Langdon's, but
some three or four miles of road below his place
remain to be made, so that the road will be of
little use this season.
Year: 1862

tee was appointed to wait upon the Presi-
dent, and communicate their action.


"on being informed of the fact, the Sec
retary of State on the same day sent to the
President his resignation and requested that
it might be Immediately accepted. The
Assistant Secretary of State sent in his re-
signation at the same time and in the same
manner"


The Senators who met in caucus and re-
commended a change in the Cabinet were
pledged to keep the proceedings secret,
except to the President. Secretary Seward
however, heard of the matter and resigned.


Senator Fessenden and d. S. Dickinson,
of New York, are among the most promi-
nent named for Secretary of State, and the
belief is entertained the former will soon be
rendered the appointment.


Speaker Grow will probably be offered a
Secretaryship. Many of his friends seem
to regard this as nearly certain.
Year: 1862

FEEDISG suEEP WHILE AT PAsIrxE. We
have alluded 10 Mr.. Fay's plan OF putting
an extra number Of sheep on pasture and
feeding them highly for the purpose Of im-
proving the land. A writer in the Mark
Lane Express. speak. as follows on the same
subject An addition Of corn or cake will
add greatly to their progress. believe
that. taking into account the increase IL
wool and mutton. and the extra number
which the pasture may be thus made to
carry, that 4 good daily ration Of cake or
corn is the mOss profitable mode Of grazing.
l know this !, is becoming universal in the
bet grazing districts"


Boston Cultiyatof.
Year: 1862

FATAL ACCIDENT ON rHs NAuGAruck R. R. On Saturday evening last. as the up train on the Naugatuck R. R. had arrived about a mile thls side of Waterville station, the engineer perceived man few rods head of the loco ,lotive upon the track. The engineer whistled " down brakes but before the train could be stopped the locomotive struck the man, throw.

 ing him several feet up under a fence, where he was afterwards picked up dead, with his head completely crushed in. The train was backed down to Waterbury when the body was discov- cred as that of shoemaker living in Middle bury named John Hines. He was seen to be intoxicated during the day. and was probably still under the influence of liquor when killed. No blame could be attached to the engineer, who was unable to stop ths train until it had run forty or fifty rods from the spot where the sad accident occurred. The deceased leaves a wife and family.
Year: 1862

L1TcHfIELD.-The storm et Friday last was the most severe that has been known here for years, so early in the season. The snow fell furiously and the wind blew Q perfect gale through Friday and Friday night. Saturday

 sleighs ran easily through the streets and we learn there were two days excellent sleighing North and West of us. On Sunday we had another snow storm, and the snow still remains in drifts of two to three feet high along the road sides.
Year: 1862

All statements alleging disaffecton in the ar my n consequence of the change in the com. maud of the army of the Potomac are pronoun ced by those who have the best means of know. ing, tu be without foundation.
Year: 1862

There is scarcely doubt that the meas
rre now before Congress, authorizing draft
ing will become law, its provisions to
Lake effect forthwith The men are needed
for the field, and The people are ready for
The call Of their country. It's scarcely pos
sible that volunteering can proceed SO
rapidly as to preclude the necessity Of
draft, and when the need is SO great it will
be most expensive and disastrous atfec~
ton to let the interests Of the country be
prGudiccd By delay. The war must not
wait
Year: 1862

Our dispatches arc very full as showing
the nature and effects Of the recent rebel
raids into Kentucky and Tennessee. Do
any Of our readers cherish doubt whether
these marauders are too good to be hung
Ior shot by blacks
Year: 1862

during this liberty commotion, was shak-
ing and rattling in the church and out,
on week day and sabbath, this tempest
filled the atmosphere, and praying pco-
pie and swearing people were smltten.
In one church in that city, Juan was
told, the praying folk split into factions,
and hurled anathamas at each others
heads. SO desperate became this pray
ing fight that one party split entirely
away from the rest and built a church
Of their own. Every pot house and
groggely became a rendezvous for one
faction or another: should any one Of a
differant stripe unluckely stray on the
premises, oh his head-his heart-his
! liver and even common men, who, in
other times might be civil and good
natured, if they met in narrow lane
looked daggers and sometimes used them
on one another; why, it WAS hard to
tell, and they themselves were bothered
to know the why, but a liberty phrcnzy
had seized them, impellcd by it they
took different sides, one felt ugly to-
wards one another and must threaten and
fight Man is an anomoly, said Juan,
when his brain is turned by the whirl
of liberty, This tempest in a teapot
of Rhode Island war, did not last
long, and people settled down pretty
civily to treat each other some what
nationally once more, Juan being a
stranger, and, withall, a foreigner, did
not get much mixed up in this liberty
muss. 1t was to him, however, sort
Of theme to muse on, and for many
day and night visions Of liberty and
ante-iberty, Democracy and ante De
mocracy soyeregntyisms and republi-
canisns, came over his brain, and he
came to the conclusion that decent
batch Of good common sense is most
desirable commodity in all forms Of gov
crnmcnts, be they republics OF what
not
Year: 1862

This is a matter that seems to puzzle
the government at present, and will be
likely to be puzzling matter for some
time to come. There is no body in the
free states, or, at any rate, but very
few, that want them to blend and mix
up in society here. There seems to be
no home for them in the South at pres
ent, and they are accommodating on the
hands of the governmental such numbers
that something must be done. The fol-
lowing is an outline of the Pomeroy
plan of South American Colonization,
but from late intimations, there seems
to be some difficulties in the way OF
that being successful:


It is Senator Pomeroy's intention to
90 with five hundred able bodied negroes
as the first colony, in first class steamer
sailing from this city between the 9th
and 10th Of October. A few women
will accompany the expedition, but none
with large families. The first colony
to go as pioneers to smooth the way for
Others. The expedition will land at
Chiriqui on the Isthmus, two hundred
miles north of Aspinwall and the Pan
anna Railroad. If no objection is made
by the Chiriqui government on arrival,
a landing will be made in Chiriqui La
COON, fine bay overlooking northward
with several rivers flowing into it from
the south.


IF objection be made on the part Of
the present administration Of the State
or if the coal and gold deposits, or the
commercial and agricultural resource:
do not prove as good as is promised, 3
second trial will be made on the perhap;
equally desirable shore of Honduras
Year: 1862

line.-This was about half past twelve
on Saturday, and virtually the end of
the engagement here Our troops stood
in line in readiness to receive them at
every point, should they desire to renew
the attack 1t was thought that an at
tempt would be made to mass the rebel
troops at some other point, but this ex-
pectation was not to be realized The
enemy slowly took up his line Of retreat
in the direction of Chervalla.


A nights rest and bivouack refreshed
our wearied troops, and with the fresh
men to the number Of 5000, under Brig.
Gen. Mcpherson, which arrived from
Jackson during the night, at daylight
they started to pursue the retreating reb-
els. Gen. Rosencrans followed the rebel
army until near the Hatchie River, the
bridge over which stream Gen Hurlburt
had reached with his division from Boil
var, and destroyed, near Pocahontas-
The rebels found their retreat cut off in
that direction, and attempted to retreat
towards Cheyalla, when they met the ad-
vancing column of Rosencrans, There
was fighting all day Sunday and to-day,
and this evening we have the gratifying
intelligence from Gen. Rosencrans that
the enemy is utterly routed and de-
feated.


A large number Of his men, those
who escaped the casualties of Friday
and Saturday, are killed and wounded,
and we have more prisoners than we
can provide quarters for tits low esti-
mate to say that in the engagements here
and on the Hatchie, not less than 10000
rebels are killed and wounded. Prob
ably fully that number have been taken
prisoners.


An immense quantity Of artillery and
all of his baggage trains are in our pos
session, and we may safely count upon
the utter destruction Of the flower Of the
Southern army.


[ rode over the field very soon after
the battle closed, and can say with GER
tainty, that the rebels lost four to our one.
This is owing to the fact that we greatly
excelled them in artillery and position
They were compelled to meets cross fire,
come from any quarter Welost but very
few on Saturday. On Friday we lost
more, and this because it was necessary
to meet them to know their force and
position. God bless Gen. Rosencrans,
says this army, and the country will say
the same.
Year: 1862

English papers of late dates give de-
plorablo accounts Of the distress in the
manufacturing districts. A visitor to
Wigan writes to the London Times an
account of the sights he saw, from which
we take the following extract:


II spent some time in visiting the
houses of the operatives, and though I
found many cases in which the average
of two shillings per head was not reach
ed, yet my own inquiries confirmed the
first impression given by the statistics
as to the comparative superiority of the
condition Of the unemployed popula-
ton. / saw, for instance, one family Of
eight husband, wife and six children
living on fourteen shillings week !;
widon and seven children, living on
eleven shillings, with what they could
make out of very small shop, which
for weeks past had been next to moth
ing. An overlooker and his wife with
five childred had to subsist on 14s, a
week, los half wages, and Is. from the
relief committee, and they too had a
small shop, but for six months they had
gotnothing out oft except $40 of doubt
full debts He had to do something to-
wards the support Of his mother, a very
respectable old woman, who lived close
by, and with daughter-in-law and
child, had nothing else to depend upon
but IS. a we k from the Relief Com
mittee, This was one of tho oae0s in
which the parish officers offered no re-
lief but the workhouse-as she had q
decent house and furniture, some of 1t
old and curions enough to fetch a price
in Wardour street-of course, she had
refused it. In another street, man
with wife and eight children had six
days work from the parish, equal to Is.
Cd, and six tickets from the Relief
Committee, equal to 6s. lbs. Cd. for
ten. A little further on, man with
wife and four children, and an old uncle
of eighty-two years Of age, had Us.
Sd. week for the seven. In another
part of the town I found an overlooker
and his wife and two children, his daugh-
ter and her family living in the same
house-eight persons in all-with only
ten shillings among them. This was
one Of the cases where there had been
a long struggle before applying for re-
Lief They had sold and paved nearly
all their clothing, and had run deeply
into debt besides. The case had only just
come under the notice Of the committee,
and no doubt will be more adequately
met at the next visitation. In this part
of the town, where the cottages are
newer and better built, and inhabited
generally by a higher class of opera
tivcs, I saw many cases which had not
come before the Relief Committee at
all, where people were pinching and
screwing in every way, suffering the
seyerest privations to exc out few shil-
lings earned by oae Of the members of
the family, rather than sacrifice their
pride Of independence"


While industrious labor is starving
in England, in this country, we are
suffering more from the want OF that
labor, than from the war. But owing
to the foul and misrepresentation Of
this country by the London Times and
kindred sheets, those poor men will re-
main there and starve with their tami-
lies, rather than come to this land OF
plenty and prosperity.