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Year: 1862

SEA SICKNEss.-The July number Of
.Siiiiman's Journal contains Il paper by T.
NJ. Bache, of the l. s Coast Survey, on
the "Physioligy of the Sea Sickness
Prof. Bache asserts the theory that this
distressing malady Is not disonsn of the
stomach, but Of the brain, and arises from
the fact of the mind not being able to an
derstand the varying motions of Il boat as
rapidly as the senses feel them, thus caus-
ing a conflict of impressions and a
consequent affection Of the brain, which in
turn dcranges the nervous system and pro-
duces nausea The smell of food close
air, and similar matters may aggravate
the disease, but are not the prim .ry caus-
es of it. As soon as tire mind is educated
up to n point that enables it to conceive
the idea of each motion as soon as it is felt,
sea-sickness ceases


Prof Bache recommends persons going
on board of n vessel to cat an ordinary
meal, and whilst on board to conform
closely as possible to their habits whilst
on land. The deck is the best place to
remain during the sickness, as the sight
can there be best educated to the move
ments, and the fresh air also has a good
effect. \ steady gaze at the horizon cna-
bles the sufferer to quickly estimate the
movements of the ship. If possible choose
a position amid-ships on deck, spread a
mattrass, lie down and look out at the hor
izon, and then all has been done that can
be done to prevent or cure sea-sickness
Year: 1862

WILL Be MARKED-ihe men who neith-
er contribute muscle nor money tor the
war will be marked The children ana
childrcn's children OF those who now walk
the stage will speak of them with disgust
and wonder. They will be enshrined in
the topmost niche of the Temple Of infainy
-4kbapv Erenipg Jopnak
Year: 1862

gw- Tho man who thinks more OF his
dollar than he does Of the tnion, has no
business to live i'm free country o en-
dow such creature with the privileges o
liberty would be to throw pearls before
swine hicqgo Journal
Year: 1862

NoTuING DoING.-The roads are in
such an awful condition that communication
With the country lie almost entirely suspended
for the present. Business in town is conse.
quently dull and Improbable. 1t will require
put matters in good condition in the above
respect.
Year: 1862

CoLD.-FOr every mile that we leave the
surface OF the earth, the temperature falls FIVE
degrees. At forty five miles distance from the
globe, we get beyond the atmosphere, and en-
ter, strictly speaking, into the region of space,
whose temperature is 225 degrees below zero ::
and here cold reigns in all its power Some
idea of this intense cold may be formed by sta
ting that the greatest cold observed from the
Arctic Circle is from forty to sixty degrees
below zero, and here many surprising effects
are produced. In the chemical laboratory the
greatest cold that we can produce is about 80
degrees below zero. At this temperature, car
bOnic Gas becomes solid substance like snow.
If touched, it produces just the same effect on
the skin as a red.hot cinder-it blisters the
finger like burn. Quicksilver or mercury
freezes at 40 degrees below zero that is, Il
degrees below the temperature at which water
freezes. The solid mercury may then be treat
ed as other metals, hammered into sheets, or
made into spoons ; such spoons would, how
ever melt in water as warm as ice. 1t is pret-
ty certain that every liquid and gas that we
are acquainted with would become solid if ex
posed to the region of space. The gas we
light our streets with would appear like wax
oil would be in reality as hard as a rock :"
pure spirit, which we have never yet solidifed,
would appear like transparent crystal by
drogen gas would be solid, and resemble metal;
like a piece of ivory, and the fragrant odors of
flowers would have to be made hot before they
would yield perfume These are few of the
astonishing effects of cold.
Year: 1862

AN old bachelor says that women are SO
fond Of appearances, that if you could make
them believe that there were no looking glass
es in heaven, they would set no more value on
salvation than they DO on poor relation.
Singular how age sours people.
Year: 1862

4 YOUNG merchant clerk who had been in
California since lS49, without making his for
tune, found it a very difficult matter to get any
letters from home, and particularly from a
young lady TO whom he was engaged when he
started round the Horn" He subsequently
became more successful in business, and wrote
home to an acquaintance, asking the price Of q
certain dne farm in Ohio 4 reply came, aBd
with It, very much to his surprise, number Of
congratulatory letters from his intended that
was, and from number of other young ladies
and friends. He didn't buy the farm.
Year: 1862

How HEALTH BRIGHrENs THISGs.-Nature
has so knit the mind and body together that
they act and react upon each other. Who
has not felt that the state of health gives a
cooring to everything that happens to him
One man whose health is depressed sees his
own freside that used to burn so cheerfully
only colored with gloom aud sadness Another,
Of a bright and joyous mind, in the full vigor
of health, will go forth, and the very desert to
that mans eye will rejoice, and the very will
derness to his view will blossom as rose, and
the saddest strains to him will sound the most
joyous and brilliant. A sufferer goes out and
looks on nature, and its roses all become thorns.
its myrtles all look like briars, and the sweet.
est minstTelsy of the grove and forest sounds
to him like wild wailing minor running
through all the sounds Of nature.
Year: 1862

IT will be welcome news 10 the country
ty learn that General Hunter has transferred
the troops from James Island TO Hilton Head
thus giving up for the present the inlets
that lead TO the rear Of the forts in Charles,
ton harbor. This doubtless means that
there will be no attack on that city until All
iron-clad gunboat can FIRST cooperate.
Year: 1862

GocD LUcK.-Somo young men talk
about luck. Good luck IS TO get up at six
o'clork in the morning; good luck, if you
have only shilling week, is to live upon
eleven pence, and save penny good luck
is TO trouble your head with your own
busin"ss, and let your nelghbors alone :.
good luck is to fulfil Tie commandments,
and do unto other people IS we wish them
to do unto rs. They mast not only work,
but wait. They must pod aud persevere.
Pence must be taken care Of. because
they are the seeds Of guineas. To get on
in The world, they must take care Of home,
sweep their own doorways clean, try and
help other people, avoid temptations, and
have an abiding faith in truth and God.
Year: 1862

lccF- A Richmond correspondent OF the
Charleston Mercury telling anecdotes
about the battles Of last October beyond
Richmond. says that during one Of tLom,
straggler, who had built nice fire in
the field and was enjoying it all to himself
observed what he took to be a sqnad of
cava'ry. The man in front seemed to be
reeling in his saddle. The straggler ran
out to meet him and said, " Look here
old fellow, you are mighty happy
Where the HI do you get your liquor
from? Give me some I'm as dry as
powder horn" Imagine his feelings when
he found it was Stonewsll Jackson-the
most uugraceful rider in the army, and
who naturally sways from side to side as
if he was 4" three sheets in the wind"
Year: 1862

respectfully informs the public of Manito


voc town and county, and surrounding
country, that he has recently purchased
the Drug and Medicine store formerly kept
by LEUBSER & RUDIGER, on the corner of
Franklin and Eighth streets, south side Of
the river, and that in addition to their
large stock, he is constantly adding to and
replenishing the same. He has large
end extensive assortment of PURE
Year: 1862

ABOUT BLACK PErPER.-Back pepper
is raised to some extent on the Island Of
Java; but Sumatia which lies lust across
the straits, is by far the mos. celebrated
for this commodity. Her pepper, is, per-
haps, the finest and most abundant Of auv
one country in .he world. Black perpsr
grows on vine very much like our graps
vine. The pepper grows, and looks, when
grown, very much like our currant, ha.
each lis own stem, but the pepper has not
every grain grows hard on to one stem.
jnst as each grain Of Indian corn does on
the cob. The color of tie pepper, when
first ripe, is almost bright red, and CHANGE,
to the dead black by being exposed to The
heat of the sun. The white pepper is
nothing more than the common black
with the outer skin taken off. 1t is first
soaked nntil this skin bursts open, which
IS then rubbed off and the grain dried
The white Is not considered so punrent
as the black, though it is nicer and moro
expensive, as more labor is necessary in
order to prepare it.
Year: 1862

attorney and Counsellor at Lar.
Has resumed the practice Of his profession in
Manitowoc, and car now promise to give
prompt attention to all professional business
entrusted to him.
IT. Collections made in any part of the State.
For a few weeks his office will be found at
his dwelling house
Year: 1862

WHICH Is the most solemn and awful mo-
ment of naval battle?" asked lady of
naval officer. The moment before the bat
tie, madam, when they sprinkle sand on the
decks to absorb the blood that is soon to flow,
replied the officer.
Year: 1862

SPLENDID WAR SrEAMER.-The New York
Herald of the lst inst, says; Commodore
Vanderbilt is converting the noble steamship
anderbilt which be lately gave to the Uni
ted States Government, into a man-of-war.-
She will carry some twelve guns, of heavy cal
ibre and will be the fastest war vessel afoat
She will probably be employed to chase priva-
teers. Whatever she sees she can catch. The
Vanderbilt has three hundred men working on
board of her, and will be ready to receive her
armament in the course of a few days Before
she goes to the navy yard she will be thrown
open to public inspection for a few days
Year: 1862

WOUNDS N THE BARK OF FRUIr TREEs.-
When these occur, the ragged portion of the
bark around the edge of the wound should be
cleany and regularly cut, when the edges of
the exposed portion of the wood may be coated
with covering of Canada basam. This will
protect the bark from the oxydising influences
of the atmosphere. and at the same time per
nit the growth TO occur about the edges, so
as to prevent the further stripping Of the bark.
Some cultivators prefer the use of one ounce of
gum shelac, dissolved in quart Of alcohol Of
95 per cent. strength. No larger proportion
of shellac should be used. as thick coating is
sure to crack and peal of instead of clinging
firmly to the surface. \ thin vsruish of
shellac may also be used on the ends Of branch
Is when freshly trimmed. The alcohol imme-
diately evapOrates, leaving thin coating Of
shellac. which becomes dry and firmly at
tached to the wood before any exudation, Of
sap can occur Working Farmer.


Peter PISDER presented Madame Mara
with one Of his songs which be afterward sold
10 publisher, Madame, who liked money, also
sold the song, and the two publishers threat
ened suit Mara, meeting the doctor, asked,
What is to be done can't you say you were
intoxicated when You sold it? Cannot you
say the same of yourself ?" replied the satirist
" one story would be believed as soon as the
other
Year: 1862

The elec'i ion news from the States is partic


ularly cheering. The Black Republicans are
beaten at every point. \ Democratic Sena-
tor will be elected in the place of David C.


WilmOt, and Democratic Senator in Indiana.
The reign of terror is over. The people are
asserting their right of self government. They
will submit to the dictation of corrupt traitors
and tyrants no longer American citizens are
not yet ready to resign their freedom to a set
of crazy fanatics. The Republican party has
received a rebuke which is as deserved as it is
severe. 1t went into power possessing the
confidence of the people, and promising to re-
form the abuses which had crept into the diff
ferent departments of Government. 1t has
been in power nearly two years and the histo-
~ of the world nowhere shows such corruption
and abuses Of power Nero would hide his
diminished head in shame in trying to equal
some of the hangers on of this party in acts of
tyranny and OPPRESSION but thanks to an all
wise and kind Providence, their career of in
fanny is checked. The people have asserted
their manhood and have showp their intention
to drive these traitors frcm place and power
When the last one is driven from place the
whole civilized world should unite in a day of
Thanksgiving for so great dellverance. The
memory of these corrupt partisans will be held
in execration as long as the name of American
exists. The time is fast approaching, when
the name of Republican will be the most
disgraceful epithet that can be attached to any
one; it will be considered sufficient to cover
with infamy any one to whom it is attached
Let every patriot hail with delight the symp-
toms of returning light Ell Dorado Times
Year: 1862

We learn that rebel prisoner was kill
ed on Tuesday night, while attempting to
escape from the prison on Johnson's Is
tand, in Sandusky Bay. As we are told,
he was challenged and commanded to stop,
but paying no attention TO the warning,
was shot BY the sentinel and killed


We further learn. that several previous
attempts to escape had been made by pris-
oners, and that small boat was noticed
to be lowering about the Island during the
afternoon of Tuesday, under suspicious
circumstances, giving rise to the belief that
it was designed fOI the benefit Of some one
in the prison. The result of the last at
tempt will probably somewhat check that
kind Of experiments.-Tolsdo Blade.
Year: 1862

Fhe. monument to the memory of the
mother of Washington, commenced by the
Observation-Disclosures some twenty-five OF
thirty years ago, but which has never been
finished, as have already informed the
Inquirer, is to be completed by cur troops
by order of General Mcdowell. Nothing
could be more appropriate than that our
army, while preserving the Union, should
also do an act commemorative Of the vir-
tues and holy memory Of the mother Of
him who first led the armies of our fathers,
when they willingly gave up life and
property to create this blessed Union
fredericksburg Correspondence PHILADELPHIA
Inquirer aH fE
Year: 1862




Henry Ward Beecher, in the course Of
his sermon at the Plymouth Church last
night, made an eloquent plea for newspa-
pers, speaking Of them as one Of the most
potent elements Of our civilization. Said
he, 'eThere is a common vulgar collection
about newspapers that they lie so; they
don't lie any more than you do. Man is
naturally a lying creature. Truth is n
a gift from Heaven, and very few of US
possess it before they get there. The news
paper gives both facts and rumors, and
they would be blamed if they did not do
so. 1t is for the reader to judge Of these
rumors. The last economy should be in
regard to newspapers. 1t is better to de-
priYe the body Of some ribbon, or jewel,
or garment, than to deprive the mind of its
sustenanee."- T. Post
Year: 1862

A SITUATION WANTED-BY A YOUNG WOMAN; is
IA good plain cook and very good washer ironer
willing 10 make herself generally useful; best OF city


renee can be given. Can be for days l4
Year: 1862

Notwithstanding the retreat Improvements
made in artillary and portable firearms, the
bayonet is. stili considered the most decisive
weapon in close conflict. The science of pro-
jectiles has produced nothing so deadly and
so difficult to withstand Troops that will
advance undauntedlY in the face of 4 wlther
ing lire, may yet lack the nerve to meet a
line of leveled steel Cannon are often fired
too high or o low ;and out of every hun
dred shots, in platoon firing, nos one in twen-
tv-five kill or wounds But the blade of the
mrsket, truer than its ball. rarely misses its
mark In collision of bayonets, down goes
the front rank on either side-and then one
party gives way, and the pursuit is murder
Gus. To make bayonet charge requires more
than ordinary courage and discipline to re-
ceive and repel one, the uttermost pluck and
the most perfect discipline combined. Even
the veterans under Napoleon gave way be-
fore the cold steel of the British Infantry
and Wellington enioined it upon his soldiers
to place their chief depende- ce upon that sil
ent but most terrible of all deadly weapons.
The ugly enough three-cornered instrument
of Wellington's day has been replaced by
weapon still more frightful in appearance;
though it is doubtful wheather the modern RI
fe sabre infiicts more dangerous wound
than Its angular predecessor; Dut heitner OF
them is sufficiently inviting in its aspect to
induce any one to cultivate close acquain-
sancc with it in the field as matter of choice.
The popular idea of a bayonet combat is
wide of the trnth. We are told that the new
bayonet is preferable to the old fashioned
one because it is a better fencing implement.
Bat the fact is that very little fencing is done
with the bayonet under any circumstances.
In cases where the charge is firmly met
and they are rare-there is a clash of steel.
a monetary struggle, and then recoil of
the weaker or less determined force. The
rest is massacre. The actual collision sell
dem lasts more than few seconds, never
more than two or three minutes. All the
stories about protracted conflicts with the
bayonet, in which the opposing forces are
said to have swayed backward and forward
for half an hour or so in mortal strife, are
pure inventions.
Year: 1862

l. PARseN BspWNLow.- effective speak
.er is almost ubiquitous. He is talking to the
people everywhere in sharp, quick, string
words, that go direct to the point. In late
speech at Grand Rapids, Michigan, he said ::


I" / am here to-day for the purpose OF in
dorsing Lincoln's emancipation proclamation
fapplausel for this reason-that it will un-
ite the North and you haven't been united
and the rebels have because the ebels nave
no principles at stake ; and when you put
them to the wall they intended to have is
sued a proclamation of universal emancipa-
tion, and then demanded the protection of
England and France and l am glad that
Old Abe has taken the wind out of their sails
GApplause. Slavery is gone up institu-
ton. This war will make 1t so There can
not be man with thimbleful of brains


laughter who does not know that it will
put down the institution of slavery. That
will go down. l can better illustrate it by
giving a homely anecdote from the West
Two of my neighbors went out hunting, and
one of them took dog and he hadn't gone
Ear when he found a skunk. He ran the
skunk into a hollow log. He was ignorant
of the properties Of the essence peddler. He
soon had to evacuate. The other neighbol
came up, and from the state of the a:mos
phere, knew how matters stood. Said he
Neighbor, have you killed it?' Killed the
devil. Let the id thing alone and it will
stink itself to death ? Laughter By the
time this war is over, slavery will have stunl
itself to DEATH"
Year: 1862

THoRoUGHFARE GAP A correspondent OF
the Philadelphia Inquirer thus speaks of this
noted spot: "The immense Bull Run noun
tain seems cleft in twain, as some mighty
power. The way is scarcely wide enough to
admit the passage of wagon. To an immense
height, on each side, rise huge piles of lime
stone rocks, from whose crevices spring a
thousand fountains. whose .plashing upon
the rocks beneath is echoed ten thousand
times. Huge trees form an immense canopy
in the nights, rising one above the other
The sun smiles but in few places in the dark
passage. The bottom of the gap is filled
with rocks and mud, and it seems scarcely
possible to a novice in mountain wonders,
that either horse or vehicles could pass the
tortuous, rough and dark labyrinth. BUTT was
done lately. The advance guard, led by
Stathl and Wyndham, is followed with the
rush of artillery and horsemen. The occa.
sional reflection from the bright brass twelve
FOUNDERS, and the tremendous rumbling of
the wheels, tells that they are rapidly passing
through the awful defile The clatter of thou
sands of hoofs and the clanking of the
sabers echo with such force as to be painful
to the ear. But onward press the gallant
band in few moments the 'old flag emer.
ges into the glowing sunlight. followed by a
brave host of fellows, the echoes of whose
shouts burst forth with a stupendous roar
from the depths of the gap. The passage is
made rapidly and every one breathes freer.
as he thinks the u:ually cowardly enemy
have not this time made the gap mighty
tomb for many of them''
Year: 1862

\ PoETIcAL EDIToR.-The editor of the
Fall River News has taken to writing poetry,
as the following will show 1t contains as
much truth as poetry:


= Brethren, is there a man with soul SO
dead, who never to himself has said-I will
my county paper take, both for my own and
tamily's sake? If such there be let him
repent-have the paper to him sent, and if
he'd pass happy winter-he in advance
should pay the printer
Year: 1862

THE TAX on SALARIES AND INcoNEs.-The
tax on salaries and incomes is not to be lev
led until the first of May, 1868, when the tax
will be collected on the income for the wear
ending the first Of December next preceding.
or for this wear.
Year: 1862

The following definition Of Provost Mar
shal is taken from an English work of acknowl-
edged authority-"Campbell's Dictionary Of
Military Science" AS this officer is not known
to our laws or mentioned In our rules or articles
OF war; but borrowed from the English service,
tis proper that the public should be made &C.
quainted with the powers and duties Of tha,
officer in the service where he is legally recop.
nzed' A comparison of those powers and du.
tios with those claimed and exercised in this
country, at the present time, by the so-called
"Proyoat- -Marshals," may awaken some profit
able reflections:


Provost. .Marahsl-An officer appointed In
every army TO secure prisoners confined on
cnarges o, general nature, TO preserve good
order and discipline, to use every possible
means OF preventing crime, by frequently visit
ing those places at which breeches of order
and discipline are likely to be.committed. He
takes cognizsnce of all followers and retainera
OF the camp, as we'll ss of the soldiers of the
army. The Provost Marshal is intruated with
authority to inhict summary punishment on
any soldier or individual connected with the
army, whom he mag detect In tho actual com.
mission of any offense against order and dis
cipline; but recourse to the exercise of this
part Of his authority muss be limited to tho me-
cessity OF the case, where the prevalence and
frequent commission of any particular offense
may call for On immediate example.


Whatever may be the crime, the Provost.
Marshal must see the offender commit the act
for which summary punishment may be infiict-
ed; or, If the Provost Marshal or bis assistanta
should not see the offender actually commit
the crime, but that sufficient proof of his guilt
can be established, report must be made to
the general officer Commanding.


omcers who impede the Provost Msrshal, or
any other officer legally exercising AUTHORITY,
or refuse to assist him when requiring their aid
in the execution Of his duty, are liable to be
cashiered' A soldier guilty of this offense is
liable to punishment by the sentence of gen
eral couFt-martial.


By the Articles OF War, no Provost Mar
ahal or officer commanding guard can refuse
to receive and detain any prisoner committed
to his charge BY any officer or non. commission
ed officer of His Majes!y's forces, who must,
however, at the same time. deliver written
charge against the prisoner, signed by himself.