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Year: 1864

ARE you indeed9 Then we honor you
from the depths of our nature, for the
world contains, unquestionably, y, some very
good, very excellent people. There are
those whose daily life is a religion, whose
hearts arc full of the child-like sweetness
of reverence and trust. They are prone
to forget themselves in their brotherly
kindness towards a neighbor. 1t is a
| pleasure to be near them, and you, we
are glad to learn, are quite as good as
they.


| No, you don't mean that exactly
You only mean to assert your social equ-
ality with the loftiest and the proudest,
Liberty, equality, and fraternity are
condensed summary of your social creed.
Very we'll Society is known to contain
limited number Of accomplished men
and women. 1t boasts few stars of the
first magnitude, as well as myriads of
lesser lights, from the luminous points
that stud the blue, to the millions that
are only perceptible in groups as lus-
trous and nebulous haze, There are men
and women who exhibit q rare harmony
of development-the result Of happy ac-
cilents Of birth and training. There are
graceful forms animated by serene and
beautiful souls-choice buds of being
unfolded by the most judieious culture,
and enlargiug our conceptions of the
possibilities of the race. There are those
whose fine instincts are almost unerring-
who glide into the right place as by ma
gic, who drop the right word at the ft-
ting moment, and act upon the spur Of
the occasion as we afterward deliberately
wish we had done. In the group where
they are leaders is unity and pleasure.
Differences are reconciled, excelIences
blended, strong points displayed in an
agreeable light, and concessions yielded
with a!acrity where they are no longer
ofensivaly claimed. Social angels are
these Feople-not always through moral
superiority, but through happy equa
bility Of temper, and a rare endowment
of tact They help to soften and beau
tify the asperities of life; they breathe
through the sky OF March the airs of
May" They are like moonlight to the
landscape, or fragrance to the flower.


Ne, this is by no means what you
claim. In truth you have never been
remarkable for polish and suavity of
manner. You despise hypocrisy, and
your genuine nature, fairly acted out, is
little harsh and abrupt. You do not
always place your undeniable good quail
tiles in the most attractive light, and
you often fail to impress people with the
benignity Of the impulses you really feel.
You are not eminent for the traits that
win acceptance in society; these are not
your boast, and you add tc this admis-
sion a disclaimer of unusual wealth, beau
ty and intellectual or physical power
You do not claim to be one of the remar-
kable men or women of the age, but only
to be their equal in the mere fact Of your
humanity. This is the last analysis-is
the sum of your self-assertion. This is
all, and it is also much. To be human
is to possess inezhaustible capacities Of
improvement, and one Of the most hope
full manifestations is the reverent appre-
citation of persons better than yourself.
Year: 1864

Arrangements are now completed to sup
ply any demand for this article, which from
lack Of government stamps has not heretofore
been possible.


The public may rest assured that in no case
viii the perfectly pure standard of the Plant
stion Btters be departed from. Every bot
tie bears the fac simils Of our signature on a
steel plate engraving, or it cannot be genuine


Sold by all Druggists, Grocers and Dealers
throughout the country.
Year: 1864

Know TWsELF. I've believe that it was
one of the seven wise men Of Greece, said
that the most difficult thing in the world was
to follow the motto inscribed on the temple
of Apollo" Know ThyseE" Luckily for
many, the command is not only difficult but
impossible. We know quite number IN
this city, that if they knew themselves. they
would hang themselves; and suicide is not
commendable. We heard OF a fellow who,
being sarcasticaly told know himself, an
swered that he did not -'sh TO enlarge the
circle of his acquaintance -seuEible fellow
O. s. Journal.
Year: 1864

Another wonderful ingredient of Spanish
origin, inparting beauty to the complexion
sad brilIiancy to the mind, is yet unknown to
the oommercs Of the world, and we withhold
its name for the present.
Year: 1864

4 work of immense Importance 10 the
city of Chicago has Just been commenced,
being no less than the construction of a
tunnel out into the lake, under its bed
for distance of two miles from the shore,
for the purpose of bringing pure water to
the city The present supply is pumped
from Lake Michigan, near the shore, but
the water along the shore for many miles
is always muddy. There are several
marshes drained into the lake nearby, and
the constantly increasing impurities from
the city make it necessary that some
means should be found for bringing il
from sufficient distance out in the lake
to make sure of its purity. This il is pro-
posed to do by means of q tunnel two
miles in length and five feet in diameter.
built of brick, sixty-four feet below the
surface of the lake, and little less than
thirty feet below the bottom at its outer
terminus. Shafts are to be sunk at both
ends, and from two TO four intermediate
ly, through which the process of construc-
ton is to be carried on. These shafts are
iron cylinders, nine feet in diameter and
made in sections of about nine feet in
length, and fitted so as TO make water
tight joints The lower edge will be bev-
eied SO as to cut through the soil, CAP
viii be placed upon the top, the air and
water will be exhausted by pumping, and
the cylinder settled to its place by atnios
pheric pressure. The workmen will then
clear out the shaft and reaching the bot
tom will strike out horizontally building
the cylinder of the tunnel as they pro
gress. The earth will be taken away from
the shafts, except the one upon the shore
by tugs and scows, and materials supplied
in the same way. The work is expected
to be completed in about one year. The
cost will be S400, ,000
Year: 1864

II you are in trouble or quandsry, tell
your wife-that IL If you have one-all


about it at once. Ten TO one her inven-


ton viii solve your difficulty sooner than


all your logic. The wit Of woman has


been praised, but her instincts are quick
er and keener than her reason. Counsel


with your wife, or your mother, or your
sister, and be assured that light will fash


upon your darkness. Women are too
commonly adjudged ss verdant in all but


purely womanly affairs. No philosoph-
ieal student of the sex thus judges them.
Their in.uitions or insight are more sub
tie, and if they cannot see cat in the
meal, there IS no cat there In counsel
ing one to tell his troubles to his wife, we
we would go farther. and advise him 70
keep none Of his affairs secret from her.
Many a home has been happily saved,
and many fortune retrieved, by mans
full confidence in his "better hal" p
Woman is far more seer and prophet than
man, if she be given fair chance.
As a general rule, wives con6de the mi
nutest of their plans and thoughts to
their husbands, having no inYolvements
to screen from them. Why not recipro-
cate it, if but for the pleasure Of meeting
confidence? We are certain that no man
so well in the world as he who,
taking a partner for life, makes her the
partner of all his impulses or judgment,
she may check and set right with her al
most universally right instincts. Help
meet" was no significant title, as applied
to mans companion. She is help-meet
to him in every darkness, difficulty and
sorrow of life. And what shemost Graves
and most deserves, is eonfdsnes-without
which love is never free from shadow.
Year: 1864

An excellent joke is said to have been
played off on gentlemen Of this city,
who was recently travelling in the eastern
part of the State. On getting out of the
cars st Marietta, . stylish dressed lady
upon the platform requested him to hold
her baby for her until she could get down,
with small pile of baggage. He took
the baby, with Certainly, Madam" and
he further managed to render the lady
some little assistance TO get down of the
platform. Would it be asking too much
of kind stranger to carry my babe 10
the Hotel, but short distance away,
while I manage to get my bag and box
thereP Oh, no" was the reply and the
couple, with baby, boxes, etc, were soon
under the lamp in front Of the hotel,
where our gallant friend thought he
would get glance at the pretty baby and
its handsome mother, IS q reward for his
trouble. he was gratifed. Gratifsd, We
said. Not much. We should have said
Satisfied. For mother and baby were as
black as the lace of spades" used TO be,
before Cohen used blue in the manufac-
ture of the "keaTds" Our friend didn't
wait to be smothered with thsnks.-D0y-
t0r Journal
Year: 1864

Manure is worth more than money; be-
cause il will produce large crops of grain
and grass Grain and grass in turn will
produce beef and mutton. But money
never will do either. Do not allow the
rain from the roofs of buildings 10 wash
it away. Manure is the farmers revenue.
Mingle the horse manure and other man
ures together. The horse manure is dry,
and will soon become FIRE fanged, if col
lected in heap. But let it be mingled
with the droopings of neat cattle, and it
will absorb the moisture from that; and
both will be preserved, and make much
better manure, than if each kind we're
kept by itself. The subject of manure is
receiving very much attention among
American farmers; and those who make
the most of it, and apply it judiciously,
find they are always well paid for their
trouble, providing they have prepared
their soil beforehand, by understanding
it where there is an excess of water. Far
mers need to think more-talk more
read more-and plan more about manure.
Year: 1864

Do cattle need it3 Sometimes they do
and sometimes they do not. Whether
they need it or not, and how much, if
any, depends upon their food and the wa
ter they drink, upon the soil and season,
upon distance from the shore and the di-
rection of prevailing winds, and other
circumstances, too many and too compli-
Gated for any mortal TO estimate. You
cannot tell whether an animal at any CIV
en- time and place needs salt or how much.
You must not undertake to measure 1t
for him; let him measure it himself
His instinct is an unerring guide. Place
salt within his reach and he will take It,
if he needs it, but otherwise not, and he
will take neitheEs too much nor too little,
but Just enougK.c There is one exception
TO this rule, and but one. an animal that
has been long deprived of salt, may pos.
sibly take too much when first introduced
TO it. But this will happen in but one
case in ten thousand; and with this
triAing exception, the only safe rule is to
keep salt always before animals, and lei
them take it when and IS much as they
Will,
Year: 1864

Fashion kills more women than toll
and sorrow. Obedience to fashion Is a
greater transgressicn to the laws of wo-
mans nature, a greater injury to her phys
icdl and mental constitution, than the
hardships of poverty and neglect. The
slave woman at her task will live and grow
old, and see two or three generations of
her mistresses fade and pass away. The
washerwoman, with scarce a ray of hope
to cheer her in her tolls, will live to see
her fashionable sisters all die around her.
The kitchen maid is hearty and strong,
when her lady has 10 be nursed like sick
baby.


Ii Is sad trlth that fashion pampered
women are almost worthless for all the
good ends of human life. They have but
little force of character; they have still
less power of moral will, and at little physi-
cal energy. They live for no great pur-
pose in life; they accomplish no worthy
ones. They are only doll forms in the
hands of milliners and servants, 10 be
dressed and fed to order They dress no
body; they feed nobody; they instruct
nobody; they bless nobody. They write
no books; they set no rich example of
virtue and womanIy life, If they rear
children, servants and nurses do all, save
TO give them birth And when reared,
what are theyf What do they ever amount
10, but weaker soions of the old stock
Who ever heard of fashionable woman's
child exhibiting any virtue and power Of
mind for which it became eminent. Read
the biographies of our great and good
men and women. Not one of them had
a fashionable mother. They nearly all
sprsng from strong minded women, who
had as little TO do with fashion as with
the changing clouds.
Year: 1864

No better or more apparent argument
is needed to prove the leniency Of the
Government towards its Northern enemies


than the fact that the neck Of the
scheming and rebellious Vallandisham
has remained 50 long unwrung. Not sat
isfed with the cold shoulder that has
been turned upon him by every sensible


and rejecting man in the loyal States, he


still futtels on the ground with straining
effort, ike the wounded vulture. 70 ale


7ate himselfagain into popular favor, and


pecks at an annoys. with power lesseninR


hour by hour, the loyal sentiment Of the
people. That dog has seen his day, end all
the petty snarling of his lawless and dis-
appointed ambition is Of no aysi.-The
verdict there can be no appeal.


His name will surely descend 70 poster
ity amid the scowl Of contumely and
howl of universal execration, as that ~
ture generations will find, as we do, the
necessity for penal code on our statue
books. What but treason would impel
man, nurtured By the best Of Govern
ments, to stir up the riotous mobs Of Day
ton, by counselling his friend, whose
newspaper Office was ransacked, to make
reprisal snd by instant remedy TO dss-
tAOy tue property U t4o ulC1 a. nClAo
who, by language and conduct, are always
melting these outrages." We do not en-
dorse the action of mohs under any cir
cumstances, but there is always Just
and efficient law to appeal to.


Yet these proceedings on the part Of the
returned soldiers show one thing, that
with whatever sentiments they may have
entered the ranks, they there learned the
power and the meaning of the word tra&
tor. There they saw their own comrades
shot down, or, worse still. imprisoned IN
the filthy dungeons of Richmond, and
learned to love the Government that gave
protection and peace to their friends IN
the North. They learned what every
man must learn before the war is brought
to close, that he who is not for his Gov
ernment is against that Government, and
that tho people should not countenance
the efforts of those desperate politicians
who would consider nc sacrifice too great
that brought them again into the admin
istration of our laws.


The whole career Of this Vallandigham
has been stain and a blot on the AmeT-
lean nation. In Congress and out Of Con-
gress his tongue and his pen have been
tireless in an effort to stir up and divide
the Northern sentiment. Like Sampson,
he has thrown his arms around the pill
lars of our institutions, until he has
sprained his back in the attempt TO send
the whole structure crumbling down into
ruinous heaps.-PhI. Telegraph.
Year: 1864

FoHorrruINEss.-A leaf is torn from the
tree by a rude gale, and borne away in
some desert spot to perish. Who misses il
from among its fellowsf Who is sad that
it has gone? Thus it IS with human he.
There are dear friends, perhaps, who are
stricken with grief when loved one Is
taken, and for many days that grave y
watered with tears of anguish. By and by
the crystal fountain is drawn dry the
last drop oozes out; the stern gates OF for
getfulness fold back upon the exhausted
spring, and time, the blessed healer Of sor-
row, walks over the closed sepulchre with
out waking an echo by the footsteps-
Year: 1864

Flag Of Truce "A flag OF truce boat ar
rived at City Point yesterday afternoon
There were ON board four officers and nine
teen ladies' The telegram announcing her
arrival did not state wheiheg. any returned
prisoners came up on her.
Year: 1864

and distant country Do not speak Of
the parting as for a long time. and let
the association of death with al far
snowy blossoms, with pure babe-hSe
statues, AL that suggests calm, quiet
repose, and a peaceful trust IN Gods
love, take forever the place Of the
collin, the skeleton and tae hour glass;
We shalt tind 1t easier to live, and sure
ly not more difficult to die, to lie down
softly, and pass away sweetly, and low
ingly-if the awful darkness and cor
ruption is fairly yelled and forgotten
Let our mother Earth and sister Worm
be cast into the shade which hides those
old mOnkish notions, born Of celibacy,
of unbaptized babes living in the outer
darkness until the Judgment dav that
old rubbish of a half heathen time
when women were accounted vilest of
all things, and marriage. though per
mitted, yet regarded as only admitting
Of lower grade of piety than the con-
ventiOnal cowl; when the cloister and
the rope were the sufficient type Of the
worlds piety.
Year: 1864

A MAGNIFICENT BRICK RESIDENCE AM
IA two frame stores on College-street, near the
vest corner OF the Public Square, which we vii
lease for from one TO five yssrs. The residence
contains nine rooms b sides kitchen, bath room
and splendid stable carriage and buggy
house, all covered with tin. With a small outlay
this house can be converted into two good store
houses. Pl msy 2i-siw
Year: 1864

Critics who have bothered their
brains over the title Of Mr Dickens
new work, Our Mutual Friend srs-
informed by q slip "a ted in the first
number Of the English edition that an
explanation is forthcoming The noti-
hcatiOn is as follows The reader viii
understand the use of the popular
phrase, Our Mutual Friend, as the
title Of this book, on arriving az me
ninth chapter, (page 80 No doubt
the explanation viii settle the whole
controversy.
Year: 1864

A NOBLE WoMAN.--The Albany Statesman
says :-Nathaniel Smith, charged with being a
deserter from the 18th regiment was arrested
in Castleton. VT, and brought to this city he
was placed in the hands of the Veteran Guards
until hearing could be had. His mother, on
hearing that he had deserted from the flag.
burst into tears and said IL have sacrificed
four sons to my country; have buried my
husband and children but never knew what
trouble and grief were before. TO have one
brought back deserter is more than l can
stand. do not blame the officers for doing
their duty, hut do blame YOU for deserving.
Go, my son you are bone of my bone and flesh
of my flesh; / would rather have seen you
brought home a corpse than 70 find you alive
branded as deserter. But go, my son do
your duty as a man and soldier, remember
ing that your mothers prayers are with you.
and do not come home again until you come
as a man who has nothing to iear.s


When this mother dies, the above should be
engraved upon her tombstone. 1t would be
the most touching epitaph in the world We
know of no speech in Roman history more
worthy OF preservation.
Year: 1864

It has been a great public misfortune that
throughout the Slave States Ministers of the
Gospel have proven so recrcant to their sol
cmn duty. In the depths Of their hearts
they have believed slavery TO be an evil
But, for fear of losing their popularity, they
have shrunk back from ever preaching a
sermon against the institution. They have
refrained from declaring the whole counsel
of God. They have been dumb-rcfusng
to open their mouths ". charge upon
them that. on account of their remissncss
in the discharge of plain Christian duty,
they are directly responsible for the exist


ence of this iratricidal war. The terrible
national struggle that we are engaged in,
was brought on by Christian ministers
shrinking from doing their duty; thus prov
ing that 'honesty is the best policy" 1t
proves that if we look only to cxpediency
it is better to ''let justice be done, though
the heavens fall :" that it is wisdom at all
times ''to do our duty and leave conseQuen-
ces with God Who can doubt if the
preachers had uniformly derried Slavery rs
Year: 1864

The Southern gentlemen have lata y
made new display of their chivalrc sem
timont and practice, The bercavcd father
Of Colonel Dahlgrcn has returned from
Fortress Monroe without the body of his
son, aud tho annexed abstract from Rich
mond paper probably gives clue to the
reason


"lIe was buried like n dog, after outrag-
ing his body, His friends need not inquire
where hc was buried "


Probably the more decent officers were
ashamed to send back the manglcd remains,
and preferred to remain under the imputa-
ton Of discourtosy rather than furnish tam
giblc proof of their worse than heathensh
barbNrity. Whether this is so or not, the
fact that 4 Richmond Journal could utter
such atrocious sentiments Is we give below
will remain monument oithc character of
this chivalric rebellion Every day and
every hour brings more and more evidence
that the claim of the Southcn rebels to
chivalry is a worse shame, if pssiblc, than
the claim of their Northern alli,s to be n
true Democracy, They are bob shams,
and must perish before the progress Of
knowledge, Even on their iavoritc ground
that a long line Of wealthy ancestry psodu
ccs n chivalric and refined race, we should
be ready to meet them But when upon a
sham aristocracy is grated the arrogance
based upon wealth acquired by negro-trad,
ing, by slave driving for hire, by negro
catching, and the various slave-dcaling de-
vices for acquiring wealth, which experience
proves to be the ease, every honest man, be
he arislocrat or democrat will repudiate
with scorn the claim of the Southern rulers
TO oven the outside garb Of genuine aris
tocracy; while the recurrence of such events
rs the treatment Of young Dahlgren, and
the comments upon it by the Southern press
shows that public sentiment is corrupt, and
true civilization might equally be claimed
by the Caribs;


From the Richmond ErdmiRcr:


1T would seem something of the curse he
came to bcstow on others lighted upon his
own (Dahlgrcn carcasc, when it fell rid.
died by avenging Southern bullets. Strip
ped robbed Of every valuable, the fingers
cut off for the sake Of the diamond rings
that encirclcd them, when the body was
IOund by those sent TO take charge of it, il
was lying in field stark naked, with the
exception Of the stockings Some humane
persons had lifted the corpse from the pike
and thrown it over into the field to save il
from the hogs. The artificial leg worn by
Dahlgren was removed, and is now at Gen
Eizcys headquarters 1t is of most bcauti-
tul design and finish.


Yesterday afternoon the body was re-
moved from the car that brought it to the
York River railroad depot and given to the
spot OF earth selected to receive it, Where
that spot is no one but those concerned in
It's burial know or care to tell 1t was "A
dogs burial, without coffin, winding sheet
or service, Friends and relatives at the
North need inquire no further; this is all
they will know-he is buried Il burial that
bctitted the mission upon which he came
He has swept through the city of Rich
mond' on pine bier, and written his
name on the scroll of iniamy, instead of
"on the hearts Of his countrymen, never to
be erased.
Year: 1864

mont act places every man in the whole
Union in our army and if we were to act
upon the principle adopted by the rebels
we should be authorized TO hang, MS desert
ers, all rebels who fall into our hands Our
government has been slow to resort to re.
taliation ind this is right But il cannot
suffer the murder Of these twenty three 10y
al North Carolinians to pass unnoticed-
especially when Il number more are threat
ened with the same tate-New York Even-
ing Post
Year: 1864

Thus far the fighting before Petersburg
has been participated in by the Second,
Ninth, and Eighteenth corps, the Fifth
being in reserve. Your correspondence
with those corps. have already forwaded
full details of the conflicts, which have
been bloody and advantageous to Us.
The works are Of great strength and
well defended A large work on hill
to the north of the river covers the city
and their line of works, and also bears
upon our lines The firing from this
work, called Fort Clifton, has been very
heavy and severe, and has not yet been
silenced by our guns. Means viii be
found ere long to remove this obstacle
and occupy the city, which is now Gov
cred by our guns