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Year: 1863

Vallandigham, in his address to the
people of Ohio, says, in reference to the
action of the Convention by which he Wa.
nominated,


at was an example of courage worthy
the heroic ages of the world and it was
It spectacle and a rebuke to the usurpina
tyrants who, having broken up the Union
would now strike down the Constitution,
subvert your present government, and
establish formal and proclaimed despo-
tism in in its stead"


Here, it will be seen, those whose off.
cial duty and responsible work is to put
down Rebellion, are made the authors OF
it, and the subverters of ouriinstitutions
and government!


Again he says: at is vain to invite
the States and people of the South to re.
turn to a Union without a Constitution,
and dishonored and polluted by repeated
and most aggravated exactions of tyrani'
cal powers"


What do the American people think Of
Government that should be administered
to suit Rebels against its just authority
The issue raised in the case of Vallandig-
ham, relates to the line Of separation be-
tween the civil and the military authori-
ties in our system Of government. Now,
the civil and the military authorities
concxr in the question Of jurisdiction, and.
what is Of political significance in the
case, is, that the man who had rendered
himself obnoxious to both, stood related t.
them by former party afiliatton. Why.
then, do not the Democracy acquiesce,
especially as they we're so lately the boas-
ted champions Of "law and order" and
judicial finalities 80 consistency, thou
art jewel"


next quote from the editorial columns
of the Democratic Crisis:


"That the Craftsmanship of the South
was in almost constant antaeonism to the
avarice, the selishness o. New England
Year: 1863

forehead, though not naturally high,
had been practiced upon until its phre-
nological developement was astonish-
ing. Its old original boundary had
been set back about an inch by care
fully extracting the hair, leaving a
blue streak not exceedingly ornamen-
tai. The balance of her hair was
drawn straight back with such fear
full tension chat it seemed to preclude
the possibility of the very slightest
wink. This capillary arrangement
gave to her forehead an exposed ap-
pearance, as if it belonged to some
other person and had been carelessly
left out in the cold. Her long, bony
arms were fixed upon her about as in
securely as those of a bran-stufied
doll. OF her feet 1--WE never say more
than we know)-she was as graceful
in her carriage as a pile-driver. Her
one redeeming quality was her sing
ing; her voice had u familiar and
hungry sound about it, perfectly be-
witching and it was always mys-
terry to us. 1t was all explained, how
ever, upon mature reflection. Her
invariable key was in exact unison
with the dinner-horn which had a
squaclker in it. After discovering this
fact we did not think so highly of our
appreciation Of music when she after
wards sang in her most bewitching
manner, "Meet me by moonlight
alone" we readily declined to comply.


There have been other schoolmarms
who labored for our good, but we do
not like to enumerate them, lest they
may suppose we trified with their sit
uatlon. Ihey had hearts as well as
other human beings, and we have no
doubt thought it prudent TO support
their weary heads against the first le-
gal sacrifice that offered. At any rate
they have all left their ancient voca-
ton, under the delusion that it is bet
ter to teach ones own children than
thoir neighbor's. We owe them for
knowledge Of the best kind, and for
many blissful hopes that are now
shattered and scattered abroad. We
love them still-very still--and intend
to teach our children TO respect them
for their fathers sake, and hope the
lesson may not be mgratelully for
gotten.
Year: 1863




Through the introduction of a mu-
tual friend, | became acquainted with
a gentleman whom il suits my pu-
pose to call Henry st. Clair. He was
a man of means and elegant leisure,
was fond of literature and the fine
arts, and had his country seat upon
the bank of one Of our most beautiful
and romantic rivers While strolling
through his delightful grounds, and
admiring hundred pleasant Objects
he said TO me-:


"And who would have supposed the
foundation of all this was laid in the
simple act of posting letter."


| locked at him inquiringly.


"Did it ever occur to you, " he went
ON, "that if at the beginning n stone
had been dropped into the fountain or
source of mighty river the stream
might have been so changed as TO
haveflown through the other valleys,
and been the pride and glory Of ano-
ther region? SO it is with the for
tunes of man. A trihe sometimes
changes everything, and shapes n ca
reer tor good or evil. Much of the
happiness or misery of life we owe to
some little event of no greater moment
than the dropping of a stone into the
fountain. My own is a case in point
Sit down here, in this little arbor, and
| will tell you the brief story.


"My father" pursued Henry St.
Clair, died poor, and left my mother,
with three small children, to struggle
along in a troublesome world. l was
the eldest, and / was nine. Ny mother
labored hard, and not mtrequently
stinted herself, to give me passable
education; and as soon as i was old
enough to comprehend how much she
sacrificed for me, resolved 10 assist
her in whatever way i could. At
thirteen i got a situation as office boy,
which paid me small stipend, and i
improved al my leisure time in study.
| was naturally a good penman, and
by adding knowledge of book-kcep-
ing, and sharply watching for all the
chances, | obtained during the course
of couple OF years, the place of an
accountant in large mercantile house.


"My son." said my delighted moth
er, when / had hurried home and told
her the news, you seem now TO have
reached the high-road of prosperity,
and | hope and pray you may never
leave it. BE dilligent, be truthful, be
honest, and remember that whatever
is worth doing at all, is worth doing
well always study 20 please, not only
your employers, but all with whom
you may come in contact and when
you can do any one favor, without
trespassing upon your duties, never
fail to do 1T. Thus will you faithfully
serve those who hire you, and rai $.
yourself up many friends"


9" thought her counsel good, and
made it my rule of action. For two
years everything went well, and then
my employers failed, and was thrown
out of business. But | did not long
remain idle. Through the influence
of gentleman whose friendship had
secured by following the advice of my
mother, l next obtained clerkship il
the city post Office. There renamed
for seven years--unhl in fact left il
to go into business for myself. Th,
cause of my leaving it is the little story
J L set out 10 relate
Year: 1863


The following lines were suggested hy ohserv'
ing the operation Of IA tide mill on the shore OF
Long Island Some Of our readers may moi
know that on the sea coast many mills are work
cd by the tide just at high or low water they
are inactive, but while the tide Is flowing or eb.
hing the wheels are moving as if they were sub
jected 10 the action of race course.


THE TIDE MILL.


ny C. d. STUART.
know a miller whose nill is built


On n deep and roaring tide,
OF grain from myriad harvest fields,


Gathered from far and wide
He ever grinds by day and night
A ghastly grist, that miller whito.
A ghastly grist-and be Sits il well,


Parting the meal and the bran
lie tends the hopIer-he takes the toll


And serves as bolting-man;
Rich is that miller in toll wecn,
Richer ON earth will ne'er be seen.
That miller's mill is the fair-round world,


Moulded of earth and sky,
And time is the deep and roaring tide


Surgng its gray walls by;
The miller white is skeleton death,
Grinding out human bones and breath.
Ever the cracking wnns come in,


Bearing the rich red grain;
Some from the cradle, some from the couch,


Some from the battle plains
Beggar and king master and slave,
Mmgle and sink in the hopper-gravo.
The tide rolls high, tho mill is strong,


Steady the wheels go round
And all who live TO the finest mould


Are gathered and swiftly ground
The meal is saved-if the meal is ft-
The bran is bolted down to the pit,
Grimly the skeleton miller grinds


Over the sea and land
Taking from all the grist of life


His toll, with a bony hand;
A miller rare is that miller white,
Grinding his grist by day and by night.
Year: 1863

Mr.. John Eljrdge, Of that place, was IN the
Mexican war, received hali-ounce ball shot in
the corner of the eye The surgeons told him 1t
had glanced and passed Outwardly. lie woke
up the other night and found wedge shaped
piece of lead in his mouth, and on examination
found hole in the root of his mouth, where Tor
two years there had been an ugly lump.


FUTILE, the astronomer, is serving as private
in the fifth Massachusetts regiment.
Year: 1863

Having thus given the whereabouts of the de-
feated candidate for Senator, it is but fair to say
a word as TO the successful one. Conness has
been quite i'll during the past month, but is bet
ter now and has left his quarters at the Union
Hotel and taken rooms at the house of Mr.. Red
ding, corner Of = and Second streets. The
amount of toadyism that has been exhibited in
certain quarters towards Conness since his elec-
ti0n, is disgusting to think of, and TO none more
than to Couness himself As soon as the
bribery exposure was made, leaving Conuess the
most prominent candidate, some, who had not
previously thought it necessary to pay court to
Little John, commenced fawning around him
Among the rest the wife of certain State ofli-
Ger showed her anxiety for the comfort OF the
distinguished gentleman by sending him daily
little delcacies in the eating line. OF course
she had no idea that her husband desired a re-
eection-certainly not-neither did the husband
himself think of such thing when he invited
his friends TO drink champaign at his house in
honor of Conness' election. Oh, no 1t was
said, however, by friend of Park, that a great
change had been effected in the opinion of the
young man since be acted as Parks agent in the
distribution of funds to carry on the canvass in
Parks interest
Year: 1863

SATAN's SUBJEcTs.-I do not know of
any buyer that pays such prices as the
devil pays when he buys man. Here is
a man who sells himself for about l-8 of a
pound of chickory in pound of coffee.
lie prepares his commodity with lie,
and retails it with another lie. Every
time a man commits known dishonesty
he sells his soul; and thousands are sell
ing themselves by little driblets. And l
think that a man who sells himself cheats
himself-no, he cheats the devil who
paws too much for him. l am informed
that before the communication system was
abandoned by the ferry company, men
of property and standing in society, would
boldly declare that they had commuta-
ton ticket in their pocket when they
had none, for the sake of going through
without payingl They lied for one cent |!
l pity the devil. 1t is awful to be chief
of a parcel of men like these.
cannot understand how these exigious,
thrice squeezed men can be managed
II. w. Beeecker.
Year: 1863

The following touching and felicitous


illustration of the power of ideas, was Civ


en- by Wendell Phillips in late public


speech in New York: .i


e" was told to-day, a story so touching
in reference to this, that you must let me


tell it. 1t is temperance case, but it
will illustrate this just as well A mother
on the green hills Of Vermont, was hold
ing by the right hand, son 16 years old,
mad with the love of sea. And as she
she said =" Edward they tell me-for
neversaw the ocean-that the great temp
tation of seaman's life is drink Promise
me before you quit your mothers hand
that you will not drink" And, said
he, flor he told me the story,) 81 gave
her the promise and | went the globe
over-Calcutta and the Mediterranean,
San Francisco, and Good Hope, and North
Pole and South. / saw them all in forty
years, and never saw a glass filed with
sparkling liquor that my mothers form
by the garden gate on the green hillside
of Vermont, did not rise before me; and
to-day at the age of sixty, my lips are in
nocent of the taste of liquor" Was not
not this sweet evidence of the power OF a
single word? Yet that was not half
''FOr" said he. yesterday there came in
to my counting room, man of forty
years and asked me. DO you know me p
No We'll" T" said he, Il was once brought
into your presence on shipboaTd you
were passenger; the captain had kicked
me aside; you took me to your berth and
kept me there until had slept off my in
toxieation. You then asked me if had
a mother? | said had never known a
word from her lips. You told me of
yours at the garden gate, and to-day am
master of one of the finest packets in
New York, and | came to ask you to
come and see mellow far that candle
throws its beams THAT mothers word
on the green hillside of Vermont! o,
Man be thankful for the mighty power
Of a single wordp ..ft
Year: 1863

A HEROIC WoNAN.-The Chambersburg
pal Valley Spirit says that while that
ancient borough was under rebel rule, a
rebel soldier applied to lady for an axe
to cut down the liberty pole which had
stood in the public square ever since the
great uprising of the people upon the fall
Of Fort Sumter She refused to give the
axe. He drew his pistol from his belt,
and threatened to shoot her unless she
complied with his demand She replied
with perfect coolness: "You can put
twenty bullets through my heart, but
you cannot force me to give you an axe
to cut down that pole" .-.-.
Year: 1863

A. WITNESS in the box, questioned by a
lawyer as to the general reputation of
another witness, was asked whether the
individual was not notorious liar. why"
said he, mot exactly that; but he is what
| call an intermitted liar"
Year: 1863

Correspondence OF the Gazette.


MEMPHIS, TENN., May 10th, 1858.
When last wrote you we were expecting
to 60 aboard transports Immediately for Mil
likin's Bend. 1t turned out that the COM
mon order Of moving troops was reversed
and portion Of Gen. Veache's troops moved
first, then the Sd and I'd Brigades of the 4th
Division, and the scarcity Of transportation
has kept us here until the present time We
are to put our baggage aboard tonight, and
shall shortly be going down the river. The
boys are now busy packing baggage and get
ting ready for the move. believe that Co.
X leaves only two behind on the sick list
w. w. Wood at st. Louis, and Lieut.. Hamill
at this place. Much to the regret Of all, the
Lieut.. is as yet, hardly able to endure the
trip, and will have to content himself here
for few days longer. The circumstances
under which We arc now situated will make
his return to us thrice welcome.
Since the appointment of the I'd Lieut. the
boys have been little restivc and have given
vent to their feelings in some things that per-
haps they ought not to have done.


In the first place, almost before the Lieut.
had an opportunity to draw his sword from
its scabbard, it disappeared. Not long after,
large negro,doll was found hung up behind
the color lines, labled in such manner that
no ono could mistake what it meant. Still
later his valise was found in a slough smash
cd up. Such things in civil life would be
disgrace, and perhaps it is in military life
The only excuse that can be given is that the
private has no legitimate redress but must
submit with apparent good grace, to whom
ever and whatever may be placed over him,
and whatever he does do must be the deed of
the dark. 10 the private, so far as rights
are concerned, it is all the same whether his
friends put over him an honorable man, q
brute, or an idiot. If this is the case, what
opinion can the soldiers have of man who
will elevate to high Office man whom he
personally knew and whom he confessed did
not deserve promotion either for talent or
courage, and who had upon d certain occa-
sion, made proposition that would have
covered the soldiers of his own State with
lasting infamy? l do not say what Gen
eral has done this, but it is stern and stub
born fact. When reward due to brave deeds
is put into the shambles, can we--ought we
to expect that. success will crown our aims I?


The weather is quite hot at the present
time, and our trip down the river bids fair to
be fatiguing one. .r. .s....


ST. CHARLES.
Year: 1863

was Singleton's answer; but the report ran
ahead OF the truth"


"As true as breath, Harry" he NUT.
tered hoarsely, ~ thought you were dead
or never would have told her"


He broke off abruptly and quilted the
room. Singleton looked after him in surprise
but it was not long before he knew itall.


AS for Fred the man was not himself after
that hour. His eyes got to be sunken, his
cheeks fell into great hollows, and his uai-
form hung upon him. He only spoke to mo
of the dead girl once. That was on the eve
Of the second battle of Bull Run. can SO
his face now with the evening sunlight on u.


Poor littlo Constance dreamed met
her at the opera last night, but she had .
shroud about her instead Of an opera cloak !,
and her eyes fairly burned me. You were
very harsh with me- she said, and my un-
timely death cries against YOU Do You be:
lieve in presentiments Rufus2 Pshaw OF
course you don't. Let's have smoke"


The next day he went into action and
never came out Of it. a- .e -.
Year: 1863

Fruit eau be knocked from the trees
by shaking, by beating the limbs with
long poles or other rough ways; it can
be picked up and dumped into wagon
box, and taken to the nearest village and
sold-at a very low price. by this treat
ment good fruit can be rendered worthless,
or at least fit only for immediate use,
while the same fruit carefully picked and
properly packed, would bring price
enough higher to amply repay all the ex-
ira care of preparation. We may say
with truth, that bruised apple is spoil
cd apple. An apple which would last for
months, will, after it gets slight bruise
in falling, soon decay and become worth
less. The first thing to be attended to
in marketing fruit, is the picking. Hand
picking and careful handling-as careful
as if fitwerc eggs-is absolutely necessary


if we would get good fruit to market in
good order lfthe trees have been prop
erly trained with low branches, most of
the fruit may be reached by some kind of
selfsupporting ladder, and there are sew
eral fruit -pickers which may be advanta-
geously used to reach those otherwise in
accessible If the fruit is to be disposed
Of at the nearest market town, it will pay
to use care in picking, but if it is to be
consigned to distant city, it is absolute
ly necessary to do so. During the first
week or two after il is taken from the
tree, fruit loses considerable amount of
moisture, or sweats," as it is termed,
and it is necessary that this process sho'd
be through with before packing. The
sweating" may be done upon q barn
floor, or the fruit may be put in heaps in
the orchard and covered over with straw


if there be danger of frost. Fruit sho'd
be kept at an even temperature, and rs
cool as possible without freezing. From
the time that fruit is mature it constantly
tends to decay, and that state in which
We say the fruit is ain eating is one step
toward decay. The process can be made
TO go on slowly, or to be retarded almost
indefinitely, by keeping the fruit at suf-
ficiently low temperature. After the
fruit has gone through the sweating pro-
cess, it sould be barreled 1t is better
to make two grades of quality, separating
the finest from those less large and fair
A few poor looking apples will injure the
sale of barrel of otherwise first class
fruit. Never mix sorts, even if they do
closely resemble each other, and mark
each barrel with the name of the fruit
1t is of the greatest Importance that the
packing should be so done that the fruit
will not shake about and bruise one an-
other in carriage. The use of packing
material is now generally abandoned, at
least for apples, but the fruit is pressed
into the barrel so strongly that shaking
is prevented. The head may be pressed
down by means of lever, as shown on
page 6 of the January Agriculturist for
1861. a convenient screw-press for tho
same purpose is sold at agricultural ware
houses.-An. Agricmturist.


A Rn Asr A mnmnn rnsilinn In pnn
Year: 1863

A BEAsT-A woman residing in Peo-
ria, ILL.,, by the name of Crowley, on Sun
day last beat her own child on the head
so seriously as to cause instant DEATH
A few days previously she had broken an
arm of another child with a dray PIN
AT another time she caught ono of her
children by the nose and twisted it until
she fractured the bonneville throwing
them over the fence, or running after
them with a pitchfork or an AK, was a
daily amusement.
Year: 1863

THE RULING PRoPENsITY-Success in
the allotted or chosen walk of life is the
passion, the ruling propensity, in every
condition of society. And it is as potent
in the cottage as in the mansion-the stu
dio of the author and artist as the Office of
the merchandise theatre of pleasure as
as the sanctuary of prayer. tits, in short,
the motive power that creates and holds
together nations, strengthens the bonds that
maintain communities in subjection to law
and order, gives stimulus to the func-
tions of the brain, and imparts consistency
and usefulness to the natural selfshness of
every human creature. 1t is the presid-
ing genius of labor in all its branches, and
in both its aggregate and individual eff
forts tenaciously strives to compel the
phantoms that dazzle the imagination to
give place to those realities which tempt
both body and soul to take some path OF
another that will ultimately lead to the
promised land-the glittering, fruitful, and
luscious Canaan of our respective. every
day longings. This, in general terms, is
the condition symbolized as prosperity
and to he acquisition of which, in all its
varied forms, mankind apply themselves
with marvellous devotion.
Year: 1863

As a rule it may be remarked, that noisy
women do much less than they seem to do,
and quiet women often do more But it
does not follow that all quiet women are
active; on the contrary six out of ten are
indolent, and work only on compulsion.--
Indolent women have their good points,
and one of the most valuable of these is
their quietness. 1t is great luxury in
domestic life; but perhaps it is luxury
which is too expensive for poor man,
unless he can get it combined with activ-
ity. The wife of poor man, no matter
what his profession or position, ought to
be active in the best sense of the word.
Sheought to rule her house with diligence,
but make no boast of it, Her managing
powers ought to be confined to her own
house, and never be sent out to interfere
with her neighbors. Her activity should
be kept healthy, by being exercised on
important matters chiefly, though the tri-.
hes must not be disregarded. A woman
who will make herself unhappy because
the usual custom of cleaning the house on
Friday is, on a particular occasion, inevi-
tably infringed, is inadequate to perceive
the difference between the lesser and the
greater. Some active women, who pride
themselves on their housekeeping, seem
to forget that the object in keeping house
is, that human beings may be accommo-
dated in it; the sole idea seems TO be this,
that the object of keeping house is that
the house may be kept in certain form
and order, and to the maintenance of this
form and order they sacrifice the comfort
the house was established to secure. Such
active women are pests to society, because
they want sense to direct and control their
energies.
Year: 1863

OPENING OF THE MIssIssppI.-Evsry one
seems delighted to know that at last the Missis-
sippi is open to the navigation Of the world
save the grain men and the railroad people.
Amid the almost universal rejoicing, the feel
ings of the above named parties wil, however,
be unnoticed