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Year: 1862

0CE ANrIPoDES-The Chinese are our an
tipodes in manners and customs as well as in
their location upon the globe. One of the mis-
sionaries to that country writes: "The Chi
nese parents select the wives for their sons,
and decide whom their daughters shall marry
Their badge of mourning is white, and their
funeral cards are written with blue ink. They
mourn for the dead by proxy, and select a
burying place by the aid of one who makes
that his profession. We read horizontally ;
they perpendicularly. We read from left to
right; they from right to left. We uncover
the head as mark of respect they put on
their caps. We black-ball our boots; they
whitewash theirs. We compress the waist
they, the feet. We give the place of honor on
the right they, on the left We speak of
north west; they, of west-north. We say the
needle of the compass points north; they, to
the south. We shake the hand of a friend in
salutation they shake their own. We locate
the understanding in the brain they, in the
belly. Our officials designate their Office or
rank by star on the breast Or epaulets on
the shoulders they, by button oa the apex
of their caps We page our books at the top;
they on the margin. We print on both sides
of the leaf; they, upon one. We place our
fOot-notes at the bottom they at the top OF
the page. We mark the title of book on
the back of the binding they, on the margin
Of the leaf. In our libraries we set our volumes
up they lay theirs down. We keep our wives
in the parlor; they keep theirs in the kitchen.
We put our daughters to school they put
theirs to service. We propel our canalboats
by horses and steam they pull theirs by men.
We take our produce to market by railroad
they take theirs on mems shoulders. We saw
lumber and grind flour by steam and water
power; they do it By human muscle. We
turn a thousand spindles, and fly hundred
shuttles without single hand to propel they
employ 4 hand for each We print by q pow
er>press and metal type; they, on wooden
blocks with hand brush.
Year: 1862

A GENTLEMAN while taking drive through
one of our country towns, accompanied By his
Irish servant, had the misfortune to have his
vehicle smashed up. and himself and companion
thrown violently to the ground, by his horse
taking fright and running away. The gentle
man was somewhat bruised, but not seriously.
His principal loss was that Of bis wig, which
had been shaken of; and on picking himself
up he found Pat in a mach worse condition.
holding his hand to his head with the blood
tricking through his fingers, and holding his
masters wig IN MS other hand, which be was
surveying with the utmost alarm and horror.


Well, Pat" said his master, are you
much hurt ?"


Hurt, is it? All, master dear, don't yoa
see the top Of NE head in ne hand -


Pat in his terror and confusion had mistaken
his masters portable hcad-pieca for his own
natural scalp. and evidently regarded bis last
hour as arrived
Year: 1862

KIND WoRDS.-Never be afraid to speak a
kind word to suffering fellow being it costs
you nothing, and it gives the one on whom it
is bestowed great deal of pleasure. A kind
word possesses much power; it often heals q
heart lacerated and almost broken it often is
the instrument by which the erring one is turn
ed back into the path of truth and virtue
Never look cross and utter unkind words be-
cause the one before you is clothed in ragged
garments, for you know not how soon fortune
may take to itself wings you know not how
soon the sun of prosperity may set 10 your life
sky, and all around and above you clouds of
misfortune and destitution may hover. o,
traveller on the highway of life, whisper kind
words Of encouragement and hope to fellow
travellers, and you viii loose nothing, but will
be fully rewarded hereafter, for every word Of
kindness, every act Of love and charity.
Year: 1862

place TO reside il, coupled IS il was with the
miseries and satfezings she had endured while
her lover had been absent. She dreaded living
there again when he was at sea, and they
therefore determined to come TO the New
World where there was a better chance for
employment in the Merchant service than
England offered. The young wife was but too
happy to turn her back upon the friends who
had deserted her, and to make her home
among her husbands kindred in the New
World.


They were very near peuniless when they
arrived in New York, but her husband found
friends at once-what was better, employment.
It was in the summer season, when old captains
are 10th to make voyages TO Southern ports,
and therefore stay at home. and permit younger
men to run the risk Of dying of fever in their
place. 1t was in such position as this that
our hero found himself soon after landing on
his native shore, from which he had been ab-
sent so long. He took the command of q
ship bound to New Orleans, as yellow fever
captain, and placed his wife in cottage in
Brooklyn. She parted from him with pre-
sentiment that she should never behold him
again, for she knew the risks he encountered ::
but he had no fear and the hope Of gaining a
regular employment would have caused him to
encounter much greater risks than he did


To his wife it was a prolonged agony during
his absence she had many kind friends to
console and encourage her, but she was 50 Sc
riously convinced that she had seen her hus-
band for the last time, that she never smiled
after parting from him. When the time came
to expect the arrival of her husbands ship, her
anxiety increased every moment until her fears
became intollerable She tried to suppress her
anxiety, but her friends saw too plainly how
fearfully she suffered, and when at last the
news of the arrival of the ship at quarantine
and that the captain was on board ana well
was received By the agent Of the ship, they
hurried to convey the joyful intelligence to her
She saw by their looks that they had good
news to tell, and as they broke the glad IL
dings to her, she attempted to speak but
Instead Of words, only blood flowed from her
lips. The excitement had proved TOO great for
her. She had burst a blood-yessel. They
called in medical aid, but it was of no avail
She never spoke again; and when her husband
enterd her apartment, he found her wrapped in
her winding sheet.


Here this little romance of real life should
end and the readers imagination be left to
picture the distress of the husband But real
life is not altogether what the Imagination
pictures it. The husband was stunned by the
spectacle that presented itself when he entered
his house, and his grief was as unconsolabie as
the grief of most husbands. Among the
neighbors who came in to offer their services
was young lady who bore a very striking re-
semblance to his dead wife; she was assiduous
in her attentions, did not dscrt him when the
funeral was over, and wept at the mention of
the unhappy woman, and was so truly sympa
thetic in ther grief, that before the captain
sailed on his second voyage, be left her behind
as his second wife.
Year: 1862

ADVERTISEMENTS:
Per square of ten lines or less first insertion IS 90
Each subsequent Insertion l 50
HE- liberal discount will he made in favor of
those who advertise by the year.


ES Business Cards inserted on reasonable terms.
Year: 1862

LABoR.-Labor is the magic key that un~
locks the portals of Success, The nation that
encourages, dignifes and exalts labor, has laid
the foundation of durability and lasting great
ness. 1t is this that makes men and builds up
nations. We pity the individual who con-
tennis honest toll. He has yet to learn one
important lesson of life. The noblest minds
have felt it no disgrace to labor. In fact, if in
the wide universe there is one thing more use
less than another, it is the drone, too proud to
work, and too stupid to live without work
We hold that the intelligent, upright, laboring
man is natures true nobleman, and that the
only sign manual recognized in the Courts of
Heaven is the seal of merit.
Year: 1862

MEDITATIoNs on TIE DEAD.-Go to tie
grave of buried love. and mediate. There
settle the account with thy conscience for
every past benefit unrequitted - every past
endearment uuregarded, of that departed being
who can neyer-never-return to be soothed
by thy contrition II thou art a child and
hast ever added a sorrow 10 the soul, or
furrow to the silvered brow Of an afectionate
parent il thou art husband, aad hast ever
caused the fond bosom that ventured its whole
happiness in thy arms, to doubt one moment
of thy kindness or truth if thou art friend
and hast ever wronged in thought, or word, or
deed the spirit that generously con6ded in
thee; if thou art a lover, aud hast ever given
one unmerited pang to that true heart which
now lies cold and still beneath thy feet then
be sure that every uukind look, every ungra-
cious word, every unsentle action, will come
thronging back on thy memory, and knocking
dolefully al thy soul then be sure that thou
wilt lie down sorrowing and repentant on the
grave, and utter the unheard groan and pour
the unavailing tear; more deep, more bitter,
because uuheard and unavailing.-( Irving.
Year: 1862

As specimen of the reports in respect to
ten. McDowells conduct in the battle Of Sat
urday, we give the following:


1t is said that our army under Mcdowell,
which was the extreme left, occupied an open
field on slightly elevated position, and were
drawn up in line for battle On the opposite
side OF the field, some distance in front, skirted
by piece OF wood, were posted the rebels.


Our front line near the centre vas consti
tuted of the Rhode Island battery and some
artillery. These batteries were in position to
play upon the rebels and to hold them in
allegiance, keeping them in the woods, so that
they were unable to do us much damage.


At this juncture Mcdowell is said to have
deployed considerable force of infantry d.
rectly in front OF the batteries, which, oI
course, bad to be silenced or destroy our OWE
forces No sooner was this done than the
rebels came out and poured most CALLING
and destructive fire directly upon our brav'
men There were several such maneuvres
blunders or mistakes, call them what you will
during the battle, all said to be ordered
by Mcdowell.
Year: 1862

A4o AOO eA--NAlC6o ~ puDplc VI " Il
Virginia has been issued by General Loring


TO THE PEOPLE OF WESTERN VIRGINIA.


GILES COURT HOUSE, September 90 Via,


DUBLIN, September 81, 1862.


The army of the Confederate States has come
among you to expsl the enemy, to rescue the
people from d. spotism Of the counterfeit State
government imposed on you by Northern bsyo-
nets, and to restore the country once more to its
natural allegiance to the State We fight for
peace aud the possession of our own territory.
We do not intend to punish those who remain
at home as quiet citizens, in obedience to the
laws of the land, and to all such clemency and
amnesty are declared but those who persist in
adhering to the cause of the public enemy and
the pretended State government he has erected
at Wheeling, will be dealt with as their ebsti-
nate treacheTy deserves.


When the liberal policy of the Confederate
government shall be introduced and made known
to the people who have 50 long experienced the
wanton misrule Of the invaders, the command
ing general expects the people heartily to sus-
tain it-nOt only as duty, but as a deliverance
from their. tsskmssters aud usurpers; and, in-
deed, he already recognizes in the cordial well
come which the people everywhere give to the
army a happy indication of their attachment to
their true and lawful government. Until the
proper authorities shall order otherwise in the
presence of municipal law and its customary
ministers, martial law will be administered by
the army and the provost marshal.


Private rights and properly will be respected,
violence will be repressed, and order promoted,
and all the private property used by the army
will be paid for


The commanding general appeals to all good
citizens to aid him in these objects and 10 all
able bodied men to join his army to defend the
sanctuary of religion and virtue-hOme, terri
tory, honor and law-which are invaded and
violated by an uuscrupulOus enemy, whom an
indignant and irritated people are now about to
chsstise on his own soil.


The government expects an immediate and
enthusiastic response to that call. The country
has been reclaimed for you from the enemy, by
soldiers, many of whom are from distant parts
of the State and COnfederacy and you will
prove unworthy to possess so beautiful and fruit
ful land if you do not now rise to retain and
defend it.


The oaths which the invader has imposed upon
You ere void. They are immoral attempts to
restrain you from your duty to your State and
government. They do not exempt you from the
obligation to support your government and to
serve in the army; and if such persons are
taken as prisoners of war the COnfederste
government guarantees to them the humane
| Treatment of the ussges Of war.


By command Of MsiOr-General LOTing,


H. FITZHUGH, Chief Of Staff.
Year: 1862

The New York Times has an article on our
generals and their rank. 1t says


The msjor-generals of the Confederate army
are numerous, and Stonewall Jackson, who holds
this rank, stands at some distance from the head
of the list Both L0ngstreet and A. 2. Hill are
his seniors in rank. If it be true that General
Joseph E. Johnston has recovered from the Sc
we're wounds he received at Fair Oaks, suth
GENTLY to allow him to take the field, we may
fairly understand that the rebel campaign of IN
vasion will be really directed into the supreme
resort by his clear, quick keen and daring intel
lect-an intellect as fertile in resources AS his
will is swift to execute what his Judgment has
determined. We have no more formidable
enemy.


The appointment just announced in the
Richmond papers Of 50 conspicuous an officer
as General Bsauregard to the command OF the
Department of South Carolina and Georgia.
indicates we may remark, the presence in that
department of no uncomfortable force, and may
either prognOsticate a serious sttamp to EJECT us
from our positions at Hilton Head and Beaufort,
or show that the rebels anticipate q vigorous
effort at the reduction of Charleston and Savan-
nah It sets at rest all the foolish stories which
have been current of General Beauregard's with
drawa from the Southern service. The truth IN
regard to him we believe TO be that he has simply
been at the springs, in Alabams, recruiting his
strength, impaired by that memorable Western
campaign in which General Halleek did not
capture him, nor destroy his army.
Year: 1862

A MAN TO BE RENIEAIBERED.-The New
Orleans correspondent of a Yankee journal
thus extols the merits Of traitor:


If there be one man in New Orleans who,
more than all other men, deserves well of his
country, that man is John McGinnis, editor and
proprietor of the True Delta. he has been
faithful among the faitbless, and was bold and
manly in a time OF danger. We commend him
to the President Of the Uaited States, to Secre-
tary Seward, and to Major General Butler. He
has done more for the cause of freedom and
American nationality than all other newspaper
editors in the State of Louisiana. We trust
that President Lincoln WILL in some signal way,
evince his appreciation of the pluck OF this
brave editor. Long may the True Delta live.
Year: 1862

FRAUD ExPosED.-The Chattanooga Rebel
calls attention to the fraudulent and outrageous
manner in which beef and pork were put up for
the army last year by the government agents IN
East Tennessee. 1t says many of the deaths in
the army were caused by this unwholesome
food. and promises to keep sharp look out for
such criminal remissness the present winter.
Year: 1862

W AsHINGTON, June ..


1t appears that about 10 prizes have
been taken by our cruisers.


In consequence Of the delay of the rebel
officers in condemning the rebel vessels
and cargoes captured, it is impossible to
state the value of the prizes hence no es-
innate can be made of the enormous amount
of prize money to be distributed among the
sailors in the naval service Some idea,
however, may be formed of the total by the
single case of the Circassian, which ar
rived at New York few days ago. This
vessel and cargo is valued at million and
a halfo dollars. The sailors who captured
her viii probably receive 81, 300 each. It
is said there are some fifteen vessels equal
ly as valuable now trying to run the block
ade.


It is said that English spectators in
arms have skipped about 10000 Enfield
rifles to Nassau, where they dispose Of
them to rebel agents, who re-ship them
with the expectation of running the
blockade. This is the way the British
have been acting as neutrals towards US,
in order to prevent the horrors Of civil
war
Year: 1862

Correspondence Of the Cincinnati Times.l


The Eastern troops, that have seen,
have all the appearance Of being brave
and gallant men. They are evidently NOR
tiled and disheartened by the terribly
slew movements in Virginia. There is
not that respect as men shown to them by
their officers. that volunteers have right
IN expect. In the army Of the Rappahan-
mock, q soldier bundle on his back, Is
equal to the load which Bunyan's Pilgrim
carried over the Slough Of Despair As a
general thing the men Of the East have
not the full physical development Of those
Of the West. A common Hoosier appears
a giant beside a tidy little New York Lou-
ave, but therere is as much FIRE in the lace
Of the New England soldier, as there is IN
that Of the Buckeye er HOosier.
Year: 1862

New YORK, June Z.


Specials not of any great import
anee this morning. t.tJ


The Herald says those interested in the
House Tax Bill, as it passed tho Senate
to-day, can form some idea of the changes
made in it by the remark of Senator this
evening that the House viii hardly be able
to recognize its own offspring. The House
will probably discuss and reject many of
the Senate amendments. This Will con-
sumo much time, notwithstanding the de-
sire manifested that such bill should
speedily be passed. J
1t is currently stated that but one mem
Der Of the Cabinet is opposed to the Presi-
dents policy Of emancipation with COM
pensation and colonization Of the blacks.
Year: 1862

B A New Orleans paper suggests
that if steamers iron prov we're to strike
Hollin's big turtle in the middle. she
might be snapped in two. Prentice says
he would like to see her made snap ping
turtle.
Year: 1862

The a,y0naiScelOalS noethod, is another va
riety Of the general Intewogative method
# differs from the Rotation method by not
having any fixed and invariable order of call
ing on the members of the class. On the
contrary, any pupil may be called on at any
time to answer any question, and no one
knows until after question is asked, who
is to answer it. Many teachers destroy the
peculiar excellence of this method, by first
naming the pupil to answer, and then ask
ing the question. The true plan undoubt-
edlv is TO first ask the question, and then,
by nod, or look, or word, designate the pu-
oil who is to answer. Thus all must pay
dilgent attention or run the risk of failure
if called on.


1t will readily be seen that this has some
advantages over the rotation method. No
ono can by any possibility tell beforehand
what part of the lesson is likely to fall to
hlm in recitation, and, consequently, all
must prepare the whole lesson. Nor can
any one be inattentive during the progress
of the recitation without detection. For the
teacher, not being confined to any fixed rou-
fine, but free to put any question TO any pu-
pil, may startle into attention those who per-
nit their minds to wander, by asking them
questions when they least expect it. Again,
besides compelling each pupil to prepare the
whole lesson, and give close attention to the
whole recitation, this method leaves the
teacher free to suit the questions to the a.
bility of each pupil respectively. Lessons
I al 10 t/,5 III
aty of the class. This will make them quite
easy for the best in the class, while the more
backward may find them difficult and be un-
able to learn every part perfectly. The
teacher will OF course know-at least he
shoHd-thc mental strength and peculiari-
ties of each pupil; and he can tell almost
as well before asking as after, who can an
swer question and who can not. This be-
ing the case it can do no good, and may do
harm, to mortify the sensitive by asking
them questions which the teacher is already
sure they can not answer. Indeed, this
should seldom be done, unless it be neces-
sary to show the class and the delinquent
himself, that he is thoroughly understood by
the teacher. But, in the rotation method,
If can not be avoided Each pupil must
take the question that falls to his lot. In
this, the teacher is bound by no such iron
rule. The sensitive, but backward pupil,
needs not be hurt by too difficult questions,
nor the confident or conceited spared by too
easy ones.


This method is, perhaps, capable of more
general application than any other variety
of the mterrogativc method. 1t seems G.
qually suited to all branches of study and
to all grades of pupils. 1t has come rapid
~ into use in the common schools within
the past few years, but it is still too little
used; and in some parts Of the state it is
almost unknown. 1t should displace those
miserable methodist naetdOdS they can be
called--which still disgrace both school and
teacher in so many districts and counties.


We shall describe only two other varie-
ties Of this general method: The Concert
method and the Silent method. OF them
in our next.
Year: 1862

What ia the chairman Of the executive
committee doing? The program for our
semi-arnual meeting should be in print. If
we do not get it soon it will not be seen by
half the teachers Of the county before the
meeting.
Year: 1862

in the former which is indispensable to
the well informed man who lives in Ver-
mont, and the most valuable kind, too.


hope the day Is not far distant when
the people will see some value in home
intelligence. We seem to pass along in
"blissful ignorance" of what is going on at
our doors, while, at the same time we are
in rage TO learn all that transpires far
away. And so we educate our children


We teach them, by example if not by pre-
cept, chat Geography is a description of
the earths surface, except their own town
and county; that history is a record of
the past, their own vicinity excepted
and, as they grow up, that the intelligence
to be sought for is that which comes from
altar, or at least from some source out of
their own immediate neighborhood. -
When, i we could only realize it, agri-
cultural, mechanical, or mercantile intel
Geence, from our midst, or indeed any
other intelligence connected with our in
terests or pursuits, is of ten fold more
value to us. than that which is brought
from distance. NICHOLAS.