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Year: 1862

FACTS IN BRIEF.-Out of every thou
sand men, twenty of them die annually.


The number of inhabitants of a city or
county is renewed every thirty years.


The number of old men who die in cold
weather as to the number of those who
die in warm, is seven to four.


The proportion between deaths of wom-
en- and those Of men is one hundred to
one hundred and eight.


One-half Of those who are born die be-
fore they attain the age Of seven.


Among 1895 who die, it appears by
the registers that there is only one person
of 100 years Of age.


More old men are to be found in eleva-
ted situations than in valleys and plains.
Year: 1862

PURE AIR FOR BEDROOMS. s.-There is
nothing of more Importance to the health
Of family than pure air in the bedrooms,
especially where the rooms are small and
the ceilings low, filled sometimes with
three or four children, as I know to be
the case within my knowledge. No mat
ter how cold it is, every room should be
fully ventilated for several hours every
day; and if small space can, without
the draught striking the bed, be left open
through the night, so much the better
Pure, cold air in bedrooms cannot be too
highly estimated. Every such room upon
going into it should smell as sweetly as
the outside atmosphere. No good house.
wife and mother will have it Otherwise
1t costs neither time nor money to have it
so.-GTmaontoaom TELEGRAPH.
Year: 1862

Alas am an Orphan Boy,


With nought on earth to cheer my heart
No fathers love, no mothers joy


Nor kin nor kind to take my part;
My lodging is the cold, cold ground,


eat the bread of Charity;
And when the kiss of love goes round,
There is no kiss, alas, for me.
Yet once had q father dear,


A mother, too, wont to prize,
With ready hand to wipe the tear,


If CHANGED the transient tear to rise.
But cause of tears were rarely found,


For all my heart was youthful glee;
And when the kiss Of love went round,
How sweet kiss there was for me
But ah there came war, they say,


What is a warf l cannot tell:
The drums and flies did sweetly play,
& And loudly rang our village bell.
In truth it was pretty sound


thought; nor could thence foresee
That when the kiss of love went round,
There soon would be no kiss for me.
At length the bell again did ring


There was Victory they said;
Twas what my father said he'd bring;
But ah ! it brought my father dead.
My mother shrieked-her heart was woe
She clasped me to her trembling knee:
Oh God that yon may never know


How wild a kiss she gave TO me
But once again--but once again,


These lips mothers kisses felt;
That once again--that once again.


The tale heart of stone would melt.
Twas when upon her death-bed laid,


20 God o God, that sight to see
"My child, my child,n she feebly said
And gave parting kiss to me
So now am an Orphan Boy,


With nought below my heart to cheer
No mothers love, no fathers joy,


Nor kin nor kind to wipe the tear.
MY lodging is the cold, cold ground


eat the bread of Charity;
And when the kiss of love goes round,


There is, alas no kiss for me.
Year: 1862

The central idea in Democracy is, that it
is ga government Of the people )" made
by them, and for their especial benefit.
AS consequence, that political party
which adopts that class Of ideas best calcu-
lated to benefit the whole people, is the
real Democratic party in the Nation.


BY this standard compare the Democracy
Of Pierce and Buchanan with the Republi-
can Democracy Of Lincoln in reference to
the settler on the public lands Pierce and
Buchanan, to crafty an aristocratia, monied
class in the North, and slave oligarchy in
the South, did all they could to make Kan
sas Slave State, while Lincoln opposed
the proposition. One opposed, the other
advocated, the passage of the Homestead
Law. One hurried up the Land Sales and
thus plunged hundreds of settlers in the
Kansas Valley into hopeless debt; the
other has passed a Homestead Bill allow
ing each actual settler to enter. at cost of
surveying, one hundred and sixty acres of
land, thus restoring back to man the home
God gave him, and enabling the masses to
possess the land instead of a slave and
monied class. Need we ask which is the
real Democratic party? Is it the one
which has been for years under the control
of the monied and slave power of the
Nation, or the one whose central idea is a
government for the people?


Had Fremont been elected, to-day the
settlers would have orned Meir oun homes
instead of having heavy mortgage hang
ing over them. Pioneers of Kansas, set.
tiers of this valley, which is the true De-
mocracy? The party which goes ",or the
people" or the one which fayors the past
policy of privileged classes?
Year: 1862

Brutal outrage-Lynchiug of the Perpetrators


One of the most fragrant and brutal out.


RACES ever perpetrated in Kansas, prolific


as our State has been of crime, was com.


mitted near this place last Friday night.


The particulars as we learn them are as
| follows:


Two soldiers, one belonging to the 2nd


Ohio Cavalry, and the other to the 10th


Kansas, went up Mill Greek to the house of
Mr. John Davis, one of the oldest and


most respected citizens of this county, and


In the presence of her mother accomplished


their hellish purpose on the person of the
daughter. Mr.. Davis was absent at another
claim about three miles distant, but was
aroused by neighbor with the report that
outcries were heard in the direction of his
house. In company with a number of his
nelgbbors he went TO his house, captured
the criminals, brought them to town and
turned them over to the military authori-
ties After due consideration of the matter
Geo. Doubleday resolved to send them to
Fort Leavenworth for trial. A civil writ
was however procured, and on it the pris-
oners were turned over to Deputy Sheriff
Peter Zuck. This was on Thursday even
ing. They we're taken Immediately to
Marmiton. During the night, q large
crowd surrounded the place where the
prisoners we're confined and took them by
force out of the Sheriff hands. Yester-
day morning they were found hanging on
tree . short distance this side of Marmiton.
This is in brief the particulars of the affair.
we would much have preferred seeing
them executed By order of q Drum. Head
Court Martial. We believe it would have
had much better effect. In the hands of
the civil authorities their punishment would
have been long delayed, and might have
been doubtful, even then. As it is they
have received terrible punishment for a
terrible crime. Lynch Law should ever be
last resort, and is always to be deprecated
by every law abiding citizen; but If there
svH was An instance in which it was justi-
liable this Is the one-Ft.. Scott Bulletin. 1
Year: 1862

We have very important letters from St.


Thomas, conveying the intelligence that the


renowned Don Antonia Lopez de Santa


Anna is again on the track for Mexico. AS


yet we have not been made fully acquainted


with his designs; but it is sufficient to


know that be has suddenly left his retire.


ment at St. Thomas to take an active part


in the Mexican imbrogio.


This is most significant move. We MI


know what sort of man is this Santa


Anna and his purpose in going to Mexico


at this juncture seems very plain. He now


sees an excellent opportunity for the re-


establishment of his former influence in


that country, and he is not the man to


allow such golden chance to slip by with


out profit. His relations with Almonte,


the protege of the French Emperor, and


the so called newly elected President of


Mexico, are of the most intimate and


friendly character; and there is good rea-
son to believe that Santa Anna is going
back on the faith of pre-arranged plan
with his ancien mintstre. Once in the old
land of the Aztecs, with full power to
exercise his craft and duplicity. the General
will be more than a match for all his
opponents, and he will skillfully use French
troops and French influence for the further
ance of his own views. If he only has a
fair chance of getting the reins of power
into his hands, he will be the last man to
allow the Archduke MaximiliaD or any
other Duke, to snatch them from him.
Certainly he can and will promise, and
deceive, but these are the means he always
uses to insure success.


The shrewdncss with which Santa Anna
dealt with President Polk is a good illus
tration of the hypocrisy which characterizes
him. During the war between the United
States and Mexico it will be remembered
that he made propositions to our govern
ment, through his secret agents, that if he
could be restored to his country he would
use his influence for the settlement of
of the claims of this republic. Presi.
dent Polk was so far deceived by his
hypocritical pretences as to cause him to be
smuggled into Mexico. But he had not
been long there before he set about raising
large army to operate against his bene-
factors and it was not without a severe
struggle that our generals finally subdued
him.


History repeats itself, and so DIES Santa
Anna. The French cannot forget the des-
perate resistance be made to them at Vera
Cruz in lS4S, when he lost his leg. He
wears wooden memorial of that event
and we feel convinced that his return to
Mexico this time will be marked by the
expulsion of his former antagonists and his
own elevation to the supreme government
of the republic. This is the only object of
his sudden departure from St. Thomas
~ Y, Herald.
Year: 1862

Mr.. EDIToR:-Last winter / made visit
to New Meadows-a location between Bruns-
wick and Bath-to visit colony of colored
men there living; my object was to present
the advantages of the liberal scheme of emf
grafton established by the government of the
Republic of Hayti, now represented by the
able, energetic and earnest James Redpath.
Some of the people are descendants of a re-
markable man by the name hf Haston, who
attained great age, and who, with noble
form, uncommon intellect and honest heart,
felt deeply the wrongs of his race, and with
the eye of a seer, foretold the state of our
country at the present time.


But my object in this communication is to
allude TO the fact as / then found it. that all
the young, likely and intelligent colored men,
then were or supposed themselves to be, enlist
ed in one Of our regiments for the war. Who
it was that appeared there for that purpose,
whether TO test their loyalty or willingness to
fight for their country, or to play joke upon
them, do not know. All know is that they
were ready and anxious to fight. They were,
as l said, hearty, healthy and intelligent Now
the question arises, should these persons be re-
pulsed from our service simply on account of
their color? May they not do good service as
cooks, nurses or laborers, if not as soldiers
l think they can.


Again, large number of the colored men
of this city offered themselves to the Govern
or at the breaking out of the rebellion, to fight
for the country, but, Of course, could not be
accepted as soldiers. Now, though think
the policy of the general government has been
right, in the past, let us now take advantage
OF every means to quell this gigantic, foolish
and damnable rebellion in the shortest possi-
BILE time; and, if necessary for the purpose, let
us use the colored men in any way or manner
to effect this purpose. HILLARp.
Year: 1862

admirers. The "Christian" Church have, dur
ing the past year, experienced heavy loss in
the sudden death of the Rev. Mr.. Bryant, who
had been their minister for some time, and who
had endeared himself greatly, not only to his
church, but to all who knew him. His place
is now supplied by Mr.. Eldridge, who gives
much satisfaction by the breadth and sound
ness of his views, the simplicity and force of
his style, and the spirit of kindness and liberal
ity by which his sermons are characterized
Our citizens are just now felicitating them
selves on the near prospect of being put in
telegraphic communication with "al the world
and the rest of mankind" The bill to extend
telegraphic line to this place was passed last
winter, but no action has been taken upon it
until lately. Now, however, the matter has
been taken vigorously in hand. / understand
that the requisite amount of funds have been
subscribed, and the work is to be commenced
Immediately, SO we may hope soon to be in
possession of means of communication so
long desired and so greatly needed More
anon. Yours truly,


EPSILON.
Year: 1862

IS the present circumstances OF the times
render this sad dutyto cur friends often necessa-
ry, and generally very expensive, or even i'm
practicable, to procure iron collins for the pur-
pose, we wodd call attention to the following
simple means by which it can be effected at any
season, at very modest csst.


Take any wooden coffin, and after the body
hss been deposited in it, wrap it in a cotton
cloth which has been perfectly saturated in ter
that has been heated to boiling point. This
renders it even more imperyi3us to the esaape OF
ehiuvis than the best iroa GOTTA. This can be
placed in a box of much less size than those usu-
ally used where charcoal is introduced to all he
space between the coffin and-the box to absorb
the effiuvia.


If it Is wished to show the face of the decess.
ed, glass can be inserted in ths lid and covered
with paper so that the cloth can be cut and the
features exposed, the paper preventing the tar
from interfering with the glass.


The writer has seen bodies transported long
distanc in this manner, in warm weather
without the least incOnvenience.-MaeoH Mes
sengtr.
Year: 1862

Eg- The Detroit Free Press makes the follow.
ing suggestion respecting Senator Chandler:


Much inquiry has been made as to when SEN
ator Chandler proposes to commence the organ
zstiOn Of the regiment which he is to take into
the field. We can give no information on the
subject. We only know that he has a splendid
opportunity Of setting en- example which will
be influential throughout the State His great
wealth and political position would enable him
to raise regiment sooner than any other man
in Michigan, while his criticisms upon generals
in the field proves that he possesses military
tastes, if not military ability.


1t would be an inspiring event if he would
leave the political arena and his seat in the
Senate, 70 lead TO battle the people who are
leaving their homes and families to defend the
country.
Year: 1862

a great uncertainty, sometimes delightful, some
times painful, as to what she will attempt aad
/ whether the result viii be success or failure.
There is room TO doubt as to particulars none
at all as TO the general tendency of her conduct.
She is as true hearted a woman as lives. and
that which she delights in must be happy I
know not what Beatrice is doing st this moment.
but feel sure that, in aims and efforts, she is
true to herself to me, and to her Maker am
sure that she loves me more than all the world
beside, but not so much as she loves truth and
duty and selfrespect. Her errors are al mis-
takes. They are the redundancy of a loving
generous, richly gifted nature. She is no model
housewife, bat she has made great improy euent,
sincere and unselfsh affection Il is true that
| was delayed to-day by waiting for lew last
stitches from her praeticed needle, not, how
ever, upon my clothing, as l see you imagine,
but upon pair of slippers she has just wrought
for Uncle Jsduthun. Let me see them tried,
my dear sir. have an idea they will fit you


Why, yes, tolersbly," said the good man,
who seemed more gTaifed than he cared to
acknowledge. The truth is" he added, speak
ing with hesitation, as if he felt the need of an
apology. the truth is, am going to live with
Edward, and give lessons to Beatrice in house
keeping.
Year: 1862

Northern news states that In
vaders of South Carolina are pay
ing the penalty of their offence.
About a Hundred had already died
of fever alone, and half of the ar
my were down with sickness
Let them stay there until the
warm weather of spring opens, if
they dare. They will not stay
long after. There will be few left
to stay. "
Year: 1862

To Neat Rtc1ers.-It has been
suggested to us that it would be
well to call the attention of those
engaged in packing beef and pork
for the government to the unsuita-
bleness for that purpose of barrels
which have contained whiskey Or
ether spirits. An inexperienced pack
er tells us that meat put up in such
barrels is almost sure. to sour; nor
will soaking the barrels for even a
considerable time, relieve them of
their obnoxious qualities. This is
a fact worth knowing by house
keepers generally, as well as those
who pack for others. - t.
Year: 1862

HEADQUARTERS, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,


FAIRFAX c.. H., Va, March IA, 1862


Soldiers of the Army of the Potomac: For a
long time have kept you inactive, but not with
out purpose. You were to be disciplined, armed
and instructed; the formidable artillery you now
have had to be created other armies we're to
move and accomplish certain results. I have held
you back that you might give the death-blow to
the rebellion, that has distracted our once happy
country. The patience you have shown. and your
confidence in your General, are worth dozen
victories. These preliminary results are now ac-
compshed. feel that the patient labors of ma
ny months have produced their fruit; the Army
of the Potomac is a real magnificent in
material, admirable in discipline and instruction,
excellently equipped and armed-your command
ers are all l could wish. The moment for action
has now arrived, and l know that l can trust in
you to save our country AS ride through your
ranks, see in your faces the sure presage of vic
tory 1 feel that you will do what ask of you.
The period of inaction has passed. I will now
bring you face to face with the rebels, and only
pray that God may defend the right. In what
ever direction you may move, however strange my
actions may appear to you, ever bear in mind that
my fate IS linked with yours, and that all do is
to bring you, where know you wish to be-on
the decisive battlefield. 1t is my business to
place you there am to watch over you as
parent over his children and you know that your
General loves you from the depths of his heart.
1t shall be my care, as it ever has been, to gain
success with the least possible loss but know
that, if it is necessary, you will willingly follow
me to our graves for our righteous cause. God
smiles upon US, victory attends u.s. yet would not
have you think that our aim is to be obtained
without manly struggle. 1 will not disguise it
from you; you have brave foes to encounter, foe
men well worthy of the steel that you will use so
well. ! shall demand Of you great, heroic exer-
tions, rapid and long marches, desperate combats,
privations, perhaps. We shall share all these to-
gether and when this sad war is over we will re-
turn to our homes, and feel that we can ask no
higher honor than the proud consciousness that
we belonged to the Army of the Potomac.


GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN,


Major-General Commanding.
Year: 1862

A TRUE FRIEND.-From ga Life for a Life"
an English book of considerable power and inter
est is quoted the following passage: 90, the
blessing it is to have a friend to whom one can
sIeak fearlessly on any subject, with whom ones
deepest as we'll as ones most foolish thoughts
come out simply and safely. o, the comfort, the
inexpressible comfort, of feeling safe with per-
son, having neither to weigh thoughts nor meas
ure words, but pouring them all right out, just as
they are, chaff and grain together, certain that
faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what
is worth keeping, and then with the breath of
kindness blow the rest away"
Year: 1862

THE reason why the dying never weep is be-
cause the manufactures of life stop forever the
human system has ceased its functions. In all
diseases, the liver is the very first organ that ceas
es to work-one by one the others follow, and all
the fountains of life are at length dried up; there
is no secretion. So the eye in death weeps not,
not that affection is dead in the heart, but because
there are no tear drops in it any more than there
is moisture on the lip.
Year: 1862

To THE DowNHEARTED.- Says an exchange :
Come, now, be cheerful; if you cannot pay your
debts Immediately, do the best you can, and pay
them as you are able. "Care killed a cat" If
you have not fifty cents to luxurate upon the del
icacies of the season, appropriate half of the
amount for something more substantial and
wholesome; kiss your wife, if you have one
if you have not, kiss some pretty girl and
marry her immediately-for acts of despera-
ton frequently result happily and benefcially in
their effects. Ifyou have any children, romp with
them; if you have not, romp with your neigh
boris. Look upon the bright side of everything
put on a cheerful countenance-keepy your mind
in the right trim, and if you find that your native
town does not support you, pack up and volunteer
for the war. At all events, be cheerful.
Year: 1862

The boring of the Alps by atmospheric pres
sure is said to be more and more successful Gen.
Melabrea, Minister of Marine in the kingdom of
Italy, says in letter to the Cosmos, that at Ba-
doneche there is already mile and quarter of
current air, and that this air acts with much en-
ergy in putting in motion the perforators with
rapidity and precision. What takes place with
one mile cannot fail to occur with four, and as
we have pressure of six atmospheres, there
will always be sufficient to set a machine in
notion
Year: 1862

THINK of the pleasure that Fulton enjoyed
when he took his first fare of six dollars at Alba
ny-a passenger down to New York. And think
printing job at Philadelphia Then think of
Curans first brief These recollecGons will make
you courageous


THERE is much goodness in the world although
at a superficial glance one is disposed to doubt it..
What is bad is noised abroad-is echoed back
from side to side, and newspapers and social cir
cles find much to say about it-while what is
good goes, at best, like sunshine, quietly through
the world.
Year: 1862

will our Legislature do; wait till perchance
Congress determines to make Kansas the
starting point for the road ? Why wait
Land can be secured, and enough to do all
that we lave suggested. l. it wise to trust
to contingencies? Now with what land We
can get, grand link Of the Pacific Road,
four hundred miles in length, can be built
Make this road, or even secure the grant
for it, and who doubts where the Pacific
road will go? Now is the golden opportun
ity to secure land, and land of the bes.
quality. Ask for a certain number of miles
on each side Of the road, Of alternate
sections, if it cannot be got otherwise.
The Government will be richer for giving
away half the land in this way.


Shall we fold our arms and wait till
these lands are all taken; and the road loca-
ted on the Platte? Public sentiment de-
mands that the present Legislature shall
not adjourn till some such plan is adopted,
and placed in the hands of our Members
of Congress to be pressed, at the first fav-
orable moment, on the attention of that
body.


Kansas has some claims on the General
Government for some land for internal i'm
provement. Let US ask for it to build
one grand link cftAe National h;yhnoy to
tie Pacific.
Year: 1862

H The Legislature Of South Carolina
has passed an act authorizing the Governor
to effect loan of one million dollars to
rebuild that portion of Charleston laid in
ruins by the late FIRE, the money SO bor-
rowed to be lent to such applicants as
desire to re- build, who are restricted from
erecting any other than 6rc proof buildings