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Year: 1863

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Ofall places l was ever in, New York 10
one where more time is wasted at that Do
riod of lite when the seeds of knowledge are
to be sown, and the habits formed that are
to determine the character and fortunes of
after life: speak this from sad expert
ence. How many an hour Of hard labor
and hard study have had to subject my
self to atone in slight degree tor the hours
which | suffered society to cheat me out OF.
Young people enter into society in Amsrios
ut an age that they are cooped up in SCHOOLS
in Europe. DO not waste your evenings in
parties of pleasure; devote as much as DOS.
sibls to valuable reading. Take care not to
lose what you learned at college. Keep up
your knowledge of the learned languages,
and endeavor to advance in them. Read
history regularly and attentively. As your
time for reading will be limited, do not waste
it on any reading but such as will 20 toward
informing your mind and improving ycur
taste. Do not read for mere amusement. -
DO not seek to teed the imagination, that
viii always extract food for itself out Of the
sternest studies. Do not read for the pur-
pose Of mere conversation the popuisrwhrks
! OF the day, reviews, magazines, &C. Bs
content to appear ignorant OF those topics
rather than read through fear of appearing
ignorant The literature of the day is al,
ways the most piquant, the most immedi-
ately. interesting, but il is generally transit
ent; 1t soon passes away, and leaves no gen
eral knowledge, no Permanent topic in the
mind; and then it is SO copious; if one yield


his attention to contemporary literature be
is overwhelmed with it. Make yourself, ON
the other hand, well acquainted with the
valuable standard authors, which have stood
the test of time; they will always be in the
fashion; and in becoming intimately ac-
quainted with them you become Intimately
acquainted with the principles Of knowled 10
and good taste. 1t is like studying the
paintings and statues Of old masters. =
Read such works as are connected with tho


moral and political history of England, for


they are all full Of application to our own


national character and history, and they
tend to awaken calm and deep thinking,
and to produce that enlarged and indepeii-
dent mode Of considering suhjeots that be.
come freeman. Washington irving.
Year: 1863

owing 10 the great strength Of the enemy
The time given them for reinforcing and
the belief also Of our officers that il could not
be done. accordingly telegraphed to the
President Of the United States that with
drew our army because felt the eneiDy's
position could not be carried"


Burnside's testimony here closed.
Year: 1863

An old paper manufacturer writes with
great confidence and enthusiasm (says the
Springfield Republican, of new process
for reducing wood to paper pulp, which has
been discovered by Professor Chadbourne of
Williams and Bowdoin Colleges. 1t de.
pends upon combination of chemical and
mechanical principles, by which the woody
fbers are alike strengthened and separated
from each other. The process is pronoun.
ced by practical paper makers, and patent
examiners as entirely unique, and quite Ger.
tain in results. 1t involves no change of
machinery, and no additional expense, cx-
except for the pulp machine, which will
cost from fifty to hundred dollars. If no
unforeseen difficulty arises In working it ion
a largo scale, it will reduce the cost of paper
pulp to less than than one.half its present
value, or to some forty or fifty dollars ton


The invention is now in the hands of one of
the largest and most energetic paper man
ufacturers in the country, patent has been
applied for, and in due time the full value
OF the process will be tested on large scale
Year: 1863

The Scientific American saws war is nm
doubtedly 8 condition Of destruction to
life and prOpertyj but it is possible that a
nation may conduct great war and, in
stead Of becoming impoverished, may in
crease in both wealth and power. The
condition under which war chiefly impOv-
erishss nation is by having it conducted
within its own domain. But when a na-
ton maintains war upon the enemy's
soil, and 50 manages its affairs that the
annual expenses fall below the real value
Of its industrial products, it is evident that
1t must Increase in wealth. The merchant
who makes more than he spends increases
in riches, and il is the same with a nation.
An increase Of national debt is no sign of
increasing poverty in the people, for this
debt may be a simple transfer of only
small portion Of the surplus wealth of in
dividuals to the general fund Of the COM
monweaIth-an investment in public in
stead Of private stocks. Those who have
made political economy a subject Of study
know well that Great Britain maintained
war with France, and sometimes with
nearly all the nations of the world, for
many years; and, while the government
sd77i incyesssd, the national wealth accum-
qlsiea. sHs battled wish Napoleon and
clothed the armies Of Russia, Spain and
Prussia, and the sword was scarcely
sheathed for thirty years; and yet at the
end Of the struggle she was vastly more
wealthy than at the beginning Of the con-
test The first condition Of this success
was maintaining the war upon foreign
soil, thus allowing The industrial arts
which furnish the sineWs Of war and the |
comforts Of peace--to be conducted freely |
upon herzoWn soili and secondly, living |
within her income. These facts should |
never be overlooked by a nation which |
would carry on an aggressive war success
fully.


This has been the condition Of the |
North. The war has not been conducted |
upon its soil, and its industrial pursuits
were never in q more healthy condition /
than now. Every avenue of labor pays
handsomely, and employs all the material
in market. F..
Year: 1863

country. The College is in iourishing con-
ditiOn. Active measures are being taken to
secure liberal endowment, which will place
the College on a basis second to none in the
country. We know Of no institution Of
learning where there is a higher tone of mo-
rality and Christianity taught than At Mount
Union and we wOGld recommend it to the
consideration Of all who have in view an ed
ueatiou for themselves, their children, or
their friends, Of both sexes, to be q place of
superior advantages to gain the desired OBJ
ieet q Fl
Year: 1863

Piled that il was not in the power of the
men TO move on without rest We staid
there until next morning, which proved to
be very pleasant one, a shower Of rain
having fallen during the night.


Our march to MOorefield was made i'm
good time. About mile from town, we
had the Potomac TO cross The ferry boat
had been destoyed by the enemy, and the
only way to get over was to wade. The
current was very swift, and rope was
stretched across and tied to trees on either
side for the men to hold to in crossing to
keep them from going down stream. The
soldiers divested themselves of their un-
mentionables, and hnng them and their
cartridge-boxes and haversacks on their
bayonets and ''plouted" in. Some officers
of New York regiments had their wives
along to see something of war and its
amusements and then the trip would be
good for their health. There were several
in carriages just in the rear of our regi-
ment when we were crossing the river
| heard afterwards that the ladies thought
the scenery of the Valley was very ro-
mantle, but that New York was quite as
healthy. r


(TO BIZ CoNTINUED.)
Year: 1863

1t is shown by the correct tables of 1860,
that the twenty.one States and four Terri
tories, which are considered loyal, had
S6,855, 1921 worth of taxable property.
Ibis being the amount returned by the
Assessors, including real and personal prop
erty. 1t is true that the Census Marshas
return much greater amount, but the cen.
sus takeT is not an assessor, and the people
know when they give him statement of
their property, that they will not be requir-
ed to pay taxes on the amount. We, there
fore, take the property which the assessors
find, as being nearly all that can be depend
ed on for purposes of taxation. We think
that the figures given above are, however,
too small to correctly represent the whole
property of these States, and will increase
the amount to eight thousand millions Of
dollars, which we think about fair estimate
for the property of the country at the be
ginning of the war. In making this esti-
mate we exclude Kentucky and Missouri.
because their status is uncertain, and they
are both ruined and desolated. so that even.
if held by the Federal Government they are
not able to pay much. This sum of eight
thousand millions, and our readers can RELY
on it being all that there was two Years AGO.
is the savings and accumulations of our peo-
pie since the first settlement of the country.
We will now inquire whether this amount of
available property is able to bear the bur
dens which the Government is imposing
upon the people. In looking at the experil
ence Of the past, which is the only safe
light to direct US, we find from the forma-
ton of the present Government in 1889 up
to 1862, period of seventy one years, the
whole revenue and expenditure, as stated by
MIR. Chase in his official report, was as fol-
lows:


From customs. l575.l52579 90


p" land.... ........ ........ 271l23.2S3 Sc
Year: 1863

The CHARLEsroNIANs AT WoRK.-It is
certain that three additional iron cads are
building at Charleston, of formidable char
acter. One of them is designed for sea ser'
vice, to destroy our blockading squadron
ond is intended to operate off the bar, where
it will lay in smooth weather, if their efforts
to drive away our forces and to raise the
blockade are successful; anc the third is dei
signed for harbor defences. They are al
ready launched, with engines in, but are not
yet plated We have reason to apprehend
some danger from these fellows if they can
get out.
Year: 1863

CORNs.-The best cure for these trouble
somo things that we have ever tried is to
soak the feet in hot water for quarter Of
an hour so that the corns may become soft
and then trim it off aa close as possible, and
not cause pain. Then take the tncture of
the Arbor Vista placed upon a little cotton
and apply to the corn, and after a few appl-
cations the corn will not ouly disappear en-
tirely, but will not be likely to return
again.
Year: 1863

We find that many are not able to COM
prehend the reason why Confederate paper
should command premium in Europe, and
at the same time be at q discount at home


For the information of all such, we will
state that the Confederate paper issued in
Europe is different from the currency in use
at home. The Confederate Government
seems to possess a large amount of cotton,
perhaps million and half of bales. This
is mostly stored in Georgia, South Carolina
and Alabama. This is known in Europe,
and the paper which is issued in Europe as
Confederate loan, is simply stock, to be paid
in cotton at some point in the Confederate
States. Cotton is very desirable property in
Europe just at this time, and the value Of a
loan of this kind depends upon getting it
paid in cotton, and the cotton safely landed
in Europe. The doing of this depends upon
raising the blockade at an early day -
The fact, therefore, that the cotton loan
rates high in Europe proves belief among
European capitalists, that by some means
the blockade will be raised at an early day.
whether this will be done bv the fleets of
England, and France, or whether it is expectr
ed to be done by the ships of the Emperor
of China. we are not advised. 1t is very
certain that these leaders do not expect to
wait until the eud of a lengthy war for their
cotton, nor do they expect to get it from
Mr.. Lincolns officers. Meanwhile we notice
that another of his Celestial Maesty's new
war steamers has departed Messrs. Laird's
ship yards. These builders have secured q
reputation by building the Alabama, which
has been heard of in the Flowery Kingdom;
and the result is contract to build one of
the Emp ror's new fleet. 1t is strange that
our Government does not secure few of
these fast vessels to hunt down the A Alabama,
and number Of other ships that are damag


ing our commerce. -MarysriHe Express.
Year: 1863

Sacramento correspondent of the San
Francisco Journal, radical Republican
paper, referring to the interference of Con,
ness with the nomination of the Republican
State Convention, says if Conness and his
man Low are not defeated now, "the Union
party will stink worse than dead and rot
ten dog" This writea's nose must have
heretofore been stuffed heavily with Federal
pap, or he would have discerned the scent
without the contingency.
Year: 1863

Mr.. LINCOLN FAILING According to
the Washington correspondent of the Chi
cago Times, no one who sees Mr.. Lincoln
now can fail to be struck with his altered
appearance as compared with his looks two
years ago. He looks ten years older, and
the expression Of his face is haggard and
careworn in the extreme. His eye is restless,
and is constantly wandering at most times
With a vacant expresslon; at Others, IN a
manner indicative Of positive terror. He
has exactly the demeanor Of q man whose
rest is broken By remorse and to whose
pillow tranquil sleep is stranger.
Year: 1863

A Musical Bed Several foreign journals
speak of an invention just produced in Ger
many, namely, a musical bed, so constructed
that by means of a concealed piece of me-
chanism the pressure of The body produces
the sottest harmony, which lasts long enough
to ull them to sleep. At the head of the
bed is a dial with hand, which can be pac-
ed at whatever hour the person wishes .to
to awake; and at the time fixed the be /
plays march of Spontin with drums and
cymbals, loud enough to awake the soundest
sleeper
Year: 1863

The New Orleans correspondent of the n


Y. Herald, writing under date of May 27th,
says: ooh that our honest people of the
North could come here and be behind the
curtain for few weeks; how they would
hold up their hands in holy horror at seeing
poor Unlce Sam robbed on every side by
those who are so intensely patriotic that
they would, to use their own words, hang
every secesslonist and slave holder higher
than Haman! We have an army of these
patriots here, who Imagine they are practic-
,ng their rascality without fear of discovery.
Some very rich developments
will take place in a few days, showing in
what manner fortunes are made in this de-


partment, aud how men come here very
poor and in few months leave for the North
with pocket fall of plunder An examna-
ton is now going on in regard to levying
black mail that seriously compromises some
high government officials The proof is now
before General Emory, and it is of the most
positive character, so much so that it is i'm
possible for the parties above referred to to
escape They had 90, wind of the affair,
and were to have left on the steamer of the
29th: but they have been held over by the
authorities IN order to await the result of
the examination now going on. The charge
now under investigation is but one of series
OF the same character some of them involv,
ING large amounts of money and | shall be
much mistaken if you do not in a very short
time have a history of the greatest vaanies
ever perpetrated in this or any other coun,
try. Verify, this department is now den
of thieves. A private sale of one thousand
bales of cotton, lately made here by gov


eminent official, is also to be investigated;
for it was contrary to the law of Congress
on the subject. A merchant remarked to
me the day after | { was sold that he would
have paid one cent pound more for the
cotton at auction than was paid for it at
private sale. This would have made a defer
ence of $4,000 in favor of the government"
Year: 1863

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From the New York Times, 18th, ult,l /,


Coroner Collins was yesterday called.
to hold an inquest upon the body Of
child, aged three years, thatresided with
its parents in Eighty. third street, between
Eleventh and Twelfth-avenues. The cir
cumstances attending the ehild's death
arersomewhat remarkable. Mary Mel,
the mother of the deceased, testified that
a week ago last Monday she fully made
up her mind to test the question as to
whether the deceased was her child. A
man who formerly lived in the same house
had told witness that there were fairies"
about. .fi,t. Sad


Before coming to this country from
Ireland, witness was taught the common
superstition Of her country, that when.
ever fairies" frequented house it was
presumptile evidence that some child in
the family had been changed for another
while in its cradle; and that the true way
10 test the matter was to heat q shovel red
h6t, and make the child sit upon it. If
l. were fairy child, or not one belong
ing 10 the mother, it would fly away, but
if it remained, it was her own child. The
mother says she made this test by heat
lug a shovel until it was red. hot, and
then she sat the child upon it. The re.
suit was, the child was burned so badly
that it died in week afterward. Ma
thias Neil, the husband Of the, deluded
mother, testified that he did not know
about tie child beiug burned till just be,
fore its death; that for some time past
he had occasionally thought his wife in,
sane, she had acted so strangely. Th,
| jury rendered q verdict that "the deceased
came to its death by burns received a
the hands of its mother"


Coroner Collins thought it best to TAXI
the mother into custody, and hold hel
until such time as the question Of her
insanity can be judicially determined
She stated that she was thirty Eight
years old and was born in Ireland.
Year: 1863

AN abseut>minded gentleman, on re.
tiring at night, put his dog to bed and
kicked himself down stairs. he did not
discover his mistskeuntil be went to yelp
and the dog tried to snore.
Year: 1863




This respected gentleman IS now In Richmond having
been at length released after fifteen months weary cap
tivty in Fort st. Philip and in Fort Pickens. lie
has been much broken in health by confinement and oy
anxiety account of his family who ali the while
in the city OF New Orleans exposed to the brutality OF
Butler and of Banks.


The case of Mr.. Monroe deserves special study and
his example commands high admiration ipasmuch as
he was, during all the time of his captivity, piled with
evecy conceivable temptation, to betray his country
and become the tool of Ter enemies Any day IN the
fifteen months be knew that the O6r open 20 him
of wealth and honors and the profitable friendship OF
the brgand Butler, if he would only consent to be may
or of New Orleans under Yankee rule, and thus give
Butler what he much desired, color OF legality and
of civic sanction for his enormities. Mr. Monroe how
ever, persstently refused being moved thereto not
only by his personal Of duty, but also by his rep
resentative position guardian Of the dignity OF tue
city which had made him its chief magistrate. The
example Was Iustrous, a2d had its effect for we have
since many thousand ofthe citizens cosept to lose
as criminals and paupers rather than touch the
ed thing-,a Yankee oath of allegiance. Il there are
some Others of easier conscience who have taken that
oath, to save their propertyit not tie fault of
Mayor Monroe.


We have read highly interesting account Of all the
incidents of the Mayors arrest and captivity and OF
the whole series CT events from his first spir I'd reply
to the outrageous threat of Ferragut down his
lease from Fort Pickens He shows himself through
out consistent resolute and conscientious man, and
good Confederate and though he has suffered i'll th6
flesh and In the spirit, in MEANS and hopes and family
affections, his name will be always mentioned with hou
or in the history of the Confederacy.


Richmond Enquirer.
Year: 1863

ALL KInD5 GOoDs.-In addition the cargo sale
VeItsed to take place at WILKES MORRIS Auction Rooms
On Wednesday, the oh instant notice by ADVERTISE
ment in todays paper that the next day Thuysday)
there will be auction sale Of German French Eng


sh Fancy Goods at the store cf DAVID AARON Market
Street The catalogue of the cargo sale shows very large
assortment OF what may be classed staple Dry Goods
while that fer Thursday exhib great variety things
very aud difficult if impossible be obtained.
We presume the attendance will be large
Year: 1863

GoD OUR RKEEPER.-Adam had his salvation
in his own hands-he could not keep it, Esau
had his birthright IN his own hands-he could
not keep it, The prodigal had his patrimony
In his own hands-he could not keep it. Ii
our souls were lett in our hands we could not
keep it. The world is a false keeper the devil
is churlish keeper. The body is brittle
and inconstant keeper. God is the only sure
keeper
Year: 1863

LAWYER W.. while entering his cold bed in a
Cold winter night exclaimed "Of all the ways
of getting living, the worst man could fol-
low would be going about town such nights as
this, and getting into bed for folks.'
Year: 1863

Are unlimited in quantity, quality price, and will
be sold very low, at wholesale retail for cash.


Buyers will do well to look at stock before pur.
chasing elsewhere it bought before the great
rise ON goods.
Year: 1863

NO Organs of the human system more impor-
~ tant TO health and comfort than the EYE and
EAR. and yet are less understood or more neg
lected They seem to pass even common observation,
aud yet every part of the body is dependent upon
them for life and health.
Year: 1863

ONE OF THE WALL STREET BUBBLEs.-Ws
publish to-day Judge Hogesooms opinion upon
the Harlem Railroad stock affair. This i, Of
course, but one opinion, and there may be, and
doubtless are, many and various opinions upon
the subject We think it our duty to call at-
tention, however, to the Judges ideas upon
this matter, as it is Just that innocent people
who are concerned in the Harlem stock opera
tions may know what to think Of the whole
business. We take it to be very clear that
stock which rises from rs to 100, goes back to
IA but to rise again to lis, all within sixty
days, and without any apparent reason, must
be q bubble-a Wall street bubble.
Year: 1863


hard matter to And single politician who b
an honest man-thst ID, II they take the sta>s-
msnts made In the canvass as thsirIguids. We
notice that James T. Brady and Van Bursa
are to hold forth at the Cooper InsV-
tute tonight on the judiciary and railroad
legislation. This will no doubt be an inter-
esting occasion, and we trust that John vaa
Buren, will inform the public where tho '1ittls
joker" on city railroads is rAll political
factions are after it, while some Of them try 70
deny it publicly and play the hypocrits.
There is a chance for a telling point under that
head.


Whether this gathering will have any effect
whatever upon the result Of the election
events must decide. But one thing is certain: the
constant assaults upon the united organization
of Tammany and Mozart have caused them to
strengthen their fortifcation in every particu-
lar They now claim to have made themselves
secure at every point, and that they are also
ready for any new strategical movement that
may be started by the allied forces against
them. Whatever may be the result of all this
wrangling and bitter political controversy, II
will make but little or no difference After
election they are all alike; it is six Of one and
half dozen of the other. Let us then patient
ly wait until the storm is over, and then ws
can quietly enjoy the amusement of seeing who
is out in the cold and needs a blanket
Year: 1863

been before. There Is not much sickness In the
city, but plenty Of money, and the crowds Of
strangers among us are enjoying themselves to
tho top Of their bent Let them not forget the
Opera, the theatres and the Park