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Year: 1864




Our Con- xEssMEN-The New York cor.
respondent of the American Flag thus writes
about our representatives Messrs Highly,
Cole and Shannon:


Your Congressman 60 out by the steamer
Of the 18th inst, to give an account of their
stewardship and look after the chances of
denomination. Their record is before the
country, and it is one of which they may we'll
be proud-not for any great achievement,
but for the faithfulness they have at all times
represented the loyal sentiments of their con-
stituents. 1t cannot be said that this is a
brilliant Congress, or that any great genius
has been displayed at its sitting but it has
proved itself loyal one, and devoted to the
best interest ofthe country and the suppresss-
ion of the rebellion. Among the most faith
full and vigilant have been found your mem
bers. Should their constituents deem it best
to return them to another Congress, the in
terests of California will be confided to safe
and worthy hands. l believe all are candi-
dates for re-election-with what prospect re-
mains to be seen. The wavs of politicians
and political conventions are past finding out,
and often mysterious. Whether or not they
arc returned, this much is certain, good and
true Union men wiU be elected by the loyal
voters of California.
Year: 1864

MADAM, said a very polite traveller to a
tyold landlady, if see proper to help my
self to this milk, is there any improperly in t?'


i don't know what you mean, replied the
landlady; but if you mean to insinuate that
there is anything in the milk. I'll give you
to understand that you've struck the wrong
house! There amt the first hair in it. for as
soon as Drothy Ann told me that the eat was
drowned in the milk, | went straight and
strained it over


The young man tainted.
Year: 1864

g ONE Of you can't, and we pity you. You have
- tried every remedy but the destined, by its
intrinsic merit, to supersede all similar prepara-
tons 1t is not surprising you should be reluctant
to try something else after the many experiments
you have made of trashy compounds foisted on the
public as 4 certain cure but
Year: 1864

is purely a scientific preparation, discovered by
long research and study, and be depended
being all that it is representcd is perfectly
harmless and will not stain the finest cambric.


Ii the Of this preparation is persevered in,
according the directions (Which will be found in
fall on each b0tte) there viii be no necessity of
any one having gray hairs, matter TO what age
the person may live.
Year: 1864




To the Citizens Of the Trans-Mi DEPT.


HAVE deemed it my duty to issue Genera
] Order, directing the purchase, and, if ne
cessary, the impressment of one half the Cotton
in this Department. to supply the pressing
wants of our armies in the field


Your soldiers are the sole reliance for the
defence Of the country from invasion and DESC
lation. They have recently furnished you .
signal instance of their willingness and ability
to defend your homes. Without munitions of
war. clothing and medicines, they cannot be
kept in the field. These articles can be OBJ
tanned only by importation. Cotton is the sole
means of purchase. In the same lofty spirit of
patriotism, which leads your sons and brothers
to offer their lives for your protection, will you
not sell to the Government the only product by
which their valor can be made effective against
the public enemy.


The impressment Of Cotton will be avoided,
if possible. But Supplies for the army must be
had. 1t IL left with you to determine, whether,
for the preservation Of your homes. you y i'll
force the Government to resort to impressment.


E. KIRBY SMITH,


General Commanding.
Year: 1864

At the recent meeting of the British
Association for the advancement of sci
ence, a paper was read on the phvsiolog-
ical effects of tobacco. Amongst the con-
clusionS arrived at by the writer. We're
the following: The evils of smoking are
functional in character, and no confirmed
smoker can ever he said to he we'll
Smoking produces disturbances in the
blood, causing undue huidity. and change
in the red corpuScleS on the stomach Civ
inc rise to debility of that organ, and IL
regular action; on the organ of sense,
particularly on the eve and ear, or the
brain, depressing it if it be daily nourisIn-
ed. but soothing it if it be exhausted The
nervous system, the mucous membrane
and the bronchial surface of the lungs are
also affected. The writer, a Dr. Richard
son, appears to have no scruples about
the use of tobacco He is not aproteSsed
antagonist, treating the matter entirely on
physiological grounds. and therefore hi:
remarks are the more worthy of consider
alton. He SAYS:


Smoking is luxury which any na.
ton OF natural habits would be better
without - Its Use conveys to the mine
Of the man who looks upon it calmly the
unmistakable idea of physical degrade
ton" If a community of youths o
both sexes. whose progenitors were fnel,
formed and powerful, We're to be trained
to the early practice of smoking, and /
marriage were to be confined to the smok
ers, an apparently new and inferior rae,
of men and women would be bred up"
/ After estimating the smokers of Britain
at one million. mot one of whom can a
any moment be writ down as in pertec
health from day to day" he goes on tc
say:


"Why should a million of men be liv
ing with stomachs that only partially di
geSt, hearts that labor unnaturally, an


blood not fully organized! In a purel.
Year: 1864

1t Is popularity of bees that they vii


sntfer some men TO handle them with i'm
punlty. Wildman was man who seem.
TO have had an unusual attraction for then


or a> he termed If. command over them


though it is not easy to comprehend how
a man could have command over four thou
sand or five thousand insects. On one oc


casion he paid visit TO DR.. Templeton


the then secretary of the society for the
encouragement of arts, to prove TO him
how completely bees submitted TO his intlu-
ence. He was brought through the city
in a sedan chair, and, it is to be presumed.
into the doctors room: for when he pre-
sented himself his head and face were coy-
cred with bees, and a huge cluster of them
hung down like beard from his chin
Notwithstanding this novel appendage, he
converSed with the ladies and gentleman
who were present for considerable time
without disturbing the insects, and finally
dismissed them TO their hive without any
body being stung The fame of his per-
tormance> having reached Lord Spencer,
he invited him TO Wimbledon TO meet a
large party of his friends The countess
had provided three stocks for the occasion.
He first took one of the hives and emptied
the living occupants into his hat, TO show
that ii was not necessary TO destroy the
bees in order TO deprive them of their hon
ey. He next presented himself with n
colony hanging about his head, and from
his chin, and then stepping out of win
dow onto the lawn. where he had directed
a table covered with a clean cloth to be
placed, he put them back into the hive.
He then made them come out again and
swarm about in the air, after which be
caused them TO settle on the table, and
from thence he took them up by handtulS,
and poured them out of his hand as if
they had no more feeling than pebbles,
and finally concluded this portion of his
entertainment by causing them TO re-enter
their hive His lordship was too unwell
10 be present at these experiments; 50,
later in the afternoon. he was taken into
hi~ lordship's room with all three of the
stocks hanging about him AT one time.
one on his head, one on his breast. and
the other on hiS arm. from which places
he afterwards transferred them TO his head
and face, - that he was quite blinded,
and was led in this condition to the lawn
in front OF his lordship's window. He
next requested that 4 horse might be
brought round, which was done. the LorSe
having been we'll clothed to guard against
accident. First taking the bees out of his
eyes. that he might see what he was about
he mounted the horse with the bees hang
ing about him, he rode backwards and
forwards repeatedly, until the company
had seen enough of his performance, when
he dismomted and placed the bees on the
table. from whence he dismissed them TO
their respective hives. 1t is worthy of
remark that though there We're a great
many present on this, as on the previous
occasion, Yet nobody was stung.-Dicksn.
I'LL tie Iaar Round
Year: 1864

DY YOUNG AMERICA, OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.
Yes we miss thee at home yes, wo miss thee


May God your absence prol0ng.
For our State hath got rid of the nuisance


We hoped and p.ayed for so long!
Nay ile dow, get hold Of your carcass


And keep it in misery Gagged
Until you cry mp to high heaven


For pardon from those you've outraged.
Long live the immortal VALLAyDIGuAu =


That Patriot noble and brave -
Whose voice in defence Of the Union


Was heard ero it sank to its grave.
We glory in the name Of the exile,


Whose praises are borne on the breeze
Whose crime it was "LOvc for the UniOn,"


And, "Ircason to shOddy and thieves"
Yes, We miss thee at homo yes We miss thee


May We miss thee forever, we pray
But thou shsn't be missed at the Judgment,


Old tyrant, upon that great Day,
But be cursed and cast from His presence


Creator of all our deep woe
And our hearts will rejoice when thou'rt safely


In the arms Of thy brother below
Mako way, You old wretch, for MCCLELLAN


Who'll carry the day without fail
And if you got home, "by the Ltcrnll,"


Wen escort you around on n rail
The hemp is on hands for to hang you,


As the moauest and worst Of all men
Aud this outraged nation Will hail it


"CiVlL NECESSITY then,
Year: 1864

EDuCArIoN.-It is related Of the late
Hon, Owen Lovejoy that he kept the
fcetest horses in the country, and that
these were used in carrying fugitive slaves
to Canada. Once ho was accused Of being
President Of the Underground Railroad.


lie replied that he was not its president,
but he was its conductor. 1t is also re
ported Of him that when speaking on sla
very he would clc7ch his fist at the South
ern members, and that he learned this
from his mother, who, in teaching her
children tho Abolition doctrine, would
clench her fist and gesticuia,o to impress
j. uNOn them.
Year: 1864

SENsIBLE.-A soldier recently returned
to a neighbOring village, after an absence
Of tgo years, and found his wife living
with another man, to whom she had been
married some months, representing to
him that she had never been married
before, and to those who knew her
that her husband was dead. The first
and second husband calmly talked the
matter over, and then left the false ono
to inyciqle another husband if she could
That was decidedly more sensible than
shooting at each other with pistols.
Year: 1864

Yesterday afternoon small
package of ribbon and lace was lost on
Fourth street, between Morgan and the
Episcopal Church. The finder will con-
fer favor by leaving it at this Office.
Year: 1864

Nxw FIRxs.- We understand that
there are two new firms which will soon
commence business in Our city. One Of
these will open Dry Goods house in
Kilbourne's block; the other q clothing
house between 4th and 9th streets on
main. Houses in this line Of trade will
no doubt do good business in Keokuk
as we are not overrun with them.
Year: 1864

WINTER WHEAT.-We learn from the
farmers that the winter wheat In this VI
cinity is not injured to the extent that 1t
was at first supposed to be by the severe
winter, and thati nothing further hap
pens to it in future there will be a fair
crop.
Year: 1864

ATTENTION, ARoHITEcTs.-We would
call the attention of the architects to the
advertisement found in this mornings
paper inviting them to furnish proposals
for the building of an Agricultural Col
lege for the State, situated in Story
County on the line of the Cedar Rapids
d. Missouri K II.
Year: 1864

PosrposEMENT.-F the manner In
which our notice of the postponement Of
the "Old Folks Party" was msngied BY
the printer, we will again state the deci-
sion of the committee at their meeting at
the Billings House on Monday last. 1t
was decided to postpone the party indeh-
nitely, owing to sickness in number oil
the families belonging to the committee
and others who are interested in its sue.
cess. Notice will be given when the
committee will again meet to perfect ar
rangements for party at some future
day.
Year: 1864

Gg- The great Metropolitan Sanitary
Fair in New York opened on Monday =
The Mayor issued proclamation recon-
mending the day to be generally observed
as holiday. 1t is anticipated that this
will be the greatest Fair, in the extent
and brilliaucy Of the exhibition, and in
the amount of money that Wilt realized,
that has ever been held on this continent;
aud what is the more gratifying about
the matter is the fact that it is all for the
benefit of our sick and wounded PATROL
soldiers.
Year: 1864

D1sAppoINrEp.-The soldiers in our
hospitals have been waiting long and in
vain for the Paymaster to arrive and dis
tribute among them their allowance OF
greenbacks. The greater part OF them
are strapped and are in need Of the
money to send home to their families
A number of them have their families
here in the city and depend upon then
wages for their support. The Paymas
ter was to have been here several weeks
ago, but for some unknown reason ha
failed "to come to time.
Year: 1864

The NORTH PoLE.-To a person standing
at the north pole, the sun appears to sweep
horizontally around the sky every twenty.
four hours without any perccptible varla
ton during its circuit in its distance from
the horizon. On the 21st Of June it is
% deg. SO min. above the horizon, little
more than one fourth of the distance to
the zenith; the highest point that it ever
reaches. From this altitude it slowly de
scends, its track bling represented by a
spiral or screw with a very fine thread, and
in the course Of three months it worms its
way down to the horizon, which it reaches
on the 23d of September On this day it
slowly sweeps around the sky with its face
half hid below the icy sea. 1t still CON
tiT ues to descend, and after it has entirely
disappeared it is Still so near the horizon
that it carries bright twilight around the
heavens in its daily circuit. As the sun
sinks lower and lower this twilight gradu
ally grows fainter till it fades away Or
the 3Oth of December the sun is 90 deg
% min. below the horizon and this IS tn
midnight of the dark winter OF the pole


From this date the sun begins to ascend
and after time his return, is heraldpd b,
a faint dawn which circles slowly aroun,


the horizon, completing its circuit ever,
twenty four! hours. This dawn grow
gradually brighter, and on the goth O
March the peaks of ice are gilded with tn
first level rays of the six-month's day
The bringer of this long day continued t.
wind his spiral way up wards till he reach
es his highest place on the 2lst of Jun.
and his annual course is Completed
Scientific american.
Year: 1864

estate of the southern States under the auc-
tioneers hammer-for such is the enactment
of the bil-which might and would be bought
by the northern spectators at such contempt
IDLE prices as might enrich the spectators,
but would bring but very little money into the
Treasury ofs the United States. Yes, it would
indeed be splendid scheme for speculation.
How many fortunes would be made by loyal
purchasers out Of such forfeited estates, no
death it should occasion no matter how much
of suffering may fall to the lot of the innocent,
disinherited child; no matter that the wall of
the houseless and stricken widow shall pierce
the air as she wanders away with her homeless
infant. These terrible considerations cannot
be permitted, to disturb the success of the
speculation Such policy conferred by mile
tary power might perhaps drive the. southern
people from the face of the earth, extermina-
ting them as indian tribes have sometimes
been extermiuatcd; but who, in his heart, can
wish for such consummation Desire fer
the success of the Administration should pre-
vent it. Love of the Government and hope
of a restoration of the Union should appeal
against it. 1t is not what a majority of the
people of tho middle and ,western States de-
sire. Their desire, in which many southern
people concur, is to have the seeded States
restored to the Union to have reinstated over
southern people and southern soil the suprem-
lacy and the protection of the Government of
the United States.


For this great and patriotic object the bra
vest and most enlightened of our soldiers have
voluntarily imperiled their lives upon the bat
tle-feld. Who believes that these patriotic
men would have voluntarily incurred all the
dangers and hardships Of most sanguinary
war, facing the certain death of so many
thousand of their numbers, for the igncble
purpose of destroyirg large portion of their
own fair country? No. they volunteered by
thousands from the political party to which
belong, and gave my voice heartily by way of
inducement, their only object being to exc
cute by their united strength trusted and re-
peated pledges made from the highest places
of authority, that their patriotism and sacrif-
ces should inure to the desired end of re-
stored Union, when, without revolution or
change of system, the old benign Government
should again sway the North and the South. 1t
would be thousand times more advantageous
to our cause to rigidly perform this pledge
than to confscate all the property of the sece-
ded States.


If the foregoing suggestions are not all ger
main to the subject which should alone have
been under discussion, that being merely a
constitutional question, my apology can be
found only in the fact thatI have kept within
she field opened by the gentlemen who sup
port the other side Of the question. "
Year: 1864

SPUNK FROM Gov. BRAMLETTE.-The
Governor was informed few days ago, that
fellow enlisting negro recruits in the
First District, and the people wanted to know
what they should do about it. "Write to
your people" said the Governor, "that will
pardon any one who may shoot the scoundrel.
I intend to prevent the enlistment of negroes
in this State, in spite of the devil or Abraham
Lincoln. i will show them little Of jack
son on this side of the border Bully for
Bramlette.
Year: 1864

E< Forney says that Mrs. Lincoln was
dressed with such angelic taste at tho last
levee at the White House, that she was dumb
with admiration of her appearance. This is
not the first instance on record where an ass's
mouth was stopped looking at angel =
Vide the history of Balaam in the Old Testa
tnent. - -
Year: 1864

Notice Is hereby gwen that in accordance with thr
laws Of Nevada Territory and the bylaws Of the
company, there viii be sold At public auction on
WEDNESDAY the 18th day Of May, 1864, between
the hours Of two and four O'Clock Al the Office OF
the company, Centerviile House in Gold Hill, n r,
many shares Of the capital stock OF the company
standing in the names OF the following persons as
will be necessary TO pay the assessment due thereon
tOgelher with costs OF sale and advertising to wit
Year: 1864

A Snow STORM IN SUMNER.
party of tourists one pleasant day last
week assembled Mount Washington, and
passed the night at the Summit House.
The next morning they found them
serves caught in furious snow storm.
Being unprepared for such adventure,
they suffered, as may be conceived con-
siderable Inconvenience IN consequence.
The storm increased durinu the day.
Although the thermometer did not fall
below thirty degrees, the air felt as
though it might be at zero. Straw hats
and linen coats wereat discount, though
unfortunately there were several ladies'
and gentlemen in the company who were
on the mountain with no better protection
from the storm. One party decided to
return 10 the Glen House, and started in
the midst of the storm. They we're
stopped in their descent by collision
with an ascending team; The air was
thick with the sleet and snow, the drivers
could not see each other. Ia the con-
fusion one lady was blown over the side
OF the ledge, but not seriously hurt one
horse was also blown over. aud after the
passengers left the coach to walk back to
the House, four horses and the wagon
we're blown bodily orer the ledge among
the rocks below. The driver escaped,
the wagon was broken and one of the
horses was badly hurt. II was an ex-
citing and perilous event, and isduced
all the party to remain contented as pos
sible all night. There were forty-three
dodgers at the Summit House on Friday
night all of whom can testify that the
storm was both grand and fearful, as the
wind blew perfect hurricane, and SEEM
ed as though it would carry the very
rocks away from their place on the
mountain. ~
Year: 1864

very much, if we could all see right IN
the right time, and do right it the right
time, how much of wrong and suffering
might be saved l honor your true
hearted self-devotion, but / shall be no
party to its continuance. AS il is am
your debtor in the sum of fifty dollars,
and will repay it in my own way and
time


Mr.. Sterling made good his word.--
Under Providence, this circumstance was
tue means of breaking through the hard
crust of selfishness and cupidity which
had formed around his heart. lie was
nor oIny generous tn The widow in after
years, but a doer af many deeds ct kind
ness and humanity to which he had been
in other times a stranger.