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Year: 1863

The QUEEN OF PUDDINGs.-The .9merican
.4rgieulfaralisf challenges any housekeeper
in the country to give any mode of preparing
a more delicious light pudding One pint
of nice bread crumbs to one quart of milk
one cup OF sugar, the yolks of eggs beaten,
the grated riDd. of lemon, a piece of butter
the size Of an egg. Bake until done but not
watery. Whip the whites of the eggs stiff,
and beat in teacupful of sugar in which is
stirred the juice of lemon. Spread over the
pudding layer of jelly or any sweetmeats you
prefer. Pour the whites Of the eggs over
this and replace in the oven and bake lightly.
To be eaten cold with cream. It is second on
iy to ice cream. and for some seasons better.
Year: 1863

1t viii not be necessary for any person who
is enrolled to establish his claim to exemption
until he receives printed notice Informing
him that he has been drafted, and then he will
have ten days to show that he is not liable
or able to perform military service
Year: 1863

.A'"e' ene eN'"aiit tAPiouei III .iiio amy
have noticed in our rifle pits quite a number
Of colored sharpshooters, the most of whom
went out there out Of love for the excitement
Of the work, and have proved themselves in
no respect inferior to many men Of lighter
complexion. Yesterday morning was par


ticularly struck with the demeanor of black
man in one of the labyrinthian range of pits
in front of Gen. Blair's Division. He seem
Year: 1863

own children into honda age-liberty to XIII
these children with impunity when the mur-
der cannot be proven by one of pure white
blood This is the kind of liberty-the lib
orty to do wrong, which Satan, chief of the
fallen angels, was eonIoading for when he
was cast into hell


A FAIR 0FFsEF.-A good story is told of a
Snowman, who carried about for exhibition
a very learge bear. In certain town in
Year: 1863

opportunity to shoot at the men who had
sworn TO give me or my race no quarter when
| should be vanquished in a fair fight This
is but one of many instances have noticed in
which the supposition that the rebels are wag.
Year: 1863

ed so thoroughly to enjoy his occupation, and
so full of enthusiasm and excitement that /
inquired of Kim what motive he had for
working there as sharpshooter. He replied
by asking he if [ wnuld not delirht In an
Year: 1863

A pair of large camels are being
put on the express from the Rio
Grande to Victoria, Texas. They
are to be harnessed to a large two
wheeled cart. They will carry 5000
pounds Of freight, and make the trip
in five to seven days.
Year: 1863

A MAN OF TASTE. -A.Oaky Hall, a
distinguished Bell man OF New York,
says he had rather be whipped by the


white men of the South than owe a
victory to negroes-Thc sentiment
was .ociferously cheered, and after
the speech, called up and cheered a.
gain. The fact is tho niger is be-
ginning to be played out in the North.
Year: 1863

A sharp shooting duel at Vicksburg is re-
lated in this wise: lover on our left in Gen.
McClernand's army corps. there is partic-
ular range Of rife pits, confronted by similar
ones occupied by the rebels, that are con
structed with log in front of each, which
has in it port holes, SO that the sharp shooters
in the pits can aim and FIRE his piece without
raising his head above the log. About a
week ago one of our sharp-shooters, who
prided himself upon being a particularly good
shot. commenced firing at the port hole of his
rebel adversary. and the rebel accepted the
challenge thus rendered They fred at each
others port holes unsuccessfully for two or
three DAYS. Finally. however, the rebel got
the hetter of the duel. for he succeeded in
sending lead through the port hole of our
sharp shooter just as he was peering through
and it instantly killed the brave fellow. The
incident created something of a sensat on in
that part of our lines, and is well authentica-
ted
Year: 1863

IT said that when about to effect re,
construction of the Democratic party, Gen.
D. D. Cotton took of hts shirt aid rolled up
his sleeves. After being in the corral a
while, be come out, full splinter, and g hold
ing his nose a 1ittleo-as Paddy Mchoney
backed out from the murtherin schoonk
un. under the wood pile
Year: 1863

WASHINGTON, d. c., May 90, 1863.


'.All men who desire to join any particular Rcg-
ment oc Cavalry in the field, are hereby author.
lied to present themselves at any time during the
next thirty days to the Board of Enrolment in their
respective Districts. The Board shall examine them,
and determine upon their fitness for the SERVICE and
if found to be fit the Provost Marshal of the District
shall give them transportation tickets the general
Rendezvous at the Headquarters of the A. A. Pro-
vost Marshal General of the State As soo1 as they
present themselves at this general Rendezvous they
shall be duly mustered by mastering and disburs.
ing officer, and paid by him the bounty allowed by
law"
Year: 1863

The War Department has issued an order
fixing three hundred dollars as the sum to be
paid by the person exempted from the eonscrip-
ton. The Collector Of Internal Revenue is
designated to receive the money.
Year: 1863

The Assessor informs us that not more than
onc-half Of those that are liable for Income
and License tax have Jet returned, and that
returns must be made at once or the Assistant
Assessors will proceed to make the assess
ment, adding the penalties prescribed by law.


Those persens who are not liable for any
Income tax for the year 1s62, over and above
the amount exempt by law, should call on tho
Assistant Assessor Of their division, and sub
Year: 1863

When Washington appointed
noon as the hour at which he
should meet Congress, he never
failed to be passing the threshold
of the hall just as the clock was
striking twelve. Whether his
guests were present or not he al
ways commenced dinner exactly
at four. Not unfrequently, new
members of Congress, who
were invited to dine with him,
delayed until the meal was half
over; and he would then remark,
Gentlemen. we are punctual here.
My cook never asks whether the
company has arrived, but wheth-
er the hour. When he visited
Boston in 1889, he appointed 8 A.
M. as the hour when he should
set out for Salem, and while the
old south clock was striking 8 he
was in the act of mounting his
horse. The company of cavaly
which volunteered to escort him
were parading in a neighboring
street after his departure, and it
was not until the General had
reached a place several miles dis
tant that they overlook him. On
the arrival Of the corps, Washing
ton, in a perfectly good-humored
manner, observed {" Major, l
thought you had been too long
in my family not to know when
it was eight o'clock" Captain
Pease, the originator of the stage
establishment in the United
States, had a beautiful pair of
horses which he wished to dis
pose of to the General, whom he
knew to be an excellent judge OF
horses. The General appointed
five o'clock in the morning to ex-
anime them. But the Captain
did not arrive with the horses
until quarter past five, when he
was informed by the groom that
the General had been there at
five, and was now busy fulfilling
other engagements. Pease, much
mortified, was obliged to wait a
week for another opportunity,
merely for having delayed the
first quarter of an hour.
Year: 1863

MERCHANTS are shrewd men.
A trader in modern Athens being
asked the character of one given
to poetry, described him as one
of those men who have soarings
after the indefinite, and divings
after the unfathomable, but new
er pay cash.
Year: 1863

The reported discovery of the
Moa, a bird of immense size, on
the west coast of New Zealand
is exciting much interest in Lon
don Many traces of the bird
have previously been found, and
it is now reported to have been
seen by party of explorers in
the mining regions:


Their story is, that at sundo wn
they were sitting by their camp
fire, one of them exclaimed, look
at that raise above us, jim there
is some one there" " They looked
and beheld an enormous bird ap-
preaching the edge of the hill
Immediately above them, at a dis
tance of between three hundred
and four hundred yards. The bird
seemed to perceive the campfire
and squatted down, keeping its
head turned on one side, fixed on
the fire. 1t continued sitting for
several minutes, and at last got
up and walked off. Although it
stepped slowly, it was soon out
of sight, the length Of its stride
being so great. Its height ap-
peared about seven feet, without



reckoning the head and neck. Its
head was very long and fat, and
it carried its head bent forward,
instead of backward as is usual
with birds of the ostrich species.
The next morning the men pro-
ceeded to the spot, where they
saw the track of the bird and fol-
lowed it a long distance. The
track mark showed three claws.
distance of twelve inches inter
vening between the points of
each. Back about foot was the
mark of a pad, and behind that
again of spur. A writer in the
London Times ascribes the fact
that the mOa has been nearly ex-
tinct, to the fires frequently oc-
curing in the dense brush which
covers the greater part of the
Middle Islands. He says dense
bush fires supposed to be occa-
stoned by the friction of the
bOughs Of the trees, which grow
very close to each other are con
stantly occurring, and the com
monty received opinion in New
Zealand is that by these fires the
mOa has been burnt out. They
say that before the depopulation
OF the Middle Island by TIE Rau-
peraha & Co., the whole of the
vast extent of country known as
the Canterbury plains was bush,
and that they burnt it all on ac-
count of the misbehavior of the
moa, which, they say, used to
carry away their children and de-
your them.
Year: 1863

IT is better to be poor with
ones manhood kept bright and
unsullied, than to gather wealth
by thousands, knowing every
time you pace your parlor that a
mean mans foot presses your vel
vet, and that you see the face of
cheat and sneak every time you
look into your costly mirror.
Year: 1863

For men to resolve to be of no
religion till they are all agreed in
one, is just as wise and rational
as if they should determine not
to 90 to dinner till all the clocks
in the town strike twelve togeth-
Year: 1863

THE SIoSs OF DRUNKxSSEss.-Every one
Of the signs ofdrunkenness is sign of de-
preston first Of all, the face becomes un-
naturally flushed, and the movement of the
eyes unsteady; that is to say. the muscular
coats of the blood vessels of the face are par
alyzed, and then the muscles of the eyebalIs
are paralyzed; then the speech becomes thick
that means that the tongue is getting pal
sled. Later, the muscles of the trdnk and
limbs get paralyzed too, and the drunkard
cannot walk, nor sit upright, but sprawls
upon the ground and at last if doses of al
chohol have been very large indeed, the mus
cles Of the breathing get paralyzed, and death
is the result


The power of pereeiving sensations, too. is
uniformly and progressively lessened from
the moment intoxication begins, and the eff
fects upon the mind are wholly of paralv-
zing character. First of all the drunkard
loses the power Of coherent reasoning; then
obliteration of ideas of time and space and
locality ensues. A friend of my own tells
rather good story of two convivial youths
who were returning from public dinner in
state of obfuscation. One of them took it
into MS head that the broad door step of one
of the houses in Bedford Square was his own
bed room, and inviting his companion to take
a g shake down" with him, as it was so late
His friend agreed and the pair proceeded to
divest themselves of some of their clothing.
and laid down, each with his head resting
on one of the scrapers, as it might on a pill
low. An early policeman found them sleep
ing softly, their hats. coats, etc., suspended
on the rear railing. their boots arranged with
supernatural accurancy and neatness, side
by side. upon the edge of the upper door
step COrnhW Magazine.
Year: 1863

A PLEASANT BEDFELLow. diary Of a
prisoner of war in Western Dixie contains
the following suggestive incident; Becoming
drowsy | borrowed blanket, went into the
depot, and finding vacant place between
two PROSTATE forms. dropped down to rest
and was soon lost in forgetfulness. | have
no knowledge of how long slept, but get
ting cold | partially awoke, and hunching
my right hand partner requesting him to roll
over and spoon. He made no reply, and
giving him a tremendous thump | again be-
sought him to spoon, but it was no CO. Turn
ing on my other side, | shook my other bed
fellow and made the same request lie too
paid no heed to my desire Exasperated at
what | considered his accommodating spir
it, determined to bring matters to crisis.
Drawing up my left leg l gave him an un-
mereiful kick, but he was as immovable as a
rock of ages. | was now thoroughly awake.
Jumping up | turned down the blanket first
on one and then on the other, and by the
dim freight beheld on either hard a corpse.
My nap was finished. In the morning |
learned that they were rebel dead, brough
down to Murfreesboro for burial at Chatta.
nooga.
Year: 1863

ANOTHER Illustration of the obliquity of
reasoning which prevades the whole of re-
beldom. and which has made 81 the worse
appear the better cause" is seen in the com
ments of the Richmond papers for the loss of
Stonewal Jackson. They derive consolation
from the fact that he was not shot by the
Yankees. He was killed. it is said, by bull
lets from his own men. Right minded men
would regard such death as in some degree
inglorious. 1t leaves the suspicion that
jackson was put out of ths way by dissaffeo-
ted soldiers, or that his command was so PAN
ic-stricken that they fired on friend and foe
promiscuously.
Year: 1863

FUNNY 0RDER.-A recent order issued by
General Rosecrans reads thus:


GENERAL: The General commanding di-
reets me to call your attention to fragrant
outrage committed in your command. per
son having been admitted inside your lines
without pass, and in violation of orders
The case is one which calls for your special
attention, and the General commanding di-
rects that You deal with the offending party
or parties according to law. The medical
director reports that an Orderly Sergernt in
Br gadier General-'s division was to-
day delivered of baby, which is in violation
of all military law and of the army regula
tions. No such case has been known since
the days of Jupiter. You viii apply the
proper punishment in this case and a remedy
to prevent a repetition Of the act
Year: 1863

The People of the State of California send greeting


to GEORGE ?. MCGUIRE:


V0U are hereby required to appear in an action
i brought against you by the above named
Plaintiff in the District Court of the 9th Judicial
District of the State of California, in and for the
county of Shasta and to answer the complaint filed
therein, "a copy of which accompanies this sum
mons,) within ten days, exclusive Of the day Of
seryiee,) after the service you of this Summons
if served within this County; if served out of
this county, but within this Judicial District with
in twenty days; or if served out Of said District
then within forty days-or judgment by default VIII
be taken against YOU.


The said action is brought TO obtain decree Of
this Court for the foreclosure OF certain mortgage
described and referred TO in the complaint and execu
ted by the said George P. Mcclure and Pauline his
wife, on the llth day of March A. D. 1868 to secure
the payment of certain promissory note of that
date, for the sum of 81 AGO. bearing interest at the
rate OF two ~ per cent per month, payable month
ly, that the premises conveyed thereby may be Sold
and the proceeds applied to the payment of said
note, interest, counsel fees and costs of suit &C.
and in case such proceeds not sufficient to pay
the same, then to obtain an execution against said
defendant, George p McGuire, for the balance re-
naming due and also that the said defendant, and
all persons claiming by through or under him. may
be barred and foreclosed of all right, title, claim
lein, equity Of redemption, and interest in and to
said mortgaged premises, and for other and further
relief.


And if you fail to appear and answer the said
complaint, as above required, the plaintiff will take
default against you, aud apply to the Court for the
relief demanded in the complaint.


Given under my hand and the Seal of
! the District Court of the 9th Judicial
L. s. District, this 9th day of May, in the year


of our Lord One Thousand, Eight Hundred


and Sixty-three.


mv23:3m JOHN ANDERSON. Clerk.
Year: 1863

A YOUNG lady should always ask four qaes-
tions before accepting the hand of any young
man, as follows Is he honorable? Is he
kind of heart? Can he support me comfort
ably? Does he take paper?
Year: 1863

Action brought in the District Court of the 9Th Ju
dical District, of the State of Calfornia and the
Complaint filed in the said county of Shasta, in
the Office of the Clerk of said District Court
Year: 1863

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1t has been suggested in Augusta and
Atlanta to form Societies to protect the
Soldiers families from, the necessity of pur-
chasing from extortioners, by employing
volunteer capital, either as a gift or loan to
the Society. The idaA has been we'll re-
ceived in many places, and should be adop-
ted in every town. We think the Comuis-
sioners of the Soldiers Families for this
District, should see to it, that the price of
corn should be given out at $500. This
can be done with the aid Of private capital.
If something of this kind is not done soon,
the price of corn during the summer may
advance to $780, In many places corn
is now selling for more than double this
sum.


Many families were disappointed last
week in getting corn from the Commission
ers, and were obliged to borrow money and
pay $3.50 per bushel, and a whole day con:
sumed in finding corn, getting it to mill
and carrying it home. It,would be a great
convenience to the families fortne Com.
missioners to have corn that they could sell
at cost to Soldiers families who have drawn
their proportion and still not supplied to
the amount of their wants.. 1t would save
the time of running about with little poke
from one mill to another to get q bushel of
corn. Many are obliged to do this now,
and have done it for years, but the times
are now too hard for poor business like
that to be carried on. Any one that can
carry bushel of corn to mill, should be
engaged in: crop-it is important to the
public interests of the country that they
should be thus employed for themselves or
others. This will be the best remedy for
hard times We can suggest The labors Of
summer will give us all abundance in the
fall season, and those who are not provident
enough to provide.for such times as We have
fallen upon, must expect to experience all
the disappointment there is to be found in
lazy ,indolent life. It will be Notifying,
indeed, after the experience Of two years,
there should be any found in Spartanburg
District, who will not make crop for them
selves, or hire out, and aid in making one
fer somebody else.


Our principal idea in making these sug.
gestions, is to gather up all stragglers at
home, and put them to work, and let the
Commissioners provide for destitute families
the best they can while the crop is grow
ing Carolina Spartan. e
Year: 1863

The North is preparing for another des.
perate attempt to subjugate the South. If
Lincoln succeeds in harmonizing the dis.
cordant elements among her people (and it
is wiser that we should act upon the pre-.
sumption that be will), the war is to be
waged with intenser fury than ever before.
Larger armies and more formidable navies
than we have yet seen are to be brought
against US, and every effort which ingenuity
can suggest, which malice can invent, OF
energy can put forth, is to be made for the
complete overthrow Of the Confederacy.-
The same determined hearts and strong
arms which, under kind Providence, have
thus far defended our liberties, can again
hurl back upon the North the invading
hosts which are to be marched against US.
Confident in our cause and the courage Of
our people, all these preparations for our
slaughter do not dismay sua, And yet we
are in danger; not from Northern bayonets
or iron clads, but from the mistaken policy
or cupidity Of our own people. The brave
men who have left our fresides and who
now stand to their arms in the tented field,
can and will take care Of the myrmidons
which Lincoln sends to desolate our land ;
they will do their duty, but those of US who
remain at home have a duty to perform
which is not less imperative or important,
aud our cause is in danger because of our
failure to be as faithful as our soldiers in
the performance of the part which we have
to act in securing our independence. What
is our duty? 7oJsedo our soldiers and pro-
uide for the families aphich ttey left behind
them. If We will do this we need have no
fear about the army. Our brothers, sons
and husbands who are in the field will fight
all our battles and win all our victories if
We will make bread for them and the de.
pendent loved oues whom they have en-.
trusted to u.s.. Shall we fail2 AS certainly
as we are tempted, by the hope Of gain, to
plant cotton, we shall; as certainly as We
are induced BY patriotism to plant corn we
shall not. Here, here at home, is our dan
ger, and not where the battle lowers.


We tremble when we think of the CON.
sequences to our cause from a failure to
make an abundant provision crop this year.
Who can bear to contemplate the thought
that our armies may have to be disbanded
for want of food? Who that has heart
in him can endure the thought that a Con.
federate soldier is pinched by hunger, or
that soldiers wife suffers for bread, when
it is in his power to contribute to their re-
lief. Planters of the South, these brave
men and their wives and their little ones
look to you for food. Shall they look iu
vain? You are worse than a slaveif you
answer Yea, you,. Bill help to make your
country free if you answer Nay. But how
are you to feed them if you raise Cotton
Do not endeavor to satisfy your conscience
by saying "my small contributions will a.
mount to nothing" Every man must do
his duty, and these small contributions from
each will suffice for all our. wants. Cut
down your cotton crops to just land enough
to make your seed, and devote every acre
to provisions.-Spirit Of the South.


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