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Year: 1862

The following article which we clip from the


Richmond Enquirer, contains several hints wor.
thy the attention of both army officers and sol.
diers


| Washington correspondent of a paper pub
| lished farther North says:


9 An enterprising firm have started a bone
boiling establishment on the river bank, aud are
making money by producing fertilizer from
the cast of bones of the camps. Carts per-
meate through all the reads and by-paths col.
lecting grease which is sold TO the soap and
eandle-mskers"


We shall do well to learn of the enemy in
many things besides the above. Many O. the
inconveniences suffered by the army would dis
appear II care were taken in all quarters TO
save and employ the means In cur hands


For instance, the soldiers have suff red for
want CT soap; and yet the grease which is
wasted in every camp, and the ashes of every
camp fire, contain the elements for making a sri-
perabundant supply. This would not be prac-
cable where the army is on the wing; but v hen
the soldiers are in camp for a week, and esue-
cialy when 10 winter quarters, there is no good
reason IN the world why they may NOS MAKE
more soap thsn they can use. Il would be well
to have detail or two in each regiment to at
tend to this business The few conveniences
necessary for the manufacture would make only
an insignificant demand on the transports tim.


In the article of leather the scarcity would
not be near so greet if the hides OF the govern
ment beeves were ali preserved and han led over
to the tanners. No doubt much has been done
towards collecting these. The following. which
we copy from South Carolina exchange, is
evidence;
Year: 1862

By j7iot resolution of the legislature of Ala
bama, the governor is authorized to prepare :
book in which shall be placad the name, regi
ment and residence of every soldier from this
State who has died in the teTvice Of his country
during the present war The example is worthy
of being followed by every State in the Con-
federacy.- Montgomery AdoertiSer


We hope that every State viii follow the above
example. We think it would be well for every
county to adopt the same system; and preserve
at its court house, open to public inspection
or hung upon its walls, the name Of all its citi-
zens who have taken part in the wsr.-Rich-
m0nd Enquirer.
Year: 1862

AaEAHnys


From the Detroit Advertiser, November %


On this wednesday, morning the express
train on the Great Western railroad bound west,
took fire below London, from spark from the
locomotive. The conductor was four miles from
water tank, but the train Was put to its utmost
speed to reach a station, while the mail agent
baggage and eIPTessmen, finding themselves 10
hot locality, crawled out I'D cluug to their
cars. The fire, however had obtained such head
way thA when station was reached, the con-
tents of the mail. express and baggage ears
were consumed. Nothing was saved from the
mail or baggage car except the iron safe Of the
express company. The conductor states that
ne had the largest quantity Of baggage that was
passed over the ROAD for some time every particle
of which was consumed


On hearing of the disaster The company, with
their usual promptness and liberality, re quested
the passengers to make out statement Of loss.
and each one was promptly paid to the utmost
tsrthiEg. The conductor and other employees
did their utmost to save the property, but it was
of 10 avail However, the passenger cars were
saved without seTiOus iritlry
Year: 1862

Br On Saturday night, about II o'clock, the
dwelling house of Henry Clipper. in the eastern
part CT the city (Frost TOWN. took fire and was
entirely destroyed The cause of the ire is IN
known The house WAS one Of the better class
Of that neghborhood, and is a total loss together
with All tie furniture, clothing, etc, Of family
OF six or eight persons, leaving them destitute
Hr Clipper is an old citizan Of Houston, and a
worthy man, We should be glad to sec some
thing dons for his relief E1ehange
Year: 1862

this line OF policy. Tho government has not any
official k,so,od9e Of projects which have been spoken Of
This form Of government has not hitherto been the
Of any communication between the governments
Should any take place the Spanish govern
will restrict itself TO the policy OF not exercising
any coercve or any direct influence towards


the Mexcans but leave 1t To themselves TO manage ther
own affairs and select their own form Of government
Year: 1862

STRICT NEUTRALITY OF THE MANUFACTURERS, ETC.


At the annual meeting of the Manchester Chamber OF
Commerce the American question more particularly as IL
Affects the supply Of cotton debated at ength and
policy of strict neutrality the part OF England was very
generally urged by the speakers


proposition that the Chamber should open confer
ence with the New York Chamber OF Commerce. with
view to seeing how far the influence Of the commercial
world could be brought TO bear upon put end TO-
the melanchoy strife, was brought forward and ap-
proved Of
Year: 1862

PRAISE AND BLAxE.-Praise is exceeding
" grateful to human nature. 1t is an ac-
knowledgement of certain bodily and mental
excellencies which are possessed by the per-
sons to S=hom the commendation is addressed.
1t is useful in a moderate degree-the excess
alone is injurious. Praise brightens our
prospects and exhilirates our feelings; it is
like the cheerful sun on the harvest day,
which encourages the laborer. But blame
is like the gathering clouds of a winter even
ing. which darken and perplex the foolish
wanderer. If praise be carried to the ex-
treme, it becomes flattery if blame be car
ried farther than it ought, it becomes scan
dal-and both are unjust
Year: 1862

sin this part of the country, says an able ed
itorial in the Boston Advertiser, one may safe
ly say, the existence of a civil war has not yet
been realized. Men contribute their money,
send out their sons or their friends hear of bat
ties and suffer sad bereavements; but all this
and worse might happen in any foreign war.
Commerce is thrown out of its usual channels,
but the disturbance is scarcely equal to that
which often occurs in one of our great period
ical financial revulsions, and at this moment
indeed is hardly noticed at all by the commu-
nifty In general. To comprehend the meaning
of civil war we must turn our eyes towards
Kentucky and Missouri, where hostile bands
are securing the country, where the smoke of
burning villages is seen, and where men are
hanged by the score daily,-where neighbors
contend with each other and brothers are the
deadiest enemies. There we may see in the
full sweep Of its horror the calamity which
kind Providence has spared us from feeling"
Year: 1862

A CoRREcTIoN.-In the Courier's necessa-
rily hurried report Of the commencement of
the great meeting at the City Hall, yesterday,
itsays:


The Mayor stated that Portland had nobly
done her duty; nearly five hundred of her
sons have already enlisted in the army and
navy.


The reporter for the Courier doubtless mis-
understood his Honor, the Mayor, for instead
of stating as reported, he said that up to the
evening previous, 466 persons had enlisted in
Portland for the Nduy-nearly all belonging
in the city-and that twenty-five more had en-
listed to-day yesterday, aud would leave by
the evening boat, nearly all single men, all of
Portland, and none of them over twenty-five
years old Thus Portland is contributing large
numbers Of men to the service, and to an inn
portant arm of the service too, who are not
credited TO her quota. These facts were re-
ferred to by the Mayor to show that Portland
was deficient neither in spirit nor in men, and
that when the record is made up, she will be
found to have done her whole duty, and more
than her proportional part of the whole State.
Year: 1862

ENLIST.-Persons from towns whose quota is full
desirous to enlist. enlist part of the quota of
the town of Brunswick and receive the town bounty,
800. Per order Town Committee. Augl4lw
Year: 1862

Coon FOR CnrcAoo.-Ths Chicago Board Of
Trade have raised battery Of artillery Of l6O
men, and two'thirds Of q regiment Of infantry,
besides raising a subscription Of forty five
thousand dollars for the use OF the volunteers
and their families,
Year: 1862

MAKE BEGINNING-If you do not
begin, you will never come to the end.
The first weed pulled up in the garden,
the first seed set in the ground, the first
shilling put in the saving bank, and the
first mile travelled on journey, are all
important things; they make beginning,
and thereby give hope, promise, a
pledge, an assurance that you are In
earnest with what you have undertaken.
How many poor, idle, erriug, hesitating
outcast is now creeping his way through
the world, who might have held up his
head and prospered, if, instead of putting
off his resolution of amendment and in
dustry, he had only made beginnlng.
The Popish fable of St. Dehys, who lifted
up his head from the ground. after decap-
itation, and walked away with it, was
drawn by Sir Joshua Reynolds with the
legend fundamentally is but the first
step which is difficult"
Year: 1862

Shortly after put him In the holu, he
crawled forward and looked about for a
snug place to lie in, for his limbs were
sore. He went to sleep, and when he
awoke he heard faint sound, like water
streaming through a small hole, he went
to the open place in the cargo an" ked
down, and he was sure he saw of
water springing up from the ships bot
tom. He leaped down and found that
the timbers had given wholly away, and
that the stream was increasing in size
He placed his hand on the plank aud
found it broken, and discovered that the
pressure of the water without was press
ing it inward. He had sense enough to
see that if it gained an inch more, it
must all go, aud the ship would be lost
aud all hands perish. He saw, too, that
if he could keep the broken plank in its
place, be might stop the incoming food.
So he sat himself upon it, and braced his
feet against the cask, and then called for
help. But he was SO far away, so low
down, with such dense mass of cargo
above him, that his voice scarcely reached
other ears than his OVID. Some of the
men heard him, but thought he was talk
ing to himself.


And'there he sat, with his feet braced
for four and twenty hours, with the wa
ter squirting in tiny streams all over him,
drenching him to the skin. He had
thought several times of going to the
hatchway and calling for help; but he
knew that the plank would be forced in
if he left it, for he could feel it heave be-
meath him. His strength was failing
him-but he would not give up asked
him if he should not have given up if ]
had not come as did. lie answered
that he should not have done it while he
had life in him. He said he thought not
of himsef-he was ready to debut be
would save the rest if be could-and ht
saved US, surely saved US from watery
grave.


That boy lay sick almost unto death
but l nursed him with my own hands
nursed him through all his delirium anC
when his reason returned, and be coulC
sit up and tGlk, | bowed myself before
him, and huubly asked his pardon fo
all the wrong l had done him. HI
threw his arms about my neck, and tolC
me If l would be good to him he woulC
never give me cause for offence and h'
added as he set up again, 81 am not ;
coward--would not be dog"


From that hour | never forgot those
words and from that hour never strucl
a blow on board my ship. 7 make mer
feel they are men-that I regard then
so, and that wish to make them as com
Portable and happy as possible; and
have not failed to gain their respect anC
confidence. Igive no undue license, bu
make my crew feel that they have a frienC
and superior in the same person. Nine
years I sailed in three different ships
with the same crew. A man couldn'r
be hired to leave save for an officer
birth.


And Jack Withers remained with NJ,
thirteen years. He was my cabin boy
one of the foremost hands; my seeonc
mate; and the last time he sailed witt
me he refused the command of a neW
barque, because he would not be separat
ed from me.
Year: 1862

The way in which pontoon bridges are
made. is thus described in an exchange pa.
per:


'Pontoon boats are nat bottomed, thirty
feet long, two and half feet deep in the
centre, two and half feet wide at the bow,
and five feet wide ut the stern, swelling out
at the sides to the width Of six feet. Each
fits on running gear Of four wheels. and is
used as baggage Wagon for the pontoon'
iers, carrying its proportion Of strong pieces
and Of plank. On reaching river the boats
are unloaded, Aoated across by cables made
fast up the stream, then the string pieces are
laid across from one boat to the next, and on
those are placed the planks. each twenty-one
feet long, which form the gangway Of that
width. 1t is q fuc sight to see regimen,
come to river bank with pontoon train
unload and launch their boats, moor them In
a line, and in less than FIVE minutes frou
the time when the word halt was given
have bridge, say six hundred feet in length
over which an army can safely pass with ar
tillery and baggage.
Year: 1862

~ Most all Of the merchants and bust.
ness men Of Portland have signed an agree
ment. to take and pay out silver change at
the following rates half dollars GO cents.
quarter dollars 80 cts. dimes l2 cts. and one
half dimes cts. We also notice that the
same rule is adopted at the York Hotel .saco,
and we hope the business men Of this city
and Saco, will universally adopt tho same
rule. The only way to bring out change is
to pass it for what 1t is really worth as COM
pared with paper money. Paper money is
as good as "the gold and silver" only when
the holder can demand and receive the gold
and silver for It, at its nominal value.
Year: 1862

1t is but just tribute to the memory of the brave
and universally beloved young officer who died on the
18th day of july from wounds received in the Tues
days battle Of July lst.


Capt. HENRY a. SAWYER. of the I'd regiment North
Caroinatate Troops born in the city of Petersburg
Va, and reared in North Caroaa He was "a years Of
age. He was the elder son Of Mr.. Harvey Sawyer Of
Jones county, N c.. The writer has been closely allied
the deceased with the strongest ties of friendship for
era years. and had opportunity for knowing his dis
position.


He was good and afectonate son, and while with him
we lost of the brightest hopes Of his parents the re
ment has of it's nobest and bravest hearts He
was friend and companion beloved by all who knew
him. and indeed may truly be said that he had not
ILL., wisher the world HIS intelligence ready Obedience
superior officers dgen discharge of his duty his de-
courage and the profound interest that he took in
the welfare of his company gained for him The unbounded
confidence Of every that knew him; while hsgen'le
and disposition drew around him every comrade
in arms a friend


While writer of this is sad 10 indulge in the Ian
guage of eulogy it is but just that in the strug


gle for the Independence OF our beloved South in which
are engaged braver maner upright spirit has
been offered upon the altar of cur country.


Although we the loss of beloved brother off
cer entertain the hope of meeting him in the better land
where wars never come. Sweet be his rest w. J. D.
Year: 1862

We have taken a walk through Col. Duncans en-
craving establishment, and find it one of the most COM
plee tsat could be conceived Of In fact, we are as
sured that, in capacity and facilities for transactlng
business it is only surpassed by Lemerciers in Paris
1t is gratifying to know that it will be permanently To-
Gated Lere as such an establishment must necessarily
add to the prosperity Of city Col Duncan was the
first man in Kentucky, though Chairman of the Bell
and Everett State Committee, to make secession
speech after the election of Lincoln, and was the first
man, also, to lead regiment to Virginia-ten days
after the fall of Sumter. For his defence OF South
Carolina against the singing sneerng assaults of that
blackguard Geo D. Prentice, OF the Louisville Journal
he should be warmly welcomed as citizen OF this State
who has preferred principle to disgracefu safety and
wealth in his former home


The establishment which, contending against every
obstacle, be has finally succeed in fixing upon firm
foundation consists of twenyour presses at present


Eight additional printers arrived upon the Herald who
who were sent for in May to Liverpool and six Others
will shortly arrive from Paris, when the Ramber Of
presses at work will be thrty-eight. The engravers
and other persons connected With the establishment have
been selected from the best shops of the Old World
gardess of expense and the character and style OF the
work to be done will give satisfaction to the most ex
acting AS our signal victory near Richmond viii
probably lead before many months, to restoration
peace, every preparation is now being made by Col
Duncan to procure all the necessary supplies and ma
Year: 1862

THREATENED SUPPRESSION OF THE NEW York HER
ALD-The New York correspondent of the Nationa
Washington, D. o. Republican. says:


The suppression of the New York Herald is gooG
deal talked Of That paper is out this morning with the
treasonabI declaration that this has resulted from
the Invasion of Southern rights by the Abolitionsts
This wholesale and point blank justification OF the
rebels and it is really wonderful that 1t should have been
ventured upon within two days after the magnificent
national demonstration in Union Square.


The opinion gains ground that the Jefferson Davis
Cabinet employ secret service money in subsldzing
Northern newspapers to distract and deude the North
ern public mind by eulogies upon Generals from WHOM
who iayors an energetic prosecution Of the war.
Year: 1862

We FIND the following account of the Exploit of the
Confederate ram Arkansas in the New York World
of the 25th ult. As it gives an apparently fair ac-
count, which, coming from enemy can hardly be sus-
pected of attering the Confederate side, we think it
will be read with interest
Year: 1862

The CENSUS OF SooTLAND.-The census of Scotland
has us, been completed and give many interesting items
of information There are 787 islands around the Scot
tish coast-taking as the definition of an island that 1t
shall be of sufficient extent to afford pasture to sheep
The average population is one hundred to square
mile In some counties it is as low as thirteen. Inc
emigration is very large among the males and the pro-
portion in population between females and males Is
i'll 2 to lO0-a greater proportion than In any other
country in Europe. There are 666,786 families In
Scotland of these 1864 ormore than one per cent
lived last year in single room without any window
226 723 families lived in one room each, with one or
more windows but often a mere apology for window
Thus hiryfye per cent of all the families IN Scotland
or more than onehird, live in ROOM Thrty-se7en
per cent live in two rooms, leaving only twentyeght
Der cent. living in houses with three or more rooms


OF families thus living in room 3l940 consisted OF
four persons in each and 62l2 of eight in each In
Glasgow the largest city n Scotland, only onefourth
of the families have as many three each to live


in The worst effect of this segregation leaving out o
view the moral effect the dreadful devastation which
epdemics and contagious diseases make when once they
begin to sweep through community.


To DESTROY WEEvns IN RIcE-As the question Of
food is all important now the following plan ior killing
weevs and preventing their future haehlng ID rice
have found eficacous. Put the rice in moderately
tight room and burn about ten pounds ofHour OF Drim
stone in large iron pot This will kill every WeeVl
| without ipiuring the rice-AvgWSta Chronicle.
Year: 1862

Peep at the Iron Clad Steamer RIChm0nd-Des


scription of the Vessel.


COL Edward G. Charles of the Tammany Regiment
who was wounded and taken prisoner in one of the re-
cent battles before Richmond, has furnished Yankee
paper with the following Information


He states that he was sent home from Richmond with
the verbal explanation that he was paroled until an ex
change could be effected. He told that no formal
obligation acas required of him. The most important
point of information gained by bis brief soourn Rich
mond obtained on his departure from home being
sight Of the iron clad steamer which the rebels
are building, modelled after the Merrimac


This unusual privilege no fault IF the rebels, who
dropped the curtains of large double ambulance con
taning the Colonel and some wounded Massachusetts
oicars as they passed along the James River but the
former having the lower portion Of the vehicle and the
curtains being slightly short, enabled him to see tbs
bulk Of the new vessel as it was being towed BY
old ferry boat in the direction of tie rredegar Iror
Works. 1t Is presumed for the purpose of receiving bel
iron coating there.


Yhs vessel is bealed RAM and il this respect, anC
in being of smaller size than the Merrimac does sht
differ from that defunct marine monster. The yes
sci had her roof on, and large number of men were
work on her. Her guards were about six feet above
the waters edge. The ram was well beaked reaching
about four feet above the deck and extending out sly
feet. The Colonel supposes this vessel will prove
very formidable and that she will be ready for service
! in three weeks at the farthest.


Her roof runs up to peak of such height that tht
sides rise at sharp angle. When ironed, and her ma
chinery put in, her guards will probably not be owe
foot above the water. Being much smaller she vii
be far more manageable than the Merrimac The Col
one another iron clad vessel quite ready for ser
vice. on the river. 1t was gunboat, apparently, o
about four bundred tons. 1t is his opinion that th
Rebels are constructing several rams of the kind de
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