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Year: 1864

PnIM PEopLE.-There is set Of people
whom can not bear-the pinks Of FASH
ionable propriety-whose every word is pre-
else, and whose every movement is unexcep-
tionable; but who, though well vcrsed in all
the categories Of polite behavior, have not
particle Of soul or cordiality about them
We allow that their manners may be abun-
dainty correct. There may be elegance in
every gesture, and gracefulness in every po-
sition, not a smile out of place, and not a
step that would not bear the measurement Of
the closest scrutiny. This is all very fne !;
but what want is the heart in the gaiety Of
social intercourse-the frankness that spreads
case and animation-the eye that speaks sffa-
bility to all, that chases timidity from every
bosom, and tells every man in the company
to be confident and happy. This is what I
conceive to be the virtue OF the text, and not
the sickening formality of those who walk by
rule, and would reduce the whole Of human
life to n wire-bound system Of misery and
constraint.-Dr. Chalmers.
Year: 1864

A SMOOTH sea never made a skillful
mariner. Neither do uninterrupted success
ses qualify man for usefulness or happi-
ness The storms OF university, like the
storms of the sea, arouse the faculties and
incite the invention, prudence, skill and
fortitude of the voyager.
Year: 1864

FRIEND JOHN IL have once more
sent my erroneous watch, which wants
thy friendly care and correction the
last time it was at thy school, it was no
way benefited by thy instructions. !
End by the index Of his tongue he is a
liar, and that his motions are wavering
and unsettled; which makes me believe
he is not right in the inward mani
mean the handspring. | would have
thee prove andtry him with thy adjust.
ing tools Of truth, that if possible, thou
mayest drive HIM from the error Of his
ways, imagining his body to be foul,
and the whole mass corrupted; purge
him with thy cleansing stick from all
population, so that he may vibrate and
circulate according to thy truth. |
will board him with the few days, and
pay thee for his board when thou reqnir-
est it.


Friend, when thou correc.est him, 10
it without passion, lest by severity thou
iriyest him, to destruction. I would
have thee let him visit the suns motions,
aud learn h,m his true calculation table
aad equation; aad when thon findest
him confoymable to that, send him home
with Just bill OF moderation, aud il
ehall be faithfully remitted to tho by
thy true friend, OBADIAH PRIM.
Year: 1864

A letter from Rome says that recently
thirteen pickpockets We're taken up by
the Papal police and brought to tho
lookup. The &c intelligent officer" who
superintends the station released one Of
them, on the ground that thirteen was
such an unlucky number.
Year: 1864

a0" Great preparations are making at
the East to furnish the soldiers in the
field with Thanksgiving dinner. Tn
fortunately our Western soldiers are
scattered about so, and most of them on
the move, that we cannot give them
this treat, as all their friends at home
would be most happy to do, if it were
possible.
Year: 1864

BeaF The Richmond editors have
heard from t!4e Northern elections
They begin to see the point, and discov-
er that they have been deceived in the
temper of the loyal States. We firmly
believe ripple of satisfaction will run
oil throughout the South among the
many who are giving only constrained
aid to the rebellion, at the proof that the
North is true to the Union, and will end
the revolt by crushing it out.
Year: 1864

q There Is no crime In the history Of
human Wickednees, to be compared with
the infamy Of digging up the dead soldiers
Of the un{on from their martyr graves in
Virginia, and making them vote against the
cause which they died to Rustsin.
Year: 1864

A HAPPY DEvIcR.-The editor of the
Cleveland Herald formed one of the par-
w OF four travelling over the Pennsylva-
MIA railroad. At Altoona, in order to
avoid the tobacco-spitting nuisance OF
the other parts of the train, the party
endeavored to enter the ladies' car, but
were politely informed that they could
not be admitted unless in company with
ladies, We will let the writer tell his
own story:


I'VE yielded to the ruling as a correct
one. just then gentleman, bearing \
6a,ia-6oz, mounted the platform, and the
key was turned in the lock without a
question. Through the window we saw
the result of the innocent fraud, as the
lucky passenger handed over the band
box to lady, with laughing thanks at
the complete success of his happy expe-
dent Upon that hint one of the num-
Der spoke through the window, and out
was handed the patent band box. Its
second appearance at the door worked q
like result and the same experiment
with the box three times, successfully.
gained entrance, unquestioned. The
fourth man, and the one who had at
first been repulsed, now with faint
hope of success, lore the magic box to
the car door but the Cerberus of the car
remembered faces and for moment hes
itated, but as the band-box was raised
to his vision, stepped aside, and with.
beg your pardon, sir, did not see your
handbook opened the door, and the tri-
umph was complete. The handbook
power won over Mt least four friends to
that abused article, who hereafter win
not be found among its scofers.n
Year: 1864

ATTACK ON MoBuE.-There can hard
ly be doubt says the Mobile Tribune
that Gen. Candy is-rapidly preparing an
expedition to move on this city. From
what we can hear it will number some
fifteen or twenty thousand men What
direction it will take is probably not so
move from the coast, and bel supported
by the feet Of Farragut; so far as that
can give it support. .......


1t is not necessary for the citizens to
be alarmed by this announcement; but
it is necessary they should be making
ready with all promptitude to meet the
threatened danger, and this can only be
done by implicitly obeying the instruc-
tions and advice of the general in com
mand.
Year: 1864

DRoUGHT.-On the line of the Rutland
and Burlington Railroad there are six
water stations that are entirely dry
Some of these have meyer before been
known to fail. Between Troy and Man
chester on the Troy and Boston road
every station is dry. The farmers are
complaining bitterly, and say if we do
not have rain soon, the potatoe crop will
be an entire failure. The hay crop turns
out better than was expected.
Year: 1864

SNoKg.-For two or three DAYS past.
this village and its surroundings have
been enveloped in o smoke so thick it
can be felt and smelt. All the neigh
boring hills are concealed from view,
and the round disc of the sun appears
precisely as when viewed through
smoked glass. We hear Of fires which
are raging in every direction, burning
over hundreds of acres of field and wood
land. Doubtless the smoke which we
witness proceeds from these fires. 1t
would seem that there were danger in
country than in the city. Great care
should be taken not to make fire where
there is danger of its spreading.
Year: 1864

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Mr..
Lincoln has the reputation of being fond
of joke--of being something of wae.
He must have had chuckle of secret
delight at introducing the rebel com
missioners into the country, under the
form of words used by husband to ad-
vertise a runaway wife or a slave
holder q runaway slave.
Year: 1864

lie may suppose, Nor is the presence of
Mr.. Greeley as much of a joke as some
of the daily papers would like to make
out. 1t is reported on good authority
though we do not vouch for the truth
of the statement-that during Secretary
Fessenden's recent visit in this city, Mr..
Greely told him in plain terms that the
war must stop soon, and that any fur
ther Increase Of the public debt would
endanger its payment by the country.
Whether this be true or false, whether
the meeting at Niagara Falls has any
significance or not, If the opposition go
before the people with the promise Of
an honorable settlement of the war and
a partial or complete restoration OF the
Union In the event of its success at the
polls, there can be no doubt as to the
result of the presidential election"
Year: 1864

BUsHwHAcEERs.-The St Louis Repub-
lican, opposition, is very emphatic in its
denunciation of the guerrillas who are
now destroying the peace of Missouri,
and advocates entire determination of
the infamous wretches. 1t says:


every man ought to feel that the
sneaking buShwhacker, the cowardly
guerrilla is not only the enemy of the
state and of the country, but his own
personal enemy. And 50 he is. We set
it down as incontrovertible that the
partisan trooper or brushman who
comes into Missouri to disturb the peace
of the state can be the friend of no citi-
zen in it. He ought to be regarded as a
common foe, to seek out whom, to follow
him, to kill him, is not only eXcusable
but social and patriotic duty We
would have all such exterminated not
in the way of vengeance, not independ-
emily of authority, but no less with the
sword Of justice, and the swift terror of
violated laws"
Year: 1864

u We commend the following item
to the attention of all those who can
see nothing but old logyisn in the Yer
mont laws relating TO marriage:


"Repeatdnee at Leisure.-The Chicago
Tribune says that at q picture gallery
In kenosha, Wisconsin, the subject of
marriage was sportively discussed by a
party OF young ladies and gentlemen
gathered there. Among the gentlemen
was lieutenant of an Illinois cavalry
regiment, (the l9th), and among the
ladies was Miss NJ, daughter of one
OF the oldest settlers. They proposed
to get married to see how it would seem.
Just then magistrate came in. Shoul-
derstraps asked the squire If he would
marry him. He said yes, if he could
find any lady to have him. Miss NJ.
jumped up and said she would have him.
The justice instructed them to stand up
and take hold of hands, The usual
questions were asked and answered, and
in five minutes they were man and wife.
Then came the serious part of the joke.
When the new made bride found she
really was bride her laugh turned to
tears. Her lawful husband wished her
to 90 to his hotel with him, but she ned
to her own home. Her parents, nearly
distracted, appealed to the justice to un-
do what he had done; but were informed
that the statutes of Wisconsin gave him
no authority to separate man and wife
Night came on. The bride was kept at
home and forbidden to enter the house.
He is determined to have his lawful
wife. She and her whole family are in
great distress. Thus matters stand at
the present moment.
Year: 1864

IMPUDENCB,--The following, purport-
ing to have been written by confede-
rate officer, was found by old Mr.. Blair
in his house after the rebels left it, writ
ten on the blank part of a lithograph.-
1t is all very we'll for the fellow to talk
about his regret at destroying private
property and to. say it was only done in
retaliation for what Northern soldiers
have done in the South. In every great
struggle like this, much destruction of
private property must necessarily ensue.
But can impudence go any farther than
this, when the party that commenced it
and is responsible for this destruction
says they burn and pillage only for the
purpose of retaliation:


"a confederate officer for himself and
his comrades, regrets exceedingly that
any damage has been done to private
property, and especially that ladies
things have been disturbed It was
without the knowledge Of the officers,
and restitution has been made, and pun
ishment meted out to the Offenders as
far as practicable, We wage no ignoble
warfare for plunder, but for our homes,
and the rights man holds dearest. We
regret the burning of Coy, Bradford's
house in retaliation Tor Gov. Letcher's
and Col. Andersons, and the thousands
of home by federal troops But this is
only slight thing in comparison with
the crimes that have been committed in
our homes and which remain untold"
Year: 1864

sage let me call him-turned the
sheetiron cylinder in which it was
roasting over an open. fire after the
picturesque fashion of roasting coffee
in Venice. Now that the night had
fallen. and the stars shone down upon
him, and the red of the flame luridly
Illuminated him, he showed more
grand and venerable that ever. Sim
pie abstract humanity, wholly unrela-
ted to individuality, has its own gran
dcur in Italy so that it is not hard
here for the artist to find the print
tive types with which genius loves
best TO deal. As for this cid man, he
had the beard Of saint, and the dignity
Of n senator, harmonzed with tho
squalor Of a beggar, superior to which
shone his abstract, unconscious gran.
deur of humanity. A vast and calm
melancholy, which had nothing to do
with burning coffee, dwelt in his as,
pect and attitude, end if he had been
some supernatural agency, turning the
wheel OF fortune and doing men, in
stead Of coffee, brown, he could not
have looked rpore simply and weirdly
impressive. When presently, he rose
from his seat and lifted the cylinder
from its pace and the clinging flames
lcapcd after it, and he shook it, and
volume ofluminous smoke enveloped
and gioritied him-then l shy with
secret anguish that he, too, was be-
yond art, and turned sadly from the
spectacle Of that sublime and hapless
magniticcncc.


".


At other times. 1 was trr99uBlsd by
the csthetic perfection Of a certain
rufiian boy, who sold cakes of baked
p0!enta to the soldiers in the military
station near the piazza and whom |
often noted from the windows of tho
caGs there, where you get an excel


lent cafe Lldnc6, for ten soldi and one
to the waiter. / have reason to fear
that this boy dealt over shrewdly with
the Austrians, for a pitiless war ragged
between him and one of the scrgeants.
His bair was dark, his check was of
weather. beaten brch&e, better than
olive; and he wore a brave cap of red
flannel drawn down to the eyes OF
lustrous black. For the rest, he gave
unity and Conference to q jacket and
panta,oons OF Heterogeneous clements,
and such was the elasticity Of his
spirit. lightness and buoyant grace
to feet cnca4cd in wooden shoes
IIabitully came a barrel Organist, and
ground before the barracks, and "took
the soul Of that waste" youth "with
Joy. so that always when the organ
ist came to certain lively waltz, and
threw his whole soul as it were, into
the crank OF his instrument, my be-
loved ragamufiin failed not to seize
another polenta boy in hi= arms, and,
thus embraced, to whirl through q
wild inspiration of figures, in which


there was something of grotesquely


-flhmic, something Of indescribable
magniicencc, spiritnaliSed into a grace
ofmovement superior to the energy OF
the North and the extravagant tervor
of the East. 1t was coffee and not
wine that l drank, but 1 fable all the
same, that saw reflected in this su-
pcrb and artistic superation Of the
intrinsic difficulties Of dancing in that
unfrieudly chauSsqre, some OF tho
same genii!s that combatted and
vanqushcd the elements to build
its home upon washed sands in
marble structures of airy and stately
splcndor, and gave to architecture
new glorcs full of eternal surprise,
Year: 1864

But there is a perfect democracy in
the realm Of the beautiful, aud what
soever pleases is equal to any other
thing there, no matter how low its ori-
gin or humble its composition; and |
think the magnicence of that moon
light scene, gave me no deeper JOY
than won from the fine spectacle OF
an old man whom | saw burning cof.
fee one nightin the little court behind
my lodgings All day long the air of
that neighborhood had reeked with
the odors of that fragrant berry, and
all dav long had this patient old man,
Year: 1864




TIE AbolitionistS, says the Manchester


Democrat, should remember that the peo


pie cannot forget history. It is but a


very brief period since men of all parties
agreed that the schemes Of the radical


were unpatriotie and dangerous. Demo
Gratis, Wings, Know -Nothings and Re.
publicans all agreed that AbolitioniSm
tended to civil war and disunion. The
result came at last; and we have been as,
tonished that so many who were accus-


toned to dcprecste heresy so mischiev-


ous, should be found among its apostles
when the evils they had predicted Of it
were realized. Some have been cheated
and others bribed; but the great mass of
the people abhor Abolitionism as much
as ever. We do not believe that more
than one-fourth of the people Of the whole
country have any hearty sympathy with
the purpose Of this war. A great many
mercenary men affect to believe that it is
Just and patriotic to humor the admins
tration, that thrift may follow fawning."
A still larger number Of tiDid men speak
oft with b0ted breath to avoid the oblo-
guy Of the administration and its tools ;
but the judgment of the country is i'm.
mensely against it, as impracticable and
undesirable, and when the time comes for
free speech and honest voting the Aboli
tioniSts will be set back to the pcstilent
minority whence they emerged. Either
Of two conditions, one OF which must oc.
cur, will show their real strength. If the
Union is destroyed, the cause Of the dis.
astcr will be no secret; if it is restored,
the public voice will demand that the
Abolition nuisance shall be abGted.


Not Democrat or Whig, or scarcely
a Republican, can deny that Abolitionism
is the cause Of oil our troubles, for every
one Of them has predicted p,ecisely these
troubles as the Legitimate fruits Of Aboli-
tionism. No matter what prctenccs they
may now make to justify their present
action, their convictions yemain the same,
and the time will come when they will
find expression.
Year: 1864

SrMGnTLY.-Our sprightly friend o
the Como Sentinel has become exceeding
ly witty since he has been browsing upon
the sage brush Of Nevada Territory, His
application Of our remarks on the treat
ment Of Valandigham by the abolitionists
to "Epitaph Weller and Duke de Gwin,
is not only very delicate but also cxhib
its remarkable ingenuity. Such tact
and talent as he displays should not &c
unrcwardcd. lie is clearly entitled to O
premium, and he shall have it. To erect
a pillar OF brass to commemorate the
brilliant triumph Of his genius would be
"Sending Goals to Newcastle" for that
valuable alloy enters largely into his ma.
ture and besides. we wish him to enjoy
his reward, and it would be in bad taste
to erect monument to living genius. -
He shall have a medal, made of the best
Spanish sole leather, as thick as the lip Of
his idol, Sambo; Mercury, the tute!ary god
of his party, embossed Oh its face and
black cupidS on the reverse.
Year: 1864

Tue FoURru.-In another column will be
seen the programme adopted by the committee
heretofore appointed for that purpose for the
celebration Of the anniversary of the Birth Day
Of American Liberty. 1t is understood that the
celebration will be on larger scale than here,
AOfore, and We may reasonably expect that
Plucevie will be thronged by visitors come TO
witness it,
Year: 1864

New Brick HoTEL.-Our enterprising towns
men, Messrs. Freeman and Parker, are erecting z
splendid brick hotel, on Main street, near
Cedar Ravinc, which is almost completed
The walls are up and the roof on. twill be
an ornament to that part of the City, and we
hope it will be u profitable investment.
Year: 1864

ANOTHER FAIR-.The ladies' Of the Episcopal
Church will hold fair, in Confidence Pavilion,
on the 4th Of July. The proceeds are to be
devoted to building q house Of worship. on
Main street, near the Cedar RI vine Hotel. We
trust that it will prove proftable-we know it
will be a pleasant and well conducted enter
tainment.
Year: 1864

Hons DE CoNBAr.-Our senior has been TAX
ing tilt with the doctor for the past ten days
Aud is hors de combat in consequence. This
fact will account to our reeders for the non
appearance in our columns o f the usual amount
and variety Of editorial matter. However,
thanks to his iron constitution" and numer-
Ous pills aud powders, he will soon be at his
post again, when ample amends will be made
for the present deficiency.
Year: 1864

From the Richmond Enquirer, 10th.


The French tobacco stored in this city. and
which will soon be shipped to Europe, consists
OF between seven and eight thousand hOgsheads,
all OF which is of fine quality and worth several
millions of dollars. TO transport it away at
once, will require seven or eight ships, and it is
said that the requisite number will be at City
Point in day or two. The quiet manner in
which the Yankee Government backed down
from its refusal to permit this tobacco to pass
the blockade, shows the stamina of Yankee
pluck before the expressed demands Of France,
and testifes with equal force to the cave-in-
policy OF that same nation upon any emergency
wherever the opposing power has pluck enough
Itself to pursue its demands with even decent
persistency.


1t has been the custom of the French Gov
ernment to purchase two years. supply of to-
bacco at time and keep always two years
supply ahead. The last supply was evidently
giving out and as tobacco is one of the neces.
saries Of FrenchD ans existence. it would
hardly have been wise or even judiciousIy
brave for the Yankee government to have
stuck to its determination of prohibi ing its
expectation from Richmond The confederate
government gains by the operation the export
duties and maintains its prestige for fair
dealing.
Year: 1864

about getting down rather suspiciously.


Seventy rounds were fought In all, each one
being like the other and Marley's seconds see
ing no chance, threw up the sponge in token
OF Marley's defeat They fought seventy rounds
in one hour and thirty-five minutes.


Harris came out without a mark, only hav-
ing little blood on his lip, and showing no
indication OF having been engaged in such q
contest.


Marley had evidently been over-estimated,
as it will be seen he had no chance from the
fifth round. all his efforts being in vain, as his
blows made no Impression on Harris, and he
received all the punishment. There is no
doubt he is brave fellow, and his fight with
Gum shows he can fight with a man of his cal
ibre but against such master as Harris it
was of no avail.


The crowd quietly dispersed, and taking it
all in all everything went off smooth and
peaceably. When the sponge was thrown up
for Marley, both eyes were nearly closed, and
his face presented a shOckingly bruised appear
ance, and he was also exceedingly weak.