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Year: 1864

lcR-HoUsEs.-The views of both practical
and theoretical men have changed much with
in few years, about the preservation of ice
Why ice keeps ordinarily better above ground
than below, is explained in sundry ways the
fact is acknowledged. Why ventilation IL
necessary to the successful keeping of ice in
small quantities has been likewise the ubject
OF many learned explanations, which, howev-
or, do not we'll agree. Still it is set In
keeping large quantities of ice, it is only nee
essary to pack il in compact mass in a build
ing which will shield it from the direct inhu-
euce of the rains and sunshine, filling in straw
or sawdust between the ice and the walls. or
having the building double walled, and the
space between the walls filed with tan bark,
sawdust, or similar porous and non-conduot-
ing material. The ice-house should be con-
structed so that il may be easily filled, and
the ice easily gotten out, bearing in mind that
a mass of ice melts onl on its surface, II we'll
packed. Ii is desirable to have double roof I;
absolutely necessary to have perfect drainage I;
desir ,ble tc prevent draughts OF air coming
up through drains, or striking the ice any
where, and absolutely necessary to have ven
tilatlon above the straw or sawdust which COW
ers 1t. This ventilation ought not 10 be a
draugh. Of wind but only enough TO keep the
air from becoming close and damp.


Farm or family ioe-houses must be con-
structed on tho same principles, but the a
mount ofsuriace exposed being so much great
er in propotion, it is much harder always to
secure the conditions necessary TO keep the
ice with little loss from melting We advise
no one TO build an ice.house that may not
contain mass of ice 10 feet square, and at
least 8 feet high l2xl2 by 10 feet high is
good size, For convenience in filling, the
house may be set on side hill Ii is we'll
to sink the bottom below the surface Of the
ground after eveling, to cement tho bottom,
and TO provide drainage secure from currents
of air passing through the drain. Eight inch
Tes is sufficient space between the outer aud
inner boarding, and this may be filled with
any non-conduoting material--spent tan-bsrk
is perhaps as good as any thing. The build
Ing should, we think, be entirely OF wood, not
even having the side toward the hill of ntono
wall The door for filling which must be in
the gable, toward the hill, may serve also for
taking out the ice, aud ordinarily it is best it
should. sliding panel in this door, a hole
a foot square, will furnish ventilation and the
means of regulating it. The roof should be
well shingled with extending caves, and the
rafters boarded over, to prevent the too great
heating OF the air above the ioe.--Americdn
1g'lcutuTtst.
Year: 1864

The Free Press says that in Richmond one
day last week, three little girls were at play
near the Post Office, when boy accidentally
discharged loaded shot gun not more than
two or three rods from the girls. A shot
struck one Of the girls on the forehead and
glanced off Although the wound bed pro-
fusely no permanent injury is anticipated -
Several shot passed through the dress of the
boys sister.
Year: 1864

We learn that the gale of Friday last did a
good deal Of damage in Richmond Samuel
Cutters barn was unrooied, the wind carrying
the roof completely over another barn. ten or
twelve rods off Stephen Hildreth had two
barns unroofed and a chimney blown down.
Year: 1864

Neighbor Atkins embelishedi the Argus
last week with his portrait. Rather deeply
shaded, but it will be recognized and there
fore it was not modest to publish it, even un-
der another name
Year: 1864




BosToS, September 22.-Thc following is
another letter from General Fremont, in which
he gives his reasons for Withdrawing more fully -
NAHANT, September II, lSGi.-Gentlemen -
enclose you my letter Of reply to an invitation
from some ofmy Republican friends to meet them
at Faneuil Hall.


In declining their invitation l have informed
them Of my intention to stand aside from the
Presidential canvass, and assigned my reasons
for doing so. To avoid repetition, enclose you
the letter, communicating to you now officially
my desire to withdraw my name from the list of
Presidential candidates.


In this decision have the approval of such Of
our friends as l have been able to consult. l
have thought it not prudent to incur the longer
delay of consulting others, but l have reason to
believe that they will unite with me fully upon
the propriety of the step have taken.


But in Withdrawing from the post of candidate.
do not intend in any way to withdraw from my
share in the labor which we Jointly undertook to
secure-the triumph of the ideas represented by
the Radical Democracy. Whatever the next
administration may be, we owe it to ourselves to
form phalanX, compact, ndcapable, by its tho
rough unity, of exercising a pressure strong
enough to insure the eventual success of the
principles for which we have been contendng--
the re- establishment ofthe Union, the abolition Of
slavery, and practical respect for liberty. In the
present composition Of parties II is Indispensable
that earnest men should devote themselves to
watching the progress and insuriug the success
of these issues, regardless of men or parties.


Mr. Lincoln says he does not lead, but follows
the will of the people, 1t remains then for the
people, in the event Of his reelection, yigilantly
to require the following at his hands, and further
TO require, that in the execution Of his duties
he keep scrupulously within the Constitution and
the laws to make him recognize that he holds
his place and his power not as belonging to him
self but as a really faithful servant Of the people.
This is the important duty which we have now
to perform.


Although as representatives OF tue Cleveland
movement we surrender our functions, the duty
oflwatchng party politics. the Constitution re-
mains. What steps are necessary in the per-
formmce Of that duty must bet subject forfuturo
consultation.


am, gentlemen, respectfully and truly yours,
&C.. JoHN c. FREMONT.
To DIessrs. wortLugtol G snc,hen and others
q Committee, &.
Year: 1864

1t is a matter Of grievous complaint
among the Retels that wherever the
Federal army goes, the negroes walk off
from their owners and claim to be free.
When they we're about to inaugurate the
rebellion, they used to tell thousands Of
their slaves in the crowds of listeners to
whom they spoke, that if Lincoln were
elected they would be free, and that if
Llncoln's army ever got here, they would
sl' be free, and would have right to en-
slave their owners. The negroes sup
posed they were telling the truth, and
have taken them at their word. The
"cutting out for a free State" by the
negroes, is tho result of the lest ten
years Democratic stump speaking in this
country.
Year: 1864

~The West Union Record tells of
hardware merchant in that town who
continually missed money from his draw
er. All his ingenuity failed to discover
the thief until one day his attention was
called to = box under the counter and
near the money drawer, where he discov-
cred mouse nest and in it found traces
Of the missing money and got clue to
the robbers. The mice had helped them.
selves freely to ereenbacks, postage cur
rency and other bank notes and without
"stopping to count the cost" had built
themselves snug little winter residence
With the stolen money. The little rss-
Gals had mutilated and entirely destroyed
some ten dollars worth of currency and
had torn considerable moro.
Year: 1864

"A UaSniul tugins


After long and amusing conversation
with Rumanika in the morning, l called
on one of his sistcr.iu, laws, married to
an elder brother, who was born before
Dagara ascended the throne. She was
another of those wonders Of obesity, un-
able to stand excepting on all fours. l
was desirous to obtain good view of
her, and actually to measure her, and in
duced her to give me facilities for doing
so by Offering In return to show her bit
of my naked leg and arm. The bait took
as wished it, aud after getting her to
sdle and wriggle into the middle of the
hut, did as promised, aud then took
her dimensions as noted, round the arm,
one foot eleven inches; chest, four feet
four inches; thigh, two feet seven inches;
calf, one foot eight inches; height, FIVE
feet eight inches. All Of these are exact
except the height, and l believe I could
have got this more accurately if I could
have had her laid on the floor. Not know
ing what difficulties l should have to
contend with in such piece of engineer
ing, tried to get her height by raising
her up. This after infinite exertions on
the part of us both, was accomplished,
when she sank down cgain fainting, for
her blood had rushed into her head
Meanwhile the daughter, lass of six.
teen, sat stark naked before US, sucking
at milk pot, on which the father kept
her at work BY holding rod in his hand,
for as fattening is the first duty of
fashionable female life, it must be duly
enforced by the rod, if necessary. got
up bit Of filtration with missy, aud in
duccd her to rise and shake hands with
me Her features were lovely, but her
body was as round as ball Captain
Speke's African Journal


A RoMANcE-One of the returned
soldiers of Beverly, says the Salem Ga.
aette, who has just re enlisted for the
war, was coming to the city with pock
ct full of money, when he made the ac-
Yuaintance, in the car, Of good looking
girl from the same place. Her dress,
however, was to his mind not exactly the
thing, and he made bold to ask her why
she did not wear a better one. "For the
very good reason,' - said she, "that ! have
none"


GLOW would you like to have a new
fit out, miss?'


"Nothing would suit me better,' was
the reply.


"Come, then, with me- said our kind
nenrtod colder as he handed her from the
cars


Suiting the action to the ord, he tool
her to various shops and gave her tn
choice of the best fabrics for dresses, II
then purchased for her nice Fashionable
cloak and hat, and, not satisfied will
that, crowned his generosity by buying
for her gold watch and chain. "And
now said he, 81 want you to become
my wife?"


OF course she would-who would not!
and away went the happy pair to be
united in the close bonds of wedlock -
The service was speedily performed, and
the unexpended balance of our SOL
der's bounty safely invested for the ben
eft of his new and youthful bride.
Year: 1864

In the midst Of an inclement winter
and in view Of the extortionate prices of
wollen goods aud Canton flannel, one
cannot help thinking how pleasant it
would be to change ones coat free of
cost, with the change Of temperature,
like the beaver, the sable, the otter, the
marten, the Arctic fox, and other furry
creatures. Nature when she undertakes
to do thing generally does it well No
loom can manufacture such garments as
she provides for the winter wear of these
animals. Gradually as the cold strength.
ens she Increases the thickness and fine
ness OF the fabrics in which they are en-
veloped, until she makes them frost proof,
while we, with all the light of reason and
experience to guide us, cannot so adapt
our artificial coverings to the exigepcies
Of the season as to escape beirg chilled to
very marrow by the Arctic blasts. In
vain do We steal the peltry from the backs
Of northern animals, in the hope Of OBJ
tanning from them the comfort they i'm.
parted to their original wearers Fur
collars, fur lined overcoats, fur mutfs
and fur cloaks, don't answer tho purpose
of flameutal covering growing out of
the skin. Dead furs are simply non.
conductors Of heat-they do not ventilate;
aud heat without ventilation is the pro.
creant cause Of pulmonary disease. Vol.
lens of delicate fibre and loosely woven,
through which the pores can breathe, are
infinitely preferable to the skins of the
fur bearing animals as a means of keep.
ing the body warm in cold weather. They
come nearest IN fact to natural coating
of fur or wool, because while they are
sufficiently perfect non conductors Of
heat, they permit the superficial vessels
to perform their Offices of evaporation and
absorption unobstructedly. If you would
escape coughs, colds, and the more fatal
maladies to which they lead, wear no
clothing that does not combine vcntila.
tion with warmth.


AFTER THE WAR.-At the conclusion
of the war probably three. .fourths of the
federal army will be promptly disbauded,
and certain moralists and philosophers
among US are much exercised in spirit
as to the future of the gallant fellows,
and the effect of their return upon soci.
ETY. at large. These worthy causists are
troubling themselves without reason. .-
The army now in the lield for the Union
is the most respectable and intelligent
military body ever organized. It is no,
. vast assemblage OF mercenaries fighting


for pay, provant and plunder, but grand


gathering Of sturdy patriots, who esti


mate at their true value the glorious in.


stitutions they have enlisted to maintain


and who believe that their highest inte


rests as citizens are involved in their
success as soldiers. The men who risked
their lives to asset the supremacy Of the
laws, when the republic was in peril, will
be the last, we think, to violate them when
poace ia rosfored
Year: 1864

The Union League in the United States
numbers more than 800,OO0 members, who
who are not only unoonditionslly for the
preservation Of the Union, but they are al
most unanimously in favor Of continuing
Mr.. Lincoln in the presidential Office four
year longer, in order 10 finish up the re-
bellion, perfect the work of Reconstruction,
and hand over to his successor a 6nien
without rebel and without slave. Tho
Union League is 3 nut that Greeley and
Pomeroy will essay in vain to crack. They
are Old Abe's friends and baokers, and in
tend to stick to him till they see this war
through. They have stood by him in the
storm and are not going to desert him in
the sunshine.
Year: 1864

The buildings, for the great Sanitary
Fair, now in progress in Cleveland, are
built on the public square, and enclose
the colossal statue Of Commodore Perry.
We advise the ladies having the fair in
charge, to keep strict watch upon the
COmmodore's pockets, or some graceless
scamp might steal his pocket boOK, which,
from its size, is somewhat conspicuous
through the gallant old sailors clothing
-COshoetOn Age.
Year: 1864

Colonel L. C. Baker. the War oflce detec-
tive, has been brought M all standing in the Dis
trict Criminal Court, the jury having found him
guilty on a charge Of false Imprisonment. Judge
Wylie decided that even under the law Of the
last session, no man could make arbitrary arrests
without the written instructions Of the President.
Baker will appeal to a full beach.
Year: 1864

A gentleman recently from Richmond
tells a very interesting little incident
which evinces something Of the state Of
the public regard for General Lee, and
bis thoughtful kirdness to our sick and
wounded soldiers. During General Lees
recent attack Of illness he went down to
Richmond 10 recrui, his health. While
IN the cars he expressed a desire for q
bottle OF port wine. After his arrival,
his wish WAS talked Of on the streets, and
in less than three hours three hundred
bottles Of port were sent to him. OF the
number he reserved one for his own use,
and sent the remainder to the hospitals
Tor wounded soldiers Charleston Cou
rier.
Year: 1864

The subscriptions to this popular loan
are now over forty million dollars, and
they continue to come in at the rate of
about million day. The public are
satisfied that there are no other invest
ments so profitable as United States Sc
curities. While nearly all the hundreds
OF miscellaneous stocks sold in the New
York market have been declining for
several weeks lin many instances twen-
ty-five per cent? Government stocks
have remained firm; and while lenders
loan very sparingly, and at high rates,
on the best mercantile paper, they have
plenty of money to lend on Govern
ment paper, at as low rates as ever.
While the Government needs the peo-
ple's money and pays for it literally, it
offers the highest possible consideration
BESIDES and that is safety.
Year: 1864

The Democratic press would have it
that brave fighting Joe Hooker" had
come out for Mcclellan. They have ex-
ulted over this great gain. But the day
after Gen. Hooker addressed the Loyal
League in New York, the World says
of him that, having devoted himself
only to war, is profoundly ignorant of
the civil system of his country" Isn't
that cool?
Year: 1864

| have but lately visited our army. I
have been through its lines. I have
talked with its officers. l have learned
from them some Of the plans now on
foot. OF these I am not permitted to
speak, but [ can tell you one thing
treason is played out, and you'll hear
thunder along our line long before the
Presidential election.
Year: 1864

It may not be generally known that
the pay due to our soldiers in Southern
prisons can be obtained by their wives,
on presentation by the latter of proper
vouchers, to the Pay Department in
Washington.
Year: 1864

BARRARoUs.-The Placer Herald tells
of shocking case of barbarity at Viz
ginia, in that county. An infant had
been taken by a family there. Within a
few days it came TO the knowledge or be-
Lief of some of the citizens of Virginia
that the infant, not yet two years old, was
not properly treated by the family having
it in charae, when they repaired to the
house and requested to see the child.
They were at first refused, but insisting,
were permitted to see it; when they found
that the child had been kept for some time
in sort Of pen, in the rear of the house,
and confined by having cord attached to
one of its wrists and ankles. A bit OF
cloth was tied around its limbs, and
portion of blanket was upon the ground
for it to lie upon. It had been left in con-
tact with its own filth until it was in
most loathsome and disgusting condition.
Its limbs were swollen, the marks Of the
cord leaving deep indentations. 1t was
speechless, and appeared to have been
without nourishment for some days, and
when asked if it wanted water, had but
strength to assent by the motion of its
lips. The family having charge Of the
child said they placed it in the pen be-
cause it had the diarrhea.
Year: 1864

III accomplish this desirable reliable revolution
IN the system regulating the secretions. giving
tone 70 the animal juices which dissolve the food
strengthen every relaxed nerve muscle and fibre
and brings the whole machinery of vitality into
vigorous and heathinl plav
Year: 1864

COMPARATIVE DURABILITY OF An
GENT AND MODERN STRUcrUREs.-
Mr.. IRE observes, that ''such was the
care of the ancientS to provide strong
and durable materials for their public
ediiccs, that but for the desolating
hand of modern barbarians, in peace
and in war, most of the temples and
other public monuments of Greece and
Rome would have remained perfect at
the present day, uninjured by the ele-
ments during 1900 years. The con-
trast in this respect Of the works Of
modern architects, especially in Great
Britain much more true Of the United
States is very humiliation to those
who boast so loudly of social advance
ment; for there is scarcely 4 public
building Of recent date which will be in
existence a thousand years hence"
Many splendid structures are monu-
mcnt mot endlcss) Of folly in this res
pect. He observes also tina: the stone
intended for durable edihce ought to
be tested rs to its durability by INNER
sion IN saturated solution of sulphate
of soda, and exposure to the air for
some days: the crystallization within
the stone will cause the same disintegra-
ton that would result in time from frost


THE BLESSED WoRps OF SCRIPTURE.
Those blessed words it is full of-wordS
that in our hours Of ease or biblical
criticism pass over our mind ike some
drowsy chime, but in the bitter day of
anguish and bereavement, when the
body is racked, the soul darkened, shine
out like stars to the mariner-seem then
first to swell to their real size and
meaning, and come to writing mortals
like plying seraphim, divinity on their
faces and healing on their Wings
Charles Reade's Very Hard Cash.


Bs temperate in diet. Our first parents ate
themselves out Of heuse and home.
Year: 1864

Young people, on their first admission
to this outer world, are especially afiict-
ed by false shame so that it may be
regarded as one of the moral diseases Of
the minds infancy 1t is at the bottom
Of great deal Of their shyness. They
cannot feel at ease because they inistrust
something about themselves or their be-
longings, and have that feeling Of bare
ness and exposure in the presence Of
unfamiliar eyes which attaches to sensi-
tiveness under untried circumstances
Everything then assumes a magnifed,
exaggerated character, the place they
occupy on the one hand, and the impor-
tance Of the occasion on the other The
present company is the world the uni


verse, convention of men and gods, all
forming deliberate and irreversible
judgement upon then, and deciding to
their disadvantage on account Of some
oddness, or awkardness, or passing slip
in themselves or in the accessories about
them. But, in most persons time and
experience bring so much humility as
teaches them their insignifcance. Il
is not, we soon learn, very likely that
at any given time a mixed assemblage
is thinking much about us; and the hor-
ror Of a CONSPICUOUS position loses its
main sting. This is on the one hand (;
on the other we are not as dependant on
the award Of society as We were. Even
a roomfull comprises, to our enlarged i'm
agination, by no means the whole crea-
tion. There is something worth earning
for outside those walls. And also we
have come to form a sort Of estimate Of
ourselves. There is now third party
in the question, in she shape of selfre-
spect. We realize that we are to our
selves ofimmeasurably more consequence
than any one else can be to u.s., Thus,
either by reasoning or by the natural
hardening and Strengthening process of
the outer air, most people overcome any
conspicuous display Of the weakness. BY
the time youth is over, they have either
accepted their position or set about in a
business like way to mend it. % 1.aos
Year: 1864

A correspondence Of the Pitttsburg
Chronicle thus discourses Of the forma-
tion of Petroleum


Petroleumsis known to be hydroeaf-
bon, composed Of two gasses. These
gasses are primary elements, indestruc-
tible and exhaustless in quantity
One Of them -hydrogen-is consisted Of
water, and Of course is as exhaustless as
the ocean. The other is a constituent
in all vegetable forms and in many ofour
rocks. One hundred pounds oflimestone,
when burned, will weigh but sixty
pounds The part driven off by burn
ing is carconic acid. Underlying the
coil Rock" is stratum of limestone of
unknown thickness, but upward Of one
thousand feet in depth.


The water falling on the surface and
percolating through the porus sand stone
that overlies the ilrock, becomes charg-
ed with salt, potash, saltpeter and other
chemical ingrediants, and finally reaches
the limestone rock and decomposes it
the carbon in the rock and hydrogen of the
water uniting to form oil, while the OK
ygen is set free to ascend to the atmos-
phere or unite with minerals and form
oxydes The reverse of this process is
seen in burning the oil in a lamp-the
oxygen in the atmosphere uniting with
the carbon in forming carbonic acid, and
with the hydrogen forming water, thus
completing the circle. The question is
frequently asked, when will the oil be-
come exhausted We may answer.
wien the ocean is, and not before.
Year: 1864

been found in the ruins. At the top of
the mounds great mass Of brick work
pierces the accumulated soil. With your
finger you touch the very bricks large.
square, shaped and massive, that were
thoroughly burned; the very mortar
the slime, now hard as granite handl-
ed more than four thousand years ago
by earth's impious people.


From the summit of the mound, far
away over The plain, we could see glis-
tening brilliant as a star, the gilded
dome of a mosque, that caught and re-
fected the bright rays Of the morning
sun. This glittering speck was the tomb
of the Holy Ally. To pray before this
at some period Of his life; to kiss the
sacred dust of the earth around, atsome
time or other, to bend his body and
count his beads is the daily desire Of
every devout Mahommedan. Letter IN
BzackaUood.