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Year: 1864

A splendid blue may be produced 10 an
hour by tte following process: For each
pound Of wool or cloth take two aud d hall
ounces of alum and one ounce and a half OF
cream of tartar. Boil these trgelher in y
orass or copper kettle for about one hour; now


uke sufficient warm water to cover the cloth


n wool, aud color it to The shade you wish il
vi h the liquid blue; put the whole into the
copper pot and boil it short time, taking
care to keep it stirred; remOve the cloth and
riuse it in clear, cold water and hurg it up to
Try.
Year: 1864

How PETROLEUM Is FORMED. - The
Pittsburg Chronicle, speculation on the
formation Of petroleum, says;


100 We may set it down as an axiom, that
nature is not only capable Of producing
now all articles that she has ever pro-
duced, but that she is and will continue to
produce them until she substitutes some
thing better. Perhaps our meaning will
be better understood by applying it to a
single'article. Suppose, for instance, we
take the one in which VIC all have 30 deep
an interest-petroleum. This is known
to be hydro. carbon, composed of two
gases these gases are primary elements.
indestructible and exhaustless in quantity.
One Of Acknowledgements a constituent
Of water, and of course is as inexhaust-
ible as the ocean. The other. is q con-
stituent in all vegetable forms and in
many of our rocks. One hundred pounds
of limestone, when burned, will weigh but
sixty pounds. The part driven of by
burning is carbonic acid. Underlying the
"Old Rock" is a stratum Of limestone,
Of unknown thickness, but known to be
upwards of one thousand feet in depth.
The water falling on the surface and per-
colating through the porous sandstone
that overlies the old rock, becomes charged
with salt, potash, saltpetre, and other
chemical ingredients, and finally reaches
the limestone rock and decomposes it
the carbon in the rock and the hydrogen


of the water uniting to form oil, while the
oxygen 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 lamp-the
oxygen in the atmosphere uniting with
the carbon in the oil, forming carbonic
acid. and with the hydrogen forming
vGter-thus completing the circle. The
question is frequently asked, when will
the oil become exhausted: We may ans


wer, when the ocean is, and not before.
Year: 1864

But the evening shades grew thicker
blacker, and little drops of April rain pat
! tered softly against the window pancs. The
sound soothed and comforted her, and
thoughts of Harry's neglect succeeded. She
saw how easy all might have been averted;
how the grief she had experienced in giving
| him up might have been saved, had he but
have been true to himself and her. Th It
| long, unbroken slence-how much misery
it had cost her! She couli not hold him
blameless, and all the prime in her nature
away, 'naid relics of the past, and with q
calm face went down to meet the man so
soon to be her husband, with the thought,
1t is my duty. and I will'try to love him.


Six years have passed. and how has it
Jared with our little friend? A weary life
has it been to her.


hapless, unloved wife, borne down by
suffering and humiliation, scoffe at and
scorned by the man who had promised to
love, protect and five with her acco riding to
Gods holy ordinance; her home the resort
of the dissolute, and her husband a boated
sot. his business neglected. and his property
squandered at the gambling table; and now
his short career was ended. Returning to
his home amid storm and Darkness he had





had swallowed up his worthless life; and
now il a strange city, was Hattie Clyde.
widow, lonely, destitute, with not a friend
to speak one word of comfort in this b er
hour of need


Where was Harry Wilder


Ouce oOly had they met. One year be-
fore, in the parlor of a public house, had
their fates for a moment ran across. A mu-
tual recognition had taken place, and when
they were alone, Harry had whispered soft
ly the question


Hattie, are you happy"


And she, the hot blood rushing to her
brow as she remembered that it was his
neglect that had caused all her sorrow, had
replied proudly, with steady glance, and un-
lalterng lip:


Yes, Harry, very happy while he, with
paling cheek, had turned away with the
scarce audible words, Thank God that you
are! Life is to me bu a dreary blank!


Where was be now? How wearily from
her heart came up the question, as sitting
alone beside her cheerless hearth, she listen
ed TO the moaning of the wind and shivered
IS she l.kened the dreariness of the night to
the night to her darkened hopeless life
She, once so happy, the petted and caressed
of lriends-stili young, still beautiful, save
the weary, saddened look that trouble had
lett upon the once glad face.


Was it fate! A low knock was heard at
the door, aud the next moment her boy
lover, Harry Wilde, was beside her. lie had
beard in her native village a rumor of her
troubles, and with untirng assdui;y sought
for her, and now was he kneeling at her feet
imploriug her forgiveness for the past, and
claiming the love he had mourned as lost to
MIN forever.


A few short months and Hattie was the
wife of the man she had ever loved, and IN
her present happiness long years OF sorrow
are forgotten.
Year: 1864

THE MAIDEN MuRDER.-In moraliziug
upon the Maiden murder, the New York
Commercial says: Hundreds of young
men in this city are living in style aud at
an expense which cannot be sustained by
sustained by their earnings or by any hon.
est means, aud they can have no hope of
meeting their obligations honestly: They
must rob or cheat somebody to keep up the
show for any length of time. It is only,
by wrong doing to their employers or cred-
itors, or the public that they can sport their
fast horses, their rich jewelry, their expen-
And the terrible truth meets us in the his
tory ofevery bad life, that he who yields
to any ono vice commits himself to course
which is ever downward, each step easier
than the preceding, each little frend or
GalSehood paving the way for the blackest
crimas
Year: 1864

Three ladies who wished to attend a
fashionable ball in st. Louis, it is said, had
money enough to purchase only one set of
Jewels A council of war was held by
them. and it was ageed to send to au east
ern house for three diamond necklaces as
Samples from a which choice was to be
made After tn diamonds had done their
work at the ball, two of the necklaces were
returned, while one was retained and
promptly paid for. This piece of female
Guanciering was worthy of the strategic
general of modern times.
Year: 1864

CRUELTY TO WoMEN-In a very extraS
ordinary nov ell lately published in Boston,
we find seutim ents that deserve to be printed
in letters CT gold. The author is an Eng
lishmau; though now resident In this couus
try. We commend this novel to all ouf
friends 1t will. not be time lost that is
given 10 its perusal: The following extract
is from a sermon preached to the convicts in
nj odel prison in England:


of minor cruelties, that do not attack lifs
itself, the most horrible, be thought, was
cruelty to women. Here the man must
trample on every M map!y feeling, on the in-
stinct aud the traditions of sex, on the opin-
ion of mankind. on the generosity that goes
with superior strength and courage. A man
who is cruel to woman is called brutes
but, if brutes could speak, they would ap-
peal against this phrase as unjust to them.
What animal but man did you ever see NAL
treat a female of his species? The brutes
are not such beasts as bad. cruel men are
Or, if you ever saw such monstrosity, the
animal that did it was some notorious
coward, such as the deer, which, | believeS
is now and then guilty, in trifling degree,
of this dirty sin, being. a rank coward. But
who ever saw lion, or dog, or any cour--
ageous animal let himself down to the level
of a cowardly man so far as this?


Here sprang from his lip, true and tender
picture Of a wife: The narrow and virtuous
circle of her joys. her many sufferngs, great
and littlc-no neod of being cruel to her;
she must suffer so much without that. The
claims to pity and uncommon consideration
every woman builds up diiring few years
of marriage. Her inestimable value in the
house! How true to the hearth she is, un-
less her husband corrupts her; or drives her
to despairl How often she is good in spite
of his example! How rarely she is evil but
by his example! God made her weaker;
that man might have the honest satisfaction
and superior joy of protecting and supporting
her. To torture her with the strength SO
instrusted him for her good is to rebel
against Heavens design; tits to be m onsLer,
a coward, and fool"
Year: 1864

The LAUGH OF WOMAN "A woman has no
natural gift more bewching than az sweet
laugh. It is like the sweet sound of lut es
on the water. 1t leads from her in clear
sparkling rill; aud the heart that hears it
feels as if bathed in the cool, exhilar ating
spring. Have you ever pursued an unseen
fugitive through trees. now lost, now found?
We have. And we are pursuing that wan
dering voice to this day.


Sometimes it comes to US in the midst of
care, or sorrow, or irksome business, and
then we turn away and listen, aud hear it
ringing through the room like silver bell
with power to scare away the evil spirits of
mind.


How much we owe to that sweet laugh
1t turns the prose to poetry; filings showers
of sunshine over the darksome wood in
which we are travelling; it touches with
light even sleep, which is no more the i'm
age of death, but is consumed with dreams
that are the shadow of immortality.
Year: 1864

As I sit in my garret here Gin Washington
watching the course of great men and the
destiny of party, 1 meet often with strange
contradictions in this eventful life. The
most remarkable was that of j. Howard
Payne. author of "Sweet Home p | knew
him personally. He occupied the rooms
under me for some time, and his conyersa-
ton was so captivating that L have often
spent whole days in his apartment. He was
an applicant for office at the time-Consul
at Tunis-fron which he had been removed
What sad thing it was to see the poet sub
iected to all the humiliation Of Office seeking
OF an evening we would walk along the
street, looking into the lighted parlors as we
passed Once in awhile we would see some
family circle so happy, and forming so beau
tiful a group that we would both stop, and
then pass silently on. On such occasions he
would give me history Of his wanderings-
his trials and all the cares incident to his
sensitive nature and poverty. "How often, /"
said he once, 81 have been in the heart Of
Paris, Berlin, London, or some other city,
and heard persons singing, or the hand or
gan playing Sweet Home, without shil-
ling to buy the next meal, or P lace to put
nv head. The world has literally sung my
song until every heart is familiar with its
melody, yet have been wanderer from my
boyhood My country has turned me ruth
lessly from office, and in my old age have
to submit to humiliation for bread" Thus he
would complain of his hapless lot. His only
wish was to die in a foreign land; to be bur
led by strangers, and to sleep in obsurity.


1 met him one day looking unusually
sad.


Have you got your Consulate Z" said !:


dyes, and leave in a week for Tunis; L
shall never return"


The last expression was not political
faith. Far from it, Poor Payne; his wish
was realized, he died at Tunis. Whether
his remains have been brought to this coun-
try, know not They should be- and, if
none others would do it, let the homeless
throughout the world give a penny for a
monument to Payne. l knew him and will
give my penny, and for an inscription the
following:


HERE LIES j. HOWARD PAYNE,


The Author Of " Sioeet Home"


wanderer in life, he whose songs were sung in ev-


ry tongue.


And found an echo in every heart


NEVER HAD A HOME.


HE DIED IN A FOREIGN LAND.
Year: 1864

TRYING TO FIND THE CONvENTIoN.-A
rural gentleman who came to Hartford a
few days ago, to attend a convention, got
considerably 'mixed" in his attempts to find
the hall. He opened one door after another
in the building to which he had been di-
rected, but couldn't see it. The suite of
rooms in the building is occupied by man
and his wife. The wife was in her bed room,
which leads from the hall way, taking a
bath, and was therefore, not in proper dress
to receive a visitor, when the rural gentle
man opened the door to her room, which
she had neglected to lock. He had got
within the doorway before the lady discov-
cred him, and he was so astounded that he
moved neither one way nor the other. She
employed her time pretty lively in gather
ing up some articles of apparel about her
person, when suddenly the wondering NOR
tai at the door burst out; Madame, I'm try
ing to find the convention in-Hall; but
1 Judge from appearances this isn't the
place She thought so too.
Year: 1864

GENIUS, TALENT, AND CLEvERNEss.-
Genius rushes like whirlwind; talent
marches like cavalcade Of heavy men and
heavy horses; cleverness skins like swal-
low in the summer evening, with sharp,
shrill note and sudden turning. The man
of genius dwells with men and with nature;
the man of talent in his study; but the
clever man dances here, there and every
where, like butterfly in hurricane, strike
ing everything and enjoying nothing, but
too light to be dashed to pieces The man
of talent will attack theories, the clever man
will assail the individual, and SANDER private
character The man of genius despses
both; he needs none, he fears none he
lives with himself, shrouded in the concious-
ness Of his own strength he interferes with
none, and walks forth an example that 'ea-
giles fly alone: they are but sheep that herd
together 1t is true, that should & poison
GUS worm cross his path he may tread it un-
der his foot; should a cur snarl at him he
may chastise him; but he will not, cannot
attack the privacy of another
Year: 1864

A FELLOW was brought into the con-
script Office the other day who pretended to
be totally deaf. They tried all sorts of sud-


den and unexpected noises on him, all to no
purpose Just as they were about to dis
miss him new plan occurred to one of the
examining board He took two silver quar-
ters and ratified them behind him. No
sooner was the sound made than the fellow
turned round and exclaimed, I'll give ye
ten dollars for them Macon Confederacy.
Year: 1864

Nkw YORK, March 22-The Herald has the
following dispatch from Washington, March 81


Gen. Grant will be here n the morning Or
Thursday he will review the entire Army of tie
Potomac:


In the reorganization about to be effected. il
is learned correctly that Generals Hancock
Sedgwck and Warren will be retained as corps
commanders, and that Gen. Meade retains his
present position. Gen. Grant is exercising su-
pervisOry control of the entire army


The House Judiciary Committee have unani-
mously Authorized the ch airman report the
following, and ask its adoption by the House:


A Joint resolution submitting to the legisla.
lures of the several States, proposition to
amend the Constitution of the United States by
adding 10 article l3, siction that slavery being
incompatible with a free government, is forever
prohibited in the United States and involuntary
servtude shall be permitted only as punishment
for crime.


SEC 2 Congress shall have power to enforce
the foregoing section of this act, by appropriate
legislation


The House Military Committee considered at
length to-day the question of reimbursing States
for calling out militia, but came to no conclusion.
The amount involved in this matter is several
millions of dollars It will meet with consdera-
bic opposition in both the committee and the
House


Gen. Grant has directed that recruiting for
cavalry regiments shall cease


The House Judiciary Committee to-day deci-
ded TO dismiss the impeachment case of Judge
Miller, OF Iowa, no evidence having been ad
duced to sustain the charges preferred


In pursuance of the earnest request of Admi.
raj Farragut. the Navy Department has ordered
the sloop-of-war Brooklyn and the double-tur-
reted monitor Onondago to be prepared for SER
vice in the Gulf Immediately The ships will
proceed TO this month Orders have been
issued for the monitors Cononicus, Tecumseh
and Sassacus to follow Immediately


The Herald's Washington special of the 2lst
says:


There is no probability of any sale ofthe surplus
gold in the treasury being made until after the
result of the spring campaign shall have been
ascertaned. The restrictions imposed by the
bill would of themselves prevent the sale of anv
quantity sufficient TO affect the market.


No reliance Is TO be placed in the numerous
reports sent from here of the terms of the new
tax bill. The fact is the members of the WAYS
and Means Committee are themselves still igno-
rant OF the rate of tax that will be imposed on
some important articles.


There is no doubt of the fact that Lee is daily
receiving accessiOns to his iSarmy. and is preparing
for an early opening of the approaching cam
paign. His civalry IS being reorganizei, and al
thougha smaller organization than last summer is
equally as formidable Infantry are coming up
from various quarters, and in few weeks we
shall have in our front an army not at all nie.
rior to that which confronted US last season


The reorganization of the Army of the Poto-
mac has commenced. All corps remain intact
vet. though il was generally understood last
week that the lst and 9th corps were to be
merged into the 81 and 5th
Year: 1864

May the blessings of emancipation ex-
tend throughout our unhappy land, aud
the ilustrious, sweet scented Sambo nestle
in the bosom of every abolition woman,
that she may be quickeucd by the the pure
blood of the majestic African, and the
spirit Of ANAL gamation shine forth in its
splendor and glory; that We may become a
regenerated nation of halfbreads and mon
grels, and the distinction of color be forev-
er consigned to oblivion, and that we may
live in bonds of fraternal love, union and
equality with the Almighty Negro, hence
forwarj-now and forever. Amen.
Year: 1864

During the Bull Run battle an order
was given to New England company to
lie down and load, and only rise when in
the act of firing. During the hottest of the
conflict Captain Law observed q man
standing while loading. Contrary to or
der" exclaimed the Captain; "you must
lie down while loading" 1.-The fact is,
Captain" said the man addressed, "Fm so
plaguy fat that if | lie down to load it
takes too long to get up again" The Cap
tain turned away with smile, and left the
fat man to choose his own method Of fight
ing.
Year: 1864

respectful treatment You did not need
any such protection from me, but you tho t
you did, and showed it to my friends for
that purpose in the town of Sullivan.


You seem to be of late in similar panic
and under a similar delusion There is
really, however, no danger of disturbance
among the people except such as your
own folly and wickedness may create. You
do not need a pass to travel through here
unless that it might be that the people
should fear that you came to ransack their
drawers or something of that kind.


In conclusion, permit ne in all kindness,
to suggest, that if you could persuade your
self to mind your own business, make a
great deal less fuss about nothing, trust
the honesty and intelligence of the people
somewhat, keep your hands away from
what is not your own, speak the truth,
give up the trade of common informer and
abandon all idea that you can scare any
body, every thing will 60 well and peace
and good order will everywher' prevail
If you cannot do these things, however,
which l suspect is beyond your power,
then by all means seek so ne other field of
labor and let a gentleman, and a man of
honor take your place.


1t is perhaps proper for me to say by
way Of apology for this letter that l have
written it more to meet the interests OF the
public than for any regard which | have
for your good or bad opinion concerning
me or my friends. Your conduct has
placed you beyond the notice of gentlemen.
l am engaged in no plots or conspiracics,
and never have been. What [ have done
has been in the open day-what l shall do
in the future will be done in the same
manner But it is of small moment to me
what you think on that subject. is out
of respect to very different class of men
that l have thus taken notice Of your lar
ceny Of my property, and your assault up
on my character.


Your obedient servant,
Year: 1864

The New York Tribune says: Better a
nation composed of half the Union than an
anarchy embracing the whole" We be-
lieve the public generally are rapidly CON-
ing to that conclusion.
Year: 1864

ed politicians go ahead and "consult =
Their assembling at Cleveland will do
good; it will give them an opportunity to
expose the weakness of their 'party, -
which the Copperhead papers are just
now intent on magnifying into thing of
formidable proportions; and it will show
to these gentlemen themselves that for
them to attempt to stay the verdict of the
people in favor Of the retention of HONEST
OLD ABE in the Presidential Chair, would
be as foolish as to attempt TO dam Niaga-
ra with asmoothing-iron.--Pitsbavgh Ga
zette
Year: 1864

RECONSTRUCTION the Pqjuro
Times, published at Watsonville, Califor-
mia, we find the following extracts from q
private letter written by Senator Conness
to friend in Sacramento City, from which
it will be seen that the California Sena-
tor is in earnest, and states his convictions
ond policy.in language that cannot be
misunderstood. His standard for Office
holders is not far from the old Jefferso-
nian one. 1t might be improved, how
ever, by abiding that no able bodied man,
liable to military duty, shall be employed
in any civil position under the National
Government for which an equally eligible
disabled soldier shall be an applicant.


GAS to reconstruction, | am for keep
ing out every rebel State until it comes
with Constitution prohibiting slavery
and, in States where there are not enough
Union men to make Constitution, am
for letting the army help. them a little;
and as to confscation, am for the extre-.
NEST Constitutional remedy that we have
power to adopt.


Concerning changes in Office, I have
but one concern-nor shall it be lost sight
of-and that is, to establish higher stan
dard of political morality in State or ma
ton, or to contribute to that end. No
man shall remain in public station by my
consent who is traitor, or who sympathi-
zes with slavery, or who steals from the
public, or who gets drunk, or who neg
lects his duties, or who is incompetent;
and no other man shall leave public life
through me, save those who stand in the
way of carrying out this policy"