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Year: 1861

Some Of the most prominent men in the
new Congress says the Washington corre-
spondent Of the New York Eueniflg Post, are
already at work laying out the business of
the session. The Departments are very busy,
too, upon plans and estimates, but enough
progress has not yet been made to establish
results. A few things, however, may be con-
sidered as settled. The President will take
strong ground, in his message, in favor of
entirely subduing the great rebellion, and at
the earliest practicable moment. He will
call for at least three hundred thousand men,
in the aggregate, and money to correspond.
He will call for legislation 10 meet the crisis,
which will be freely granted. The Treasury
Department will undoubtedly recommend a
thorough revision of the sO-called Morrill,
Tariff, and specific duty on sugar, coffee
and tea, as war. tax only. The free list
will be entirely changed-such, at least l
think, will be the Recommendation of Sec
retary Chase. There is more doubt as to
the mode of raising the loans needed by the
Government to carry on the war. 1t is said
that the head of the Treasury Department
has dislike Of flooding hecountry with
Treasury notes Of small denomination. If
it seems best, however, to issue fifty and
twenty fve-dollar notes, at a high rate of
interest," to run for two years, it will be
recommended. The Treasury Department,
doubtless, would prefer to try the old
methods of raising money first, with the re-
served right of resorting at any time to a
popular loan.


The War Department will send in its esti-
mates at an early day, and will recommend
many new provisions, intending 10 improve
the efficiency of the army. The Naval Sec
retary will also recommend heavy appro-
prlations for building more war.vessels and
general increase of our navy. That the
navy must be doubled in size as soon as it is
possible, is the opinion of all men compe-
tent to Judge of such matters. 1t matters
little how the present struggle may termi-
nate, the United States Government will
need much stronger naval force than it
has heretofore employed, and the work of
construction must soon commence
Year: 1861

1t would be difficult to find in the whole
range of fiction more affecting incident
than is contained in the following extract
from letter written by q British seaman
to his wife. 1t was his first service as SOL
dier he having been sent on shore with
boats crew of marines to silence fort and to
take some guns:


"We dispersed at a few hundred yards dis
tance from the beach to keep the coast clear,
while the boat crew made prizes of the guns.


The enemy had advantage of the wood and
also knowing the country well; and a troop
of then. Showed in advance. We were or
dered to fire. / took steady aim and fired at
my man. He fell like stone.


AT the same time broadside from the
went in among the trees, and the enemy
disappeared, we could scarcely tell how.
felt as though l must go up to him and see
whether he was dead or alive. He lay quite
still, and | was more afraid of him than when
be stood facing me few moments before.
1t is strange feeling to come over you all
at once that you have killed man. He had
unbuttoned his jacket, and was pressing his
hand over the front of the chest where the
wound was. He breathed hard, and the
blood poured from the wound, and also from
his mouth every breath he took. His face
was as white as death, and his eyes looked
SO big and bright as he turned them and
SL0reQ at me, never Hudll l1EB6b ne WAS
fine young fellow, not more than five and
twenty. went down on my knees beside
him, and my breast felt as full as though my
own heart would burst. He had a real En-
glish face, and did not look like an enemy.


"What felt, ] never can tell; but If my
life could have saved his, believe | should
have given il. laid his head on my knee
and he grasped hold of my hand and tried
to speak, but bis voice was gone. | could
not tell a word he said, and every time hC
tried to speak the blood poured out; so
| knew it would soon be over. l am not asham
| ed to say that was worse than he for ht
never shed a tear, and / couldn't help il
| His eyes were closed when a gun was free
| from the to order aboard, where the boa
was Just pushing Off with the guns we haC
| taken, and where our marines were waiting
| to man the second boat, and then he pOinte,
to the woods where the enemy was con
cealed.


"Poor fellow he little thought how hal


hot him down. / was wondering how


could leave him TO die, and no one near hi1
when he had something like a convulsio
for moment, and then his face rolled oveI
and withodt a sigh he was gone. trust til
Almighty has received his soul. laid hi
head gently down on the grass aud lett hin
1t seemed 30 strange when / looked at hir
for the last time, somehow thought of ey
erything had ever heard of the Turks an


Russisns, and the rest Of them, but all tbs


seemed so far off and the dead man so near.


Scenes like these are destined, we fear, I
! be too common in our hitherto happy land
Year: 1861

A MODEL WoMAN.-A woman was arrested
at Syracuse, recently, for minding her own
business. She walked Genessee street daily,
back and forth, saying nothing to any body,
taking no interest in the display of goods (;
and this continued until the citizens got SO
anxious and excited that the mysterious
promenader was taken to the police office
and interrogated. 1t there transpired that
she is resident Of Syracuse, whose husband
what out of health, and takes promenade
whenever the weather permits, with view
to its recovery. Her only offense is igno-
rance of the fact that in this free country she
has no business to attend closely TO her own
business. Every one here must be busy in
regard to the affairs of others, in order to
maintain a respectable standing.
Year: 1861

-


The Hut or the Vacant Lot.
We live in a hut on the vacant lot


Father, and mother, and /;
'Tis away up town, and drenry spot,
With old stone quarres hard by.
Father is lazy, and mot her she drinks,
And an aged and thin,
And look like a thief for 'tis hard to be pure
When circled around with sin.
IT'S desperate place this vacant lot,
region Of famine and woe;
The laborers found str angled child
In the equarres not long ago.
And father is sometimes out all day,
And comes staggering home at night
With money and things that he hides away,
For he never came ny them right.
Mother il always at me to steal,


And urges her plea with curse;
She tells me to sneak through the city crowds
And pocket n watch purse
And father beats me because say


That I'll rather any day die
never have robbed, and Lever will rob,
And I'll tell you the reason Why.
There came to our hovel three years ago,
A man with a sweet mild face,
And he held holy book in his hand,
That he tried to read in our place.
But mother she s~ore at tie mild facee man,
And drove him out Of our den,
And told him never a. long as he lived
To darkcn her door rgaia.
But something made me follow the man,
think he beckoned to me,
Aud he led me down to a quarry's cleft,
Where none OF my people could see;
And he read to me things from the holy book
That never had heard before.
And somehow peace came over my heart,
And 1t didn't feel half so sore
They may curse and beat me as much as they like,
know what they don't know;
know that things In the end come right
For those that suffer below.
No matter how ragged and hungry I am,
With no one to like or to love,
I know there's u vacant lot for me


III the beautiful realms above.
Year: 1861

. The opinions OF archbishop uugnes
upon the, ,civiFwar, Which hass been. looked
for with much interest by large class of
our fellow citizens, are given to the public
in the Metropolitan Record. We extrscs
portion Of the remarks of this eminent
divine :sE g , ToG q 50 9 s. ,
Above all the war, civil war Is the
mos, .deplorable and the most destructive
in its consequences, both to the victors and
vanquished. Its progress is marked by
ruin and desolation. II gives a loose rein
to the worst passions Of human nature '
;rapine and carnage, though horrible to gaze
upon, though terrible to witness, cannot
be compared to the moral evils which it
int1icts upon society. 1t is not in civil
strife that the noble attributes of our ma
7tu.a are shown; the mind of man become.
hardened and callous amid scenes of blood
and devastation The transition from a
peaceful republic to military despo,ism
is more easily effected through such me
dium than. people generally suppose, Man.
kind are pretty much the same in every
age of the world. Material civilization, it
is true may develop the mind and sharpen
the intellect, but i: does not purity the
aspirations nor elevate the M raj nature
Of tI,. rare


We have heard proposition made by
prominent speaker At the great demonstra-
ton that was lately held at Union Square,
we trust was either not seriously entertain
ed, or had its origin in the excitement OF
the moment Twas nothing more ore $
than Recommendation of the policy which
England pursued toward ireland. The
speaker expressed himself in favor Of tax
ing away the plantations from the South
ern owners and bes;owing them as land
bounties upon'th Northern soldiers.


The idea, rs We have intimated is not
an original zone,r as it " as partially carried
into effect against the people Of Ireland,
and as a means by which that people were
TO be utterly extreminated. For our part,
we protest against such wholesome sys
TEN of spoliation- "a system which is cal
culated TO plunge the country irremediably
into war that this generation may never
see the end of, and to arouse feelings OF
hatred and revenge that may live through
centuries. ------------


Have we now sunk 50 low in the scale OF
humanity, have-we so far forgotten our
obligations as Christian men, even before
we have rightly entered into the heat of
the conflict, to calmly tolerate or sanction
a proposition as fendish and as inhumau
as that against which the elder Pitt raised
his voice e
Year: 1861

more utility than an equal number Of
men. Should a single sheep 60 astray
good dog will find it, and bring it
back; and it is all the same, if, instead
Of one, there should be twenty.


Drovers use these dogs as aids in
driving sheep to market; and q coup
lie Of them are worth q dozen boysWith
sticks. They never worry The sheep
but if necessary, viii take hold of it
without inficting injury. To have
dog of this kind in good training, it
/ is necessary that he should always b.
with the sheep, and be the companion
of tho Shepherd and it viii generally
be found, that the best shepherds have
the best dogs, for they take them as
if they were reasonable beings, and
treat them kindly.


The Scotch Cody cannot be called
brave dog, although some exhibit
considerable courage. Ia biting, he
snaps like the woolf. We have seen
a bun. tarrier chase half g. dozen Of
them, each larger than himself. He
protects the sheep to a cer'sin ex-
tent, but his true value consists in bis
constant care of the sheep. lie does
the work Of man. without costing as
much, for his food consists Of scraps,
oat meal porridge and oaken cakes.
Meat he is seldom allowed to taste,
and the more seldom the better, for
he might acquire a relish for mutton.
He is highly valuable on a large sheep
firm, or to the drOver; but less so Oh
a small farm, or where the sheep are
fenced in, and kept penned up during
the winter.


The care of the sheep is, with the
puppies, an acquired instinct. Ma.
ny of them need little or no instrue.
ton but it is usual to bring them up
with an old dog, who shows them a
good example, which they are not slow
in initiating"
Year: 1861

/ will give my opinion on the orr
gin and treatment or the disease, as
/ have tried a great many expert
ments on it, and think that am at
least master of it. [ have had sew
al cases of it for the last few years,
and have lost none. 1t originates in
the calf bed. The COW being heshy
and full of blood and milk, and calv-
ing in hot weather, an inflammation
arises in the part mentioned, which
arrests all action of the blood, milk
and bowels, and unless this infamma-
ton is stopped, and a circulation got
up, she will soon mortify.


My mode of treatment is as follows
and whoever tries it will affect a cure
in nine cases out of ten. AS soon as
I see the COW has the disease, l take
sacking, or other heavy cloth, lay it
across the small Of the back, and keep
it constantly wet With cold water from
the spring, poured on by pals full.
This will allay the inflammation until
physic can oe got to operate. Then
take handful of tobacco wet in vim
egar, and bind it in the hollow of the
head back of the horns, and keep it
wet with vinegar, as the disease ap-
pears to affect the head very much.
After this is done, commencing Civ
ing phyqic-give one pound of Ep-
som or Glauber salts. This | think
the best if handy, for it is cooling to
the system; if not handy, take about
two quarts of molasses and lard, each
equal parts. After the physic has
been down two hours and no opera
ton, take lump of chalk the size
of hens egg, pulverize it fine, put
it in a quart bottle, and as soon as the
COW is got in a position to give it,
pour in one pint of good vinegar, and
place the bottle to her throat and lei
it 90 down. If there is no operation
in the space of three or four hours,
repeat the last desc. Chalk and vim
egar know to be harmless phys
/ ic.


Wait about haitian hour, and if no
operation. cork the neck and bleed twC
quarts, which will greatly facilitate
the operation Of the physic. Give
the COW all the while cold water tC
drink. After there is a good circula


tion got up. the COW must be fed mod


erateiy for few days. Several cows
under my observation, that had beer


MIXED for several days previous tt
oalying, have had the milk fever, so


think it no preventive.
Year: 1861

Young America is in such h2s;e to re e
alize results, he can't wait for trees TO
transport huge sons Of the forest into his
new place by some sort of patent machin-
cry, so as to make a grand show lmmedi-
ately. He has little idea Of what consti
tutes a perfec. vegetable structure, small
or large; he knows little of the pleasure
which comes from watching the steady
developemenl and growth of small trees,
from year to year. No, no, he wants TO
leap up to grand achievements at once /;
he wants lot of big trees, and that's all,
and that's enough.


We beg a lutle consideration for small
tree. Go to the open field, or TO the
nursery, and select a good specimen of
almost any good tree-say the beech, or
maple, or tulip, or hemlock. Take one
or more of each, three or four feet high
that have branches well formed on each
side. Save all the roots and tbers In
digging them up, aud in carrying them
home don't bang them to pieces, root and
branch, but treat them with the utmost
tenderness. Prepare large holes, "a rich
soil, and set them out so that they Will
grow vigorously. Clip the ends of the
branches Just little, but do this so as 10
preserve the original symmetry.


Now, watch these trees, from year to
year How healthful they look, in every
lin and twig and leaf! How happy they
look, shooting out their branches on every
side, and dancing in every breeze! How
graceful in every part, and as whole
Can anything more completely fill one 5
eye Small as they are, they are per-
feet in form, and plainly predict what
they will be when full grown. Age will
only enlarge their bulk, and bring them
nearer the time of their decay. Is not
d" sweet sixteen more charming than
the wrinkled and toolhles octogenarian


He who sets out large trees is COM
PEELED to top off at least the lower branches
to enable the top ones to live. The roots
are so mitulated in digging them up, that
nearly all the branches have to be trim
med up aad shortened IN, to restore the
balance Of things. But such a tree, so
marred in root and branch, is only half a
tree. 1t is a fragment, to which the lost
parts can never be restored. Begin,
then. with small trees. How they enjoy
life They will ere long outstrip the
large stumps you set out at the same time.
Set them on your lawn and pleasure
ground. Throw away your pruning saw
and let them work out their own ideal
If you interfere at all, let it be only with
your thumb and finger. Never fear theiI
wanton ways. They will attain near tc
perfection, If you will only let wei
alone "--.American AgricuItur1st.
Year: 1861

In some remarks upon the Dogs of
which the Shepherds use to assist them
in tending their focks upon the noun.
tainS, the Ohio Farmer says the rea-
son why shepherd dogs do not have
the attention in this country that they
do in Europe, is owing to misuu.
derstanding of their uses, and a diff
ferent system of sheep husbandry.-
The sheep pastures of Scotland con-
sists of large tracts of wild, noun
famous land, covered with heather
and wild grass, with some alpine plants
There are in these regions few dwell
lings, and one can travel a whole day,
seeing no signs of human life but the
shepherds hut or sheiling. In such
place the value Of good shepherd
dog can hardly be over.es timated.-
The following account we copy from
the above mentioned Journal:


"The sheep are kept outdoors all
the year, especially in the northern
part of the country; and the shepherd
seldom sees any person. In such
regions the dog is truly useful ami
NAL; he is worth more than a man in
gathering the scattered flock, and
wearing" them in winter during snow
storms; for at these times, the sheep
seek the sheltered hollows to the lee
Of the blast. and in such places are
sure to ! e entombed in a drift. where
they will in all probability perish
The shepherd must, therefore, keep
them on the exposed side of the hill,
where the snow cannot drift; and this
must be done day or night, light OF
darkness. Without the dog this can
not be performed, for the sheep will
soon wander off and be lost to the eve
Of the shepherd; but the dog keeps
them together in the right place. So
it may easily be seen thai two or
three of these useful animals are Of
Year: 1861

Verdeil's method is to separate the
meat from the bones, and as far az
practicable from the fat then cut is
into slices from one-third to one and
a half inches in thickness the slices
being cut ii possible across the grain
These are then laid upon hurdles of
basket work, which are subsequently
placed in a chamber constructed Of
lead or iron, which, as soon as it Is
full, is closed, only small opening
being left for the escape of steam,
which is now admitted. The steam
admitted is under a pressure of three
or four atmOspheres. and, consequent
ly, has a temperature Of from 275
to 300


After the flesh has been there ex-
posed to the steam from six to fifteen
minutes, according to the thickness
Of the slices and the kind of meat the
steam is shut off, and this part Of tho
process is finished.


1t is now nearly in the condition
Of boiled meat but it has retained all
It's ingredients, from the cOagulation
of the albumen, and its taste is Ike
that ofroasted meat. In appearance,
it is wrinkled; color gray; and it is
very readily divided.


Being removed from the steam
chamber, the flesh is placed en- trsys
or hung on hooks, in another chamber
which is warmed to a temperature not
exceeding 1909. In the course Of
eight or twelve hours the drying pro-
cess is completed.


The flesh is now packed in tight
casks or in tin boxes, so as to be pro-
tected from moisture and frem insects
thus prepared and packed, it may be
preserved for any length of time in
any climate. Sometimes little salt
is placed in the cask or case, in order
to the absorption of any moisture that
it may have retained. e.


Before using the meat thus pre-
served, it must be soaked in warm wa
ter, when, after an hour or two It
sOftens and regains its original con
ditiOE, and when boiled, or made into
soup, cannot it is said, be distinguish.
ed from fresh meat.
Year: 1861

Il could write down twenty eases, >
SAYS a pious man. when l wished God
had done otherwise than he did but
which now see. had | my own way.
woul have led to extensive mischief
The life of Christian is life of par
odoxes. He must lay hold on God he
must follow hard after Him; he must de-
termine not TO let Him 60. And YET you
must learn to let God alone. Quietness
before God is one of the most difficult of
ali Christian graces; to sit where He
pleases; to be wha: He would have US be
and this as long as He pleases."
Year: 1861

In order to have your prayers answered,
you need to make your requests known unto
God on the ground Of the merits and worthi-
ness Of the Lord Jesus. You must not de-
pend upon your own worthiness and merits,
but solely on the Lord Jesus, as the ground
of acceptance before God, for your person, for
your prayers, for your labors, and everything
else. Do you really believe in Jesus Do
you verify depend upon him alone for the sal
walton OF your soul? See to it we'll that not
the least degree of your own Righteousness is
presented unto God as a ground of accept
ance. But then, if you believe in the Lord
Jesus, it is further necessary, in order that
your prayers may be answered. that the things
which you ask of God should be of such
kind that God can give them to you because
they are for his honor and your real good.
If the obtaining Of your requests were not for
your real good, or were not tending to the
honor of God, you might pray for a long time
without obtaining what you desire. The glo-
ry of God should always be before the chill
dron of God, in what they desire at His
hands, and their own spiritual profit, being
so intimately connected with the honor Of God
should never be lost sight of in their petit
tjons. But now, suppose we are believers in
the Lord Jesus, and suppose we make our re
quests unto God, depending alone on the Lord
Jesus as the ground Of having them granted
suppose, also, that so far as we are able hon
estly and uprigbtly to judge, the obtaining of
our requests would be for our real spiritual
good, and the honor of God; we yet need
lastly to continue in prayer until the blessing
is granted unto u.s. 1t is not enough to pray
nor to pray Alright, nor is it enough TO contin'
ue for a time to pray; but we must patiently,
bolievingly, continue in prayer, until we OBJ
tain an answer ana, further, we have not
only to continue in prayer unto the end, but
we have also to believe that God does hear us
and will answer our prayers. Most frequent
ly we fail in not continuing in prayer until
the blessing is obtained, and in not expecting
the blessing. AS assuredly as in anyi ndivid.
Year: 1861

RESULTS OF THE WAR.-The Chronicle
says:


"Fhe country will be severely taxed. In
Vermont we must pay as we never have done
before. But the end will be increased
strength-a purlfcation and invjgoration of
the body polite. Nothing more strengthens
and eevates men and nations than strenuous
work, endurance, and solfsacrifce for the
support of rightfui authority against such as
would overthrow it. If gold is lost in con.
Hict with the lawless, the disobedient, and the
corrupt, there is a gain in the ultimate tri-
umph, with the worth Of which, whether to
the individual or the nation, gold cannot COM
pare. We have only to take care to cling to
the laws Of Righteousness and honor, and to
let corresponding spirit manifest itself in ali
our bearing"