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Year: 1865

4 terrible Railroad accident occurred
west of the White House A coal train go
ing up the glalc broke in half and the rear
end ran back down the grade. The express
train came round the curve mt full speed and
ran into it. The engineer and fireman
jumped off the engine and were not injured
The first passenger car ran through the
baggage car, and all that were killed occu
pied this ear. The other passenger cars and
the sleeping car were not damaged and no
one in them hurt The killed are horribly
mnnglcl, AMI scarcely recognizable.
Year: 1865

The steamer City OF Bath, from New York
for Boston, ran ashore on thursday night
in consequence Of the engineer mistaking
signals The tide flows in her at the open
ports when she kcels over A steamer and
steam pump have gone u her assistance and
she will probably come of all right.
Year: 1865

1t is now an acknowledged fact that
belladOnna is antidote for opium, but
as this information cannot be too wide
ly spread, we submit the following two
cases of the kind published by The
Archives de Medicine: A short time
ago young lady took by mistake a
quantity of laudsnum equivalent to
two teasPoonfuls-that Is, representing
six decigrammes of the gummy extract
of opium. The taste of the drug made
her sensible Of what she had done, and
she Immediately told her friends of it,
who instantly administered q cup of
coffee, q very appropriate remedy, but
which was Immediately elected, and the
patient began to feel very painful spasm
in her stomach. The doctor did not
arrive until an hour and a half after
the accident, when he found the pa
tient lying on q sofa, and very pale; the
pupils were contracted to such an ex-
tent that the pupiliAry orifice was re-
dueed 10 a small black point; the skin
was cold at The extremities, the pulse
low and intermiting The patient was
in q state Of stupor, from which, how
ever, she could be ronsed BY speaking
to her. Ten drops Of the alcoholic
tincture Of belladonna we're admin
istered in a quarter of a tum-
blerful Of water, but were soon eject
ed. The next ten drops were given
IN only teaspooful of water, and this
was retained, and this system was con
tinued by FIVE drops of tincture at q
time at short intervals, The patient
thus inbibed as much as four grammes
of tinctuFe, and soon recovered.


The second case IS of a young Wo-
man who had taken opium voluntarily
with view to commit suicide. The
medical man called four hours after
the act had been committed, and q
large quantity of the poison must con-
sequently have already been absorbed
into the system The pupils were 50
contracted that the patient hsd lost
the power of vision the jaws were
firmly locked together, nose and ex-
trennities cold, pulse slow and weak,
and insensibility general. AS it was
too late 70 administer eneties, thirty
drops Of tincture of bellsdOna were
administered by forcing the jaws asun-
der with the handle Of q spoon, keep
ing meantime the nostrils closed The
symptoms, however, became so alarm
ing that the doctor administered up
ward ofseventy drops Of tiucture more,
by ten at the time, in less than half an
hour The pupils then began to dilate;
the patient was subjected 70 good
whipping, which terminated her, and
the dangerous symptoms soon disap
peared.C - - ~
Year: 1865

TRANSCRIBERs OF THE SCRIPTURES
In transcribing the sacred writings, it
has been q constant rule with the Jews
that whatever is considered as corrupt
shall be burnt or otherwise destroyed. A
book Of the law, wanting but one letter,
with one letter too much, or with an
error in one single letter, written with
any thing but ink, or written on parch-
ment made Of the hide OF an mClean ami
nal, or on parchment not property pre-
pared for that use, or prepared by any
but Israeiites, or on skins of parchment
tied together by unclean strings held
to be corrupt. No word is 10 be written
without d line first drawn on the parch-
ment, no word to be written by heart, or
without having been pronounced orally
by the writer. Before he writes the
name Of the Deity he Is required to wash
his pen no letter is permitted TO be
ioined to another; and, if the blank
parchment cannot be seen all around
each letter, the roll must be condemned
as corrupt. Even to this day it is obliga-
tory on all persons who copy the sacred
writings OF the sYnagogues to observe
strictly tnGse curious rules, as well as GER
tain others for the length and breadth Of
each sheet, and for the space 10 be left
/ between each letter, each word, and each
! section.
Year: 1865

How TO MANAGE MEN.-When
you want to manage men, do as bee
keepers do when they want to man


age bees. Here are two men that
have been in a hive. One says, 81
own these bees and am going to di-
vide them, and move them" He
prepares place for them, and then
goes to the hive thrusts his hands
rudely into the midst of them, and
very soon he has bees over him, and
he moves himself very rapidly
That is just as l have seen men at
tempt to, manage them. Another
man gets a bowl Of sugar and water,
and washes his hands all over, and


goes with the utmost quietness and
Serenity, q and opens the hive, and
puts his hand in gently, and the bees
find every thing sweet, and he can
scoop them up as though they were
so much -four, and put them in as
many hives as he pleases, (if he only
takes care to put queen bee in
each, and they will not sting him or
fly away. And people say, Won.
derfdl that man has areal magnetic
power with bees" So he has, when
he has sugar and water on bis hands.
Now, when you want to manage
men, wash your hands with sugar
and water-H. W. Beecher. q
Year: 1865

At bis meal he never took much wine or
other eImented liquor. Although not fas-
tidious in his food, yet bis taste seems to
have been delicate and refined, like his
other senses, and he had . preference fog
such visnds as wero OF an agreeable flavor.
In bis early years he used to sit up late st
his studies. but in his later years he retired
every night at 8 O'Clock, and lay till in
the Summer and Eve ia the Winter. Il
not then disposed to rise, he had some one
to sit at his bedside and read 70 him
When he rose he bad q chapter of the He
brew Bible read for him, and then, sfter
breakfast studied till twelve. He then
dined, took some exercise fer an hour, gen.
orally 10 a chair iu which he used to swing
himself or requested bis wife to sing. who.
as he said. had Q good voice but no ear.


He then resumed bis studies until six,
from which hour until eight he copvessed
with oil Who came to visit him. He finally
tosk a tight supper, smoked pipe of TO.
bacco. and drank glass Of water; and af'
forwards he retired to rest. Like many
other poets. Milton found the stillness
warmth and rccumbency of bod favorable
to composition and bis wife said, before
rising Of a morning, be often dictated Ia
her twenty or thirty verses. A favorite po-
siiion of his when debating his verses, We
are told, was that of sitting with one of bis
legs over the arm of bis chair. His wife
related that he used 10 compose chiefly in
the Winter.
Year: 1865

There WAS in a certain mission school
one old lady, as teacher, whose hear.
never grew cold towards her children,
whose love for them was always fresh and
green. She had class of unruIy boys
placed in her change. They could not be
restrained, Sabbath after Sabbath they
bad let out their wicked natures, and it
was thought nothing could he done with
them. Teacher aEef teacher had given
them over in dispair and resigned the
class. AT last they asked this old lady TO
take charge of these boys. She consent
ed. She went to them from her closet,
went TO them with the love to God and
love TO their souls. When she came be.
fore them she picked out one whom she
thought TO be the ringleader among them,
and she began to talk with him:


"Do you love God?" she asked.


"No." ..-.a r'. ..


"Do you love your mother?"


"No."


ado you love your iriends?"


mo. | dom, love God. nor my moth
er, nor nobody. and I'm not coming any
more 10 sunday chool.'


The old lady's heart was touched, and
she said, "Why. il one Of my sons should
say he did not love his mother, it would
break my heart" and the thought OF The
condition Of that boy SO overcame her
that che burst into tears and wept over
him. He, too, was affected. He burst
into tears. and from that moment tha, boy
and that old lady were united in hearts
At the close of the school he said to the
superintendent: n.


Il love that old lady! and Pm always
coming to this school. and she shall be my
teacher"


That class was pointed out to me as g
model class in very large school. Il
was love that bound that boys heart sc
closely to that Of his teacher, and he wa,
only the representative Of The whole class
Union Magazine.
Year: 1865

A correspondent wishes advice as to
whether it would be best for small far
lners to raise grain and cattle or ego it
blind" on cotton. Without pretending
to be very competent to prescribe the
proper course, we would, ahowever, sug-
gest that after raising on farm suf
fcient amount of .provisions for the
place, we think labor can be applied very
profitably in growing cotton.


We apprehend the great difficulty in
Mississippi will be to obtain laborers.
Notwithstanding the losses of the war,
if an ample supply of labor were at hand
the State would in twelve months become
prosperous and fourishing. A certain
amount of stock and cereals are indis-
pensable, but our farmers should by all
means raise cotton. The price will continue
high, the demand for it will never be less
than it is now, and we regard its cultiva-
tion as indispensable to our prosperity.
A great scarcity of labor will exist next
year, and unless moderate cotton crop
is made, a commercial revulsion will take
place that will depreciate the value of
lInds, and infict great distress on the
people. The number of negroes that
can be induced to work on farms will be
greatly inadequate to the wants
of the country. More white labor
will have to be used in the cultivation of
cotton. Unless the Southern fields can
be successfully worked by the white man
our prosperity will never return. Our land
never be valuable. We should, however,
make every exertion to use all the negro
we will be unable to dispense with their
services to cultivate any very considerable
part of our fields. How then can this
kind of labor be made available? The
agrees so fully with our views that we
give place to it:


We are inclined to think it is in the
power of the various Southern Leg
islatures to make the labor of the ne
groes available and valuable, alike to
themselves and the country. Let laws
be passed, protecting the negroes fully
IN their rights of person and property,
according to the declared policy of the
government of the United States, and,
when this is done, let other laws be
adopted, compelling strict observance
of contracts, on the part of all, black as
we'll as white, under heavy penalties, and
defining, regulating and Furnishing va
grancy. 1t strikes us, if laws like these
were passed, which would be unohiec-
tionable in themselves, even to the most
violent radical, that the labor of the ne.
grOes might be made useful-that great
present gap in our industrial system
might be filled up, partially at least, until
the approaching tide of immigration
shall render us independent of this
precarious aid.
Year: 1865

Tho testimony in the WIRE case, for the
Government will probably be closed to-mor-
row or next day when the testimony for the
defence will be commenced. Before the con-
clusion of the trial, more evidence will be
introduced by the prosecution, going to show
that the leaders of tho rebel Government were
implicated in the cruel treatment of our pris-
oners. So far, about one hundred and five
subpnnas have been issued for witnesses to
testify for WIRz.
Year: 1865

0J- For fun and accurate description Of
the persons of ARnEaUs WARD and one of
the editorial staff ofthis paper, see the books
Of livery stable in Fourteenth street, where
a buggy was hired by them this morning for
a ride to Crystal Springs.
Year: 1865

Chief Justice WAGGoNER afirms that an
Indictment will lie against A. WARD for oh.
tanning money by false pretsnces upon its
being shown that he announced that he
would take ten minutes every evening to go
to see AMAN, and that he did not do it.
Year: 1865

We HAVE received letter from Mr.. W. G,
CuURcH, of the Army and Navy Journal.
The letter is all right, but the volume has
not come to hand. When it does, we will
tell the story about his jumping out of bed
one morning of Hatteras. Meanwhile we
are silent
Year: 1865

A TERRIBLE ScENE.--A gentleman who
has returned from the battlefield o. De
cember 10Th, near Nashville, whittier he
went in quest of the body ofa slain broth
or, describes to the Chicago Pest the scene
as one of unmi,igated loathing and hor.
ror. The rebel dead still lie upon the
field unburied, and in all the ghastliness
Of death as it fell upon them in the shock
and carnage Of basile. In some places
where charges were made and repuised
the poor wretches lie IN heaps, one upon
the other, "a they had fallen in tho agony
Of death. The excuse given for not bury
ing them. was that the living were TOO
busy in chasing the men under Hood 70
stop TO care for the dead,
Year: 1865

4+aAaaiAtelligent and obseryant farmer called
upon us during the past week, and asked us
10 advise our farmer friends to look we'll to


their Seed Corn this Spring He says that


nearly all the corn that has stood in the shock


during the past winter is so frozen that the


heart is frozen and it will not grow if plant
ed. This is owing to the fact that the shocks
were wet when the .old weather came last
fall and they were frozen together, giving the
corn no chance to dry out Corn that has
remained on the uncut stalk is generally alive
and will grow if planted To tell whether
the heart of the kernal of corn is dead, split
it in Two, and if the heart is nearly white and
mealy it will grow-if it is watery and of
light purple color, it is dead and will not grow
If planted. Our informant states that corn
with the heart dead cannot be told but upon
examination, and that for all purposes except
planting,-the fact that the heart is dead.
will not injure the corn This is an import
matter to farmers, and if they do not wish to
lose their labor in planting and their crops
after having planted it behooves them to see
that they have good, healthy corn for planting.
We should like to hear more of this subject
from the farmers of our county.--Bucyrus
Journal
Year: 1865

Upland is alleged to be preferable to fiat o


clay soil; and it is better to be pliable, an,


not apt to break after heavy rains, and Ill tn


better for having southern exposure Th


ground should be well ploughed as early il
the Spring as practicable; before planting, j
should be thoroughly and deeply cultivated
and freed of clods by the liberal use of thu
roller. None but well ripened and sound seed
should be used the very purest that can b,
got-four quarts to the acre, and for the same
amount of ground, one hundred and fifty
pounds superphosphate of lime, or its equiv
alent in some kind of immediate fertilizer, te
be applied in the drills and covered with the
seed The seed should be scalded by cover
ling with water at one hundred and sixty de
Igrees Fahrenheit one and a half minutes
then reduce the temperature 10 blood heat
and leave the seed in the water, say twelve
hours, when it should be removed from the
water and kept moist some forty-eight hours
or until it shall have begun to sprout. The
seed thus treated should by no means De al
lowed to get dry before being covered


The burrows should be shallow and about
four feet apart The seed and the fertillzei
should be distributed carefully and coveredto
the depth of half to three-quarters of an inch
As soon as the plant has four or FIVE leaves i,
should be partially thinned, the process being
conducted with care, seeking to restrain the
strongest plants, which, on subsequent occa-
sions should be reduced to eight or ten inches
in row. t'r aa ';T


Ifthe cane is thick enough without the suck.
ers they should be removed Labor may be
saved by planting in hills three and one hall
feet square, leaving four stalks to the HILL al.
though the planting in drills is preferable.
The cane needs early and .thoroug Oh cultiva-
ton. which should be continued until the
plants are three Or four feet high; after this
the cultvator had better not be used, as the
roots about this time commence spreading.
The suckers should be cut off, as the pulling
process disturbs the roots and lacerates the
stalk.


The cane is fit to cut when majority of
the seed heads have become brown, but the
crop increases in value until the seeds are
pretty ell matured The freezing of uncut
cane is disastrous unless worked up immedl-
'ately. Better to cut green, if the seeds have
shot up to their full height than allow it to
freeze to the stock. In cutting it should be
taken obliquely just above the crown roots,
the tops topped off below the upper joint,
bladed and shocked or piled whereit can be
sheltered from the sun and weather lit can
remain in this condition for several weeks
without damage. In procuring seeds for
planting, all canes not fully in head are too
green, and should not be gathered for that
purpose ss
Year: 1865

A correspondent of the Rural American
asks "What is the best situation for grape
vines; lands which slope to the north, south
east or west, and what is the best manure for
them p and the editor answers: u,


A southern slope is the best for vineyards
but al eastern or western one will do very
well. A northern slope is not suitable, ex.
cept i'll warm latitude Bonedust is the fer.
tilizer but it is too expensive to be used ex-
tensiyely. Ashes are good, and next well
rotted barn yard manure, which is all that is
needed in any case. If the soil is in good
condition-a state that will produce good
crop OF corn-no manure at all is needed for
the first three years Grape vines, may be set
in gardens, wherever the sun shines most or
all of the day. II is not necessary to set them
on the south side Of the building, yet such
places are best for the late ripening varieties
AS Diana, Union Village, &c.
Year: 1865

lGooD Luck. Some young men talk about
luck. Good luck is to getup at six o'clock in
the morning; good luck, if you have only a
shilling a week, is to live upon elevenpence
and save penny good luck is to trouble your
head with your own business, and let your
|neighbors alone; good luck to fhlfiith COM
mandments, and to do unto otherpeople as we
wish them TO do untons They must not on
lvwUrA, but wait They must plod and per-
severe Pence must be takencare Of because


they are the seeds of guineas To get on in


the world, they must take care Of home, sweep
their own doorways clean. try to help other
people, avoid Temptations. aud have faith in


truth and God IiaNb
Year: 1865

his service, it would be freely rendered as
in the past. Whatever mistakes may have
been committed by men at the head of af-
fairs, We should not spare our efforts. The
time for peace has not come To talk of
peace until the army of Lee is either cap
tured or whipped, is vain. See that the
Union armies are kept filed, and that re-
cruiting goes on. Of our ultimate success
there could DO no doubt.


In conclusion, General Butler spologized
for speaking at such length he was Or
dered to report at Lowell, and he had re-
ported in full. They had right to know
if their welcome was wortbily bestowed.
He referred to the apparent prosperity of
the people, and said that General Terry
would send them that from Wilmington
which would make all their spindles turn
with the hum of industry.
Year: 1865

WASHINGTON, JAM 20


The result of Mr.. Blair's volunteer visits
to Richmond is this: That Jefferson Davis
is willing to waive formalitise and send 70
Washington or receive from there commits
sioners to treat for peace upon the basis Of
separation. The President of the United
States on the other hand is willing to give
a hearing to any person of influence who
may come from the States in rebellion with
or without Davis authority to treat for peace
on the basis of submission to the Union.


Ofthe above facts there is no doubt
Year: 1865

A gentleman who arrived here to-day
from City Point, which place he left yes
terday, says that all the rebel vessels have
returned from the James river, and it is
not probable that they viii soon again re-
peat their expedition as there is now gun
boat and iron-clad force enough to take
care of all such adventurers.
Year: 1865

tRchard Langhorne, lawyer, was uniustly con-
demnod aud put to death as u traitor, in the reign
of Charles /. Just before the executions hc wroto
the following exquisite and remarkable poem. In
the words Of the Qdorte,{y Reri,,c poem it must
be called, though tits not in verse. Perhaps therc
is not in this or any other language pocm which
appears to have flowed so entirely from the hearth
It is told me must die;
q, happy news


BE glad, q my soul,
Aud rejoice in Jesus, the Saviourl
II he intended thy perdiiion,
Would he have laid down his life for thee?
Would he have called thee with so much love,
And illuminated thee with the light OF the Sprite
Would he have given thee his cross,
And given thee shoulders to bear it with patcuceS
1t is told me must die;
o, happy newsl


Come on my dearest soul,
Behold, thy Jesus calls thee.
He prayed for thee upon his cross,
There he extended his arms to receive thee;
There he bowed down his head to kiss thee
There he opened his heart to give thee entrance ;
There he gave up his life to purchase life for thee,
II is told me must die;
o, what happiness


| am going


To the place Of my rest
To the land OF the living
To the haven of security;
To the kingdom Of peace
To the palace of my God
To sit at the table of my king
To feed on the bread of angels;
To see what no eye hath seen;
To hear what no ear hath heard;
To enjoy what the heart of man cannot comprehend.
@, my Father!


o, Thou best of all fathers
Have pity ON the most wretchcd of Thy childrenl
! was lost but by Thy mercy found
Twas dead but by Thy grace am now raised again;
l was gone astray after vanity,
But am now ready to appear before Thee.
o, my Father


Come now in mercy ard receive Thy child!
Give him Thy kiss of peace;
Remit unto him all his sins
Clothe him with Thy nuptial robe;
Permit him to have II place at Thy feast;
And forgive all those who are guilty of his death.
Year: 1865




SUPPOSED ROAD AGENT KILLED-A terrible
case of homicide occurred at Walla Walla on
the 3lst ult., an accouot of which is given
in the Dalles Mountaineer substantially as
follows: The driver of the stage that was
short time since robbed near Straw Ranch.
on Burns, River, thought he recognized, in
Walla WaHa, one of the parties concerned in
the robbery The man was at once placed
under surveillance as also two others who
were supposed accomplices, and efforts were
being made to procure proof sufficient to JUS
tify an arrest, when the party FIRST suspected
was assassinated in the south edge of town
by two men, who are supposed to have been
those also suspected. The theory is that his
accomplices feared his arrest and divulgence
OF the facts connected with the stage robbery.
and to prevent it killed him as stated and
made their escape. The names of none of
the parties are given.