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Year: 1865

We have had OCCASION recently TO refer to
several squads of "bounty jumpers" who had
passed through this city on their way West
to "operate." The first squad took the train
week ago, and were mostly Albany thieves
who knew it would be useless for them to
present themselves here as recruits. Tha
second squad were nearly all from New
York, and came to this city to enlist, under
the impression that our Marshal would be-
green enough to accept them, But of the
whole number who offered themselves, only
three were received. The rest sought other
localities, and selected Oneida county as
their first field of operations. The next
squad who wended their way westward were
all from New York, and numbered over a
hundred. They were chiefly labelled for
Utica, Watertown and Binghamton.


Of the first squad must of them enlisted
IN Utica, and nine of them dumped" before
they reached the rendezvous in this city
OF the second squad, all enlisted in Utica
and thereabouts, and thrty-two of them es.
capped from the barracks. on Troy road on
Sunday night. And last night nine of the
same tribe, who were enlisted at Utica, got
away. They were accompanied by SQUAD
OF four men, and on arriving at the depot
one OF their friends appeared in captains.
uniform, took command of the guard. and,
marching the gang to convenient spot, en-
abled them 20 dodge round a corner in the
dark and SO get away, the bogus captain
conveniently disappearing at the same time.
Of this latter number, however, seven were
recaplured last night; one by officer Carol
and the others by posse from the Marshal's
Office. The arrests were adrotly made at
the Hudson River depot, just before the
night train left.


We refer TO this subject thus part eular--
ly to put the marshals in the interior on their.
guard. In districts (if there are any such)
where the marshallS are in league with boun-
ty brokers for the money they can make out
of the alliance, this information will be of no
use, But it may be of use where the local
officers are not worse thieves than the scoun-
drels who. deliberately enlist to pocket the
bounty and desert.


The State is, at this moment, full of these
bounty jumpers )" and as no locality ia
credited men until they are .receipted for at
the nearest general rendezvous, it is quite
important that attention should be paid to-
the character of the men enlisted.
Year: 1865

WATERING WINDOW PLANTs.-Miss Nal
ing, the authoress of Flowers for Window
Gardens in Town and Country" thus writes:
There is one unive rsa law as to watering
plants which great many people entirely
neglect, The neglect Of this one rule cause:
more blight and more unhealthy plants thar
perhaps any single thing that ran be named
besides. | mean the excellent rule Of water
ing them with warm water. always rather
warmer than the soil the plants are rtowing
IN. People must surely see the check and
injury it must be to plants 10 get cold food
The organs of tender plants re extremely
delicate; and when they ere wanted to di-
gest their food it is bad plan surely to par
alyze them with cold. If we feed them, on
the other hand, with food little warm, they
are stimulated at once to make the most oi
their meal.
Year: 1865




No her eyes did not deceive her-there
on the shore stood the stalwart form of her
husband, and he was calling her name with
energy of despair. She could only cry out
ooh, Mark Mark !" and fell senseless to the
earth.


When she woke to Consciousness, she was
lying on her own bed in the cottage, sup
ported by her husbands arm.


1t was no dream. She and her darling
boy were safe, aud he had come back.


Many weeks passed before she grew
stout again, but Mark tended her as moth
er would an infant. and by the time the au-
tumn froSts fell, she was the blthe Marthe
Warren Of DID,


At the time of the freshet, the bridge over
the Amonoosuck had indeed been swept
away; but Mark, lmpelled by an uncontrolla-
bic fear-almost presentiment-had crossed
the river at the risk Of his life, on log raft,
and reached home only to find it vacant.


The descendants of Mark Warren and his
wife still dweil among the fertile valleys of
Amonoosuck, and the old men still tell their
grandchildren the story f Martha Warren,
and her child.
Year: 1865

WHAT AN EDITOR MIGHT HAVE BEEN
HoLLAND,the editor Ct the Springfield Mass}
Republican, has been up in Vermont. to
''where he came FROM" and thus sketches
what he should have been if he had not left
home and become an editor.


Your correspondent would hive grown
stalwart and strong, with horny hands and
face as black as the ace of spades. He would
have taught school winters, worked on the
farm summers, and gone out haying fifteen
days in July, and taken for pay the iron
works and running gear of wagon.


AT two-and-twentY, or thereabouts, he
would have begun to pay attention to a girl
with father worth $4,000, and spit curl
OH her forehead-a a girl who always went to
singing school, and "set in the seats sand
sung without opening her ncu;h-a pretty
girl anyway. Well, after seeing her home
from singing school for two or three years,
taking her to Fourth ofJuly, and getting
about 500 together, he would have married
and have settled down. Years would pass
away, and the grrl with the spit curl would
have eleven children-just as sure as you
live-seven boys and four girls.


We should have had hard time in bring
ing them up, but they would soon be able
enough to do the milking and help their mo-
ther wash days and | getting independent at
last, and feeling little stiff in the joints,
would be elected a member of the Legislature
having been an assessor and school commit
tee-man for years. In the evening of my
days, with my pipe in my mouth, thirteen
barrels of cider in the cellar, and newspa-
per in my hand, should sit and look at the
markets through pair of gold mounted Spec
t'cles, ,and wonder why should such strange
silly piece as this be published.
Year: 1865

WASTE or AMUNITION.-itOTm much am
munition is wasted in battle, and how many
muskets in the hands Of incompetent or cow
arfiy men are actually useless, the following
official report Of the condition of The small
arms picked up on the field Of Gettysburg
been published before, but we give it again
AZ one OF the strongest Arguments in fay or OF
change to breech>oading guns. With
breech leaders it would be impossible to get
" more than one charge at time, and man
could tell at a glance whether his piece was
discharged or not


OF the whole number received (27,574 we
| tc0nd at least q 900 Of these loaded about
one-half Of these contained two loads each


and ;he baIlance one load each, In many Of
| these guns from two to six balls have been
found, with only one charge of powder. In
some the balls have been lOuned at the bot -
tom of the bore, with the charge of powder
on top Of the ball. In some as many as six
paper regulation calibre 58 cartridges have
oSSH lOuhLj tilc SI' "a tS-CS htfiHS DceH pun
in the guns without being torn or broken
Twenty three loads were found in one
Springfield rfe-musket, each load in regular
order. twenty-five balls and six.y-two
buck-shot, with a corresponding quantity
Of powder, all mixed up together, were found
in one percussion smooth bore musket. In
many of the smooth-bore guns, model of 1912
rebel make, we have found wad of l2ose
paper between the powder and ball, and an
other wad of the same kind on top of the
ball, the ball having been put into the gun
naked. About six thousand Of the arms were
found loaned with johnson & Dow's cartrid
ges; many of these cartridges were about
half way down IN the barrels of the guns
and in many cases The ball end of the cart
ridge had been put into the gun first. These
cartridges were found mostly in the Enfield
rifle musket.
Year: 1865

EA Betty Brentwood thinks it provoking
for a woman, who has been working all day
mendlng her husbands old coat to find a
love letter in the pocket There is not a
woman on earth but would find the letter
before she began to mend the coat at-and then
it wonld not be mended at all.
Year: 1865

DRlR. Thibodo, who arrived this week
with his pack train, from the Blackfoot
mines, reports the road thither in a very
bad condition. While he was at Helena,
he saw an estimate made by a speculator,
who had visited the different mining camps,
which showed that the supply of -four in the
mines would fall short thirty thousand sacks
BY spring. During his stay there they had
fall of snow which laid upon the ground
for three days, and in that time -four went
up from eighteen to twenty-five dollars per
hundred
Year: 1865

THE LAKE BOAT-The machinery for
the boat to be run on the Pen d'Oreille Lake
was to have been started for theiake to-day
The projectors of this enterprise are conf
dent that they will have the boat completed
and running BY spring.
Year: 1865

HOLDING FOR HIGHER PBIcEs.-A great


many of the farmers of the valley arc hold.
ing their grain for higher prices. Wheat,
they argue, will be worth two dollars per
bushel BY spring. This is not unlikely, as
all, or nearly all the next summers supply
of -four for the Blackfoot mines must go
from this side of the mountains.
Year: 1865

News was brought to the Dalles lately that a
carbonifcrous substance, differing in no essen
tial particular from ordinary bitumnous coal
except that it has to be heated before it will
start to burn, has been found near the Warm
Springs Agency. 1t is probably bituminous
shale, and may indicate the presence of coal oil
in paying quantities in that vicinity. Friend
Miller, of the MOuntaineer, says: "If there isa
coal oil smeller in the country his services
should be engaged to smell out the exact Ioca-
tiou of the oil in shat vicinity.
Year: 1865

A POCKET BOOK was found yesterday near the
"a Post Ohces The owner can have the same by
proving properly and paying for this advertisement
and calling at the Portland Press Office The pocket
oook C. contains papers valuable to the owner.
Year: 1865

In Canada, is said to have practised a
very artful scheme to gain the hand of the
belle of the village. He got an old gypsy
to tell the. lady s, fortune in words which
he dictated as follows: "My dear young
lady, your star will soon be hid for ashort
time by a. very dark cloud, but when il
reappers, it will continue to shine with
uninterrupted splendor until the end Of
your days. Before one week, a wealthy
old widower, wearing suit of black
and fine castor hat, will pay you visit
and request your hand in marriage. Yo,
will accept his offer, become his wife
and be left widow in possession of hi
property, before the close of this year


Your next husband will be the youn,
man of whom you think the most of a
present" Three days after, the old gen


tleman, dressed in the manner describe


by the gypsy. presented himself to tn
young lady, and the marriage followed


The year is more than out, but the toug


old widower still fingers.
Year: 1865

pA- The story is told of a recently
deceased Partisan, that perceiving one
day; after heavy fall ofrain, very well
dressed young woman standing at the edge
of the side pavement of the Boulevard
and evidently much perplexed as to the


best method Of traversing the sea of mud
before her, he gallantly advanced took
her up in his arms and carried her across
dryshod The lady made no objection to
the mode of transit, but, on being set
down; expressed her gratitude as follows


''Sir, you are an insolent fellowr'-
Thereupon, M. Bouchet Immediately re-
paired the wrong by again Transporting
her, with the same precautions, to the
very spot where he had first met her, and
took his leave with a profound salutation.
Year: 1865

s''The editor Of the New England Far
mer, in his last 'notes of travel, says;


"a stay of four hours at Lowell gave me
an opportunity to learn that most of the
mills are in operation and earning large
dividends for stockholders was told by
a gentleman somewhat conyersant with
the manufacture of cotton, that, on all
light cotton goods, a profit of one dollar
is made on every pound of cotton used!
Year: 1865

WIN be finished by January next Nothing
could be more liberal than this sction on the
part Of our county authorities The building
they SO munificently propose to convert into
Che new State Capitol promises to be very
-nne structure when completed II was originally
Intended 20 be the County Court House,
khs erection Of which II was supposed would
host some eight hundred thousand dollars; but
before 1t d finished there will be some four or
Eve millions expended. This increased expense


wrl make the mansion so much the more valua-
blS, and therefore the more ct to be the new Capt.
tol This i well enough in its way; but is after
all, only temporary affair." The County Court
buildings will be very spacious and excellent;
put they are too low down in the city, and the
building 10 wanted for the courts. A more
Eligible position, in the upper part Of the city,
- needed FOR the new Capitol The Board OF
ALDERMEN has taken more practical view Of
the matter In offering to the authorities any Of
our public parks for the purposes contem-
plated. This Is the real opportunity so long
wanted. Let the offer be accepted by all means.
IT will be strange that If out Of all our fine
parks-even the great Central Park included


Wc cannot succeed in finding . suitable place
tor the new Capitol Of the Empire State.
Year: 1865

seriously indsposed last night that the opera Of Eawi
could not bs given, although tho house well and
fashonsbly filled In expectation OF hearing her for the
nrss time In the nns r6ls Of Evira However, the pub
lie may well bc ndulgent both with the pisa d~~a and
the i~prsssari for this IL the Ast time in Of
over four months that there was any disappointment in
the production OF the opera announced Ar. Msretzek
has been dngulariy fortunate and Madame Zucch most
commercially conscientious in this respect IT with
the utmost reluctance that Madame Zucchi CON-
peled 70 abandon tho part last night but tho state Of
her health rendered II imperative Fanst was subst-
tuted for Ernari and was sung with the usual cast
Fra Diavslo will be given tonight
Year: 1865

An Article OF True Merit.-"Broyynsa
BRONCHIAL TRoGHss are the most popular article ID
this country Europe for Throat Dsas and Coughs and tA


popularity based upon real merit which be said -
many other preparations In the market which really -
weak limitations Of the genuine Troches
Year: 1865

THoMAsros.-0n Saturday last, tree near North street was struck by lightning.

 We understand an effort is being made by the ladies to raise money by contribution for the purchase of flag.

 On Saturday last, MT. Wethereil, work man in the brass foundry, was seriously in- jured by being caught in the machinery on which he was at work.

 = The Waterbury Ball Club are to play . match game against the town of Plymouth, on the Thomsston ground. We believe the day is not decided upon. Some say the Fourth"
Year: 1865

The demand for the Second Series Of
the Notes was SO great that the Treasury
Department was unable to print them
with sufficient rapidity TO gil the orders,
II will be remembered that hundred
millions were subscribed and paid for in
a single week. The printing presses have
finally surmounted the difficulty, and on
Wednesday, juno 7th, the deliveries Of
the Third Series commenced, and will be
continued with the same promptness that
marked the supply Of the notes of the
first and second series. It has been this
interruption Of delivery at the time Of
subscription which has given an appear
ance of a falling of in the popular taking
Of the loan,- the great body Of small ta-
kers being unwilling to pay their money
unless they receive their notes right in
hand, to carry home. 1t is expected
that after this week the daily subscrip.
tions to the Seven -Thirties will run UP
into millions, as they will undoubtedly
be stimulated by the opening Of the far.
mers' wool markets East and West. II





is not at all likely that the Government
will ever again offer 60 desirable secar.
ity as these notes, and about two hundred
millions only remain TO be taken.


With the close Of the war, the national
expenses will be vastly reduced, and in.
vestors must look for sharp reduction
in the rate Of interest as soon as the pres
ent loans become due, and can be paid
of. There is no reason why the Unitod
States credit for money should ever again
fall below its credit for courage. The
same spirit that preserved the gcograph-
ical integrity'of the country will place III
pecuuiary integrity on par with that Of
the most favored nations--and that will
representa- rate ofiu'ercst under rather
than over four per cent. l
\ I n r ~. T ~ u u
Year: 1865

THE SINKING OF THE BLACK DIAMOND.


All efforts thus far TO recover the bodies OF
the soldiers drowned IN the Potomac river, by
the sinking of the propeller Black Diamond,
which was run into Off Blackistones Island q
few days ago by the steamer Massachusetts,
have been unsuccessful, owing to the high
water in the river The number OF lives lost
by the sinking of the vessel has not been de d
pitely asoertained yet, but it 10 believed that
at least sixty persons were drowned.


The Black Diamond is entirely submerged
I'm water, with the exception OF her smoke
stack and the upper part of her pilet house.
She will doubtless be a total loss. as she is An
old vessel, aud would not hold together il az
tempts Were made to raise her.
Year: 1865

From the Richmond Enquirer March 1871


The message Of the President which we publish to-
day 10 Of great earnestness and plainly and empha
cally explains TO the Congress and the country the
treme psrls which bese While there truth
and candor In the statement Of dangers there IL
evidence OF want OF faith In ultimate success.
without again recurring TO the past history Of the
ept Congress or induging in crmination IL Is TO be
hoped that lew Of harmony and concert Of action
will now begin and that all the energy OF the Congress
will be earnestly devoted TO tho strengthening of
mcans Of defence


The application Of coin 70 the purchase Of supplies is
the most practical recommendation for feeding the army
that has yet been made II the government will stop
buying is notes and with lis gold buy supplies there
will be no need OF any imprcssment law. Gold viii
bring out supplies which no law however stringent
may be It's termsor vigorous It's execution, will
reach. The people want gold and for gold they
will give up tlcir mea and bread The Tmprcssment law
has tended 10 the hiding Of supplies, and the strn
gent IL may be made the cnergctcaly and vgor
Vusiy 10 mny De executed the II will encourage
the timid and disloya to conceal their provisions


Let the Imprcssmtnt law be modified the President
suggests But II should not be put ia until the cxpe
riment Of buying With gold Ia fully tested
Year: 1865

and until that has been removed Is impossible for health
be attained. But this being done in single day you win
like being The quickly this Is done the
ter There is danger while purga,on delayed When
fully enforced by BRANDRETHiS PILLS the danger is
passed. all the requirements of health return order
regularity and the whole is half done
taken Sold by all dealers Principal odce Brandreth
House. New York.
Year: 1865

LIFE SAVING KNOWLEDGE.
There method discovered by which all the health hu-
being capable of enjoying be secured II fs
founded the simple principle that all sickness arises from
of fluids beyond the time designed For
illustration the the skin become closed checked
perspiration causes to be retained two ounces of


INSENSIBLE PERSPIRATION
per This weight fluid pass by the pores Of Me
the serious sickness the consequence
Here is q source OF supply for


IMPURE BLOOD
which can hardly be over-estimated for evil
First symptoms of throat dptheria, nham-
nation Of the lungs bowels Colds OF the head In
nammatory Rheumatism.


Second symptoms boils, carbunces, affections Of the
kidneys and erysipelas.


The remedy ia
Year: 1865

~ As the steamer Queen from New York
was unloading at Liverpool, The dead body OF
man was iound slowed away among the cargo.
ne body was naked, and the clothes were dis
covered tied up In a bundle near the body. There
was blood about the spot aud the ineiications
were that the body hsd been placed there with
The knowledge OF those who slowed the vessel
a verdict OF " found dead was returned
Year: 1865

RALEIGH, Oct. 2O-The State Convention ad-
journcd last night to assemble again on the
fourth Monday I'm May.


An ordinance was passed preventing any
future Legislature from assuming or paying
any debt credited directly or indirectly for the
prosecution ofthe rebellion


This is triumph for Governor Holden and
the loyal element.


The enemies of the Government favored the
assumption of the rebel State debt
Year: 1865

A CLERGYMAN lately travelling in the Oil
Region saw n child iE the road stumbling
and falling He kindly picked her mp, say
ing, Poor dear ! are you hurt!' When she
cried out, al ain't poor Dad struck lie
yesterday J"
Year: 1865

Wit AND COIN are always doubted with a
thread-bare coat No one stops to question
the coin Of rich man, but a poor devil
cah'r pass off either joke or guinea, win
out It's being examined on both sides -Ir-
wing.
Year: 1865

The negroes OF Washington propose TO get
up a. testimonial to Butler expressive OF
their sympathy for his removal, BY all
means lei the niseers havs chance 10
praise Butler, if there are no white men
who will.
Year: 1865

LABOR OF Rich MES-The hardest
working man in the world is the man who
has a fortune and has to take care ofit. No
bank clerk on the salary Of thousand dol
lars year goes to his bank as regularly. or
works as many hours, as William B. Astor,
who counts up his forty millions. His
father used to say that he had to take care
of forty millions, and all be got for it was
his yictuals and c'o.hes
Year: 1865

ffofn the Nsw YORK Tribune NOV. Isl


The following compact statement OF the
essential bases Of the Protective policy was
made by the Editor Of the Tribune to the
readers OF the Phrenological Journal, at the
request ofits Editor. We reproduce il here,
not as containing any views that will be novel
to the mass Of our readers, but to ask them
to ponder this question: Have these posi-
tons ever been confuted by the so-caled
Free Traders? Do they talk to the point
or away from it?" Read and Judge:
Year: 1865

Report OF the Secretary OF War.


WASHINGTON, Nov. 30-The report of
the Secretary of War is ready for deliv-
cry. 1t will satisfy the country that the
same vigor characterizes that depart-
ment in reducing the army to a peace
footing which market its action in the
prosecution Of the war; On the first
of May last we had in the field
and in hospital 100000 men. This
number has already been reduced
to 175, 900, and the process Of reduction;
is still going on. By the 6rst Of July
next the army will consist of $4,000
men, which the Secretary deems suffi-
cient for state of peace, and he will
ask for thirty-three million of dollars
only for the year. A list of some 800
General officers to be mustered out is
ready, but as Congress has not allowed
General officers any additional pay after
the day of their being mustered out, an
opportunity will probably be given to
remedy this injustice. 8 a.1
Year: 1865

Accept my thanks for the noble
and efficient manner ia which you have
discharged your duty as provisional
Governor You will be sustained by
the Government The results of the
recent elections in North Carolina have
greatly damaged the prospects of the
State in the restoration of its Govern
mental relations. Should the action and
the spirit of the Legislature be in the
same direction it will greatly increase
the mischief already done, and might be
fatal. 1t is hoped the action aud spirit
manifested by the Legislature viii be 30
directed as to rather repair than increase
the difficulties under which the State has
already placed itself. faE -


[Signed1 ANDREW JOHNSON,


President of the U. 8.