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Year: 1863

The frescoe work and painting OF
the interior Of the new State Bank
building 10 being pushed along - rapidly O.
possible. and soon the treasure of that ins,itu.
ton will b Transferred to iss new quarters.
We have not heard for what purpose the old
marble building 10 TO be used. but then Il
might be used for 6rst class billiard saloon
and restaurant.
Year: 1863

NowHEsG in the West are goods sold
- cheap as in Davenport. and Whistler takes
the lead 10 this branch Of trade. HE monster
stock enables him to suit everybody in
goods. and buying very close he can suit them
In pricc.
Year: 1863

The report that our troops have had
= severe engagement on the Rappahannoek
and that Gen. Hooker wss mortslly wounded
WAS not very generally credited in town yes
terdsy. We trust the latter part Of the dis
patch may prove anything but true.
Year: 1863

NLargs droves of cattle pass through
our streets almost daily, on their road to
the interior Of Illinois, where they are
to be fed for the Chicago and New York
markets. These cattle are bought in the
western part of this State, Missouri and
Kansas.
Year: 1863

REMovAL.-George Schulz has removed
his meat market from Fourth street to the
corner of lath and High streets. where
he will open on Saturday morning, and
will be happy to meet all his old friends
and patrons. Sec advertisement.
Year: 1863

Mars has lately presented fa7orabIe
opportunity for the examination of its
surface. The constitution of this plsuet
more nearly approaches that of the earth
than any other in the system. Snow
can be detected at both poles, the white
circle increasing in winter aud decreas.
ing in summer. 1t has been found tha,
the center Of this region of snow does not
coincide exactly with the poles of tho
planet. And in this respect it is like
the earth, whose greatest cold is not ex.
actIy at the pole. \ greenish belt with
deep bays and .a!et@ near the equator,
which is suspected to be sea, has re-
Gently been detected. The termination
Of the snowy region is very sharp and
abrupt, giving the idea of lofty cliff -
\ reddish island in the above sea hs,
also been detected. The probability Of
Mars being inhabited is greater than
that of any other planet. Its destiny il
very near y that of the earth The heat
and light Of the sun would be only half
of that enjoyed on our globe but then
this may be compensated by an atmo..
phere which may form warmer wrap.
ping than ours and by more sensitive
eye. a great part of the surface of the
globe is covered with snow for half the
year; the people in Mars would not be
worse of than the people in Canada,
where life is tolerablc. People cmigra.-
ing from here to Mars would find ,ha,
they were only half as heavy as they are
here, which some would not regard as .
disadvantage.
Year: 1863

very cruel in them to leave you 10 suffer
there so long "Why, TO ma am, we
wanted them to 90 on aud take the Fort. J"
But when they took it you were 10 too
much agony to know it, or to care for it J"
"Oh, no ma am they answered with
flashing eyes and faces glowing with the
recollectiuns Of that day, ether. were a
whole lot of US wounded fellows on the
hillside watching to see if they would get
the fort, when we saw they had it, every
one of US that had whole arm waved it
in the air, aud we hurrah' d till the air
rang again" Oh think of that scene
th4c hillside of wounded men forgetting
their own agony, to cheer on their COM
rades, and hurrah for victory. Ii is such
cheerful patience, such heroic fortitudc
as this, that | have seen from day to day
in my hospital life. Can we do too much
for such men? No, We can never do half
enough. And as they never rest in their
labors and sutferines for us, we must
never rest in working for tham till the
war is over, and the few who are left
come home to us again.


Yours truly, W. E.B
Year: 1863

The correspondent of the Union writing
from Washington City, under date Of January
23d, says:-


1t will be but three months before the
time will come when 5000 of our soldiers
will be at liberty to leave the ranks of the
army and return to the peace Of their homes,
their term of enlistment being expired, and
it is useless to suppose that any considerable
portion of them will re-enlist. This is pitv
but it is SO, and cannot be Disguised. The
imbecile conduct of many high officials in
command, the jealous chickering's of the Cen
erals, and the wanton waste of life by wrong.
headed commanders-al these things have
had the effect to weaken the confidence of
the rank and file in the military authority,
and to inspire the feeling that their patriot
ism avas nothing when led into the fight
by incompetent commanders. You have
observed that up to this time no movement
had been made for the purpose of calling
out more volunteer troops, except resolution
Of inquiry which was offered in the House
Of Representatives and was at once smother
ed. 1t is patent that with the present condi-
ton of affairs in the army SO well known,
and in the present character of public senti.
ment, enlstmen.s are impossible, and a call
for troops would be worse thsn useless, for
it would be unheeded, and the effect of such
disregard of the call would be most un-
fortunate. The draft has been virtually
abandoned all over the United States, and
we have come to the conclusion that there
is too much popular sovereignty in our peo-
tla tn a tn nj I'M ip q
service which they do not voluntary seek
They manage the "soveregns" better in
Secessa. Is patriotism, then, extinct? BY
no means; let us have few great decisive
victories, such as will show that the war is
nearing a triumphant close-such victories as
will show that we have Generals in com
mand, and that the Government itself is
dreadfully in earnest-and we shall see Just
such another outporlng of men and money
as we have witnessed once and again in this
country. Up to this date we have ha no
generalship, no policy, and no consummate
management anywhere. We have bad all
the money, men, means and moral aid that
were needed, and more than were asked for,
and-where are we9 OF course | am not
telling you all this for news, for it is Just as
obvious to you in California as to us in
Washington, but | have run over this re-
capiulalon of the situation just to show
you why we have come to the pass which we
find ourselves at today, when it is paIpabIe
and confessed that we can have no mora
volunteers until we have more military sue
cess. 1t is not pleasant to be obliged to
admit such truths, but it is useless to attempt
to disguise them, and is misrhievous to shut
our eyes wilfully to the real state Of the
case.
Year: 1863

SECOND CRoP OF CALIFoRNIA TOBACCO
The fact is established, we believe, that tor
hacco can be very successfully cultivated in
California, and we also be ieve that the val


liable plant will grow well in :he foothll
counties Among the experimenters in
Amador county are Clark and Kinney, whose
ranch is near Jackson. This year they have
raised two crops. We have some stalks of
the second crop which are remarkably large,
and the appearance Of both crops is sufficient
to test the adaptation Of the soil and climate
about jackson to the profitable cultivation
of tobacco. Amador Ledger.
Year: 1863

How TO MAKE Coop TEA.-Soyer recon-.
mends The following plan, and from repeated
experience we can speak decidedly in it.
favor: Put the tea in a perfectly clean and
dry tea pot, ten minutes or a quarter of an
hour before it is required; warm the pot and
tea by placing them before the fire; then oil


the teapot with boiling water; allow it to
stand for five minutes, and il is ready Thi,
method improves the fragrance Of the tea
very considerably, slightly, but pleasantly
altering the flavor; it appears to act by re.
from the tea, and by well developing the
aromatic principle. 1t will be found well
worth a trial. Erchanye.
Year: 1863

To WASH AIRBRUsuEs.-Nev use wa
ter Take piece of soda, dissolve it in
warm water; stand the brush in it, taking
care that the water covers only the bristles
1t will instantly become white and clean.-
Place it in the air to dry, with the bris;les
downward, and it will be as firm as new
brush.
Year: 1863

CURE FOR HEAVY IIEART.-Set about do
ing good to somebody, Put on your hat
and 90 to visiting the sick and poor. Iu,
quire into their wants. and minister to them
Seek out the desolate and the oppressed,
and tell them of the cosoIation of the true
worship of God. Remember that every good
deed you do is a prayer TO heaven Try this
medicine, and you will find it the best anti
dote for "heavv heart"
Year: 1863

PorATo PuFFs s.--Take cold roast beef,
mutton or YEA and ham, clear it from gris'
tie , chop small and season with pepper, salt
and cut pickles. Boil and mash some pota-
toes, and make them into a paste with one
or two eggs, roll it out with dust of flour.
cut it round with saucer, put some OF your
seasoned meat on one half, and fold it over
like puff, prick or nick it neatly round,
and fry it a light brown. This is an excel
lent method Of cooking up cold meat.
Year: 1863

With sharp KNIFE cut Of sloplng from
the under side any brlised or broken roots,
then reduce the tops to correspond with the
loss of roots, cutting off surplus branches,
and reducing those forming the hea to
three or four Of last years shoots This
will cause more healthy aud vigorous
growth the first season-ts omission is a
co'Amon cause of the failure and sickly
growth of new wly-planted trees.


In setting let one person hold the tree in
its position while another fills in the mellow
earth, pressing it firmly among the roots
with the hand, taking care to leave no cavi,
ties underneah-and when the roots ale all
covered pressing the whole down firmly
with the foot.


Avoid deep planting all is flashed
the tree should be no deeper than when in
the nursery.


Grapevines should be cut back to two or
three eyes, and only one of these be permit
ted to grow the first year.


Raspberries and blaclberries should be
cut back to within two feet of the ground.


Gooseberries and currants should be cut
back to one or two eyes Of last season S
growth.


The time for planting in the autumn is
after the first hard frost until the ground is
closed, from the 2Oth of October to the last
aF November, in OHIO; or any time in the
spring before the opening of the buds. Trees
procured in the fall may be kept safely for
planting in the spring Ivy bur,ing them halt
their length in mellow earth, IN sloping
position, where 30 wafer is liable to stand;
a slight covering of brush or forest leaves
will be of service in case the Ninter snould
be severe. Small bushes, like raspberries,
grapes, &c. may be buried entirely in
earth.


Trees planted in the fall should have eartl
hi!ed up alound the stems, six inches OF
more in height, to hold them firmly in posi-
ton during the winter, and protect the root:
somewhat from the frost and excessive wet
This is also protection against injury 10y
mice In spring the earth should be level
ed, and two or three inches of coarse manure
or litter spread on the surface over the roots
for space of four or five feet in diameter;
this will keep the surface moist prevent
baking, and check the growth of weeds.


If planting is done rather late in spring.
and n dry weather, it is well to give water
freel ly, at er setting the trees and covering
the roots with earth, letting it settle before
finishing up; then if the surface is mnlched
as recommended, no further watering is ne'
cessarv.


No grass or grain crops should be grown
among fruit trees, at least until they have
arrived at bearing size. Negecting this
preraution is the most common cause of the
failure of young orchards. No farmer ex.
poets hill Of corn to flourish among grass
or other crops, and without cultivation; it is
nst as unreasoable to expect young fruit trees
to grow we'll in such; yet how seldom do we
see anything like common sense exhibited il
this thing Batemon, HentorI d. Co.'S Ncu
| CrtaloQue.
Year: 1863

CHATTANOOGA March 23-There has been no move
ment as yet of the Army of Tennessee on fro Frank
lin towards Columbia, but on Sunday it retired to
Franklin. Van Dorm is still on the north side Of
Duck River Our forces occupy Florence and Tuscum-
bla There has been movement of the enemy from
Corinth in this direction.


General Morgan had fight at Auburn, Cannon
County, Tennessee, on Friday, with an overwhelming
force OF the enemy He fought galantly killing and
wounding number of the enemy but was at last
forced to retire before superior numbers
Year: 1863

me question lis the principal exempt from con-
scription when his substitute dies before the latter
becomes himself liable to conscription?" has been de
termined in the affirmative by Judge Featherstann of
Georgia. in case recently brought before him on a
writ Of fhabeas corpus
Year: 1863

Another female riot took place at Salisbury n C
on the 18th. The women concerned in it compelled
the merchants to share with them their stock of -four
and also robbed several families of the stock laid in
Tor home use. Salt snuff, and molasses was also
taken.
Year: 1863

'he Mayor OF Mobile has given notice that gambling
must be stopped in that city, and hiss instructed each
and every one OF his officers to arrest any person
caught keeping gambling saloon, and every individ
ua caught gambling in the city limits and to bring
them before him.
Year: 1863

Jim Lanes regiments Of negros have been received
into the military service of the United States and
placed on the same footing as white hireings who arc
lighting to subdue and subjugate the South.
Year: 1863

The paper manufacturers have for more
than a year been trying to break the
backs of the newspaper publishers, by
speculating in stock and keeping up the
price of paper beyond all reason. We
60 in now for giving them "tug." Con.
gress should remove the duty on rags
forthwith. Let the press unite in asking
this favor of their Representatives and
Senators at Washington. The New Bed.
ford Mercury says:


"The large advance recently made in
the price of printing paper is said to be
owing in part to a combination of few
of the heavy manufactures to monopolize
the rag stock Of the country. Congress,
at its last session, should not have left
the matter of the duty on foreign paper
where they did. The impost should have
been entirely taken off But the paper
manufactures were able to pay Hon.
George Ashmun, one Of the ablest lobby
agents in the country, to resist the re-
moval of the duty, and he was able to
bamboozle Congress. We hope, at the
coming session, the press will unite in a
fresh, feryent and continuous prayer for
relief"
Year: 1863

William Wirts letter to his daughter,
on the "small and sweet courtesies of
life," contains passage from which a
deal of happiness might be learned:


81 want to tell you secret. THE way
to make yourself pleasing to others is to
show them attention The whole world
is like the miller at Mansfield, who cared
for nobody-no not he, because nobody
cared for him. And the whole world
would serve you so if you gave them the
same cause. Let every one, therefore, see
that you do care for them by showing
them what Sterne SO happily calls the
small courtesies, in which there is no pa
rade, whose voice is too still to tease, and
which manifest themselves by tender and
afFectionate looks and little acts Of atten-
tion, giving others the preference in every
little enjoyment at the table, in the field,
walking, sitting, or standing"


1t always delights us, as it often has
and does, when stopping as a guest in
some rural home for night, to observe
the children, as they get ready to retire
for the night, kissing mother and father,
sister and brother, good night, some-
times remembering him who tarrcs but
for night, with the dear loved ones /;
and when they feel that they are too
large to do this, they never forget to say,
good night" on leaving the room and
such almost always remembering to say
"good morning on returning to the fami-
ly circle again after the nights rest
Kindness begotten Of love, is the higher
law of social life; and the apostolic in
junction, "be courteous" should be obey
e6 by all. How it would dispel and drive
away all envying and jealousies and bck-
erings in families, and among kindred and
friends and acquaintance. Love and
and you will be loved hate and you will
be hated; for, like begets like oftcner
than is suspected.
Year: 1863

The subject of the following comnunl-
cation is Que the Importance OF which can
hardly be exaggerated. The unfortunate
victims OF the wee to which it refers are
among the most pitiable objects to which
our professional sympathles are ever d.
rcc,cd. The experience OF nearly every
physician must have furnished him with
cases Of this kind of the most embarrass-
inrscharacter. Household restraints and
home influence are little better than
worthless in these eases, and the prospect
Of an asylum where they can be received
and teudery cared for will bring all inde-
scribabe relief to many. We have no
means of knowing how extensive pro.
vision is required for the purpose in our
own State, but we hail the commencement
of this movement with the greatest salts
faction, and hope it may meet with the
signal success which it deserves.


The necessity of making some special
provision for the victims of intempcrance,
partly for the benefit of the individual
and partly for that of the community, Is
beginning to attract general attcntion,and
the subject in its various bearings has
been brought before the Massachusetts
State Board of Commissioners on Iusanl-
ty, as among the matters deserving their
serious consideration.


Aside from the question of establishing
public asylum for inebriates, the advan-
taces of which would be moro naturally
confiaed to the middle and lower classes
it appears that there is as yet in New
England no place of refuge for intemper-
ate women Of good social position except
the public and private lunatic asylums.
which are untitled, in the almost unanl'
nous opinion of their superintendents, tor
the reception of suuh cases; at many asy-
lums, indeed, admittance being refused to
them, alike in justice to the other patients
and to tho inebriates themselves. The
number of applications at the New York
General Asylum at Binshamton far ex-
ceeds the possible capacity OF the building
while the Washington Home in Boston,
whose influence for good is already SO ex.
tended, is for men alone.


In accordance with this apparent want,
arrangements have been made by which
there will be afforded to limited number
of self-indug gent women, whether addict
ed to opiates or stimuants, the necessary
elements for their cure namely, volunta-
ry seclusion from temptation, the sirictsst
privacy If desired. location in the i'm.
mediate vicinity of the city and yet un.
rivalled for purity of atmosphere and
beauty of scenery. The house selected
for the purpose is one constructed with
especial reference to comfortable resi-
deace during the winter; attendants will
Year: 1863

UA large portion of the American
people are wholly unaware Of the delete.
rous effects incident to the use of the
common Saleratus, thereby producing dis
ease, and destroying health. The highest
perfection of art has been attained in the
manufacture Of IIerrick Aliens Gold
Medal Saleratus. Use enc paper, and
you will never have any other. 1t is a
great ways ahead Of soda to use with
cream tartar Try it. For sale by most
of the Grocers and Druggists, aud at
wholesale by the Trade generally.
Year: 1863

RIGnr ROYAL PRINrERs.-Thc Prince
of Prussia is by trade printer. Accord
ing to ancient usage in Prussia, all the
princess of the royal family must learn
trade. The Prince Frederick William
learned the trade of q compositor, at the
Office of Mr.. llauel, at Berlin. This is
an honor to the Prince-we hope he is
an honor to the profession.
Year: 1863

GIVE see it stated that: The Eastern
Express Company have generously offered
to forward all articles Of relief for our
prisoners in Richmond, free Of expense
to Boston. The Adams Express Com.
pany have also notified the public that
they will send forward articles designed
for the same purpose without charge.
Year: 1863

CIT is estimated by Mr.. Goodale,
Secretary of the Board Of Agriculture,
that two hundred thousand dollars worth
of cheese is annually brought into the
State of Maine for the consumption of its
people.
Year: 1863

oe q lawyer long enough to form pretty correct
District Judge. Mr.. Clark We have known for
some time. and, notwithstanding the constant
sneering at his former humble avocation, we
believe him to be honest, worthy and capable of
discharging the duties of the position which he
fills with credit to himself and advantage to the
Government. Of Mr.. Vaughan we know less
than of either of the Others but the fact that for
the past quarter of q century he has labored
prominently in the cause o. freedom, and has
survived all the envenomed shafts which during
that long period have been hurled at him, is
some guarantee that he is not the monster he is
painted, but on the contrary an earnest, Jealous
champion of the right. This is q fair statement
of the men assailed, as we understand them =.
| They all doubtless have faults and foibles, but
as Offset they have their strong points and
redeeming traits, which gives to each the fair
average we have assigned them. Is not, then,
the efforts of the Leavenworth dailies to paint
them devils and brand them aends, reprehensible,
disgusting, disgraceful We think so and SO
thinking, We feel like appealing to the good
sense and honest manhood Of the country to put
stop to it by repudiating the papers engaged
in it. ..- ~ f45 o


| The origin Of this TipperarY row we have
already given: the vacancy to occur in the
United States Senate in 1865 For this place the
friends of General Lane propose him as . candi-
date, and the friends of Governor Carney propose
him as candidate. This is oil right The
position is an honorable one /; and among honor
able men it will be competed for in an honorable
way We beg leave to suggest that the aspirants
named, through their friends, are scarcely seek,
ing the position in that way. But why agitate
this question now9 A full year must yet elarse
before the question become, legitimately even
debatable one. And then, provided the person
selected is true and reliable Republican, and
an able, honest, and upright man. what matters
it to the great mass Of the people who the rartc.
ular individual may be? To the man actuated
alone by ambitious and selfish motives, the kill
ing off of all rival aspirants in advance may be
great point gained. To US, at this distance.
it looks as If this was the very work in which
these two rivals were engaged. In the name ol
decency, we admonish them, or their friends
that they may overdo their work, and in slaugh-
tering each other they may not only slaughter
but bury themselves under an odium 80 deep
that no resurrection trump can reach them. Able
men are not 30 scarce in Kansas that the Legis.
lature must of absolute necessity limit their
choice to one or the other of these men. 1t is a
possible thing, that by their bearing towards
each other they may produce conviction that
neither is qualified for the digni6ed position to
which they aspire, and induce the people to
look about them for less selfish and better
hammered candidate. We do not say that this
will happen, but it may possibly.