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Year: 1862

As rule, water should never be given until
the further Withholding of it would be dctri-
mental to the plants. Habitual watering does
in the majority Of cases, more harm than good
Plants left to battle with drouth, and their
roots Gown deep in search of moisture, and
when lain does come, they benefit more 10y it
than those that have regular waterings all a
long. If the ground is dug deeply and kept
in good heart, plants that have once got es-
lablished will bear drouth for any length ol
time, but things lately planted, that have not
had time to get hold, must be kept supplied
or their beauty may vanish for half the sea
son. Succulent vegetables, too, which ought
10 be kept growing quick, must have abun-
dance, and of course plants in pets must have
sufficient. There are two important points tc
be at!ended'to in giving water, one is to ex
pose the water to the sun before using it, tc
render ii soft aud warm, and the other is tc
give thorough soaking at once sufficient tC
keep the ground moist for week. Suppos
ing Tie supply to be limited, but regular tht
best way Of eeonmnizing both water and timt
is to take the garden, piece by piece, watering
each piece thoroughly every evening, and thct
beginning again as at lirst.
Year: 1862

1t is probably known to many that
a very large per cent. OF the ground
coffee sold is common field peas roas-
ted aud ground with the coffee. There
ere hundreds Of thousands Of bushels
of peas annually used for that pur-
pose. Those who are in the habit of
purchasing ground coffee can do bet
ter to buy their own peas, burn and
grind them, and mix to suit them
selves.
Year: 1862

The road along which the man of business
travels in pursuit of competence or wealth is
not Macadamized one, nor does it ordinarily
lead through pleasant scenes and by we'll
springs Of delight. On the contrary, it is a
rough and rugged path, beset with wait
A6ft -thorns. and fall Of pitfalls, which can
only be avoided by the exercise of watchiul
care and crcumspection. After each days
journey over this worse than corduroy turn
pike, the way!arer needs something more than
rest.-He requires solace, aud he deserves it.
He is weary of the dull prose Of life, and a
thirst for the poetry. Happy is the business
man who can fluid that solace and that poet
ry at home. Warm greetings from loving
hearts, fond glauees from bright eyes that
Year: 1862




The following extract from John Brights
speech in the House of Commons is much
more worthy of "a British statesman-a ard
so The British people will some day find out
than the bullying tone of Lord Palmerzton :
reply:


I'VE shall do well to remember that the
power which is for moment partially disa-
bed and crippled, yet which gives its support
TO the Washington Government, consists at the
present moment Of 220OOO00 of people,
Those Northern States, ten. twenty and thirty
years hence, will increase as rapidly as they
have ever done before in population and d-pow-
er. They are our countrymen to great ex
tent. We have few enemies there, exsept those
who left these shores with feelings of 'discon-
tent against this Government because their
grievances were not removed. Aud it is worth
our while, on all moral grounds of selfinterest
that we should in all our transactions acknowl-
edge our alliance and kinship with such ma
ton, and not leave behind an iueradicable and
undying sting, which it wonid take many years,
perhaps a generation or two, to remove. The
war of independence eighty years ago, left
such sting; the war of 1912 inflicted similar
mischief. The course taken by the Govern
ment-not in the demand made, not in the dis
patch by which that demand was accompa-
MED, not in the courteous manner in which
Lord Lyons managed the negotiations (checrs)
but the instantaneous and alarming menace Of
war, coupled with the offensive charges made
every day by the press which supported the
Government-tended to leave on the mind of
every American a feeling that England had
not treated the United States in that magnan-
imcus and friendly manner which they had a
right to expect from us. I am glad to see that
remarkable change has operated day by day,
both in the House and out of it. 1t is obvi-
Gus that since the course taken by the Ameri-
can Government has baen known, a great
change has taken place in the opinion of this
country. 1t has become more friendly to the
Washington Government, for people now see
that it is a real Government, not ruled by u
mob or disregarding the law, but struggling to
maintain the integrity Of great country"
Year: 1862

from the Richmond Enquirer, August 14.l


We present such additional particulars In regard TO the
Yesterday through various sources.


On Saturday the 9th inst. the First brigade command
cd by General Winder Second brigade, Colonel Gar
and the Third brigade General iaaerro attacked
the enemy Mchels station The fight ragged urouslv
during the day. when portion OF the Third brigade be-
came surrounded and compelled to fight their way
out with severe loss The Forty eighth Virginia. which
attached to this brigade went into the nghJ with $50
mon and came with only $50.


The First brigade composed Of the Second Fourth
Fifth Twenty seventh and Thirty fifth Virginia reH
ments Second brigade Twenty Forty second Forty
eighth Virginia regiments and the Irish battalon Third
brigade Tenth and Thirteenth Virginia.
Forty seventh and Forty eighth Alabama.


An intelligent corrsspondent sends the following
dated on the battle field sunday morning, thrae A. M


General Jackson has fought the Yankees and has again
whipped them We left from above Gordonsvills Fri.
day about half past three O'Clock A. advance
movement About the middle Of the day cavalry
came in contact with the Yankee cavalry, and alter
sharp they took their heels losing about
twenty Killed We about forty prisoners with their
camp and camp equIpagc Our loEs Our troops
oncamped Friday night on Garnetts farm. Early ON
Saturday morning again took up the line OF march,
and about nine O'CLOCK discovered The Yankee cavalry
drawn up In line In great force about one and haif
mile in advance. After waitin for some time to nnd
their intenton had about halfpast eleven O'Clock
To open upon pieces from batteries
cross fre Our shots we're well directed was stand
ing on nv horse by the cannon that fred shot
which fell in line short distance front of them The
next saw fall among them General Ewe then told the
men 10 give IL to them as fast as they could load which
was done until they all disappeared behind the cover
i've o'clock began one of the rapid and severe
pagsments OF the war We suffered severely for short
time until we got up, when gave 1t to them,
hot and heavy, and drove them back with great loss
Our nr:ng did not cease until about one O'Clock at night
they left their dead and neld
four hundred prisoners, which marched to the
Year: 1862

CURRENCY - The award Of the thir-
teen million loan at New York on the
nth, discloses the Tact that the New
York banks had no currency to poy their
deposits. The takers d. ew their checks
but could not pay them either in the
United States legal tender notes or In
city notes. After all the hue and cry
that New York bankers have made about
the imitation Of the currency by Treasury
notes, they had not currency TO pay their
deposits, bat, the sub Treasurer al New
York was obiigedto hold their cheeks,
and wait on the banks for the rncney.
Year: 1862

There is tremendous excitement
just now among printers, editors and pub


lishers, about the increase in price Of
paper. There is good cause for it,
One half of the newspapers in the coun'
try must stop II the present high prices
continue. The whole difficulty might
be avoided, ,if more care was taken to save
and collect cotton rags. More rags are
wasted annually, than are sold to the pa
per makers. 1t now becomes patrio-
tic duty upon the part of every house
holder to economise in this mstter-to
save and sell every thing about the
house out of which printing paper can be
manufactured.
Year: 1862

as well as to furnish the community with nny and every
thing in line. They have In connection with their Tan
Yard an extensive Saddle and Harness Mandatory,
where ey keeP on hand and make order all knAs on
Year: 1862

XVANTED-A SITUATION. BY RESPECTABLE
w girl, TO do chamberwork and waiting fine washing
and lroning s good plain sewer would do houscwork
for small faniy objections to in the country New
Haven preferred Can be seen Tor two days at 52 Broad
way room No. 5.
Year: 1862

Gov. Sprague of Rhode Island has a
just appreciation of party platforms in
this day of our country's peril. In ac-
cepting the nomination for Governor ten
dered him by the Union Convention Of bis
State he says:


l have not seen the resolutions which
your convention has passed, and, with my
ideas of duty in this great national emer-
gency, consider it of little Importance that
l should know what they are. I do not
feel bound by party resolutions or party
platforms. My duty in the present condi-
ton of public affairs is to my country, and
to do all in my power to preserve the Fed
eral Constitution, and restore the Federal
Union. This has been my position since
the commencement Of the struggle to main
tain the Federal Government and put down
rebellion, and this will continue to be my
position until this great work is fully ac-
complished.
Year: 1862

By J. II LEWIS.
Oh, God of Justice, rule the storm
That sweeps DER I'll the land,
And down let sons of freedom strike
Each ruthless traitor band;
And let the Patriotic fame


Burn warm apd deep and high,
While Liberty and Union are
Our glorious rallving cry.
Spirit of God-like Washington,
Come from thy home above;
And fill each patriotic soul


With light and truth and love;
All thou didst rear temple here
Beneath each stripe and star,
Which all the nations of the world
Have bonCred from afar.
Millions of souls both true and good
Have crossed the deep blue sea,
To worship at its holy shrine


Among the brave and free.
And shall that temple, reared in blood.
The shrine of traitors be?
Speak out, ye sons of noble sires,
Speak out, We brave and free.
The time has come when freedom sons
Must rally in their might,
And when seccssion's 8 host must be
Forever put to flight.
Then, God of Justice, rule the storm
That sweeps n'er all our land,
And down let sons of freedom strike
Each ruthless traitor band.
Year: 1862

CuiCdkV 4 OS<s-


The trade of the city was seldom ever, better than
AT present The railroads centerng here with ono or
exceptions driven 70 their utmost capacity and


the Chicago and ST. Louis and Illinois Central utterly
unable supply the demand for from shippers along
the line OF the roads, gentleman who has just returned
from trip along the line Of the Central that
I've thousand freight needed BY that company 10
enable TO do the business which 10 offered and long
the lower Mississippi remains closed TO northern trade
the trade of southern and Central Illinois, which Tor
merly found o southern outlet, must necessarily nnd
its way TO Chicago the Chicago, Alton and st.
Louis and Illinois Central, and the large increase
them large profits during the nsxt twelve months
The rapidty with which the country along the Illinois
Central being developed must also add largely 70 the
business aud OF this ne and ~ great It's bus
has been during the past few months Il ID not claim


ing much when We say that, should Illinois have as
good crops for the next two years as II has during the
past their earnings will nearly II not quite double The
same which giving the Illinois Central and Chi
cago St. Louis such large increase In their business
and earnings adding largely to the three Eastern
bound entering here, Notwithstanding the fact that
the propeller lines between Chicago and Eastern lake
ports doing than double what they ever
did before in the way Of carrying freight The Eastern
bound railroads ceDterng here have had every pound OF
freight they could possibly carry and the present ndca
,ons are that they will be compelled TO increase their
rolling stock TO double what It is at present, order
enable TO carry the freight which will be offered
them.


The business Of the Philadelphia and Reading
Year: 1862

as soon as the line is in complete WORKING
o'oer undoubtedly such reduction will be
made in the tariff as will enable the California
papers TO obtain full reports. The individual
business OF the line is also very large and
prosperous but by no means up to its canacf.
ties. The project however has made a an1er,


o.u opening and that the Pacific Telegraph
VIII ultimately prove asuccess does not admit
Of reasonable doubt,
Year: 1862

The very gratifying exhibit Of the state
Of the national finances, made in Mr.. LIN
coins Message, is sufficient answer to the
wholesale charges against the management
Of the Treasury Department, in which the
Opposition have indulged. 1t il, at the
same lime, 4 mathematical assurances that,
if the foreign powers will keep themselves
aloof from the contest, the North, having
It's resources unjmpaired, and its tax-bil il
successful operation, will be pecuaiarily
able to continue the war until the object
for which it is waged is accomplished, either
by killing the rebels OF, or, as is now mos.
probable, by firing Them out. With an ex-
pcudi!ure of less than five hundred mil
lions per annun1, and q certain income Of
more than half that amount, We sec no
bankruptcy in the future except as the re-
suit recklcssness and prodigality, which
the people will forbid. There is no reason
Why there should not be an immediate and
large decline in the price Of gold, and o1
course corresponding increase in the


value Of legal tender notes. The facts in
the message would justify both, and boil


now seem to be inevitable!
Year: 1862




"a Whenever a Spaniard eats
peach or pear by the roadside, whe1',
ever he is, he digs a hole in the ground
with his foot and covers the seed
Consequently, all over Spain, by the
roadsides, and elsewhere, fruit in great
abundance tempts the taste, and is ev-
er free. Let this practice be initiated
in our country, and the weary wander
CT will be blessed, and will bless the
hand that ministered to his comfort and
Joy. We are bound to leave the world
as good or better than we found it, and
he is a selfish churl, who basks under
the shadow and eats the fruit of trees
which others have planted, if he will
not also plant trees which will yield
fruit to coming generations.
Year: 1862

.3@ The latest Yankee invention is
one tor inducing rooster to nurse the
brood Of defunct hen and 'scratch''
for them. 1t is done BY plucking all
the feathers off the breast Of the roos-
ter and then rubbing it with nettles.-
The chic kens running under him Will
scratch him, when in the course Of time
he will become attached to them and
will scratch for them. Jones is the in
yentOr.
Year: 1862

A SUGGEsTIoN.-'The editor Of the
Warren Qll) Independent, after com
planning Of the damage done to the
crops by insects, offers the following
suggestion, which it may be well for
our farmer readers to Consider:


eve would recommend the farmers
to burn their stubble after harvest
This is preventive for the Hessian fly,
and we think it would prove beneficial!
IN the case Of the Chintz bug. The nit
of this fly is laid in the lower part Of
the stubble-if burned, the nit will be
destroyed. We think the same is true
with regard to this bug, as on exami-
nation we found myriads Of the young
bugs emerging from the stubble, which
had been lleaped together by the plow
and harrow. We hope farmers will
try this experiment, as it can do no
harm.@
Year: 1862

They were united and determined IN
their rebellion, and to meet them success
fully every advantage must be employed.
Thoir determination must be made an inn
possibility, and that can only be by unity
among ourselves. To secure this we must
arouse ourselves to extraordinary efforts,
by watching the enemy in our midst while
the people are engaged in their loyal du-
ties 10 sustain the Government. Apro-slav-
cry party is stealthily organizing for vicT
tory, Of which they already feel assured.
There must be individual labor to secure
that unity, and the soldiers on the battler
field must be sustained by labors at home,
Concessions could be made, and advanta-
ges given up If for the present generation
alone, but it was for long line of genera,
tions we nre to fight these battles, and we
are to accept the time with all its obliga-
tions. The fight is for the future safety
Of the country.
Year: 1862

TIE "RAPID ANN."-A writer in the
New York Journal Of Commerce says that
the river in Virginis, which all the news
paper correspondents persist in calling the
q aRapidan,n is known in history and the
locality through which 1t runs as the HRap-
ID Ann" The name is said to have a very
funny origin.
Year: 1862

among Scotfs cavalry, whereby seven of
his men were thrown from their horses;
and also row Of threatening beer bar
rels, whose frowning muzzles were on tho
hills where Dumont's battery had been,
and by which the rebel cavalry force was
kept out Of town, il is said, for a whole
day Commonwealth.
Year: 1862

AN ORDINANCE defining the duties of City Marshal
The people of the city of Walla Wala do ordain as
follows


SEC. l. The City Marshal, before entering upon the
duties of his office shall enter into bond with the
city in the penal sum of thousand dollars with tive
good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the
Common Council for the faithful discharge of the du
ties of his Office and shall take and subscribe Off
cial oath which shall be endorsed upon his bond.
SEC. 2. In addition to the duties prescribed in the
charter he shall be the keeper of the city Jail and
whenever any person shall be in his custody, under
authority of law by virtue of warrant from the city
Recorder or otherwise be shall keep such persons in
confinement by committing them to the Jail of the
CITY, or other safe custody, as he may be by law d
rected at the expense of the city.


SEC. 8. He shall, until otherwise provided by or
dnanee exercise general control the police of the
city, for which purpose he may appoint a suitable
number of deputies who shall be responsible for the
faithful performance of their duties to the said Mar
shall and for whose faithful conduct the Marshal shall
be responsible to the city,


This ordinance be in force from and after its pass
age, May 7th, 1852.


Approved


E. B. WHITMAN, Mayor.


B. F. STONE, President.
Year: 1862

1t is said that the pen is mightier
than the sword-neither is of much
value without the holder.


When a fish is wounded, other
fishes fall upon and devour him.
There's some human nature in
fishes.


The law is a pretty bird, and has
charming wings. 1t would be
quite a bird of Paradise, if it didn't
carry such a terrible bill.


A paper can publish the appoint
ments after the coming in of q
new administration; but what pa.
per is large enough to publish halt
the disappointments?
Year: 1862

less In the selection Of officials, and les inclined


70 overlook or forget any Official corruption.
Ihus the taxes will reform the government By
reforming the people. Half Of the newspapers
will be killed by the tax, and those which re-


main will assume higher, moro digniGed and


patriotic tone, or become exceedingly uu.


popular. More than ever the people will in


cline to an independent press, and will no


longer sustain and endorse mere party organs
and fanatioal sheets. The necessities of per-
sonal economy will make the people terribly
in earnest in regard to national economy, and
extremely sensitive in regard to the utterances
Of the press which processes to be the organ of
the people. When people who now wear seve-
raj coats year can afford only one Or two;


when ladies who now wear half dozen silk
dresses year get along nicely with one, and
ladies who have one get alorg nicely
with muslins; when people who now
have dozen dishes for dinner can afford
but simple fare; when hotels are compelled
to give more comfort and less luxury;
when restaurants are obliged to cut down their
bills of fare when those who now ride in cars
and stages prefer to walk when those who
now roll in their own carriages patronize the
cars and stages /; when fine ladies reduce both
the size and the number Of their bonnets and
adorn themselves more with natures roses and
less with jewels and lsces whom persons who
now reside in large houses move into smaller
ones when persons who now live in palatial
mansions exchange brown stone and marble
for plain brick-then every man, woman and
child will have . personal interest in the gov
ernment and in the war, and we may be assured
that the government will be more respected
aud better administered, and tbaxwar more
energetically and viotoriously conducted.
None value q thing so uoach ~ they who pay
dearly for it.


We have no doabt, then, that the effect of
taxation will be most beneficial to the national
character and the national welfare. The Ameri-
cans are very adaptive people. and very sell
dom quarrel with circumstances, greatly pre-
ferring to make the best Of what cannot be
avoided. To the astonishment of all Europe
we have begged to be taxed, and now we shall
astonish Europe still mere by paying our taxes
as readily and supporting them as easily and
turning them to our own advantage as speedily
as If we had never known what immunity from
taxation was, or as if we accepted the tax a.
special blessing, even though it be blessing
in disguise.
Year: 1862

Macon (Ga.) Telegraph Of the 10Th has
a long article oo peace. 1t says:


ave are so anxious for peace that long
ing for it il never out Of the MUD of any
man, woman or child The war dlstres,es
Us a thousand times more than the north


How much longer must these distressed
Rebels long for peace before they will
secure it By ceasing to fight and accepting
the benign government Of our and their
good fathers?
Year: 1862

from Toe 81 Pau fioneer August q


The city was considerably excited yesterday
and last evening by reports of murders commit
ted by the Iadisns in Meeker county and at the
Agency on the Mississippi river. We have dill
igently traced these reports, aud give the follow
ing as the substance Of everything that has