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Year: 1869

"WELL," said the stranger, as he lOos-
encd his belt ami stretched himself in an
easy, recumbent position, i" it is not more
than fair that | should throw something
into the stock of common entertainment
but the story l am TO tel you is sad one,
and fear will not add TO the pleasure of
the evening. AS you desire it, however,
and it comes within the line Of the request
that / would narratc some personal cpl
sOde of the war, | will tell it, and trust
the impression will not be altogether un-
pleasant.


at was at the battle of Malvern Hill
a battle where the carnage was more
frightful, as it seems to me, than In any
this side of the Alleghanies during the
whole war-that my story must begin.
was then serving as Major in the til
Massachusetts, Kegiment-the old -.h as
we used to call it-and bloody time the
boys had of it, too. About D. IN. we
had been sent out to skirmish along the
edge of the wood in which, az our Gener-
a. suspected, the Rebs lay massing for
charge across the slope, uI on the crest of
which our army was posted. We had
barely entered the underbrush when we
met the heavy formations Cf Magruder in
the very act Of charging. Of course our
thin line of skirmishers was no impedi-
ment TO those onrushing masses. They
were on us and over us before we could
get out OF the way. 1 do not think that
half OF those running, screaming masses
OF men ever knew that they had passed
over the remnants of as plucky
regiment as ever came out of the
old Bay State. But many of the
boys had good reason to remember
that afternoon at the base of Malvern
Hill, and among the number; for when
the last line OF Rebs had passed over me,
| was left amid the bushes witt. the breath
nearly trampled out of me. and an ugly
bayonet-gash through my thigh; and
mighty little consolation was it for me at


hat moment to see the fellow who run me
Year: 1869

TIRE is an cid English statute which
profits people from getting married after
. certain hour in the day, because such q
solemn obligation ought to be entered
into only when the parties sre duly sober
Year: 1869

The recent and remarkable lnven-
veption of Mr.. Ellerseapsen,, which Is
now regularly IN use in Pittsburgh and
is being rapidly introduced all over
the country, has greatly advanced the
solution of this important problem. The
process consists in the conversion Of
crude cast iron. as it runs from the
smelling furnace, into wrought iron,
by the simple addition of granulated
iron ore. Absolutely no skill is requir--
ed to bring it out. The proportion OF
ore mixed is intended to be about 30
per Ct, but If too much is added it Is
to be readily squeezed out with the
slag and seems to co no harm. The
subsequent heating occupies about half
an hour. The new process appears to
produce merchantile iron at the first
rolling. The Ellerhousen process is
said to decrease the cost of wrought ir-
on from ten to twenty dollars per ton,
according TO the materials used and the
form of product required. That it is a
success is amply proved by regular
working at Pittsburgh and many expe-
riments elsewhere-N. Y. Times.
Year: 1869

Not many days since says a Jeffer-
sonville Qnd.l correspondent of the
Louisville Courier Journal, gentle


man Of the medical fraternity, received
an invitation to be present at some spir-
itlial manifestations in the house of one
of our respectable families. He went


as matter of courtesy, but with posi-


tive incredulity Shortly after arriving


one of the Dung ladies became under


spiritual influence and requested that


young lady acquaintance be sent for


The young lady came according to re-


quest, and she Immediately also became


under spiritual influence, and both


leaned their backs against the wall and


commenced conversation anything


but refined.


The older sister OF the family next be-


came subject to the eccentricities of i'm


aginary spirits but claimed that her


spiritual influence was good one,


while her sister and companion were


influenced by the devil. Things con-


tinued thus for four hours, the young
er sister and companions. continuing
the most bOistr0us and un-lady like
conduct, swearing and cursing like
troopers. Finally the mother Of the
girls came in, and attempted to pacify
her younger, when she gave her moth
er blow on the face, and set upon her
with the frenzy of a maniac and the
ferocity OF q tiger, and had it not been
for the interference OF the visitors, the
infuriatcd medium would have torn ev-
cry hair out OF the mothers head. Af-
ter this both of the younger girls ell
upon the floor in swOon and remained
apparently lifeless for half an hour.


Our informant left as he said i'm dis
gust, but was again urged to visit the
family and see that there is some real
ity in spiritualis He returned with
great reluctance, however, this time to
have a more pleasant, and still more re-
markable manifestation of SPIRITS.
The party were gathered around a small
table in the centre of the room, slate
was put under the table and watched
the pencil was seen TO stand up and
write name on the slate without any
human aid visible. Questions were ask
ed by The guests about which they felt
no human being could possibly possess
any knOwleds Q, answers to al. of which
were written oiI the slate i'm a satisfac-
tory manner as to make the most skep-
tical incline toward belief or at least
to accord to the phenomena some in
comprehensible my stery. Since this oc-
currencc. the daughters have both join
ed the Christian church, and give no
more seances but what is very TRANCE
the youngest daughter who suffers such
and boistrous attacks ofev-
il spirits cannot remain in church tlu-
ring singing, as the music Immediately
throws her most violent paroxysms.--
Both of these ladies' live with their pa
rents, and their characters are said to
be irreprOachable. s -.H.f
Year: 1869

Take piece OF pasteboard about FIVE
inches square, roll it into tube with
one end just large enough to fit around
the eye, and the other end rather small
Ter. Hold the tube between the thumb
and finger Of the right hand (do not
grasp it with the who.e HANDY put the
large end close against the right eye.
and with the left hand hold the book
against the side of the tube. Be cure
and keep both eyes open, and there
will appear to be a hole through the
book, and objects seem as though seen
through the hole instead of through
the tube. The right eye sees through
the tube and the left eye sees the boo <
and the two appearances are so con-
founded together that they cannot be
separated. The left ha nd can be held
against the tube instead of the book,
and thehole will seem to be seen throug
the hand.
Year: 1869

SAN FRANCISCO, April Z.


A fire broke out this morning in the
Yellow Jacket Mine, Gold Hill, Neva'
da, and soon communicated to the
Kentuck and Crown Point mines. This
far, r. M, eleven bodies have been
taken from the shafts of the mines.
Other bodies were seen at the bottom OF
the Kentuck shaft, but it is impossible
to remove them on account of the heat.
It is uncertain how many persons are
in the mines. The excitement and
confusion was so great that that they
were unable TO call the roll of those at
work. Sixty men were at work in two
levels OF the Crown Point mine. It Is
unknown how many escaped. The
distress is fearful. Wives. children and
miners are congregated at the entrance
of the mines calling for the missing
husbands and fathers.


P.M.-Latest reports from Gold Hill
say that the number known to be dead
is thirty-six-five in Yellow Jacket,
eight in Kentuck and twenty-three in
Crown Point. The fire originated in
Kentuck and is reported now spreading
toward Yellow Jacket shaft. The fire
men have succeeded in getting hose
down the Yellow Jacket shaft to the
level of the fire. and hopes are enter
tanned that the flames will soon be sub
dued. II not, and when all eXpecta-
t1On or saving more lives IS aDaQuOueuI
the mouth will be closed, ventilation
stopped and the fire thereby smothered


Yellow Jacket, Grown Point, and
Kentuck are unconnected with the 9TH
or mines under ground. There Is,
therefore, no probability OF the fire ex-
tending beyond them.


Virginia City is almost deserted. the
people are going to render assistance at
the scene of the disaster.


The San Francisco stock and eX-
change board subscribed one thousand
dollars, and sent the money by tele.
graph III to Gold Hill for the relief OF
families suffering by the conhagration.
This catastrophe Is the most terrible
that ever occurred in the mining re-
gion on this coast, and there is general
sympathy expressed for the distressed.


The German actress Madame Alga
Won Plittendorff, committed suicide
last night, grief for the death of her
husband was the cause.


SAN FRANCISCO, April s.


The confagration at the Gold Hill
Mines is still raging. 1t appears to be
confided principally to Yellow Jacket.
Owing to the cave the tlremen
are unable to reach the flames. Every
effort Is being made to clear the drift,
but perhaps all day will be required TO
reach the fire. Eighteen bodies were
taken out of the burning mine, and
nin9 OF them from one DRIFT.
Year: 1869

Will not somebody tell us why the
person who is writing what he humor-
ously calls ''pen and ink sketches" OF
the last Legislature for the Parkers-
burg Times, dates them at Wheeling in
stead of Parkersburg? We know the
party and know his affection for Wheel
ing, but had scarcely expected such a
refinement of Inalignity as this. Let
him say the hardest things he can
about Wheeling and we will not muir
muir; but when it comes to saddling
the responsibility for these literary
abortions on this city, We arc compelled
to protest.
Year: 1869

One OF our country exchanges, whose
nose we helped knock out of joint on
the Capital question last winter, is
"a-worritin'" itself very greatly about
the INTELLIGENCER because we have
chosen to criticize some OF the public
acts of Mr.. Senator Boreman. 1t has
been dishing us up in every issue, we
believe, for some weeks. we rather en-
joyed 1t for a while, but now it is get
ting somewhat monotonous,a and we sell
dom look into it's columns. This bel
ligerent little cotemporary gravely ex-
communicated us from the Republican
party a week or so ago, and informed
US that none could be Republicans who
did not accept Mr.. BoremAn as the i'm.
maculate and only truo exponent and
embodiment of Republicanism.


Now waiving for the present the
question of the Senator's immacu-
lacy, we simply suggest that we gov
ern ourselves by the good old stand
ard of measures not men," and
shall not consider ourselves out of our
party till we have satisfactory proof
that our cotemporary is the custodian
OF the Republican party and the keeper
OF our party conscience. We respect
fully suggest to our over jealous friend
that even If he were responsible for the
party, he could not afford to make adu-
lation of the gentleman he so abjectly
serves the standard OF loyalty to the
Republican party. We think man or
paper may differ with Mr.. Boreman or
dissent from his public acts, land still be
Republican; and so many others agree
with US, that If that standard is to be
enforced there won't be much of the
Republican party left.
Year: 1869

The Committee on Reconstruction to-
day unanimously agreed to report a
bill In conformity with the Presidents
message with regard to Virginia and
Mississippi; and also containing Sec
tion to enable Texas to do likewise on
adoption of its constitution.
Year: 1869

A French physician, DR.. Desmariis; Of
Bourdeaux, has recently. submitted to the
Academy Of Sciences a plan for preventing
hydrophObia in men and brutes by inoeu-
latiOn with the poison of the viper He
supports his theory that such inocul lation
is a perfect safeguard against hydrophObia
by the record of a series of experiments
upon dogs, He first caused the dogs to be
bitten by vipers, and afterwards by rabid
dogs, and in no case were they attacked by
hydrOphobia.- OF course the bite of the
rattlesnake or the cobra would protect the
subject from all danger of hydrophobia,
simply because he would survive the bite
only p few hours, but Dr. Desmartis is evil
IDENTIFY IN earnest, and not guilty of play
ing so grim a joke npon the Academy, as
proposition to kiA patient with one
poison in order to preserve him from
death by another The bite of the viper
that inhabits the South of France is never
fatal, though thar Of the species found in
England is said TO have occasionally been
SO. The incubation proposed by DR..
Desmartis IS not dangerous, and his theo-
~ is worth testing. That inoculation with
snake poison should render the system
proof against another kind, does not seem
more improbable than did Jenner's theory
that vaccination would prevent the small
DOT
Year: 1869

How a Compass and q Fire-1ly


saved a Prisoner.


TN Mr.. Parton's very interesting
account of The IaUention Of the Com
pass, in Our Young Folks for Febru-
ary, is the following curious story
told him by Lake Champlain boat
mani


'He said that he had been q prison
er for eleven months in Anderson
Vile during the late war, and when
he heard that General Sherman was
at Atlanta, about two hundred and
forty miles distant, he and his com
rade determined to try to escape, and
make their way thither. One of
them had an old fashioned watch
with a compass in the back of it; and
by this they expected to direct their
course, which was nearly northwest.
But, as they expected to travel only
by night, they resolved not TO start
until they could get a box of matches,
so as TO be able TO strike light now
and then, to look at their compass.
They delayed their departure for six
weeks, trying to get a box of match
es, for the purchase of which they gave
one of their negro friends their last five
dollar bill. He could not buy a box
of matches for five dollars, nor for any
other number of dollars, and so at
last they made up their minds to
start without them.


Assisted by their black friend,
they got away one afternoon, and lay
hidden until late in the evening, when
they started at a great pace through
the woods, and came about midnight
to a road which seemed to go, as
nearly as they could guess, exactly
northwest. Seemed, [ say; but it
might not, and, if it did not, it would
lead them to capture and death. The
night was not very dark, but the
stars were hidden by clouds,
else the friendly North Star would
have guided them upon their way.
Anxious as they were to get on, they
stood for several minutes comparing
recollections, and debating the great
question upon which their lives de-
pended. But, the more they. talked
itover, the more uncertain they be-
came; and they bitterly regretted
their impatience in coming away
without matches.


"There were a great number OF
fre-ftes flying about A lucky thought
occurred to one of them,-the boat
man who told us the story. He caught
FREELY, and, taking it between his
thumb and finger, held it over his
compass. Imagine their Joy to find
that the insect gave them plenty Of
light for their purpose; and imagine
their still greater JOY to discover that
the road led straight to the Union
army. Eight nights of travel brought
them safely to it."


Admirable invention! Ioften won.
der that a thing so valuable can be sc
small, simple and cheap. It is moth.
ing but a needle, a pivot, and a card
which you can buy for half a dollar
and carry in your pocket, or danglC
at the end of a watch chain. Yet
small and trifling as tits, a ships com
pany that should find themselves in
4 the middle of the ocean without {
! compass, would consider it a great fa
vor to be allowed to buy one for many
thousand dollars.
Year: 1869

To PUHFY y ROoM.-Set pitcher
of water in a room, and in few hours
It will have absorbed all the respired
gases in the room, the air Of which
will become purer, but the water ut
terly filthy. The colder the water Is
the greater the capacity to contain.
these gases. At ordinary tempera=
ture a pail of water. will contain
pint of carbonic acid gas and several
pints of ammonia. The capacity is
nearly doubled by reducing the wa
ter to the temperature Of ice. Hence
water kept in a room awhile is al
ways unfit for use. For the same
reason the water from a pump should
always be pumped up in the morning
before any ofitis used Impure wa
ter is more injurious than impure air.
The above, if true, proves how cx-
ceedingly careless many Ofus are as
regards our health, for we venture to
say that a large majority Of the p9o=
pie use water for drinking which has
"absorbed" for hours the noxiaus
gases of their rooms. Much care is
requisite to preserve health.
Year: 1869

BAKED HAMs.-Most persons boil
ham, butit is much better baked, if
baked right. Soak 1t for an hour in
clean water, and wipe It dry; next
spread it all over with thin batter;
then PUT into a deep dish with sticks
under it to keep it out of the gravy
When is fully dono take off the
skin and batter crusted upon the
flesh side; and set itaway to cool
Year: 1869

The story Of a man who stole saw-mill
and was arrested while attempting 10 carry
of the dam, has nOw its parallel In
Nashville, Tennessee, one night last week,
a two-story chimney was torn down and
every brick spirited away from lot on
Cherry street, one of the most populous
thoroughfares. Even portion OF the
foundation Is missing.
Year: 1869

a boy Of seventeen and a girl of
fourteen made a runaway match at
Marine City, Michigan, recently, but
on the way home after the ceremony,
the BRIDES father met them, lifted the
young husband out of the sleigh by
the collar, and drove his daughter off
10 convent.
Year: 1869

actuated US through its various stages.


Many time and oft you have lain
upon the bare groond, with nocanOpy
above but that of Heaven, with its
host of glittering stars; and 1 know
you have dreamed of time to come
like this, when seated in peace aud
security, surrounded by admiring
friends you would be crowned by a
tiara of light such as now hangs over
your heads. Accept this, then, as the
fruitiOn Of your dream, and enjoy the
hour.


Four of your comradcs-one from
each of the armies specially represent
ed fere-wiil address you. and tell
you of the deeds you have done.
Give them a willing and attentive
ear, and when you go back to your
homes, tell them all that these armies,
though dispersed in the flesh, yet live
in the spirit as strong and enthusiastic
as they were four years ago, when in
the very death-grapple with the enc
mics of our country and of civilization.


And now, in the name of the COM
mittee that has made these prepara-
tions, extend to you all cordial
greeting-to the veteran of 1851, to
the recruit of 1865; yea, to the convert
Of the very last hour of grace. In the
name of the people Of Chicago, who
have provided the means, I bid you
welcome, and assnre youthat a seat
awaits you at every freside.


And in the name of every patriot of
the land I give you welcome, and tell
you that the lightning fash is not
swift enough to satisfy their yearning
hearts to know what is done here to-
night.


The presence of the men about me,
their high Office, aIfd the duties they
have left to be with you here, all at
test the interest and grandeur of the
occasion, and in their names, too, COM
rades all, I bid you thrice welcome.
Tremendous applause.1
Year: 1869

BY the aid of the spectroscope seven
new metals have. been discovered, and
the atmospheres of the sun and other
heavenly bodies anAyzed. It has
been put to practical use in analyzing
the fame of a furnace during the Pro-
cess Of making Bessemer steel, so that
the exact moment when the process l.
complete is instantly shown by the
change in the spectrum. The latest
use to which it has been put is anaIyz.
ing human blood, whether in abnOr-
NAL secretiOns of disease or in dried
stains. The colOring matter of the
blood shows a spectrum entirely diff
ferent from other substances, so that
where the microscope fails, the spec.
.troscOpe will instantly detect so small
a matter as the One-thousandth of &
grain of dried blood. Theimbortance
of the discovery, not only to medicine
but to criminal law, cannot be over,
estimated.
Year: 1869

It is stated that there are now over
three hundred graduates of female
medical colleges in active practice in
the United States, some of whom are
in the receipt of $4,000 per annum
from their profession.
Year: 1869

How TO TEST LAMP CHIMNEYs. -
Every person who has any expert
ence with lamp chimneys is aware Of
the want OF uniformity in the length
of time they will stand use. Some
will stand for months, while others,
apparently as sound and good, viii
break after a short use, without any
apparent cause. The great cause Of
their being brittle and breaking so
easily lies in the material they arc
made from. There is "shoddyp in
glass as we'll as in cloth. Cheapness
being the order ofthe day, a great
many manufact ories make chimnevs
from silicate of lime instead of lead.
The uninitiated may tell the differ
ent qualities of glass by ringing them;
the vibrations of the lead glass ehim-
news have sweet, bell-like sound,
while the lime glass has a short, harsh
sOuhds
Year: 1869

PoTATo DUMPLINGs are made thus
Peel some potatoes and crate them


into basin of water; fet the pulp o.
main in the water for couple of
hours, drain it of, and mix with It
half its weight of four season with
pepper, salt, chopped onions, AMI
sweet herbs. If not moist enough
add little water. Roll into d8nt-
plings the size Of large apple, sprin-
kle them well with -four, and throw
them into boiling water. When you
observe them rising to the top Of tho
saucepan, they viii be boiled enough.
Year: 1869

PREPARED GLUE.-If any Of our
readers have occasion to use glue in
solution, they can have it always
ready for use by dissolving some COM
mon glue in whisky or strong cider
vinegar. It should be kept in a
tightly corked bottle. In cold wealth.
er it may be necessary to hold the
bottle to fire for few moments be
fore using. In warm weather it will
remain i'm q soft state.
Year: 1869

Many the writer these lines and invalid physician while visiting the
Island Of st. crx for their health experienced and witnessed surprising and
beneficial effects the Rum there produced theinvaid who ke
curse) seeking health and inquiry and investigation obtained full history
its medicinal virtues He delighted and his
which occurred determined possible procure manufacture
it in the United


for the celebrated PLANTATION BERs world PLAN
TATIoN BITTER being article real upon principles and


relying vegetable world for effects rapid
ton in the history medicine and became household civilized
world cabase Tls6o * tasnax


PLANTATION BERS exceeded the ahe the rrets supply


Notwithstanding large importation Of st. cx Rum expressly
pounding Be the quantity inadequate necessary
arrangements upon extensive scale abroad should made and agent
dispatched Thomas for that He fortunate
leasing several plantations the largest and most productive the
island! stills and erected ash which utterly
hed the natives The experienced and natives the island
the PLANTATION BTERs position
their laboratory with all the perfectly cz Rum needed nu
turing GREAT DYsPEPTIc TONIC AND vsaATo The above
crushing the eane preparing for the stills and


ande Fever and Intermittent and M Fevers Dyspepsia and
kindred diseases the PLANTATION BTERs unsurpassed the
history the world Over FIVE million bottles disposed Of annually They
adapted old and male and female They agreeable taste and always
produce immediate beneficial result
Year: 1869

Coon ADvIcE.-A shrewd old gentlemen once
said to bis daughter: Be sure my dear,
you never marry poor man; but remember
that the poorest man in the world is one that
has money and nothing else"