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Year: 1864

In addition to the liberal Interest the notes
three years, this privilege Of conversion is now Wsrh
about three per cent per Snnun r the current rate for
$50 Bonds not loss than nine per cent preniua and
before the the premium on six per cent U g. stocks
twenty per cent 1t will bs seen that the aua
profit on this OAn at the present market rate ia not less
than ten per cent per annum.
Year: 1864




On Saturday morning two men, My
ers and Sargison, underwent the ex.
treme penalty of the law in front ofthe
Jail at Leeds. They We're both con
yicted of willful murder at the last As
sizes (being the first ever held in Leeds),
the former for the murder of his wife at
Sheffield, aud the latter for the murder
of John Cooper at Roche Abbey. A
short time previous to the execution,
attention was directed to the wound in
Myers throat, and one of the wardars
placed small plaster upon it. I'm
fortunately this was not sufficient. A
few days before the execution, Myers
alluded to the state ofbis throat, and
said that if the executioner did not
give him "another yard" Of fall he
should not die, for he could breathe
through the wound. He showed to
the person he addressed that he could
actually respire through the wound.
1t was in the middle Of the throat, and
the rope would necessarily come above
it, so that there was imminent danger
of horrible scene unless the place was
securely plastered over. The event
showed that proper means had not
been taken to obviate this danger.
The fall did not dislocate his neck, be-
cause of his weight, but it was suffi-
ciently violent to tear, open the wound
and dreadful scene ensued. After
one or two movements, Myers ceased
apparently to struggle, and the atten-
ton of the executioner was directed to
Sargison, who struggled violently and
seemed to die very hard. But, after q
minute had elapsed, it was seen that
Myers was still alive, and that breath
ing was going on through the wound
in the throat below the rope! The
dreadful occurrence caused an over
powering feeling Of horror, but, after n
consultation with the surgeon, which
resulted in the eventual fulfillmentl of
the sentence; but this was not accom-
plshed until more than, twenty min
utes had expired after the drop fell!
Whether sensibility remained in the
body during the whole of that time it
is impossible for us to say. Certain,
however, it is, that the oulprit breathcd
for that time, and that the hoarsc sound
of the air rushing into the lungs was
distinctly audible. Most fortunate it
was that the screen in front of the drop
completely concealed the bodies from
the enormous crowd. We shuddcr to
think Of what the consequences might
have been if, the populace had seen
what took place behind the screen.
Year: 1864

United States Treasurer Spinner is
preparing a statement with regard to
the Copperhead lie that President Lin
coin has been drawing his salary in
gold, that will be apt to make its invent
ors regret that they ever approached so
Improbable q subject for Democratic
party capital. tr.


His statement will show, from the of
fetal documents, that the President
never drew a penny of gold. Second,
that at the period of the greatest finan-
cial embarrassment, he refused, for over
a year, to draw his salary at all, and
the Treasurer was compelled at last to
appeal to him to take it, in order to en-
able the books for the year to be bal
anced. Third, that the salary so drawn
was invested in U. S. Stocks. Fourth,
that the Treasurer semitic the'President
the amount of the interest in gold when
it fell due, and that the President re-
fused to take it. And fifth, and finally,


the officers at last took the Presidents
gold interest and invested in like man
ner for him in U. S. bonds. They ar e
welcome to all the capital they can
make out ofthis series of transactions.
Year: 1864

The health Of our regiment has been very good.
Several nights ago member Of our company died
very suddenly He had not been we'll for some time,
and the day before be died. he reported the doctor
who pronounced the verdict Of Hnothing wrong,n
and told the orderly to 'sput him on double duty
The consequence was the next morning he was found
lying in the mud, near the "cook house, dead
Such men are more fit for rag pickers'' at home
than surgeons in the army. He has made his last
S'march called his last ''hals No sound of bugle
viii ever again wake him on this side Of Paradise
As write, orders have been received for every
available man in the regiment to be ready 70 march
at moments notice.


! receive the INQUIRER every Saturday evening,
regular AS regular as that time rolls round, am
sure to have my old friend the IEouIEER, to peruse
that night, which is of no little pleasure.
at present we are subsisting on rather slim re-
tions, receiving two and fourth ihard tack per
day. This the boys consider rather hard living
We have an oven in course Of erection, which is in
tended to bake bread for the whole Brigade and the
boys watch its progress with intense interest.


Yours truly,


ALBERT SMITH.
Year: 1864

LIP AMONG THE INDIANS. are SO Ac-
customed to look upon pa and ma as the most nat
ural articuatons that we can hardly imagine a
language without them. We have been told over
and over again that the names for father and
mother in all languages are derived from the first
cry of recognition which an infantcan articulate,
and that it could at that early age articulate none
but those formed by the mere opening and closing
of the lips 1t is a fact, nevertheless. that the
Mohawks, of whom | knew an interesting speci-
men at Oxford, never, either as infants or grown
up people, articulate with their lips. They have
no p, b, m, +, v,W,-no labials of any kind and
although their own name Mohawk would seem to
bear witness against this, that name is not word
of their own language, but was given to them by
their neighbors. Nor are they the only people
who always keep their mouths open, and abstain
from articulating labials They share this pecu-


iarity with the FIVE other tribes who together from
the so-called Six Nations The Hurons likewise
have no labials, and there are other languages in
America with similar deficiency, Muller,
Year: 1864

SNUBBING Our FRIENDS. are men ex-
emplary in all the duties of life who never pass
day without snubbing somebody, their wives, Of
course natural victims used to be told that they
say nothing and do nothing right) their children,
their servants, their underlings, their acquaintan-
ces, their associates. Every day something has
passed their lips which has acted like a blow at
the time, and worked on the recollection ike a
blister, which has been repeated with querulous
soreness and been passed on to the world as fresh
trait of character which has added to the growing
barrier which daily rises between the man and his
species Not that we can cut him, we do not
even wish to do SO. All the ceremonies of friend
ly intercourse continue to pass between us. there
is no reason they should ever be left off. But at
every encounter he gets showed farther and far
ther away from our secrets. One by one he loses
the key to the hearts of his friends who stand on
the defensive, keep watch, shut themselves up in
his presence with instructive caution, till we doubt
not he often in his inner heart wonders at his own
isolation For our part we are sincerely sorry for
him and we are so conscious besides that men
may have the habit without knowing it that we
would offer one general COUNSEL never under any
temptation to practice talent for setting down,
on people worth caring for. Risk a good deal,
take circuitous route, leave good advice unsaid,
or said in less trenchant telling fashion, bear IT.
ritations, nuisances, what not, rather infict any
sudden wound on your friend selflove. Do not
put him, on your behalf on the duty of Christian
forgiveness. Allow him to rest in some ignorance
of your opinion, even though he may believe it
more to his advantage than it happens to be-


Submit to be incomplete ; sacrifice the pleasure
of being sharp and acute at his expense for it is
very certain that he viii not like you the better,
and very unlikely also that he should himself be
the better for your having made him feel like,
and perhaps look, leke a fool If he is often put
under the apprehension of it, the least that be
expected of him is, that he viii eschew your con-
fdenee, and carefully keep on the windy side of
intimacy Essay on Social subjects.
Year: 1864


care not how fercely 'tis storming


How heavily dashes the rain,
The wind hath an impotent fury,


Its shrieking and bowling are vain.
The curtains, draped close Ger the easement,
Have mufled the sounds as they come;
hear but sorrowful murmur,


That ever is music at home.
For here I can gather ny treasures


OF books, both the new and the old
Rare poems that oft, in their quaintness,
New thoughts and bright faneies unfold.
We fear no s4vexations intruders,"


The rain is our warder to-day;
No visitors surely would venture


This dripping and desolate way.
The fresidc sendeth us greeting


Why linger to glance down the street
The glow and the warmth both invite us
To lounge in cur favorite seat
How cheerfully sounds its low hummingl
How ruddily flashes the fame
All who could resist such soft pleading1
So gently it urgeth its claim.
A blessing on those for whose coming


No ireside flashes its light;
For all who shall wander unsheltered


This chilling and pitiless night.
For glow in our hearts has arisen,


With thoughts of our home and our friends
And pity for sorrow and suffering,


With the music of thankfulness blends.
Year: 1864

last year they could have saved their slaves, but
now it is too late-all the powers of earth cannot
restore to them their slaves any more than their
dead grandfathers. Next year their lands will
be taken, for in war we can take them, and
rightfully too, and another year they may beg in
vain for their lives A people who will preserve
in war beyond a certain limit ought to know the
consequences. Many, many people with less
pertinacity than the South, have been wiped out
of national existence '


To those who submit to the rightful law and
authority, all gentleness and forbearance. but to
the petulent and persistent secessionists. why
death is mercy, and the quicker he or she is dis
posed Of the better; Satan and the rebeilious
saints of heaven were allowed continuance of
existence in hell merely to swell their just pun
ishment. To such as would rebel against Gov
ernn1ent so mild and just as ours was in peace,
punishment equal would not be unjust.


Truly your friend,


.-- w. T. SHERMAN,


~ ~
Year: 1864

The Election. Lincoln has carried all the
States except three or four; his majority must
be immense, and the. fighting candidate of the
Peace Convention is most terribly beaten. It is
evident that the advocates of peace, the men who
composed the Chicago Convention. could not
vote for Mcclellan, after reading his letter of
acceptance.
Year: 1864

@ The sensation peace dispatches OF
the New York Herald have so little toun.
dation in truth or reason that sensible
people will be justified 10 treating them
as mere bosh.


Geo. N. Sanders d Co. have doubtless
volunteered their services in aid of their
brethren OF the peace wing of the Copper
head party, and We may expect similar
dispatches for the delecta,ion of the guilt
bic till the Chicago Convention comes
IF
Year: 1864

COMMUNICATIONS published in relig-
ious journals are generally on the dry
as-ticks' order; but there is one in the
current number of the Presbyterian, IN
der the title of "A Swearing Car that
forms a happy exception to the rule In
it the writer suggests that in our day the
traveller has almost every comfort-that
we have in our railway trains comfort
able bed for those who would sleep at
night, and the cooling fountain for those
who would slake their thirst; that one
who wishes can smoke, while another, to
whom it is offensive, can be free from the
fumes Of the weed; but that, at this day,
we are greatly in need Of one thing more
-Ujdeicit, a car assigned to 8lgsarerS
that if such a rule were adopted, half the
cars in a train might possibly be requir-
ed that in fact it might be well to de.
vote one or two trains a day to this par
ticuIar purpose, as we now have a milk
train and a market train on some roads.
Year: 1864

For a number Of years a well-kEoWn
and popular lake captain vas in the hab-
it of sticking type" in the Herald Office
during the winter, and even in the sum
mer, when in port, he would often drop
in and "set up" an important marine
item, just to keep his hand in. In 1858
he had command Of one of the fleet Of
vessels that left this port direct for the
British Isles. After long and stormy
passage, he found himself one evening in
the harbor of Cork. True to his instincts
he made break for printing Office, and
as it happened, the one thatwas handiest
and in which he found himself, was the
marine paper of the city. He made his
way to the 'oomposing-rOom, of coGrse,
as he would have done in his own coun-
try, and told the man in charge that he
had an important and interesting ina
rine item"


He was informed that it was too late
the men had all gone home, and that it
could not be "sot up" The Captain told
him it must be, as it was highly impor-
tant, and that if the foreman would show
him "case' and give him a "stick" he
would do it himself The foreman was
incredulous, and thought him a little
"shaky" in the upper regions; but con-
cluded to humor his whim, and so gave
him the required materials, and looked
on in perfect astOnishment to see an
American sailor "pitch in" to the type
boxes. In few minutes Captain John"
presented to the astouished COrkonian,
in type, correct and perfect an item that
was Of value to the paper When done
the foreman quietly asked him now he
learned to set type. he cOolly replied,
"Oh! that's nothing. Everybody knows
to set type in America.-Czevsland Her
cid.
Year: 1864

\ NEW JERSEY friend sends US the
following scrap as a sample of the smart
ness that can be found in his native
State:


A travelling book agent, friend of
mine, stopped at a tavern in New Jersey
while on a tramp. The landlady was a
widow, and the mother of three uncUm-
monty plain daughters, who took quite a
fancy to the agent, While at dinner one
day, he was requested by the widow to
carve the meat and servo it out to the
company at the table.


Ny dear madam said he you must
really excuse me, for do not understand
carving. I am accustomed to being ser
we'd, not doing service.


Not understand carving meat! mercy
on usp calculated the lady. Whot kind
of a woman must your mother have been.
A fine husband you'd make, to be sure.
Why, if you should come to me and say,
Widow Fox, can 1 have one Of your
gals for a wife?' I would say to you
Mr.. T., you cant till you learn to carve
her meat


Give yourself no uneosihess, madam,
replied Mr.. T.; I don't want either of
them. They look too much like their
motherp


1t is said he left the honsg in q hurry,
and did not venture near it again for fear
Of unpleasant consequences.
Year: 1864

The NEW Two CENT PIECE We have
seen a specimen Of the new two cent piece
which has been recommended for the
sanction Of Congress. It resembles as
much as anything can a gold coin, and is
really beautiful. On one side there is a
wreath of wheat in the centre Of which
is stamped 2 cents, and around which
are the words United States Of Ameri-
ca On the other side is the shield of
libertyj bearing the words God our Trust
It is very pretty and very convenient
coin, and We hope it will be adopted and
generally circulated Wheeling LuteHi-
qenCer
Year: 1864

So great was the anxiety Ofthe Chinese
authorities to obtain some of the Whit
worth guns which formed in armament of
Commodore Osborne's squadron, that
they are said to have offered to place sill
yer, weight for weight, to purchase them.
Year: 1864

MARIUs, a blacksmith, was emperor
three days; or as was said, they had an
iron rule fer three days. The first day
he was made emperor; the second he
and the third he was killed.
The wags likened his case to that of the
man who was counsel six hours in the
afternoon, and of whom Cicero said -
We had a consul SO severe and so stern
as censor, that during his administra-
ton not single man in all Rome dined,
supped or slept
Year: 1864

Arrangements are now completed to sup
ply any demand for this article, which from
lack Of government stamps has not heretofore
been possible.


The public may rest assured thatin no case
will the perfectly pure standard Of the Plant
alton Bitters be departed from. Every bot
lie bears the fac simils Of our signature on a
steel plate engraving, or it cannot be genuine.


Sold 10y all Druggists, Grocers and Dealers
throughout the country.
Year: 1864

The official returns of the election on the
question of amending the Constitution of the
State Of New York so as to allow soldiers to
vote, show 258, 8,795 votes for the amendment
and 48,079 against
Year: 1864

Another wonderful Ingredient Of Spanish
origin, imparting beauty to the complexion
and brilliancy to the mind, is yet unknown to
the commerce Of the world, and we withhold
its name for the present.
Year: 1864

INV 4ORhI Sepl. 10.


An extreme dullness perVades the entire
dry goods market. There is Q general dis.
trust among jObbers of the permaneuce Of
present high prices; under which they not
only refuse to buy but are eroWding of
their stocks at concession of price. The
auction room is freely resorted TO by this
class of merchants for unloading them
selves, and very large amounts of goods
are sold at decline of ten to fifteen per
cent. from current prices. We hear even
of leading Cincinnati merchant resort
ing to this method of selling very large
amounts of goods after having found it
impossible to sell even at reduced prices al
home.


This weakness of prices has q general
cause in the decline in gold, accompanied
with an expectation that the price will fall
yet lower, and remain permanently down;
but, in the case of cotton goods, where the
decline is greatest, il is TO large extent
the result Of the extraordinary prices pro
dueed by the great advance in raw materi-
al. 1t would appear that the prices of
cotton goods have now reached point at
which q large proportion of buyers will
refuse to buy them. Those who have open
ed their stocks in the interior fnd that
they cannot possibly sell goods at the cur
pIlSSb' duu NIllluk W tuGlI hkEubS
here to make no more purchases until
prices materially decline. This is a per-
fectly natural movement and must, as it
would appear, work a strong reaction in
the price of cotton goods.


1t is true that manufacturers cannot pay
81 81 for cotton and sell their goods at
present prices without heavy loss; but
consumers will not regard that as s;;reason
why they should buy the goods. The con-
sumer f1es for himself the price ct which
he will buy dress goods; and if the manu-
faeturer cannot make at his price he must
suspend producing until the price of raw
material comes down to q point that will
admit of his manufacturing at profit.
The solution of the present lock in the
market would therefore seem to be in the
closing of several mills; for while SO many
manufactures sre competing for cotton the
price will remain at its present rate. Those
holders of cotton goods who are refusing
to sell at the reduced prices because of the
light supply on the market would do we'll
to consider whether they can compel Gus
toners to alter their apparent determine
ton not to buy at present high prices. The
probability is thar before they can bring
consumers to their terms the price of cot
ton will have been materially reduced by
q diminished demand.
Year: 1864

HOG IN-HoG OUT.-The following story
is told of deacon in the city of S, in
Northern Ohio. The deacon was owner and
overseer of large pork packing establish
ment. His duty was to stand at the scald,
ing trough, watch in hand, to time the length
of the scald, crying . Hog out - when the
watch told three minutes. One week the
press of business compelled the packers to
nnasally severe labor, and Saturday night
found the deacon wholly exhausted. Indeed,
he was almost if not quite sick the next
morning when church time came, but he was
d leading member, and it was his duty to
attend the usual Sabbath service if he could
lie went. The occasion was one of unusual
solcmnity, as revival was in progress. -
The minister preached sermon well calcu-
lated for effect. His pcroration was a eli.
max of great beauty. Assuming the atti
tude of one intensely listening, he rccted to
the breathless auditory


II.rk' they whisper: angels say


Hog in !" came from the deacon's pew
in a'stentorian voice. The astonished audi
ence Immediately turned their attention from
the preacher, but he went on apparently
unmoved--


Sister spirit come away


Hog out !" shouted the deacon "tally
four.''


This was too much for the audience and
the preacher, who sat down disconnected,
then rose to dismiss the weary deacon
with short bcnediction.
Year: 1864

Sheep can stand cold weather without
INJURY if it is dry. Sudden changes and cold
rains are very injerious. We believe sheep
require shelter quite Us much in the South
west as at the North. The weather is not a.
cold, but it j., more changeable, and she
sheep frequently get thoroughly soaked to
the skin In this condition "A cold wv wind
and damp soil cannot help but carry of
much of The heat which is necessary to the
wel-bcing of the sheep. The natural heat
of the body Of sheep Q05o) is much higher
than that of horses and cattle. This heat
is kept up by the consumption OF food (or
burning of fuel in the lungs, etc., of the
animal To prevent this heat from falling
off, the sheep asc provided with good warm
coat of wool. TO be eflcctual, however, the
coats must be kept dry. In "a cold dry eli,
mate, if the wool get little wet ON the out
side it is soon frozen. and this acts as a coat
of mail, with a good warm lining of dry
wool inside, Sc that the heat from the warm
body wAam does not fly off. 1t is said that
the Scotch Highanders in olden times when
exposed during frosty nights, wet their plaid,
before lying down to sleep, and by holding
them short time from their bodies they
were frozen in stiff hard board, sufficiently
thick and i1nperviouS to defend them from
the cold. The slight coat of frozen WOO
acts in the same way. But in wet weather
there is no such protection and so it Is thai
You will find il equally important to shcltei
in the warm. but wet and chanccahlc, eli


mate Of the South western States.
Year: 1864

a CUBAN physician having been robbed to
\ serious extent in his tobacco works, dis
covered the theft by the following ingenious
artitice. Having called his negro slaves
together he addressed them thus:


"My friends, the Great Spirit appeared to
me during the night, and told me that the
person who stole my money, should at this
instant-thfs very instant-have parrot 5
feather at the point Of his nose"


On this announcement the thief, anxious
to find out if his guilt had declared itself,
put his finger up to his nose.
Year: 1864

The MEAsEsf SxAKE or ALL-Ifthere
be one thing moro outrageous to the fee,-
ings than another, II is TO see bezyzrx
whom you have supplied literally from
your bounty, fling your gift into the gut
ter or squander It all st the nearest rum
shop Gentle charity gives place to as
strong desire to kick the mendicznt into
the street There are hundreds of peo-
pie in Chicago to-day who share the
same feeling towards the Louisville


Journal When the war broke out, It's


editor ssut North, piteously complaining
that the secessionistS had Withdrawn
their patronage and that he was almost
in the articles Of newspaper death He
made s Wanting display Of patriotism,
and begged for some crgsss from our
overisden tables The Union men Of
Chicago bads him SIT down aad paEtake
Year: 1864

All who have committed an excess of any kind ..
whether it be the solitary vice of youth or the sting
ing rebuke of misplaced confidence in maturer ears
SEEK FOR An Ay7IDOTE IN SEASON.
The Pains and Aches, and Lassitude and Nervous
Prostration that may follow Impure COTTON. are


the Barometer TO the whole system
Do not wait for the that sure 10 fol-
low, do not wait for Unsghtly Ulcers, for


Disabled Limbs for Loss of Beauty


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