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Year: 1865

SUSPENDED.-Wc notice that Messrs. Pickett
Enoch have suspended the publication of the
g Federal Union, ;" and in its stead commenced
the issue Of weekly, which will be known as
the Register. We consider this prudent move
do not appear disposed to properly sustain a
daily paper. The Register is good sized
sheet and deserves a liberal support from Pa
ducahites. We wish our friends, p. 4 E.. the
success they SO richly merit
Year: 1865

Our NORWAY LErTER.-The letters from
Norway which appear every week in the TINES,
written by lady citizen of Cairo, are elicting
universal interest, and looked for with
eagerness by every lover of foreign lore The
letter we publish to-day is particularly inter
esting and instructive. The authors descrIp-
ton of church service, of the dresses of the
officiating clergymer and the local attendants,


ofthe respect shown to the memory of the dead
and care taken Of their cemeteries all possess
rare interest. We have another letter of the
same series which will appear in day or two.
Year: 1865

The New York Times )aments- the lack
Of disposition on the part Of Ohristiande-
nominations at the North for junction
with their brethren at the South, and con-
demns the prerequisite which they lde-
mand, viz. "that the members OF the
Southern churches properly acknowledge
and repudiate their [politicsll errors.


This prerequisite to q reunion differs
essentially from that prescribed BY the
national government. The President has
simply required an oath Of submission to
emancipation and of future obedience to
the constitution. He asks neither repen-
:tanoe nor any professions of it. BE con-
Germs himself about future conduct alone.


The Northern churches, on the other
hand, feel that they must not only insure
good conduct for the future, but obtain


purgation for the past. The Times arcnes
that the crime Of secession is not one of
those misdeeds which prove a perssn to


be an unchristian and bad man /:


Some distinction must be made between


political and moral offence. The one NAV
come from an error of the head simply, the
other must proceed, If its author is sane. from
badness of heart The one may be committed
conscientiously the other cannot. a rebel
may mean to DO right; a. thief or murderer
cannot. a Christian minister Of the North
would not dare to withhold spiritual consola,
EoS,
ing TO express repentance for supporting the
eonfederacy; and yet he would give no such
consolation to an ,unrepentant thief on n1ur.
derer. The assumption that every man Of the
six millions who have participated in this re.
bellion acted against his convictions of duty,
and Voluntarily committed what he knew to be
q crime, is monstr0ns. It would prove moral
depravity In the Southern people beyood any.
thing known to human hist0ry-a dpravity
which would as much forbid us to have 5olitical
as religious associations with them. Were it
true, it would be an eternal disgrace ID restore
them to American citizenship. Nobody be.
lieves it. The great body of the Southern peo.
pie who sustained the confederacy dn so on
honest, though, as we say; mistaken convic-
tons Of duty. It is because we have this be-
lief that they are freely welcomed bask to the
Union: What is there in religious principle
that disall0Ws similar recogniti0n and cor.
responding action? What Is there that re.
quires the churches to be more implacable and
relentless towards crime against the Govern.
ment than Is the government itself2 Cannot
Christian charity yield as much q political
justice? os yl,fy -. u s.a H.oa | =


We make no indication of the way in which
the Northern and Southern church@ might be
brought again into connection and co-opera-
ton. That is not our province. 1t.7 3s


] But we are confident that with the right spi-
rit, some way can be found, and that both the
interests of the Republic and the honor of
American Christianity itself, urge that it
should be found. The great necessity of the
time is the extinction of all sectional resent
ments; the advent of universal harmony and
good will the co.working of all good men,
the war and meeting all the new duties toward
the emancipated race. True patriotism sure
~ cannot stand in the way of this. Can true
religion? ra
Year: 1865

AT the Massachusetts, Republican Con-
vention, Senator SUMNER made furious
assault upon the President and his policy.
He advises the adoption Of the most ex-
treme course. He marks out the course
for the radical faction to pursue, and de-
clares "we must follow Congress in the
present exclusion of an rebels from politi-
cal power" To Congress he urges them
to look, "which," he adds, ''has plenary
power over the whole subject" Having
thus marked out the dangers which he
imagines threaten the negroes, and the
course to be pursued to protect them, be
turns and lectures the President, directing
him, with great gusto, to "tollow Con-
gress." In conclusion he declares that
his course is fixed. Others may hesitate,
but he will not. He is determined to
fight it out if it takes the remainder of his
life. In reference to these declarations of
SUMNER and his annoument of radical poll
cy, the Herald says:


The President can also understand the ma.
ture of the opposition which he is to have ar
rayed against him in the next Congress. He
can foresee the effort which will be made by
the radicals in that body to delay the work Of
reconstruction, as well as retain the country In
an unsettled and uncertain state for some time
to come. All this may be very pleasant to the
radicals; bit we imagine 1t will not be very
palatable to the taxpayers, when they come to
see, as they will. that the success OF the radi-
cal Jacobin policy will necessarily swell our
taxes largely.


1t is high time the business men of the
country were arousiRg to the work of sus-
tanning the President against the mad de-
signs of SUMNER and the radical crew.
Year: 1865

The excitement Tuesday in regard to the
newly discovered gold mines near Vermillion
Lake, was intense. It was the staple of con-
versation on the street, in the counting rooms
and everywhere. We were besieged with in.
quiries on all hands as to whether any more
intelligence had been received from the re-
gion.


The fact that such rich mineral deposit lies
so near rs, on the border of such splendid
agricultural region, and where transportation
can be co. Sa1ily obtained, is sufficient, Of
course, to BET the people in'a furor about It.


Supplies can be 80 easily obtained there,
that mining operations and prospecting can be
easily carried on. 1t must be recollected that
quartz mines are not like placer mines, that
can be worked with . pick, shovel and pan.
Quartz mines require capital to work them,
and expensive mills to crush the quartz. Al
though grand rash to the new mines may be
expected, 1t VIII not be for the purpose Of i'm
mediately working in them, but to make
claims and secure good "lodes."


These mines are more easily accessible per-
haps than any othergoa mines in the United
States. They are not more than $50 miles
from st. Paul, almost due north, and most of
the way there Is good road, and through set
Elements One can come from Chicago to this
point by car and steamer, in two days. It is
about two days travel by stage from this city
to Du Luth, at the head Of Lake Superior, and
the emigrant is within eighty miles Of the
mines, and having less hardship and wilder
ness to go through than on q journey toany
other gold mines in the country. 80. -


We can confidently look therefore, for
heavy emigration through this city to the Yer
million Lake Mines. tt Is probable too, that
this viii bea chief outftting point for emf
grants, thus proving Of great benefit to the
city directly, while the setting up Of the re.
tgion in which the mines are situated, win ben
eft Us indirectly, by bringing to US its trade
and commerce. This is new reason for the
early completion Of the Lake Superior Rail-
road, which viii run almost into the mining
region. -
Year: 1865

PREoooIrY lad who has to degree that
exctes wonder and admiration the character and
demeanor of an intelligent man of
maturer years, will probably be that and
nothing more, all his life, and will cease accor-
dingly to be anything remarkable, because it
was the precocity alone that ever made him So
It is remarked by grey hound fanciers that well
formed, compact shaped puppy never makes a
fleet dog. They see more promise in the loose
jointed, awkward, clumsy ones. And even so,
there is kind of crudity aud unse!tledness in
the minds Of those young persons who turn out
ultimately the most eminent.
Year: 1865




A Tower or SKULLs.-Lamartine in
his Pilgrimage to the Holy Land" writes
as follows When | was about a league
from Nisa the last Turkish town almost on
the frontier of Servia, l saw large tower
rising up in the midst of the plain, as white
as Parian marble. took the path which
led to it. l desired Turkish lad who ac-
companied me to hold my horse, and sat
down under the shade of the tower to en-
Joy few moments repose. No sooner was
seated than raising my eye to the monu-
ment, discovered that the walls which /
had supposed to be built of marble or regular
rows OF white stone, were composed of regu-
lar rows of human skulls, bleache ed by rain
and sun, cemented by little sand and lime,
formed entirely the triumphal arch which
now sheltered me from the burning sun
There must be from fifteen to twenty thou
sand. lp some places portions of the hair
are still hanging, and waved like lichen or
moss with every breath of wind. The
mountain breeze was then blowing fresh,
penetrating the innumerabe cavities of the
skulls, and sounded like a mournful and
plaintive sigh These were the skulls Of if.
teen thousand Servians, who had been put
to death by the Pacha in the last insurrec-
tion of Servia. Servia, however, is now Free
and this monument will teach their children
the value of independence by showing them
the price at which their forefathers par
chased It."
Year: 1865

Nearly every negro in Richmond are now seen
with cigar in his mouth. A while ago it would
have cost him fifteen lashes on the back to in
dulge in that luxury. New masters mako new
manners.
Year: 1865

They tell good story Of Hoosier officer, who
on receiving note from lady, requesting the
pleasure of bis company at a party to be given
at her house, on the evening designated, took
his volunteers and marched them to the young
lady's residence. When it was explained to him
that it was himself alone who had been invited,
he said: "The letter said company and / thought
the lady wanted to see all the boys"
Year: 1865

Woman is better observer than man, and
carries induction farther than he; she is conse-
quently more penetrating, and is a much better
judge of the moral and intellectual value ofthose
about her
Year: 1865

WASH FOR TRxEs.-It washing is deter
mined upon, the best material in our knowl
edge is common soft soap mixed with water
until it is Of the consistency Of cream. Ii
may be applied with brush, or swab. II
applied in the month of July, it will have a
tendency TO destroy tho eggs of insects which
are then deposited on the bark, and about
the roots OF trees, This wash will also be
found eifectual in removing moss and other
parasitical productions. A sufficient amount
of potash is contained in the soap to accom-
plish these ends, and yet not enough to in
jure the bark Of the tree, and as it is Of veg
etable origin, it is more congenial to the tree
than lime, and is always to be preferred. IL
does not close the pores Of the bark. rs lime
wash does. but leaves them unobstructed and
open 70 atmospheric influences, and in u state
of vigorous and perfect health. II has long
been used by orchardists and gardeners. and
has never been known to injure any fruit
tree, when made and applied as above direct.
ed A weak solution Of potash might Sc
cure similar results, bur its highly caustic ma
ture makes its use quite dangerously. E.
Farmer.
Year: 1865

GIRLs.-A girl Is not allowed to be q girl
after she is ten years old. II you treat her
as though rhe were one, she will ask you
what you mean. II she starts to run across
the street, she is brought back to the nurs-
cry to listen to lecture on the propriety OF
womanhood. Now 1t seems to me that q
girl ought to he nothing but u girl until she
is seventeen. Oi course there are propricties
belonging to her sex, which It is fitting for
her to observe, but aside from there, she
ought to have the utmost latitude. She
ought to be encouraged TO do much out Of
doors, to run and exercise In all those ways
which arc calculated to develop the muscular
frame. What is true Of boys, in tho matter
of bodily health, is emincntly 30 Of girls, It
is vastly moro important woman should be
healthy, than man. Man votes, and writes,
aud does business. but the woman is the teach.
er and the mother Of the world, and any.
thing that dsteriorates woman isa comprs.
hensivo plague on human life itself Health
among woman 10 thing that every man who
10 wise and oonsiderats for his race should
moro earnestly seek and promote.
Year: 1865

In course OF the next two months many
hundreds Of thousands Of trees will be trans
planted from nurseries to orchards, most of
them paid for at unusually high prices in the
hope Of obtaining remarkably luscious and
valuable fruit. Some of the men who set or.
chards will lose from quarter to half OF
their trees. while Others will lose one in u
hundred. A plan of setting. which will in
variably give satisfactory results. is the fol.
lowing:


Alter the ground has been richly manured
and deeply pulverited. dig the holes of am.
pie size to receive the roots in their natural
position without bending. Then pour two
pailiuls of water into the hole, and immedi-
ately begin to shake fne soil from u shovel
into the water. continuing the operation
gradually and steadily till the hole is filed.
The hole should be filed around the outside
in advance OF the middle, in order to push the
water inward to receive the earth about the
central.


Fine earth gradually shaken into water in
this manner is evenly deposited about roots,
surrounding and packing them as perfectly
rs il they had grown in their new position.
This method of transplanting not only en-
sures the life and growth Of the tree, but it is
also easier than any other, and it further eff
fects the very material economy OF dispens-
ing with the necessity Of stalking, the water
settling the ground around the roots so close
ly us to hold the tree with sufficient irmness
without any stakes. The tree, before it is
set, should always be pruned Of part of its
top to balance the large portion of the roots
that are cut of in taking it up. II this be
neglected, large parts of the branches will
surely die, and there is great danger Of losing
the whole tree.


1t is an excellent plan to mulch all or
chards, ana especially those newly set. The
ground should be covered with the cheapest
straw or hay to be had, to the depth Of four
or five inches. This will not merely prevent
the growth OF weeds or grass, twill keep the
soil both light and moist. IL not mulched,
it should be frequently stirred and kept clear
from weeds. 1t is impossible to protect the
roots of trees too carefully from exposure to
the sun and air during their transfer from
the nursery to the orchard.-Scientifc Amer
ican.
Year: 1865

1t will be we'll to mix them thoroughly on
the surface few days before using. The
proportion Of ashes will do very we'll when q
halt bushel Is mixed with half cord Of
muck; but IL more is used, the better. This
furnishes good soil for them to grow in
A top-dressing Of guano will do them no in.
jury.-Couniry Gentleman.
Year: 1865

NEW YORK, June 22-In the matter of
the riot on Staten Island last evening, it
appears that the citizens were giving an
entertainment to the 133d regiment, just
returned from the war. Some of the
members of detachment of the Goth,
guarding the cotton in the quarantine
grounds, came to the place of entertain
ment and were in friendly spirit asked
them. Afterwards discussion sprung
up in relation to the merits Of the two
regiments, in which the citizens partic-
pated A couple of the 66th got into a
fight getting the worst of it. They ran
to their quarters, got their muskets,
loaded them, fixed bayonets and return
ed, using offensive language. They were
set upon, their muskets taken away from
them and driven inside the gates of the
quarantine grounds. This enraged near
ly the entire detachment, and they took
their stand inside the gates with their
muskets loaded. By this time large
crowd gathered about the gates, and
stones were thrown at the armed soldiers
inside. They responded by firing, de
liberately and with much regularity
NOlleN dlUeT NOlltN lutO luc CioNu hC
fight was kept up for nearly half an hour,
with muskets on the one side and stones
on the other


Finally coat arrived, bringing on
board Lieutenant Colonel Nelson, in
command of the detachment of the Goth.
and he was informed of the state of af-
fairs He immediately leaped ashore
and fastened to the gate, commanding
the men to desist and return to their
quarters. His command was scarcely ut
tered when he was shot by one of his
own men, the ball passing through his
breast He will probably die He is a
son of Judge Nelson, of Williams Bridge,
West Chester county, and about twenty
eight years of age. Captain Wilson, OF
the Naugatuck, was notified Of the at
fair, and he ordered squad OF sailor.
with minnie rifles down to the scene OF
action, and arrested several OF the rloters
also taking away the mustets OF others
The disturbance was then quelied.


Among the wounded was Peter King
returned soldier employed about the
cotton on the quarantine ground, SHOT
in the right leg; the leg will probably
hare to be amputated Mortimer Dury
Ell, I53d regiment. was shot in the left
arm, rendering amputation necessary
Some twenty or thirty altogether were
wounded.
Year: 1865

The most bigoted and unreasonable
party ever met with was Jack =.


Jack was a red-hot abolitionist, and
his chief pleasure seemed in making the
fact as notorious as possible. HIS frlends
and associates, with one consent pro-
nounced Jack bore and a nuisance.


One day Jack met at the house of a
friend young lady of great personal
beauty and accomplishments Attracted
by her loveliness, and captivated by her
intelligence. he became assiduou- in
his attentions, forgot for while his
principles, and houtinquiri g what
might have been the political preference
of his lady y-love iInprudently proposed,
was accepted, and they were rried.
The wedding was over, the guests had
departed, and the happy pair had reSir-
ed to their chamber, and were snugly
ensconsed in bed. when Jack, in the
course of quiet conversation with his
wife, unwittingly alluded to his fayorite
subject, by casually speaking to him-
self as republican.


What" exclaimed his wife. turning
sharply and suddenly toward him, ARE
you republican.


Yes" replied Jack, Il am regular
ont-and-out, double dyed and twisted in
the wool"


Just double aud twist yourself out of
this bed then" interrupted his wife: Il
am a democrat, | am; will never sleep
with a man protesting the doctrines you
do"


Jack was rathersp speechless from amaze
ment. That the very wife of his bosom
should prove traitor was horrible; she
must be testing He demonstrated, but
in vain; tried persuasion, twas no go;
she was in earnest, aud the only alter
native left him was prompt renuncia-
ton Of his heresv or separate he'd IN
the other room.


Jack did not hesitate. TO ihjure the
established doctrines OF his party, to
surrender these glorious principles which
had grown with his strength to the mere
Whim and caprice of woman, was ride
ulous and absurd, and throwing himself
from the bed, he quit the apartme It.


In the morning she met him rs If moth
ing had happened but whenever Jack
ventured to allude to the night previous,
there was a laughing-imp in her eye,
which bespoke her power and extin-
guished hope.


A second time he repaired to his lonely
couch, and a second time called on his
his pride to support him in the struggle,
which he now found was getting desper-
ate.


The second day was repetition of the
first No allusiOn was made to the sub
iect on either side There was quiet
happiness and cheerfulness about his
wife that puzzled Jack sorely, aud he
felt that all ideas of forcing her to sur
render must be abandoned.


The third night he was alone! His
reflections were yet more serious than
the previous nights; what they were, Ell
course, was only known to himself, but
they seemed to result i'll something de-
cided for at about midnight three dis
tinct raps were made at his wife's door
No answer The signal was repeated i'll
a louder tone, still all was silent. A
third time the door shook with the viO-
lent attacks.


who's there ?" cried the voice of his
wife, as if aroused from deep sleep.


"Your husband, the best democrat you
ever saw"
Year: 1865

New YORK, June 22.-The CONNER
cial Bulletin says tue second I. :. colored
Cavalry, on board steamer lying at the
wharf in Portsmouth, last Tuesday even
ing took possession If the vessel aud re-
fused to allow it to leave, and next morn
ing went on shore armed and TuR riot
through the town White troops were
summoned from various quarters Gen
Graham took command Of them aud
overpowered the blacks and drove them
aboard the ship, where preparations Were
made for them. They were disarmed and
sent down the bay.
Year: 1865

The leading Abolition journal of Wis
consin, published at Milwaukee, says:


The Government has taken its posi-
tion against negro suffrage distinctly aud
unequivocally, just as President Lincoln
did at first against emancipation But
he had to back down, just rs President
Johnson will be obliged to do in this
case Fer his course is now disapprovcd
by the leading presses and members of
the Union party, and is approved by the
entire Copperhead party. People may
turn up their noses at the opposition of
Wendell Phillips and men of his type
But when such men as Prof Amasa Wal
ker, of Boston, take public issue with
the President, and the cOnscienccs and
the hearts, not only of the religious
bodies, bnt also OF the loyal press and
loyal masses, are opposed to the Presi-
dent on this question, he must change,
or be without a party to support him, or
throw himself into the arms Of the cop
perheads
Year: 1865

The practice of refugees abandoning
the country and crowding into the large
cities is one which would be more ho>
nored in the breach than in tho obser-
vance. 1t would be wiser for many who
are now in the city to look about for
homes in the rural districts. Living is
cheaper in the country, and not few Of
them may become producers instead Of
consumers. If they can get even an
humble cabin, and a small garden, and
produce little, if it is only for their own
use, it is better than to remain here,
where their presence can only add to
their own sufferings and those Of others.
We warn refugees to keep away from
Richmond, and advise those who are
here, and can find homes in the coun-
try, to select some spot where they can
avoid the enormous expense of the ne
cessaries Of life. Our charitable citi-
zens and relief committees have their
liberality exerted to the utmost to pro-
vide for many who, if in the rural dis
tricts. might not only be more comfort
able themselves, but greatly aid the
farmers in the cultivation of the soil.