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Year: 1862

A lady friend sends US the fol-
lowing recipe for dyeing cotton
or wool brown:


Take the bark Of the root of a
common wild plnm-beil in iron
or brass, as most convenient, until
the dye looks almost black. Strain
and add small quantity Of cop
peras dissolved in a small quantity
of the dye. Add the articles to be
dyed. Boil an hour orso. Wiring
out and dip in strong cold ley.
When dry, rinse IN cold water
This givesa genuine, bright brown,
which is the prettiest contrast for
blue; and when checked In togeth-
er, makesa dress becoming enough
for the proudest Southern dame
or belle. Ladies, fryits
Year: 1862

i; Thurlow Weed, of the Albany
.f(N. " Evening Journal, speaks
THUS:


Hon. A. S. Dixen told us ON Thurs
I day evening that he had the ex
4 press authority of Secretary Sew.
!. ard to tell the people that be had


assured the representatives of for
teign nations from time to time that
the rebellion would be crushed out,
and he in order to prevent inter
fvention In favor of the rebellion,
had now named the time SO short
that he dared not make it public,
land that such intervention could
mot be prevented but by an imme-
Ediate call for 800, coo men"


The Administration has sold out


the right of domain on the seas
(resisted by every previous Ad-
ininistration) to Great Britain,
I 1t has abandoned the right of do


main ON the Continent to France,
and allowed and encouraged the In
vasion of Mexico. Last comes
the acknowledgment of the right


of Intervention, by cur Secretary


of S5ate-which degrades even our
enemies of the South, no matter


how much it humiliates us. On


both sides we see the surrender
of our Nationality and our Union!
We have learned the folly of un-
derrating our enemies. We haye
learned that they are equally


brave, equally hardy, equally
qmck-witted, equally endowed with
martial qualities with ourselves.
We have learned they are terri
bly, in earnest in their efforts to


achieve their ends, that they are
desperate IN their resolve to di-


voroe themselves from US, that
they are determined to resist our
efforts to conquer them, to the BIT


ter end.


We have learned how little ac-
tive cooperation we are, to expect
from the Union element of the ex-
treme South. We have learned
that the element, even where most
prevalent, is timid, torpid, doubt
ful, negative; that it needs watch
ers' to sit by and nurse it; that it is
often treacherous and counterfeit;
that in many instances it is rather
a stumbling block in our way than
a prop and auxiliary.
HIS OPINIONS OF SLAVERY CHANGE.
We have learned that slavery
instead Of being an clement of
weakness is an element Of strength
to the Confederates. We have
learned that it is one of their chief
props and stats Of support; that
the four millions of blacks held in
bondage are used as an effective
weapon with which to fight and
oppose US. We have learned that
we cannot successfully fight the
enemy and protect the institution
at the same time; and if ever we
hope to succeed we must leave the
latter to It's fate.


TIE NORTH GOES TT BLIND AND ALONE.


We have learned the folly of I
expecting sympathy from foreign
Governments and foreign peoples.
We have learned that we are
hated most cordially where we had
reason to lock for moral support;
that we stand today apart and
isolated, without a friend or back
er in any Power on earth. We
have learned that we must not on
ly fight the good fight unassisted,
but under the shadow Of the frowns
Of Europe.
Year: 1862

THE negro idea of emancipation is char.
ac:eristically expressed in the following
stanzas from the latest "negro melody"
Though the darkeis expectation OF muffin
to do" may meet with disappointment.
the confidential expectations expressed,
will ultimately be found to have more or
less weigh


Old Uncle Ned, frow down dat hoe


Bud Dinah drop that kitchen dough


We're all free wild muffin to do,


But to dance all night and all day too,


De white trash have muffin to say,


But to work! work! and de taxes pay:


While de blessed darkes dance der FILL


Let de white trash foot the iiddlers bill!
Year: 1862

Defend us from people who will "cavil
on the ninth part a OF nsirp' 1t is painful
to argue with your inveterate objectionist
who will admit nothing for granted,
however palpable; bu. who compels you
to re.establish patent facts, and re-argue
questions that have been settled for ages.
The best way to deal with one of these
nfnitesimal casuists is to let him severe
ly alone. OF all the bores one meets
with in society, the man who demures to
everything, the mere phrase catcher, who
is always on the watch to trip you up on
technicality or corner you with quib-
BILE. is the most detestable. We would
rather play football with hedgehog.
than chop logic with fellow who intren-
ches himself behind breastwork of evas-


ions. and whose main object it not to be
convinced, Nothing can be learned of
such people, nothing can be taught them.
Year: 1862

A young man, lately married, fears
being drafted, and advocates the passage
of a law, similar to that in force among
the lsraelites, as is recorded in Deuteron.
omy Oath chap. 9th verse


"When man hath taken new wife,
he shall not go to war, neither shall he be
charged with any business; but he shall
be free at home one year. and shall cheer
up the wife which he has taken"


Foolish Benedict Were such law
past it would cause greater rush 10 arms
than ever
Year: 1862

Illinois this year will. if that State Con-
yention, in the plentiiudc Of lis power,
docs not reverse tho order Of the sea-
suns, realize enough FROM the crop Of
sorghum to bc planted, IN pay for all the
sugar that will be used III the State: she
will grow cotton enough, if there is no
lailurcto gel seed, to supply domestic con-
sumption Of woven fabrics; she ought to
make wine enough 10 reduce The price of
the commoncr sorts to forty centsa gallon;
and if to her was awarded the contract Of
feeding the army, she could supply the
bread, beef and pork and have 4 large sur
plus 10 spare. We wish VIC could say that
she will grow wool enough to make
sack fer every man and boy and a
yellow flannel petticoat for every woman
and girl living on her soil. We ought at
least 10 raise hemp enough to hang home
made tra1itors, and flax enough to mix
with our cotton, according 10 the latest
process. She will ship lead enough from
her Galena mines to kill every seeessionist
in Seccssia, admitting, even, that each son-
ofa-1grn will carry off as many bullets as
agrizzly bear. And if our banks were in
full blast, the Government could put them
in commission and they would supply
paper money enough, just as good and a
great deal cheaper than that Of New Eng


land, to carry on the war. These are coll
so1alons neither few nor unimpoEtant
Year: 1862

Mimic ball weighing one and half ounces on
its mission Of destruction. The range Of this
gun is two miles, and may be discharged with
ordinary working at the Tate Of forty balls 4
minute. The gun is set to particular point
and set at work: its range viii not ynry while
in operation, and the accuracy with which it
throws its projectilcs is truly wonderful.


The whole weight of the gun, mounted upon
wheels, is only Elk hundred pounds, rendering
its management upon the field perfectly easy
either by hand or horse.


Gen. Lane will take two Of these revolving
guns with his expedition.


The c1lief use Of the gun will be to work
against artillery; in this capacity it viii be an
effective and fearful weapon.
Year: 1862

II there IS any man in Congress weak
enough 10 consent to the issue Of Treasury
Notes Of the denomination Of two and
three dollars, he should be Instantly bored
for the simples, and sent home. Yet our
dispatches say that the Committee Of Ways
and Meansis seriously entertaining propo-
sition to do that very thing. Has paper
money banking eaten out the common
sense, as slavery has consumed the CON
. science Of the Nation?
Year: 1862

Is the Convention Legally Organized


The Springfield Journal raises the question
whether the Constitutional Convention is le-
rally organized, inasmuch as the delegates
we're sworn only to support the Constitution
Of thc United States, whereas the act of the
Legislature prescribed the form Of an oath
which was not taken. The Convention has,
indeed, since its organization, resolved that
acts Of the Legislature hare no binding force
upon A sovereign Convention Of the people,
but before the Convention Was organized
these acts were in force as much as at the
election when delegates were chosen. The
Journal, therefore, sums up that the Conven-
ton, "not having complied with the law, is
not yet 4 legally organized body, competent
to do the work for which the people have call.
ri II fnpptT1ar y
Year: 1862

~ Among the cheering signs of the times
is the announcement that more than two mil
lions of dollars were received from customs
last week. Thus, in the midst of war, COM
nerce remains not only in an uninterrupted but
in a f1ourishing condition. The exports during
the last year were, as is we'll known unusually
large; and now the influx Of foreign commo-
dities is sufficient to yield a very handsome
revenue. 1t was one of the favorite fallacies
of the Southern statesmen that nearly the
whole foreign trade of the country was found
ed on the productions and the consumption of
the South-an idea very completely exploded
by the receipts referred to above, at time
when trade with most of the slave States is
suspended, and by the enormous list of weekly
exports from New York and other Northern
ports. 1t would be curious to see statement
of the receipts Of the "Southern Confederacy''
from the Secession tariff that was ostentatious
ly established some months ago.. 1t is doubt
full whether single rebel custom house has
collected enough to pay the expenses of sus-
tanning it, which were authorized while the
authority of the Union was acknowledged,
Notwithstanding the assertion of MASON, Sill
DELL, YANCEY & Co., that our blockade is in
effective, and the shallow pretence that the
South formerly consumed the chief portion OF
the foreign exports of the country.
Year: 1862

The Union Democratic Central Committee
Of Sacramento county met on Tuesday last
\ message was sent into them from the Re
publican Committee, inviting them to fuss
with that party, which was rejected and a
Democratic Convention was called for the 5th
day of August. Among other resolutions the
following were adopted:


Resolred, That although not authorized as q
Committee to consider the proposition of the
Republican County Committee, We have DO
hesitation in declaring, as members of the
Union Democratic party. that so far from be-
lieying the proposed fusion is either necessary
or patriotic, we are convinced that the present
unfortunate state Of our country should rather
impel true Democrats to insist upon, and labor
TO effect, more perfect organization of their
party, as well as TO aid in the struggle making
for the Constitution and the Union. as to give
honor and power to its truly national and con-
servative principles.


Res0tUed, That We recognize in those who
invite US to abandon our organization, men
who have ever been our opponents, and among
them some who have affiliated with Us for
selfish motives, true to their unholy instincts,
are but seeking under another name q means
of furthering their schemes for power and per
SOnal aggrandzement.
Year: 1862

RIGHTS, PoLIcY, Ere, ETC.-The Marys-
vile Express has the following:


The policy Of the true Union and patriotic
men Of the country has been to allay the fears
of the Southern people-reassure them Of their
constitutional rlghts-develop the Unionism
among them and convince them that the party,
which succeeded to power upon a platform
hostile 10 their interests and rights. did not
intend to interfere with their domestic institu-
tiouS or deprive them of the protection Of a
common Constitution.


What rights have the rebels lost that they
could not regain without fghdnge What
rights are they fighting for What right has
any citizen Of the United States, under the
Constitution thereof, that the rebels cannot
enjoy by laying down their arms. and renew
ing their allegiance? What are they fighting
for, if they have lost 10 rights? What right
( is the Express party fighting for, when they
resolve that they are opposed to the employ
meut Of force, to compel rebel obedience to
constitutional authority? The policy of the
true Union and patriotic men Of the country,
as announced by the Express, has not beer
the policy of the Express party, for its party
opposed force, to compel the obedience Of tht
rebels to constitutional authority, and favore<
a recognition Of the Southern Conlederacy.-
The Express is the elected organ Of lis party
and thus conclusively shows that its party i
not composed Of the Union and patriots


men Of the country"
Year: 1862

EVERY dollar pluudored from the Govern
mcnt within the past six years, every victim of
the present civil war, every ghastly spectacle
of crime now deluging the land is an eloquent
testimony against such damnabe, sectional Or
gauizations as the Republican and Breckin-
ridge parties. and to the need, and worth, and
loyalty of the Democratic party.
Year: 1862

DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CoMMITTEE-We have
not been furnished with copy of the answer
returned by the Democratic County Commit
tee to the Republican proposition for fusion.
The Committee will meet on Saturday next
for the purpose of calling a convention for
the nomination of a county ticket.
Year: 1862

THE Louisville Journal says there are two
thunder clouds in opposite quarters of the hor-
zon-tne Republican thunder-cloud in the
north, and the disunion thunder-cloud IN the
south. There are also in our land enough
Union swords and bayonets acting as good
conductors, TO take the lightning out of both
Year: 1862

Be A-MAN OF YorR WORD. When you
promise to do thing, do it, Be man of
principle in your word. Do not say that
you intend to-day to visit your sick friend
or neighbor, and then suffer the pressure
Of business to crowd it out os your mind.
He has been watching for your coming
during the week that is past Could you
have seen the bright smile that illumined
his countenance when he said, 81 hear his
voice-his footstep," you would have said
that the keeping of that promise was
worth more to you than much "choice
gold" But when the vision had diSap-
pcarcd and you came not, there was pity
and sorrow, even for you. written upon
those features. For dollars and cents had
become formidable barrier against that
priceless gem, in every mans character,
which either shines in it's own conspicu-
Gus light Of love of the truth, or is set in
the midnight darkness of distrust and
falSehood. Thin, If you wish to do good,
and WELD an influence for truth, be man
of your word.
Year: 1862

but sip-no fear that the secret wishes Of
your heart, known only to HBR and God
will ever be made kn0wi,@-r0 fear that
another will break from the bush the rose
you have SO long watched and cared for.


Such a girl--one who wants but one
lover--but one heart-but one to be the
occupant Of her inner heart, is worth q
heaven. Win her, and love her. II you
are poor and she will marry you, do it
not, till able to support her, as sickness
may rob your cupboard, but waiting can
never break yourlOve. IF young, and she
will wait, my boy, you have prize great.
er than the Kohinoor. II in trouble. and
she still clings to you--weeps with you
sympathizes with yon--kisscs the tears
from your eyes; and on bended knees you
can together-heart to heart pressing
both hearts reaching up to God in pruyer
for his grace and blessing--loOk the fu.
ture fcar'csSy in the face and swear to
wait till the clouds lit then Walter, my
boys you have found an angel who will
MAKE your Geart paradise, and your fife
ever happy. Hearts are often matched,
my boy sometimes mated. And the car
which les all sorts Of freight is no
good car for pleasure parties.
Year: 1862

The JuG.--The jug is a most singular
utensil. A pail, tumbler or decanteP can
be raised, and you may satisfy yourself
by optical proof that it is clean bgt the
jug has but little hole in the top. and
the interior rs all darkness No eye PEN
etrates it; no hand moves the surface.
You can clean it only by putting iD water.
shaking it up and pouring it Ont.~.- II ghe
water comes out clean, you judge you
have succeeded in cleaning the jug. and
Cice rerSa. Hence the jug is like the An.
man heart. No mortal can ever look into
its receSses. and you can judge only. Of its
purity by what comes from it,
Year: 1862

LOOKOUT FOR THEM.-Our people cannot
be too cautious in watching beggars and others,
who call upon some pretext or other, at houses.
They should not be allowed to come inside the
doors, unless the persons are well known, as
the object Of most of them is either to steal
whatever they can lay their hands OH, or to
discover the situation of fastenings TO the
doors, DC. A few days since a woman called
at house and requested to be shown to the
privy! 1t is needless to say that the door was
slammed in her face.
Year: 1862

sBe We are told that the officer in COM
mand of the 7th regiment recently put some of
his men into the guard house for getting lick
ed in quarrel. The provocation for fighting
was sufficient TO excuse them for taking up
the quarrel, but no apology could be admitted
for coming off second best That's the disci-
pline that will win in the long run
Year: 1862

OF the poor Of London. The interest OF this
handsome amount is to be used for the pur-
pose specified under the direction of Board
of Trust, Of which body tho American Minis
ter resident in London is to he member.


The London Times speaking of the great
deed, says: We feel sure there is no one who
hears of this noble act who will not join us
in offering to Mr. Peabody the tribute of Eng.
lisll gratitude and good will. There is in the
present age much to record Of private and
public bcneficence. Not calamity bcfals a
locality or class, not case Of obscure and
patient misery is brought to light. without a
display Of charitable feeling which does credit
to the land. But it is indeed seldom that
good works are done on the scale which this
American gentleman has now made familiar
to us. A sum which must be a considerable
portion of any fortune is alicnated by its pos
SCISSOR during his own life for tho benefit of
the poor of city where he is only a sojourncr.
There have been many among US who, from
various motives, have bcqucathed large sums,
and even their whole fortunes to charitable
uses, or for tho promotion Of literature or art.
or to carry out some scheme which was their
fancy during life. But this posthumous liberal.
ity has little in it that resembles the personal
sacrifice of Mr. Peabody. The testator de-
privcs himself of nothing he only diverts
the destination of that which he must ncces-
sarily leave behind. lie cannot carry with
him to the grave the wealth which was his
enjoyment during life; and he may without
any impulse Of exalted virtue, be willing to en-
rich an institution rather than an heir. But he
that gives during life shows an earnestncss
in well doing that is beyond suspicion. II"
takes that which ministers to the power, the
pride, the pleasures Of mankind. and gives it
to those who can make no return to him. 1t
is only in the satisfaction of good deed that
the brnefactor Of the London poor can find q
reward. He abandons a sum which is for
tune in itself. in order that the poor of that
vast. dirty. ill+kept. iIl-built city which the
wcalllier classes never see. shall have among
them one great range Of dwellings provided
with the necessaries of comfort aud rcspecta-
bility. And this he does in country which
is not his own, and in u city which he may
any day leave aud return to his native land.
Certainly such an act is rare in tho annals Of
bencvolence.


Mr. Peabody's former acts Of generosity
have been singularly useful. At Danvers.
Mass. the place Of his birth. there is ar insti-
tuition founded years since which confers great
benefits on the place. and at Baltimore anoih-
er on much larger scale has been equally
Successful.
Year: 1862

The battle of the gunboats on the Mississippi
reads like recital Of an old Greek or Roman
sea fight. Twas fight of steam rams, rather
than of gunbOsts, for the fate of the antagonis-
tic vessels was determined by the force of coils
ions. GunpOwder and steam have added their
terrible enginery to modern warfare but such
contests as these make US realize what was the
character of a naval battle of ANTIQUITY, when
the sharp proved boats, flied with mailed war
riOrs and trained rowers, came into collision on
the sess


The machinery of ancient warfare developed
itself very much as it has in modern dsvs. Onlv
the Old World lacked the two great eismsnts,
steam and gunpowder- The camp of q Roman
army and its discipline were a more perfect work
than the wsrld has since then seen. The sword,
the shield, the spear, the catspuit and batteTing-
ram, and in naval warfare the armed PROV, and
the prCjectiles, carried all the known machinery
to its highest Development The mailed steamer
was unknown; but troops advanced to attacks
against fortress walls under portable roofs The
soldiers themselves were iron plated The
Greek fire was an agency Of war which modern
society would give much to retrieve lOr its own
use.


What is the progress which two thousand
years have ma le in the aft lirs of mankind ?
Not SO much IN the arts Of war, as in those OF
peace We have learned to apprec; ate the valus
anu uuty Ot peace; ana though we tOrgat.-at
times, the lesson, we do not discard it forever
The Old World made war its constant occupa-
ton; and the civilization and power of Greece
and Rome were purchased, each in its turn, by
the misery and spoliatiOn of surrounding people
Let this war hasten TO an end so that peace
may be restored. There can be no hope for the
people or for the republic till this collision has
passed. The fever must rise to its ers and
break, before the disorder will leave the patient
Il is with this conviction that thousands are
looking with anxious eyes, at the throes of the
struggle. They are looking beyond the war tC
| the peace-Aibany ArgHs
Year: 1862

The correspondent of the New York Timss.
writing from FremOnts army after the Wynd
ham smbuseade, says:


will send you list cf killed and wounded
by telegraph as soon as obtained; I hsYs al
ready sent you by telegraph the main facts Of
to days affairs. Despite everything, I think
that as yet we have only encountered Jsckson's
rear guard, and q brave, skillful and efficient
rear guard it is. 1 tell you, gentlemen Of the
North, we must recognize fighting essence in
the men with whom we are now fighting. They
have risen in my estimation to-day moro than
ever before deemed it possible They have re-
treated without leaving thing behind them Is
far as they chose to; now, on their own ground
and in their own fashion. they propose to give
US battle when we meet them we've got 70
meet them as the " Bucktsils did, prepared to
fight, and preferring an honorable death to 8
towards life. l am repidly making up ny
mind that no small proportion Of our men intend
to be soldiers without actually exposing their
lives to the prscari0us chances OF war.
Year: 1862

The rapidity with which bees will
build comb and gather honey, under
favorable circumstances, is SO extra
ordinary as to be almost Incredible
Mr.. Brink says that he has known a
strong swarm to ELL its hive with comb
in seventy>two hours and that colo
MES expelled in August, put into
empty hives, and transported to the
heaths, would fill the hive with new
comb and gather from thirty to forty
pounds of honey, in the brief season
in which they could labor. In the
spring of 1858, one of his neighbOrS
carried his stocks, whose stores were
nearly exhausted, to a distant rape
field then in blossom. The weather
was raw and unfavorable at the time
suddenly changed, becoming mild and
clear. The bees labored so success
fully, that after few days his neigh,
Dor called on him for advice, saying
that the liquid honey was running in
streams from the hives. On examin-
alton it appeared that all the combs
we're filled to overfowing, in conse-
quence of the superabundance of nee
tar.-Bee Journal.