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Year: 1865

IT is said Of the Marquis Of Townsend,
that when young and engaged in battle he
saw drummer athis side killed hy a can
non bail which scattered his brains in eve-
ry direction. His eyes were at once Fixed
on the ghastly object, which seemed to en-
gross his thoughts. A superior officer OBJ
serving him, supposed he was intimidated
at the sight and addressed him in manner.
to cheer his sIirits. ooh" said the young
Marquis with calmness, but severity Il
am not frightcned--I am puzzled to make
out how any man with such quantity of
brains came to be here T.
Year: 1865

Mr.. JAY Cooke has Just made an expla-
nation of the means he employed to obtain
in one week subscription to the National
Loan, amounting to nearly one hundred
million dollars. The explanation is in
single word he Advertised. This explains
the marvel lIe did nothing more but he
did it well. He accomplished nothing that
another man maynot accomplish in his own
business. Liberal advertising in the papers
was the rod with which he smote the rock
and performed n financial miracle. - Phila-
de1Dhio Price Current. sGsaa
Year: 1865

The New York Express inquiries in one Of
its monetary articles if it is Legitimate bust.
ness" for the Secretary of the Treasury to
sell Government gold We answer, une-
quivocally that it is legitimate for him to do
so II, for Government purposes, he chooses to
do so. For instance, If the Secretary of the
Treasury needs currency to pay of the army,
and he has fve million dollars in gold which
he can convert into currency by going into
the market, it is his duty to do it, and that,
too, rcithOm motlfyimg tie specmLdtors NJ
Wall street. We hope, before many days,
to see the experiment tried for the especial
benefit Of the rAscally Bulls of that great
money mart. The people will be benefited
thereby.
Year: 1865

Major General Franklin has not been made
full brigadier general in the regular army
Wash. Cor. NeD York World.


Whence comes this surprise? Certainly not
from those who thoroughly understand the
true history of General FrankIin's mode of
prosecuting the war while in the Department
of the Gulf We are only surprised that
he retains any commission whatever in the
service.


The New York World is tho very place Of
all others where we should first expect to see
surprise manifested in sympathy with
such a man.
Year: 1865

Alone iD tho dark and silent night.


With heavy thoughts of q vanished year
Wncn evil deeds come back to sight,
And good deeds rise with welcome cheer;
Alone with the spoctors OF the past.
That como with the old gears dying


chino,


There looms one shadow dark and vast
The shadow of wasted time.
The chances of happiness cast away.
Tho opportunities never sought,
The good resolves that evory day


Have died in tho impotence of thought;
The slow advance and backward step
In the rugged path We have striven to


climb;
How they furrow the brow and pale the lip
When we talk with wasted time?
What are we now? What bad wo been
Had we boarded time as tho miser's gold,
Striving our utn ost need to win,


Thro' the summers heat and winters cold
Shrinking from naught that the world can


do,


Fearing uaugbt but the doom of crime,
Laborng, struggling, all scasobs through,
And knowing no wasted time!
The years that pass come not again,
The things that die no life renew.
But cen from the rust of this cankering


chain,


A golden truth is glimmcring through;
That to him who learns from errors past,
And turns away with strength sublime,
And makes each year outdo the last,
There is no wasted time.
Year: 1865

A correspondent Of the Springfield
Republican, writing from the lines Of the
army before Richmond, thus gives ex-
preston TO singular feeling which has
for some time been prevalent among the
troops on duty there, as well as in other
parts Of the field Of war: ... ..


without loss OF blood soldier is rare.
ly hero. This The soldier is made to
understand by the tone Of the public
press, by every personal letter that touch.
es on the sub biect. and especially by all
that be sees and hears il he is at the North
on fullough. The consequence is, that
desire to be wounded is general among
officers in the army, merely 10 meet the
requirements Of home sentiment. They
know that no faithful service, no daring
bravery, no unwavering endurance is 70
likely to win them praise at the far rear
as is an entry Of their name on the list
Of casualties. They know that those who
were slightly wounded in the first Of last
spring, in Meade's or Buffers army, and
have been since absent on sick leave, are
to-day given ten times more honor in their
native town than their fellows who re-
NAMED at the front and were ten times
more exposed TO the flying bullets and
bursting shell, while suffering all the pri.
va,ions and .hardships Of the fearful six
months Of unintermitted battle and cam
paigning. They know that the bullet
i which breaks the skin counts more than
the exposure which breaks the constitu


tion, or the blow which breaks the heart


They are ambitious, else they would be
unfit for officers, and their ambition
prompts them to crave wound that they
may win respect at home. If they arc
good officers, they don't want severe
wound-not enough 10 take them off dn


ty, but just enough to count credit.
have heard officers boast Of a wound, ant
others speak enviously of wounded
comrade, or bemoan their lack Of at leas


a scratch for the surgeon to report"
Year: 1865

FARMERS who make the most rapid
improvement in husbandry are likely to
be those who read most concerning their
vocation. For the man who reads little,
no matter what his vocation is, will be
likely to think little, and act with refer
ence to tradition, received from former
generations, or else in imitation Of what
is going on about him. There is always
hope of man who loves reading, study
and reflection.
Year: 1865




THE BEST EAY.-When the honeymoon
passes away, setting, behind dull mountains,
or dipping SLIGHTLY into the stormy sea of life,
the trying hour of married life has come
Between the parties there are no more iIlu-
sions. The feverish desire of possession has
gone, and all excitement receded. Then
begins, or should, the business of adaptation.
If they find they do not love each other as
they thought they did, they should double
their assiduors attention to each other, and be
jealous of everything which tends in the
slightest way to separate them.


Life Is too precious to be thrown away in
secret regrets or open differences. And let
me say to all those to whom the romance of
life has fed, and who are discontentedi in the
slightest degree With, their conditions aud
relations, begin this reconciliation at once


Renew the attention of earlier days.
Draw your hearts closer together: Talk the
thing all over. Acknowledge your faults to
each other, and determine henceforth you
will be all in all to each other; and, my
word for it, you will find in your relation the
sweetest Joy earth has for.you. There is no
other way for you to do. IF yon arc happy
at home, you must be happy abroad; the man
or woman who has settled down upon the
conviction that he or she IS ATTACHED for life
to an uicohgenial yotefellow, and there is
no way of escape, has lost. life; there is no
effort too costly to make which clti restore to
its settling upon the bosom the missing pearl
Year: 1865

We see it recommended in moro
than one agricultural journal, that the best
way to protect young fritz trees-such as
apples, cherries, &c.-again5t frost, is to
apply good mulch of manure or straw.
Perhaps in more northern ATTITUDES this NAV
beof service, provided there are no mice
about; otherwise the mulch will prove a
good harbor for them, and the bark of the
tree excellent food
Year: 1865

Formerly the, ladies set their caps at
the men now they set their waterfalls; and
when woman sets her waterfall at fellow,
it is only natural that he should be .sover
head and ears Immediately.
Year: 1865

~ On the l4th of April. the grand
ceremony Of raising tho old flag over
Fort Sumter took placs. Henry Ward
Beecher delivered an eloquent address on
the afternoon Of that day. 10 which be
thanked God that the Presidents life had
been spared through oil our trials. from
the hand of the assassin and from sinking
under the weight Of his immense l.bors.
Little did the orator think that at that
very moment the plan was completed
which should rssult in Lincoln's assassin
stion but few hours afterwards
Year: 1865

TuERE was man in Richmond last week
who had never heard Of the war lie refused
to allow any discount on State bank notes,
and went home to his care without making
any purchases lie must have been very
poor white.
Year: 1865

Negro suffrage will be the chief political
issue, until it is settled by decisive vote OF
the people. Our Abolitionist Legislature
anticipated this when they repealed the
laws prohibiting mulattoes from voting.
Many of those who have for two or three
years voted against the Democrats, are not
in favor of negro suffrage, but a large ma
jority of the Republican party does favor it,
and the leaders of that party are almost
unanimously for it.


OF course the first proposition will be to
give the right to vote, sit on juries and hold
ofice, only to the more intelligent, and
those who served in the army. The people
are not such fools, however, as to mistake
the object merely because these politicians
drive their wedge small end first. Political
and social equality will Immediately follow
their first success. If they gain their first
point, the rest may be given up, tor the
people will then have decided that it is not
the distinction of race, but something else
which makes the difference between the
whites and negroes.


That considerable number of the Repub-
| licans will vote with the Democracy on this
question, there is no reason to doubt; but
| the Abolition leaders will draw enough af-
| ter them to constitute a dangerous party,
and the sooner the people look the question
squarely in the face the better.


Every vote castfrom now until the ques-
tion is definitely settled, bears directly or
indirectly upon negro equality; and the
people should not allow themselves to be
deceived into voting for it by Abolition I'll
rades against the Democratic party. Dc
not be led off by artful side shows. If you
are in favor of negro equality say so, and
vote for it; if not have manlness to vote
with those who vote against it.-SprTt o,
| DenOcr1cH yIi n. H. fHi.. ...a Too -.l a4ir.-
Year: 1865

Some one with heart to appreciate the choice
blessings of life, paints glowing picture of the
delights of home were love rules supreme Hap
py is the man who has little home and a little
angel in it of a Saturday night. A house, no
matter how little, provided it viii hold two or
sO-no matter how furnished, provided, there is
a hope in it; let the wind blow; close the cur
tainsl What if they are cahcOes or plain, with
out border or tassels, or any such thingl Let
the rain come dOwn-heap up the fire. No mat
ter if you haven't candle to bless yourself with,
for what beautiful light glowing Goals make,
reddening, clouding sunset through the little
room; just enough to talk by; not loud as in the
hurrying words-but softly, whisperingly with
pauses between them, for the form without and
the thoughts within to fill up. Then wheel
the sofa round before the fire, no matter if the
sofa is a settee, uncushioned at that. if so, may
be it is just long enough for two, or say two and
a half in it. How sweetly the music OF silver
bells, from time to time falls on the listen
ing ear thenI How mournfully sweet the chimes
of the days that are no more" Under such
circumstances, and at such time, one can get
at least sixty mine and half statue miles near
er kingdom come" than any other point in this
perplexing world laid down in Malt Brun.-
May be you smile at this picture, but there is a
secret between u.s. viz: it is a copy of the pie
ture rudely drawn, but true as the Pentateuch.
of an original in every human heart.
Year: 1865

A trip thousand miles through the
heart of the West awakens kindling
thought of the greatness Of the Republic.
The West is the Empire: fact unacknowl
edged at the East, because the East knows
not the West. But an impartial traveller
soon perceives that the East is not the
country. New York and New England
are but the thumb and forefnger; the
West is the rest of the hand.


A Western visit IN summer is best for
seeing the country in winter, best for see
ing the people. And are they not the
heartiest, friendliest, most hOspitable Of
the human race. What ''Scotch wei
come" may be, we know not; but if better
than Western welcome, it is better than
a plain man deserves. Jostle a Westerner
in the street, and at once you are aequin-
tances: meet him the next day, and you
are old friends. A shake of the hand in
the West has more gripe in it than be-
tween New York and Bangor Child Of
the East, the West is the chief crown Of
the parent. The universal New England
element westward is not only the best part
of New England; for only the courageous,
The energetic, and the conquering have
haoll the viii to quit Eastern homes for
Western prairies. Thus the early Pilgrims
to New England have their truest sons in
tile later Pilgrims from New England. A
Yankee, therefore, does not come to his
fullest stature in Yankeeland; the grown
Yankee IS the Wastern.sr. at the East he
is geranium in pot, thrifty and Prim;
at the West geranium II garden
where he grows rank, exubersnt, ana gen.
erous. New countries greaten mems
souls.-M Y Independent
Year: 1865

In the phrenzy desperation, the rebel
leaders at Richmond look to the arming of
the slaves as their last hope. They evi-
IDENTIFY feel that it is applying the match to
the magazine, but necessity know no law.
A Savannah letter of December 31st,
shows how the proposed arming of slaves
is regarded in that city and in Georgia.
The writer remarks:


Old citizens here answer you with
grim smile when you ask them whether
jeff Davis will ever arm the slaves
'Why," say they, tive have lived in per-
feet dread of them as it is, and what would
we do if they were armed"


The plain truth is, there are not three
sensible men in Georgia but know that the
day the South arms her slaves the rebel
lion is at an end. And this is not all; it
will be the bloodiest termination that ever
rebellion had in any country. Let him
who doubts this, talk little while with
the negroes who have come from the best
regulated plantations. No matter how
ignorant they are in all other things, they
are posted on the ''main question" They
have it firmly fixed in their heads that the
North is on their side, and all the eloquence
of rebeldom will never be able to dislodge
that idea.


In the entire march through this State,
wherever our army has touched, the ne
groes were always found to be posted
And right in the heart of Georgia there is
wide spread organization among the
slaves, which only lacks efficiency because
it lacks arms. We're it proper to do so,
could give the names of towns in which
companies are formed and drilling at
every opportunity. All they ask is arms.


Citizens here tell me that after our army
had arrived before Savannah, even while
Hardee was here, the people went TO bed
every night in dread lestthe negroes should
rise. This is one of the reasons why our
army has net with such cordial reception.
The people now feel safe, not only because
they think Sherman is sufficiently power
full to protect them, but also because they
know the negroes are now satisfied, being
with those whom they regard as their
friends and deliyereYs.
Year: 1865

Cherish the little girls, dimpled darlings, who
tear their aprons, and cut the table-cloths, and
eat the sugar, and are themselves the sugar and
salt of lifel Let them dress and undress their
doll babies to their hearts content, and don't
tell them Tom Thumb and Red Riding Hood
are fiction, but leave them alone till they find it
out which they will too soon. Answer all the
funny questions they ask, and don't make fun
OF their baby theology; and when you must
whip them, do it so that if you should remem-
Der it. it would not be with tears, for great
many little girls loose their hold suddenly be-
fore the doors from which they have escaped is
shut, and find their way back to the angels
So be gentle with the darlings, and see what a
track of sunshine will follow in the wake of the
little bobbing heads that daily find a great many
hard problems to solve.
Year: 1865

READING, Pa, April IS, 1864


Dr.. WIsHART-Dear Sir: One year ago the
Examining Surgeon of this district told me
had Consumption of the Lungs, and that could
not be cured; and Judging from all my symptoms
at that time, myself supposed this to be true.
L was for more than one year troubled with
hacking cough, which gradually grew so bad
that could not have a severe fit of coughing
without splitting UP blood in large quantities


For months could not work at anything,
and was obliged to keep my bed most of the
time. While in this condition | was in Mr..
Row botham's store, in this city, and he seeing
how low was, recommended me to try your
Pine Tree Tar Cordial. He said he had sold
great deal oft and that, as it had cured so many
others, he believed it would do some good.
bought bottle and commenced using it. In
very short time L saw that l was getting better
very fast, and after taking several bottles / was
entirely restored to health, SO that could work
every day at my business, which is very heavy
work, in an iron foundry When 1 commenced
to use your Pine Tree Tar Cordial, my weight
was only one hundred and thirty-five pounds;
since the use of it have weighed on an average
one hundred and fifty-five. / shall be glad to
have you publish this, as | believe | should not
have been living at this time if / had not used
your great medicine, and l wish all who suffer
to receive its benefit.


Very truly yours,
Year: 1865

TheSandusky Register in speaking of the Cas-
tala Springs in the vicinity of that city has the
following in reference to enterprise of Cleve-
land gentleman;


These waters have been tested and found good
for bleaching purposes, and within the last year
the upper water power has been purchased by
a Mr.. Howard, of Cleveland, and he has erected
and is now Just ready to start large mill for
the mandatory Of paper on an extensive scale,
he having converted the mill and "old factory
into buildings for that purpose.
Year: 1865

Not long ago was found at Toledo, in
Spain, in monastery, paper containing
the following prophecy:


'1n the far West beyond the ocean will
rise nation which will be great in power
and wealth; and Satan, in one of his walks
to and fro on the earth will observe this
nation, and, determined to destroy their
happiness, will there send two monsters,
one to the North and the other to the
South, and he will give them rawberries,
and they will eat them; and, after thew
have eaten, they will feel a great thirst,
not to be quenched with anything else but
blood. They will, therefore, cause the
brother to slay the brother, the father to
slay the son, and the son the father, and
they will drink the blood of the slain, and
it will bring lamentation and wailing
throughout the land. And, when the
time is fulfilled, there will rise strong
man IN the North who viii take the mons
ters and bind them and draw them into
the sea, where it is the deepest, and peace
and happiness will again prevail through
out, and the people will praise the Lord"


1t is said the monks in said monastery
maintain that this prophecy was written
before the discovery of America by.
Christopher Columbus; that Ferdinand
and Isabella were, in the main, induced by
it to fit out the ship for Columbus, and
that the first part of it too is fulfilled in.
America, and that the other part soon will
come to pass.
Year: 1865

The prayer offered by Rev. DR.. Eliot in
the Missouri Convention, after the adoption
of the Emancipation Ordinance, is a model
in its way. The reyerned gentleman hap
pened IN the hall at the time, and was on
motion of Mr.. Owen invited to offer a
prayer Of thanksgiving. 1t was as fol-
lows:


Most Merciful God, before whom we are
all equal, we look up to Thee who hast de-
clared thysef our Father and our Helper
and our strong defence, to thank Thee that
Thou art no respecter of persons; to thank
Thee that Thou didst send Jesus Christ
into the world to redeem the world from
sin; that He was the friend of the poor; !;
that He came to break manacles off tie
slave, ''that the oppressed might 60 free. !"
We thank Thee that this day the people
of this State have had Grace given them
to do as they would be done by. We
pray that Thy blessing may rest upon the
proceedings of this Convention; that no
evil may come to this State from the
wrong position of those who do not agree
with the action of to-day, but that we, all
of us, may be united to sustain that which
is now the law of the land. We pray, o


God, but our hearts are too full to express
our thanksgiving. Thanks be to God for
this day; that light has now come out
from darkness; that all things are now
promising future of peace and quietness
to our distracted State. Grant that this
voice may go over the whole land, until
the Ordinance of Emancipation is made
perfect, throughout the States. We ask
it through the name of our dear Lord and
Redeemer. Amen
Year: 1865

Directly opposite T. Capps StOre where he is prepared
to supply an in want of Furniture with good arti
ele and CHEAP any other establishment in San
dusky county. His stock consists of
Year: 1865

WAsHINGroS, July ~ General Hancock and
staff will remove their headquarters from this
city 10 Baltimore, on Friday of this week when
the General will assume command of the Middle
Department.


The troops Of the First Army Corps will be re.
moved from Camp Sherman, to some point in
Mary yland, probably near Monocacy Junction.


In short time there will be no troops in tho
vicinity of Washington but the bare garrison OF
the city.


Orders have been issued tor mastering out the
balance of the Ninth Corps But a little more
than division OF the corps is LETT


The Regular Cavalry Brigade. which has done
such efficient service during the war, will pro-
badly soon be filled up to its maximum strength
Year: 1865

NEw YoRx, July l2-The Herald's Wash.
ington special says; The receipts of the Treasury
from the Internal Revenue Bureau fall liIt
below bali million daily


The sale OF Seven Thirties cannot be made to
keep pace with the expenditures, the Secretary
has therefore decided to pay bat twenty five per
cent. OF all allowed claims In currency and to
better the condition OF the Government, the
remaining seventy FIVE per cent in certificate.
of Indebtedness The operation of this rule
began this morning.