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Year: 1862

Why, you impudent scoundrel? :? roared the
Captain; IN see you in-T wish 1 had my
pistols here; I'd teach you how to insult gen
tlemen shaking his Est.


The dispute waxed first and furious. The
outsiders began to take part in it, and there
Is no telling how it would have ended, had
not an explosion, followed bya heavy fall and
a scream OF pain, been heard in an adjoining
room.


The crowd rushed to the scene oil the new
attraction.


The door was fast It was soon burst op-
en- and the mystery explained. The thief
who had carried off the Captains valise by
mistake for his own, had taken it up to his
room, and opened it to gloat over the booty
he supposed it to contain, tIlrusting his hand
in after the spoons Inso doing he had touch
ed one of the hair triggers, and The pistolhad
gone of, the bullet making a round hole
through the side of tie valise, and a cores
ponding round hole in the calf Of his leg


The wounded rascal was taken ia charge,
first by the policeman, and then by the doc
tor; and the duelists and the wedled pain
struck up a friendship on the score of THEN
mutual mishaps, which eliminated in a sup
per, where the fun was abundant and where
it would be hard TO say which was ia the
best spirits-the Captain for recovering his
pistols, the bride for getting her night-cap
the bridegroom for escaping the station-house
or the duelists for escaping each other. All
resolved to mark that day with white stone
and henceforth to mark their names on theil
black traveling-bags, in white letter.
Moral Go thou and do likewise-C Con-
tinentaz Ncahy.
Year: 1862

1 think it is the most affecting case of in
sanity I ever saw. I couldn't make him be-
live that we should send him home, but we
shall The men take as good care Of him as
they can He has slept but an hour out Il
the last twenty -four, aud is ceaselessly active
as a canary bird, hopping about in his cage.
He sent for me again to-day, but he could not
confne lis attention to anything. " Poor
baby" is his principal remark, and he still
tends his cartridge box. " A soldiers life is
always gay" the song says A sad story :
isn't it? We hope his insanity is caused
partly by fever, and if We can get him quiet
ly sick with that, perhaps he viii come out
al right Ifnot, Tllsee that he goes straight
to the Insane Retreat at Hartford, and with
him money enough to keep him awhile.
Year: 1862

A CoMPARIsox-Iti is said that the average
number Of battles soldier goes through is
about FIVE We know an old maid who has
withstood fourteen engagements, and haspoB
der enough left for as many more.
Year: 1862

SMALL BRDs.-Although the sparrows levy
q small contribution on the farmers grain,
yet the far greater portion Of their food is from
Injurious insects. At the beginning Of The
world man would have succumbedin the un-
equal struggle, If God had not given him in
the bird powerful auxiliary faithful ally,
who wonderfully accomplished the task which
man is incapable of rcrfoFming-in fact,
against his enemies of the insect world man
would be powerless without the bird.
Year: 1862

Hving there. The Colonel Immediately despatched the
steamer Memphis with regiment on board, under Lieu
tenant Colonel Harrington, TO Hickman, u defend the
10 go directly TO Hickman and to hold himself strictly
under the orders OF Lieutenant Colonel Harrington
when me steamer came in sight OF Hickman and t


ound that the rebel troops in the she round
60 TO- and though Colonel Harrington ordered the CAPITA
70 he utterly refused, did the first mate and
Two pilots Colonel Harrington promptly put the whole
party under arrest assumed the command OF the boat
placed another party at the Wheel and landed at the
Town. but SO much time had been lost by the treachery
or cowardics OF de Wolf that the rebels got the
and escaped They left long and insulting letter,
however for Colonel Buford, written it seems by the
agent OF the telegraph line.


Professor Steiner, the government aeronaut arrived
here yesterday, with his balloons, and will make an
ascent today, the weather permitting.
Year: 1862




The Clarke Dolsen, Cotton Plant, Mears and Mary
usage at Point Pleasant the former fred q eighteen
times coming down, and had shot put clear through
her kitchen and cabin. The principal damage done
among the crockery The Keenc has great number or
MIME ball marks about her. shot probably twelve
FOUNDER passed through the mates and pilots In
the Texas but hurt nobody Wesuspsct Captain Corioran
to be rather proud Of the honorable that
Year: 1862

When the body Of COL Fletcher Webster
was committed to the tomb at Marshheld, the
undertaken, at the request Of the family, open
ed the coffin containing the remains OF Daniel
Webster Decay had naturally done its work,
but the marked peculiarities Of shat massive
head and face were clearly distinguishable.
Year: 1862

produced at an expense OF %, 900 and upward the
machinery which he now uses, IN order 20 make
certain that the points shall always be perfectly
parallel, and that each side shall always have exact
~ the same amount OF metal Of equal density. by
these means he has entirely overcome the tendency
OF the gold pen 10 splutter.


HOW GOLD PENS ARE MADE


The gold is melted in crucible and cast INTO IN
gots. These ingots are then passed between heavy
rollers until they are rolled out into strips about
three times the thickness OF the Gold Pen. Out OF
these strips are then punched pieces called blanks,
nearly square except little point on the middle
Of one end. One side OF this point is then cut
away so as 20 leave bed for small particle OF
This ridosmium, which s compound ofirdium and
osmium, comes from the Ural Mountains in Russia,
and the best Of il is worth eco an ounce OF more
than ten times the value Of gold. In hardness it is
inferior only to the diamond, whence the name
diamond pointed pen.n
Year: 1862

How Mr.. Mortou's Pens are Sent Out.
Morton's Gold Pens be sent safely TO any
part Of the country by mail well as in any other
way. Tens of thousands Of dollars worth have
been sent out by mail during the past year without
the loss Of a single one, and the number which has
been sent back to be exchanged is very small. II
the sender is particular to state what kind of pen
suits his hand, he will in almost every instance be
fitted by return mail. Every Pen sent out from.
his establishment is accompanied by the following
letter.


Nc. 25 MAIDEN LANE NV YopK
Year: 1862

Females nurses 40 cents per day and one
ton


Paymaster's Clerks 500 per annum, and IS
cents per day when actually on duty.


Chaplain in volunteers Sl46 80.


In addition TO the pay as above stated, one ra-
ton per day and abunaant supply of good
clothing is allowed to every soldier. Quarters
fuel and medical attendance are ALWAYS provided
by the Government without deduction from the
soldiers pay. IL soldier should become disabled
in the line of his duties the law provides for m
a pension, or he may if he prefer il. obtain ad
mission into the Military Asylum, which will
afford him comfortable home so long a. he may
wish to receive its benefits.


To the above pay for private soldiers must be
added the additional So month to be paid du
ring service. the 500 bounty at the end of the
war, which has already been provided for. and
the quarter section of land that Congress will
provide for at its coming session. The bounty
and land apply to officers and privates alike
Year: 1862

habit seif-abue. To which is added observations on
Female Diseases and other interesting matter OF the ut
most importance 10 the married and those contemplating
marriage doubts Of their physical alb ty
that Sent to address in sealed wrap
per, on receipt Of ten cents or four stamps


We devote cur entire time and attention TO the treat
men private diseases treated Of in pri
report Our DSpenSary is the only Institution OF the
kind in America which has been abliShed bya special
charter and this fact should give il preferences the
quacks Of doubtful character to be found in all
srge cities
Year: 1862

PREPARE Corn STARCH.--Corn
starch is as wholesome and agreeable
an article as can be furnished the sick
and wounded soldiers, and any quanti-
ty Of it can be prepared at no cost ex-
cept of time. A half dozen ladies who
are wiling to devote a day to it, can
manufacture twenty or thirty pounds
of as nice corn starch as ever was seen,
and any farmer almost will give them
the green corn, and his wife will will
lingly let them have the use of her
pans and kitchen. The way to do it is
as follows: Pick the green corn, and
husk it, and then CRATE it into tub.
Wash this pulp two or three times,
each time straining and squeezing
through cloth. Take the liquor which
comes through, set it in pans and let it
stand "a hours. Then pour o., and at
the bottom will be the clear deposite
Of starch, which only needs be dried
which is quickly done-to be as nice
as you ever saw in the mark et.-Free-
port Journal.
Year: 1862

Hence, | would support the measUrc,
even though | thought it unwiSe. so
long as it remains the miisarv policy
of the country. But ] do not believe
it unwise. At first it was thought that
there was a suppressed Union feeling
in the South, and while that WAS be
lieved, Of course it was unWlse to over
look the fact. But from all sources we
receive the same advice, the South are
bitter and desperate. They cannot be
won back to duty and allegiance; they
are to whip us, or we them. Now the
simple question is presented, shall We
let them go, see the Union fall, let the
Mississippi seek It's outlet in a foreign
land, or shall we at any and all events
vindicate the yoyerUment, maintain our
domination from the Lakes to the Gulf,
and with firm and vigorous hand put
down this most unjust and wicked re-
bellion. Applause. .... ....1..


This is the only issue before the peo-
pie. At this point we may say, in the
language Of Scripture, "As man
thinketh III his heart, SO is he" A
broad, distinct line IS drawn between
the people: and on one hand are those
who are willing to sustain the govern
ment at all events and bv every neces-
sary means. On the. other are those
who support the government ''i'a sort
and ineitatioaa - who support it, pro
gided their views are carried out; pro-
vided the President is willing to go in
to the ring with his feet shackled and
his hands tied by refined constitutional
constructions; provided the institution
of slavery is held more sacred than the
constitution itself; and procided the
President will consent to exhaust our
means and waste our white men of the
North by thousands and millions, rath-
er than let one niger escape. The
division, in word, is between those
Year: 1862

The child who is a grief to his pa
rents heart, may yet live to know a
child's ingratituds to himself, and, more
than all, shall bring down upon himself
the displeasure Of the Lord.
Year: 1862

! TUE CAUSE OF THE RADICAL DEFEAT.-The re-
publican organs seem to be very greatly dis
tressed about the cause Of the recent over


whclming defeat Of the radicals In this State


At first they said Mcclellan caused this da-
Year: 1862

Tue IMPORTANCE OF Key WesT As MILITARY
AND NAVAL SrAToN.--When VIII our govern
ment fully realize the immense Importance Of
Key West as military and navA' station? Hpos-
sesses the same value to US that Gibraltar does
to the English; for while the latter Is the key TO
the Mediterranean the former is the key OF the
Gulf Of Mexico. Key West is the hea dquarters
Of all our squadrons and armies in 2 ne Gulf,
and must remain SO; for its geographical posi-
tion gives it advantages not possessed by any
other point on our Southern coast Its harbsr
is unsurpassed, and accommodations can al
ways be had for more than fifty thousand men,
should the government determine to send
them to that station in view of operations
further to the westward. The yellow
fever visits the place sometimes, but not
oftener or in more malignant form than at
Galveston, New Orleans, Pensacola, Savannah
or Charleston; and as for general health it far
surpasses either Of those places.


Key West should at all times be kept upon
war footing. The commander of the post should
be thorough military man, and it should never
at any time or under amy circumstances be lett
undor the control of such man as the present
commander-a man who is not q soldier, and
not capable of governing in any capacity.
Regular mail communication should be at
all times kept up between New York and
Key West as much as between New York
and Fortress Monroe; for one is fully as
important as the other. Key West is the great
harbor of refuge for all our Gulf commerce,
and for this reason, if no other, it should be at
once placed in condition, and kept so, to f
ford protection to the vessels of our merchant
marine who might by sudden hostilities be
compelled to seek refuge under the guns of its
Notifications.


We hope government, while watching and
protecting all other points, will not forget one
of the most important-Kcy West Let pro-
per commander for the post-for it must ncces-
sarily in future be under military control-be
sent there at once-one knowing enough to
return the salute Of q foreign man -ofwar--and
the place be treated in all respects as it de-
serves; for to lose Key West would be to lose
the control of the Gulf coast Of the United
States, and the means of affordng protection
to tho immense amount Of property afoat in
those waters.
Year: 1862

A WINTER CAMPAIGN FOR RICIMoSD-No MA
IARA.-Since our attention has been drawn to
the fact that, after the first sharp frost, and
thence till the return Of spring, there is no ma
laria in the Richmond peninsula, we have be-
come convinced that the winter is the proper
season for an advance upon the rebel capital
We need not remind our readers that the in
tense summer summer heats, with their deadly sxhala-
tons from the swamps Of the Chickahominy'
were more fatal to the army OF General McClel-
Ian than all the casualties of all the bloody
battles Of that campaign. Had his troops been
favored with the splendid condition Of health
and physical activity of the present army under
General Burnside, we have no doubt that Gene
raj Mcclellan would have mastered ell other
Instructions, and celebrated his Fourth Of July
in Richmond. But the deadly fevers of the
swamps Of the Chickahominy, superadded to all
the other difficulties enumerated by the Prince
de Joinville, turned the scales in favor Of the
enemy


This powerful ally Of the rebels-ths summer
pestilence Of the Richmond peninsula-having
disappeared, now is the time for active military
operations in that direction. AS for the roads.
they cannot possibly be worse on the peninsula
than they were last summer. We dare say that
they will be much better in December and
January than they were last May and juno,
and that the frosts of winter will harden over
many slough sufficiently strong for artillery
which could not be passed in summer without
bridging. And, again, as in Southeastern vir-
gnia heavy snow storm is very extraordi
nary visitation, General Burnside has nothing
to fear from snowdrifts. But, above all, a.
winter is the only healthy season for our North
ern troops in the Richmond peninsula, we ex-
psct that General Burnside will avail himself
of this paramount advantage for decisive set
tlement With the rebel army in that quarter,
and move onward as fast as possible.
Year: 1862

law! Does Davis know what he is doing? Does
he not know that in stopping the grog Of his
subjects and victims he is in very fair way
to raise the devil in whirlwind? The Sepoys
conspired and brought about that horrible
mutiny in India because they were required to
take cartridges between their teeth which had
been creased with sacrilegious hogs lard, an in
tolerable insult to Brahma! Take away from the
true sons of secession chivalry their whiskey,
and you attack their religion. Truly, jeff
Davis is on his last legs, and his days are num-
bered. A Southern confederacy and no whiskey!
That fixes him.
Year: 1862

The law further declares that this tax "shalI
be assessed and laid on the value of all lands
and lots Of ground, with their improvements and
dwelling houses, at the rate each of them is
worth in money on the first day Of April, 1862"
There is provision, however, in the law which
allows the States and Territories to assume the
payment Of the amount apportioned to them
respectively. in which case deduction of fifteen
per cent is allowed The sum annually required
from the State of New York under this law is
S26O3,9ls; but If our Legislature assumes the
payment, and puts the amount in the tax list of
the State to be collected in the ordinary way,
saving will be effected Of S390,5s7.
Year: 1862

BLOWING HoT AND BLOWING CODA few
days ago the abolition journals were elcyating
Secretary Stanton upon the very highest peaes-
tai, and now they are doing their very utmost to
need hardly say that the abolition journals are
as wrong about the Secretary now as they were
wrong before. They praised him for organizing
victory when they should have praised General
Mcclellan Now they blame him for his order
in regard to the press, when in fact his order IL
very judicious, and he is doing the best he can
with delicate and difficult business. SO the
abl,iionsts 70 by contraries always, and the
secete'y is only right when they assert that
he - wrong
Year: 1862

friends of the Union to turn out at the
various appointments and hear Mr.. John
sons prosecution and the Judges de-
fence ~ 7


We hope the friends of the Govern
ment will commence the work of organi-
zation in each township at once. No
time is to be lost. Remember ace haze no
secret g Golden Circles to aid us in or
ganizing. If we all go to work in ear
nest our district may be spared the dis
grace of returning a man to Congress
who voted against raising money to pay
our noble boys who are shedding their
blood in defence flour property and our
homes. 3z s. 80 @
Year: 1862

U1SCuPlum0r10O0 II our army


The Mobile Tribune says that some Of the
soldiers from Gen. Prices division have been
ir that city, on their way to Virginia. It was
interesting to hear these men expressing their
admiration Of their chief The T1bans says:


One of them declared that he would rather
die under his command than fghtpnder any
other. 1t was a little sxtravagaut but evident
y earnest. And yet Gen. Price is As rigid
disciplinarian as any officer in the service.
How is it that he has held ragged and half
starved army in the bleak climate OF Missouri
in so good fighting trim as to win every bat
tie where there was not great disparity of
numbers-holding bis men in his hand to do,
and eagerly desiring to do, whatever they were
ordered9 This is the secret of success, and it
shows that their military knowledge and expe-
rierce are not the complete measure of SOL
dier's fitness for command. Beauregard has q
great deal of this control of his troops. Ma
poleon had it, and every great soldier must
have it. Between martinez and q comman-
der of this kind there is en- infinite difference.
The officer whom his men are attached to can
handle'a brigade with as much effect as one
lacking it can division.
Year: 1862

Any one who has lain all night upon
shelf, with an irresistible conviction that
the house was dancing a polka, to the imm-
nent danger of pitching him off, can form
an idea, of first nights rest in" the berth
OF an ocean Steamer.
Year: 1862

What blssed day is Sunday to the
weary man who necessarily catches but
brief glimpses of home during the toll
ing week: who is off in the morning while
little eyes are closed in slumber, nor back
again till they are again sealed in sleep.
What would he know of the very children
for whom he toiled, were it not for the
blessed breathing respite of Sunday
What honest workman's child ever for
got this day When clean and neat it
is his privilege to climb pappa's knee,
and hang about his neck, and tell him all
the news which goes to make up his mar
row little world.


Marrow did we say ? we recall the
word for it widens out into the boundless
ocean of eternity. Sunday for the work
ING man S children ! So we would have
it-a day hallowed by sweet influence
when the little hand, quite complete
shall rest from labor, and love shall write
it down the blessed day of all the seven.
Year: 1862

(There is pathos in this little poem as deli
cately musical as the low voice of sympathy in
hour of desolation.)
o, have you not seen, on some morning in June
W hen the flowers were in tears and the forests in


tune,
air,


On the breast of the brightest, some star clnging


there?


Some sentinel star, not yet ready to set
Forgetting to wane and watching there yet?
How you gazed on that vision of beauty while,
How it wavered till won by the light of God s
smile,


How it passed through the portals of pearl like


bride;


How it paled as it used, and the morning star
died?


The sky was all bushes, the earth was all bliss,
And the prayer ofyour heart, BE my ending like
| this.


Sa my beautiful May passed away from lfe's
So the blush of her being was blended with
heaven;


So the bird of my bosom futtered up to dawn
A window opened-my darling was gone!
A truant from tears, from sorrow and sin
For the angels on watch took the wanderer in.
But when l shall hear the new song that she sings
[ shall know her again, notwithstanding her


wings,


By those eyes full of heaven, by the light her
hair;


And the smile she wore here she will surely wear
there.
Year: 1862

MURDS l. u


The time was when every word was a
picture. He who used word first--al-
most any word-had clear and vivid
presentation to his mind of some object,
and used that object as type and analo-
gy to certain ideas, and pictures images
present to his mind. Dean Trench furn-
ishes many instances. Look at word
or two. dilapidatea- -dilapidated fortunes,
dilapidated character, dilapidated
house. Is there not a vivid picture here,
when we identify the word with and La
tin ddlapidare--the falling apart of stones
and SO survey stone after stone falling
away, and leaving only a place Of ruin?
So the word AusJand-the stay and sup
port. t.and binder together of the household,
as old Tusser has said in his ''Point OF
Husbandry''--


&c The name of husband-what is it to say


Of wife and of household the band and the stay?''
And the word acife is like it; it is only
another form of the word "weave" and
"woof )" and in it we have not only a
picture ofwhat was supposed to be prin-
cipal characteristic of female industry,
but the moral idea, too, of our weaving,
by her influence and affection, heart tc
heart, and the whole household into one
In the same way, pity grows into piety.
Year: 1862

IT may be an advantage to the rebel soldiers
that their breeches are for the most part 30 mnch
wOrn out as to show their shirts. Whenever they
gel tired Of fighting, thy have but to tara their
backs aud the Yankees will taucy they see ln-
Vulnerable flags OF truce.
Year: 1862

from she Richmond Wing, Jan. III


We learn haf Ian has been prepared in Congress for
system ci government premiums for the manufacture
o. smsll aas oi stpctre and of gunpowder II is pro-
posed that parties shall these manueac
turing enterprises and shall produce satisfactory
deuce the Secretary of War that they have actually
expended in the prosecution Of their enterprises
fourth Of the capital proposed to be invested therein they
shall be entitled to receive advance from the Trea
sury, lfy per cent the whole invesm mt; said ad
TO be repaid without interest, from the first
chantabe article manufactured a stipulated price and
bond TO be given that the advance will be applied put
into effective operation the manuactory proposed and TO
no other use or purpose.


II is also provided in the bill referred to that the
tary Of War may at his discretion in anticipation Of such
manufactory or manufactures enter into such further
contracts with the persons proposing establish the
for the thing to be produced shall comuort with
the then present and prospective Of the govern
ment and may may not al his discretion, require
cury for the performance of the sane bat advance
prepayment shall be made on such last mentioned
tracts In both such processes to be stipulated
may ar rd the manufacturer a liberal profit the
probable cost OF production.