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Year: 1864

\ French physician is out in long disscr-
tation on the advantages Of groaning and
crying in general, and especially during sur
glcal operations. He contends that groan-
ing and crying are two grand operations by
which nature allays anguish ; that those
patients who give way to their natural feel
ings more speedily recover from accidents
and operations than those who consider it
unworthy man to bctray such symptoms Of
cowardice as either TO groan or 10 cry He
tells Of man who reduced his pulse from
one hundred and twenty-eight to sixty, in
the course Of two hours, BY giving vent to
his emotions. IF people are at all unhappy
about anything, let them 90 to their rooms
and comfort themselves with a loud boohoo,
and they will feel hundred per cent. better
afterwards. In accordance with the above,
the crying Of children should not be too
greatly discouraged. If it is systematically
repressed the result may be St. Nitus'
Dance, Epileptic fits or some other disease
! Of the nervous system.


| What Is natural is nearly always useful


and nothing can be more natural than tn


crying Of children whaG anything occurs I


give them either physical or mental pain
Probably most persons have experienced tn


effects Of tears in relieving great SORROW


1t is even curious how the feelings are re
! lieved by their free indulgence to nois


bursts of grief, on the part of children g


well as Of older persons, and regard th
eyes and the mouth as the safety valve


through which nature discharges hersurplu


steam.
Year: 1864

Have you ever known Democrat TO JUS
tify a violation Of the Constitution


Have you ever known a Stamp Act en-
acted under a Democratic Administration?


Have you ever known a Democratic
President to suspend the writ Of hdbeds
corpU&


Have you ever known Conscription Law
TO be passed By Democratic Administra-
tion?


Have you ever known Democratic Ad-
ministratiOn to form new State in viola
ton OF the plain provisions Of the Consti-
tuition?


Have you ever known time except the
present, when citizen GOULD be incarcera-
ted in a dungeon without the authority Of
law?


Have you ever known Democratic Ad-
| minlstration to compel the people Of State
, or the District Of Columbia to scll their
| property whether Wiling OF notG
! Have you ever known any Administration
/ except Abraham 10 create a national debt
Of $1,000, 900, 600 in the short period Of
three years
/ Have you ever known a time under q
Democratic Administration when a day.
labor would only purchase two pounds o
coffee ?


Have you ever known citizens to be sent
into banishment and exile under Democratic
rule


Have you ever known a time under Dem.
!. ocratic rule when the greatest crimes and
outrages have been committed by our rulers
under plea Of military necessity " OF
reasons of state?'


Have you, before this, known a time
when the military was made superior to the
civil power?


Have you ever known Democratic Ad
ministraton to tax the people of the Who'll,
country to buy negroes of the Borde
States
Have you ever known an Administration
in opposition to the Democracy to leave tn,
affairs Of the country in as fourishing
6 condition a. they found them?
Year: 1864

The Poughkeespie (N. W Telegraph
says there is "a brute in human form in
that city who recently said /:


Il would to God that could live to see
the white male population of the South ex-
terminated. and the females left to the mer
cy of the Niggers that better race might
people the Southern States"


These are the men who are going toro-
store the Union with the South.
Year: 1864

Have you ever watched an icicle, as 1t
formed? You noticed as it froze one dropat
a time until it was foot long or more, lfthe
warter was clean, the icicle remained clear
and sparkled brightly in the sun but If tho
water was but slightly muddy, the iclcl(
looked foul and its beauty was spoiled
Just so our characters are forming--on'
Ittle thought or feeling at time adds it
influence. If each thought be pure anC
right, the soul will be lovely, and sparkle
with happiness; but if impure and wrong
there will be final deformity and wrctched
ness.
Year: 1864

One evening clergyman gave out the
hymn, which was in measure rather harder
than usual and the deacon led off. At its
close the clergyman said:


. Brother B-will please repeat the
hymn, as l cannot pray after such sing
ing.
another tune and the clergyman proceeded
with his prayer. Having finished, he took
ND the book to give out the second hymn,
when he was interrupted by the deacon
gravely getting up and saying in voice
audible to the whole congregation


"Wiu Mr.. c. make another prayer! 1t
would be impossible for me to sing after
such praying as that.
Year: 1864

and these are, either au Acknowledgement
OF the Independence Of the South, as an in
dependent nation, or their complete subju-
CATION and determination as people; and of
these alternatives, | prefer the former


Mr.. Chairman, take little or no interest
in the discussion the question which MANY
OF my Political friends would make an issue
as to how this war shall be prosecuted, its
manner and object. L regard that as worse
than trifiing with the great question l do
not believe there can be any prosecution of
the war against sovereign State under the
Constitution and | do not believe that
war so carried on can he prosecuted so as to
render it proper, iustifiable or expedient =
An unconstitutional war can only be carried
on IN an unconstitutional manner, and to
prosecute it further under the idea of the
gentleman from Pennsylvania Mr. Ste
vens, as a war waged against the Confed-
crate States as an Independent nation, for
the purpose of conquest and subjugation,
as he proposes, and the administration is in
truth and in fact doing, or to pretended
war Tor the preservation Of the Uuion, l am
equally opposed.


say further, Mr.. Chairman, that if this
war is to be still further prosecuted, I pre-
fer that it shall be done under the auspices
OF those who now conduct its management,
as do not wish the party with which am
connected to be in any degree responsible
for its results, which cannot be otherwise
than disastrous and suicidal. Let the re-
sponsibility rest where tits until we can have
achange Of policy instead of men, if such a
thing is possible. Nothing could be more


fatal to the Democratic party than to seek to
come into power pledged to continuance of
a war .policy---such policy would be libel
upon its creed in the past and the ideas that


lie at the basis of all free governments,


and would lead to its complete dcmoraliza-


ton and ruin.


l believe the masses of the Democratic


party are for peace, that they would be
placed in false position if they should


nominate a war candidate for the Presiden-
| cy and seek to make the issue upon the mar
row basis of how the war should be prose
cuted. For my own part, as | have already
, indicated, | fear that our old government
cannot be preserved, even under best auspi-
ces and under any policy that may now be
+ adopted, vet | desire to see the Democratic
party, with which | have always been con.
: nected preservee its consistency and repub-
t lican character unshaken.
Year: 1864

HAT CUNCERN EF FRI ONL IO AN

 SWER Are you bald?

 Does your hair fall off Has your hair become thin Does it feel harsh, and dry and feverish Is it turning gray before its time? Are you troubled with itching, burning sen sation of the scalp!

 Are you troubled with Dandruff Are you troubled with what is called Scrof- ula or Salt Rheum?

 Have you had the Erysipelas and lost your hair :?

 Have you had the Measles, and lost it ? Have you had the Typhoid Fever and lost it ? Have you had the Brain Fever, and lost it ? Have you lost your hair by any sickness? Do you wish luxuriant hair Do you wish soft and lustrous hair? Do you wish gray hair restored! Do you wish your whiskers glossy? Do you wish them restored in color? Do you want dressing?

 Do you want it for your children? Do you want it for yourself, for father or mother, for brother, sister or friend? Do you want to make present? Do you want perfume for your toilet? Do you want a harmless article? Do you want double. distilled article? Do you want a cleansing articles Dc you want the best preparation out for dressing, stimulating, protecting, restoring the color, and rendering soft, silky and lus- trous the Human Hair? If SO, we warrant
Year: 1864

him recoil on the very brink of the preci-
pice. He cast his eyes over the abyss
there was no retreat--death stared him
in the face of either side, and he gave
himself up to dispair Yet there might
be hope !; he held his knife open in one
hand. whilst unconscious of what he did,
he firmly grasped a small sapling with
the other; his dog, however, instead of
relieving his fears, only excited them by
irritating his foe by an angry bark, as it
lay crouched upon the limb like cat
ready to spring upon her prey; but still
that spring was delayed, as if it felt con-
scious that its prey was secure. and a
pleasure in holding its victim in terrific
suspense. At length, ripping up the bark,
and with ferocious and piercing scream,
it drew its recumbeut length together,
then suddenly expanding itself, sprang
through the air towards its victim. The
hunter. who had eagerly watched its mo.
tions, with a shrek of horror sprang
aside, but fortunately held to the sapling
with an almost convulsive grasp. The
sharp claws of the animal fixed in his
clothing and seemed nigh to have carried
it headlong with it over the dread abyss.
For moment it seemed that the panther
would recover its footing, but with an in
tuitive presence of mind the old man in
stantly with his knife ripped asunder his
clothing, and it fell from crag to crag,


marking the sharp projections of the rock
with its blood, till the welcome sound OF


it's fall to the earth struck on his cars as
| Ijoyfully as the sounds of liberty to the
captive. He rushed forward to his rifle.


fearful perhaps that life was not yet ex-
tinct in his enemy. Soon, however, the
contents of his piece were lodged in the
head of his foe, while prayer went up


to heaven from his lips in gratitude for
| his preservation.


The hunter exhibited his trophy, but
the toll and terror had been too great


his age could not endure it, and his re-


mains ere long rested in the earth neal


the scene of his terrific achievement.
Year: 1864

People endure vast amount Of unnec-
essory, unappointed trouble. If we had
only the Affections sent by God. or if we
we're content to hear only the evil of to-
day, and were not constantly standing on
tiptoe, looking out of the present into the
future, espying its store of misery and
if we were not so energetic in packing in
to The experience of new sorrow that be-
long to another date perhaps belong to
the past and which ought to be buried
or that belong to the future and ought to
be compelled to bido their time, we should
be far more happy, and should soon learn
that large part of the trouble of life is
borne unnecessarily.


l. Young and elderly persons often
fall victims to very simple mistake, and
pain themselves greatly without good
cause. Both classes are apt to be vexed
because their acquirments or taste do not
agree with their time Of life. The sensi-
tivcncss of intelligent youth is hurt be
cause, despite education and genins, there
is that mortifying consciousness in com.
pany of imperfection, and Of inability to
do what with fewer oulookers and audit.
ors could be easily done; but would no,
little reflection and knowledge Of man.
kind save him from that trouble? Ii
would undoubtedly comfort such persons
to remember that, though education be-
gins the gentleman, subsequent reading
of books and men, good company, obser
vatiou of the world, are needed to com
plete him; and that, so far from allowing
the consciousness of impericction to troub
! lie and harass him, he should regard it as
double experience, and be stimulated by
it to diligence in the subsequent parts o.
his education for life. If the young
would be content to be young, and to b,
treated as such, they would often suffe
less than they do.


son the other hand, elderly people ar
made to vince because their tastes ar
such as do rather become youth than age
| Their desires are constantly fresh the.
go about their pleasures and pursuits a
ii they were only beginning life nay
some of their greatest vices do actual,
begin to live in their old age: and it i
no wonder that they get pain and ridicule
who, though old men, act as it they wer


boys; but it is all trouble of their owl


wooing Let elderly folks be content t.
be SO let them not chafc and grow test
! if young people do not 80 into raptur
when they join them, and if they ofte
: find incidents to remind thin that the


are not now as youthful as they we're fol
5 ty years ago. 1t may be that they hav
9 : never yet felt old, or thought of them
: selves as other than comparatively youth


full 80 quietly does time steal away an
t so gently dces he let men slide down hill
i but other people see the gray hairs hol
!. and there, unknown to their owner; an



( nobody will ever think of them now


connection with their youth, except tn
n few who still live, that knew them in thof
! days when the names of scarcely any {
c their playfellows aud friends had gone {
Year: 1864

Novw prr LOYAL CONTRACTORS. s.--Ycsterday afternoon
an was introduced into the first branch OF tho
city council and Immediately passed, providing that
neither the City Commissioner nor any other officer
should contract for work TO be done Tor the
city any person who not loyal to the government
Of the United States and had been loyal since tho rebel.
Hon. The PERSONS loyalty must DO estaoshcd 10 tne
satisfaction Of the Mayor Comptroller and Registrar The
penalty for violation OF the ordinance by any officer
prescribed TO be immediate Observation-Disclosures sun,
March TO-
Year: 1864

Ingenious Method OF Com M u n fc ttOn.


The Chicago Tribune OF Sunday last, article on tho
rebel prisoners at Camp Douglass near that cy mentions
the following incident


Early last week several Of rebels seized with
q mania for kite Tying. Pine sticks, paper, paste ana
twine in requision, and soon halfscore OF six
kites ready to take sail Flying Kites is


harmless amusement and the Colonel Commanding, re.
memberng in his boyhood he used to stand on the
village common and gaze ut his own kite as wandered
not disposed to deprive the poor fell
lows, smut in from the world, seeing nothing beautiful
uness is above them OF any enjoyment they might de-
rive from such . recreation.


towards evening OF the FIRST day the rebe kites
permitted " rise Away OF southwark and upward they
foased ti they were mere specks in the sky Fedora!
and rebel enjoyed the sight for half an hour and heh
the kites were wound down. The next evening the
kites few again, but unfortunately the strings OF two or
three broke, and they went tumblipg on toward the
SOUTH No suspicion yet The next evening the kites
again doated, and the strings again broke.


something strange In that !" thought the colonel aloud
10 hi officers. "When tho next string breaks order
soldier to follow the kite, and Well see what sils the
cord" Soon a string snapped away went the KITE ana
away went The soldier after It.. IL dropped IN neid
mile and half away and the soldier found u. and in 10
paper tail no found letter addressed 70 certain
Chicago c0pperhead .


What the coutents oS the letter were, to whom u
was directed not informed. But u 10 known
that 10 furnished the government with clue 10 plot.
The envelope contained two letters neither OF which
note simply requested him TO mail the inclosed letter to
Hon. Mr.. So and so, Louisville, Kentucky, and promised
him the everlasting remembrance and gratitude Of the


oppressed Southern people" But neither ne nor the
will receive something else before long.


supposed that some person was stationed at con.
vcnent point, from which, after nghtfall, he could
roady reach the runaway kite and secure the letter
II was pretty plot, indeed. But the rebels will have
10 devise ingenious postal scheme than this II
they wish get the start OF the post commandant and
ploy their sympshzers The only effect OF the discovery
has boon naturally increase the vigilance Of the gar
risOu.
Year: 1864

tendance OF witnesses summoued by the government
They can be detained by the power OF tho Court.


Mr. Tracey-It wound be very oppressive to detan
ters Of trading vessels In this way.


The Court-lt often happens that men compelled TO
make some sacrifices for the good OF their fellowmen


MIR. TraCey--YOur Honor must that is most i'm.
portant to the accused and important TO the Of
justice that he be permitted TO vndcae his character
this time and that he be discharged wrongtuy held


The District Attorney bore entered the Court He ad
med that the trial with the consent OF himself and tho
gentlemen representing the defence, had been set down
fr the previous dav. He had, however been called to
Washington by letter from OF the departments,
which made it imperative him to 60. He had Mr.
Choate who familiar with the facts OF this who
had that some adavits might be presented
with reference TO the absence OF three or our material
witnesses which would present legal the post
Of the Indeed from what he had learned
he say impossible TO try the durpE Nc
present March session, and he would have to ask his
friends the other side to that the be laid
till to morrow, when he would present athdavits
setting forth legitimate for pospoDng the trial.
lie thought the could be tried In the April term


The Court said II TO be regretted that the Dis
trct Attorney had not given notice at earlier day
OF his inability TO proceed with the case,
and present alidavits OF his The pris
had been used go oppressiveiy as
his council represented his bail had been reduced
from $50 900 81 $50. The suggestion OF the District
indefinite, that term lasted from april TO July The
must their afdavits on which they
ask postponemen and must fix reasonable time within
which they will be prepared to try the The Court
would also take to keep all matters arising Ia civil
OF prosecution against man on trial for his


life


The District Attorney-Some OF the most promnen
merchants this city have presented this case TO me as
which strong and cannot, consist
entity with duty, neglect TO put II W such shape as
- have public justice done the matter. The case
stands adjourned till this morning.
Year: 1864

There's land far away, mid stars we are told,
Where they know not the sorrows of time;
Where the pure waters wander through the val


leys Of gold


And life is a treasure sublime.
'Tis the land Of our God, It's the home of the


soul,
Where ages Of splendor eternally roll
Where the way-weary traveller reaches his goal
On the evergreen mountains of life.
Q the stars never tread the blue heavens OF


night,


But we think where the ransomed have trod,
And the day never smiles from its palace of light
But We feel the bright smile of our God.
We are travelling homeward. through changes


and gloom,
To a kingdom where pleasures unchangingly


boom
And our guide is the glory that shines through


the tomb


From the evergreen mountains Of life.
Year: 1864

When David Blake took the charge o.
his sisters orphans he inwardly vowed
to be true father TO them as he lived
Perhaps l wrong the principles of the
worthy Quaker--for David was zeal
GUS member of that persuasion--in as
serting that he made vow, even to
himself But he certainly made a sol.
enln affirmation to that effect, whether
it took the form of an oath or not. And
all who saw the tender care bestowed
upon James and Harry during the help
less years of childhood and orphausge
could attest the sincerity of their noble
hearted protector. This was thought the
more remarkable when it was known
that he was not at liberty to bring up
the boys after his own views, their dying
mother having specially desired that
they should not become Quakers. Uncle
David was a bachelor. Neither he nor
his prim househeeper, Easter Lake,
were used to the society Of children
But the old hall was opened wide like
the heart of its owner to receive them ;
and even solemn aunt Esther soon learn
ed TO greet the boys with smile.


James and Harry well repaid their
uncle's kindness. They loved him warm
ly, and showed both their affection and
gratitude by devoted attention TO his
wishes. In his large mandatory they
early made themselves useful, and when
Of suitable age, began to fill situations Of
trust and responsibility. Harry Eaton
was 21 years old, and his brother two
years more than that when the fall Of
Sumter started the loyal North, and sent
its young men from the shop to the field
of battle.


what shall do, James, said his
younger brother. Il must go TO the help
Of my country-I caunot stay away
But Uncle David does not believe 10
war, and ! suppose viii think me a very
headstrong and hair-brained boy for
wishing to fight


Yes replied james, Uncle is a
peace man, Of course all the Quakers
are by profession. You will not get his
leave to be soldier; it is of no use to
think OF it, Harry


But must, brother; I Gun think of
nothing else. All the blood in my veins
is throbbing for Union and liberty, and
my arms are s:raining for the musket to
ayenge this treachery and put down the
rebellion. Uncle David dare not keep
me back from service in srch a cause ?


ASK him and see,' was the reply.


Harry did ask, though to face and to
displease his Uncle tried his courage
more than to confront the foe in arms.


What does thee want TO fight for ??
was the answer. Thy fair cheeks so
like thy mothers, is too tender and
smooth for sword cot or bullet hole.
There is something besides poetry in
war, my boy.


Harry's cheek flushed and his eye
glistened, but be stood his ground like a
man. In few words be spoke Of his
country's peril of the callto its defense;
Of the deep and ready response which
his heart made to the call, and implored
his uncle to die for it.


Thee is brave boy, Harry, and /
do not love thee less for this said bis
uncle David With choking voice. But


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