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Year: 1864

the last were my father and mother
They would not 20 near the meetings, and


forbade my going but, don't know.
something seemed to draw nc there and 1


went My father was 50 angry that he
swore he would kill me, and he would
have beat mc drcadfully, but for one Of
the neishbors who had influence over him


But what heard at that meeting chang
ed me. knew there was something bet
ter than the dreadful life l led and saw
others leading. Something seemed to
talk to me in my soul, and | learned to
pray and love the Saviour there all by
myself when my father locked me from
the meetings. But when he found out
how l felt, never saw anybody in such
dreadful rage. lie wanted to tear me
in pieces. He would strike me, and try
by all manner of cruelty to tear me away
from my religion. But o, sir, he could
not; 10 one could do that It was beauti-
full when | got alone with Jesuit inado
up Tor all my suffering. AT last my
mother gave out and began to hate me
too. | had nowhere to 60 but to God
My father determined that | should mar.
ry young man who liked me, but was .
very wicked young man; he swore, and
carouso1, and drank, and [ saw nothing
but misery before me- / did not know
what to do, bat when | went to God
felt as if must leave Shat place. A
COUSIN Of mine was coming to the States.
She offered to pay half my passage, SO l
worked secretly, beyond my strength. and
the very week my father had decided that


should be married I sailed from Hali-
fax, and not long after landed in New


York. My cousin carried me to some


friends of hers, but soon saw that it
was no fit place for me. O, sir, o, mad
AMI cannot tell you how dreadful it was
how l was beset on every side, even by
my cousin, whom thought so pretty and
good. She fell into bad ways, and
could DO nothing with her. | left the
house and for weeks could find no friends.
How | lived I can't tell, only some way
God sustained me. seemed to see
nothing bat trouble on all sides. but if I
had cnly bit OF dry bread, it was
8wcetenel by His loving kindness. ltricd
20 get work. but never having learned I"
ge good Heed!e woman l iaiied 'here'
Then [ heard of pl .ce where there were
cotton mills, and determined to 60 there


| had no money out eo1 promised 70 Do
with MI me- 20 set oat, ana l nave walSeo
ATTY Niles 9omo'incs was near s'afS'
ny but somebody would be raised up TO
help ne Once found dollar near
railroad and 1t seemed as II uods an
Year: 1864

UT-The editor who said that his mouth
never uttered lie, probably spoke through
his nose. But the woman who SAID that
uerreek Aliens Gold Medal Salcratus is
the best in the world, and makes better
Bread, Biscuit, Cakes or Puddings, out Of
the same sack of flour, than can be made
with any other saleratus or soda, spoke it
with her eyes and mouth wide open, and
does not fear contradiction. Dyspeptic
persons can use it with impunity, and be
all the better for so doing. Most all the
Groeers sell it. Depot ll2 Liberty Street
New York.
Year: 1864

soldiers are 10 be bought with money give all
an even chance, and if they are all to be drafted
give all an equal chance there.


But we we're told when we re-enlisted that
there was no doubt but that we should receive
the $500 extra, bounty and many enlisted with
that understanding. Many more would re'en-
list If the thing was sure. Vermont would DO
well TO offer that sum to all of her old soldiers,
and lot all enlist who will, whether her present
quota is full or not. They would be credited
to the State, and in the event OF another call
Vermont would be ready beforehand, And even
if another call was never mads, Vernon. would
be 10th to have the credit to her honor and pat
rlotism thus gained wiped out for all the money
that il would cost her. This would be a simple
act of Justice to the soldiers and they would
feel as If their services we're valued at home.
But was not intending to make this complaint
when commenced my letter only intended to
mention the incidents of our journey home,
which however were not very important, and af
nv letter has sweled to the length intended al
ready, will postpone any further inaiction till
next time


AETEREBEL.
Year: 1864

Home again; How inll of meaning the word
home. half doubt my senses sometimes, and
sm afraid it is not reality but that | am
dreaming some pleasant dream, liable TO be dis
turbed at any time by the sound of the drum or
the inevitable order " Fall in. | doubt if
there is any other occupation that man may
be engaged in to call him away from home, that
will enkinlle such longing to return, or such
pleasant realities when we do return as to be
"oii to the war " soldering for our country
The contrast between the camp-liie and the
comforts Of home are 30 great, that soldier
feels their loss most koenly ,and learns very soon
how to appreciate and value that sacred place,
by his tedious and bitter experiences away from
it, Furoughs are the most precious privileges
that the government allows thcr soldiers, and
the prospect Of going home has tempted great
many good soldiers to rc.enlist when nothing
else would,


1t WAS glad day for US when we turned oul
backs upon the old camp with our furloughs ii
our hands aud our bountIes in our pockets a
liberty once more to start Tor home or whereve
else we choose to 60 and wo did not suffer ou
spirits to be dampened by the thought that ou
liberty was limited to one month of time Int
that thiry.fvo days we calculated to concenlrat
all the enjoyment that we had lest for the los
two years and half and to make up If po'slb
Year: 1864

TERRITORY OF MoNTANA.-The House bill
to establish the Territory of Montana THAT in
which gold is found) provides in reference to
boundaries as follows: Commencing at
point formed by the intersection of the 9th
degree of longitude west from Washington
with the 45th degree of north latitude; thence
due west on said 45th degree of latitude to a
point formed by the intersection of the 34th
degree of longitude west from Washington
thence due south along said 34th degree of
longitude to the intersection with the 44th
degree and 80 minutes of north latitude;
thence due west along said 44th degree and
80 minutes of north latitude to point form
ed by its intersection with the crest of the
Rocky Mountains thence following the crest
of the Rocky Mountains to its intersection
with the Bitter Root Mountains; thence
northward along the crest eff the said Bitter
Root Mountains to the inter section of the 39th
degree of longitude west from Washington;
thence along said 39th degree of longitude
northward to the boundary of the British
possessions; thence eastward along said
boundary line to the 9th degree Of longitude
west from Washington thence southwark
along said 9th degree of longitude to the
place of beginning.
Year: 1864

BIGGEsr BABY.-The Washoe papers have
been getting off accounts of big babies in short
time. We can raise them all out There is
a woman in this county who came overland
from the States last year-Emma Grant
who was married before she got the alkali
worked out of her, and in five mouths turned
out boy weighing Is pounds. Positive fact
and the Old Piute can take back seat,
with his 12-pounder in four months three
pounds month is slow baby growing out
this way.-Hunsboldt Register.
Year: 1864

The Poor Mans WAR-Gen. Hancock,
that unconstitutional" cuss who lately cap
tured Gen. johnson and 5000 prisoners be-
fore O'Clock in the morning, made speech
at Philadelphia few weeks ago, when he
used the following unconstitutional" Ian
guage:


This war is essentially the poor mans war
When it is over, higher degree of prosterity
will be open to him a much larger field will
be before him for his enterprise. The wealth
of unexplored regions of our country will
then be within his grasp. In reference to the
continuation of the rebellion, he thought that
it would not last more than another year. 1t
is to the great interest of every hard- work
ing son of toll to help with his muscle to have
the war prosecuted vigorously-whch will
insure peace in shorter space of time than
if they remain luke-warm Their forefath-
ers lived for posterity let us venerate them;
let US hand down to millions yet unborn no.
BILE country, improved by age. The man who
does not assist in suppressing the rebellion
certainly cannot legally claim as a right the
blessings which we enjoy.
Year: 1864

MICROSCOPIC REvELArIoxs.-Bru lttio|
Of the fuzz from the wing Of a dead butterfly
and let it fall upon piece of glass. II will be|
seen on glass as fine golden dust. Slide the|
glass under the microscope, and each particle
of the dust will reveal itself as perfect sym1
metrical feather.


Give your arm slight prick. so as to drawl
a small drop Of blood; mix the blood with al
drop of vinegar aud water, and place it upon|
the glass slide under the microscope. You will
discover that the red matter of the blood isl
formed of innumerable globules or disks, which
though so small as TO be separately invsible|
to the naked eye, appear under the mieroscopel
each larger than letter o, of the print.


Take a drop of water from a Stagnant pool
or ditch, or sluggish brook, dipping it fron,|
among the green vegetable matter on the top.
On holding the water to the light it will look
a little milky: but on placing the smallest drop
under the microscope, you will find it swarm
ing with hcndreds of strange animals, that are
swimming about in it with the greatest vyaci-
ty. These animalcules exist in such multiiudes
that any effort 10 conceive of their numbers
bewilders the imagination.


The invisible universe Of created beings is
the most wonderful of all the revelations of the
microscope. During the whole of mans ex-
istence on the earth, while he has been fight
ing, tanning and studying the lower animals
which were visible to the sight, he has been
surrounded by these other multitudes of the
earth's inhabitants without any suspicion Of


their existence 10 endless variety of form and
structure, they are bursting through their ac-
tive lives pursuing their prey-defeDding
their persons their wars-prosecuting
their amours-multplying their Species aud
ending their careers; countless hosts at each
tick of the clock passing out of existence, and
making way for new hosts that are following
in endless succession. What other fields Of
creation may yet, by some inconceivable meth
DDS, be revealed to our knowledge?
Year: 1864

REMARKABLE Y IsIoS.-The Dublin Uuiver
sity tells this story. and believes it true. If
Macbeth lived in lhese times, he wonld not be
surprised at people refusing TO stay dead after
the brains were out:


y solicitor. resident Of the Isle of Wight,
had business at Southampton. He stayed at
one of The hotels for which the town of mail
steamers is famous. and after dinner be was
looking over his law papers while he slipped
port. He was aroused from his loolscap and
red tape by the opening of the door; his wife


whom be had left at home in the Isle of
WIghIl entered, gazed at him steadasty, and
passed through the opposite door. He natu-
rally thought ii was hallucination. and resu-
med his reading, with wondering smile at his
own weakness But within a quarter of an
hour, the very same thing occurred again; and
there was he countenance of the spectator an
imploring look which terrified him. He at
once resolved 10 return home; with some diff
Guilty he got boatman to take him across;
and when he reached his house be was struck
by tie ghaslly aud alarmed look of the maid
servant who opened the door. This woman
was so frightened at his unexpected return that
she spontaneously confessed her intention to
murder her mistress. and her confession was
confirmed by the fact that she had concealed
q carving knife under her pillow.
Year: 1864

An experienced cattle breeder, iu selecting
neat stock, says he seeks for symmetry of form
and fneness of bone 10 animals Of medium size,
having invariably found these to be better
feeders, and to pay better every way than
coarse beasts. Deep chests, broad backs and
full tanks are the most important points.
With these he would like to obtain a barrel
shaped body, well ribbed home, rather straight
belly, clean head and bright eye. An an
imal which is narrow along the back and q
great sack of a belly smashing about ls not q
promising animal for milk or anything else.
Year: 1864

A green customer who was stranger to
mirrors, and who stepped into the cabin of one
Of our ocean steamers, stopping in front OF a
large pier glass which be took for door, be
said:


say, mister, when does this ere boat start?


Getting no reply from the dumb reflection
before him, be again repeated:


say, mister, when does this here boat
start?


Incensed at the still silent figure, be broke
out:


Go to thunder you darned sassafras colored
shockheaded bull calf; you don't look as if you
knew much. anyhow.
Year: 1864

ADrSherman has at last ousted Johnston
from his strongholdin the Kenesaw noun.
tain, and got possession Of Marietta. The
next line Of defense, before Atlanta, II all
writer's from the army are not deceived, il
the Chattahoochee river. That being once
crossed by our troops, nothing remains to
impede Sherman but an open country and
the rebel army. If that army cannot make
good the defense at the river line, after be-
ing forced out of the mountain region, it
seems reasonably certain that they cannot
pretend to hold Atlanta. If they cannot
hold the mountains. they surely cannot be
strong enough to stand any chance in such
. country as is said to be Immediately
around Atlanta. The Chattahoochce is said
to De strongly fortified. That being the
case, Sherman will probably find it neces-
sary to devote some time to them. But we
do not doubt that he will and his way over
it successfully, and then-the railroad TO
Gus Of Georgia will be ours. M
Year: 1864

A very fat man, who was drafted in
Boston the other day supposed he would
be exempted on account Of his obesity,
but was accepted. He was known to
be rich as well as fat, and the Board Of
Enrolment supposed he would furnish
substitute or commute, and asked hin,
which he would do. To their surprise
he refused both, and told them to bring
on Their uniform. The Board changed
its mind and exempted him.
Year: 1864

The Presidents LAST. SHORTEST AND
BEST SrEECr.-On Thursday of last week
two ladies' from Tennessee came before
the President, asking the release of their
husbands, held as prisoners Of war at
Johnson's Island. They were put off un-
til FRIDAY, when they came again, and
were again put Oft until Saturday. At
each of the interviews one of the ladies
urged that her husband was religious
man, and on Saturday, when the Presi-
dent ordered the release of the prisoners.


he said to the lady: You say your hus-
band is religious man; tell him when
you meet him that say ! am not much
OF Judge of religion, but that, in my
opinion. the religion that sets Men to re-
bel and tight against their government
because, as they think, that government
does not sufficiently help some men to eat
their bread in the sweat of other men
Year: 1864

faces, Is not the sort of religion on which
people can get to heaven" We have civ
en- as a caption for this paragraph the
Presidents own opinion of his own little
speech. which he considered his shortest
and best, as well as latest. Uashiugton
Chronicle.
Year: 1864

"Who is buried there2" said to the
sexton,


"Only a child, ma'am."


Only child Oh !! had you ever been o
mother-had you nightly bliowed that little
golden head had you slept sweetsr for that
little velvet hand upon your breast-had you
waited for the first intelligent glance from
those blue eyes-had you watched its slum-
bers, tracing the features of him who stole
your grlish heart away-had Joa wepta .
widows tears over unconscious head-hsd
your desolats timid heart gained courage from
that little piping voice toswrestle with the
iostling crowd for daily dtesd-had ito los-
lug smiles and prsttling words besn sweet
recompense for such an skposers-~had the
lonly future been frightened Ny the hope Of
that young arm to- lean upon that bright eye
for your guiding star-~had you never framed
plan or known hope or fear Of which that
child was apart. If there was naught else on
earth left for you to love--if disease CAME
and it's eye grew dim: and food, and rest
and sleep, were forgotten in your fears-if
you paced the floor hour by hour with that
fragile burden when your very touch seemed
to give comfort and healing to that little
qnvering frame-had the star OF hope set at
last-then, had you hung over its dying pill
low, when the strong breast that you should
have wept on was in the grave, where your
child was hastenius-had you caught alone,
its last faint cry for the help you could not
give-had its last futtering sigh breathed
out on your breast-0h! could you have
said-'Tis only child ?-Fanny Fern.
Year: 1864

Mrs. Smike says the reason why the
children of this generation are SO bad is owing
to the wearing of Balmoral boots instead of
old fashioned slippers. find it too
much trouble to take off their boots to whip
their children. so they 60 unpunished; but
when she was child, the way tho slppe
used to DO double duty was caution to the
whole family.
Year: 1864

HANGING IN PENNsyLvANIA.-InP Penn
sylvanta, the sentence Of person condemned
to BE- hung is, that he shall be taken from his
place of confinement to the place of execution
and there be hung by the neck until he is
dead. The Judge does not fix the time Of
execution. That is done by the Governor in
what is called the "death warrant" which
is authority to the Sheriff to hang the pris-
oner. Sometiines tho death warrant is not
issued for long time, and there have been
cases where it was never issued. There are
persons now in prison in that State who have
been there for years waiting for death war
rant.
Year: 1864

At meeting OF the Board Of Direc ors Of the


ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
held this dav the following resolutions Adopted


Whereas in the mortgage given by this company to the
Trustees their Construction bonds
that the received Of the lands mortgaged
fast received be applied 70 the cancellation OF said
bonds and has become for this purpose take
up aSporon or the bonds IN pursuance OF provision con
tained in each bond that the the
time be named b them BY adding the principal
sum equal to twenty per cent thereof


Resolved, That the Company will on the first day OF
sand dollars each numbered from three thousand
a to 3D with twenty per cent (20 per cen) added to the
thereof It's Office in the city Of
New York and that i doth hereby name the nrs! day Of
October 1864 the time when the principal Of said bonds
shall be paid, after which day interest upon them Will



Resolved That the holders of the scrip stock thIs
pany be required pay the unpaid cent upon the
stock held by them respectively before the twenty
sixth day Of September AZ the Office OF the Company.
in the city of Few York and that upon all sums unpaid IN.
will be charged from that day. and that. fter the
sixth day OF september next transfer shall be
mao of stock which shall be paid in full.


: THOMAS Is. WALKER, Treasurer.
Year: 1864

The following table will be found interesting TO the gas
consumers Of this city and Brooklyn. itshows the par
value OF the stock Of each company the price which
the shares quoted the market, the charge
per thousand cubic feet Of gas and price present
Year: 1864

A POOR woman, wife of volunteer, with
family in deep distress, applied to lady


whose name headed one or two stupendous
Fair committees, and herself and husband
cut very prominent figures at the Academy
of Music, during)the Fair. 7 The lady gave
the poor woman some very good advice and
twelve cold buekwheat cakes. A promi-
nent and very amisble office holder was
applied to at his residence, by another suf'
feang woman. This gentleman, who can
make capital speech in 8 public meeting,
upon the duties of patriots to make every


sacrafce to carry on the war, put the poor
woman through a severe catechism, assisted
by his wife, and lectured her for an hour
about what she ought to do to get along in
absence Of her martial protector. Finally
supporter OF the Government sent the poor
women away with closely picked ham
bone and FIVE cents in currency --Brooktyrl


Eagle ....
Year: 1864

Tar propos ton to tax dogs has not met
with much favor in Congress. For some
reason or other it has failed in the House
Why, we cannot divine The thousands OF
worthless ours which infest the country arc
a peril and reproach to the wool growing
interest of the country; and if for no other
consideration, there should be heavy i'm
post on dogs, There is scarcely a dog in
hundred which is worth the meat that 1t
takes to feed him The Senate should by
all means restore this clause in the Tax
bill. r-
Year: 1864

When the misguided and imprudent votary OF pleas
ure finds that he has imbbed the seeds of this painful
d sease it too often happens that an timed sense Of
shame or dread of discovery deers him from applying
TO those Who from education and respectablity,
alone befiend him, delaying till the constitutional
symptoms of this horrid disease make their appearance
such o. liberated throat, diseased nose nocturnal
pains in the head and limbs dmness of sight, Deafness
nodes on the shin bones and arms blotches on the
head face and e1tremtes progressing with frghtful
rapdty, till at last the palate Of the mouth or the
bones Of the nose fall n and the victim Of this awful
disease becomes horrid object of commiseration, till
death putsS period to his dreadful suferngs by send


ing him to ''that Undiscovered Country from whence
no traveller returns"


II ia melancholy fact that thousands fall victims TO
this terrible disease. owing to the unshlfuness OF g
norant pretender who by the use of that Deadly POI,
son. Mercury ruin the constitution and make the resi-
due of life miserable.
Year: 1864

Who have injured themselves By certain practice u
dulrsd in when alone habit frequently les1Eed from
evil companions at school, the effects OF which are
nightly fe,t when asleep, and II not cured rem,
deTs marriage impossible and destroys both mind and
body, should apply Immediately .


What pity that young man, the hope OF his coun-
try the darling Of parents should be snatched from
all prospects and enoyments Of le by the
OF deyiating from the path Of nature and ndulgng in
certain secret habit such parsons MUST before con-
latiuU
Year: 1864

reflect that sound mind and body the most
sary requisites to promote connubial happiness In
deed without those the journey through life becomes
weary pgrimage the prospect hourly darkens to the
yisv; the mind becomes shadowed with despair and


allied with the melancholy reflection that the happiness
of another becomes blighted with our own,