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Year: 1865

A German servant girl fell out of
third story window At Cleveland, Ohio,
the other day. and would have been
killed had not gentleman caught her
in his arms. She asked him If he
wasn't ASHAMED Of himself" and to be
off with his impertinence.
Year: 1865

COisLlSlON On TIM hlCHi6AN CkNTRAL--ANOTHN8


MAIL AGENT BURNED UP, ETC.


from the Detroit Free Press, Jan. 81


terrible accident occurred the Michigan Central
Railroad, on Tuesday evening, between and eight
O'Clock The Kalamazoo mail train coming East COZ
lded with freight train going West about mile eas1
of Frenciscoviie and few miles west of Chelsea Both
trains were running at full speed and the collision
terrific In It's results The ground strewn for
distance around with the fragments Of wood and irsa
hurled from the broken engines and cars. The engnecs
and hremen OF both trains jumped from their engines
before tho collision and escaped without serious injury
petely through the mail car which next behind H.
crushing beneath It's ponderous weight the mail agent,
John Callahan Of Battle Creek Is believed he wai
instantly killed The car, however took dreimmedatey.
and before his body could be rescued IL burned
cnder From the in which tho body
lay beneath the tender II IL supposed thsa
no was killed BY H. and not burned 70 death as WINS The
lamened Millen IN the recent similar accident the
Grand Trunk near this city There was but passen.
ger coach on and this was full Of passengers SnguArl1
enough, hurt further than few who ~
ceiyed slight bruises No suffered serious injury.
together with its contents Tho goods including all the
money and parcels removed from the express car
which il the apartment Of the mail car, and werS
saved The baggage and passenger coaches wore un
coupled from the hIrring mail and back beyon6
the reach Of the ainea None OF this baggage dss.
troycd and the did suffer material damage "
the freight train only the behind the engine
badly snashcd The two locomotives utter wreckR
They together with such force as almost To se
through each other, and, like two Kilkenny CATS de.
moshed each other entirely Trains were delayed about
twelve hours In removing the rubbish from the track
and the passengers or the Ill fated train brought
tue city this Wednesday, morning, about eleven O'clock
by the night express


The body Of the unfortunate mail agent Callahan waa
removed from the ashes and debris OF the burned
taken TO Grass Lake II will be taken thence TO Battle
Creek his late residence for burial The wonder h thaS
IN such complete wreck Of passenger train psg
sons did not lose their lives at least suffer seous "
jury.


A 10 the cause OF the accident venture opnoA


is matter for judicial investigation aud competent
jury of citizens should without favor Tie
blame where IL rightly belongs Railroad companies -
whose is entrusted the precious interests OF


e risk them in the hands OF careless or reckless
employees The accident occurred upon In the
road where II is impossible to any great distance
ahead II IL said that both trains running Oh umes
the passenger train certainly was though according =
the rules Of the road II had the right Of way We for
bear further comments until complete and thorough
yestigaton shall have been held which il demanded,
this hitherto popular road desires set Itself right befs
the public
Year: 1865

IT mas been decided by competent author
ity, upon the testimony of several rebels who
have just been extricated by Executive elem.
ency from the last ditch, that Ditch water is
intoxicating.
Year: 1865

~ We have had occasion to speak of the
merits of the Hoffman House, in New York,
as a hotel We have ascertained that in sd-
ditiOn to its other good qualities, people can
live longer there than in any other watering
place in the country.
Year: 1865

Our readers will find in our Columbus
special a list of military claim agents for
this State, appointed by the Governor and
confirmed by the State Senate. With one
exception they are re-appointments. The
present ineumbrsnts of the Offices have
as far IS oar knowledge goes, done ample
justice to themselves and the State. Their
testifes to this.
Year: 1865

CITY PoIsT, March 25.


News has just reached here of sn attack
on our line thia morning at daylight by the
enemy at Fort Steadhan, near the Apo
mstox river, capturing the fort and taking
prisoners nearly all its garrison. They
sent these prisoners over the works toward
their lines, but on their way they
broke from the guard and nearly all
escaped back TO our line on this side
of the works. The line on each side
of the fort was taken and held for some
time by the rebels, but reinforcements ar
rived and they were driven back, losing
heavily in killed and wounded as they ran
between the lines. Our loss in not known
at this hour, but is believed to be small.
The line is now reported to be re-establish-
ed as formerly.
Year: 1865

READING, Pa, April 19, 1864.


DE- WIsHART-Dedr 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.
was for more than one year troubled with a
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 MIR.
Rowbotham's store, in this city, and he seeing
how low l was, recommended me to try your
Pine Tree Tar Cordial. He said he had sold a
great deal of it. and that as it had cured so many
others, he believed it would do some good 1
bought bottle and commenced using it. In a
very short time / saw that / was getting better
very fast, and after taking several bottles l 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. l 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 wish all who suffer
to receive its benefit.


Very truly yours,


Capt. SAMUEL HARNER.


No. 334 s. Eight street. Reading, Pa.
Year: 1865

We smile at the ignorance ofthe savage
who cuts down the tree in order to reach
its fruits; but the fact is, that blunder
of this description is made by every person
who is over eager and impatient in the
pursuit of pleasure. To such, the present
moment is everything, and the future is
nothing; he borrows, therefore, from the
future at the, most usurious and ruinous
interest; and the consequence is, that he
finds thetone of his best feelings impaired,
his self-respect diminished, his. health OF
mind and body destroyed, and life reduced
to its very dregs, and at time when, hui
manly speaking, the greater portion of its
comforts should be still before him. .
Year: 1865

The Pine Tree Tar Cordial gives instanta-
neous relief in cases of Asthma and Whooping
Cough. 1t often cures whooping before it runs
half its course, as it acts at once on the phlegm
and mucus, and expels them from the throat
and the sufferer is relieved. In case of Asthma
use DIR. Wisharts Dyspepsia Pills with the Cor
dial, as they have never been known to fail to
cure that disease.
Year: 1865

The amendment will have to be ratified
by thres-fouIths Of all the States in order
to become a part of the Constitution
There are 80 States. and it will have to
be ratified by u Of them. It will have to
be ratified by ell the Free States and by
four Slave States besides. OF the social.
ed Slave States We can probably connt on
Tennessee. Arkansas and Louisiana. and
we believe that Kentucky will in time
(,hough not this winter make the needed
fourth. One Free Stale, New Jersey. will
probably not ratify the amendment this
winter. but we believe its next Legislature
will. So it will he seen that the prospect
OF the amendment speedily becoming part
OF the Constitution is not very bright; hut
that it will eventually become so we have
no doubt. "a the States are not limited as
to the time within which they must ratify.
Year: 1865

From the Louisville Journal, 26th.l


A drove of Government cattle, about
nine hundred head was on the way to this
city Yesterday from Camp Nelson. guarded
by eighty negro soldiers detailed from vari-
Gus regiments. The day being cold and
no danger apprehenled. the soldiers were
allowed to straggle along by themselves.
while their officers stopped to warm at
various houses on the road. One-half of
the command marched in front OF the cat.
tie while the other portion kept in rear of
Year: 1865

Nxw York, June IA The heavy loss of
Government property at Nashville is conn &C ed
with a rumOr that the disaster will wipe out
many doubtful off ers' accounts which now, OF
course, never can be settled


Governors Vance aud Letcher are yet confined
in the Capitol Prison, aud havn not yet applied
for pardon, although il il expected they will
do so


Application has been made TO the Postofice
Department to put into operation one of its own
suggestions, which has also twice had the ap-
proval Of the Secretary of the Navy and Secre
tary of War. AID also partially end Used by the
late President, to wit: To employ some of our
numerous surplus naval steamers as ocean mail
packets forthwith, and to commence the work
by establishing line from New York to Gal
way.
Year: 1865

AMATEUR FaRu1So.-A story illustrating the
cost of amateur farming is told OF aretired
merchant who had farm on Longlsland with all
the modern improvements and fancy stock Of all
kinds. After showing a friend over the premi-
ses one day ho invited him into the house. "Sir,"
said he, you have seen the best farm in the
State now sit down and rest and take some
thing. | have mi 4 and champagne Take your
choice they both cost the same.
Year: 1865

Lord Derby is once more setting the fashion
of battues. In his park, which is six miles
round, and on the neighboring farms, the hsres
and..pheasants are almost as fearless as il they
had been domestioated and, Of course, when
the hunting day arrives the slaughter is pro
portionate On the first day Of the Prince Of
Wales stay sixteen hundred head Of game were
baggcd-- being at tho rate of about Eve per
minute.
Year: 1865




We are permitted to make the following
extract from letter received by one OF our
citizens from his brother in Mobile, dated
July 4th:


Now the war is over, the prospects are more Ta
dark and gloomy than they were. Inc
NEGROES all free no reliable labor IN the
country. What will be the result ol TINS
great and sudden change time only can de-
termine. We are now living under military
law. all civil law being suspended. Inc
neonle of this State are very desIrous OF get
tinp back into the Union, which presume
will he accomplished in the course OF a year.
with a free Constitution, and population
fullv If not more than one half negroes, sure
Iv 40 in South Alabama. We are expecting
rverv dav to hear of the appointment of a
professional Governor for this State North
Carolina. Louisiana and Mississippi have
each their Provisional Governor, and are at
work in good earpest to have delegates elect
ea to State Convention for the purpose of
framing a new Constitution to suit the pres
ent order of things, which, | am sure, the
Southern States are all prepared to meet


The negroes are having good time just
now. Pretty much all of them who could
reach c city or military post have done so.
suppose fully 25, 900 have reached Mobile
The city is now full Of them, and a great
number have been shipped by the Govern
ment to the Louisiana plantations Some
have returned to their former masters in the
country. and hired themselves to finish the
present crops. They are all very much de-
moralized, and do not think they will ever
be good for much as laborers. So far, they
have been very respectful to the white peo-
pile; in fact. more SO than | thought they
would be. We, however have large army
in Mobile, and more or less troops at all of
the principal towns in the State. They are
charged with the duty of keeping order, and
most perfectly do they discharge their duty.
Some of our people take the loss of their
negroes very hard indeed. | fear the negroes
will be troublesome if thev are compelled to
remain here after the troops are all with
drawn
Year: 1865

The only joke that Lieutenant General
Grant was ever known 10 perpetrate, was
one day during his campaign in Mississippi.
when the Rebel General Winter was coming
to attack one of the wings of his army, where
the Commander-in Chief happened to be
himself present. Gentlemen" )" said Grant.
quietly knocking the ashes from his cigar.
and looking around at the officers near him.
you see severe Winter approaching, and
advise you to have the boys Keep up good
fire u
Year: 1865

WRITING ScHooL.-Miss Mary Lunn is
teaching the art of penrianship in our town,
and has at present thirteen scholars. As a
teacher she is far in advance of any who have
ever visited Shasta, and her specimens of
writing We never saw excelled, or even
equaled. Miss L. graduated at a college in
Illinois where writing was speciality
Those who would learn to write good hand
should improve this opportunity.
Year: 1865

Late in the autumn of 1864 good far
mer of our acquaintance purchased yoke
of ordinary cattle for two hundred dol
lars, and used them for hauling wood,
rails, and anything else, and for doing
most of the plowing for spring crops on IA
farm of seventyacres. In June he sold them
for beef for two hundred and sixty dollars.
He thinks their labor paid well for the
meal they consumed. On the same day
that he drove these oxen to market he
purchased another yoke for one hundred
and ninety dollars After few months
he sold these for beef at an advance,
which also paid we'll for the meal fed to
them, and purchased another yoke at once
and commenced feeding them with meal,
working them occasionally By this sys-
tenn of traficing he made three hundred
dollars in about one year, and had good
OK team constantly, receiving good price
for all grain fed them, besides making a
large quantity of excellent manure. He
is good manager, always feeds his teams
well and treats them kindly, never allow
ing them to be overworked or worried by
disagreeable drivers, who use up more of
the energies of team by bawling at and
whipping them than by the labor got out
of them. He never purchases poor oxen,
even at cheap rate, as it requires many
dollars worth of meal to get them into a
fattening condition.-Amer. Aq
Year: 1865

Have our friends provided winter shell


ter for their sheep? or are they-many of
them neglecting it as usual-and as usual,
not having the best luck with their sheep.
Depend upon it that cold in addition TO
wet, is hurtful You will see it more es-
pecially in spring. Shelter is feed saved;
strength kept, which would otherwise be
lost; and wool improved by the good con-
dition Of the sheep, to say nothing about
one Of the most important points Of all
the lambs which are to follow. A suffer-
ing sheep will produce a weak lamb. A
mong weak lambs there is always mOrtali-
ty, and no stout growth in the future body
of the sheep A weak, sickly lamb will
not make first class sheep, even under
good treatment Good treatment of sheep
is profit all round-and shelter is one Of
the important points to be attended to.
Build it aud invite the sheep in it; feed
them there; let their salt be there, and the
little tidbits they need. Now is good
time to see to this thing-to prepare for
it-RliT0E World
Year: 1865

Ishock, a fearful rushing through the air
and knew no more until days afterwards,
woke to faint, weak semblance of lifs
in my chamber at home.


L never saw Captain Elliot again. The
last words l ever heard from his lips were
ton of his life in connection with mine


was to follow in the train of frightened
| youths who rode after me, to contemplate
the disaster from afar, and as soon as he


saw me lifted from the shallow bed oil


the river, into which I had been thrown


when my frightened horse stopped sud-
denly on its bank, to ride hastily Off
/ That evening he sent to make inquiries,
and learning that was severely but not
fatally injured, he thenceforth contented


himself with such tidings of my condition
and improvement as could be gained from
mere rumor.


At last it was known that would new
-er recover entirely from the effects of my
injury, and that very day Captain Elliot
departed suddenly from the neighborhood.
He made no attempt to see, nor sent me
any farewell When | was once more
abroad, and beginning, though with much
unallOyed bitterness, to learn the lesson
of patience and resignation that awaited
me, received letter from him, in which
he merely said that he presumed my own
Judgment had taught me that in my al
tered circumstances our engagement must
come to an end but to satisfy his sense of
honor (his honor) he wrote to say that
while he entertained the highest respect
for me, he desired formal renunciation
of my claim. Writing on the bottom of
this letter, Let it be as you wish, - I re-
turned it to him at once and thus ended
my brief dream of a romantic wedding


| heard ere this of Elliot's cowardly
conduct on that day; but now first be-
thought me to inquire who had rescued
me from that imminent death. And then
| learned that James Frazer, his arm bro
ken by the jerk with which brown Bess
had torn away from him as he caught at
her bride, had ridden after me and been
the first to lift me from the water. Many
times daily he'made inquiries concerning
me; his had been the hand that had sent
the rare flowers that had decked my room;
his were the lips that breathed words Of
comfort and hope to my poor mother; his
were the books that | read during the
days of convalesence; and his, now, the
arm that supported me, as slowly and
painfully paced the garden walks


L have been his wife for many year
l have forgotten that he is not handsome
or rather he is beautiful to me, because
l see his grand and loving spirit shining
through his plain features, and animating
his figure. L have long since laid aside,
as utterly untenable, my theory that
beautiful spirits dwell only in lovely bod
les. 1t may be providential compensa-
ton that, in denying physical perfection,
the soul is not dwarfed or marred by pet
ty vanity or love of the worlds praise.
Year: 1865

When cur forefathers had transformed
the forests into fruitful field they found.
in most parts of country, a soil composed
OF all the fertility necessary to produce n
remuuerative crop of grain, grass, or roots.
without the application of manure. This
soil has been appropriately termed "a YER
gin soil. They had no manure, and the
soil needed none till after the first crop
had exhausted portion of its fertility.
Here impoverishment began. Crop after
crop was carried from the most productive
fields, till they would no longer pay the
expense of cultivation. Had our ances
tors understood that certain elements in
the soil are taken up in producing a Civ
en- crop. and that different substances are
required to grow different kinds of grain,
how easy it would have been for them to
maintain the fertility Of good soil,


We see this error We understand
what is essential to keep the soil good.
Every intelligent farmer knows that if he
raises wheat one season, Indian corn the
next, then oats, barley, or rye, and clover,
returning the refuse of his crops to the
soil, the elements of fertility, which are
necessary to accumulate it to the soil
Consequently, by putting in different kinds
of grain cultivating well, and not making
his ground work too hard, he is always
certain of harvest.


The promise of seed time and harvest il
as conditional as any other. No man
need expect that the Creator will make
his fields productive by a miracle when
he has set at naught all the laws of phys
iologv


1t is better to adopt rotation system
in the garden as well as the field. 1t al
ways favors productiveness if the rotation
is adopted to the character of the soil
Year: 1865




: Every wheat plant requires for its fair


Development an AREA of about is square


inches, or 9 piece of ground inches


square. There are IN an acre Of ground


1860 square feet Each square foot con-


tains 8 of these 4-inchSssquares, hence is


capable of sustaining 8 wheat plants; and


SO we have 392,040 as the number of


wheat plants that will grow advantageous


ly on an acre of good land. In bushel


of wheat with kernelsof fair size, there


are about $50, 600. grains. If these be
uniformly distributed over one acre, there
| will be about Is kernels on every square
/ foot, or a fraction more than square
| inches, or an area of inches square for
Leach kernel. Did the wheat plant pro-
duce only one stalk and head, this would


not be too thick. But, as we may ex-
peet every plant to tiller, that is, produce
I from to D, l0, or more stems, 1T all these
stems should grow, the straw would be so


thick that the ears of wheat would be
short and small, and the grain also of
diminutive size. But, in practice, we
find that there is failure somewhere; for
if we use no more seed, the grain will not
stand thick enough on the ground. What
then becomes Of the seed?-and how
much must we use? Much depends on
the size of the kernels, the number that
Will-Yegetate, the condition of the soil,
and the manner of putting in the seed
Some Kernels often are nearly twice as
large as others. When kernels are small
of course less seed is required, and rice
UersG. If the grain has been threshed
with machine which has bruised the
kernels, more seed is necessary than if
threshed with a fail or whipped out,
which is the best way to thresh for seed,
When it is put in with good drill, less
seed will be required than ifsoWed broad
cast When the soil is rich, an acre will
require less seed than If the ground is iu
poor condition, for the richer the soil is,
the more the plants will tiller. One BUSH
ell of good seed per acre, well put into rich
soil, is enough. Making suitable allow
ances for impefections alluded to, it is ad-
visable to increase the amount sometimes
to p bushels per acre. Usually about
bushels is the advisable quantity. IF
plants have room to tiller when the sell
is fertile, thin seeding will yield as much
as thiek.-Anoerieaq AgricaLtarist
Year: 1865

General Lee is writing History of
the Southern Struggle" in which he as
cribes the defeat of the Confederacy to
the want of harmony among the leading
men, and the fatal blunders of the Chief
Executive of the would be nation.
Year: 1865

TN pursuance an order and Gecree of the Court
i Common Pleas OF the county of Hooking and State
OF Ohio, will offer at public sale at the door Of the
Court House IN the town of Delaware, on
Year: 1865

By permission Of the War Department
the Associated Press will, on Monday NEXT


re establish telegraphic news business rels-
tions with the Southern press, between


Washington and New Orleans BY the sea
board route. The lines south of Washing
ton are understood to be in fair order, and
are rapidly being put in the best condition
for the despatch of business, and there is
reason to hope that there will be no further
interruption in the enjoyment of mod
crate degree of telegrsPhic facilities be-
tween the Southern and Northern press Of
the country .H.