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Year: 1863

ANTIQUITY OF MAN.-In his late essay,
Agassiz throws out the following opinion on
this interesting topic:


81 do not offer any opinion respecting the
fossil human bones so much discussed re.
Gently, because the evidence is at present too
scanty to admit of any decisive judgment
concerning them. 1t becomes, however,
daily more probable, that facts will force us,
sooner or later to admit that the creation
Of man lies far beyond any period yet
assigned to it, and that succession of human
races, as of animals, have followed one
another upon the earth. 1t may be the
inestimable privilege of our young natural
lists to solve this great problem, but the
older men of our generation must be content
to renounce this hope; we may have some
prophetic vision for its fulfilment; we may
look from afar into this land Of promise; but
we shall not enter in and possess it,"
Year: 1863

,Is work is one of high moral tone written in chaste


vet thrilling language, and appeals directly to the
moral consciousness Of ALL PARENTS and GUARD
IANs especially, detailing scientific and reliable aids
and treatment for cure.


1t win be sent by Mail receipt of TWO 81 cent
STAMPS -,
~ YOUNG MEN Fail not to send and get this book.
~ LADIES! You, too, should at once secure copy
of this book
Year: 1863

When these diseases first appear which will carry on
OF the system all the humors and Morbifc Matter thro
the secretons Of the Skin, Kidneys and Bowels; also
restore the Liver to its proper action and the
Year: 1863

BROAD GUAGE TRAIN FOR NEW YoRK.-
A train of twenty freight cars leaves this city
to-day for New York, on the Atlantic and
Great Western track. It starts from Sholl's
Slaughter-hOuse, and is laden entirely with
beef for the New York market.
Year: 1863

Cool WATEk-The following simple method.
il is said, will keep water almost as cold as ice ::
Let the jar, pitcher, vessel used for wafer, be
surrounded with Que or more folds OF coarse cot
ton, TO be constantly vet The evaporation OF
water will carry of the heat from the inside and
reduce it TO freezing point. In India and other
tropical cmes, where ice cannot be procured.
this is common. Let every person have at his
place of employment two pitchers thus provided.
and with lids or covers, one 70 contain fresh wa
ter or drinking, the other for evaporation, and
he can alsays have q supply Of cold water in
warm weather. Any person can attest this by
dipping a finger in water and holding il in the
air on warm day. After doing this three or
four times, he will fnd bis finger comfortably
cOld.-Ezehangs Paper.
Year: 1863

Il Is made on the best principle, while the foreign
watch Is generally made principle at all


Let Us look al the contrast. The foreign watch is
mostly made by women and boys By hand. While their
labor is cheap their work dear at any price such
watches made without PLAN and sold without guar
sntee They irregular construction, and quite
irregular IN movement They designed only 10 sell,
and the buyer the party most thoroughly sold Those
who have kept anchors - lepiues and Swiss lev
ers in professsd repair for afew years viii appreciate
the truth Of cur statement.


THE PLAN or THE AMERICAN WATCH


Instead Of being made Of several hundred little pieces
screwed together the body Of the American watch is
formed Of SOLID PLATES No jar interferes with the
harmony Of lis working, and sudden shock throw
hs machinery cut Of gear Secession Of one part from
another Is unknown 10 its Constitution and in riding
any business pursuit, it is all held together firmly
single piece of metal Il Is just what all machinery
should be-


lst ACCURATE


%. SIMPLE
Year: 1863

cF Maryland papers say that al the present
rapid rate the stampede Of slaves from that State
will soon render all talk a6ou Emancipation un-
necesssry-there will De none TO emancipate
One planter near Port Tobacco lost eleven q
few nights since. OwnArs take the loss as a mat
ter OF course. since there Is no feasible means
Of prevention. Compensated emancipation is
probably more popular there nov than when
the President frsi proposed IT,
Year: 1863

ECONOMY n FANIY-T lere is nothing
which goes so far towards placing young peo-
pie beyond the reach Of poverty as economy in
the management of household affairs. 1t mat
ters not whether a man furnishes little OF much
for bis family if there Is continual leakage
in his kitchen or parlor; II runs away be knows
not how and that demon waste cries more.
like the horse leechs daughter. until he that
provides has no more TO give. Il is the hus-
bands duty TO bring into the house. and il Is
the wifes duty to sc that none goes wrongful
ly out Of it. A man gets a wife to look after
bis affairs and to assist him in his journey
through life; to educate and prepare their
children for proper station 10 life, aud not to
di>sipate his property. The husbands interest
should be the wife's care. and her greatest am
bition to carry her no farther than his welfare
or happiness together with that Of her child
reu. THIS should be her sole aim and the the
afre Of her exploits in the bosom Of her family
where she may do as much towards making I
fortune as he can do in the counting room ol
workshop
Year: 1863

In the closing hours of the late session of Con-
gress a resolution was unanimously adopted by the
Senate requesting the President, in token of the
nations recognition of Divine Providence, and in
supplicaton Of the Divine blessing on our country
to designate and set apart day for national prayer
and humii alton. The propriety and the timeliness
of this recommendation will be recognised by all
Christian people, as it will, we sure, receive
in due time the official sanction of the President.


The resolution of the Senate is conceived in the
following terms:


Resolved That devouy recognising the supreme autho
rty and just government Of Almighty God n all the affairs
Of and of nations and sincerely believing that peO
pe however great in numbers and however
strong in the justice of their cause prosper without
HE favor, and at the time depnrng the national of
fences which have provoked His RhteOus Judgment yet
encouraged in this day of trouble by the of His
word to seek Him for accord to His appointed
way through Jesus Christ the Senate of the Uated States
do hereby request the President 0f the United States
his proclamation to designate and SIT apart day for
tonal prayer and humiliation requesting all the people Of
the land suspend their secular pursuits and unite
keeping the day in solemn communion with the Lord of
Hosts, suppicatng Him to enghten the counses and d.
rect the policy Of the rulers Of the nation and support
all soldiers, sailors and marines and the whole peo-
ple in the firm discharge of duty until the existing rebel


lion shall be Oyertbr0wn and the blessings of peace resor
ed to our bleeding country.
Year: 1863

arrived at point where it is free to pursue its
own views of policy or duty, without being COM
PEELED, or concevng itself compelled, to practice
heterogeneous towards an inporunate faction. 1t


is much to be deplored that this point had not been
sooner reached, either through greater modera-
ton on the part of the Administration exacting
/" friends" or through greater Indifference on the
part Of the former to the empty clamors of the
latter
Year: 1863

:. BY GALES q SEATON.


JAMES G. wELLING, ASSOCIATE EDITOR.


The subscription price Of this paper for year Two
DOLLARS. payable in advance.


reduction of 20 cent oneh Of the full charge>
will be made to any who shall order and pay for at
time, ten copies Of the Weekly paper and reduction
25 per cent or oneourth of the full charge any
who will order and pay for at time, twenty more
copies.


No accounts being kept for this paper will not be sent
to any unless paid for advance any longer than
he time for which it is paid
Year: 1863

At Union meeting in indianapolis, the
Colonel of the 9th Indiana made speech
in which he said


aThe Proclamation was a war measure
and the President used his war power
when he issued it. Talk about a North
western Confederacy, and you talk about
something that can never exist. 1t is an
impossibility. He knew the people Of In
diana too we'll They would never live
but under the old flag Of our whole coun-
try. Certain members Of the Legislature
did notlike his regiment-the old Twenty
seventh Indiana. The officers Of his regi-
ment had got up the resolutions, and those
officers were Democrats. They thought
these demagogues were guilty of treason,
and like soldiers they said what they
meant in SO many words They told Gov
l.vs HIOl thaJ II ne .WWuIeQ In6m Iney
would bag the traitors, and because they
had done that they were called itinersnt
vagabonds by these scallswag legislative
trsitors.


They said Governor Merton got up the
resolutions, but he did not, for it was the
thunder of the old 9th, and they had faced
the battle long enough to get up some
thunder. He said the Democrats were
Rsging war against the Administration
for the purpose Of riding into power.
Nothing was so dishesrtening to the sol
dier. No man was their friend who would
bring them into disrepute, to climb into
power, in the very hours Of our extremity.
The Democratic party had deserted Us, and
now would destroy US and our cause.
Year: 1863

aThe success Of the rebellion would be
the triumph of arbitrary and unscrupulous
despotism over liberty, reason nd4ustice.
Its downfall is demanded BY the common
interests and future hopes Of the whole
American people,
Year: 1863

The rebel exemption bill has been mOdi-
fed in the Senate Instead Of one person
being indiscriminstely exempted for every
twenty slaves, one Overseer is exempted on
every plantation owned BY minor, insane
person, or person absent in the army
Year: 1863

A terrific snow-stOrm began on the Rap
pahannock on Saturday evening, and on
Sunday morning the snow lay shout four
teen inches deep. A great deal Of suffer
ing BY men and stock was the result.
Year: 1863

ATTEMPT OF A CAVALRY OFFICER TO H.


vE1eLE AWAY BoY.-Mr. Lawrence Martin,


for many years an engineer on the C. c.


c. Railroad, who resides on Smith Street,


West Side, has son, John c. Martin, about


twelve years Of age, who has attended school


at the Kentucky Street School. Yesterday
Thursday noon the boy did not come home


as usual, and in the afternoon his father went
in search Of him. he was not at the School,
and had not been since morning. Mr. Mar
tin came to this side, and by chance heard Of


= boy answering to the description of his
SON, riding up Lake Street with a man, in a
buggy. It was suggested to him by Engineer
DOty that the boy might have been enticed
away, and was perhaps awaiting the Pitts
burgh train at the Euclid Street Depot. Mr..


Martin went to the abOvs-nsmed depot, and
found his boy there.


The boys story is this; There has recent
IL been change of teachers in the depart
meut Of the Kentucky Street School which ne
attends. The former teacher taught them to
read in a loud tone of voice, and the present
teacher requires them to subdue their voices
The new teacher is lady, who entered upon
her duties on Tuesday last. The boy says
that she punished him and two or three others
on Tuesday, and sgain on Wednesday, for
reading in loud voice rs they had been
previously taught to do. On Thursday (yes-
terday) morning, when the boys went to
school, they determined to resist the teacher
if she attempted to punish any one of them.
She did attempt it, and they resisted her,
for which she expelled them from school.
The Martin boy started to walk over to the
East Side, and was crying. He was over
taken by an officer, who asked him what he
was crying about.


The boy related his school experience,
when the officer asked him how he would
like to go to Washington with him. Young
Martin said he would like it, whereupOn the
officer took him to the American, where he
was stopping, and gave him some dinner
In the afternoon the officer took him to the
Euclid street depot in a buggy and left him
there, telling him to get on board the train
for Pittsburgh when it should arrive, for he
lthe Oficer) would be on it. This the boy
was intending to do, but the timely arrival
Of his father frustrated the design.


The officer is supposed to belong to the 9th
Ohio Cavalry. he was guilty Of very erimir
nal conduct in attempting to invsigle away 3
boy in the above manner. A man who could |
DO it is unworthy to be an officer, and should |
be exposed and punished.
Year: 1863

Washington, Aug. 1.-The National
Republican of this o. m, contains the fol-
lowing announcement.


Inc hePresldenthasau authorized the issuing OF
an order that it will be the policy and in
tention OF the Government to retaliate in
Kind for every case Of ill-treatment of our
officers or men, black or white, by the reb-
ei authority, by hanging for hanging or
snootlng for shooting, and Imprisonment
IN every instance where it is known that a
black man in the military service of this
Government is taken prisoner and sold in
TO slavery. Our military authorities will
be instructed to select a rebel prisoner and
confine him to hard labor in some prison.
there to remain until the black man is lib
Grated. The Government maintains and
VIII exact promptly and to the letter, that
the Federal uniform, like the flag, must
and shall be respected.
Year: 1863

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-According to the
circular of Provost Marshal General Fhy,
whenever any drafted man shall show to
the Board of Enrolment of the district in
which he may have been enrolled. that he
was improperly enrolled, having been,
when enrolled, an alien, a nonresident of
the district, or in the service on the Sd of
March, 1868, he shall be discharged
by the Board OF Enrolment, and his place
in the quota shall not be filled from the fif-
ty per cent. drawn in addition to the quota
to supply vacancies created by exemptions
arising under the second section of the
Enrolment Act
Year: 1863

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1.-The CONNER
cial world was thrown into excitement YES
terday by the discovery of an extensive
system offrauds on the Empire warehouse.
Goods to the value of 10000 dollars had
been Withdrawn on fraudulent receipts, or
else such receipts were used for collateral
security to borrow money.
Year: 1863

The arrest of Vallandignam of Ohio by order
OF the Lincoln despotism is not an unimportant
event of the times. He Is one of tue most dis
tiDguished of Northern statesmen, and is tho
present democratic candidate Tor Governor OF
his State. He has been arrested in violation Of
every principle of civil liberty and constitution
al government, simply for expressing the senti-
ments of freeman, and has been tried by mill
ltary court martial. The Emperor of Russia
could co no more. A compioter despotisrn could
not exist on earth than the Yankee Government.


What will be the effect Of this arrest remains
to be seen If the conservatives of Ohio and of
the N orth tamely submit to such an infringement
upon the liberty of their great champion then
We may safely assume that despotsm at the
North is complete, and the conservative power,
useless for good. 9falBa 90
Year: 1863


smitten with the worth Of the wealthy
widow; rather a marauding Farquin, who
had stolen into her chamber to violate
her purse, and rife her strong box, when
all the house would be asleep. In plain
terms; the vagabond was loose, idle
fellow of the neigbborhood, who had once
been a servant IN the house; and had
been employed to assist in arranging it
for the reception Of its mistress, He
confessed that he had contriyed this hi,
ding place f5r hefarious purposes, and
had borrowed an eye from the portrait
by way of a reconoitering hole.


My aunt was woman of spirit, and
apt to take the law in her own hands.
She ordered the fellow to be drawn
through the horse pond, to clense away
all ofenses, and then to be well rubbed
down with an aoken towel


What became of him aftervards?'


4 do not exactly know, believe he
was sent on a voyage of improvement to
Botany Bay
Year: 1863

THE Springfield News is indebted to
a correspondent for the following, which
is too good to be lost, and for the accur-
acy Of which he vouches:


A short time ago, in the loyal city Of
Philadelphia, largely" dressed female,
answering the description of an F. F. ",
hailed a street railroad car, and just as it
stopped to take her aboard; Union sci
dier stepped out of the same car. On
entering several seats were vacant, and
this would be lady inquired, in a very
sharp tone, Where did that soldier sit?'
No answer. Again, but insa more shrill
tone than at first, the same question was
put, JT1ere did HOt solder sitg Still
no reply from any Of the passengers; the
car going ahead, the lady still unseat-
ed, when the same question was fairly
spit out between her teeth, WHERE DID
THAT MAN SIT? An honest IEibernian,
quietly seated near the unhappy female,
and no doubt being desirous of relieving
her in-some slight degree, replied, Faith
ma am he sat on his end, and took it
away with him What the rest of the
occupants of the car did I do not know,
bit one gentleman left as speedily as
possible, and the above information thrO'
him Was too rich to be long kept Sc
crHt:
Year: 1863

From Irving's Tales ofa Travelcr.l


Ny aunt was a lady Of large Frame.
strong mind and great resolution; she
was what might be termed a manly wo-
man. Ny uncle was thin, puny little
man, ever meek, and acquiescent, and no
match for my aunt 1t was observed that
he dwmdled and dwindled gradually away
from the day Of his marriage. His wife's
powerful mind was too much for him; it
wore him out. Ny aunt however, took
all possible care of him, had half the
doctors in the town to prescribe for him,
made him take all their prescriptions,
and dosed him with pbysic enough to
cure a whole hospital. All has in vain.
Ny uncle grew worse and worse notwith-
standing all the dosing and nursing he
underwent, until in the end he added
another to the long list Of matrimonial
victims who had been killed with kind
ness.


And was it his ghost that appeared
to her2' asked the inquisitive gentleman
who had questioned the former story
teller.


You shall hear, replied the nara
tor.


My aunt took on nightly for the
death of her dear husband. Perhaps
she felt some conjunction at having
gwen him SO much physio, and nursed
him into the grave. At any rate, she
did all that a widow could do in honor of
his memory. She spared no expense in
either the quantity or quality of her
mourning weedsj wore a miniature of
him about her neck, as large as a little
sun-dial, and had a full length portrait
Of him always hanging in her bed cham
Der. All the world eKtolled her conduct
to the skies, and it was determined that
a woman who behaved so well to the
memory of one husband deserved soon to
get another.


It was not long after this that she went
to take up her residence in an old coun-
try seat in Derbyshire, which had long
been in the care of merely steward and
housekeeper. She took most of her ser
wants with her, intending to make it her
principle abode. The house stood in a
lonely, wild part of the country, among
the grey Derbyshire hills, with a mur-
derer hanging in chains on a bleak height
in full view.


The servants from town we're half frigh-
tened out of their wits at the idea of liv.
ing in such a dismal pagan looking place
especially when they got together in the
servants hall in the evening, and com.
pared notes on all the hobgoblin stories
picked up in the course of the day. They
we're afraid to venture alone about thc
gloomy black looking chambers.


My lady's maid, who was troubled will
nerves, declared she could never sleeI
alone in such CHASTITY rummaging ole
Year: 1863




Shalt I tell you what I heard uncle
Gillette say to one Of the little girls at
school; who was afraid Of thunder?'


80, do, said Lucy, 8 am 50 frighten-
ed when it thunders.


Lucy nestled closer in her sisters lap,
and Rosy began


There was once a mighty king who
was so terrible in war, thrt all his enc
mics were afraid of him. the very sound
Of his name made them tremble. His
arm was SO strong that the horse. and his
rider would sink under one blow Of his
battle-aze; and when he struck with his
sharp sword, his enemies fell dead at his
feet. This mighty king had little fair
haired daughter who watched him as he
prepared for battle. She saw him put
on his helmet, and laughed as the plumeo
nodded above his brow. She saw the
stately battle-axe brought forth; she saw
him take his keen sword in his hand
he tried its edge, then waved it over his
head in the sunlight. She laughed as its
sparkling glanced in the sunlightj and
even while it was upheld she ran toward
her father to take parting kiss. Why
was not this little child afraid of the
mighty king with the fierce weapons
Because he was her father she knew
that he loved her-loved her as his own
life. She knew that these dangerous
weapons would never be raised against
her, unless to save her from worse peril
Year: 1863

Arrangements are now completed to sup
ply any demand for this article which from
lack Of government stamps has not heretofore
been possible.


The public may rest assured that In no case
viii the perfectly pure standard'O of the Plant
alton Bitters be departed from. Every bot
tie bears the fac simjls Of our signature on a
steel plate engraving, or it cannot be genuine.


Sold by all Druggists, GrOcers and Dealers
throughout the country.
Year: 1863

broadsides, and no thicker in proportion
to their altitude than plain tablets 5i a
grave yard; fancy them still further pol
ished by the whitlihg sand Of this wind
swept territory, until their services shine
like white marble or pute blood red jas
per, and their edges weatheted into all
manner of curious profles, here simtIa=
ting a griffin, here a Goddess of Liberty,
here an eagle and a dolphin supporting
shield after the old heroic style, and ey-
erywhers sohe strange likeness which
needs no vivid Imagination 10 decipher
its meaning; fancy two of the largest
red tables set vis-a-vis 20 make gate=
way whose intels tower four hundred
feet against the sky, framing distant
view Of Pixies blue forehead between
them, and in one of these vast portal but
ments channel out a painful access but
expanding into a hall one hundred feet
in length-then; if you can have imagip-
ed it, yoa win have thg best idea which
I can give you of The Garden of the
Gods. For this is the BETTING name
Of the valley through which we passed
down to Colorado City.
Year: 1863

'PARsoN, I beg you will not mention
the unfortunate circumstance again, as
the hen-pecked husband said when the
Parson told him that he would be Joined
to his wife in another world, never to be
separated from her.


A PAIR Of boots marked j, having
been found iii a humpbaeked whale Ia
ken off Nahakt a few days since, it is
guessed by some wag that they belonged
to Jonah.