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Year: 1865

BOILED POTATOES FOR Mich Cows.-A
successful farmer informs US that he has
practiced, the last summer, giving to each
Of his milch cows five quarts of cold boil
ed potatoes a day, and that they were
worth half n dollar n bushel for this pur-
pose His old potatoes were worth no.
thing In the market, and so he boiled up
some twenty-five or thirty gal ons at a
time. He says he could SEQ no benefit
whatever from giving them old potatoes in
raw state. There is a period from the
lst of July to the LIST of August when cows
need some additional food, and if boiled
potatoes viii he p them hold out their
milk till it is time to feed on the Southern
corn, we may hope to carry cows through
the whole summer season in condition


to yield good profit, especially on farms
remote from the market Maine Fd,mer.
Year: 1865

Each member of the society will be fur
nished on the payment of the annual fee
of one dollar, with certificate ofmcmber.
ship. This certificate will give the per
son whose name is written thereon, to-
getherwith his family accompanying him
free access to the grounds during the fair.
These certificates can be procured from
the President, Vice President, Secretary
and Treasurer.
Year: 1865

We invite the attention Of the public
to our premium list. 1t has been revised
with great care, and with direct reference
to the liberal encouragement of all class
es of industry and commeadable enter
prise. Look over the list at your leisure
note the premium you wish to draw and
see to itthat some of your neigAbors don't
90 ahead of YOU. tl
Year: 1865

Sth. A majority Of the members on
each committee will constitute a quorum.


9th. Permit no persons to interfere
with your examinations or to be present
at your deliberations.


10th Eeach member of the Board of
Managers will have the supervision of a
particular department. on the grounds
and to this member you will apply for
any instruction or information you may
want.
Year: 1865

cident. The trunk of one huge tree is
burned into half a dozen little apartments,
making capital provision for Il game of
hide and seek by children, or for dividing
up picnic of older growths into senti-
mental couples. Wild calculations have
been made of the ages of the Larger of these
trees; but none now upon the ground date
back farther than the Christian Era
They began with our modern civilization !;
they were just sprouting when the star of
Bethlehem rose and stood for sign of its
ORIGIN they have been ripening in beauty
and power through these nineteen centu-
ries and they stand forth now. type of
the majesty and grace of Him with whose
life they were coeval. Certainly they are
chief among the natural curiosities and
marvels OF Western America. or the known
world and though not to he compared.
in the impressions they make and the emo
tions they arouse. TO the great rock scene
~ of the 1o Semitic, which inevitably
carries the spectator up to the Infinite
Creator and Father of all, they do stand
for all that has been claimed for them in
wonderful greatness and majestic beauty
-.SIpupl B0wIes.
Year: 1865

expenditure of few dollars would have
prevented.


But look at the moral effect of what
took place at Mr.. Seymour's. There was
unkindness there; there was ill-temper.
and just that ill-temper which would de-
stroy mans peace for whole day
Upon reflection. he must have felt that
the request of his wife was both proper
and necessary. True, it was the most
pressing season of the year, and if ever
one had an apology for momentary un-
kindness. it might be in the hurried and
perpleXed circumstances of Mr.. ). But
an apology for unkindness towards a wife :,
Rather let such jars between those whom
God has Joined together, be prevented.
A mans house should be his earthly para
disc 1t should be. of all other spots.
that which he leaves with most regret,
and TO which he returns with most de-
light. And, in order that ii may be SO.
it should be his daily study TO provide
everything convenient and comfortable for
his wife.


With every provision which he can pos
sibly make, hers will be life of care and
soil. She Is the sentinel who can seldom.
If ever. be relieved. Others may sleep
but If there be one who must watch. ii l.
She. She ought, therefore, TO be furnished
with every comfort within the means OF
her husband: and if furnished to the ex-
tent OF his meanS-and she is generally
eagle-eyed enough 10 discern the point al
which his ability ends-she is eontented
Generally, every shilling expended by the
husband for the accommodation of his wife
i'll her domestic operations is returned up
Oh him four-told: if not precisely in pc
cuniary advantage. though this is often
true, it will be in the order, peace and
happiness of his family. Where conve-
nicnccs are found in family, there are
generally bright looks. happy feelings, and
industrious hands: and where these are
found. there will he more virtue and less
OF liz opposite Monthly
Year: 1865

A FEW cases Of yellow fever are reported
at New Orleans, but they excite no uneasi.
ness, as they are OF mild type, and yield
readily TO careful treatment. The health Of
the city generally was never better.
Year: 1865

We have new dog story 10 re
late:


A little Euclid Avenue friend OF ours
possesses. among other pets.a a fnc point
er dog and u couple of little chickens,
that have been deserted by their moth
era very unprincipled and unnatural
hen, By the way. The other day he fell
fast asleep while playing with the
chickens. As he lay upon The fipor,
with his long, golden curls streaming
out up1n tho carpet, the chickens nest
led beneath them ne they would have
nestled beneath their runaway mother.
The dog was near, and for some time
he watched the proceedings with evi.
dent interest. Finally he approached
tho sleeper, poked the chickens from
beneath the curIs, took them gently
in his mouth and carried them TO his
kennel. Their Juvenile owner was
much alarmed upon awakening and
finding that they were not Alarm
was changed, first to surprise and then
to pleasure, upon discovering theii
Whereabouts and the gentle manner in
which they were being cared for. The
dog seemed carried away with fond af
fection for his charge: he would gently
caress them, and look upon them with
eyes beaming with tenderness. Fol
three or four days the little chicks thu
resided with their canine friend. A
night they would repose beneath th'
bair of his paws, and during the day h
was their constant compsnion, attending
to their every want with human car
and soiicitude. Finally this Immature
mode of existence seemed to disagree
with them, and the chickens were takeI
from their strange PROTECTORS, much L
the latter's sorrow.
Year: 1865

A LEASE OF THE NEW HAVEN HOUSE AND RES
N tsursnt for salewith furniture doing atrofthls
business sated the Harlem and New Haven Railroad
depot Fourth avenue near Forty second street. the party
retiring aecount OF bad health Apply hBNER ELY
corner Of Fourth and Forty. hfst sWhet


An OLD ESTABLISHED JEwELRY STORE FoR
"a sale together With long lease In class location
doing business Of $1,000 yearly be extended 10 double
the amount None bat cash customer need apply Full
particulars by addressing Jeweer Herald Office for three
days
Year: 1865

Pat CIeborne and Price, and q host Of Others.


are among the rebel chiefs and leaders sacri-


feed In the hopeless and rusnous cause OF Jeff.


Davis. Their surviving confederates are be-


ginning to "see it," and we dare say that be-
fore many months are over they will fully re-
alize the fact that they are risking their lives
for nothing in fighting longer for their moon
shine Southern confederacy. In the uniucky
career Of General Price rs the would-be rebel
liberator of Missouri, and in his death as fugi-
tive among the swamps Of Arkansas, We have
a striking illustration of the blessings OF his
promised millennium Of Southern independence.


The PAPER DUTY QUEsTIoN.-Congress seemf
determined to tinker at the paper duty ques


ton, urged on by the Western republicans
editors. On Friday Mr.. Kasson introduced
resolution to suspend the duty on foreign paper
for time, we presume, until gold comes down
Now, such measure as this would be more
mischievous even than total repeal Of the
duty, to which we are entirely opposed II
would be sunfair to the paper manufacturers
and would, no doubt, check their operations
for, witA suoh sncertain legislatiOn, they would
not be safe. We see no reason why the papes
interest shoula be protected more than any
other, nor why newspapers should be regarded
in a different way from any other branch a
business If the import duty is to be repealed
or suspended upon ons article Of foreign
manufacture there should be no exception, and
people would certainly demand that the duty
should also be taken off books, and coal, and
other articles. What is required Of Congress
by our capitalists, and, indeed, by every inter
est in the country, is not a jerking, unsteady
system of Notwithstanding tariffs at thk
session and repeating them the next; but q
| stable and permanent system, under which men
can see their way ahead in the employment Of
their capital and labor. We trust that Congress
will not yield to any outside pressure for the
repeal or suspension Of the duty on foreign
paper. -9t
Year: 1865

Tx VERY LATEST INTELLIGENCE FROM PARSAs-
sUs.-We are happy to present to our readers
two communications just received from that
classical region by our overland express, on
the great problem Of the authorship Of
Year: 1865

say in what is there wrong?


Am not entitled to claim. that T meet
the Court of the United States in South
Carolina, an effete institution, little known
or respected, and that under my auspices
AMI direction it had risen to as geeat con-
sequence and enjoyed as much respect and
confidence rs any other court in the State?
Was it not to all that in tho increase of
its business the road Was opened for the
lawyer Of South Carolina to tho Supreme
Court, where but few before had ever found
their way, and that the unhappy convul-
sion which shook the country alone pre-
vented that more ex'ended intercourse from
which so much good was expected ? Or
will it be said Chat I closed the couf and
stopped the action of the government L?
Could close tho court; except so far as I
was the judge, by my resiguation2 Could
not successor have been appointed
Could not Judge--have opened the
courts Could not all business have been
under the law transferred to the courts of
Georgia.


No matter what my private opinions
may have been, you know that opposition
to tho movement in the State was utterly
idle. You know that the .sgly organized
party IN the State by HbicS POSITION had
been made was broken up, and that its
leading members in different parts of the
State has dissolved its unity. In the
summer Of 1850 Mr.. Bryce published
his letters, in which he urged separate
State action in the event of Mr.. LincQln's
rejection, although he had been one of the
'leaders Of the anti-secession party in 1850.
YOU knew that soon after Mr.. Orr pub.
lished his letters, in which he counselled
movement as soon as four States were rea
dy to act. You know that these and other
leaders having thus spoken, there came to
be but one purpose everywhere, and all felt
that upon the happening of the contingency
(which was then contemplated tho choice
must be made by all whether they would
60 with the State. Is not all this true
Whoknew more Of the facts than you !?
And if true, why should be imprisoned
when every otter functionAry who has
held any of the Offices Which I have filled
is at large?


My application for amnesty is a. full and
faithful explanation not only of conduct,
but also of opinion My assurance of fu.
ture obedience to tho government is given
in the strongest terms. My willingness TO
aid in carrying out the policy of the gov
ernment and reassuring the harmonious
union Of the States is expressed in Ian
guage as sincere and strong as any one has
used.


Can not, under such circumstances.
have that relief which my discharge on
parole would afford 2 If the President is
SO disposed, let the pardon depend upon
my conduct in the future. Is this asking
too much Can it be obtained? T would
not trouble you again if knew any other
to whom I could write, and who would be
able to act in the matter.


Yours, very truly,


A.. G. MAGRATH.
Year: 1865

Sherman is still en- the move In South Caro-
lima with no important results however an
nornccd as yet


An important rumor comes by way Of
New Orleans, That Mobile is being evacuated.
We prefer to reserve our full belief In the
statement on the authority Of a refugee. We
hare been aforctimc deceived by the tngacious
story tcllers-


The President has prepared message on
his late intercourse with the rebel peace CON-
missioncrs, whom he preferred to meet on
the door mat and waive the formnlitics and
inierences Of their presentation at court.
One thing is certain, the war will gain now
rigor from this lnll, and the cavils Of the
pence factionists are sIlenced. The rebels
will not trent saye On terms Of separation,
and now VIC must finish the war by forcing
them to terms Of surrender.


4 most interesting and important case Is
that Of District Attorney Reed Of this city,
now In durcss Of the Legislature at Spring
field, Tor contempt in refusing to answer In
tcrrogatorics on the penitentiary fraud touch
ing matters confded to him as an attorney
by client. The matter will come before the
Supreme Court on writ Of ha,eas co1puk, and
our dispatch hints that the Judges them
selves must stand in awe Of commitment
fcrs var,%
Year: 1865

+ m The favor with which Ills suggestion


~ -,n received, We are sure that IN The
dr-.d event which it contenp plates, our peo'
ne would infinitely prefer an alliance with
European nations on terms as favorable as
they could desire in preference to the do
uinion Of the Yankees. We will not dwell
upon that suhec; now. We speal; Of them
not out Of gloomy for bolings, bat simply
as man in health speaks Of his viii


Wha, we asl; now, in the name Of tho
people. Is, that the Government strain e>,r'
energy and develop every resource for the
public defence. RrmemJg? chat to hold
back anything is not to save Il. The ouly
question is shall We have the use Of il, or
shall our enemies, Such a question leaves
no room to hesitate. Upon such efforts and
such devotion heaven viii surely send its
blessing. But II misfortune should still pur.
sue us and our hopes all fail, let US have the
election Of throwing ourselves into the bands
Of those who are cold and Indifferent rather
than to fall under the yoke Of malignant
enemies raising the wof's howl f}c our blood.


We could not haye avoided the struggle
into which the North has forced Us. Long
ago Lincoln declared that the Republic could
not exist half slave and balf free. In various
forms the people Of the North pressed the
issue upon us. Our enemies heJged us round
and finally drove us to the wall, The worst
that can happen to us in prosecuting our de-
fence is the best that they designed for MS in
the beginning, and far better than they will
accord to Us if they triumph in their aims
Providence has marked out our path, and
both led and urged our steps. Il las been
to US tie inevitable path of duty.


If in pusuine 1t we fail this were to fail
as nations never failed belore. Providence
will not suffer us to 60 down If we show a
proper devotion, a proper wisdom, and a
proper courage. Let our wise men plan, let
our brave men fight, and let our good men
pray. God will open up way Of escape
for It's and will disappont oul enemies. Let
our faith fail not,
Year: 1865

4 NOVEL SUIT AND LARGE NERnIcr.-
The suit of Mary Jane Blossom, against VII
liam L. Hall. was tried before Justice
Balcom and Jury at the Schuyler \. Y.
Circuit on the Dist and 22d DAYS OF April
last The defendant had married three wo-
men. all Of whom are good looking and were
in Court. The one be first married obtained
a divorce from him on the ground that he
had committed adultery. The judgment
granting that divorce prohibited the defen-
dant from marrying again during the life OF
the woman who obtained It, The defendant
soon afterwards married the second woman.
But she discovered within few months that
be- had NJ right 10 marry hor, and procured
a divorce from him on that ground The de
fcDdant afterwards iell IN love with Miss
Blossom and represented 20 her that he bad
obtained divorces from both Of his former
wives. and had a perfect right t. marry
again and she soon married him. But af-
ter living with him a few months he abused
her. and she was then informed that her
marriage To him was void. She then left
the defendant and brought suit against him
for inducing her TO marry him by false and
fraudulent representations and she recov-
cred verdict against him for nine thousand
dollars The defendant Is rich and able to
pay the drmages and the plaintiff is only
- vesrt If age, and If good looking
Year: 1865

hni enough TO interest my eyes in the hun
drcis and hundreds Of rebel prisoners crOWding
down the wharf into the boat. The officers are
all handsomely dressed in immaculate suits Of
gray, never tarnished in battle. few look
sober and sad; but many more exhibit their
passes and step down the plank with their old,
naughty, plantation air. The privates are all
shabby, and many Of them ragged. There are
quite a number Of negroes in the ranks, whose
uniforms seem 10 mark them soldiers as much
as their masters. Some Of these faces are thin,
and haggard, weary and sorrowful. Many
more are fat and devilish. You look upon the
FIRST with pity, upon the last with a shudder.
They present perfectly the two types Of the
south. The FIRST fought because he was COM
PEELED to do so. He never knew till he was con-
scripted that the government under which he
WAS born was not the freest one under the sun,
nor that he had ever been denied right due
to a citizen of the Republic All that he asks
now is to be allowed to go quietly home to wife
and children, ready to live and die under the
old flag.
Year: 1865

The other is a rebel, whose whole country is a
little state, for whose right to secession he is
ready TO die; a man who has sworn by his un-
conquered and unconquerable hate, in some
form or other, TO fight the foreign Yankees I'LL
he dies. IL is trouble to think Of such men by
tens and thousands let loose upon the hand.
What is parole? What is an oath Of allegiance
to them. There is no code of honor which binds
them 10 keep an oath made to a Yankee. What
an element to work distraction in our midst.
What a leayen Of treason and hate, Whipped,
not conquered Is written in every face. To work
mischief, to wresk vengeance in ways more
subtle and diabolical than il is yet in our power
to oonceive-this will be the hfe-rork Of these
rebels. What will be the Union-vhat the
peace, to q country torn and bleeding at the
hands of such foes. One Of these men, a major.
Is now striding the hold below like Gagged mad
man. He has been marching and swearing
with such defiant insolence that the officer on
guard has taken his sword from him. And he
is now calling upon "God to strike him dead if he
ever forgets himself so far as to take the oath of
allegiance" These is nothing under the sun so
astounding as the arrogance Of these southern
people. Think Of their gssconade, think Of their
threats, think Of their assumptions as master
race, think Of their downfall and defeat. Yet
with al the misfortune and misery upon them,
their hate and their haughtiness is not one whit
abated. What wonder that they have failed in
their mighty schemes God allows no creatures
Of His, dependent upon HIM. to triumph in His
universe with such front.
Year: 1865

II Rad an OK that was goring his mate.
And ripping up things at q rohellious rate,
And OK number got the better o him
Would | name the bad critter my old Magma


H5W
In the village come from the thing we don't


sec
Year: 1865

BABYLON has FALLEN.-In reviewing the
fall Of Charleston, the n. Y Daily Tribune
says:


Let us remember what Charleston has been
to the rebellion and what its fate foretokens.
The city which fired the FIRST shot against the
Flag of the Union which for thirty years
before had unremittingly toiled to mature the
conspiracy that the gun against Sumter pro


claimed to the world which stood ut once
as the representative Of the idea and of the
military strength Of the rebellion; from
which proceeded the vital force that has kept
these pestilent agencies Of civil war in mo.
tion, and on the defence Of which was Law
ished the best military genius the South could
supply the city whose permanence under
the Confederate Gag has been the continuing
evidence to Europe Of the vitality Of tho
Confederacy and the unfailing resolution Of
its supporters the city which has for four
years repelled every assault the Union could
deliver against it-this city has fallen at last.
Fallen, not because its walls were weaker. or
its harbor less imprcgnably protected, or tho
spirit of its people lees implacably inirnical
to the Union they couspircd to destroy but
fallen because the rebellion was falling; be-
cause tho great States that had formed them-
selves into an insurgent Coniederacy were
riven asunder; because there was no longer
q country behind the city because Charles
ton stood now for itself alone, aud could DO.
come only the unvalucd spoil OF an army
marching past It, instead Of the coveted tro-
ply Of great force spending Its strength to
compass the possession ol fortified strong
hold. The confession Of its conquest Is q
voice of doom to every city over which the
rebel Gag still floats. Not too much has
been said Of the moral oaoct Of its fall.
Year: 1865

The House of Representatives ut Augusta
has repealed the law restricting the extension
of the broad guage from Portland to Bos-
ton. At the present time all freight CON-
ing FROM Canada or the West over the Grand
Trunk railroad, (broad guage) must be un-
loaded and loaded on the cars Of the narrow
guasc road leading to Boston. The effect is
TO make Portland terminus Of the great
route instead Of Boston. and making the for
mer grand freight depot. The law made
in the Portland interest, after q severe con-
.es. was repealed by the strong vote Of Il
to 46. The Senate has not yet acted upon
the question, but its repeal is conceded. The
York County members. except Shaw OF Bid
dcford and Sanborn Of Klttery, voted against
its repeal.


That the puslic will be much better ac-
commodated by the extension Of third rail,
is very evident. To illustrate The CON-
pany Of this city which furnisheda large part
Of the cotton machinery for Mills in Lewis
ton. previous to the building Of the new road
from Brunswick to Lewiston, were obliged
to re ship all that immense amount OF machi-
merry at Portland at great expense in delay
help, and damage to the same. When the
boxes in which the machinery was sent were
r'turned. they 1.-THE company were not only
obliged to re ship them, but to toactually trans
port the said boxes across the city to theP. s
and p. railroad depot.


As this is but sample Of a thousand 9th
or kinds OF freight, we are justified in saying
that IL the good OF the grand public is to b
considered, tho laying of u third rail is de-
manded. But we are not surprised tha,
Portland should strcnuously oppose the re-
peal OF the law yet we think that the an
ticipated decadence OF the prosperity OF our
sister city is entirely gratuitous. The sue
cess and stability Of the "natural seaport"
is not so ephemeral as is represented.


1t will continue to DO the chief city Of i'm
portance, next to the "hub", in New Eng
land, without the present forced tribute to its
perlnanency.
Year: 1865

On the Monday before his death when our
late beloved President was On bis return from


Richmond he stopped at City Point. Call.
og upon the head surgeon at that place, Mr..
Lincoln told him that he wished to visit all
the hospitals updcr his charge, aud shake
hands with every soldier The surgeon ask.
ed the prosidcn, If he knew what task he
was undertaking, and told him that there were
then between Eve and six thousand soldiers at
that place, and it would be quite tax upon
his strength to visit sll tho wards and shake
hands With every soldier. Mr. Liucolu an.