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Year: 1861

\ WOMAN OF Coon TAsrE-The follow
ing and equally true sketch is from the
Lodon Quarterly Reriew


You see this lady turning cold eye
to the assurances of shopmen and the rec
concentrations of mlliners. She cares
not how original pattern may be, ii it
be ugly-or how recent a shape, ii 1t be
awkward Whatever law fashion die
tates. she follows law Of her own, and is
never behind it. She wears very bcauti-
tul things which people generally suppose
70 be brought from Paris, or, at least,
made by French millincr, but which as
often are bought at the nearest town and
made up by her own maid. Not that her
costume is either rich or new; on the con-
trary, she wears many cheap dress, but
it is always pretty-anl many an old one
but it is always good. She deals in no
gaudy confusion Of colors, nor does She
affect stupid sobricty; but she either
refreshcs you with a spirited contrast
or composcs you with judlclous harmo-
ny. Not scrap OF tinsel or trumpery
appears upon her She puts no faith in
velvet bands, or gilt buttons, or twisted
cording. She is quite aware, however,
that the garnish is as important as the
dress; all her inner borders are delicate
and fresh and should anything peep out
which is not intended to be seen, 1t Is
quite as much so as that which is. After
all, there is no great art either in her
fashions or her materials. The secret
simply consists in her knowing the three
grand uniticS Of drcss--her own station,
her own age, and her own points. And
no woman can dress well who does not
After this, we need not say that whoever
is attracted by the costume will not be
disappointed in the wearer She may not
be handsome, nor accomplished, but we
will answer for her being even tempered
well informed thoroughly sensible, and a
complete lady"
Year: 1861

all that had occurred, concluding with
the search of the soldiers, and his escape
into the loft above.


Thank God it is in my power to aid
you, sir" were the first words Of the
girl, spoken with look and feeling of
sympathy that made the heart of the
soldier bound with strange emotions.


She then went on to tell him that a
cousin from New Jersey, about his size
and build, and looking not unlike him,
was then on visit to the family, having
a pass from Gen Howe. This pass she
had that evening been looking at, and by
accident it was now in her possession, the
cousin having gone out with the rest of
the family, and forgotten it.


Take it and fly, and may God pre-
serve youn she said. q can arrange it
with my kinsman," she continued: L
can have lost it, and he can easily pro-
cure another


She hurried him down stairs, throwing
cloak over his shoulders on the way,
which she insisted upon his wearing, say
ing it had belonged to deceased brother,
and he could return it at any future time.
She then hastcned to get the pass, which
she placed in his hand, and urged him to
90 at once.


If | could but see my mother for a
moment ~ he said.


" No, no-leave all to mc--I will cx-
plain all to her-go while you can, before
it is too late"


God in heaven bless you, sweet
lady, he said, impulsively seizing her
hand and touching it with his lips. |
will never forget you"


The next minute he was gone. He
escaped. And true to his declaration, he
never did forget the sweet girl who be-
friended him in his hour of peril. Years
after, the honored wife Of General Rug
giles was many time heard to tell of
her first romantic meeting with him she
loved, then a hunted fugitive from the
Continental army.
Year: 1861

TJacob Ridgway once wrote: "What
ever success | have in business | owe
mainly to continuous advertising, and l
deemed it good policy to advertise long
in some papers. From close observa-
ton, am convinced that it is impossible
to make much headway in any branch of
commerce without the facilities which the
printer alone can give"
Year: 1861

BOILED kIcE.-Place one pound in
cold water, pick it over, wash the same
well, pour over it hot water, let it cool
slowly until soft, drain off the water, keep
hot. Serve with vegetables.
Year: 1861

We said last week that we were destitute
of all love of poetry; we take back So far as
TO say that we can appreciate the following
lines;


Delinquent Subscribers.
PROM THE .'MAfNE TEACHER


How happy are they


Who the publisher pay,
And have squared up for one year or more.


Tongue cannot express


The great JOY of the Press.
When delinquents have paid the old score,


Printers all the day long


Labor hard for song
A fate that is hard all agree


They have worked night and day


And OF course want their pay,
To buy sugar, and coffee, and tea.
Year: 1861

The correspondent of the Evening
Pot, gives graphic description of scenes
on the landing of our troops after driving
the rebels from the forts in Port Royal
harbor. We extract the following
Year: 1861

said to be Burned, and One Captured by the
Federnis--The Expedition not yet Return-
ed--Great Disorder Among the Troops.


fortress MONROE, August 2.-lntormatio has
been received here from Lieut.. Crosby's expedition
to the Eastern Shore of Virginia, which left Old
Point Com ort three days ago. The Pocomoke
and two other small rivers were explored for
number of miles, and several parties of armed Sc
cessonists shore dispersed. Three schooners
were capuIel two of which were burnt. and the
third brought here prize. One Of the propel-
lers belonging to the expedition ashore for
time at the Cherry Stone, but was subsequently
got off,


An educated German, private belonging to the
Tenth NV York regiment, was arrested here yes
terday for holding correspondence with the enemy.
A letter to Gen Lee found bis person.
Ambition for advancement is supposed to have
been his principal motive. His letter contained
no revelation Of Importance concerning the Fort
ress.


The Vermont regiment will leave for home on
Sunday.


There has been considerable disorder resulting
from intemperance and want of discipline at New
port-News during the last few days. Two of the
regiments have recently been paid Off and thus
obtained means of indulging their appetite for
liquors Gen. Butt yesterday went up to investi-
gate the matter and put end to the insubordina-
hon, which, in the case of the New York First re-
eiment, amounted nearly to mutiny. A Captain
Bernard shot private belonging to his company,
and was obliged to leave the camp. large
quantity of liquor was Yesterday destroyed at New
port-News by command OF Gen. Butler


State OF Affairs at the Fortress.


The extract, which we give below, from letter,
together with the account from the correspondent
of the Associated Press Twill show that drunkenness
and insubordination rule in and around this
place:


ASTORIA, n. Y, July 26, 1861.


lady in this
village has received letter from soldier under
your command, reliable man who says, one of
the ctfcers has been drunk 'cech. An army in
'rh'th S"ch conduct as tolerated IS IF course den,or
ahzed. felt it my duty as citizen to inform YOU
OF the impression made by such statement on all
who hear 1T. Our case is hopeless if such men are
to hold office in army, or if such conduct does
not receive cOndign punishment
Year: 1861

Some OF the above companies have been sen, to man
the fort at Tortugas but not being present able to
designate the particular companies We give tie whole
regiment being at Santa Rosa Island.
Year: 1861

The MsssAeE.-It is hardly worth while to
give a summary of document which every.
body will rea


The President still leads the country, as he
lid in his speech at Indianapolis on his way TO
this Capitol, and as hs did in his inaugural I'd.
dress. The call for AGO. 900 men and $40O,OO0,.
900, proves him to be still the unshaken pilot
at the helm. He has never wavered for one
single day, and will not, until the old fag floats
in triumph over every part of the Republic, one
and indiyisible. Many Of the views Of this
message are striking, and some Of them are


We are specially pleased with his marked
presentation Of the fact, that the support which
the Government is receiving, comes from the
great heart Of the popular masses. Where so
many officers Of the army and navy have proved
treacherous, not a single common soldier, or
common sailor, has yielded to the seductions Of
the enemy. The President puts great stress
upon this fact, but not more than it deserves.
Year: 1861

The HoUsE.-So far as we can learn, the
Republican members of the House would have
elected to the Speakership all the three candi.
dates, If that had been possible. They are all
popular and able men, and have high claims
upon their party friends and upon the country.
But Mr.. Grow was the older soldier in the
House, and preference upon the principle Of
seniority can always be yielded to, without leav'
ing any heart.bnrnings behind.


The election of Mr.. Grow superseded Colonel
Forney as Clerk, upon the geographical objec'
ton to taking the speskership and Clerkship
from the same State.


The selection of Mr.. Etheridge as Clerk is a
gratifying and polite recognition of the Union
men Of the South.
Year: 1861

his life of one thousand dollars sack in &vor of his mother and sister, and three thousand in fa- vor of his wife. If so, it was ccmmendable' forethought.

 Our citizens are beginning to quietly agi~ tate the subject of graded school. It is desir- able that such a school should be established We have within an area whose diameter is not more than two miles, over five hundred persons between the ages of four and sixteen years, the most of whom would avail themselves gladly of the advantages of such an institution and it would add an hundred fold more to our prosper. ty than half dozen Court Houses, fails, &c.
Year: 1861

We learn as we go to press of a sudden and mysterious disappearance of prominent citi- zen of New Preston, merchant and the present postmaster of that society.

 He was last seen on Tuesday morning making tracks for the Harlem road, and on the same day one or two visitors from Hartford, supposed to represent creditors of the gentleman flown, ar- rived in New Preston in anxious pursuit of the bird-but only to find the Postmaster had seeded What the cause for this sudden flight may be, the sympathising friends of the gentleman may know. We only state the fact as it has come to our knowledge.
Year: 1861

framed to effect such transaction, be any thing more than completing of the Constitution Are we compelled by the nature of this Compact, nn- less 1t be absolutely broken up? Does the Con- stitution, rejecting every such amendment as in violation of 1t spirit bind us to keep these rest less and discontented people in forever? Must we say to them, before the world, there is, really no hope for you in the future, but in perpetual submission? We have you fast, within an area where there is no escape!' We mean to hold you, and to rule over you and your children, with our increasing Northern Majorities, to the end of time! Do we like to take that position? It that one fears much of an explosion. But the Genius of Liberty, how will she appear to the na- tions, with one foot in such positionl Is it in keeping with our Institutions? Is it according to the spirit of the age? While the subjects of Ital- ian rule are getting the right of suffrage while the Sultan of Turkey, and the House of Haps- burg are making large concessions to their sub- jects, shall we here undertake to act the tyrant in the sacred name of liberty?

 "No! the ground which will best commend it. self to the civilized world, if we can possibly unite in taking it, towards the people of those States, is this. We desire to have you remain with us; we have done well by you, as the record shows; we mean you no harm in future, and will allow none to interfere with your rights but if you must and will go if you are determined up- on it.; pay up your debts set your house ill order, and go. If your mind is made up to the conse- quences, and you are ready to go in proper way, and to behave yourselves when you are out why, go, in the Lords name, and the sooner the bet ter Propose your amendment to the Constitu- tion, and it shall at once be considered. You cannot go, so as to leave the bars down, so that the cordon of States will be broken, the Union torn and injured by the way you leave. Propose an amendment to the Constitution, according to the provisions of that instrument, and it shall be entertained without delay but while you are in they who reasonably resist it shall hang as high as Haman!''
Year: 1861

We take the following extract, says the
Philadelphia Journal from a letter Just re.
celVed from patriotic young friend of exact.
ly the right stamp-one who, at the first call,
left the comforts of luxurious home for the
privations Of soldiers life.


L" Here am iH Washington, a high private
IN the U. s. A, place few weeks ago had
no expectation of seeing. We are getlinU
along very we'll on the hurd feed we get-ihat
10 all the cuase of complaint we hsve-but il
Ia better that we should suffer than good old
Uncle Sam, who is SO good to all of US.


Hard crackers and salt beef are not the
most palatable vlaDds, but how often ba We Won
talked to us. and we read of the sufferings of
our revolutionary sires. Now, "three cheers
for the Red, White and Blue )" if we get home
again we can talk of the matter experiment
tally.


Our victuals is not set before US by servants,
assure you. We wash our own dishes, and
Tor that matter, sometimes our own clOthcs-
rapid ascent 10 the scale of refinement up
from the parlor and the cozy reception room
An, well am happy, for | love my glorious
country.


Our Sundays are not spent here as at home
That day is like all others to US. Plenty of
drill and very little church.
We have not seen much of secession vet
Some OF our men caught a traitor last night,
and were about to hang him to lamp post,
when the officers interieTed and saved the af.
frIghted individuals life.


Our regiment is quartered near the centre
OF the city, on Louisiana Avenue, in an old
Carriage Repository. The only objection to
il is, that the floors on which we lie are made
| Of peculiarly hard woOd-not a soft plank TO
be found. All the better, it will accustom us
TO hardships But 'what fall was there my
countrymen," from a bedstead and mattress
and clean sheets to hard plank, with bundle
for pillow, and blanket for a cover. But,
who caresl


Ihave already taken my seat in both Houses
of Congress, and have been in the Capitol from
cellar to dome. The sights of Washington
are things of the past to US, already wish |
could be back in West Philadelphia for only
few hours just to see the folks there. Here
we are surrounded by men-of course, no lady's
society whatever lam afraid we will become
regular bears and lose all our refinement
| that Is If we had any,"
Year: 1861

We would not be at all surp ed if ihesa
men who are foremost now in. denouncing Me
Bayard, were the identical abolItIoniss who
but recently rallied under the flag with six
teen stars. THIS Is not a proper time for es-
trangIng the feelings Of citizens of Delaware
one from the other; and all good men should
unite III harmonious effort TO maintain the
Constitution and the laws. Bot those who re
SO rabid for embarking in destructive war
should not object to the exercise of the efforts
OF those who still retain seine hope of main
tanning the Union by measures which would
obviate the dreadful loss of life and the almost
desolation OF the southern halt of the confed.
eracy.-DeL. Gazette.
Year: 1861

primary right of selfpreservation. seems
plain at first sight. The statement Of the
proposition Is It's complete demonstration.
They have no other rights whatever, if
they have not this. But further than this
every thoughtful mans mind must carry
him at once. The preservation of
his individual life against the assault of
treachcrous malice is duty which every
man owes to himself, to the circle of those
dependent upon him, to the whole com
munity OF which he is member. But If
he chooses not to defend himself, but al
low his life to be destroyed by the dagger
Of the assassin or the bludgeon of the ruff
fan, the loss to society, to history, to the
world, is comparatively slight The waves
of life close over him again with a sad
promptness, and hardly a blood stain re-
mains on the surface to mark the spot
where he went down.


But the relations Of. nation organized
and placed a. ours IS, powerful, free, intel
Iigent, Christian, with noble past, com
manding position, opportunity to bless the
whole world by its influence, its relations
are with the earth, with the whole inter
connected family Of man, with the ages of
the future and their purer civilization. with
the glorious cras of millennium Itself /.
Blot this nation out of existence now. al
low it to commit a virtual suicide by yield


ing without sufficient resistance to the
treachcrous ruttianism which now strikes
with desperate haste at its life, and the
race feels the shock! Every tribe Oh earth
would be darkened in It's prospects and
hindered on its way toward purity and
peace BY that dire catastrophe The crash
Of that tremendous destruction would
shake the whole frame of human society
The issues Of that tremendous folly, and
yet more tremendous crime, would record
themselves in the blurred and bloodied
annals of each heather nation now reached
by our missions, and Of each Christian ma
tion now helped and made hopeful by the
great inspirations of our example. This
nation suffer itself to be destroyed without
resistance! THIS nation consent to its own
murder by traitorous hands, and so virtual
ly change that murder into drear and
colossal suicide? 1t would be not merely
to throw itself against all the purposes Of
God as revealed in its history, and against
all the instincts of its own highest wisdom
and cultivated faith it would be to put
back the world progress by centuries, and
to suffer deed and assist it by the suffer
ancc, over which the heavens might well
gather in gloom, and beneath which the
solid ribs of the earth might we'll trcmblc
aud eroan.


W "otioao' Su;c'@c should be the pur-
pose ot every Christian. the motto Of every
pulpit and press the ra'Iyin@ cry to call


forth not rn!; men. or weapons, or funds.
but lervent prayer aad unlaiutjn4 enthnsi-
assn, .ram every household and every
church
Year: 1861

Of the Oriole there appears to be only
one species known in Europe; that is by
some termed the Golden 0rioIe. 1t is the
size of thrush, and has been called the
golden thrush and the witEal. The head
and whole body of the male is of a rich
yellow; the bill red; from that to the eye a
black line; the wings black, marked with a
bar of yellow, as are the ends of the feath.
ers. The tail is black, with the end yel-
low The body of the female is a dull
green, with dusky wings and tail The
nest of this bird is of the shape of purse,
and rests upon the outermost twigs of tall
Year: 1861

Dependu upon it. mothers, it will give rest yourselves
and RELIEF f and health to your infants.


We have put up and sold this article for ten
years, and say, confidence an truth of it, what
we have never r........,.........b been able TO say
Year: 1861

Weare informed that the Reserve Mill
tia of the Southwestern counties of the
State are to be ordered to 60 into camp at
Camp DennisOn Immediately; and we un-
derstand that our independent companies
are to be rendered all the accommodations
they may require at the camp, for the pur-
pose of perfecting their regimental drill.
This movement will at once add several
thousand men to the force in camp.-Cin.


Commercial. Ed .
Year: 1861

A SOLDIER SHoT.-We learn by pri-
yate letter from Canton, Stark county,
that on the 9th ult a soldier was shot at
Commercial Hall, in that place, for DISC
beying orders. He was buried the same
evening by the military. CAUTION is get
tine to be- considerable Of place.
Year: 1861

Those who pass down Broadway in 1861,
and admire the solid-loOking building
called the 'Astor, extending the whole
front of block, can have very little idea
of the events that have transpired, and
the names that have figured in the city
history, who resided where the hotel now
Year: 1861




VIII it not be well for the public and the
press to carefully forbear any Theoretical or
practical teaching which shall inculcatc in
our volunteers now in the field the idea
that while they arc in health, and in full
pay as soldiers, their families are any the
less dependent upon them than when they
were at home, Many Of the soldiers, as
well as officers, are now in the receipt of
better wages than they have ever had be-
fore, and far better than mu1titudes Of me-
chanics and laborers are receiving in this
war time. The soldier under the army rule
has, OF should have while in health, few
and Inexpensive wants to be supplied, and
it is not right the money should go to the
sutler which wives and children so much
need at home Let it be understood that
the soldier has, under ordinary circumstan-
ces, his oton family still to 2roride for, and
| he viii be the true man and better soldier
| to remember and observe tbis duty. It Is
not right no7 just to throw this burden up
On the public, whose charities and expendi-
t,lrcs should not be diverted from the in.
~eyitable and sacred trust the care Of fami.
lies whose protectors have fallen, or be-
come disabled in the service Of the coun.
try. There will he work enough and calls
enough of this class.
Year: 1861

~ The late Union State Convention in
Delaware passed resolution calling upon the
Governor to convene the Legislature In extra
session, in order to provide means to equip
and support thu volunteers called out In that
State to prosecute the war.
Year: 1861

IETELLIGFYcE OF TIE LARK.--A pair Of
larks had built their nest in grass field,
whero they hatched brood of young. Very
soon after the young birds were out of their
nest, the owner of the field was forced to
set tho mowers to work, the state of the
weather forcing him to cut his grass sooner
than usual. As the laborers approached
the nest, the parent birds seemed to take
alarm, and at last the mother bird laid her.
self fiat upon tho ground with outspread
wings and tail, while the male bird took one
of the young out Of the nest, and by dint of
pushing and pulling got Its on is mothers
back. She then flew her young one over
the fields, and soon returned for another.
This time tho father took his turn to carry
ono of tho offspring, being assisted by the
mother in getting it firmly on his back
and in this manner thoy carried off ths
whole brood before the mowers had reached
thcir nest.-ROutledges Illustrated Ma tn
rat History.
Year: 1861

We have seen the drawings Of new
gun, the invention of an American


which has been patented, and which looks
like a very formidable weapon. 1t Is
simple and ingenious, and we see no me.
chanical objection TO its practicability. ln
construction this gun is bundle OF Min
ME rifle barrels united into a cannon OF
battery, and SO arranged that three men
can easily charge and discharge with all
the strength and accuracy Of range Of the
best Minnie rifle. Thirty-six, seventy-two,
or one hundred and forty balls may thus
be discharged per minute, or eightysix
thousand tour hundred per hour. One
regiment Of one thousand men, armed
with three hundred guns, could charge
and discharge over Two million balls every
five minutes.


The gun is so arranged as TO scatter
and distribute the balls evenly over any
required space 10 the distance OF nearly
one mile. rendering it nearly impossible
for an enemy to exist many minutes with
in their range. 1t is simple in its con-
stucilon, and il is claimed that it is less
liable to get out OF order than the ordi-
nary army rifle, and can be manufactured
and supplied al short notice. as field, bat
terry or naval guns, in quantities sufficient
to control the destiny OF nations. The in.
ventor is no theorist, but has devised many
practical machines which are now in use
in this country and abroad. 1t is for the
Government Of the United States, the
people. or private enterprise TO say
whether or not this destructive weapon
shall be used in our present unfortunate
struggle.