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Year: 1862

AN ACCOUNT WITH Con. Tho other
day we saw gentleman stop and give a
poor woman a kind word, and money
sufficient to purchase pair Of shoes to
protect her feet. We saw the same
man on the cars about two weeks ago,
and have not met him since till last
week. About two years since we we're
on the train, and there was also on board
a poor woman with not money enough
to pay her fare. The conductor was
about to put her off the cars between
the stations, when the gentleman alluded
to ordered tho conductor to dcsist, ln-
quired the amount she wanted, and paid
the womans fare. She tried to thank
him. but he begged her not 10 think Of
it. for said he, I charge all such &C.
counts with God. He and I have q
long standing account.
Year: 1862

Printers Jokss.-It is a practice g.
mong waggish printers when "green
'un" enters the Office. to play a joke on
him by sending him on an erraud to a
neigbboring office for something that he
will be sure not to find. and be returns
with some strange article or other. think-
ing that in printers phase. he has got
what he was sent for. A joke OF this
kind was recently perpretra.sd in neigh
boring town. A boy who was rather
"verdant." went to learn the printing
business. and one of the journeymen,
loving sport, sent him ono day with .
dish to certain editor to "borrow . gill
of editorial" Tho editor understand
ing the game, returned picture of o
donkey. The first one, finding himself
rather "come over" set his wits to work
to think how he should be even With the
other. At last he called the lad, and
told him to 60 and tell the editor that it
was editorial which was wanted. and
not the editor"
Year: 1862

What this change is to be we dare not
even conjecture, but we see in the heavens
themselves some traces of destructive ele-
ments and some indications of their power.
The fragments Of broken planets-the de-
scent of meteoric stones upon our globe
and the wheeling comets welding their loose
material at the solar surface-the volcanic
eruption in our own satelitc-the appear
ance OF new stars, and the disappearance OF
others-are all fore-shadows of that i'm
pending convulsion to which the system OF
the world is doomed. Thus placed on a
planet which is to be burned up, and unde'
heavens which is to pass away; thus read


ing, as it were, on the cemeteries, and dwell


ing upon the mausoleums of the forme


worlds, let us learn the lesson Of humilit.
and wisdom, if we have not already bee1
tsa,ght in the school of revelation.
Year: 1862

AN EGG IN BoTTLE.-To accomplish
this seemingly incredible act requires the
following preparation: You mnst take an
egg and soak it in vinegar, and, in process oi
time, it's shell will become duite soft, so that
it may be extended LEM sthwise without break
ing then insert it into the neck Of q small
bottle, and upon pouring cold water upon
it will assume its former figure and hard
ness. This is really curiosity, and will
battle those who are not in the secret to find
out how it is accomplished.
Year: 1862

What do the women want us 10


do about the War?


One reason why it is so difficult to please
a woman is that she seldom knows herself
what she wants. In most cases it is hard to
satisfy a woman as it would be to content
captain who would set you to steer his ship
and wouldn't tell you whether he wanted to
60 to Jersey or Japan. They wouldn't be
satisfied, whatever you do. Especially in
the matter of war. Particularly in the mat
ter Of the present war. Your wife, or
mother, or sister, or whoever may bs the
woman that owns you, refuses to be content,
no matter what you do. If you don't join
military company, she sulks, insinuates
that you are a coward, turns up her nose,
and "wishes she was . man." If you do
join said company, she scolds about the ex-
pense, grumbles about the loss Of time, and
growls whenever you 60 to drill though in
spite of her growing she always saves the
choicest part of the dinner for you when
You do come.


Then she laughs at you and calls you a
Year: 1862

AN exchange gets off the following very
seasonable inquiries. We are not response
bic for them. We only copy for the amuse-
ment of our readers.


Does it cost anything to print news
paper?


How long can a printer afford to furnish
paper without pay?


Do printers eat, drink, and wear cloth
ing?


If they do how do they get them ?


Do owe for my paper7


Is it not good time to call at the Cap
tain's Office and pay up, So do.
Year: 1862

In Professor Agasiz's interesting paper on
Methods Of Study in Natural History" the
second of the series, we find this anecdote
of an animal known to all country boys:


A gentleman from Detroit had the kind
ness to send tne one of those long thread-like
worms (Gordius} found often in brooks, and
called Horse-Hafts by the common people.
When first received il, II was coiled up in
close roll at the bottom Of the bottle, filed
with fresh water, that Contained it, and
looked more like little tangle Of black sew
ing silk than anything else. Wishing to un-
wind it that / might examine its entire
length, I placed it in large china basin
filled with water, and proceeded very gently
to disentangle its coils, when l perceived
that the animal had twisted itself around
bundle Of its eggs, holding them fast in
close embrace. In the process Of unwind
lug, the eggs dropped away and foated to
a little distance. Having finally stretched
it out to its full length, perhaps half
yard, sat watching to see this singular be-
ing that looked like q long black thread
in the water would give any signs Of life.
Almost Immediately it moved toward the
bundle Of eggs, and, having reached it, be-
gan to sew itself through and through the
little white mass, passing one end Of its body
through it, and then returning to make an
other stitch, as it were, till the eggs were at
last completely entangled again in an intri-
cate network of coils. 1t seemed to me
almost impossible that this care of offspring
could be the result Of any instinct of affec-
ton in creature of so low an organization,
and again separated it from the eggs, and
| placed them at greater distance, when
the same action was repeated.


On trying the experiment third time
the bundle Of eggs had become loosened


and few of them dropped off singly inte
the water. The efforts which the anima


then made to recover the missing ones, wind


ing itself around and around them, but fail


ing to bring them back into the fold will


the rest, because they were too small, ant


evaded all efforts TO secure them, when ono


parted from the first little compact mas,


convinced me that there was a definite pur


pose in its attempts, and that even bein
so low in the scale of animal existence ha
some dim consciousness Of relation to II
: offspring. I afterwards unwound also tn
mass Of eggs, which, when coiled up as
r first saw it, made a roll Of white substant
y about the size of coffee bean, and foun
n that it consisted Of string Of eggs, mea


uring more than twelve feet in length, Il


esgs being held together by some gelatin
. Gus Substance that cemented them and pr
vented them from falling apart Cuttir
, this string across and placing small sectc


under the microscope, l counted on the su
face Of such a cut from seventy to sevent,


five eggs and estimating the entire numb'


Of eggs according to the number containe
> on such surface, found that there we
" not less than eight millions Of eggs in IL
whole string.
Year: 1862

city, Of taxation-results which the tax
gatherers will soon enforce. The details
sound very dreadful at first, but are much
less onerous on individuals than would be
supposed. And were they far more Oner-
GUS than they arc, the load would be cheer
fully borne by a people who incurred it in
righteous and patriotic cause. OF course
the tax-gatherer will never become hcre the
object of popular ovations, expressive Of
lcyc and affection. That is too much to
expect of weak human nature; but we arc
convinced that the duty of receiving him
with courtesy and cash will ever be ac-
knowledged and fulfilled in the EmpiEe
City.
Year: 1862

AAAA AEltAE0Nh from hHlr1ll ore
On Monday morning we published dis
patch from C. c. Fulton, of Baltimore, say
ing that he was writing a full report of
the transactions at Richmond, and would
forward it if we desired. But we found it
impossible to obtain the details on Sunday
night or Monday In the New York ma
pers of Monday morning we find the rea-
son Of this. In addition to the dispatch
received here is the following later dis
patch:


SECOND DISPATCH.


BALTIMORE, June 29-1l Pm.
The Secretary of War decides that moth
ing can be telegraphed relative to affairs
on the Peninsula


Have tried our best to get it of.


c. c. FULTON,


Agent Associated Press.
We fail to see the benefit of the policy
that would exclude from the public any
information regarding what had already
transpired, especially when the following
dispatch had been sent from the War De-
partment on Sunday afternoon:


WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, !


June 29-2 o'clock P. N. 7
As soon as the Department can obtain
exact information Of the state of affairs in
front of Richmond, it viii be impaired to
the public, whether good or bad.


To say that the suppression was to pre-
vent information reaching the enemy, is
sheer nonsense. If there was any lighting
they knew it as well as we, and whether
we we're whipped or victorious, it would
notneed a Northern journal to inform them
Of the fact. So long as thousands Of North
ern families are awaiting with the most
intense anxiety to learn of the fate of their
friends in the army of the Potomac, it is
cruelty to keep back the truth. That was
tried sufficiently, one would think, at Balls
Bluff.
Year: 1862

No matter what your situation in
life may be, you should endeavor to
give your children good education.


That little child now SO innocent,
whose playful ways and happy laugh,
awaken such thrilling emotions in
your heart, may yet cause you years
Of unalleviatcd misery. Look at that
drunken vagrant, staggering past
your door listen to his horrid impre-
cations. as, bloated and ragged, he
passes along That wretch has moth
er, and perhaps, widowed and in pow
erty, she needs the comfort Of an affec-
tionate son.


How entirely is your earthly happi-
ness at the disposal Of your child If
you are unfaithful to him when he is
young, he may be unfaithful to you
when he is old. If you are kind
mother you will correct your child, and
give your attention. your efforts and
your prayers, to the great duty o.
training him up for God and Heaven.


Il. II. MCCAuLEY
Year: 1862

THE Poison OF THE ADDeR.-The
remedy for the bite 70 an adder, and in
deed all poisonous snakes, is simple. 1t
has been proved by experiment over and
over again, that poisons Of this chara ''ey
are harmless when applied to a mueons
surface, and quantities have been swallow.
ed without p oduciug any i'll effect. The
bite, nine times out Of ten, is in some part
Of the hand and Immediately when it is
felt the wounded part should be well suck
ed by the mouth, aud picce ofstring tied
tight round the finger or the wrist, (ac-
cording to the seat of the bite) to prevep
the poison from being absorbed into the
system. If this simple plan was generally
known and acted upon, death OF injury
from the bite of an adder would be rare
indeed. In case of hydrophobia, this plln
might also be adopted, and in many in
stances would prevent the poison entering
the system
Year: 1862

Sa- The new marriage law of Califor-
MIA provides that parties desiring to get
married must frst obtain license from
County Clerk of the county in which the
marriage is to be solomnized. The fee
for this is 50. The clergyman or magis-
trate who soleminzes the contract must
receive this license and file it with a re-.
cord of the marriage in the Office of the
county recorder within thirty day s after
the ceremony, for which the recorder
shall receives 81. The penalty for neglect
on his part is $50, and for marrying and
party that does not first produce to him
the license as above required the sum Of
$4,000,
Year: 1862

a@-lt is suggested that ladies who know
how to preserve everything but their tenn
pers, might save even that on the self seal.
ing principle. keep the mouth Of the
vessel tightly closed" is the recipe,
Year: 1862

Q. The Governors of the several States
shall appoint commissioner for each couu-
ty of their respective States, whose duty it
shall be to superintend the drafting and
hear and determine excuses Of persons
claiming to be exempt from military duty.
Such commissioners shall receive a COM
pensation of four dollars per diem for each
day he may be actually employed in the
discharge of his duties as such commission.
ers.
Year: 1862

reported speech made by Corcoran one Of the late


returned Yankee prisoners from Salisbury an ovation
gwen MN in Washington City be is said to have used the
following language:


s..to S Laa q Come from North Carolina. Although that


nss men in the field onshalf of thsna il free
& 49, you'd speak in favor of returning to the Unon
will cause them to fight we'll in III. r.nl t s n
oSa. tnas We will send to them a. we'll
whom they can rally" 'A ''''-


we unhesltatingy pronounce every word of the shove
an unmitigated fasehood We profess to have uretty
thorough knowledge of tho sentiments of the North Caro-


Tina troops and of our people, and we doubt if there are
ten men, it in srmy who hold the views attributed
70 them by Coreoran The time was when the attachment
OF ne people of North Carolina to the old Unon was as
stong as 1t should have been But the unjust and cruel
usthe nsneery and the atrocious conduct
1ankees have turned this attachment into hatred No man
among US OF common intelligence desires any
neeon with the old Union in any FORM But the great
oooJ OF our people are equally opposed to tyranny from
any quarter as they to Lnconism or any future a-
tion with the Yankees.


The remark has frequently been made during this war;
even by professed Democrats We prefer Military Die
tatorsh awe had rather be under the control of Queen
Victoria or Louis Napoleon the Car of Russia" These
must not be taken evidence that the great
body OF our people doubt their capacity for sefgevern
men or that they tired of American constitutional


liberty They will not submit to Lincoln tyranny-to the
tyranny ofa Military Dictator of their own-or to the ".
ranny OF any crowned head They are for the Southern
Conederacy under the Constitution as it is and nothing
else 10 maintain this they will spill their blood and


treasure against the encroachments of monarcnca ogar
clchai or military power at home o. abroad.
Year: 1862

A BRIEs BUT coNMoN HIsroKY.-I saw him first at
social party. He took but single glass Of wine,
and that 1t the request Of young lady with whom
he conversed.


1 saw him next when he supposed he was unseen,
taking glass to satisfy the slight desire formed by
his social indulgence. He thought there was no
danger.


saw him again with those Of his own age, meet
ing at night to spend short time in convivia pleas
ure. He said it was only innocent amusement


met him next late in the evening" in the street,
unable to reach home l took him thither. He
looked ashamed when we next met


saw him next reeling in the street. A confused
stare was on his countenance, and words Of bias
phemy were on his tongue. Shame was gone


saw him yet once more. lie was pale, cold,
mstioness and was carried by his friends to his last
resting place In the small procession that follow
ed, every head was cast down, and seemed to shake
with uncommon anguish.
His fathers gray hairs were going to the grave
in sorrow. His mother wept to think that she had
ever given birth to such child.
Year: 1862

Counterfeit Confederate Notes.
' A friend has furnished US with the following de-
scption Of the counterfeit Confederate bills said to
have been issued by the Yankees and circulated
South The general execution of the counterfeit is
said to be better than the genuine.


On the 20s in the left hand vignette in the gen.
une, the brm of the sailors hat is clear Of the coat
collar behind, and there is shading behind the ship
in the rear of the sailor In the counterfeit the hat
brlm touches the coat collar and here is no shading
behind the ship.


On the SOS centre yignette woman is holding up
the lid of the chest-n the genuine, there is lock
on the chest-in the counterfeit the lock is not SO
perceptible On the left lower corner in the gen.
uine, the hair of the bare-headed man is brushed
smoothly as if with wet brush and to cover par
TALLY bald head; in the counterfeit the hair looks
as if blown by the wind. The rule work in the
right upper corner die (50 is different in the coun-
terfeit somewhat from the genuine


On the zoos in the centre vignette in the genuine,
the mule stands at the cotton screw slightly quar-
tering, as if going around in the circle presenting
nearly full back side view of the mule In the
counterfeit the mule quarters around considerably,
showing nearly broad side. In the genuine between
the feet of the sailor on the left corner there are
two little stones-n the counterfeit there are three
stones.
Year: 1862

CURING GREEN Uosa.-The following is the In
dian method by which they treat green corn for
making succotash &C., during the winter. When
the green is Ct for use pit is dug from two to
three feet in diameter at top and gradually enarg-
ing at the bottom, say five feet down from six to
eight feet in diameter. A large fire is then built
near by, on which stones are heated and when red
bottom of the pit and sprinkled with fine loose
dirt The corn is then thrown in with husks on,
Just as it is pulled from the stalk until the pit is
nearly full Thea comes thin layer Of loose dirt
then hot stones (snough to close the pitt and the
whole covered with earth to retain the heat When
The whele cools off (which takes several days. tho
pit is opened and the corn is found to be most do
iightfully cooked When cool, the husks are strip
ned off and the corn dried in the sun. When thor
oughly dried, the corn is shelled off easily, and is
then packed away in bags for use.-Country Gen.
.tlesnan.
Year: 1862

up They have barked at us and tried to bite US
long enough but in this respect they remind us of
the lines Of Goldsmith, in his elegy on mad dog


"The man recovered of the bite,


The dog it was that died"


Instead Of suppressing the Standard, these assail
ants Of ours have simply suppressed themselves
Year: 1862

The following order from the Adjuant General Of the
Confederate States is sensible:


call seizures and impressments Of any description Of
property whatever belonging to the States Of the Confede-
racy are hereby prohibited and officers Of the C. s. Army
are epoined to abstain carefully from such seizures and
mpressmens and in they made by mistake, such
officers are ordered TO make prompt restitution"
Year: 1862

This federal officer captured by Col Morgan, at Tomp
knsvillo KY was iearn sent on yesterday morning
TO Mad Ca under guard good deal Of excitement
against him In this city caused by the charge that he
was the officer who ordered the ladies Of Sparta to CO
breakfast his troops, and said E IT was not done he
wo Id his loose them 70 do rs they pleased
We unde that he denes sing helanguage buteI
10 him. al says told ctzens Of sparta that
his men were very hungry and must have sjmcthng TO
eat and. IL not furnished he would have 70 turn them
loose " help themselves and would not in that lie
for their conduct and he emphatcally denies
the construction placed his language, 10 the effect that
he would turn them looge to outrage the women Posi-
bly, he may not have intended hcnous crime; put
the evidence Of his guilt Is such think as To require
Investigation by the War Department, In ordor that, II
found guilty he may receive punishment commensurate
with the diabolical character OF his crime. Whatever
other duty may go unpcr5rmed lot the virtue OF our
be protected from ncndsh outrage and threats or
violence the slightest intimation Of IT, II Butler
any Of his imitors by the fortunes Of war fall


into hands give them the gibbet without delay, as
warning TO all similar beasts.
Year: 1862

lFrOm the knOXvlic EeglSteT; July 10. r.


The we lay before our readers this morning from
the southern Of this section only from the
Of the victory achieved by Colonel Forrest the pr
soncIs captured and the stO taken and destroyed but
also from the indication IL affords that our forces At
Chattanooga state Of activity, and have spirit
aroused that gives reasonable go-nd to hope shortly
for the expulsion OF the invaders from the State There
Is reason to believe this daring expedition Of Tor
wa rapidly break the power Of the nsolent desposm
unt or which the state IS now groaning-


buell aud Mitchell will perhaps be- fortunate they can
make q s'srategc'' movement towards their gunboats
even half Ms successful that recently niadc by ths
young Napoleon from before Richmond.


From our northern border learn that the fcdcrals
are expecting large renforcemens from Kentucky At
are skulking out of sight Of our forces aud only
showing themselves from day to day under
flags OF What the ostcnsblc purpose OF these flags
interviews is does not tanspire; but we doubt
their real purpose Is TO gain surepttous Information
OF the strength and dip son OF our forces as well as TO
gain time the coming up OF their reinorccmcnts We
trust that army In Pawes Valley will exhibit some
gam and by prompt and rapid action clean the invading


sssans aud tories u our mountains before their
pectei aid In and supplies can reach them Welc
that there Is struggling force Of some 5000 between
Clinton and Big Gro Cap Their case ought to be tan-
ed We presume these are the same who sur
prised McIins cavalry at Waacs's Cross Roads. The
result OF that raid by the way not serious TO
Confederate loss being only killed and four or five
wounded while the six eight who were supposed TO
been captured by the enemy have since come In
safe and sound.


When shall VIC hear that the watch word Of our army
beyond the ciinch is "On TO Kentucky"
Year: 1862

Annexed is tho sixth section Of the Conscaton act
ferrcd 70 by the President in tho above proclamation


So. ind be Il further enacted, That II any person
within anv Territory Of the United States oter
than named aforesaid, after tho passage Of this
ret being engaged in armed rebellion against the gov
ernment of tho United States aiding abctng such
rebellion, shall not within sixty days after public
fg and proclamation duly given and made by the Pre-
sdent OF tho United States TO aid and
abet such rebellion and return to his allegiance to the
United States, all the estate and property, moneys
stocks and credits Of such person shall be liable TO
seizure aforesaid shall be the duty Of tho Pre-
scnt seize and them aforesaid the proceeds
thereof And all sales transfers couveyancos o. any
such property after the expiration OF the said sixty days
from she date OF such warning and proclamation shall
be null and void md IL shall be sufficient bar any
suit brought by such person for the tho
Of such property, any Of IT, 10 alegc and prov
that Of the persons described in this section.
Year: 1862

This brings the work down TO the thirty frst pagss
The reaiader OF the pamphlet Is devoted TO Northern
account Of the seven days contests, the compiler taking
care to select the enc most likely agree with the rsbsa
throughout with Misrepresentation but gives brief aud
comprehensive review of the whole terrible contict