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Year: 1865




Charles Dickens relates the following Of
Douglas Jerrold:


"Of his generosity l had proof within
these two or three years, which it saddens
me to think of now. There had been es-
TRANCE ment between us-not on any person
al subject, and not involving any angry
words-and good many months had passed
without my ever seeing him in the street,
when it fell out that we dined, each with his
own separate party, in the Strangers Room
of the Club Oar chairs were almost back,
TO back, and I took mine after he was seated
and at dinner, q am sorry to remember) and
did not look that way. Before we had sat
long, he openly wheeled his chair round,
stretched out both his hands in an engaging
manner, and said aloud, with a bright and
loving face, that l can see as [ write to you :


{" Let us be friends again A life is not
long enough for this |"


Jerrold was not a Christian, but his
conduct in this case was worthy of the
Christian character. On dying bed, how
Insignificant will appear many things about
which we contend in bitterness and wrath !?
Life is so short, its inevitable sorrows so
many, its responsibilities so vast, and solemn
that there is, indeed no time to spare in
bruising and mangling one another. Let
not the sun go down on your wrath. Never
close your eyes to sleep with heart angry
towards your brother and fellow sufferer
See him and be reconciled to him if you can
If you cannot see him write to him. If he
is true man and christian, he will listen.
If he is not you will have done right, and
your soul will be bright with the sunshine
Of Heaven
Year: 1865

TAX ON STATE BANK CIRCULATION
Some of the newspapers are inquiring
what Congress did In relation to the tax
on State Bank circulation. If they will
refer to the amended Internal Revenue
law, they will find that the notes OF all
State banks are to be taxed ten per cent
after the lst of July, 1866. The emily al
teration made in the bill, as it originally
passed the House of Representatives, in
regard to that matter, was the snbstitn-
tion of July" for January" The in-
tention of this law is evident. There
will probably be no State banks of issue
in existence in year from now.
Year: 1865

IN the fifth chapter of Isaiah, the
place at which the Bible was opened fol-
Mr. Lincoln to take the oath of Office,
the following verses occur:


Wo untothenl that rise mp early in the
morning that they may follow strong
drink; that continue until night TIN
wine intiame them!


And the harp, and the viol, and the
tabret, aud pipe, and wine are i'll their
feasts; bnt they regard not the work of
the Lord, neither consider the operation
of his hands.


Therefore my people are gone into cap
tivity, because they have no knowledge;
and their honorable men are famished
and tlieir multitude dried up with thirst.
Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and
opened her mouth without measure; and
their glory, and their multitude, and
their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall
descend into it. '.....


And the mean man shall be brought
down, and the mighty man shall be hum
bled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be
humbled


Wo unto them that call evil good and
good evil; that put. darkness for light
and light for darkness; that put bitter
for sweet and sweet for bitter


Wo unto them that are wise III their
own eyes and prudent in their own
sight


Wounto them that are Mighty to drink
wine, and men of strength to mingle
strong drink;


Which justify the wicked for reward
and turn away the righteousness OF the
righteous from him.


Therefore, as the fire deyoureth the
stubble and the flame consumeth the
ehaff so their root shall be as rottenness,
and their blossom shall go up as dust,
because they have east away the law OF
the Lord of Hosts and despised the word
of the Holy One OF Israel
Year: 1865

THERE have been no less than forty
two arrests in Toronto Canada, recent
ly for breaking the provisions of the
Foreign Enlistment Act since the 9th of
May last. In most cases it was found
impossible TO convict the parties for
want of sufficient legal proof of their
participation in the crime, so well weIe
tue plans laid by which the unsuspecting
victims were entrapped into joining the
Federal army The Leader says that the
matter is about being laid before the
Government, with vieN to giving the
poics authorities increased facilities in
the premises.
Year: 1865

EXEMPTs.-Veterans those who paid
communication Oh the first draft, those who
have put substitutes into the service,
aliens and young men between eighteen
and twenty years Of age, being exempt
can't go into service as substitutes Tor en-
rolled men, for one, two or three years
but must, under the new law, be credited
to the ward of their actual residence, to
be ascertained from the evidence by the
Provost Marshal
Year: 1865

A CORRESPONDENT, writing from Sa-
vannah. says it is hard sight 70 look
upon the Southern women as they pass
through the streets WITH their pale coun-
tenances and deep mourning garments;
Terrible indeed has been the loss OF
Southern life, and especially Of young
men of education and good social posi-
ton. The awful slaughter in the fields
of Virginia and at the Southwest, has
carried desolation to the homes Of the
South to much greater extent than at
the North
Year: 1865

ACCORDING 10 the Boston journal the
old plan of mixing water with lard is
now extensively practiced. By pouring
water into the lard, and keeping it con
stantly agitated until it cools, some
twenty-five per cent. of water can be
mixed with the lard. The purity of the
lard may be determined 10y melting il at
temperature of two hundred and
twelve degrees. If it melts without
ebullitiOn Or bubbling it contains no wa
ter; and if it deposits no sediment it is
probably pure Water is also nsed for
increasing the weight OF butter BY
making the butter very salt its capacl-
ty for retaining water IS greatly In'
creased. -
Year: 1865

In Quincy, Illinois, two men recently
went to law about a calf which they
both claimed Numerous witnesses tes-
tilted on each side, and the judge, finding
the legal scumen quite at fault at last
decided to place the calf on the street at
equal distances from the residence of each
claimant, and leave the animal to find
the way home, and decide the case by its
own instinct. The President is not re-
sponsible for this story
Year: 1865

ANDY JOHNSON says he is plebeian


and that he glories in it We are author
ized by several who call themselves pie
beians, to say that they are not at al
proud of his boasting. They insist that
he INST have been born, as we once heard
a stump speaker call it, an aristocra-cat-
Year: 1865

TIE bill restraining the trial Of citizens
by military commission has failed, not
withstanding it received large majority
in the House. 1t is not probable it would
have done any good The trials are IN
constitutional, and those who will not re,
oard the Constitution will hardly regard
q law of Congress A law was made re-
nuiring citizens arrested by the military
70 be turned over to the courts it has
not been obeyed.
Year: 1865

AMONG the presents made To the Holy
Father during the recent festivals was a
specimen of cotton cultivated i'll the soil
of Rome This mass OF cotton is worked
in most elegant way IN the shape OF
pelican piercing its breast to feed ITS
Young with its own blood
Year: 1865

A MAN was lately bitten by mad dog
near Lafayette, Indiana, and, when the
paro1ysms of hydrophobia came upon
him, at his urgent request one of his
veins was opened and he bled to death
Year: 1865

WE publish in another column communi-
cation from CHARLES DoERR, of Fort Madi-
son. Although . leader of the copperhead
party in this county throughout the war, a
supporter of the armistice resolutions and an
attendant, as we understand, on the Chicago
National Convention, which adopted the four
years of failure platform, We are not aware
that Mr.. DorRR ever publicly wore the copper
badge of the party on his shirt bosom, deeply
as its spirit may have been imbedded in his
heart.


He ought not to have been a member of
the copperhead party, but he was, and was
their chosen candidate during the war, and
cannot for his life destroy his record.
Year: 1865

1t may we'll be doubted whether the


United States, with all its braggadocio,
can ever raise again such armies as those
which have already taken the field. The
haltnillion draft of last year yielded
only seventy thousand eifectiyes, and it
is the opinion Of the most intelligent
Northern men that resort to conscrip-
ton would break down the war. If our
own affairs are wisely conducted, and
our resources of men and material Judi
ciously husbanded, we have no reason
for encouragement. If we are conquered,
it will not he by the Yankees, but by
ourselves Most Of the misfortunes We
now suffer arc the results Of our own
faults and b,unders. 1t would be
miserable fate enough to be overwhelmed
and subjugated by sheer force; but to
perish by our own folly and mismanage-
ment is too horrible to think Of Every
public man, every official, high and low,
in every branch of the service, should
realize the fearful weight ofrcsponsibility
that now rests upon those to whom the
country has entrusted the success of its
cause,
Year: 1865

Go to the grave of buried love and
mediate. There settle the account with
thy conscience for every past benefit un-
requited-every past endearment unre-
garded, of that departed being who
can never-never-never return to be
soothed by thy contrition! II thou art
a child, and hast ever added a sorrow to
the SOUL or a furrow to the silvered brow
of an affectionate parent; if thou art
a husband, and hast ever caused the fond
bosom that ventured its whole happiness
in thy arms to doubt one moment of thy
kindness or truth; if thou art friend,
and hast ever wronged in thought, or
word, or deed, the spirit that generously
confided in thee; if thou art q lover, and
hast ever given one unmerited pang to
that true heart which now lies cold be
meath thy feet-then be sure that every
unkind look, every ungracious word,
every ungentle action, will come throng
ing back upon thy memory, and knock
ing dolefully at thy soul-then be sure
that thou wilt lie down sorrowing and
repentant on the grave, and utter the
unheard groan. and pour the unavailing
tear-more deep, more bitter, because
unheard and unavailing.- Washington h
ring.
Year: 1865

The case of Creek, of Union county.
was disposed of in the Circuit Court last
week The case was submitted to the
jury on Saturday evening, and on Sun
day evening they brought in a verdict of
manslaughter and Imprisonment in the
State prison for four years.


Many of our citizens were surprised Mt
the verdict and the time consumed by
the jury in considering the case, is con
elusive evidence that they had much
difficulty in arriving at a decision averse
to the accused.


The circumstances of the unhappy af-
fair, which cost one of the most respect
able citizens of Union county his life,
and has sent another to the State prison.
are briefly as follows: Some time last
May. difficulty occurred between Creek
and Paddock in regard to some hogs of
the latter which had destroyed quantity
Of corn of the former. Paddock sent
word to Creek to come to see him and
he would settle for the corn the hogs
had destroyed. One day when Creek
was working with some hands near q
field that Paddock was blowing, at noon
when they were about to go home to din
ner, he shouldered his ak and said he
would go over and see Paddock and
settle about the corn. Greek according
ly went to Paddock field, where it seems
Paddock attacked Creek, when the lat
ter struck the former on the neck with
bis AZ, severing the jugular vein and in
stantly killing him There were no 9th
er parties present at the affray than those
engaged in it The attorneys for the de
fense moved for q new trial, but the
Court refused to grant it.


ConnersviIls Times, March ., lss5.
Year: 1865

Watch Co.


Our readerers, We are sure, are not
generally aware of the great impetus
that has been given to manufacturers
since the beginning of the war. The
high rates of exchange, and the necessi-
ties of the army, have made the Eastern
hills and valleys resound with the hum
of busy machinery, and nowhere has
machinery done more or created greater
revolution in production and trade than
in the manufacture of the watch. What
was once the toilsome, slow and uncer
tain result OF hand labor only. is now
the swift demonstration of unvarying
mechanical forces. The same class of
genius that invented the telegraph and
the sewing machine invented the delicate
and wonderful mechanism that takes
hold of the raw material-the brass and
steel, and gold, and precious stones,
and under competent direction turns ont
that daily wonder and necessity-a per
feet time keeper. That genius is es-
sentially american, and has been found
collected assimiliated and made produe
tive by the American watch Co., at
Waltham, Mass. Taking the best fruits
of several years experiments, they es
tablished their factory nearly ten years
ago, which they have been compelled to
enlarge from year to year until they now
employ seven hundred workmen, and
turn out product valued at a million
and half of dollars per arnum-or
equal to that of all other watches now
sold in this country. The secret of this
Company's success is that they have
done what they promised-that they
have furnished first rate substantial
watch at moderate price-and this is
the great difference between their
watches and the ordinary importations
from Europe. Except certain very high
priced varieties, the European watch
is the result Of cheap and unskilled hand
labor, that never goes well, and in
short time .costs more than it comes to"
in repairs. The American Watch Co.
give guarantee for the quality of all
their products, that is good with any
dealer who sells sthem.-Erehange.
Year: 1865

ness That is my destiny. BY it you
have risen. Toit was promised throne
Through me You have accomplished it /;
part from me and you fall. Yes. fall to
die in sorrow, neglect and exile. Re
member this, Napoleon, and remember
these words when it Is too late to recall
the act that no words of mine can pre-
VENT


Napoleon gazed almost in terror at her
who stood like a prophecies gazing out
with eyes Of fire upon the heavens. and
then with heart clouded almost to sick
ness, he turned away and left the room
without word.


Ten days passed before he had nerve
to strike the blow that broke the golden
chain that bound them, and from that
moment, as he afterward confessed at
St Helena, the fall of Napoleon began,
till he died broken hearted exile upon
an island in mid ocean.
Year: 1865

While we are proud to see that every Union
newspaper on our exchange list has the inde
pendence to eenounce the public shame in which
Vice President johnson involved the nation,
we are not at all unmindful of the fact that the
satisfaction expressed by the Copperheads at
the modification Of the Union men of the ma
ton. is but mask adopted by them to cover
their shame. The people do not forget the
protligacy of Vice President Richard NJ. John
son, the drunkenness, the gambling. the prosti-
tuition of Vice President breckenridge; the
shameless public intoxecation of Senators Sauls-
bury, of Delaware Richardson, Of Illinois, and
McDougal Of California-all of these Democrats
male prostitutes of the most degraded stamp
DAY ton Journal
Year: 1865

The so-ealed Singleton tobacco speculation
makes great deal of talk. and sxcites CON-
ment that is not wholly smothered. 1t was
weilknown in Democratic circles here. when
Mr. Singleton (Democrat) first went to Rich
mond that be went upon commercial specu-
iation cloaked in peace. Speculation in gold
by Democratic Congressman surrounded his
pesce commission upon his going and his re-
turning The meeting was not fruitless, As
was so hastily declared by the agents Of the
press here. Singleton arranged in Richmond
for the acquisition of vast quantity OF tobacco
not by purchase with greenbacks or seven-
thirties: but by operation that should supply
the stinted rebel army in and about the Rich
mond defenses with rations Of meat. At the very
time that the North was sacrificing men and
money lavishly under Sherman, Sheridan and
Grant. to cut Lce off from all his supplies of
food This anomalous enterprise and marvel
ously unpatriotic speculation is understood here
to have had five CO. partners besides the active
nanagers-all New Workers and Mcclellan
Democrats-each OF whom put in SIS. GOO.
The quarter OF a million capital in this poo! was
to be invested in bacon bought in Baltimore and
exchanged in Fredericksburg for manufactured
tobacco. The transaction of course had the
cheerful assent of The Rebel Government and of
Gen. Lee. President Lincoln's permit author
izing it. is said by the Richmond papers, to have
b cen placed in the hands Of the rebel officer in
charge OF the tobacco, sent up from Petersburg
and Richmond, and to have been produced and
shown to the Union officer who proposed to
seize and destroy it.


When the secret history Of this astonishing
thransacion shall be made public, lift ever shall
be. it will undoubtedly appear that this officer
had Instructions from man who is earnest in
his efforts to smash the Rebellion, and don't
swap horses, bacon, or politics across the Rap
pahannock. to wholly disregard any and all
permits and bargains that could be streatched
over the tobacco, and to capture and destroy
it inc xorably in the face of any and all protests
and warnings. The officer did his duty Four
millions OF dollars worth of tobacco are said to
have been lost TO the New York firm Of Xc-
Clellan patriots, and the Union bacon that was
to feed the rebels, while slaughtering Union men
is stopped on it's tratorons way to the traitor.
Gus swap ever the graves Of Union soldiers
murdered wasted in the Fredericksburg slaugh-
ter pen Il New York Tribune.
Year: 1865

COUPLE, not one hundred miles from Manchester,
carried their conrtship il. rather novel manner
young had fallen in love with the daughter Of
his employer; but, for certain IDEAS of wealth,
match was opposed by the father. Tho consequence
that the Young forbiddeB 10 visit HE


ployers house, The old gentleman in the habit
wearing CLOAK. The couple made him the innocent
bearer Of their correspondents. The young lady
pinned letter inside the lining Of tie old mans coak
every day, and when the father 30 the counting
house, and threw off his cloak the lover took the
lalys epise, read it, and sent the reply back in the
same manner. Love and Ingenuity were finally
cesstul.
Year: 1865

Sent by subscribers to the american
Agricultmist. Please send plenty more
of the same sort.


TO LIGHT New CANDLE QUICKLY
dip the wick in the melted tallow of
one already burning.


KEROSENE LAMP CHIMNEYs wide at
the bulb or lower part are less liable to
break than if narrow.


SHAVING HINT-Suspend the glass SO
that only the part of the face to be shaved
will be visible; there will be less danger
of cutting the skin Reason: sight of
ones eyes distracts attention from the ra-
GER Place the mirror where it will not
reflect the light of window into the eyes.
The best place is where the light will fall
upon the face, and not upon the glass
When done, wash off all the soap, and
finish with little diluted vinegar, or al
cohol, OF cologne water. This will neu-
tralize the effects of the alkali, preventing
it from chapping the skin, or affecting
the color OF the whiskers.


REPELILNG RED ANTs.-Try setting
the safes, closets, ETC., on new bricks; a
subscriber says this proved effectual.-A
sponge with little sugar sprnkled
through it, will attract and hold hundreds
of the insects, which may be killed with
hot water.


CAST Iron STOVES are preferable to
sheet iron; they radiate heat more freely
and equally, do not cool off SO quickly,
and are much more durable


CONDENSED MILK is the pure article
made purer, that is, with large proper
tion of its water evaporated. 1t is pref
erable to most "milkmen's." Each con-
sumer can add water to his liking, grading
it from the cream point to the ''skyblue." "


PEELING ONIONS is a fearful employ
ment. A lady says it will be less annoy
ing by putting them into cold water and
immersing often while peeing.


To Color BUTTER.-For every 4
quarts of cream, CRATE | middling sized
carrot, pour on it pint Of boiling water,
let it stand until cold and strain the Ii
quer into the cream. 1t does not hurt
the favor
Year: 1865

The first time you are walking with
your arms at liberty, stop moving them,.
and hold them to your side. You will be
surprised to find how soon your compan-
ion will leave you behind, although you
may hurry, twist, wrigsle, and try very
hard to keep up. One reason for the slow
walk among girls is to be found in this
practice of>carryins the arms motionless
Three miles an hour, with the arms still,
is as hard work as four miles with the
arms free.


[ have seen the queens of the stage
walk. L have seen few girls aud women
of queenly bearing walk in the street and
drawing room. They moved their arms
in free and graceful manner. Could
this habit become universal among girls
their chest would enlarge and their bear
ing be greatly improved See that girl
walking with hEth hands in her muf.-
How she wriggles and twists her should
ers and hips This is because her arms
are pini0ned. Give them free swing. and
her gait would soon become graceful


You have seen pictures of muscles
Those Of the upper part Of the body, you
remember, spread out from the shoulder,
in all directions, like fan. Now if you
hold the shoulder still, the muscles Of the
chest will shrink, the shoulders stoop, and
the whole chest becomes thin and ugly.


But some girls will say, swinging the
arms must be very ight exercise" True,
it is very slight if you swing the arms but
once or ten times, buff you swing them ten
thousand times, in a day, you will obtain
more exercise of the muscles of the chest
than by all the ordinary movements COM
bined. Indeed, if | were asked what ex-
ercise | thought most effective for devel-
oping the chests Of American girls,
should reply at once, swinging the arms
while walking.-Dr. Do Lclris.
Year: 1865

4 truly melodramatic anecdote is in


circulation in Paris, which must be accep-
ted without notarial vouching, but still
as endorsed by being given to the world
by those who are not ordinarily bravards
\ Russian nobleman, extremely wealthy
and very reserved and melancholy, has
appeared of late in the best circles, to
which he has had most distinguished in
PRODUCERS. The Russian became remark
able for wearing ring of colossal pro
portions, covering nearly the entire fin
ger, and OF singular appearance, the GEN.
tire being composed of substance resemb-
ling jet, which was set in gold. No one
veutured to ask the character of the ring
Or the cause of its being worn, and plac-
ing the wearer, studiously quiet. man,
in the light of being an eccentric indivtd-
ual. \ lady, however, who was piquot
to know something about the matter, at
last mustered the requisite courage, and
said: Monsieur, every one is very much
struck with the singular character of the
ring you wear, and for one should be
delighted to know its origin" The Rus
Stt'h udtC IL uGEhOdS tNIJCu WIN Ills
hand, as though lie would like to hide it,
while he replied: MADAM, the ring is
not a jewel, as you suppose but tomb"
The curious gathered round while he
continued-"This jetsubstance 18th body
Of my wife she had horror of tomb
in Rusaia she was an Italian Ipromised
her that I would guard her day and
night during my life, and she reposed in
my word, which had never been broken.
] took the body of my wife to Germany,
where the most able chemist of the day
promised to redac5 it, by powerful dissoi-
vents and by great compression, to size
which enable me to wear it as a souvenir.
For eight days he labored almost con-
stantly in my presence, and saw the
dear remains gradually dissolve and in
tensify till the residue was the compact
mass which you see in the ring, which is
my dear wife, whom, as [ promised, l
will never quit day or night during my
life"