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Year: 1865

1t is great mistake in female educlion to
keep young lady's time and attention devo-
ted 10 only the fashionable literature of the
dag. If you would qualify her for conversation
you must give her something to talk about
give her education with this actual world and
its transpiring events. Urge her 10 read the
newspapers, and become familiar with the
present character and Improvements OF our
History is of some Importance, but the past
world is dead, and we have nothing to DO
with it. Our thoughts and our concerns should
be for the present world to know what 1t
is and improve the condition OF 1t. Let her
have an intelligent opinion, and be able to
sustain an intelligent conversation concern
ing the mental, moral, aud political improve
ments Of our times. Let the gilded annua is
and poems on the center table be kept part
of the time covered with weekly and daily
journals. Let the whole family, men, wo-
men, and children, read the newspapers
Year: 1865

When we walk near powerful machinery
we know that one single mis-steP and these
mighty engines would tear US to ribbons " th
their ponderous jaws. So when we arc
laundering across the country on railways,
and there is but half an inch iange iron to
hold US on the track. So when we are
OF the sea in a ship and there is nothing
but the thickness If plank between us
and cternity. We imagine then that we
are 10 the edge Of the precipice. But We
do not see it. Whether on sea or land The
partition which divides US from eternity is
something thinner than an oak plank or half
an inch of flsnge iron. The machinery Of
life and health is within us. The tissues
which hold those floating powers in their
place are often not thicker than piece of
paper, and ifthis thin partition were ruptured
or pierced it would be justt the same with US.
Death is in5eparably bound up with life in
the structure of our bodies. Struggle as we
may to widen the space, no man can Re
further from death than the thickness of a
sheet cf paper.
Year: 1865

Under great tree close to the village
two boys found a walnut. 1T belongs to
me- said Ignatius, fer I was the first to
see it. No, it belongs to me, cried Ber-
nard, for l was the first to pick it up
And so they began to quarrel in earnest.
4 will settle the dispute said an older
boy who had just come up. He placed
himself between the two boys, broke the
nut in two and said The one piece of
she'll belongs to him who first saw the nut;
the other piece of shell belongs to him
who picked it up; bus the kernal l keep
for judging the case. And this be said
as he sat down and laughed, is the COM
mon end of most lawsuits
Year: 1865

By the terms of an act Of Congress ap


proved the Sd day of March, 1865, deser


ters from the army and conscripts who


have failed to report to the proper officers


are placed in woful plight. If we read


the terms of the act of Congress Alright


all those referred to therein, have forfeit,


ed their citizenship, are to all intents and


purposes, in the position Of aliens debar-


red from the exercise of all political rights
and the holders of all Offices of trust and
profit under the Government The act
of Congress distinctly declares that


"All persons who have deserted the
military or naval service Of the United
States, who shall not return to the said
service or report themselves to provost
marshal within sixty days after the proc
lamatlon hcreinafter mentioned, shall be
deemed and taken to have voluntarily re-
linquished and forfeited their rights as
citizens and such deserters shall be for
ever incapable of holding any Office Of
trust or profit under the United States, or
of exercising any rights of citizens there
of; and all persons who shall hereafter
desert the military or naval service, and
all persons who being duly enrolled, shall
depart the jurisdiction of the district in
which he was enrolled, or go beyond the
limits of the United States, with the in
tent to avoid any draft into the military
or naval service duly ordered, shall be IL
able to the penalties of this section. And
the President is hereby authorized and
required forthwith, on the passage Of this
act, to issue his proclamation setting forth
the provisions Of this section, in which
proclamation the President is requested
to notify all deserters returning within
sixty days. as aforesaid, that they shall be
pardoned on condition of returning to
their regiments and companies, or to such
other organizations as they may be as
signed to, unless they shall have served
for period time equal to their original
term of enlistment"


On the 10th of March, 1865, the Pres
ident of the United States issued his
Proclamation in accordance with this Act.
There is 10 mistaking this law All draf-
ted men, who failed to report, are no Ion
ger citizens of this country. All enroll
ed men, whether drafted or not, who ab-
sented themselves from the places in
which they are enrolled, to avoid being
drafted, are no longer citizens. All such
have lost the right to vote. They are,
in the Judgment of the law, aliens, though
they may have been born here. The law
fixes the penalty and the people who have
stood by the government, should see to
its enforcement.
Year: 1865

The Allentown, Pa, paper says that
some mouths ago young man about 10
years of age, the son Of respectable pa
rents near Bethlehem, forged the name
of his father to note and sold it to a
citizen of Bethlehem. He spent the pro-
ceeds on pleasure tour to Philadelphia.
When the note fell due it was presented
to the father who at once pronounced it a
forgery, but in order to save the family
from being disgraced, he paid it. When
the boy returned his father had him ar
rested, but he was finally discharged with
a sharp reprimand from the Justice. But
he did not seem to profit much by this
kind treatment. a short time thereafter
he demanded some money Of his mother,
threatened to knock out her brains if she
refused. The old lady, through fear COM
piled with his demands and gave him the
money. lie came to Allentown, got a
woman of bad repu.e TO go with him to
Philadel phia where they fiourished until
the money was all gone, when he return
ed. On Friday morning he renewed his
OemanuS LOT Noueyi tHio tlle pau ioulLluS :
his father, whom he threatened to run
through with pitch fork if he refused.
Instead of handing over the greenbacks
the old gentleman went to Bethlehem
and procured warrant for the arrest of
his hopeful son. The document sent him
to the Easton Jail, where he will have
time to study the scrlptural INDUCTION,
"honor thy father and mother
Year: 1865

Among the cases of divorce before Judge
Allison, year ago, (says the Philadelphia
North American,) was that of a person who
was married to lady of whom he grew
weary. She also had grown weary ofnegect
and contumclicus treatment, and, with very
little reluctance, permitted him to obtain a
divorce. He very soon afterwards married q
female, ga live rosebud" He didn't at first
feel the thorns, but was not long in discover
ing tha: he held a dangerous prize. The
after marriage showed her true coiorS. The
slightest deviation from her orders was fol-
lowed by condlgn punishment, and in mo-
ments of anger the most convenient missile
was hurled at his devoted caput. 1.-The thTca-
tened she would smash a quantity Of china
ware, or hurl porcelain vase at his head,
irrespective of its cost. If he frowncd she
would belabor him with the first suitable
utcns that came within her reach. On
Tuesday she visited him at his office, and
not complying with some request made, she
fell upon hun. She struck him upon
the temple with a heavy metallic INK
stand, beat him with paper weights, and
tore from his head sufficient hair TO make q
dozen large-sized mourning rings.


The husband couldn't endure this lie
went to Alderman Doughcrty and made the
above statement, which we got from the
worthy Alderman's docket A warrant was
issued, and the lady, in all the glory Of wa
terfall. crinoline, and red ivory earrings,
was arraigned as a defendant. The husband,
who looked as though he had either been
editing daily paper, or doing long duty as
an omnibus horse, made his appera nee with
his head tied up In Il white handkerchief
He depoSed to the facts as above stated, and
the lazy was taken down to Moyamensing.
Nobody went bail for her.
Year: 1865

The whole number of negro troops
mustered into the service since the COM
mencement of the war is about one hund-
red and eighty thousand. The deaths
and casualties among them greatly exceed
the proportion among the whites, and a.
mount to over fifty thousand. Sixty thou
cand have lately been ordered mustered
out in the several departments, and there
will soon be a much greater reduction of
their number.
Year: 1865

A five year old with trowsers, saw
street sprinkler for the first time the 9TH
er day. With entire appreciate on of the
fitness of things, he went home to tell his
mother of "a man, with big wagon, who
had a sprinkler on to keep the boys from
catching behind"
Year: 1865

In this as in the other Copperhead
strongholds, the soldier were set aside to
make room on the ticket of the dominant
party for men whose only distinguishing
characteristic in opposition to the just
authority of the Government. Charles
r. Buckalew, the Copperhead United
States Senator for Pennsylvania, lives in
Columbia county. Doubtless he control
led the nominations in that county, as he
is known to despise man who had the
courage to bear arms for the defence of
the cGoyernment.-Hartsburg Telegraph
Year: 1865

Another rebel stronghold has no sym
natbv for a soldier The loyal men of
this county came nobly to the support OF
the Government in filling the ranks, but
when they came home, not the smallest
Office was in store for them. Such men
as Nelson Weiser, Copperheads OF the
worst kind, received nominations.
Year: 1865

This stronghold Of Copperheadisn
would not allow soldier on the ticket
but re nominated one Of the men for tho
Legislature who used his talents tc OBJ
struct the operation Of the Government
and disgrace the Union Soldier
Year: 1865

CooD Our OF EsL.--Ihe popular grief at
| the assessipstion of President Lincoln has


already obliterased all party lines al tie North,
|and united the country in sentiment OF loyal


sorrow and patriotic indignation. The news has
been received in The best possible spirit at the
South; the rebel generals and other prisoners
in our hands pass resolutions and write letters
|oi indignation and coincidence, and Southern
public opinion seems to be that contederacy
founded upon assassination would be an out
rage upon civilization, and that the idea must
|be abandoned and the Union restored. When
Europe learns of the Presidents murder there
will be no more sympathy with the rebellion.
The governing classes, which have been op-
posed to us during the war, are too much inter-
tested in their own safety not to take the first
to signally rebuke the assassin and
the cause for which he struck. So at home, at
the South and abroad good will come out of
the evil which has so sadly afflicted the nation.
Year: 1865

TIE RAILROADS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
Now that the war is over, and the work Of de-


|struction has ceased, it would be proper for the


national and Stale governments to go to work


lat once and repair all The railroads throughout


the country. We shall want them all in the
new development Of every interest in every
section which will be inaugurated with the
3return of peace.
Year: 1865

FALLING OFF IN TIE RECEIPTS OF FoaEroN


MERuANDIsE.-The Custom House reports show


that the total value of foreign merchandise
4 brought to this port last week was only six
hundred and ninety-seven thousand dollars.


During the corresponding week in 1864 the inn
.portations amounted to over six millions one
hundred and twenty-eight thousand dollars.
Year: 1865

The Selma {Alabama) Reporter says The
military ought always to be subordinate to
the5civil authorities exceptiu districts over
run or adjacent to the.enerny. 1t is common
observation with those who are observant of
the signs CT the times, that there is now not
much law in the land and realizing this, all
restraint is being thrown off by the dissolute
and licentious, and the most daring atrocities
perpetrated in the open light of day. We arc
drifting rapidly into anarchy and barbarism,
and unless We bestir ourselves from the stupor
which is a tacit license to crihe and Ioutrage;
such as is stalking abroad unchecked in our
midst, we must suffer consequences too
horrible to contemplate without a shudder:
We.must do something adequate to the ener


gency. if we would purge our commRnity Of
lion headed rascality and its attendant results.


Several atrocities of ofastounding magnitude
have gone unwhipped of justice within fort


night past, and if the sanctity Of law and the
inVioiability Of human rights continue thus to
be tramplcd upon, the day connot be distant
when our cities will be a bodlam from which.
honest people will be compelled to fly as from
Sodom ripe for the descending fires of ofHeaven.
Even now there is but a partial security OF
life for property there is none except bolts
and bars, and these are broken with the
easiest facility. It is plain to see that QUE law
abiding citizens will have to organize them
selves into vigilance. companies for patrol duty
and the other Offices essential TO self protection.
Neither civil or military laws affords the ade-
quate protection, called for under the terrible
circumstances that surround US: the first is
imperative, while the latter is prostituted By
Observation-Disclosures in theland. ..... o.,
We hear almost daily Of men here and else
where being SHOT down in cold blood, without
even the shadow of arraignment or investiga-
! ton, by military orders. This it will never do
to submit to, for such acquiescence in lswiess-
ness involves the absolute ruin Of eur beloved
country. Honest people cannot long respect
q country--mu n itSs will they fight for it
after it is seen that justice is ignored even by
the guardians Of the public veal, and good
men generally lulled into stupefactiou by the
internal vampire which is stealing our. senses
while it fans US to sleep. We are tottering
upon the, brink. of a precipice which will swal-
low, US up unless We spring backward from its
opened jaws! Rogues and aSsassins are mar
shalling in battle array to pillage US under the
cover of midnight, and they will accomplish
their purposes if something be not done speedi-
" to thwart their designs. Are we helpless? If
not, let US wake up at once, and confront our
perils at home ere We suffer our minds to be
diverted by damages that are remote. =.
Year: 1865

TIE CuR1oUs. curious man is necessarily
endowed with many virtues; or at least, his
curiosity stands him in the place Of them.
Industry and perseverance, he must possess in
the highest degree. There is no stone which
truly, curious person will leave unturned, in
order to obtain a bit of intelligence. Queen
Sheba performed tedious pilgrimage merely
to get sight'of King Solomon. Acteon en-
countered cruel death to learn what sort Of
stuffa goddess was made of; or probably to
ascertain whether she was as great prude rs
she pretended. One woman jarnmed herself
into clock-case'to surprise the secrets of the
Freemasons land many man and many .
woman too, have sacrificed the happiness of
their entire life for the mere pleasure of
satisfying, themselves that they were not
loved by their welded life-partner. What a
world of intrigue will truly curious man
bring to bear, for the purpose.of knowing the
contents of your butchers tray, of learning
what news the postnsn brought you this
morning, or of discovering whether you dine
at home or abroad. another quality essential
to the curious man is courage. As all the
world have something to conceal, all the
world have their hands set against him who
would penetrate their secret; and kickings
and cuttings innumerable are the reward Of
that patriotism. which would make itreif o
substitute for Mousus's glass window in the
human breast. .1 -.
Year: 1865

Shooting at slght is:the order Of the day in
Mexico A correspondent of the New York
Herald says that during his short stay At
Matamoras twenty-five men We're shot down
with scarcely the form of q trial for alleged op-
position 20 the Imperial authority.
Year: 1865

FACTS ABOUT MrLK.-Cream cannot rise through great depth of milk. If, therefore, milkis desired to retain it's cream for time, it should be put into deep. narrow dish and fit be desired to free it most completely from cream, it should be put into broad shallow dish, not much exceeding one inch in depth.-- The evolving of cream is facilitated by a rise aud retarded by a fail of temperature. At the usual temperature of the dairy-50 deg. Fah- renheit-a the cream will probably rise in thirty-six hours but at 70 deg. will perhaps, rise in half that time, and when the milk is kept near the freezing point, the cream will rise very slowly, because it becomes soldi6ed. In wet and cold weather milk is,less rich than in dry and warm The season has it's effects. The milk in Spring is supposed to be the best for drinking, and hence it would be best for calves; in Summer it is best suited for cheese, and in

 Autumn, the butter keeping is better than that of summer, the COWS less frequently milked give richer milk. and consequently more butter. .-- The mornings milk is richer than that of eve hing The last drawn milk, the 'strippings, at each milking. and at all times and seasons, is richer than that first mixed which is ever the poorest. 5si,4 ff n @ U
Year: 1865

Last week We gave some facts about our hay crop We now come to what the clergy would call the application or improvement of our sub

 ject. We remark. first, that we did not finish early enough. though we began picking out June 18th. yet June was gone before we had really made a beginning. We cut twice as much that was growing worse as we did that was still improving In favor of early cutting we have the better quality of the hay, it is easi- CT cut, and the rowen is more abundant. On the other hand when it is riper, the labor of curing is less. and the quaL Ltity is greater. But of what use is this greater quantity if you have more than your cattle can eat, even if cut early. The days also are longer in July than in An gust, and men work with more spirit There is less danger of showers in August than in Ju- ly. But taking all things into account we were at least one week too late i ,a, = Second, Let us consider the causes of this delay and the remedy. Late hoeing and other work crowded into the last of June and fore part of July, that could as well. or better, have been done earlier, put us back fully one week. Now we trust our own experience is the same as of many others. and we shall all look out another year to apply the proper remedy. Some will succeed, and others will fail. Corn does as we'll planted the last week in May as earlier, but the hoeing will interfere with the having. We shall try to plant little earlier, and do the hoeing before the grass is ready. rhereare so many disappointments about help. so many other jobs crowd in, that it is not easy to do this even when determined upon most resolute- ly. We carted our hay greener this year than usual, and we shall watch the mows next win ter, to see their condition. There was no water in it. and We expect to find them all right. We have but little signs of excessive heating. It is very provoking and very uppro6table to find smoky. mouldy hay. Upon this head we re- mark thirdly. that hay must be we'll cured and not burnt in the sun and bleached by rain, and dew, but it is best when secured in the cock over night. If raked and put up early while the heat of the sun is in it, it smokes finely in the cock and very often be carted the next day without opening. or by merely turning over.

 Finally Make hay while the sun shines.'-- Be prepared with machines, tools, carts and teams, and allow no other labors to :nterSre, when the weather is right, with the main work of having and harvesting "df1 t+ '"
Year: 1865

4 hoNANrlC STORY OF STRATFORD, CONNEC-

 rIcur, rIcur, That such town as Stratfad should

 afford anything in the way of romantic person

 al hist ories was hardly to be expected but the

 snhioined story is authentic as well as interest ling: At the commencement of the present

 century, a young man made his appearance in

 the village, and spent a few weeks at the tav- ern which then existed to afford shelter to stage coach travellers. Whence he came, and what

 his business was, none could guess. Directly opposite the tavern stood the cottage and forge ofa blacksmith named Folsom. He had a daughter who was the beauty of the village

 and it was her fortune to captivate the heart of the young stranger. He told his love, said that he was travelling incog, but in confidence gave her his real name claiming that be was heir to I a large fortune She returned his love and they were married. A few weeks thereafter the stranger told his wife that he must visit New Orleans he did so, and the gossips of the town made the young wife unhappy by their disagreeable hints and jeers. In a few months the husband returned but before a week had elapsed, he received large bundle of letters, and told his wife that he must at once return to England and must go alone. He took his departure and the gossips had another glorious opportunity to make a conGding woman wretched To all but herself it was clear of T fhn wifi hoo oil fhop

 and for two years lived on in silence and in

 hope At the end of that time letter was re- ceived by the Stratford beauty from her hus- band, directing her to go at once to New York with her child, taking nothing with her but the clothes she wore. and embark in a ship for he,' home in England On her arrival in New York

 she found shit splendidly furnished with eve ry convenience and luxury for her comfort, and two servants ready to obey every wish ehe might express. The ship duly arrived in Eng

 land, and the stratford girl became mistress of superb mansion, and asxthe wife of baron, was saluted by the aristocracy as Lady Samuel Sterling. On the death of her husband, many years ago, the Stratford boy succeeded to the title and wealth of his father, and in the last edition of the Peerage and Baronetage. he is spoken of as the issue of Miss Folsom of Strat

 ford, North America When the late Prof

 Sillilnan visited England some years since, be had the pleasure of meeting Laiy Sterling, at a dinner party, and was delighted to answer her many questions about her birth place in Connectcut.- 1he Ndti0n. 2 t.f \
Year: 1865

Total, .......200.... $50


We we're in musket range while the
battle was ragging-witnessed Gregg's
column as it marched out of the town,
(Gregg himself being about the last man
te leave was on the battle field day
or two after the fght-were in the hos
pitfalls frequently after all the wounded
had been brought iu-and feel confident
that more correct estimate of the loss
on either side cannot now be made.
Year: 1865

The resolutions adopted by the Union
Convention of yesterday are excellent as
far as they go. We endorse every one of
them. The platform is, however, chiefly
remarkable rather for what it omits to say
than for what it ssys. It weakly and tim.
idly ignores the only vital issue of the
dsy-the great question of negro suffrage.
Besides this there is no other live issue on
which parties are divided In lodging
this the Convention has proved itself two
years behind the times, and has inflicted
a bitter disappointment upon all earnest
and thinking Unionists.
Year: 1865

The principal partr er in a leading pro-
vision house is q defaulter to the extent
of half million. He was large operator
in pork during the recent rise. He is sup
posed to have sailed for Europe on Sat-
urdsy. The pspers do not publish his
name.