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Year: 1863

AcTIoN. AcrIoN.-From every part of
the State we hear of Democratic Clubs orr
ganzing, and the people coming together in
spirit of mutual forbearance. and uniting
for the purpose of making fight against
the Abolition enemy. Ttere is no time to
be lost Democrats should 90 to work in
Placer, and organize Clubs in every precinct.
The State election is not far distant and in
the great work of reconstruction much is to
lie done
Year: 1863

The Attack upon CharlestOn--Irs Failure.


We reluctantly report that the attack
upon the Charleston forts is this time a
failure, and that Admiral Dupont has re-
turned to Port Royal The particulars Of
the attack, as received this morning from
q correspondent Of the Tribune, leave no
room to doubt that the report sent North
by the rebels was substantially correct
The feet arrived of Charleston on Monday,
but the attack was not made until the af-
ternoon Of Tuesday. The flagship. the
Ironsides, was unable to advance up the
harbor, and was obliged to anchor below.
This fact doubtless gave rise to the rebel
report that she was disabled. The other
boats advanced to the attack, and for a
time sustained most terrific fire. All of
them were hit many times, and the Keo-
kuk and Passaic were entirely disabled,
while three others Of the ironclads were
partially So The Keokuk suffered most,
being penetrated no fewer than nineteen
times. She fought bravely, and finally
went down with colors flying, all the crew
being saved. The Admiral signalled the
vessels to withdraw, and then decided to
desist from further conflict. Accordingly,
the feet was preparing to return to Port
Royal when the correspondent left the
scene. The damage, however, was not all
upon the side of the Federals, as there
were eleven large holes visible in Fort
Sumter.


His not right for US to judge hastily, at
this distance from the scene, as to the re-
pulse. 1t is certainly to be regretted that
50 long time was taken for preparation If /
nothing was to come oft. It is also un-
fortunate that such complete faith in the |
success of the expedition has been con-
stantly expressed by those who have writ
ten from Port Royal It would have been
better if they had dwelt more upon the /
difficulties to be overcome, that the people |
Of the North might not expect too much.


Whether anything will come of the
movement of land forces toward the rear
of the city, remains to be seen. We hope
there may, but have not great expecta-
tons"
Year: 1863

The Altoona pa, Register tells Of
female just returned to that city, after a
service eighteen months in the army with
out having her sex discovered. She took
part in three battles, and was wounded
twice, first above the eye and then in the
arm, the latter wound compelling her to
disclose her sex.
Year: 1863

The following are extracts from letter
from an ex-engineer of the Cleveland s
Pitisburg Railroad to Mr.. HOvey, Master
Machinist No less than four engineers
from this road are in the same company,
as well as many others from other depart
ments Of the road:


CAMP NEAR LANCASTER, KENTUCKY,
April Sd, 1868


DEAR SIR: We are still above ground,
and are enjoying good health. We have
been having some rather busy times here
of late, especially about the twenty-fourth
of last month. We were attacked at Dan
vile on the Path, and had to retreat to
Heckman's bridge to save our wagon
train, distance of fifteen miles. They
followed US, and it was a kind of a run
ming fight all the way, but after we got
the train safe, we turned on them, and
have been chasing them ever since They
have burned several bridges, one nearit this
place, and they were in such hurry about
it that they left four hundred of their own
men on this side, which were all taken
prisoners. There has been some part OF
our brigade lighting them every day since
the 24th, and have taken any amount Of
prisoners and horses. There were three
hundred prisoners sent in last evening,
and as many horses. The last heard Of
the remainder Of them, they were swim
ming the Cumberland river, and the 44th
and 45th Ohio and Wolford's Cavalry were
close behind them, spurring them up with
cold lead l hardly think they will try
another raid into the State of Kentucky.


The prisoners report the Southern army
in almost a starving condition. They say
they have been three days at a time with
out food, and have had to live on horse
and mule flesh the past winter If such is
the case, can't see how they can hold out
much longer. We have plenty to eat,
drink and wear, are well used and well
paid, and are willing to stay and see it
through My health is good I never en-
jOyed better health in my life. William
son is tough as a knot. The remainder Of
the railroad boys are well, with the excep-
ton Of Bresette-he has lost his speech
He is in the hospital at Lexington, and |
the last I heard from him be was getting
worse hardly think he will ever be |
any better. Let us know how they like |
the draft in Cleveland. Direct to Company |
F, 10th Regiment o. V. l., Lexington,
Kentucky
Year: 1863

nounced that the Union might be restored, and
the Southern States received back again into the
Union, if they would abolish slavery, but on no
other terms. And YOU may depend upon 1t, this
is the corner stone of the Republican" policy,
and it will be set forth and elaborated such in
the Presidents message in December next. OF
course, they know that the South will spurn any
such insult with contempt. But what they mean
Is. that the Union never shall be restored


Who, after this, can fail to see the object of the
Republicans" in causing the war. and the insid-
uous steps by which the Administration people
have been led to support itf Who, after this, can
fail to see that the Administration has violated
the Constitution, overthrown the liberties of the
people. aud changed the form of our government
from republic to military despotism; and that,
while doing this, they have stigmatized as "trai-
tors" and ''Iisloyal," the only men who dared 10
expose and to denounce their treason and their
disloyalty7


The question now is, will the American people
support this war any longer-a war which is at
least avowed to be a war to prevent the restora-
ton of the Union? Or will they not rather de-
mand that the war shall cease, that the President
shall be impeached, and that the Administration
shall be replaced by one which shall have no 9TH
er guide than the Constitution, and whose object
shall be the restoration and preservation of the
Union as il wasl


The more sagacious members of the "Repub
lican" party begin to fear that, if the is car
ried on much longer, we NAV be compelled tn
make peace on the basis of final separation from
the South and acknowledgement of Southern in
dependence. There is now no longer any doubt
that we are on the brink of a war with both
Frasce and England, both of whom. in that
event, will at once espouse actively the cause of
the South Nay. it looks as if we might expect
to hear any moment of the landing of French
army at Mobile and the arrival in Charleston of
the new ConIederateiron clad feet, accompanied
by an English squadron. to break the blockade.


X
Year: 1863

do not justify them. only state fact For
the existence of that fact the President and his
advisers will yet have to answer 1t is they who
have destroyed the Union.


There are some premonitory symptoms of
movement on the part of Gen. Lees army, but
none on that of Gen. Meade. The Confederate
cavalry make reconnoissances in strcng force, al
most daily, to different points along the line held
by Gen. Meade, and thus acquaint themselves ac-
curately with the position and strength of the
Union forces. Their latest dash of this kind
was made TO the left and rear of Gen Meade's
army, and affords a most convincing proof that
the line of the Rappahannock is no place for the
Union forces If they are to act on the defens-
i've, the Washington forts, or, at farthest, the
nights of Centreville, are the place for them to
be. If they are to act the offensive, they can
not do so successfully in the direction in which
they are now acting. Y.
Year: 1863

Cunning Tn IA negro fellow called Bur
we'll, 10 the employ Of A. Lyhrock, was CAP
tured on the street at an early hour yester
day morning, ty air. Page, Of the night
watch, under suspicious circumstances. The
officer seeing the fellow walking away from
u bag and bundle on his approach, arrested
him and took him back, when he discovered
a quantity of glass and glue, which the negro
professed to- know nothing Of Finding that
the officer was about to take him to the cage
Burwell ran Off, but VAS afterwards recap
tured. The Mayor ordered him to he pun
shed
Year: 1863

TIE Night Witch, II they perform their
duty, will have no ciiilds play before them
this winter, because OF the hundreds of
thieves and ianriefers thar have gathered
here ir0m ell quarters Of the Coufederacy to
live by their professions. TO expect my or
sixty men to tramp after these desperadoes
night after night, wet or dry, Is to expect
more than they can perform. They must
have some rest during the night, ard when
they sit down in comfortable place, are
apt to remain there too long, because they
know that they can get q o relief till day. III
larger cities, where eternal vigilance Is ne
cessary, the night police have been divided
into two bodies, onehalf performing duty u
certain number OF hours, the other half then
relieving them. Would not this plan act
well 10 Richmonds Forty men, for half the
night, would perform moro active dnty than
one hundred would for the entire night, {, r
they could then he always moving On their
'.beats,' and burglars would have less chance
of getting of with their stolen plnndcr
Year: 1863

A NOVEL PRoJECT.-Gen. Ben Prentiss, the hero
OF Helena, who was the chief officer in command
at the West when the war lroke out, and who
spent the year after the battle of Corinth in a
rebel prison, breaches novel plan, and one he
would doubtless carry out if he had chance
tic says he would like no better amusement than
to be put In command of ten thousand cavalry
that with this force he could go from Texas to
Richmond, and that when he comes out he will
have thirty thousand mules. with an able bodied
negro on every one. lnaddition he would bring
thousands of fighting Union men. He would
destroy all the rebel communications, and burn
their factories, arsenals and foundries.
Year: 1863

IF all the consequences Of ones acts
are to be laid to his charge, the mau who
invented rocking cradles for children
rests under fearful load of responsible
tiles The downright murder of tens of
thousands of infants, and the weakened
brains Of hundreds of thousands of
adults, are undoubted results Of this in
vention. To rock child in cradle,
or to swing him in cribs, amounts to just
this the rapid motion disturbs the nat
ural flow of the blood, ahd produces stu.
por or drowsiness. Can anybody sup
pose for moment that such an opera
ton is q healthful one? Every one
knows the dizzy and often sickening ef-
feet of moving rapidly in swing; yet
! wherein does this differ from the motion
child receives when rocked in cradle?
1t is equivalent to lying in ship berth
during a violent storm, and that sickens
nine persons out of ten, A very gentle
slow motion may sometimes be soothing
though always of doubtful expediency;
but to move cradle as rapidly as the
swing of pendulum three feet long,
that is once in a second, is downright
cruelty. We always feel like graspine
and staying the arm of mother or nurse
who, to secure quietude, swings the cra-
die or crib with q rapidity equal to that
of pendulum a foot long. If any mo-
thcr is disposed to laugh at our sugges-
tions, or consider them whimsical, we
beg Of her to have bed or cot hung on
cords, then lie down on it herself, and
have some one to swing it with the same
rapdity that she allows the cradle to be
rocked. What she will experience in
both head and stomach is just what the
infant experiences.


We insist that this rocking Of chill
dren is useless habit. IF not acous-
toned to rocking, they will 60 to sleep
quite as we'll when lying quietly, as
when shaken in cradle. If they do
not, there is trouble from sickness or
hunger, or moro likely from an over
loaded stomach and though the rocking
may produce q temporary stupor, the
trouble is made worse thereafter, by the
unnatural means taken to produce quiet
for the timo being -.4mer. AgricWtu-
Ttst
Year: 1863

What blessed day is Sunday to a
man who necessarily catches but brief
glimpscs of home during the toilsome
week who is off in the morning while
little eyes are closed in slumber, nor back
at night till they are again sealed by
sleep. What would he know of the
very children for whom ho tolls were it
not for the blessed breathing rnsrite ef
Sunday? What honest workingman's
,hild will ever forget this day, when,
clean and neat, it is his privilege to climb
papa's knee, and hang about his neck,
and tell him all the news which goes to
make mp his narrow little world. Mar
row. did we say? We recall the word
for it wiaons out into the boundless
ocean of eternity Sunday for the work
ingman's children! So would he have
ia day halle wed by sweet, pure, hone
influences when the little band, quite
complete, shall rest from labor, and Love
shall write it down the blessed day of all
the seven.
Year: 1863

A countryman walking along New
York, found his progress stopped by
barrcade Of lumber.


What is that for p said be to a per-
son in the street.


o, that's to stop the yellow fever


Aye, | have often heard of the board
of health, but never saw one before
Year: 1863

A strong minded woman, up town was
heard to remark, the other day, that she
would marry man who had plenty Of
money, though he was so ugly she had
to scream out every time she looked al
him.
Year: 1863

An EDITOR SOLD The editor of an
English paper was recently presented
with stone. upon which were carved
the following letters. The editor was
informed that the stone was taken from
an old building, and he was requested to
solve the inscription. 1t read,
Year: 1863

We find in the St. Louis Democrat a
letter from gentleman just returned from
Vicksburg, which conveys as vivid an idea
of the situation as anything that We have
seen. We will therefore extract largely.


have been astonished since my return
to hear persons complain that Grant is
doing nothing. They seem to imagine
that Vicksburg is to come down like Jerl-
cho, at flourish of trumpets. The truth
is, the army could hardly he more active
or or the gui oire.


On the 22d May, in order to silence that
cry, Grant hurried the whole column OF the
army upon those breastworks, and 1t
broke as the surge breaks on the rock.
The army has now simply changed Its
tactics 1t has for the time dropped the
bayonet, and taken up the spade. In the
double gloom of the night and the mine.
the army is creeping stealthily forward. A
few evenings since, in company with an
officer of Gen. BentOn's staff, threaded
the length Of one of these approaches.
From previous accounts had imagined
them like those of Leyden, as deep cav
erns, where foes half entombed grappled
in the subterranean darkness. In these
aantlclpations 1 was disappointed. The
famous mine of fancy and OF rumor, turned
out to be simply trench, covered with
cross pieces and earth, in plain view from
the enemy. and simply answering as
Year: 1863

DEFENDING THE PRESIDENT Wash
ington Mteligencer publishes labored
defence of the President against the hard
criticism of the New Yorker who made
him President. Although Mr.. Liccoln long
ago anticipated a quarrel with what he
calls TIE "Greeley faction Expressing
his fears to a Congressional delegation
his yielding to that faction in all things
has been of no avail, and now he is
wounded in the very house of his friends.
His is hard lot indeed, and it is manly
in the Inteligencer thus to defend him
from the "slings and arrows of outrageous
fortune" He has taken up arms against
q sea of troubles. and only by opposing
them, as the true representative of the
nation, can he end them.
Year: 1863

We sat together, YOU and l,


That evening in the month OF june
Beneath the perch; the deep blue sky
Held the sharp crescent of the moon.
So mildly shown her silvery light


On the Smooth lawn it seemed to sleep:
Sweet odors filled the Summer night


From fragrant gardens ankle deep.
The honey-suckle. wet with dew,
Scattered her perfume on the air;
Soft gales from spicy woodlands blew, 4
And toyed each moment with your hair.
And now and then the drowsy herd,


From meadow pastures far and near,
Lowed dreamiy; the startled bird ;


Twittered the while and sweet and clear;
The murmur of the cool, dark stream,


That wood with song the heart of Night
And through the vines truant beam


Of moonlight kissed your neck so white.
l held your tender hand-wc talked


About the future and the past;
Or sometimes down the path we walked


Beneath the lindens; till ut last
The moon sank in the violet east


Gliding the thin clouds as she went;
And on the lawn the shades increased


Till all in doubtful dusk was blcnt.
When suddenly upon the night,


Near where the moon had sunk to rest,
Kindled a strange. mysterious light


Behind the ragged mountains crest.
And up the glittering arch OF blue.


And far across the billOwy plain,
As through the air the meteor flew,


A ball offire with streaming name;
How wildly cleaned your startled eye,


How tight your fingers clasped my hand,
AS slowly in the western sky


1t faded, leaving all the land =
To darkness and the silent stars.


That night, upon my restless bed
I tossed in dreams of cruel wars


And field Of battle strewn with dead
-New York Nercury.
Year: 1863

All, many year ago, dear wife,
We foated down this river,
Where the hoar willows on its brink
Alternate wave and shiver;
With careless glance We viewed askance
The king fisher at quest;
And scarce would hear the reed-wren near,
Who sang beside her nest;
Nor dreamed that e'er our boat would be
Thus anchored and at rest,


Dear love,
Thus anchored and ut rest!
0, many q time the wren has built,
Where those green willows CULVER;
And many time the hawthorn shed
Its blossoms on the river;
Since that sweet moon of sultry June
When l my love confessed.
While with the tide our boats did glide
AdoWn the streams smooth breast,
Whereon our little shallOp lies
Now anchored and ut rest,


Dear love,
Now anchored and at rest!
The waters still to ocean run,
Their tribute to deliver,
And still the hawthorns bud and bloom
Above the dusky river.
Still sings the wren-the water-hen
Still sIips the ripple's crest;
The sun as bright as on that night,
Sinks slowly down to West;
But now our tiny craft is mOored.
Safe anchored and at rest.
Dear love,
Safe anchored and at rest
For this sweet calm of after-days
We thank the BOunteous Giver,
Who bids our. life flow smoothly on
As this delicious river.
A werld-Our .Own-has round us grown,
Wherein we twain are blest;
Our child's first words than songs of birds
More music have expressed;
And all our centered happiness
Is anchored and at rest,


Dear love,
Is anchored and at rest.
Year: 1863

Tn consequence of the great scarcity of salt in the trv and the advantage it would be the conmssarat of the District of Arkansas to more plentiful SUD- ply and four salt will be given in part exchange for bacon and flour, delivered Little Rock. twenty five cents per pound will be paid fr bacon and eight per pound for flour delivered at Little Rock

 Parties delivering bacon flour above, will have the privilege of purchasing salt from the Philadelphia works, upon orders from this oce at per pound and in the proportion of one pound o salt for every five pounds of baco flour delivered.

 The salt is hand at present. and will be retained at Arkadepha for the purpose contemplated above

 N. s. HILL, Ngj and C. s.
Year: 1863

TEE BEST TINE TO STRIKE CUTTINGs.-In
igan. recently, the following suggestions were
made by one of the experienced nurserymen
present, which we print for the benefit of those
not well posted in these matters:


Rose cuttings, generally, are the most sure
to grow Immediately after the Towering is over
for the month. Geraniums grow at any season,
also fuchias, verbenas, and other similar grow
ing plants. Difficult woody plants require TO
have the new wood from which the cuttings
are taken, well ripened to insure growth Pink
pipingS may be cut at any season. Generally
speaking all plants grow more readily just after
blooming, and the best cuttings are taken from
those shoots that have blooms. Usually it is
well to have a small part of the past year's
growth on the cutting. Fuchias grow best from
Young shoots, also heotrope, and verbenas
Oleanders need TO be rooted in water previous
to planting in the earth; the roots are tender,
and should be handled with care. Cactus re-
quire drying for nunber of days before plant
lag; those leaves that have flower buds and
are said to bloom early, and also to continue
Towering annually,


Herbaceous plants root sooner when the
stems placed in water for day Equality
of temperature and moisture is important to
insure success. For this purpose glasses
placed over delicate cuttings; some prefer
clear, Others green glass. Cuttings generally
require partial shading until roots form. The
soil should be firmly pressed to the lowest point
of the shoot, that the air may not penetrate
and dry the embryo roots. Cuttings like the
dew and moonlight, therefore the coverings of
those placed in hot beds should be removed, if
the weather is moderate at sunset The hori-
zontal branches nearest the ground are much
more apt to form roots than the upright ones.
Year: 1863

EsENTINENTs.-Napoleon |. had Taith in
presentiments, "Paul," he observed 10 Count
Montholon, in q conversation on the death of
that Russian Emperor. . was man who had Il
soul, and was accessible 10 noble resolutions
but all bis mora, faults were concentrated by
the restless forebodings of that animal instinct
which ! have so often observed in some of my
bravest soldiers. Iascelles, for example, who
in the middle of the night wrote to me from
byouac on the battlefield of Wagram to ask
me to sign immediately the decree for the trans
mission of his title and his nsajorat of count 10
his wife's son, because he felt that he was about
to fill IN the battle of the ensuing day; and
the unfortunate man was right. Cervoni, who
stood near me at Echmuhl. and now faced can
non for the FIRST time since the war in Italy.
said to me, Sire, you forced mo to quit Mar
settles, which loyed by writing to me that the
cross of tie legion of honor was only to be won
by soldiers in the presence of the enemy. Here
am but this is my last day \ quarter of
an hour afterw rds a ball carried away his
head. Paul was constantly dreamin; of con-
spiracies and aSsassinalions. He had brought
u skillful mechanic from abroad, in order to
make him number of secret passages. by
which he might escape from the different cham
bers which he most frequently used in bis pal
ace There was one man alone who had his
entire confidence, and that was Count Pahen,
Governor of St. Petersburg. and chief director
of the police. He was at supper with the Gen.
eral, the night before his assassination when he
received letter revealing to him the most


minute details, the whole scheme of the con-
spiTacy, and Warning him that the plot was
completely ripe for execution. Some fatality
prevented him from breaking the seal, aud be
thought no more of it when he retired to his
private apartments. Had he opened the letter,
he would have been saved
Year: 1863

DEATK-ssp PHysroLoex.-The reason why the
dying never weep is because the manufactures
of life haze stopped forever the human system
has run down forever; every gland of the sys-
TEN has ceased its functions. In almost all dis
eases the liver is the first mandatory that
stops work; one by one the others follow, and
all the fountains OF lie are at length dried up ;
there is 10 secretion anywhere. So the eye in
death weeps not; not that all affection is dead
TO the heart, but because there is not tear
drop in it any more than there is moisture oa
the lin
Year: 1863

Bragg Is keeping up good front, he is fortify-
ing Atlanta, with the intention of retreating to
that place some dark night This may be so.
but if Bragg does not fight where he is, and
that very shortly, it will be worse for him.