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Year: 1864

From a gentleman just from Whining
ton We learn that the blockade of that
port is as effective as Yankee ingenuity
and an unlimited force Of gunboats can
make it. They have now established
two lines of picket boats in the otting to
give the alarm Of the attempted egress of
biockade-runners, and as soon as the
latter make their appearance, the boats
throw up rockets and burn blue lights.
The Yankee arrangements for block


aiding the port are good, and will hold So
perhaps month longer, when they will
all be swept away by the rude blasts Of
winter This North Carolina coast is, in
winter, the most dangerous in the world; I;
and when winter, sets in the blockaderS
must stand off to sea, or they will in
cvitably be blown ashore and wrecked.
Year: 1864

FEARFUL LEAP AND PROBABLE FATAL
CONSEQUENCES. About two o'clock yes
terday afternoon, man named David
Davis, desorter from the Forty eighth
Virginia regiment, attempted All escape
from Castle Thunder by jumping from
the second story window, in the rear part
OF the building. Instead, however, Of
eliecung his escape, he broke his left leg
above the knee and shattered his law
bone in the fall. The bone to his broken
limb, it is said, perforated the flesh and
stuck into the ground, fastening him so
securely as to keep him in an upright
position till he could be extricated by the
guard He was subsequently taken to
the prison hospital, where surgical at
tendance was procured but, owing to
the character of the injuries received,
very great doubt is entertained of his ul-
innate recovery.


The prisoners in daily association with
Davis assert that he has recently shown
symptoms Of mental alteration of mind,
and that the rash act was committed
while in one of these fits.
Year: 1864

The following, in the Herald, Is given
as the latest from Missouri. After as
serting the recapture of Pilot Knob by
the Yankees, where they found two hun
dred and fifteen of the Confederate
wounded, the account says:


Parties of the rebel Prices forces in the State
now pillagn and conscripting ill the country north
of the Missouri river Price himself, with the main
portion Of his army, is said to be siil at bonneville
The Union troops garlsonn8 several small detached
locations have been withdrawn and concentrated at
Macon In a speech which Price recently made to
the people Of Bonneville he told them that II they
did not now rally to his standard, it was the last
time he would come into the State to relieve
the but that if they came promptly forward 10 his
support. he would remain among them. Stringent
orders relative to the approaching election have been
issued by General Rosecrans.
Year: 1864

SUDDEN DEATH.-Latc yesterday af-
ternoon man named Henry Roberts,
deSerter from the Seventeenth New York
regiment, fell dead while sitting in one of
the front windows at Castle Thunder
around at the time but none of them
noticed his condition till sometime after
wards, when they attempted, as they
supposed, to awake him from a nap of
sleep into which he had fallen. DIR. Up
shur, the chief surgeon in charge, was
called To examine him, and gave it as his
opinion that the death of the deceased
was instantaneous, superinduced by an
affection OF the heart
Year: 1864

MAGIsTRArEs.--In Charlottesville, Virginia, last
week. on a writ Of habedS eJJptts the Of Scye-
raj Justices Of the peace where the Governor had
refused to certify iii favor OF the parties who were


under forty years of age Judge Field discharged
the petitioners from the custody ot the military
lie remarked that justice State officer, ani
pant Of the State that the Confederate Goveln-
mout merely the agent Of the states, and could
not assail the State organization that tho act o'
the Legislature in the premises hot necessary
to bring him to his Judgment i'll tho ease that, in
dependent of it, he would have decided iii the same
way. lie said the act was only persuasive.
Year: 1864

FIRE ALARM. The alarm of fire about
O'Clock last night was caused 10y the
burning Of some wood in the lower part
OF the city. used by battery negroes ior
cooking purposes. They were new arri
walls in the Gig, and had stopped for the
night at that point preparatory to re-
Stunning their journey this morning
Year: 1864

TIE CoRoHER's jury in the case of
Charles T. Cox, who was accidentally
shot in llonrico county on Tuesday last
whilst engaged in sham battle with
party Of boys, rendered verdict that
the said Cox came to his death from
an accidental shot fired in crowd Of
bows in sham battle"
Year: 1864

JOHN VAN buren, FOR MCCLELLAN.


On the evening of Friday, the 7th in
slant, Continental Hall, Philadelphia,
was crowded to overtlowing to listen to
an address from the Hon. John Van
Buren, of New York. A rabid Lincoln
sheet takes the following notice of this
speech:


The speaker commenced by referring
to the fact that in bis own State there
was but little doubt felt respecting the
favorable termination of the election on
Tuesday next favorable to the interests
of the Democratic party. The feeling
towards the present Administration,
among the voters of his State, was such
as to warrant the belief that the State
would be carried by the Democracy by a
triumphant majority.


The speaker then read, much to the
amusement Of the audience, a batch OF
letters to prove that General Mcclellan
had been retarded in his movements
while in command of the army by feel
ings Of jealousy, and that others had
been placed in his position by the pow
ers that be to his detriment. He, Gene
raj Mcclellan, had done all in his power,
said the speaker, to advance the army,
but insurmountable barriers had been
placed in his way to a successful prose
cution Of his plans. He said that two
years ago he had ventured the assertion
that if General Mcclellan should be no
minated for the Presidency he would
vote for him; he was glad that soon he
would have an opportunity to fulfill this
pledge.


We are here tonight, said the speaker,
to judge of the past acts of President
Lincoln's Administration, and are ready
to say that, during the four Years of his
term of service, enough evidence has been
given to the people of the Union to prove
his inability to govern great nation. -
Said he, after this lapse Of time we had
ourselves still involved in conflict with
the people Of the South, without any
hope of a speedy termination of the con
tlict, and We may look forward with con
tidcnce to further drafts upon the people
to supply our armies if the present party
in power gain the ascendancy. He here
put the question to the audience, whe-
ther they desired this state of things to
continue, to which number of voices
responded NO no." But, said he Mr.
Lincoln's Administration is soon to close,
and that of General Mcclellan will then
commence; then We may look for peace,
prosperity and happiness as people,
The speaker continued at some length,
and closed amidst the cheers of all pre-
sent
Year: 1864

The Rutland Herald says that Col. Grant
has written to NJ j. Dudley that three-fourIhs
of the 5th Regiment have re-enlisted and that
the regiment might soon be expected home on
thei. thirty days furlough. Efforts were be-
ing made in the other regiments of the Brig
ade TO secure the requisite number Of re-en-
listments, and with good prospect of success.
1t is almost certain that the 4th and 9th viii
re-enlst, and in all probability the rest of the
Brigade, so that the whole Vermont Brigade
may be expected to return home together af-
ter its service of nearly three yeais In this
case all the members Of the Brigade will have
furlough of thirty days and will then prob
ably spend another month at their rendezvous
in re-organizing their regiments before they
return to the field.
Year: 1864




The following Card from the Directors Of
the Maiden Bank should be generally read
and the description of the bills should be
noted by all business men:


The fearful tragedy enacted at the Maiden
Bank and the robbery Of portion Of its funds
seem to demand the following authorized
statement Of the Directors Of the institution /:


Mr. Merrill, the cashier of the Bank, on
leaving the building, placed in the hands Of
the assistant cashier, Mr.. Frank Il. Converse,
five thousand dollars in bills of the Maiden
Bank, and this sum comprises the whole a.
mount obtained by the robbers. All the
other valuables and specie of the Bank were
locked securely in a fire. proof safe situated
within the vault, and the cashier had the key
in his own possession. OF the money stolen
$4,000 was In one hundred dollar bills of the
Maiden Bank. near $500 in bills of smaller
denominations of the same Bank, and one
hundred dollar bill, two twentes, and ten
of the Exchange Bank Of Boston. The bills
Of the Bank will continue to be redeemed as
usnal at the Bank Of Mutual Redemption
But few one hundred dollar bills are in eircu-
lation and no more will be issued at present,


The public are informed that sum equal
to twice the amount stolen has been reserved
by the bank from its earnings, sfter paying
all dividends, so that the stability of the bank
is in no way impaired by the robbery.


10 the afflicted parents and relatives Of the
estimable young man, whose life has been in
humanity sacrificed while In the faithful dis
charge Of the duties and trusts committed to
his care, we offer our heart felt sympsthies.


DIREcroRs OF the MALDES BANK,
Year: 1864

The second lecture of winters course was
delivered in the Village Hall last (Wednes-
day evening, by Rev C. c. Parker Of Water
bury. His subject was scholarship, it's
purposes end rewards" 1t is not our pur-
pose to give a condensed report of his lee
ture, but simple synopsis Of it may not be
amiss.


He explained it to be the object Of scholar
ship to- call out the mind 1t is the duty Of
man to become all that God ordained him to
be, even if he were alone in the rational
universe Of God but he is not alone, and
while the lower orders Of life work only by
blind instinct, he has the advantage Of all the
light of reason, and should therefore use il.


It is not necessary that he should get
scholarship from books alone. or from any
prescribed course but from somewhere it is
his duty to gather it.


Mans greatest original gin from God is
mind, and he is debtor to the world to the
extent Of his capacity.


No other power is equal to the power Of
learning. as the history of the world will
show aud scholars have been the champions
Of religion, civil liberty. science and art IN
all ages 1t is the wise man. be he rich or
poor, that saves the CITY


BY every consideration it is mans duty
both ~ himself and to the world, to make
the most of what God has given him.


Under the head of 4" remarks" be consid

cred that scholarship blesses it's possessor
more than any other thing save purity Of
heart.


There are three kinds of aristocraoy of
wealth, of power, and of mind, and that of
mind is the only real one


The scholar not only rejoices IN present
knowledge, but he is constantly progressing.
aud the triumph that he feels in each advance
ment is happiness itself Calico rose in
triumph above the weight that crushed him,
in the exclamation 1t moves, though -
Kepler could proudly afford to wait century
for a reader if God could wait six thousand
years for discoverer, and Franklin felt that
il would have been sweet to die the moment
that be realized that he had brought the
lightnings down. Every scholar realizes these
triumphs somewhat in course Of study.


But the scholar finds his highest pleasure
in his increased facilities for doing good -
That is the high object of all education, and
should be the firm purpose Of every scholar.
He regarded the beginning of all knowledge,
the fear Of the Lord, and closed with eloquent
iujunctions to the young 70 get knowledge
and use il for The great purpose OF life.


The lecture was pronounced by all very in
teresting and highly instructive The audi
enee was tolerably large and highly respect
able, and fter few senseless boys had
Withdrawn, the Speaker held the house in
silent and satisfied attention. Our people
have become convinced that these lectures
are really ian institution" and all classes
are being profted and pleased by them.


The next lecture will be delivered by Rev.
F. W. Shelton OF Montpelier, on Wednesday
evening The 3Oth inst.
Year: 1864

CHANGE or TME.-The Western Diyision
Street Railway Company have determined that In
future tho cars on Halsted street and Blue Island
Avenue, Gha11 leave State street every twenty min
utea, Instead Of every half hour ~ previously.
Year: 1864

! wait and watch before my eyes


Methinks the night grows thin and gray
| wait and watch the eastern skies
To see the golden epears upr Sc


Beneath the orifame of day.
Like one whose limbs are bound in trance,


l hear the Gay sounds swell and grow,
And see across the twilight glance,
Troop after troop in swift advance,


The shining ones with plumes of snow
know the errand of their feet,


know what mighty work is theirs;
] can but lift up hands unmeet,
The threshing floors of God 10 beat,


And speed them with unworthy prayers.
I will not dream in vain despair


The steps of progress wait for me;
The puny leverage of a hair
The planets impulse well may spare,


a drop of dew the tided sea.
The loss, if loss there be, is mine,


And yet not mine if understood;
For one shall grasp and one resign,
Cne drink liies use, and one its wine,


And God shall make the balanceigood.
Oh, power to do ; oh, bafled will.


Oh, prayer and action We aro one;
Who may not strive, m-y vet fulfill
The harder task of standing still.


And good but wished with God Is done
Year: 1864

@A A lady who had read of the ex
tenslye mandatory Of odometers to tell
how far carriage had run, said she
wished some Connecticut genius would
invent an instrument to tell how far
husbands bad been in the evening wher
they just step down to the post Office.
Year: 1864

Carolina passed the second extra session of the
General Assembly, 1861.


SEC s. Be it further enacted, That the Surgeon Gen.
by and with the advice and consent OF the Gov
ernor, may appoint surgical boards, not exceeding
three composed of physicians EACH who shall de-
clare by their certificates those persons who shall be
exempt from service under the act 10 which this is
amendment on account of mental or physical disab
ty ana they shall receive the pay of their rank and
travelling expenses to be determined by the Adjutant
General.


SEC 6. Be it further. enacted, That the Guard for
home Defence should they be called into service'by
the Governor shall receive the pay, ratons and
allowances as soldiers in the Confederate oafes ser
vice. and shall be subject to the rules and articles OF
war of the Confederate States.


SEC I. Be it further enacted That when tie pressure
of public danger shall not prevent the Observance OF
such rule the said Guard for home defence shall not
be called into service masse, but by drafts If num-
ber of men from each convenient company so as to
make up the aggregate force required


Sec Be it further enacted, That this act snail he
force and take effect from and after its rahcaion


Read three times and ratified in General Lsspmby,
this the 14th day of December, A. D.. 1863.
Year: 1864

Mr. YATES: Having been asked by persons in several
companies from his County and numerous citizens,
myself candidate for PeIection to the next
Legislature in the Commons, have consented to do
So Whilst there has been much said about filling the
offices with beyoud the military age, il is due
myself and to the people for me to state that am
within the military age, bnt it is well known to all
who know personally, that have been an invalid
for the last six years and entirely unfit for military
service. will further state, that have been before
examining board and discharged. But, whilst
have been able 60 to the army have endeavor-
ed to discharge my duty faithfully as citizen and
representative, and will be content with the decision
of the people upon my merits. A C0STNER.


June 6. 1864
Year: 1864

TO obtain any of these letters the applicant must
call for advertised letters" give the date Of this
list and pay one cent for advertising.


If not called for within one month, they will be
sent to the Dead Letter Once.


Place the postage stamp on the upper right hand
corner, and leave space between the stamp and
direction for post marking without interfering
with the writing.


"A request for the return Of letter to the writer
printed with the writer's name, post onioe, and
face side, will be complied with at the usual pre-.
paid rate of postage, payable when the letter is
Year: 1864

The withdrawal Of LOngstreet from East
Tennessee and Of the troops in the vicinity
of Charleston, shows that since the scces-
sion Of General Grant to the military SUI
premsey, the problem of wsr has been
changed. Before that time it was thought
that the decisive struggle of the war
would be in the West. Possibly this would
have been more desirable than the present
formidable movement about to be inRugu-
rated against Richmond. Some few weeks
ago, the Richmond Examiner declared the
possession Of their capital Of vital impor-
tsnce. "If it is taken, like a great food
through broken dyke, the enemy will
penetrate the Southern land" Recent
Southern papers give evidence that the
Autter Of anxiety has already begun. The
constant calls for troops and the persistent
bossting of Grants iBfsriority are both
evidences that they regard the new move
ment of Grant with great alarm. 1t is
probable that Grant can bring 200, 900 meR
to bear upon the doomed city. If $4,000
Of them could be used in North Corolins
to cut off all communication with the rebel
espitsl, Lees army would be compelled to
leave its strOnghOlds in Virginia and fight
without the immense advantages he now
has. We trust that the bloody ground Of
Virginia may yet be the scene Of the last
and best triumphs of the Republic in its
struggles with treason.
Year: 1864

A Needed Reform in the Schools Of New


York.


The recent agitation in New York city
in regard to the character and manage
ment Of the public schools, is working
reformation in public sentiment. OF all
Offices that shonld not become objects Of
political intrigue and corruption, that Of
Director Of public school should be the
last. But the fact is that in cur large
cities the control Of public schools is often
placed in the hands Of men who have nei-
ther the moral nor intellectual fitness for
their important charge. Though it is sell
dom these positions have been used as in
New York city for debsucbing the women
employed as teachers, they are often man
aged with narrow prejudice and psrsi-
mony wholly unworthy Of The important
character Of the position. Ignorant and
immoral men should be kept out Of School
Boards as the greatest evil that can befsll
them. Men who look upon their positions
in School Boards as chances for making
money out of the salaries, or out Of the
authors and publishers of school books
deserve to be branded with public
scorn. II the evils cannot be remedied al
the polls, we think our own Legislature
might we'll initiate the action Of the New
York Legislature, and take school office
out Of the domain Of political strife.
Year: 1864

We should infer from the summerssult-
ing Of our Bank street cOteDporary, that
it is versed in the srt Of tumbling. In q
very interesting dissertation on Cab, last
evening, the gymnsst Of the Herald de-
nounces Miss Anna Dickinson, as apetulant
and fault finding, scOlding everybody"
She takes Superficial view of the eondi-
ton Of our country and very shallow
measurement Of the issue at stake" This
original and severe view Of Miss Anna
is really quite entertaining. We remem-
Der that but a few weeks ago the Herald
thought the LEADER conservative, and
scolded because we did not like Miss D s
style of handling grave and important
questions We are glsd to chronicle the
conversion Of the Herald from the error Of
its ways. We are glad 10 see it '.not yet
converted to woman on the rostrum." Has
our neighbOr memory that lasts but tive
months Osis editorial summerssulting
an amusement In which our Bank street
aConservstive" regularly indulges in II
50, the Public should not forget that semi
monthly entertainments in aerObstios are
s regular feature of the Herald. The ofi-
cisl announcement Of these equilibristic
performances win be an additional sttrac-
ton for its readers. OF Monsieur BlOn-
din fhou arE ouEUitfed
Year: 1864

There is something exceedingly melsn-
eholy in the accounts which are given Of
the custom Of eourtship in Greenland.
Generally, women enter upon the blessed
estate with more willingness and less So
lieitude than men. The women Of Green
land are an exception to this rule. A
Greenisnder, having fixed his affections
upon some femsle, scqusints his parents
with the state Of his heart. They apply
to the parents Of the girl, and if the parties
thus far are agreed, the next proceeding is
to appoint two female negotistors, whose
duty it is to brosch the subject to the young
lady. This is matter Of great tact and
deliosoy. The lady ambassadors do not
shock the young lady to whom they are
sent by any sudden or abrupt sVowsl Of
the awful subject Of their mission. In
stead Of doing this, they launch out in
praise Of the gentleman who seeks her
hand They speak, plsy, or interrupted
in their chosen 6musements by the waning
light, sre unconsciously attracted to her
side by the cheerful freside's glow The
days boisterous mirth is subdued, and The
troubles and disappointments Of the day
are softened or forgotten in this charmed
hour. Motherly admonition is then mort
tenderly given, and more gently received


and the little secrets and confessions


which might shrink from daylight, sTG
now conhdingly poured in the loving ear
Year: 1864

WAsHINcToN, May 24--A special to the
Post says the attempt which will be made in
the Senate to strike out the $500 exemption
clause in the enrolment act will probably
tail in the House


There is some prospect that Senator Will
sons proposition to draft men for a single
year will be adopted.


The Arkansas question assumes an i'm
portant phase A Senator and Representa-
tive from that State are claiming admission to
seats


Better news have been received here fro IN
Little Rock, within day or two.
Year: 1864

At tie time Of voting, the elector must &c
clare his name. and the name Of the county and
town. or city and ward. in which he resided at
the time Of his entering the military service
and also the number Of the regiment and COM
panv to which he belongs, and these must be
written down by the clerk on the poll books,
as above shown. Each clerk shall keep poll
book, so that there NAV be 4 double list ofvo-
tegs. The electors shall deliver their ballots TO
Que o, the inspectors. who shall deposit them
in the ballot box; but 10 electOr shall vote at
the same election at two different polls and
for no officers except such as are provided for by
section three and the other provisions Of this
act


Src. 16. Any person offering to vote may
be challenged as unqualified, by either of the
INSPECTORS, or by any person who is an elector
in this State; and it Is the duty of each Of the
inspectors to challenge any person offering 70
vote whom he knows, or suspects not TO be Gu
! ly qualified.
Year: 1864




The rebel cruiser Georgia had announced for sale
at Liverpool by private treaty The crew were paid and
the stores sold at auction.


The case OF the pirates OF the schooner j. l.. Gerey
argued In the Court OF Queens Bench, London, on
the oath OF May Counsel for the prisoners moved that
they be discharged tho ground that they had been
committed for piracy i,e centrum, which is not within
the treaty statute Lengthy arguments wore made in
support OF this and In behalf OF the American govern
against IT, and they not concluded when the
court rose.


The Court OF Queens Bench, on the 25th OF May, de
liyered Judgment in the case Of the pirates OF the
schooner j. L. Gerety The Chief Justice was OF the
opinion that the ought to be committed for piracy,
with view TO heing given up to the federal govern
ment The two other Judges were OF contrary opinion
They did not consider that II was case which came
within the act and the treaty, and said that the pri
soners entitled TO discharge.


The prisoners were consequently liberated.