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Year: 1862

had been required to vacste, were occupied by
generals-and their butter fly staff officers


There are several hundred sick and wounded
men here and yet, if / am correctly informed
the surgeons did not brig with them single
cot, bedsack, sheet, or towel or a solitary
change of clothing for the wounded SINE Of
the men are now lying on a scant supply Of
straw, with foul blanket over them, VINO are
otherwise as naked IS when they first came into
the world The little clothing they had was
torn eff when their wounds wers dressed, and
it's impossible to recover their knapsacks after
they were wounded. But for a few cots in the
York hospital, (which is very well kept,) said
to have been lett there by the enemy the cor
diti0u Of such of the wounded AZ could not get
into private DOuses Is as depiorsble as it can De-


The surgeons were late in arriving here, and
were equally slow, as you have seen, in report
ing after they had arrived. The agents of the
Georgia relief and hospital sssoCist on reached
WaUentCn with their supplies nearly week
in advance Of the surgeons sent up from Il ch
mond. The same IS tue as to this place. Ia
less than twenty-foUr hours after their arrival
here (the time required for some of the govern
menI surgeons to arrange their toilets and re-
port for duty,) they had visited every hospital
D. the town, gathered up many OF the wounded
from their State, dressed their wounds, furnished
them with change of clothing, and gone TO

work to secure separate hospital buildings for
their accommodation. Why cannot the govern
ment surgeons show equal activity and hu-
mainly


Oae thing has impressed NE mere painfully
than all others connected with the army. l.
the little concern which the government, its
officers and surgeons show for Tie preservation
Of the lives Of their troops. A great parade is
made over a single pises of artillery captured
from the enemy and yet what IS such q trophy
compared wish the life of an sble-bjdisd man,
even when considered as to its military vaid5
We have none too many men in the South thai
we should be so di5regsTdful Of he. The
whole country is interested IN the life and health
Of every man in it, and if some Of the energy
displayed in forcilg feeble and unhealthy con
scripts iutO service, were shown 10 tsking care
Of tEc sick and wounded, the army would be all
the better for it. a planter who would take as
little care of the heslth Of his slaves as the gov
eminent does Of its soldiers, would soon have
none to care for. while be would BE- driven out
Of the community by his indignant neighbors.


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Year: 1862

Gold is said to have been discovered in
the brick clay which underlies the city Of
Philadelphia to such an extent as to war
rent the belief that in the ten square miles
area occupied by that city there is ten
times more gold in the clay than has been
found in California. The experiments
with the clay were made under the direo-
ton OF an officer Of the United States
mint
Year: 1862

(which is the most solemn and awful
moment of a naval battle ?" asked q lady
of a naval officer The moment before
the battle commences, madame, when they
sprinkle sand on the decks to Absorb the
blood that is soon to fow," replied tho
officer
Year: 1862

Poverty breeds wealth; and wealth in
its turn breeds poverty The earth to
from the mound is raked out OF the ditch;
and whatever will be the heiSh. CT ona
will be the depth of the other.
Year: 1862

dying struggles, alone in her room. Be
fore she retired she felt dreadful sick
ness, having swallowed some OF the juice,
but she had used it so long that nothing
was thought Of her complaint until, alas!
it was too late.-Arkdnsas paper.
Year: 1862

There is a growing uneasiness in official
circles, in reference to the complications
which threaten to grow out of European
Intervention in Mexico. Such interven-
ton in the political affairs of any part of
this continent, it is very generally feared,
must sooner or later draw the United
States into collision with the intervening
Powers. How it is to be brought about,
or what precise shape or form it will take,
nobody of course can foresee with certainty.
The American policy known as the Mon
roe doctrine has undoubtedly become
fixed idea of the American people Tho
for years a dogma of the Democratic party
only, the proposition that no European
lish its political system alongside of us, to
the exclusion of more popular forms of
government, is adopted by the people at
large, and the Administration of to-day, as
freely as it was maintained few years ago
by single political school. think it will
be found, when prudence will admit of its
publication, the fact will appear that Mr..
Seward has protested against the proposed
intervention, and intimated that if we do
not make our protest more vigorous and eff
fective at the present time it is only be-
cause we cannot consent to be diverted
from the paramount struggle at home x :


England, it is fully believed here, has al
ready occupied Matamoras, in Mexico If
this shall prove true, the purpose of such
occupation is too transparent for disguise.
tits totally unnecessary for any avowed
and honest aim of the British government
and looks to illicit intercourse with Browns
vile, Texas, on the opposite bank of the
Rio Grande, through which England may
supply herself with the very large stock of
cotton now in Texas, paying for it in COM
modities for which the rebels are in great
distress. Matamoras and Brownsville are
forty miles from the sea; of course our
blockading squadron will be quite unable
to intercept this illegal trade. One can
hardly overestimate the important aid and
comfort which the public enemy will de-
rive through this channel Besides, foreign
goods will be taken from Matamoras, by
British enterprises, into the interior of
Mexico, and thence smuggled across the
boundary, even if we have possession of
Brownsville and were able to prevent their
landing in that immediate point.


All this the Administration foresaw long
ago, and expected to check it, as we'll as to
create a great Union State in western Texas
by the California expedition, and their
plans were defeated by the cry of ''specula-
ton" and ''jobbery' by the very men whose
duty it was to see that corruption and job
berry should be checked and defeated with
out defeating at the same time important
measures of the public policy Washing
ton Cor S. F. Bulletin.
Year: 1862

HEAVY Loss OF STOCK.-Mr Hersper-
ger, who lives on the Sacramento river, in
Sutter county, Cal, has experienced very
severe losses in stock on account of the late
freshet. He had six thousand head of sheep
and 400 head of cattle on his ranch, and the
sudden rise of the waters made it impossi-
bic for them to remove them. He has
consequently been compelled to keep them
all on about 200 acres of land, that being
all the dry land in his neighborhood. He
has fed all the hay or grain he had or
could purchase, and as a last resort was OBJ
liged to charter the steamer 'Vasalia,' to
transport them to this place, where he can
get access to the hill lands. Over 100 head
of his cattle have already died from cold and
want of water and the loss of sheep will
be still greater in proportion. Three barge
loads have already landed here, to the num-
Der of 5000, and it is distressing to see
them-abour 200 having died here and on
the trip down. The road to the foothills,
where he is driving, is lined with the poor
animals, which, exhausted, lie down and
die on the route. The loss in stock from
these freshets cannot be estimated. At
least one-third of the stock of the State
must have perished-this being only one of
the instances of loss and of the mildest
type.-Knights Landing NeroS
Year: 1862

"Big, and the but end, by all MEANS"
says one. "Cut potatoes, if you want to
economize," says another. 1t is Of no
consequence" says fourth.


There is great variety Of practice
which shows that this very useful vege-
table will bear more abuse than almost
any other crop grown upon the farm
The writer has tried almost all methods
and has settled down upon whole pota-
toes, an inch TO an inch and half in di-
ameter, as, on the whole, the most desir-
ablo for seed, taking into account the i'm
mediate crop and the future welfare of
the tubers. If we look merely at the
immediate crop, we can doubtless get
more from given amount Of seed to cut
them into single eyes, than 10 plant them
whole. But we have very strong suspi-
cion that this cutting weakens the slami-
ma Of the plant, and if followed up with
any variety for long series of years wo'd
run IL out. We ought to follow such a
method, if we can discover it, as will keep
the plants in the highest health, and make
the crop sure and remunerative. We
have grown good potatoes from the small
est seed, half inch or less in diameter,
but it was only upon very rich soil and
with extra care. The objections to using
large potatoes whole, are the extra ex-
pense for seed, as it requires from twelve
to fifteen bushels to the acre, and the
over stocking of every hill tending to pro-
duce great many small potatoes. The
medium size removes these objections,
furnishes just about seed enough, stocks
the bills sufficiently, and preserves the
health of the plants. This practice we
have followed for several years and on the
whole, it gives the best reults.


If we admit the theory to be correct
on which the practice is founded, il would
not follow that it would in every case pre-
serve the crop from disease. Almost ev-
cry variety has been subject TO cutting
and to disease for many years, and no
one can be perfectly sure that he plants
sound, healthy tuber if the size is eve
rything desirable. If the constitution
has been weakened 10 any way it is much
more likely to be injured by the hot, wet
weather of August, than n strong plant
would be. The universal prevalence of
the rot is probably owing quite as much
to the treatment Of seed, as to soil and
climatic in1uences.-American Agricul-
turist, March.
Year: 1862

A YOUNG lady complains to us that
certain lawyer of her acquaintance does
Mt stick to his profession. We don't
know whether she means his profession
Of law, or some profession made to her.
Year: 1862

A DISTINGUISHED divine on a GER
tain occasion while preaching with his
usual eloquence and power said: " Breth-
rem, | sometimes illustrate my subject in
this Manner" and putting his handker-
chief to his nose, blew blast loud enough
TO wake the seven sleepers. That was
not the intended illustration but some of
his hearers thought it was.
Year: 1862

Correspondents will confer a great
favor on us by leaving their communica-
tions for inspection at our leisure. We
have no time to hear communications
read over by their authors We are al
ways glad to hear from any one who has
a fact to impart or thought to suggest,
and hope to hear often from those who
can contribute to the public information.
Year: 1862

We need not soy anything to deepen the
interest OF the following letter (says the Gin
cinnati Etquirer), received by yesterdays
mail, from one of the most respectable houses
in the interior of Tennessee. If aught were
wanting to infuse new strength and vigor
into the efforts of our Government and peo-
pie to crush out this unholy rebellion, it is
the disclosure of such facts and feelings as
are here exhibited. Who will consent to
leave the true men in the seeded States un-
protected by the strong arm of the Union,
to which their best wishes aud hopes have
clung through the dark days Of rebel do
minion
Year: 1862

A large mass of correspondence was
found at General Zollicoaer's headquar-
ters after the capture of his camp, por-
tions of which contain important admis-
sions as to the prevalence and extent of
the Union feeling in East Tennessee
We reprint some letters of great interest:
Year: 1862

A SUGGESTION FOR THE SoIpIERs.-The
captain of the barge in an Oxford boat race,
just as they are starting, gives each rover a
little slice of lemon to hold in his mouth. He
knows the philosophy; anything in the mouth
that promotes the flow of saliva and keeps the
throat moist answers as well or better than
drink, which often, in quantities. weakens the
stomach. physician, who understood these
things, used in his long drives to take Glove
IN his mouth, instead of drinking frequently as
his inclination would have led him to do. The
advantage of cloves is that they contain much
in little space, and do not lose their strength.
For the soldier they would be peculiarly use
fui, since they are aromatic, stimulating. and
astringent, which last quality would tend to
counteract that tendency to irritation of the
bowels which is the bane of the soldiers life.
Halfa-dozen day are enough; one Glove may
remain in the mouth for hours
Year: 1862

TIE EAGLES SwooP.-An eagle will
only carry off such objects as he can seize
in sweeping by. He will not descend to
any spot of ground unless he can leave it
again describing the same bold curve with
which he came. He will not risk being
hemmed in within narrow limits. An
open field is indispensable to him for his
tactics. The object must be freely ex


posed. or he will hardly venture to try
to make it his own. As swallow rushes
down in curve to catch the insects hov.
ering over the pond, and upward again on
high, in his flight describing an elIpse, so
does the eagle, and thus only, sweep down
to seize a lamb or other animal. II must
be swept off the ground in full flight /; it
must be caught up at once without any
hindrance; there must be ample room
and verge enough" for him to continue his
easy flight, or the eagle will prefer not to
break his fast, and refrain from attempting
that by which he may come to grief
Protection is thus afforded many a crea-
ture that would otherwise never be safe
from so formidable an enemy. A small
bush ia sufficient guard against his attack;
for he always takes heed not to approach
places where he may get his talons entan-
gled, and be held fast, or not have suffi-
cient space for the movement Of his
wings. But for this fear of getting into
difficulty, he would feast oftener and fast
more rarely than he does.


1t light seem that, with his keencss of
vision and speedy locomotion, he need not
long be in want of n meal that in rang
ing over an entire principalty or a duke
dom, he surely would be able to find some
game or other. And he doubtless does
see enough that would answer his purpose


well, but nothing c:Tactiy in the situation
that makes it advisable for him to attempt
to bear it off. There are lambs below in
the meadow, but they have instinctively
become aware of their impending danger,
and have crowded together in one dense
mass, with-th ewes outside or they
have all taken shelter beside slipping
bank, or beneath tree, or alongside of a
hedge. None Of these positions suit the
eagle. In the mountains the chamois do
the same, or they stand sideways, press
ing close against the rock here the eagle
cannot get near them, for fear of injuring
his wings Sometimes, too, they will
take shelter around or under large frag-
ment of stone, determined to defend them
selves to the last; but into warfare of
this sort the eagle has no intention Of en-
tering. Among those stones and clefts
may lurk danger he cannot see and had
not calculated on so he leaves them, how.
ever unwillingly, to look elsewhere for
kid, in situation so exposed that, with
out stop or stay, he may clutch it as he
skins by within foot Of the gronnd.-4
And SO he often knows the pangs of hun.
ger. 1t is only when driven to extremity
that an eagle will descend upon the earth
and battle his prey. 1t is contrary to, his
instinct to do so. The air seems to be his
peculiar element, and earth an unconge-
nial spot, and, moreover, full of pitfalls;
it is. too, rendered doubly dangerous by
being the abode Of man OF him the eagIs
has, in common with all wild animals, an
insurmountable dread.-F1rsst Crsgtaifsa.
Year: 1862

unless this rebellion ceases. We can
parley no longer with treason; its fate
must be made terrible warning for all
time to come. 1t required long
struggle to bring these convictions to
me, but they are the deliberate and
solemn admonitions Of my duty to my
countrymep, and the cause Of freedom.
Year: 1862

Il


"A Key West letter to the Boston Journal con-


tains the following THAT the rebels antici.


pate speedy peace is evident from the fact that


an officer Of the steamer R. R. Cuyler, when in


Havana few days since, met friend, who Rad
recently read letter addressed to sea captain
in Nassau by the owner Of the vessel which he
commanded, prominent merchant in Charles.
ton, s. G. The captain wrote to his owner for
advice as to what to do with the ship. In reply
the Charlcstonian sad-'Do nothing; peace will
be declared in less than sixty days" This state
ment, coming as it does from the very fountain
head Of the rebellion, is certainly significant, and
taken in connection with the reports made here
almost daily by persons from the South, goes far
to confirm the opinion expressed day or two
since by Flag Officer McKsan, who said that three
months would end the war. God grant his words
may prove true"
Year: 1862

q Frisnd Clsgget., Of the Keokuk Consttu
tion devotes more than column to the small ar
ticle Of fifteen lines on currency printed in this
paper the other day, and takes occasion to ask
US several questions touching law, finance, pa.
per money, coin, &c. We refer him back to
that article. II his questions are not answered
in that he can infer that we cannot answer them
We said all We had to say and ventilated all our
stock Of knowledge in that short article, and If
We know ourself. as We think We do, we shall
not bore our readers with any repetitions or re-
iterstions. He is entirely welcome to have il
all his own way. In the mean time if he is really
anxious for Information on currency and finance
be is certainly in fair way of acquiring il prsc-
tically. If he continues year in the newspaper
business he will learn good many things that
win be Of use to him il he survives And this is
the only kind of teaching that will ever reach his
Year: 1862

We have the news Of the unconditional sur
render Of the Rebel forces at Island No TO-
Commodore Foote run the blockade with two oi
his Gunboats and several transports, probably
attacked the enemy in front and rear, and thus
made quick work of the siege. UP to the time
of writing, we are unable to get any particulars,
the line being. a. usual, out Of fix. II any thing
comes it will be found in the proper place.
Year: 1862

The plants will usually be ready for this op-
Grafton about the last of May or first of June.
They should be put out during or just after q
shower, or if this cannot be obtained the bed
should be soaked with water, and the plants


The best tobacco is grown upon rich light
loamy land, such as is recently brought under
cultivation. 1t requires q warm mild season,
with clear, bright weather in the latter stages of
Its growth to be of finest quality.
Year: 1862

Pure seed being very important, it is highly
necessary to 60 into tbe field and pull out all
weeds that show themselves The wild mustard
and other weeds are very easily distinguished
when in bloom. With a little labor at the pro.
per time all weeds may be taken out, and the
seed left clean and pure
Year: 1862

their deputed guardians, and no State
has been drafted which has furnished
anywhere near the same proportion of
troops that Iowa had to her population,
aud in some Of them nine mouths vol
unteers have been received. If there
if 10 be a draft, let it. be fair: aud give
vary State an equal show. Anything
less than this is simple outrage upon
|, the rights Of the State, which is to be
hoped our Representatives in Congress
will resist if the G overnor does not.


Again, there are several skeleton
regiments from Iowa in the field, which
are composed principally of officers
drawing large pay. Why not consoli
date these regiments and appoint meri-
torious officers Of their pumber to va
canoics in other regiments Thus the
regiments could be filled up, the ex.
pense greatly lessened in proportion to
the effective force, and the State be
saved the disgrace and injustice of a
draft.


1t is true such a course might not
seem as polite to a politician who
should have power to make officers, if
not to unmake them. Holding over
State Senators and probably they will
be members of the House, have friends,
and they must be looked after by the
powers that be and expect to be.


But the people see through all this,
and despise it from the bottom Of their
hearts, and all parties will unite in
heaping odium upon any man, or set
Of men, who care more for themselves
than the State, and who would not raise
a hand to protect her honor and avert
her ruin. Iowa.
Year: 1862




We are rejoiced to observe that the
subject of drafting in Iowa is being ex-
tensively aired in this State. The fact
is: Iowa has already furnished more
troops in proportion to her population
than any other State in the Union, and
should not be required to send another
man TO the battle field until other
States furnish their quotas. Wo hope
every paper in the State will take an
interest in the matter and not suffer
any outrageous imposition from the
Government. We mean to have the
subject fully discussed, if possible, and
we believe it is possible. We clip the
following from the Keokuk Cute City.
Read it carefully, fellow citizens


It is a notorious fact that including
the forty-three infantry regiments and
six cavalry regiments which have been
raised ia the State, and the several
thousand men who have enlisted in
regiments already in the field, that
Iowa has furnished nearly if not quite
$4,000 troops. The vote of this State
at the last Presidential election was
about 10000. Can any o;her State
show the same proportion Of volunteers
to voters.


1t is further we'll known that Iowa
has furnished several thousand men
more than have been demanded by the
War Department for new regiments
that is to say more than her quota.
These several thousand volunteers the
Governor has organized into new re-
giuent 1t is generally understood
that our 6 vernon and our Senators
and Re! resentativcs have allowed
themselves to be used by every am
bilious would-be- Colonel in soliciting
the War Department to allow these
military geniuses to raise new rcgi-
ments until the State has been literal
ly exhausted, her resources impaired
and her industry affected.


Thousands of dollars have been lost
by the farming community in almost
every county from the want of the la
borors to take care Of the crops. Not
withstanding all this, the Governor
seems to take sort Of delight in the
contemplation Of a draft in Iowa, which
shall further exhaust her resources,
aud bring reproach upon her honor, and
has asked leave Of the War Depart
ment to permit him t, i, du!ge in this
luxury. We hardly know what Messrs
Grimes, Harlan, and Wilsoa nay think
of such a proceeding, whether they
regard it quite just, we might say less
than outrageous or not. The interests
and the homer of other States have
heen laoksd after and protected by