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Year: 1865

ARMY PoroMAo, March q, 1868.


Deserters continue to come in, although they not
numerous heretofore About thirty arrived to-day
through the lines of the Fifth and Sixth corps II is
ported that four wero.shot on their way


The First corps advanced their picket lines short dis
tance this morning. and is reported to have found
rebel colored troops the picket line in ther front II
this Is II shows that the rebels have hast adopted
tho policy Of armng their slaves.


Major General Robinson who lost leg at Spottsyl-
vsnia is here on flying visit to his old command, and
Of the heartest kind cheer after cheer greeting
him as he passed along the line Few officers In the
army stood higher in the affections Of their than
General Robinson and his inability TO take the field is
severe loss to the service. He returns North tomorrow
and carries with him the good wishes Of the entire army
Year: 1865

How did the Springfield armory escape
the plots of incendiaries According to the
Springfield Republican there were serious at
tempts made.


On the morning Of the 1st Of last December
the watchman in the arsenal noticed piece OF
paper behind the balustrade on the landing,
just below the upper flight of stairs. He picked
1t up and unexpectedly found under 1t what
appeared to be an irregular lump OF COAL The
sscoal' was really an iron torpedo containing
about half pound of powder, and so arranged
with intiamable materials that its bursting
would undoubtedly have spread fire in every
direction, and in that location have fired the
arsenal so completely that its destructio would
have been almost certain. The matter was in
yestiga teA, and it was demonstrated that the
torpedo was left there by two women, or men
in women's clothes, who visited the tower the
night before. About the same time the large
smoke f1ue was pried open between Saturday
night and Monday morning, in such way
that the blaze from the fires starting Monday
morning would set fire to the oflces and ulti.
mately the long line OF shops connected with
them. The plot was discovered and foiled in
season. Another scheme was equally unsuc-
cessful huge bar Of iron was put In the
machine OF the large engine at the water shops
SO that 1t would tear it to pieces so on after
starting, but luckily the engine refused to start
Year: 1865

ALARM OF FIRE.-On Saturday after
noon last, an alarm of fire was created by
the roof of house, on the south side OF
Main street, second building below the In.
ternal Revenue office, taking fire from the
chimney Being wooden building and sur.
rounded by combustibe tenemcnts, the dan-
ger of an extensive fire was iminent. and
was only averted by the promplness of Mr..
Andrew Mason, occupying one portion OF
the house that caught fire, who, ascending
20 the attic, with IN ak. forced his way
through the roof and extnguished the kind
ling flames with a few buckets of water.


Meantime the 'tire department was get.
ting the engine out, which had no opportu.
nifty to play on the 'conAagration." The
engine was left standing in the street, how
ever, to be handy, we suppose, in case Of an
other alarm of fire, that it may be got up to
the scene Of excitement before some officious
Mason subdues the dcvouring element with
bucket of water.
Year: 1865

Our carrier will call on town subscribers
with receipted bills for subscription, due up
to December 3lst, 1865. We hope all VIII
make an effort to square up to that date
Some of these bills which should be pa'u
annually, have grown to considerable size
To our country patrons we will send bills
early in the new year, and hope they will not
NEGLECT them.
Year: 1865

A SHAME.-That the fire Engine is
left standing in the street exposed to the
weather. A shame that the property holders
of the town pay for keeping the engines
housed and the authorities pay no attention
to such things. A shame that public officers
who are paid for doing their duty do not
perform it.
Year: 1865

Pull. 4 BAL. CENTRAL RAIL ROAD.
This Railroad has at length been extended
to the Rising Sun in this county. An ex'
curson train was run from the Sun to Oxford
on Christmas day for the benefit Of the
Presbyterian Church. The cars have rot
vet commenced to run regularly as far as
the Rising Sun. No turntable, depot, or
water station, these indispensable appcn'
daees to a acknowledging yet erected at the
present terminus of the road. We publish
letter from a correspondent on The subject
of the excursion.
Year: 1865

to avoid war. TO strengthen, perpetuate and
extend the slave interest was the object for


which the insurgents would rend the Union


by war, while the government claimed the
right to do no more than restrict the territori-


al enlargement of it, Both parties read the


same Bible, and pray to the same God. Each


invokes his aid against the other. ;. The


prayer of both cannot be answered, that of
neither has been answered fully, for the AL.


mighty has his own PURPOSES Mr.. Lincoln


goes on to confess tor the North its partner
ship in the original sin of slavery: "Woe un.
to the world because OF offences, for it must
needs be that offences come, but woe unto
that man by whom the offence comethp


Ii we shall suppose American slavery one
OF those offences which in the providence of
GOD must needs come, but which, having con-
tnued through his appointed time, He now
wills to remove, and that He now gives to
both North and South this terrible war. as
was due to those by whom the offences came,
we snail not discern that there is any depar-a
ture nom those divine attributes which be-
levers IN the living God always ascribe to
HIM. Fondly do we hope, fervently do we
pray, that this mighty scourge of war may
speedily pass away. Yet, If it be Gods will
that it continue until the wealth piled by
Dondmen of two hundred and fifty years un-
requited toll shall be sunk, and until every
drop OF blood drawn with the lash shall be
repaid by another drawn by the sword, as was
said three thousand years ago, so still it must
be said that the judgments of the Lord are
and righteous altogether. f


With malice towards none, with charity for
all, with firmness in the right as God gives
us to see the right, let us strive on to finish
the work we are in, to bind up the nations
wounds, to care for those who shall have
borne the battle, and for their widows and
orphans. And with all this let us strive after
just and lasting peace among ourselves and
with all nations No statesman ever uttered
words stamped at once with the seal of so
deep a wisdom and SO true simplicity. The
village attorney of whom Sir G. q. Lewis
and many other wise men wrote with so
much scorn in 1851, seems defined to be one
of those foolish things of the world which
are destined to confound the wise, one of
those weak things which shall 'confound the
things which are mighty" 8
Year: 1865

MesslS Editors In an old number of the baltimore
County Advocate, find the following poetry 1t re-
minds ME of departed joys andI would ask you to
publish it. The author purports to be Josie 3 Hunt,
and ii strange that lady of such marked talent has
not since been heard from Perhaps She died in the
transport Of such kiss. G.


you KISSED Mel
You kissed me Ny head had dropped low your breast,
With feeling of shelter and infinite rest;
And holy emotion my tongue dared not speak,
Flashed up, like flame, from my heart to my cheek
Your arms held me fast--oh. your so bold,
Heart beat against heart in their passionate hold.
Your glances seemed drawing my soul thrO any eyes.
As the sin draws the mist from the TO the skies,
And your lips chung to mine till prayed in my bliss
They might never uncasp from that raptorous kiss


You kissed mel my heart and NY breath, and my viii
In delirious joy for the moment stood STILL
life had for me then temptations-no charms
No vista of pleasure outside of your arms;
And were this instant all angel, possessed
OF the glory and peace that are given the best
would fling my white robes unrepiningly down,
And tear from my forehead its beautiful crown,
To nestle more in that heaven ofrest,
With your lips upon mine and ray head Oh your breast
You kissed mel my soul in bliss divine,
Reeled and swooned like foolish iaau drunken with
And thought twere delicious to die then, if death
Would come while my mouth was yet moist with your


breath; 3S


'Twere delicious to die If my heart might grow cold
While your wrapped nue. round in that passionate


fold.


And these are the ques tions ask day and night:
Must my life taste but such exquisite delight?
Would you care if your breast my shelter asthen!
And If you were here, would you kiss me again


If the fair author meant as, would cmphatical]y
answer yes the last question No lady write such
poetry without realizing sense of the cxqusit sweet
ness of her subject.-EDs.]
Year: 1865

| intense, lconcluded to push on to the house
of a Union mana warm friend Of mine
who resided within mile of Cumberland
Gap, where knew would be received in a
most hospitablc manner, should be SO for.
tunate as to reach his residence in safety.
l could not make much headway at first,
owing to the condition of my frozen limbs,
but my excrtions in getting over the rough
mountain path, soon made me begin to feel
my blood circulating freely once more. Of
ten, upon this dark and gloomy night did |
wish for MY old friend and comrade, .Orton,
to be with me. His vas an indomitable
epirit--a spirit as unconquerablc as the
mountain storm, with heart as warm for @
friend as ever throbbcd in the breast of man.
lpassed within two hundred yards of the
rebel pickets unobseryed. Their camp-Grcs
shown out brightly against the gray rocks Of
the mountain, MS they threw their immense
shadows far down the gloomy gorge. ra.


AT about two o'clock in the morning,
reached the house of my friend, from whom
learned considerable in regard to the move
ments Of the enemy. HoI utaT tE


On the following morning, I rugged myself
out in the full rebel uniform, and went out
boldly among the rebel soldery passing my
self off as member of the 6th Missouri reb-
el cavalry, who had been captured on the
lower Mississippi, and after having escaped
from Camp Chase, was then making my way
back to my Regiment. So plausible was my
story, wa, almost lionized, and was treated
with unbounded kindness and attention. OF
course would ask now and then how matters
were going in that part of our new Republic,
and would slip in hope that we would soon
gain our indepchdence---then what joyful
time we ,could have, &C., &c. went all thro'
the command in this manner-and soon learn
ed that another movement on our forces at
Flat Lick was contemplated at an early day
but on larger and more extensive scale. l
soon made it convenient to be absent from
them season; and, seeking the house of my
friend after dark--was soon in the garb Of
Federal soldier, and winding my way through
the mountains on my way to Flat Lick
which reached, and made my report, in safe
Year: 1865

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.-This is holiday
with many of the colored people of Washing
ton, who in large crowds have followed the
First District of Columbia Colored Regiment,
as they marched through the streets, having
recently returned from the South.


Ihe regiment proceeded to the Executive
Mansion and were addressed by the President
OF the United States, who thanked them for
the services which they had rendered. This,
he said, was the country of all within its lin
It's, without reference to color, and he gave
them some wholesome advice, inculcating the
Importance of honest industry and virtue, and
the necessity of showing by their conduct that
they are worthy of freedom.
Year: 1865

NoETH RIVER OYsTERS.-We saw yesterday, for
the first time since the breaking out Of the rebellion
some North River oysters. They looked exceedingly
fine, and no doubt will command ready sale at the
Oyster Bay, No. Marsh Market Space.
Year: 1865

HOVE lNsURAHcE.-Ihc idea of oforganizing
home Insurance Company in this city, on
permanent and living affair :-onc OF the
institutions, Of the city aud State in which
we live, has long been talked Of among our
busines men. Indeed they have talked too
much, and acted too little. While they were
talking about it and wondering whether it
could be made to pay, and pondering as to
the probable period Of its existence, numer
ous companies have sprung into life all about
| US, even in cities that have not one half the
population or one tenth the unemploy cd
capital that Davenport can furnish and have
been picking up thousands and thousands
| Of dollars worth Of business that Davenport
Insurance Company might just as well have
got, had one been organized, aud in good
running order.


But at last the talk has been happily ter
minated and action is the order. A good
number Of our influential citizens have taken
the matter in hand, and now we are to have
a bona fide Insurance Company. In fact
| IL IdS dtTeduJ CCiuiIicbCeU OuSiucSSS oi'o VIZ
der auspices most tlattcring.


| We have not word to say against foreign
Insurance Companies. They have stood
us in good stead in the abscencc Of any
home facilities and we expect that we shall
always have them with us; but shall have
something to say quite frequently in favor
Of our home Insurance Company-the Ma
tional-and spare no pains to urge its claims
upon the candid consideration Of the public


This community is paying a vast deal of
money every year for Insurance. What
becomes of it :? 1t is taken East, to be sure.
1t goes to enrich the pockets Of Eastern cap.


taiists, when large portion Of ii might just
as well be Kept right here at home and in.
urc to the development Of our own resour-
ces. The National Insurance Company o.


Davenport will not fail in assuring all who


patronize it against loss by fire. Opportu'


mites will soon be afforded the public here


and elsewhere to give it thorough trial.


THE MISSISSIPPI ANDLAKE MICH.
| 4
Year: 1865

GENUS, TALEST AND CLEvERxEss-G Genius rushes
like a whrlwind talent marches like cavalcade
Of heavy men aud heavy horses; clcaverneSs skins
like swallow in the summer evening, with sharp


shrll note and sudden turning. The man OF
genius dwells with man and with nature the man
of talent in his study; but the clever man dances
here, there and everywhere, like butterfly in a
hurricane, striking everything and enjoying moth
ing but too light TO be dashed topieees The man
of talent will attack theories, the clever will
assail the individual and sBAdet private character


The man of genius despises BOTH he heeds none,
he fears none he lives in himself shrouded in the
consciousness of his 0wp strength be interferes
with none and walks forth m example that
"eagles fly alone, they are but sheep that herd to-
gether.H II Is true, that should poisonous worm
cross his path he may tread il under his foot
should Il cur snarl At him no may ehaslise him. hut
he will not, cannOt attack tho privacy Of another.
Year: 1865

EFFECTS OF IMAGINATION ON DIsEAsE.-Thc
experiments attributed to physician at st.
Petersburg, during the cholera epidemic in
that city several years ago, and probably
In the minds Of some of cur readers. This
physician obtained Of the authorities two
criminals who had been condemned to death.
to do with them as he thought fit. One of
these convicts was made to sleep in bed
in which, as he was told, man had died
with the cholera but the night before-ll-
though such was not the fact After rest
less night, the criminal was taken with all
the symptoms Of cholera, and died of that
disease, declaring that he had caught il
from the bcd-a victim to his own fears
The other was made to sleep on a bed
wherein a man had died but a few hours
previously OF the fatal disease. This fact.
however, was unknown to the occupant of
the bed, who arose Ill the morning refresh
ed by his sleep. remaining in perfect health
The stories, also, will occur to many, Of men
who,On being condemned by bleeding, were
blndfolded, and after slight punctures with
needles, placed so that water would trickle
slowly from the tancied wound The men.
believing that they were bleeding to death
exhibited precisely similar symptoms to
persons who Were undergoing the reality,
even to death. These facts certainly show
that fear and imagination exercise great
and controlling effect on disease.
Year: 1865

Whose voice is that which sounds outside
Whose footstep is that hear


Across the open plain draw near?
Who comes this way at break of day,


And knocks against the cabin-doOr


To fright tn children of the poor:
His face it has the look of death


His beard is white with frost and snow
No kindly beam his dull eyes know
His step is bold ; his breath is cold
Oh, hark it is his tread hear,


Each day it sounds more loud and near.
He pauses not beside the way,


But like a conquering hero comes,
With gathering sounds of mufied drums
From yonder height at dead of night
When all beside is hushed and still.
His clarion tones the wide air fill.
In ICY letters strong as steel


He chains the torrent in its course
That through the chasm thunder hoarse
Beneath his look the meadow brook,
Which babbled on through weed and grass.
Grows on a sudden smooth as glass
Inc stately palace windows shine


With pleasant warmth and brilliant light
To charm away the gloom of night
And guests there, the rich and fair.
Who to and fro on joyous feet


Move to soft strains of music sweet
He enters not, but straightway goes
On to the hovel, damp and low,
Where shines no firelights cheerful glow
The old man groans the mother means
The infant opens wideits eye


And gives low and piteous cry.
He threads the city's heartless streets
See where yon lonely taper burns,
Up the steep flight of stairs he turns
With fingers worn, around her form,
She wraps the coarse shawl, torn and old
To keep her from the bitter cold
He meets the beggar in his path


Who shiers as the foe draws nigh,
And shIinks to let the tyrant by
On, on he goes his cold breath blows
The pelting rain and stinging sleet
Adogn the blank, deserted street
On mountain heights he ranges wide:
There, by the darkness led astray.
The traveller sinks upon his way,
Helpless, alone and weary grown,
And there half buried in the storm
The brave dogs find the lifeless form.
So comes the tyrant Winter on,


1t is his footsteps that hear


Each day it sounds more loud and near
His voice is bold: his touch is cold
Oh, hark he knocks againat the door:
Now may the Great God help the poor
Year: 1865

Ladies now could scarcely afford to follow
| the example of the Duchess of Marlborough,
| however angry they might be with their
| lords. She was very handsome, and her


head was adorned with profusion of bright
golden locks, which were doomed to be sac


rlhced to the passionate temper Of their


mistress. One day when at her toilet be-


coming violently angry with her husband,
| she cut off all her beautiful tresses and
| flung them in his face This curious out


burst of conjugal malice doubtless had


salutary effect upon the Duke, for he had


taken great pride in his wife's magnificent
| hair


The waterfall has given place to a twist


which should be called the water-wheel -
We certainly think the new style of hair
dressing much prettier than the old; it will
be far more becoming to most heads than


the waterfall as it has lately been worn.
The late Partisan fashions tell us that for
paletots which are to be worn when dres-
sy toilet is required new sort of plush,
called sable d'or,is likely to be very popu-
lar. 1t is well-named, because the ground
work of this material appears to be gold
en- sand In both violet and maroon it is
very effective 1t is likewise used for bon





with straps Of colored velvet and large
false pockets in front, are worn by growing
girls who are young enough to sport hats
IN preference to bonnets. They are too fan
cItul and conspicuous for any save girls
from ten to fifteen-always very difficult
age to dress advantageously


Petticoats are very brilliant this winter
but those who can not afford great variety
of these under, or, as they have now be-
come, upper garments, will find the black
and white stripes more serviceable than
the elaborate and gayer patterns These
stripes do not date themselves, and can be
worn under dresses Of every color.


Speaking of the present fashion of dress
es, the Paris letter Of the Daily Telegraph
says:


"The story of the Maitre d'Hotel' COM
ing up to tell Madame X, who had paid her
compliments to her host and taken her seat.
that her dress was shut in the carriage
door, is hardly an exaggeration, so long
have the trains becamen


The writer's description of the last new
thing in bonnets is "a brown velvet dice
box, with a little shade over the forehead.
and what at restaurants they would call a
potion Of woodcock stuck on the top"


Bonnets, from their earliest days, have
always been open to ridicule and criticism.
Once in a while sensible and pretty style
has been adopted but far more often they
have been i'll adapted to their purpose, if
that purpose is pretty, comfortable cover
ing for the head. The first bonnet worn IN
England was brought from Italy in the
reign Of Queen Elizabeth, and its form was
a compromise between the present Italian
peasant-hat and the French hood The ma
terials employed in constructing these head
were crimson satin, elaborately
cloth of gold, and similar
rich materials. The Leghorn fiat with per
pendicuar crown and wide brm. standing
out far around the face, was the first legit-
innate bonnet worn, and this appeared long
after Queen EIizabeth's time 1t was trim.
med with artificial flowers and immense
bows of ribbons
Year: 1865

His end was the one he merited, and my
work was done.


Long since Grace married a man she
loved with her whole heart and they are
prosperous. And II am patient and
ready to bide Gods will
Year: 1865

4 man in Arkansas, who had been
drinking till late at night, started for
home in state Of sweet obliviousness.-
Upon reaching his own premises he was
too far gone to discover any door to the
domicile he was wont to inhabit, and there
fore laid himself down in shed which
was a favorite rendezvous for the hogs
They happened to be out when the new
conner arrived. The weather being ra-
ther cold, they, in the utmost kindness,
and with truest hospitality, gave their
biped companion the middle of the bed
some lying ON either side of him, and
others acting the part of quilt. Their
warmth prevented him from being in
jured by exposure, Towards morning
he awoke. Finding himself comfortable,
in blissful ignorance of his whereabouts,
he supposed himself enjoying the accom-
madation of a tavern, in company with
others gentlemen. He reached out his
hand, and catching hold of the stiff bris
ties of a hog, he exclaimed-"Hallo, my
good friend, you've got ID of
beard When did you shave last 2"
Year: 1865

Bugs. Housekeepers who are not desi-
rous Of being carried out Of the world by
bugs, will be glad to learn that they can
not stand hot alum water. Take two
pounds of alum bruise it, and reduce it
to powder; dissolve it in three quarts OF
water let it remain in warm place TIL
the alum is dissolved. The alum water
is to be applied by means of brush to
every joint and crevice in the floor
Whitewash the ceiling, putting in plenty
of alum and there will be an end to their
dropping thence.