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Year: 1864

OF The papes required by the Act passed
by the Legislature granting to soldiers the
right to vote, when absent from the State on
military duty, do not require TO be stamped.
Judge Lewis, the Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue, has decided that to require a stamr
10 be affixed to these papers would be re.
striction on the elective franchise not contem.
plated by either State or Federal legislation
Year: 1864

o. Gen. Mcclellan considers "a bird in
the hand is worth two in the bush, and
will not therefor resign bis position as MAJOR
General with so dubious prospect OF beng
Comma nder-inChief.
Year: 1864

THE Louisville Journal accepts the pop
lar verdict in the late election gracefully
and good naturedly, and says:


awe shall await with anxiety the reas-
sembliug of Congress and the develope.
ments of future policy, which will be given
in the annual message Of the president.
We hope that they will be of such char
acter that loyal Kentucky can cheertully
inlorse them. We have been earnest in our
support of the government, and we shall
be glad to have it in our power to show
ourselves equally earnestin the advocacy
of Mr.. Lincoln's administration Of the
government. We know that he has yield.
ed to the radical pressure in the belief that
he could make his administration more ad-
TsntaEsousl BY uniting all sections of his
narty: but now that he is secured in his
secoad term, ecaunot be constrained by
such influences, and can afford TO give
more to his country than TO that party
Year: 1864

Our friend Col Joe Darr, the late Provost
Marshal General here, has been having
quite a lively time in one way or an
other ever since he went out to. .ROsecrans'
department at st. Louis. The Colonel
has fine field for the exercise of his
wide awake faculties and the peculiar
talents which we all know him to possess'
in the management Of such cases as the
foIIowin0.
Year: 1864

WEBSTER ON OR.GIN.-It is only shallow
minded pretenders who make distinguish ed
origin a matter of personal merit, or obscure
origin a matter of personal reproach. A m an
who is not ashamed of himself need not be
ashamed of his early condition. 1t did
happen to me to be born in log cabin,
raised among the snow-drifts of New Ham D.
shire, at period so early that, when the
smoke FIRST rose from its rude chimney and
curied over the frozen hills, there was no
similar evidence OF white mans habitation
between it and the settlements on the rivers
of Canada. It remains still exist. I make
it an annual visit. 1 carry my children 10
it to teach them the hardships endured by
the generation before them. love to dwell
on the tender recollections, the kicdred ties,
the early affections, and the narration and
incidents which mingle with all know of
this primitive family abode. I weep to
think that none of those who inhabited It
are now among the living; and if ever fail
in affectionate veneration for him who raised
it. and defended it against savage violence
and destruction, cherished all domestic
comfort beneath its roof, and, through the
fire and blood of seven years revolutionary
war shrurk from no toll, no sacrifice to
serve his country, and to raise his children
to a condition better than his own, may my
name and the name of my posterity be
blotted from the m emory of mankind!
Year: 1864

DELIoAcY.-Above every other feature
which adorns the female character ,deTicacy
stands foremost within the province of good
taste. Not that delicacy which is perpet--
ually in quest Of something to bo ashamed
Of, which makes merit of blush, and
simpers at the false construction its own in
genuity has placed upon an innocent re-
mark; this spurious kind of deicacy is as
far removed from good taste as from good
feeling and good sense; but that high-mind-
ed delicacy which maintains its pure and
undertaking walk alike amongst women, as
in the society of men; which shrinks from
no nece sary duty, and can sneak when re-.
quired, with seriousness aud kindness, of
things of which it would be ashamed i'm
deed to smile or blush. This is the deli
cacv which forms SO important part of
good taste that where it does not exist as q
natural instinct it is taught as the first
principle of good manners and considered
as the universal passport to good society.
Year: 1864

A Few WoRDS FOR CRILDaEN.-You were
made to be kind, generous, and magnanim-
GUS If there is boy in the school who
has a club foot. don't let him know that
you ever saw it, If there is boy with
ragged clothes, don't tax about rags when
be is in hearing. Ii there is a lame boy as
sign him some part of the game which does
not require running. II there is a hungry
one, give him part of your dinc er. IF
there is dull one, help him to get his les
son. Ifthere is a bright one. be not envious
ofhim; for if one boy is proud of his talents,
and another is envious of them. there are
two great wrongs, and no more talents than
before. If larger or stronger boy has in
jured you, and is sorry TO. it. forgive him
and ask the teacher not to punish him. All
the school will show by their countensnces
how much better it is to have great SOU
than great fist.
Year: 1864

Gold opened at 17530l75B, but at noon
rushed up to 1884, and closed at l7s at p The an


nouncement that the Treasury Is ready pay the May
interest Of the sos meets general approval but in


formation to this effect has yet reached Mr. Cisco. The
pretense that he viii thvart the design Of the De


partnent through want OF clerical force is unfounded


On former occasion he kept his Office open until p


m to receive Gold. and would do no less now, when
the reduction OF the Government hoard would be ad


vantageous Money Is active at p cent and some Of
the city banks unable to pay checks drawn for lOos
1t is healthy state Of things and the sooner they are
forced to contract by the demands Of their depostors
who desire 10 invest in Government stocks the better


The specuating mania is encouraged by nothing 80
much as the action OF the banks In afordng facilities
10 stock gamblers and the they refuse 10 certify


checks unless funds in hand the better The closer
the paying teers Of all banks are watched the safer
the banks In the storm ahead. Now Is the time for pru
denoe excessive caution and general rally TO the aid
OF the Government by buying its bonds and forcing
reduction Of currency and speculation II simply offer.
ing the l040s does not contract the currency and
make Money dearer 10 speculators. the Government
shoud to sales ofbonds by public competition to the
highest bidder. II Is better 10 sell bonds at 90 for
p cent Stock than to pay e. in paper money for what
one gold dollar would buy. The sales Of lo0s are In
creasng and there is little doubt that when the
rangements for their sales well at work the Govern
ment win get is expenses from this source. Prompt
action must be had upon the Tax BILL and sure to
give $500 900 viii alone satisfy prudent people and
save the credit Of the Government. At nve p cert
In gold the present ssue Of bonds worth more under
any probable state Of political or military affairs than
any State or Railway Bonds or Stocks. Come what
may this win remain a great nation. aboundng In
wealth pledged to pay the cost Of suppressng the Re
beIlion, and paid 1t viii be matter what party is in
Office. There Is such word fail and the sooner
people get this firmly fixed in their minds, and square
their financial conduct by IT. the better for them Every
dollar raised BY taxation FOR the suppression Of the
Rebellion. and every dollar loaned to the Government
llghtens the burden TO be borne when the ends.
1t is the safest way to use money, every one will


learn 70 his cost who goes for safety into railroad bonds
and shares at current rates in preference to gold bear
Ing bond wch has pledged for Its security the entire
Year: 1864

1t is not only unnatural, but crue
and injurious to animals to force them tc
stand with their fore feet higher than
their hind feet.-Amcrican Agicuhu
riSt.


1t does not only strain a horses legs tc
stand on a sloping stable floor, but his
whole frame is on a constant strain
And when his toes are allowed to grow
long the strain becomes still greater
When colts are obliged to stand tide on
sloping floors for days and sometimes
weeks, in winter, without a chance for
outdoor exercise, which evry colt should
have in favorable weather, it is not at all
strange that SO many colts get to be ring
boned. And sloping floors are so bad
for COWS as they are for horses-especially
for COWS that are near calving. A mare
or cow will keep dry oD level floor
when there is a little descent from the
animals hind feet towards the rear of the
stall For horse, when the floor is an
earthen one, and the stall not more than
four and half feet wide, wooden drain,
4 feet long by 2 feet wide, should be laid
a tritle lower than the surface of the
floor. Spars should be made of by 6
inch scantling. They should be 4 feet
long, 4 inches deep at the rear end, and
tapern to inches at the end towrds the
manger. The spars should be laid three
quarters of an inch apart, and a tight
door of boards should be nailed cross
wise on the sloping sides of the spars,
which must be for the bottom of the drain.
Across the upper surface of the drain,
about six inches from each end, a piece
Year: 1864

Judge Jonah Jones recently deliverd
the following charge to the Jury, in the
case of Elm Crunch for stealing:


Jury you kin 60 out, and don't show
your ugly mugs here till you find ver-
dict-if you can't find one of your own,
git the one the last jury used


The jury retired, and after an absence
of fifteen minutes, returned with ver-
dict of Suicide in the ninth degree and
fourth verse


Then Judge Jonas Jones pronounced
Elm Crunch this sentence,


'Elim Crunch, stan up, and face the
music You are found guilty of suicide
for stealing. Now this court sentence
you to pay fine of five shillings, to shave
your head with bagganet, in the bar
ricks, and if you try to cave in the heads
of the jury, you'll catch thunder, that's
all. Your fate will be warning to 9TH
ers; and the conclusion, may the Lord
have mercy on your soul. Sheriff get
me pint of red eye. 1 am awful thirs-
ty.'
Year: 1864

One sometimes has to resort to droll
methods to save life and alleviate suffer
ing, in the service Of wounded men,
where balls, shells, and all Instruments of
death have played in every conceivable
manner with human bodies.


l shall never forget one case Of this
sort when | was down at our receiving
depot after the battle of Fair Oaks. 4
poor fellow came in to US in the greatest
agony that you can conceive Of lie was
suffering from thirst, the most excruciat-
ing. He would snatch up vessel of
water and pour it down his throat, and it
would run right out on both sides of his
neck Poor fellow, he was shot straight
through the @ophagus, and not one drop
of liquid could reach his stomach. L
wanted stomach pump, but it was not
to be obtained there, so took long,
flexible tube used for surgical purposes,
and gently and carefully pushed it below
the wound into the stomach. | then pre-
pared some canned milk and water Of
such strength as | thought his stomach
could bear after long fasting, and with a
syringe injected it. Never did poor
fellow manifest more JOY or appear to be
more relieved. "More, MORE" were the
signs he made when ] had given him all
that prudence could allow, and when /
proposed to withdraw the tube to relieve
him until it should be proper to feed him
again, he would not let me, but proposed
TO hold on to his precious "friend In
needw Gradually we gave him toast
water and strained soup, and when L last
saw him he was in the ambulance with
his tube still hanging from his mouth,
and his syringe, which he had learned to
use himself, in his hand. So probably it
aemained until the holes in his throat
united, and nature, the wonderful healer,
rendered the surgeons contrivance no
longer necessary.
Year: 1864

of hard wood, l by 2 inches, should be


mortised in and nailed to the spars to


keep them to their places. For a better


but more costly plan for stable floor
see Feb. No. of the Amertcaa Agricuztu,
rtst.


Earthen floors are, perhaps, the most
healthy for horses feet, but it re-
quires attention to keep them in order
When an earthen floor is made level at
first, horse will sometimes get his hind
feet worked down two or three inches
below its surface, which makes it as bad
for him as if his floor had that much
descent from his fore feet to his hindfeet
A slightly concave bed is the easiest and
most natural for dumb animals generally;
but when horse paws his floor, or when,
by any means, his floor becomes elevated
between his fore and hind feet, he then
has just that kind of a floor which no
horse should be permitted to lie down on.
L have seen horses and colts trying to
rest themselves on such places which
groaned as badly as if they were suffering
from cholic. CIT.


Wrghtstown, 1864.
Year: 1864

A famer being out shooting, wounded


wild goose. Being wing tipped and


unable to fly he caught it and brought ii


home alive. 1t proved to be a female
and turning it into his yard with a flock
of tame gees, it soon became quite tame
and familiar, and in little time its wound
ed wing entirely healed. In the follow
ing spring when wild geese emigrated to
the northward a flock passed over the
farmers barn yard; and just at that time
the leader happened to sound his bugle
note; our goose remembering the well
known sound, spread her wings mounted
into the air, Joined the travellers, and soon
disappeared.


La the succeeding autumn the wild
geese as was usual returned from the
northward in great numbers. The farm
er happened to be in his yard when
flock passed directly over his bare. At
that instant he observed three geese sep
arate themselves from the rest, and after
wheeling around several times, they "a
lighted in the middle of the yard. I'M
agine his surprise and pleasure, when, by
certain well remembered signs, he recog-
nized in one Of the three, his long lost
fugitive. 1t was she indeed. She had
travelled many hundred miles to the lakes,
had there Matched and reared her off
spring, and had now returned with her
little family to share with them the sweets
of civilized life.
Year: 1864

There was never a day so sad and long;
But it wore at length to evensong;


There was never life so full of grief,
But death came at last to its relief.


There was never q soul SO wholly sad,
But It found some moment to be glad;
There was never heart so full of care,
But it had one hope to cheat despair.
There was never a winter dark and drear,
But changed to spring in the early year;
There was never a summer, well a-day!
Bat it sloped through autumn TO decay.
Year: 1864

sA. What part of a soldiers duty
would the ladies take the most delight
in? We wrote "present arms" but a
snarly old Benedict at our elbow sug-
gests "dress parade" We wouldn't
stand in his shoes if his wife should find
him out.
Year: 1864

OF This ringing lyric is said to have
been written by Hon. DANIEL S. DICKINSON,
of New York, in response to letter address
ed 10 him by a lady to know if he was not
in favor Of peace.
Year: 1864

THE CoNANoHE.-It viii be gratifying ii VS.
10 oil loyal citizens of California to learn that
there is now probability that the Aquila will
be raised, and the iron clad Comauche will be
ready to defend Us from invasion in a very
short time We learn from the Bay papers
that the wreclsing party seut out by the New
York Board Of Underwriters have arrived,
which consists Of ten experienced wreekers and
four professional divers in charge Of Capt
Merritt We wish them great success.
Year: 1864

From information received here from the
south, we learn that our prisoners are more
humanely treated in Georgia than they were in
Richmond. More room is given them and the
ratIons are better.
Year: 1864

Politeness goes good ways. Henry
Ward Beecher says, ian impudent clerk
can do as much injury to his store as the
neglect of the proprietor to advertise his
goods" Two undoubted and significant
facts, which every one interested will please
bear in mind.
Year: 1864

It is said that there are ten thousand
Federal deserters in Canada There are
as many more who have fed there to avoid
the conscription. And there are also not
less than 5000 men from the South in
Canada. So the whole force of refugees
from this country now in Canada canno;
be less than 25,00O Quite an army
Year: 1864

O0O U40mDHe0 IDO0D0D0 MOrc


The Northwestern States are called upon
to raise one hundred thousand more men for
the field for one hundred days service. The
Governor Of the State Of Iowa, As will be
seen from perusal Of the telegraphic news,
calls upon Iowa to furnish ten thousand Of
the above number in the next twenty days.
The notice is short one, and will hardly
be filed in the required time, though Iowa
always has been pretty prompt in filling all
calls upon her people.


We would suggest te the authorities that
before calling upon the North Western
States, number of eastern States that are
yet in arrears on previous.'ca calls, should have
their quotas filed. But there is but little
time to chatter over the matter; the field is
now open and those who wish to distinguish
themselves in the field for the next one hun
dred days, have the best opportunity in the
world for so doing. The troops now called
for are not wanted in front, but to do garri-
son duty and watch threatened points, while
the army now in the field goes forward to
make an end of the war.
Year: 1864

IMPORTANT DEcIsIox-A committee Of
Ladies will this evening decide as to whe
is the best looking man in the city, and to
the ''village beauty" will be presented .
beautiful present. glass ship, We believe.
There will doubtless be rush Of the fair
representative Of the stern sex, on this
highly important occasion.
Year: 1864

MovIxG.-A lot Of one hundred horses
for General Sully's Expedition, leave town
tomorrow morning for the West. They 60
by rail to Grinnell, and thence make the
trip as speedily as possible across the State.
Year: 1864

The man who does not see that a great
reaction is going on in the minds OF the
people against the present. Administration
is either blinded by parti sanism or is an
Indifferent observer OF what is going on
about him. The people are sick and tired
OF the jokes OF Abraham Lincoln, and de-
mand craftsmanship.


The follies and exlravagance of his Adj
minis;ratiou are such as TO disgust many
honest men of his own party, who will Ell
ther vote for Fremont, orjoin the Democrat.
ic party, who want man at the head of
the nation who will administer the laws
imparlially, will project the rights of Cit
izens, enforce the Monroe doctrine, and
seek speedy peace, upon an hoIorabls
basis. That there will be a change, this
FALL, in The national administration seems to
be fixed fact. 1t is right too, for it is nm
safe to trust such man es Lincoln, with
hundreds of millions of patronage, with
the administration of the Government for
four years longer. If he is reelected no
man born can tell the fate of our distracted
Inteliigencer.
Year: 1864

Let poets sing of Eastern climes,.
And golden sunset hours


OF shady hooks


And bubbIing brooks,
OF moon-lit orange bowers;


Yet still TO me


More sweet shall be
"a Joy no wealth can buy),
A pair of pouting cherry lips
To kiss upon the sly.
Oh, let them build their lofty rhyme
AS cen so e'er they may


But give me still


II so you will
Another word to say


Now hers to all,


Tall, fat or small,
7 vow I'd rather die
Than miss the bliss that's in kiss
When taken ON the sly
Year: 1864

The man who wrote the four simple
lines, beginning with "Now lay me down
TO sleep" seemed TO do very little thing.
He wrote four lines for his little child His
name has not come down 10 Us bui he has
done more for the good of bis race than il
he bad commanded the victorious army at
Waterloo. The little fires which the good
man kindies here and there on the shores
of time aever go out, but ever and anon
they fame up aud throw light on the pill
grim's psih., There is hardly anything so
fearful, TO my mind. as the mind reaching
down TO the coming age, and writing itself
for evil upon the minds Of unb1Tn genera
lions.
Year: 1864

Unwise above many is the man who
considers every hour lost which is
not spent in reading, writing, or in
study, and not more rational is she
who thinks every moment Of her time
lost which does not find her sewing


We once heard great man advise
that book of some kind be carried
in the pocket, to be used in case of an
unoccupied moment--such was his
practice. He died early and fatuous
There are women who, after n hard
days work will sit and sew by can


die or gaslight until their eyes are
almost blinded, or until certain pains
about the shoulders come on, which
are almost insupportable, and are only
driven to bed by physical incapacity
to work any longer, The sleep Of
the overworkcd, like that Of those
who do not work at all, is unsatisfy-
/ ing and unrefreshing, both alike wake
up in weariness, sadness, and langor,
with an inevitable result, both dying
prematurcly, Let no one work in
pain or WEAKNESS. When a man is
tired he ought to lie down until he is
fully rested, when, with renovated
strength, the work win be better
done, done the sooner and done
with a self sustained alacrity. The
time taken from seven or eight hours


sleep out OF each twenty four, is
time not gained, but time much more
than lost; we can cheat ourselves but
we cannot cheat nature. A certain
amount Of food is necessary to heal
thy body, but less than that amount
be furnished, decay commences the
very hour, 1t is the same with sleep
lany one who persists in allowing
himself less than nature requires


will only hasten his arrival at the
lmad house or the grave. ~
Year: 1864

TEAOuING TIE DEAF AND Dunn TO
SgEAK. "A Paris correspondent


writes; "One of the most curious ox-
.hibitions which have seen fltely was
the exhibition by NJ. Mary, Of 4
system Of teaching the deaf and dumb
to speak. lie has succeeded to such
AN extent that there is little doubt
much more will be achieved when his
system becomes more developed. 1t
IS something to enable the deaf and
dumb TO express themselves even by
a word. A little French girl, the
earliest who had received tuition,
was able to speak number Of SEN
tenecs in French The pupils are
taught by means OF the hand alpha.
bet 10 form their month, and place
their tongue in certain position,
and when once they hit the right
Sound, and by encouragement repeat
it, they can retain il tor future USE
The only wonder is that something of
the kind was never thought OF be-
fore
Year: 1864

A correspondent writing from the Ar
my of the Cumberland gives the follow
ing incident:


While riding up Mission Hill, on the
memorable 25th, turning my horse to the
right and left to avoid the wounded, l
had dismounted from my horse to give
water to dying boy, who lay upon his
gun with a bullet hole through his head.
when, a few yards to the right, I observed
an officer being carried down the hill on
a stretcher. Riding up l inquired of
the men:


Who have you here?"


..Adjutant Marsh, Of the 2lst Michi-
gan"


where are YOU wounded, Adjutant?'


I'm the left arm" was the reply.


Badly" 1 inquired; when. with
smile lighting up his face, at the same
instant discovered the arm adhering to
the body by a very small piece of hesh,
he replied:


MY arm is gone; that's nothing; we've
beaten them, thank God, and the slur of
the Chickamauga defeat is obliterated.-
Let the arm perish; such a victory is
worth q Thousand arms"