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Year: 1862

Several years a.o the elder Thoma,


Perkins started from London 10 cross the
Channel for Pari, he had with hin. Il
large sum OF money, which he was 10 dc


liver 10 = certain banking house IN Paris


Such vas the magnitude of the sum that
The utmost secrecy was observed so that
no person should be aware OF III fact the


money was taken from the Ban. of Eng
land but a lev moments before departure.
Col Perkins arrived safe IN Hayre, and
congratulated himself upon his safety and
that OF lis treasure, thus far. 1t WAS his
first appearance on the French soil, he
Enew no one, and WAS entirely dependant
upon his letters Of introduction.


What chen was his sstonishment on ar
irving at the gates of Paris. to hear his
name faml!ia-iy spoken before he had
shown his passports, and not only his
name bat the name of the hotel 10 which
he contemplated going With true Yam
kee shrewdAess, however, he concealed
his astoni>hmeut. He had been at the
hotel but short Time when three or four
persons entered his room, and informed
him that they We're to hide themselves
under his oed-he demanded an eXplana
ton, :hey being in citizen dress. To his
still greater astonishment, they informed
him OF the precise amount of money he
had drawn from the Bank of England, to
whom he was to pay tin fact, all the
particulars of the transaction, so much that
IT appeared like reyalaiion Ia reply to
his questions as to how they knew, they
said nothing. they said nothing, they
merely informed him that he had intends
ed to put the package under his pillow,
and that certain hour his room would
broken into and an attempt made to rob
MIN. lie was further Instructed to follow
out his original plan, to appear perfectly
unconscious at the time, as though lie was
asleep and that all would be right There
was no alternative, he was but one man
to four, aud he quietly submitted. At the
exact time mentioned he heard noise at
the door of his room, the door was finally
forced, the men in the mean time keeping
perfectly qu:t; the perspiration stood in
large cold drops upon his forehead, but
he did not dare to move the newcomers
approached the bed, lifted the pillow with
his head upon it, distracted the treasure.
and were about starting for the door.
when those under the bed started and
seized them--they were the gems d'armes
This story was told by Col Perkins him.
self at a dinnertable where the late John
Quincy Adams was relating an adventure,
almost similar. Although we have not
arrived at such perfection, we have reason
to be thankful for such detectives as there
are in Boston, New York, and Chicago
Year: 1862

Can anybody give reason for the Gus
tom prevalent in this country, of requiring
carriages and other vehicles to keep to
the right when meeting each other on
the highway? Wenoticed that in England


:. keep to the left" is the rule, and very
proper custom it is. for this reason: Fhe
driver, if he carry and use whip, must
necessarily sit on The right side OF the We
hIcle if any one sit with him 1t now
when passing another team. he keeps to
the Ieft, he can readily see how much he
must turn out to aveid clashing of wheels.
The same is the case with the driver whom
he meets If on the contrary, they both
take the right" in meeting, they can
neither of them see the wheels coming
nearest together They must therefore
both turn out further than actually need
ed, or run the risk of clashins a few
inches, more or less, i'll u narrow road, or
a crowded city street, is often OF nuch
importauce moments thought will
convince any one that " keeping to the
left is much the better way. In some
States there are laws requiring teams upon
the road to take the right In others Gus
tom regulates the matter The reason we
have given above is sufficiently important
to warrant change in the custom, and in
the laws where they exist The american
AqricuAmaAa proposes that the change be
inaugurated without delay 1t may seen,
odd, or left handed, but that is all "a mere
fancy, while many q clash and crash, and
much Inconvenience would be avoided by
the proposed change.-An,erican -4yricultt-
r1st
Year: 1862

NEW MODE OF CATCHING TRouT.-Levi
Bartlett describes in the Country GSntler.1n
some trout ponds on the farm of Colonel
rappen. of Bradford, y. H., and speaks
also of the mode OF feeding. Last winter,
after the ponds had frozen over, he states
that boy was sent TO feed the trout with
chopped meat Having cut a hole through
the ice and put in the meat. the boy lay
down with his face near the water to
watch the fish, when a trout grabbed him
by the nose, and the boy " a sudden jerk
of the head, threw the fish upon the ice.
He thus obtained a trout of three-fourths
OF pound weight, but at the expense o.
a sore nose for three weeks. y
Year: 1862

The editor of the Saratoga Republican
tells the following at his own expense


Yesterday, wishing, like others, to evince
our patriotism, we informed the six COM
positors ia our Office that if they would
enlist, we would pay them half wages
while gone to the war. They replied
: That Is more than we ever had before,
and the whole crowd have enlisted
That's what's the matter!
Year: 1862

DELINQUENT OFFICERs.-In recent letter
to an officer who endeavored TO avoid duty
because be had sent IN his resignation,
which had not been accepted, Gen. Pope
uses the following correct language:


A large part Of the issatistac.iOn justly
felt by the private soldiers of the volunteer
regiments has arisen from this very prac-
tice. AS soon as commissioned officer
grows tired of the fatigue and hardship OF
service he tenders his resignation, and in
very many cases has found means to have
7 accepted. A private soldier has no such
means of freeing himself from an obligation
which he imposed on himself with the full
understanding, that the officer who persua'
led him to volunteer, was equally bound
with himself, and would remain with him.
The practice of abandoning the private sol
,liers who have volunteered at their instance
reflects little credit upon officers, and will
only be tolerated in this army when | can
40 longer control it.
Year: 1862

FUTURE HoUsE-KEEPERs.-We sometimes
catch ourselves wondering how many of
the young ladies whom we meet with are
to perform the part of house-keepers, when
the young men who eye them so admirably
have persuaded them to become their wives.
We listen to those young ladies of whom we
speak, and hear them not only acknowledge
ing but boasting of their ignorance Of all
household duties as if nothing would so
lower them in the estimation of their friends
as the confession Of an ability to bake bread
and pies, or cook q piece of meat, or dis
position to engage in any useful employ
ment. Speaking from our own recollec-
tions, we are free to say that taper fingers
and lily hands are very pretty to look at
with young mans eyes, and sometimes we
have known the artless innocence of prac-
teal knowledge displayed by young Miss
to appear rather interesting than otherwise.
But we have lived long enough to learn that
life is full of rugged experience, and that
the most loving, romantic and delicate peo-
pie must live ON cooked or otherwise pre-.
pared food, and in homes kept clean and
tidy by industrious hands. And for all
the practical purposes of married life it is
generally found that for a husband to sit
and gaze at a wife's taper fingers and lily
hands, or for wife to sit and be looked at
and admired, does not make the pot boil or
put the smallest piece of food therein.
Year: 1862

The following is the substance of a law
just passed by the Legislature of Ohio:


The law authorizing the State Treasurer
to receive money from soldiers, requires that
he shall receipt TO them the same as money
belonging to the State. The State Auditor
shall transmit to the County Auditors a list
of the names of persons paying in the money.
with the proper destination of their COM
pany and regiment and the names, residence
and postoffice address of the persons for
whose benefit the money is deposited.


Each County Auditor shall draw on the
State for the amount specified in the list.
and shall, by letter or otherwise, notify the
persons for whom the money is received,
and on written order or personal applca-
tion of such persons, shall give them an or.
der on the County Treasurer, who shall pay
on demand the same from any money in the
County Treasury.


Any such money remaining in the County
Treasury after three months from the time
of its deposit, or of the receipt of The list
from the Auditor of State, not demanded
by the proper donor, shall thereafter, on de.
mand, be paid to the person by whom it was
originally donated, unless it shall have been
previously demanded by the donee. If, at
the expiration of six months, such money
shall not have been demanded by the per-
sons thereunto entitled, then it shall be paid
back into the State Treasury, there to re
main until called for by the persons entitled
thereto, or their legal representatives The
officers, receiving and disbursiDg this money,
are not entitled to any fees, and are held re-
sponsible for discharge of duty, same as in
discharge of any of their official business.
The moneys specified in this act shall not
be subject to legal process of any kind what
ever, for satisfaction of debts or liabilities of
any of the parties entitled thereto.


We find this abstract of the law, in rea-
ton to the allotment of soldiers pay, in the
Cleveland Herald. The money is to be paid
over without deduction for fees. This is
right. One of the members from Hamilton
County proposed to appoint agents, (thirty,
if we rightly remember at salary of So 900
each, to attend to this business.
Year: 1862

LADIES SHOULD READ NEwsPAPERs.-It
is a great mistake, in female education, to


keep young lady's time and attention de-
voted to only the fashionable literature of
the day. Ifyou would qualify her for CON
versation, yOu must give her something
to talk abOut-give her education with this
actual world and its transpiring events.
Urge her to read the newspapers, and be-
come familiar with the present character
and improvement in our race. History is
of some Importance but the past world is
dead, and we have nothing to do with it.


Our thoughts and our concerns should be
for the present world; to know what il is,
and improve the condition of it, Let her
have an intelligent opinion, and be able to
sustain an intelligent conversation con-
cerning the mental, moral, political and re-
ligious improvement ofour times. Let the
gilded ANIMALS and poems on the center
table be kept part Of the time covered
with weekly and daily journals. Let the
whole family-men, women and children
read the newspapers Cooley. r4. ..... .
Year: 1862

A True PIoTURE.-In speaking of Dis
union, Richmond journal of last winter
portrayed with a pencil of light the terrible
consequences which must follow. Truly,
has the border become IA line of Ere and
blood" Yet the prophet is now busily
fomenting the strife; r,......


II is impossible to exaggerate the horrors
and sufferings which for years would follow
a dissolution of this Union, For ourselves
we have no idea of such thing as peAce-
able dissolution. As we have said before, it
would be war from the start, war TO the
extended border between the North and
South would be line of fire. aud blood.
Every accessible bay and inlet Of every river
would be entered, and ever and anon large
masses of men hurled upon the capitals and
important points Of Southern States.
Year: 1862

Mr.. Ives, one Of the principal editorial
writers OF the New York Herald, here tenn
porarily for the purpose of reorganizing its
Washington department and acting as chief
correspondent, was arrested to-day by order
of Secretary Stanton, and sent TO Fort Nc
and has a brother in the rebel army. He
yesterday gave breakfast to McOlellan's
STAFF. He threatened the wrath of the Her
aid against the War Department unless he
had news Immediately on its arrival and in
advance of all other papers.


The immediate occasion of the dismissal of
Hanscom, the previous Herald correspondent
was his calling the White House party "a
social blunder," greatly TO. Bennetfs wrath.
Year: 1862

News has been received here of the resie


nation of VIM. H. McGrath United States
Consul at Maranham, Brazil The prompt
action OF this gentleman on the recent visit
OF the rebel privateer Sumter at that point
was warmly commended by the Government.
and his resignation will be rejected.
Year: 1862

FERocITY OF A BAYoNET CHARGE-ln the his
tory of European wars it appears that but few
soldiers were actually killed with the bayonet.-
But in late battles with the rebels it is not so.
Referring to one of them, a Washington paper
says:


"The carnage by the bayOnet upon this field
probably exceeds anything recorded in history
for many score OF years The Federal soldiers
were maddpned by the persstency with which
the enemy sought every cover and shelter, from
which they drove them repeatedly. At every
charge the enemy reeled aud fed before the un-
wavering line of flashing steel Frequently the
conflicts would be hand to hand, but the great
ardor and superior muscle OF our men Overpow-
cred the cadaverous aud weak kGeed Southern
ers, and they fell pierced with the glttering
blade"
Year: 1862

A RABBIT on A BATTLE FTEID-AN INCIDENT
OF THE FIGHT AT MELvERN HILL-A full grow n
rabbit had hid itself away in the copse Of a
fence, which separated two fields near the cen
ter. and most exposed portion Of the battle
groand. Rabbits are wont to spend the day al
most motonless and in seeming dreamy medita
ton This one could have but little thOught-if
rabbits think-wben choosing its place of re-
treat at early dawn, that ere ii was eveniide
there would be such an unwOnted and ruthless
disturbance During all the preparation for bat
tie made around its lair throughout the fore
noon. it nevertheless remained quiet. Early,
however. in the afternoon, when the rage Of
battle bad fairly begun, and shot and she'll were
falling thick aud fast in all directions, sh II
chanced to burst near the rabbits hiding place,
that he evidently considered it unsafe to tarry
longer. So, frightened almost to death, out be
sprung into the open field, and ran hither and
thiher with the vain hope Of finding a safe re
treat Whichever way it ran, cannOns were
laundering out their smoke and fire, regiments
of men were advancing or changing position,
horses gallOping here and there, shells bursting,
and solid shot tearing up the ground. Sometimes
it would squat down, and lie perfectly still, when
some new and sudden danger would again start
it into motion. Once more it would stop and
raise itself as high possible on It's hind legs,
and look all around for some place of possible
retreat


AT length that part Of the field seemed open
which lay in the direction opposite from where
the battle ragged most fercely. Thither it ac-
cordingly ran with all its remaining speed. I'm
observed by it, ho@ever, regiment was in that
direction, held in reserve and, like Wellington's
at Waterloo, was lying fat on the ground, in
order to escape the flying bullets. Ere the rab
bit seemed aware it had jumped into the midst Of
these men. 1t could go no fun ther, but presently
nestled down beside soldier, and tried to hide
itself under his arm. AS the man spread the
skirt of bis coat over the trembling fugitive, in
order to insure it all the protection in his power
to besow. he no doubt feelingly remembered how
much himself then needed some higher protec-
tion, under the shadow of whose arm might be
hidden his own defenseless head from the fast
multiplying missiles Of death scattered in all di-
rectOns


1t was not long, however, before the regiment
was ordered up aud forward. From the protec-
ti0n and safety granted, the tmid creature had
evidently acquired confidence in man-as the
boys wont to say, " had been tanned" As
the regiment moved forward to the front Of the
battle, it hoped along, tame seemingly as
kitten, close to the feet of the soldier who had
bestowed the needed protection. Wherever the
regiment went during all the remaining part of
that bloody day and terrible battle, the rabbit
kept close beside its new friend. When night
came on, and the rage of battle bad ceased, it
finally, unmolested and quietly hoped away. in
order to find some one Of its old and familiar
hAunts.
Year: 1862

General LANE left this city last evening, and
will proceed without delay TO Leavenworth, to
take command Of the moveable column which
has been aud is being concentrated at that
point. The country need not be assured that
the force will be on the march at the earliest
possible moment after General Lanes arrival
at ISsvenworth. CELEBRITY and vigor are charac
teristic Of the man. His rule Is to strike quick,
as well as to strike heavy.


Upon the destination of this irrce, It would
be mischievous to speculate, but it Is very GER
tain that General LANE would not have left his
seat in the Senate. except upon all expedition
OF "pith aud m ,ment.r
Year: 1862

GENERAL FREMoNT.-It is said that General
Fremont Is preparing an elaborate statement in
reference to the charges made agsinst his ad-
ministra'ion Of the Department of the West,
which Is to be presented to the Congressional
Committee on the Conduct of the War.
Year: 1862

TIE SENArE.-We have good reason 10 be.
lieve that no officer Of the army, nominated for
appointment or promotion, will be confirmed
by the Senate, IL he can be proved to have de.
livered up any black man coming into our lines
from the enemy, since the date OF the pubica-
ton Of tho instructions Of the Cabinet " Gen.
Sherman on that subject.
Year: 1862

appeared to be enjoying themselves hugely.
They were in the fight, and, as far AS could
learn, they didn't run from the enemy but
complained some Of having had to run
about four miles towards him before they
got into the fight, in which three Of their
number were killed. whilst fighting for the
cause they loved 80 well.


l did not visit the T1th for want of time,
but, from the best information can gather,
this Regiment has been very badly misrep-
resented by newspaper correspondents and
not fairly deal with by their division COM
mander. The truth Of the matter is, and
investigation will SO prove, and history so
record it, the cause OF the difficulty on the
first day Of the fight at Shiloh, the i'm
mense slaughter of the men, the terrible
confusion and apparent cowardice of some Of
them were caused by the contemplate gen
eralship and bungling mismanagement Of
those in commando and the toady corre-
spondents of Illinois papers have been harp
ing upon the cowardice of "Ohio Regi-
ments' and Ohio troops, with the view Of
screening Illinois Generals from the just
responsibility to which suffering commu-
nifty should and will hold them for the calama-
ties Of that fearful Sabbath. 1t would be
well for these gentlemen and the public to
look at the record of the dead, wounded,
and missing in this Regiment before they
are so fast to take up the cry of cowardice.
In the single company in it from Belmont
county there were seven killed, elev en-
wounded, and twelve taken prisoners, out
of less than sixty men that went into the
fight. Does this look like cowardice? Be-
sides this, the ground over which they
fought was strewn with the dead of the
enemy. They fought until they were over
powered, almost destroyed, and only fell
back when they were ordered to.
Year: 1862

The Committee on the Conduct of the
War have made report on the subject of
the barbarties committed by the rebels at
Manassas on the bodies of Union soldiers
who fell at that battle. The committee give
ample evidence to sustain all the previous
allegations The report shows that the
most inhuman acts were perpetrated by the
rebels.
Year: 1862

DULL.-The unpleasant weather Of
yesterday kept the iarmsrs 1t home cOnss-
grain and produce market, and people in the
city kept within doors as much as possible
It was one Of those veritable blue Mondays
that W read Of.
Year: 1862

A PRETTY RIDDLE.--A gentleman
who was paying bis addresses to . lady. at
length summoned up sufficient courage to ask
II they were agreeable to her and whether he
might hatter himself with q chance of ultimate
success The lady replied Stripes" telling
the gentleman to transpose the letters SO as to
form out Of them another word, which was
her answer. The reader who can fnd out the
word need never fear being nonplussed by a
lady. Those whe cannot decipher lit must
either wait till they overcome the difficulty,
or may give up all thoughts of.wooing.
Year: 1862

= There is said to be a strong movement
progressing smOng he shop keepers in Csnada,
70 drive the British shilling Pus Of circulation
They have resolved to take that corn Tor only
twenty four cents, and they have received per-
mission from the banks that ell that ara deposit
ed shall be sent back to England.
Year: 1862

GooD SELL.-At the Brevoort house
New York. one evening, there was a dis
pute about the reality of Spiritualism
when wag came forward and said he had
no doubt there was something in it, rs he
himself was a sort Of medium How n
medium p inquired the landlord Why"
replied the wa :, Il can do gsod many
mysterious things; for instance saa make
a bell ring without touching 1t The
wag persisted and said that he would lay
twenty dollars that he could Es.tga at least
a dozen Of the bells in that room ring with
in two minutes, without moving from
where he sat Doom = exclaimed the
landlord. and the money was put up. The
wag turned rouud in his SCAT, opened
closet door, and turned oE the gass from,
the upper part Of the building In Rss
than one minute half the bells in the Office
BEGAN to ring violently The lodsers above
had lost their lights The twenty dollars
WAS fairly won
Year: 1862

lioMEIr WoNEN-!'or homely-even
an ugly mani have no pity to spare
never yet saw one so u-lv that, if he had
brains and heart, he could not find q
beautiful woman sensible enough 10 mar
ry him. But for the hopelessly plain and
homely sisters these tears r There i.
a class OF women who know that thew Dos
sess in their persons no attractions for
men-that their faces are hornely that
their frames are Informed that their car
rlage Is clumsy. and that whatever may
be their gifts Of mind. no man can have
the slightest desire to possess their per-
sons That there are compensatons for
these women | have no doubt but narv
of them fail to find them Many of them
fcel Una. the sweetest sympathies Of life
must be roprcssed, and that there is
world Of affection from which thew must
remain shut out forever It is hard for a
woman to feel that her prison is not
pleasin"-harder than for a man to feel
thus wonld tell WY if it were neces-
sarv--for there is bundle of very inter
estin- philosophy tied up in this matter
bat viii content myself with stating tho
fact, and permitting my readers to reason
about it as they will--Dr Holland
Year: 1862

CORRECT SPEAKING-We advise young
people TO acquire in carly life the habit Of
using good language, both in speaking
and writing, and to abandon as early as
possible the use Of slang words and phra-
scs The longer they live the more diff
cult the acquisition Of correct language
will be: and if the golden aye Of youth.
the proper season for the acquisition Of
language, be passed in its abuse, the un-
fortunate victim of neglected. education IS,
very properly, doomed to talk slang for
life. Money is not necessary TO procure
this education Every man has It in his
power He has merely TO use the ian
guare which he reads, instead of the
slang which he hears; TO form his taste
from the best speakers and poets of the
country; to treasure up choice phrases in
his memory. and hab tuate himself to
their use, avoiding, at the time, that pc
dantie precision and bombast which
shows rather the weakness of vain ambi-
zion tha1 the polish of an educated mind
Year: 1862

SURGEON AND MECHANICAL DENTIST.
I Prepared - perform any operation pertaining 20


his profession in manner that will give entire sat
sfaetion 0fee mp stall, the Union Billiard sa
loon 5l-tf-