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Year: 1862

o. A. Brownsou, in his Washington war speech
said


"Timid counsels are now treason. Timd &C
tions are worse than treachery. We want such
a leader as will say to those below them in au-
thority, There Is your work, go aud do It,. aud
leave not rebel to desecrate the land OF free
dom. Rise up in your strength. in the strength
of your country and in the strength of your
God, and sweep away treason from the land of
| Washington, Adams and Jefferson Let that
voice ring out as it rung out in l776 and rebel
lion will soon hide its head and seek cover from
the storm


fear not treachery. nor what the rebels can
do, If | only have the true heart of my own
country. If on the side of loyalty there be truth,
energy, manhood, and determination to dare
and TO do every thing for its salvation, then it
will be done. tell you there IA q power in the
human arm when il Is raised in the cause of JUS
tice-a power that is more than human, for then
its power is strengthened by all the power Of
manhood by all the forces OF nature, and by all
the forces of natures God.


Therefore, take timid counsels no longer
Conservatives are not the men who can save the
country 1t is IA have before remarked, your
bold, energetic spiritthe man of the future not
the man of the past, with his eyes in the back OF
his head, always dwelling among the tombs, who
ia to save you. The bold man, the daring man,
who sees the future and graspng 1t with both
hands SAYS: Come on, my boys-we'll have
itr' That's the only kind OF a man that can
save us in these times. Get such a man. Put
him in the Presidential chair or put him on the
battle 6eld--put him anywhere. He conquers,
he trumphs. and you triumph with him.


The great obstacle we have to contend against
is the simple fact that we have been too prosper
ous, and our country has called upon us for too
few sacrifices We should glory in the opportu-
nifty now offered to US for making sacrifices.


As a young man, who had volunteered, was
about taking leave to join the army, said to
him: Are you not afraid you will get killedT
No. said he, when made up my mind to go
into the army, offered my life in sacrifice to
God aud my country. have given il up and 1t
matters not to me whether die to-day or to-
morrow on the battle field, or in my tent, or in
my bed my life is my Gods and country's-no
longer my own


Now, until we have an opportunity to call
forth such heroic sentiments we are not nation.
Had this great trial not have come, we should
have fallen to condition below that of the
Chinese-below that Of any nation that ever
called itself civilized, through our extraordinary
material prosperity. 1t is. therefore, no Gallant
ty, but necessity, and trust it will result in
| great benefit"
Year: 1862

LoRD NELsoN--Human nature is very frai -
No man ever had stronger sense of it under
the influence of sense Of justice than Lord
Nelson. He loathed to indict punishment and
when he was obliged as be called 1t. " TO endure
the torture OF seeing one hogged," he came out
of his cabin with hurried step, ran into the
gangway, made his bow to the General and read


ing the article of war the culprit had intringed.
said, Boatswain, do your duty" The lash
was instantly applied, and, consequently, the
sufferer exclaimed: "Forgive me. Admiral
forgive me ?" On such an occasion, Lord Nelson
would look round with wild anxiety, and as all
his officers kept silent, he would say, What,
none of you speak for him avast cast him off
and then add, to the suffering culprit, Jack in
the day of battle remember me ~ and he became
good fellow in future. A poor man was about
to be flogged-a landsman-and few pitied him.
His otiense was drunkenness. AS he was being
tied up, a lovely girl, contrary to all rules rush
ed through the officers, and falling on her knees,
clasped Nelson's hand, in which were the articles
of war, excaiming, Pray, forgive him, your
honor, and he shall never offend again" Your
face" said the Admiral, =" Is security for his
good behavior. Let him go the fellow cannot
be bad who has such lovely creature in his
care" The man rose to be Lieutenant.
Year: 1862

THE Springfield (Mass) Republican says no.
body expects Wendell Phillips or bis adhcrents
to enlist, or to help the country in any way, or
to do anything but abuse and insult those who
are laboring and dying in its defense. The true
way TO silence these malignants is to preseut to
them the oath of allegiance. They won't take
it--they will deny that they are citizens of the
United States They merely live the soil, and
are voluntary aliens to the Government. And
yet these repudiators of the Constitution under
take to dictate to patriotic men how the Const-
tuition is to be defended. Shame on them.
Year: 1862

Ware list de Consul. for all ist not right


want mine bassbort--by gar, me no fight;
no like de war-it list not vary nice
And may be get shot couple times twice.
To mine own faderland will go right away
no stop in such countries Won oder day,
If the rebels make troubles, and take all de fort,
Let de Yankee fight hm-I want mine bassbort
Year: 1862

THERE are not as many fighting men in all the
rebel States as there are in New York and Mass
achusetts; and yet some of the conservatives
talk as il they considered it possible for the
rebels to succeed
Year: 1862

THE TURNER'S Journal says that 81 there is
great art in making good cheese" 1cs; iresh
cheese is an admirable production of art and
very old one is often a rare specimen of "anima-
tod at -
Year: 1862

How WAS THE BATTLE OF RIcuaoND Losze.-


Ii was lost by the failure of Fremont and Bank;


to hold Jackson, or follow him up, and the still
more disastrous and unaccountable failure Of
| Mcdowell either to intercept him in his adyance
| on the right flank and rear of Mcclellan. or to
anticipate him by marching beforehand to rein
force Mcclellan whose right wing was weak.
ana who expected Mcdowell every hour as
anSiously rs Mcdowell once expected Pa,ter-
son. Had Mcdowell done this he would have
w'ped out the stain Of Bull run and Manassas
and the Union army would have been in Rich
mond to-day and Mcclellan would be pro-
nounced the first Of generals Had this fs,er
pas happened designedly it could not have been
more disastrous.


That the Internal aholt,onists are rejoicing
at the result is known to all men. They desire
TO see our generals defeated, because they iind
that negro slavery cannot be abolished ia the
Southern States at their dictation. and in the
event OF the institution being retained, they
would prefer a separation to contact with the
vile thing; not that they care fig about slavery
or the negro, but thai lie is useful in
supplying them with material for political
agitation, and to help them to retain the
power they hold at the expense of the blood
Of the people They arc at once the cause
of the war and the cause Of its failure. They
do not desire to see the Union restored. Con-
sistent on the record they could not be: for
they have again aud again pronounced the
Union "a covenant with death and an agree
ment with Hell;' and in the beginning OF the
war Greeley declared in the Tribune that every
man who tell was murdered, unless the object
OF tue war was the abolition of slavery. Who
are The murdcrersy Those who are defeating
The legitimate object Of the war, and the only
object which could render il successful the
restoration OF The Union as il was and the con
stitution as it is. 1t il eyiden. that Greeley.
Beecher and the rest want 10 render ihc war
abortiye: and hence they attack the generals
with violence, and labor TO create dstrus. Like
ihe fallen angel. who would rather reign IN
He'll than serve in Heaven. they prefer 70 rnle
over half the Union and TO carry out their
Purtanica notions therein rather than TO take
their prorer place in the whole republic
and indiyiaible.
Year: 1862

contain very remarkable article from the Lon
don Post the organ OF Lord Palmsrston. which
goes to show that TIE point OF the naIevolence Of
the English press towards General Mcclellan IS TO
be found in the fact that he exposed the military
blunders of their commanders in the Crimea in his
book on the Russian campaien.


The retir nient Of the Princes OF Orleans from
the army 81 the United States is made the subject
Of severe comments in the English government
organ against their intentions in joining it, their
house and DYNASTY.
Year: 1862

President Lincoln evidently thinks he has
elephant enough On hand and is not desirous
Of seeing any more Of the game sort The
King Of Siam, pit5ing . country "with two
hundred and fifty religions and only one soups"
with several rebel1ions and no elephant, Offers
to send few Of the latter to be let loose to
increase and multiply in the CT ntincnt OF
America. ThePresidcnt, In bis reply remarks !:


tThis government would not hesitate to
avail itself Of so generous an Offer, If the OBJ.
iect wero.one which could be made practicably
useful in the present condition Of the United
States. Our political condition however,
does not reach . latitude SO low as to favor the
multiplication Of the elephant, and stean or
lard "a well as CT water has been our best aud
most efficient agent Of transportation in in
terDal commerce"
Year: 1862

The people along the Hudson aud Mo-
hawk 1iycrs, and On the East an1 West Cana.
da creeks, in New York, ore in great dread Of
IN approaching food. The snow In the north
crn section Is said to be flTe and six feet deep
On level. A sudden rise in the Streams de-
pends In great measure upon the manner in
which the snow Is carried off II it should be
melted By warm rain there is no doubt a
great flood would follow; but If carried of
gradually by the warmth Of the sun, as in
many eeasons has been the case, there would
be no danger. '-
Year: 1862

There is proper method of prun-


ing andtraining Dwarf Pears as well


as any other fruit trees, and unless


this is somewhat understood, it is sell


dom that a satisfactory result can be


arrived at 1t should commence from


the one year old or maiden tree, which


should be cut down to within twelve


or fifteen inches of the union. Now


we watch the bursting buds, and they


come forth with Yigor. Then we Sc


lect one for leader, casually the


strongest One) the others, generally


from Six. to eight, are made horizontal


shoots. Should they grow too erect,


they can easily be made to assume


the desired position by driving a peg


into the ground, and with piece Of


string attached to the peg, tie your


shoot where you want it. When the


horizontal branches have made six to


eight inches of a growth, they should


be stoppee by pinching out the point
of the shoot with the finger and thumb.
The leader is allowed to make twelve


inches of a growth when the point is
taken out as before. The object Of
stopping the horizontal branches at six
inches is to pushilthe buds below
Only one or so, will make a shoot ;;
the others form fruiting spurs at once.
Should more than one show tenden-
cy to make a shoot, it-should at once


be pinched back and made fruiting
spur. Now the leader is allowed to
grow twelve inches, and then stopped.
The leader viii have gained more
strength by being allowed to grow
twelve inches instead of six, and when
viii throw out another tier of
shoots or horizontal branches Just far
enough above the other tier to be
where they are wanted. The leader
iSthen allowed to grow on through
the season, andthe next spring is cut
back to within twelve inches, thus
forming another tier, and so on, year
after year. In this way the tree is
with branches from the
ground up; 10 branch interferes with
another, and each branch is properly
spurred. By repeating the practice
Of stopping, each branch is of the
same strength and capacity to carry
its respective weight of fruit This
balance of power viii need some watch
ing, and should there be one branch
that is inclined to grow weakly, let the
stopping alone on that branch-let it
gain its balance-but take care and
stop the others. BY So doing, you
throw the sap into the weaker ebanneL
IF this treatment Of tie Dwarf Pear is
pursued, I feel confident no one VIII
complain Of treesnot bearing when the
frost does not destroy the fruit.-C0r-
Prairie Farmer.
Year: 1862

f"4--@- w.


Group is an infiammation Of s.
ner surface of the wiadpipe InGs.
nation implies heat, and that Sea.
must be subdued or the patient wal
inevitably die. IF prompt efforts aEs
made to cool the parts in case OF 81
attack of Group, relief will be as prompt
as it is surprising and delightful. AL
know that cold water applied to a hot
skin cools it, but all do not as well
know and understand, that hot water
applied to an inAamed skin viii as
certainly cool it off. Hence the ap-
plication of cold water with linsn
cloths, or almost boiling water with
wooden flannel, are very efficient n
the cure of Group. Take two or three
pieces of WOODEN flannel Of two folds
large enough to cover the whole thrOa
/ and upper part of the chest; put thes
lin pan Of waiter as hot as the ban
can bear, and keep it thus hot,
adding water from boiling tea kettB
at hand; let two Of the Asnnels be q
the hot water oil the time, with dr
! flannel covering the wet one, 50 as
keep the steam in to some extent; &.
flannel should not be so wet when P
on, as to dribble the water, for it
important to keep the clothing as q
as possible, and the body and feet
the child comfortable and warm.


As soon as one flannel gets d lit
cool, put on another hot one, with
little interval Of exposure as Possd


and keep up the process nntl. 3
doctor comes, or until the phlegu
loose, the child easier, and begins {,
fall to sleep; then gently wrap a-dFl
flannel over the wet one which is o.
SO as to cover it up thoroughly, anc
the child is saved. When it wakes ul
both fannels will be dTy.-AGI
Journal.
Year: 1862

A New USE OF CRIEoLINE. The
fruit trees in my orchard house have
been much blighted this year; the
tops of the young shoots curl up. l
have, 1 think, destroyed the fly now.
Not being able to smoke the house in
the ordinary manner, ] have used a
lady's crinoline. I bought a cheap
one. covered with glazed calico, pulled
it up round pole, making Il as close
as possible. It is just the size to COW
er one Of Mr. Rivers miniature trees
I use a fumigater, and leave on the
crinoline till the next morning,
then syringe the trees. The fly has
no chance against the tobacco in Sc
small space; and the tree does no
appear the worse.-Cor. LoRdoR Pa


per.
Year: 1862

The uncertainty Of the weather and
Of the crops is an old subject, but it is
one about whichno agriculturist can feel
Indifferent. Changeable as the, seasons
are, there is yet reason to believe that
amid much apparent uncertainty, law
and order do still prevail At least, this
much may be held, that in the long run.
sunshine will succeed storm, and abund-
ance follow scarcity. There may be a
year or two of poor crops, but these will
soon be balanced by as many Of good
crops. We cannot tell how large period
the cycle may embrace, but we may be
confident that a cycle there will be.


The French are more given to observ-
ing and theorizing on these subjects, than
we busy Yankees are. Some time ago,
NJ Becoueres ssead paper before the
ACADEMY Of Sciences, in.iiaF.s on the
culture Of wheat in France, in which he
presented some statistics worth looking
at. His facts show that "there IS a pc
riodicity in the recurrence Of good and
bad harvests that five and six years OF
abundance and five or six of scarcity
follow each other pretty regularly He
quotes from Count Hugo the following
table, extending 33 years:
Year: 1862

Happening not long ago to meet school
director, the conversation turned upon Dis
trict Institutes. 1t was after the passage
Of the law requiring teachers to devote eve
ry other Saturday to these meetings. "We
are now obliged said he, ''to devote two
days in each month to Institutes. In our
summer schools, which are now in session,
we have employed all female teachers, most
of them young girls, who have never taught
before. They know little or nothing about
Institutes. What shall we do to fill the re-
quirements of the law?"


1 asked him if his teachers could spell
well. ''No," said he, "they cannot. Ire
ceived note from one of them yesterday,
in which number of common words were
misspelled."


well, then, could not portion of the
time be very proftably spent by those young
teachers in practicing in spelling, and trying
different methods of teaching this branch 2


1T certainly could; and at our next meet
ing we will have that tried For common
practical branch, it seems too much neglect
ed; and if we can in our meetings attract
attention to it, and improve the methods of
teaching it, District Institutes will have done
some good


To help that director out of his difficult
ties, and others who may perhaps be under
like cloud, l propose to offer few practi-
cal suggestions upon


Orthography and the methods Of teach-
ing 1.-THE purpose for which we learn to
spell is indicated by the ctymology of the
word Orthography -Orthos-right, and
Grqpho-I write-ri -right-writing. 1t is not
to be able to spell a word orally when stand
ing in class, with chance to try twice,
and teacher to pronounce it SO plainly that
the pupil cannot help spelling it right; but
to be able to write correctly such words as
one needs to use in any piece of writing that
he may have occasion to make. This is the
need, this is the end that we must labor to
attain. 0 t.:.


What are the means that we can make
use of that will most surely contribute to
this result? What plan of teaching, what
of instruction will make a right
WrSter?
Year: 1862

TuE Income TAx.-There is a great
curiosity among a certain class of citizens to
know whether the tax on incomes includes
borrowed money, which forms BY far the
largest portion Of the income Of some per-
Year: 1862

AS there was a report in our city
the other day, TO the effect that this
war vessel was aground below New
Orleans, and was being fired upon by
the Federals, who would likely get
possession of her, we extract the fol-
lowing particulars from the Picayune !:


" Everything went on swimmingly
until she was within two and half
miles from large war steamer, IL
bark, and a sloop-otrwar also lying at
anchor hear by. This was about 2
o'clock III the morning of the 1st. At
that point, and just as there was IL
brilliant prospect of a repitition of
the memorable night surprise upon
the blockading feet, the daring little
craft found herself aground, and with
in easy range of the enemy's guns
This was provoking enough. But
though the ram lay in that perilous;
position from 3 a. m, until p m., not
Il single vessel of any kind approach
led her, nor was q, single gun fired at
her by the enemy!


"Col. Duncan, in command of the
forts. sent down steamer with A
hundred and sixty men to assist the
Lieutenant, and the ram was under
way once more and returned to the
Quarantine Station to- COAL
Year: 1862

IdnSce .Su,geons.-Ihe following
instance of the skill of a Yankee sur
.eon is given by a correspondent OF
one OF their papers.


y private Of a regiment in Ken
lucky was accidentally shot in the
hand. The surgeon tugsed at the
bone, instead of the bullet, for one
hour, and finally. gave it up, as he
said it wa; toa tight in the BONE
The soldier came home on turlough
when it was taken out without diff
fculty..
Year: 1862

taken fnuch Of is time in the bill for the RELIEF OF
the contractors Of our State Prisons. The bill nav
ing been amended requiring the Commissioners 70
include in the examination the whole period OF time
OF such contract and ascertain the profits mace at
any time as well as the losses sustained during the
existence Of any contract and to award only 10 case
Of excess of loss over profit and to the amount OF
excess and further that the contractors shall sipn-
late that the State shall enter up judgment WIthih
sixty days upon any award made in favor OF the
State; .ond after the addition of provision allow.
ing the Commissioner $40 per day ut the expense Oh
the contractors and terminating the contract OF any
party applying for relief the bill tins amended was
ordered TO a third reading. II ever contractor
applies for relief under it, t will be because he non
esLly thinks his contract is a bad one.


THE PUBLIC DEFENSE.


There are certain provisions in the military bill
now before the Senate that attracting the hose
attention Of not only Senator'S but some Of the mill
tsry gentlemen OF the State. The provision giving
to the present Governor the power OF appointing aii
the officers except those of already existing regiments
all ColOnels, Lieutenant Colonels, Majors, Cap
ins Lieutenan,s and all other commisslohed oiil-
cers becomes more obnoxious il is more examined,
ard the opposition 10 il is extending.


THG SUsQUEHASSA RAILROAD BILL.


The Governor last night returned this bill with
veto Message His objections the same, or rather
he finds the same Questionable features in the bill
which, to his mind characterized the previous oils
Oh tho same subject vetoed by him. The question
now recurs, Shall the bill pass notwithstanding
the objections of tho Governor requiring two
third vote
Year: 1862

heavily OF many little mind, i that it il
overiasked with lessons. You still see here
and there idiotic parents striving 10 make
infant phenomena Of their children, and re-
cording with much pride how their children
could read and write at an una.urally early
age. Such parents are fools /: not necessa.
rily malicious fools, but fools beyond ques-
tion. The grea. use to which the fist six
or seven years Of life should I've given is tho
laying the foundation Of healthful con-
stitution in body and mind and the instil-
ling of those first principles Of duty and re-
ligion which do not need to be Taught out
of any books. Even if you do not perma.
nently injure the young brain and mind by
premature'y everlasting them, ,--eyen if
you do not prematurely blight the bodily
health and break the minds cheerful spring,
you gain nothing. Your child at fourteen
years old is not bit farther advanced in
his education than child who began his
years after him; and the entire result Of
yonr stupid driving has been to overcloud
some days which should have been the hap
piest Of his life.


] believe tina. real depression Of spirits,
usually the sad heritage Of after-years, il
often felt in very early youth. 1t some
times comes Of the chilTs fears, carly felt,
as to what is to become of him. His pa
rents, possibly, with the good sense and
kind feeling which distinguish various pa
rents, have taken pains TO drive it into The
child, that, if his father should die, he will
certainly starve, and may very probably
have to become wandering beggar. And
these sayings have sunk deep into the little
heart. remember how friend told me
that his constant wonder, when he was
twelve or thirteen years old, was this: If
life was such burden already. and SO mis-
cradle to look back upon, how could he
ever bear it when he had grown older p
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