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Year: 1864

From the Boston Journal


The question suggested by recent operations
before Richmond is, "Will there be another
grand fanking movement by the army Of the
Potomac !'' The general attack on the enemy's
works last Friday showed that they could not
be carried, except at cost of life not war
ranted under the circumstances. On the other
hand, Lee has ascertained, by sorties at all
hours OF the day and night, that he cannot push
back our lines. 1t is for the interest OF Lee,
however, that the two armies should thus re-
main for some time facing each other, as the
approaching sickiy season and the stronger
rebel lines will prove to our disadvantage.
Besides, the object of Grant is to advance, and
of Lee to stop him, and therefore q protraction
Of the present state of things is a rebel gain.
quiesce in it, any more than he did in the stop
page at Spottsylvania and on the North Anna.


But il there is to 5e another grand fanking
movement, designed to take our army into
Richmond, will 1t be on our right or our left
In support of the former suggestion 1t may be
said that the distance would be no greater tnan
on the other side, as Richmond Is situated on
bend in the James, which runs northwest above
the city, and for some distance below due
north. This makes the two routes ofapproach
about the same from the present position OF the
inv wouId probably be easier above, and q
movement IN that direction not having been,
probably, as much expected, it might encoun-
ter less resistance and weaker Notifications.
Finally, such a thanking movement west OF
Richmond would cut eff Lees foraging ground
and main supply route.


which side this reason really weighs,) all the
precedents in Grants progress thus far favor
thanking movement to the left. This would
bring him into connection with our navy on
the James, and into junction with Butler,
greatly shortening our base Of supplies, and
presenting more available point for assault
on the rebel forces. The crossing Of the river
could be easily made, and Fort Darling might
he taken in the rear. The movement, II exc.
cnted with the celerity Of those heretofore,
would probably cut OF the large rebel force
now besieging Butler and guarding the Peters.
burg road. Such is q mere glance at both
sides of this question. which remains in the
hest of hands, and the solution OF which We
are confident Of receiving In due time.
Year: 1864

PHILADELPHIA, June 14.-President Lincoln
will arrive III this city at O'Clock on Wednes.
day, and be escorted to his hotel by a military
and civic procession. On Thursday morning
he will be received at the Sanitary Fair, and
during his stay will occupy a chamber set
apart for his use, and in which he will receive
his friends and the public generally. He will
return to Washington on Thursday evening
Preparations are being made to give him
splend did reception.
Year: 1864

Maj. Gen. slckles and staff arrived In the city
to-day from the South. He came to Fortress
Monroe in q gunboat belonging to the Gulf
squadron. At Charleston harbor the General
had pleasant Interview on board ship with
the officers recently under Ore In that city. r
Year: 1864

SNAKE FIeHT.-A remarkable snake fight
took place few days since, in Washing
ton, Marion county, Ohio. The combat
was between two snakes-a black and q
spotted ratlIesnake. They were first dis
covered by somo children, who spread the
news of the deadly conflict, and soon near
fifty persons were upon the ground. The
snakes fought for about two hours and a
half when the black snake seized the rat
tIesnake by the back of the neck, and new
er lie, go the hold until the rsltlesuake gave
up the ghost.
Year: 1864

A Boston Abolition paper commends the
following lines, "wheresoever they may
come from, as much above the ordinary in
life and poetic spirit" They are said TO
have first appeared in a Georgia paper early
in the war;
Year: 1864




of the respect of the people of these States
than Lincoln, and The Democretic parry
far more of our confidence than the Re pub
lican, and that if reconstruction was pos
sibls il wond be far more probable under
General Mcclellan and the Democrats than
under L ncoln and the Republicans. The
Northwest inspires one, and New England
the other; but as long as New England
imposes The dogmas of her civilization,
and the tenels of her fanaticism upon the
mind and people of the Northwest, there
may be peace and separation, but there
never can be Union and harmony. II the
Northwest desires The restoration OF the
Union, let lis people shake off The bondage
of New England, and show to the world
that new era of toeration and fraternal
kindness has risen in the place of fanatical
Puritanism and selfish ostFacsm.
Year: 1864

1T is commonly said that Admiral Farragut
is the first commander on record who during
battle stationed himself at the masthead. This
is popular error, and it is but simple justice to
state that Il is claimed for General Mcclellan
that during the battle of Malvern Hill he occu-
pied a similar position ON one OF the gunboats on
the James river.


M. Gustave dllchthal has published in Paris
pamphlet on the Greek language, in which he
maintains by various ingenious reasons that the
Greek language would be admirably fitted for an
international universal language. In order to
attain this end, modern Greek, which differs but
little from the ancient, should be taught in
schools with its proper pronunciation, which
is very nearly the same as that which
prevailed in the classical times and
This, the author thinks, would be sufficient
TO place I'm the hands of the coming gene
ration in all civilized countries the nestirnable
treasure Of a universal language, calculated TO
meet every requirement of the human intellect
a somewhat analogous system has been urged by
Professor Blacke, Of Glasgow, 10 do away with
the inconyenient effects resulting from the lin
gualtroubles Of the builders Of the towerof Babel
Year: 1864

The sophOmores of Harvard displayed their
indignation at the suppression of their annual
game of football by the Faculty last Monday
evening by procession round their playground,
a mock funeral of their fayorite game, transpa-
rency, and a small skirmsh with the freshmen
and faculty, in which some Of the college officers
were slightly bruised.
Year: 1864

is greatly increasing the general deter
mination by her afiability and frequent
appearance in public. She Is beloved
beloved, not so much from her position,
but still more from the wrongs of her
country and the grief of her family.
Strange rumOrs get abroad in relation
to her; it is currently reported that she
has threatened TO put herself and fol
lowers in mourning and to abstain from
gay appearances at Court if hostilities
recOmmence, and the two greatest
ladies in the land thus being at cross
purposes, and both playing the
mourner, "levees' and " drawing
rooms may soon be at an end
before the season is half over. lie bean
monde Is frightened, ho1u ton in despair,
and tailOrs, dressmakers and millineTs
trembling in their shoes. of course
the Prince of Wales sides heartily with
his wife, and the majority of statesmen
Of all parties look toward the rising
sun OF his future. The belief gains
ground among the upper classes that he
will shortly assume the reins of govern
ment; rumOrs are occasionally heard OF
the abdication of the Queen, and these
oa dts have lately taken so much con.
sistence as TO be openly talked of on
Change. You need not be surprised
if the present year should prove the
last of her maiestys reign, more espe-
cially as her health becomes more pre-
cariOus and her determination more
opposed to the sentiments of her people.
Her abdication would certainly be far
from causing any surprise to the
country, and am almost justified il
stating that it is daily expected.
Year: 1864

A COppeFhead InsurFectIOn In the


North Prayed for BY the Southern


Rebels.


1t appears from the following article
which, with the paper containing it, is
sent us by a soldier in the Army of the
Cumberland, that the first exaggerated
accounts of the massacre of soldiers in
Coles county, Ill, were received with
great favor in the South


From the Atlanta Ca, Iutelgeneer, April.


THE ESEUrE IN ILLINOIS


Nothing has occurred of late that
interests the people Of the South 40
much as the intelligence of the recent
fracas in Illinois. From the dispatch
of the Provost Marshal General, and
the request made to Gen. Heintzleman
to send FIVE thousand men 10 aid in
suppressing the outbreak, it would aD-
pear that matters had assumed a serious
aspect IN that locality, and we fervently
trust that the "rebel sympathizers'
may be found as numerous as ants, and
too strong to be put down by the five
thousand men requested Of General
Heintzleman.


We fervently trust that this outbreak
Ofthe populace may speed throughout
Illinois until, like a contagion, it is
scattered over the Western States. A
popular revolution Of the coPperheads
of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio at the
present time would be of immense ser
80 I n
foil the grand plan by which Grant
hopes to give the rebellion its death
blow in the coming campaign There
is no doubt that there are in the three
Western States mentioned above. a
large number Of men opposed to the
abolition war The vote in Ohio during
the last GubernatOrial election exhibit
ed the fact that over two hundred
thousand voters in that State were Op-
posed to the war, and if the flames of
insurrectisn will only spread over Illl-
nOis, we feel certain that thousands of
Ohioans will Join the nslss.


The fact of the insurrectionists hav-
ing intrenched themselves and the ap-
pretended attack on MattOOn by the
rebels of Shelby and Moultrie counties,
would indicate that they were rising at
different points in the State at the same
time. If there is any previously con
certed plan between the different bodies
of the rebels, and they can succeed
uniting their forces under some able
leader, we are certain the outbreak will
become too formidable for militia to
quell. Even the militia can not be de.
pended on, for it will necessarily con
tain large number Of men who sym
pathize with the insurrectionists IL
will, therefore. necessitatc the Federal
Government to send veteran troops to
the new eve of war and enable our
forces to drive the Yankees from their
present position.


Since writing the above, the telegraph
brings us contradictory accounts Of this
outbreak. One dispatch from MattOon
to the Baltimore American states that
scouts report the rebels at fifteen thou
sand strong, while another reports all
quiet, and the supposition was that the
Illinoisans had dispersed We trust
that the first account Is q correct one.
Nothing could give Us greater satislac
ton than the sight of the copperheads
engaged in the work of cutting the
thrOats of Lincoln's hirelings We shall
await future and more reliable accounts
of the emeute with interest
Year: 1864

My books will show that for the past FIVE months
my practice has increased hundred per cent. over
the last year. uut it is not 10 be surpassed by any
in the State. With my general practice in the city,
l treat the following
Year: 1864

Young Married Ladies whose misfortune ii has
been not 10 bring forth IN due season, remember
God has said you should multiply and repenish. II
this is your desire you can consult me either by
letter or IN person. No lady over thiuy-hve yesrs
OF age need make application. All Recommendations
Year: 1864

At halfpast four clock this morn
ing an attack was TO have been made
along our entire line, in our front This
part Of the general programme was car
ried out promptly, the attack being with
both infantry and artillery. II was a
brisk attack and called out a vigorous
response. The firing continued two
hours, the infantry on both sides firing
from behind breastworks


GEN. WARREE $ HEADQUARTERS AGAIN USDER


FIRE


On former occasions during this cam
Year: 1864

Our own losses are light when com
pared with what it was supposed they
would be ON General Ayres' and Gen
Bartletts brigades the loss fell heaviest,
but with concession Of superior losses,
TO this brigade is conceded saving the
day
Year: 1864

HORRIBLE ACCIDENT - CnILD BURNED TO
DEArH.-it again becomes our duty to re
cord another Of those careless incidents
which many timely warnings have labored
to subyert Last evening was repeated one
of the most shocking and heart-ren,ling ac-
cidents, and time which will be long
memorable to the parents row bercft of a
darling child Of seven years. At about four
o'clock, the mother left her household to the
disposal of the deceased and one still Young
cr, while she could come down town to pro
cure her little girl few necessarics. that she
might attend a picnic to- day. During her
absence, another little girl called at her
house, and while there candle was lighted
and by some means or other the blaze came
in contact with the clothes of the i'll fated
girl. and instantly she was cnvelopcd in
flames, and nearly all her body burned to
a crisp-so that when her remaining gar
ments were removed, the skin cleavcd with
them The mother returned aud found her
child had become suffering victim while she
had been in pursuit Of objects to enhance its
pleasui 5 on the following day In agony
she survived until s o'clock. when death
put an end to her s'iil'crings, and bore her
spirit 20 the promised land. Dr. Youman 5
was Summoned in due TIM after the terri
bic accident occurred, but single ra, or
hope was not visible. more than to stay her
shreking pains. The name of the family,
we believe, is shurley, aud reside on the
: rner-of Rock Island and Ninth streets.
Year: 1864

To ask tradesman if the commodity
which he offers to sell YOU is Of the first
quality,


To suppose you please your visitor by
showing your infant child to him.


To tell man of whom you wish to Dor.
row that YOU are in great want of it,


To suppose that all criticisms nre written
by critics,


To ask market woman if her eggs arc
fresh


TO immurc man in prison who owes you
money and has no means Of paying it, ex-
ccpt by his industry,


To suppose the cider which you buy at
TWO uUIiurs bottle IS cnampaBne.


For monkey to suppose when he returns
from his foreign travels sensible people will
take him for a lion.


For an author to denounce the ago as IL
iteratc because his book is unsaleable,


To occupy the attention Of dinner
party with anecdotes relating to yourself.


TO advise Il sef-conceitcd friend to aban.
don foolish undertaking.


TO expect to retain the friendship of a
man after having asked him to return Dor.
rowcd money to you


10 suppose that distinguished authors
have too much dignity to puff their own
writings.


For man to have pockets made in his
clothes when ho has nothing to put in
them.


TO suppose all those who style them
selves professors to be great and learned
mon


TO commence dunnng letter with my
dear sir and end it with "your most obe-
dicnt humble servant"


When in hurry, to get into Now York
omnibus.


70 ask for "a second joint when you want
the leg Of turkey.


To eat four courses in seven minutes and
complain OF indigestion afterwards


Telling your wife when you 90 home at
one o'clock in the morning that you have
been at your Office writing.
Year: 1864

From pleasant volume recently pub.
l'shed by Carter Il Son, New York, entitled
Able to Save we take the following
word, Of comfort:


"God does not send trouble or sickness,
or poverty, mcrcI ) to fret and annoy his
hi, childrcn--tO render them unhappy and
discontcntcd No; but forasmuch as our
natures are sinful and must be sanctifcd--
lyrasmuch as we arc willtul and must bo
brought to Obcdiencc--forasmuc as every
remnant of the evil principle must be re.
moved ere we can enter tho kingdom Of
hcavcn-God tries his children, not by


long continued aud uniform adversely, but
by transition from the one to the other
He knows that the grace which might bo
sufficient for the day OF sunshine. will not
bear us up amid darkness and tempest
that the virtues which appear in the Chris
'.an when all is serene and tranquil, might
be crushed and dcadcned amid reverses and
disappointmcnts. And as it is his purpose
30 strengthen the Christian character-to
develop it moro and more, until it is fitted
for his own immediate presence-he makes
the believers path one of varied experience,
OF joy and sorrow, of health and sickness
Of prosperity and adversely. But then, new
grace is impaired for every. new form Of
trial and new trats of character come into
view in these rapid transitions of life. For
as the gold or the diamond, UNSOLICITED to
the crucblc and 70 other agencies might
have continue to shine with steady beauty
and brilliancy, but not with the peculiar
beauty effected by chemical changes; so, in
Christian life. many beautiful trait Of
character would have remained undlscov-
cred throughout unbroken prosperity, or
continued adversity There might have
been always the redity of religion but not
that peculiar manifestation which is pro-
duced in transition from ne one to the
other
Year: 1864

rsa. The Church Missionary Society have
Just published the following extract of a let
ter from that distinguished Christian officer.
Sir Herbert Edwards;


The Committee will he glad to hear that
since returning to India ! can perceive the
strongest indications of its people being on
the march from the stronghold of their old
ideas There is marked activity of thought
in the educated GLASSES. especially among
the Hindus sudden recognition of being
wrong, or not quite right. and a desire to
advance to new things under cover of old
names-a sort of shame-iiIced reformation.
tending away from idolatry. and towards
Christian belief. through the hallway house
of Christian morals. And all from native
exponents, declaring this is not Hinduism
nor that, and must be put away; but never
telling where they got the light-irom the
feeble tapers which your Society and others
have kept Pickering alive in scattered mis-
sion homes for sixty years. amid darkness
and Encouragement and scorn. Missions in
India have begun to tell. God grant that
we may see their triumph in our day!
Year: 1864

frrA loyal woman has written an able paper
On tns oIsi M . III sno tI S k
in fighting for the country and flag TO the last
man; and it seems to me any man is an idiot
who talks such nonsense. What would the
country be to me or any other woman If the
slast man was gone"
Year: 1864

An old resident of this city, says the St.
Louis Union; who has brother living in
Salt Lake City, lately received letter from
him, with the information that snow had
fallen to the depth Of forty feet in the Rocky
Mountains-a greater depth than has been
sssn there Tor years past.
Year: 1864

To ensure prompt payment of the foregoing
assessment, Discount at the rate Of One and One
half per cent per mon tn, will be allowed on the
same, when paid within sixty days from date Of
levy. By order Of the Board of Trustees


mh4 I'm THOS w COLBLJRN Sec'y
Year: 1864

the love Of Jesus that you pray without
coasiug for the brave defenders of ouI
country. A word of counsel or encour'
agement, addressed to any of your
friends in the ar ay, will be thankfully
received, Through the Agency of Chap.
lains, or tho Christian Commission, YOU
can send them the word Of Life, But,
above all, you can bear them on your
heart before God in prayer In the
praying circle, at the family altar, let
our earnest cry be for the noble, brave,
self.sacifcing men, who peril every
thing for the salvation Of our country.
Year: 1864

We learn that the wheat which was somewhat
injured by the cold weather some weeks SINCE is
now suffering for the want of rain, The ope"
weather which we have had for week or two past,
has enabled the farmers to break up their land for
corn in good time We trust that the fear OF tithes
and imuressments will not dshearten the farmers,
but that they will cultivate as much land as Prac-
cable, and raise all they can. The wheat crop, if
it should turn out we'll, may suffice until cOrn-gath
eng time, but it will be our main dependence from
June until October Every ear of corn that can be
produced will be needed As for meat that will be
luxury as sugar and coffee formerly were, by the
first Of August
Year: 1864

A writer in the Henderson Times, over the sigma
ture of Unus charges that the Editor Of this paper
has gotten up the Convention movement in this
State with the view to defeat the reelection of Gov
Vance. The charge is utterly without foundation.
oIunius has no proof of it, but proceeds merely on
suspicion. Does any sane person think it possible
that feeble individual IN Raleigh could start and
sustain a movement which would control the State
and decide its elections What nonsensel No
Mr.. Junius, the movement is the peoples, and we
are simply one of their organs. That is all. But
how is it possible to defeat Gov. Vance, if he will
do as Junius says he will, "bow defercntially" to
the will of the people? The people make Cover
nors and Congressman, and the people unmake
them. Public men stand or fall to the people and
each one must judge for himself as to hat the peo
pie wish and what they do not wish.


Jtlnius charges that we are in favor of repeating
the Ordinance by which North Carolina Withdrew
from the Union, and that we are in favor of Con-
vention for that purpose. Junius reads the Stand
ard, and he knows there is no foundation for this
charge 1t exists only in his excitable and very
uncertain Imagination.


Junius also says that we started the petitions
now in circulation in the Western part of the State
and which are being signed by thousands, urging
the Governor to convene the Legislature At fault
again. This plan of embodying public opinion
originated with the people, and not with u.s. We
think it good plan-better, perhaps, than public
meetings-but we are not entitled to the credit of
it But Junius shows his respect for the people by
assuming that many of them will sign these peti.
tions without knowing what they mean. .Junius
talks like oligarch, but he is after all, only one
of the instruments of the olfgarchs


We think we know who .unius is We advise
him to "keep his breath to cool his porridge." lie
is one of the most unreliable politicians in the noun
tain country. He seeks to add to his consequence,
and to oinjure us by attaching himself to Gov Vance
In this be will fail. We advise him to subside un
til more suitable occasion presents itself for the
exhibition of his talents. ~ -.. -
Year: 1864

a crop of potatoes ready for the
table early in June, may be secured
without great trouble. If seed pota-
toes are brought into a warm room
about the first Of March the eyes start
rapidly, the nourishment in the tubers
Will suetoin thorn for two or three
weeks, by which time they are usually
planted out in some favorable spot.
Ofcourse, care must be taken in plant
ing out not to break the sprouts. Or
the tubers may be planted in a hot
bed Of moderate temperature about
the middle of the month. Cut them in
halves, lay the fiat side down, as thick
as they can be placed, and cover with
about two inches of earth. They may
be trans-planted when two or three
inches high. They should be removed
carefully, separating the roots with as
little injury as possible. They will
not be likely to yield a full crop under
this treatment, and may therefore be
planted more closely, say in drills thir-
" inches apart in the drills. Another
method is to put pieces Of potatoes in
squares of turf, set them close togeth-
er in warm place where they can be
wateredreadily. On cold nights pro-
teet them with straw. When large
enough they can be set out, turf and
all without disturbing the roets. This
might not pay on large, scale, but
enough may thus be brought forward
for family supply, until the main
crop is matured enough to draw upon.