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Year: 1864

The laws of fashion are as inexorable
as the laws of the Bible, and unlike the
latter, in keeping Of them there is title re
ward 1t is hard service and small pay
An exchange gives the following view Of
the matter:


"Pashon kills more women than toll
and sorrow. Obedience to fashion is
transgression to the laws of womans ma
ture, is a greater injury to her physical
and mental constitution than the hard
ships Of poverty and neglect The slave
woman will live and grow old, and see two
or three generations Of her mistresses fade
and pass away. The washerwoman, with
scarcely q ray Of hope to cheer her in her
tolls, will live to sec her fashionable sis
ters all die around her The kitchenmaid
is hearty and strong, when her lady has
ancholv truth that fashion pampered wo-
men are almost worthless for all the great
en- Is of human life. They have but little
force of human character; they have still
less power of moral will and quite as little
physical energy. They live for no great
purpose through life; they accomplish no
worthy ends. They are do l-forms in the
hands of miliner. and servants, to be fed
and dressed to order They clothe no
body; they feed nobody; they instruct
nobody; they bless nobody and they save
nobody. They write no books, they set
no rich example of virtue and woman life
If they rear children, servants and nurses
do oil save to conceive ard give them
birth And when reared, what are they :?
What do they ever amount to, but weaker
scions of the stock Who ever heard OF
a fashionable womans chi d exhibiting
any virtue or power of mind for which i
became eminent? Read the biographies
of our great and good men and women
Not one of lem had fashionable mother.
They nearly all sprung from strong mind
ed women, who had about as much to do
with fashion as the changing clouds.
Year: 1864

The total vote for President in tho
Of 80, sos on the vote Of 1860 The heav-
lest increase in the State WAS in the city
of New York The percentage of Increase
in the State was 3; in the city Isl. Lin
coins official majority over Mcclellan is
6796.
Year: 1864

nfa-The London Times at last seems to
have It's eyes opened and admits that with
''the vast body of the American people
decided upon n vigorous prosecution Of
the war, the sole hope of the rebellion
will he the chimera Of foreign interven-
ton" When the Times looks upon tho
cause of the Confederacy as desperate, i,
must be desperate, indeed
Year: 1864

My uncle, er after this, used to dec are
his belief that good may often grow out
of evil; for, without neuralgia, he would
never have worn SO many nightcaps. and,
without the pightcaps, the robber under
the bed would not have been tempted to
laugh and so betrav himself
Year: 1864

A man in Pennsylvania recently pur-
chased government horse, and discover
ing wound or sore on it. thigh which
showed no sign Of healing, made an e1-
animation, and found small pocket
knife, with the blade, shut, embedded
deep in the flesh How it got there is
mystery.
Year: 1864

ure of the war element in the position of the
conservatives


He who will not brook so little war as this is
an abolitiOuist. He who will not brook so
much is a secessionist. But let the Chicago
Convention nominate a candidate who honestly
represents this position, and, our life for it,
there will be few, who have ever acted with the
conservatives and whose support is worth more
than their opposition, that will refuse to sup
port him, while hundreds of thousands who
have never acted with the conservatives, will
support him also. The nomination of such a
candidate will be equivalent to his triumphant
election. The conservative position, of which
the fundamental articles are, first, infexble
determination to preserXe the Union of the Con-
stitutiOn at all hazards, and, secondly, an equal
determination to do this with as LITTLE
BLOODSHED AS POSSIBLE and if possible
with NO FURTH3R BLOODSHED. This posi-
ton, we sav strongest conceivable posi-
tion with the people. 1t is to-day invincible
and every day between to-day and the nones of
November will make this position stronger Let
the Chicago Convention conspicuously and un-
equivocaly plant itself upon this position, and
no earthly power can defeat the Chicago nomi-
nee. He will be elected by a majority that will
send thrill of admiration and of hope through
the civilized world. And here and thus the
Chicago Convention will certainly plant itself


Where else can it plant itself? Beyond this
position, there lies the Cimmeran bog of abo-
litonsm. Short Of this position, there yawns
the Tartarean pit of secessionism. The golden
medium of conservatism is absolutely the only
position upon which the Chicago Convention
can plant itself without courting defeat and dis
honor for the opposition and ruin for the Re-
plant itself just certain the sun shines upon
it -
Year: 1864

A PRoFANE DARKEY.-A humane lady in the
west of Ohio, during the rush Of contrabands
thither, took pity on on poor ragged boy of
decidedly dark complexion, and concluded TO
give him home in her family. After being
decently clothed, Jack was as happy as a rebel
in Union prison, and soon was as fat as prize
pig. The good woman was pleased with her
success and all went on swimmingly until one
day she heard him use the Lords name in any
thing but q reverent manner. Calling Jack to
her she proceeded to lecture him upon the enor-
nifty of the deed, telling him he would certainly
go to Tophet unless he stopped swearing.


What kind oh place am dat2


1T is a lake of fire and birthstone"


'Fiah and birthstone, MissusP


Yes, and you will put into it and burned for
ever and ever:'


But poor Jack burn all up Missus.


No, you won't; you will Keep burning but
never be consumed


But could nebber stand it.


you will have to stand it, replied thewoman,
somewhat at loss for words to make him under
tand her meaning


WELL replied the juvenile contraband, if
kin stand it, don't care a d-l' and immedi-
ately began to whistle down in Dixie
Year: 1864

SIGNs.-IFs good sign to see a man do
ing an act of charity to his fellows; it's
bad sign to hear him boasting of it. It's
good sign to see the color Of health in mans
face; it's a bad sign to see it all in his nose.
It's good sign to see an honest man wear
ing old clothes; it's bad sign to see them
filing holes in his windows. It's good
sign to see a woman dressed with taste and
neatness; its a bad sign to see her husband
sued for feathers and foolery, gems and jew
elry. It's good sign to see woman have
bloom in her cheeks; its bad sign to see it
painted there It's a good sign to see a man
advertise in the papers; its a bad sign to
see the Sheriff doing it for him.
Year: 1864

CHATS WHATs THE MATTER. "A Young
Mems Club is being organized in Marysville, and
according to its Constitution it is to furnish each
member, as soon as married, with complete set
of bedroom furniture. A friend Of ours, says
the Napa Reporter, says he was speaking Of this
association to young lady in Napa, when she,
signing, said, 81 do wish the young men here
get up one of the clubs; maybe some of them
would be induced to get married" After study
ing over the matter we have come to the conclu-
sion that "thats what's the matter" with the
young men in Napa-they haven'tmoney enough
to buy a bed l-MargsgiMe appeal.
Year: 1864

- OOu6 VI buo pTooo ol- tuo oooh9Ay3 o"yo
the Raleigh Confederate, are given to harp
ing upon the hardships and suferings which
the people have to endure, in the struggle
we are now making for our independence,
for our honor, our property our iives-for
everything dear and sacred to u.s. And we
regret that truth compels .us;to add to this
lamentable fact, that this groaning, COM
planning and harping is made with the man.
EEifet desire to make the people dissatisfied,
unhappy and to injure the cause. Itis folo
lly to argue with men thus Influenced and
actuated /; but we would ask those of our
people WHO are influenced BY them, if they
have weighed thes amount of suffering that
would inevitably be <antailedtupon them and
their, .ebildren+ -sufferipgs of which the
ipast are but drop in the ocean Of waters.
SuffisTTiings what have been our suferings
compared with those resulting from subju'
cation by force, orsubnission by assent e.
Shall the loss of property, great as it has
been shall the physical pains, the mental
sorrow, the beart-riven anguish, untold and
isoul.harrowing as they have been shall


these purchase for us a boon of shame, op-
iprsssiop and wrong, instead of the glorious


need of personal life and liberty of national
independence, honor and renown2 Shall


the ocean Of the best blood of the South
shed in this revolution, be'made TO rust and
bind the chains of oppression, wrong and
slavery upon ms forever! sa .sz'


There can be no fears for the result of
the contest in which. we are engaged if, as
the Augusta Register says, we but stand by
our treasure, and guard it with our lives
and our property. Then we shall cleave
place forourselves among the nations of the
earth, and stand among them respected for
our responsibility. But failure on our
part would entail upon US the most abject


poverty, the most ignominious disgrace and
the infinite scorn and cQntumely Of man
kind. Fhe world will say we have not been
the faithful custodans of the honor of con-
stitutional freedom. They will say We
bartered our destiny for one that would be
spurned by the least enlightened. They


would hiss upon us in their righteous wrath
and spew the venom of contemptuous regard


in our faces forever. The oppressed among
the nations of the earth would curse US
Even down cast Poland would raise her


hands that were worn and .lacerstedt with.
their gives and speak her contempt for US;


Switzerland would say that We were unwor-
thy to speak the name of: Tell, and the re-
cords Of Manassas, Shiloh, and our hundred
other fields of blood would be only records
of our shame. The ghosts of the many
whG.have fallen would raise their lean, lank
hands from the grave and invoke maledio'
tions upon US. If wewish to be amosg the
first of the nations of the earth we must
succeed. If we would have the anattemaa
nsaranatba of the world, let us fail. The
God of pature has placed in our power the
means to achieve our freedom, and if we a.
vail ourselves not Of them we 60 down. in
infamy and disgrace. >
Year: 1864

The sympathizers with the rebellion in Eu.
rope, and those who have been brought into
sympathy with 1t by their Investments In the
rebel loan, are sending over money by every
steamer to help on the Mcclellan cause.


A gentleman who has Just arrived from the
continent of Europe informs US that this fact
was well known to him, and that one party
was, to his knowledge, authorized to draw for
seventy thousand dollars In gold to aid in Nc
Clellau's election. Gold is potent in the camps
of the Democracy, but 1t will hardly give a
grand political victory to played out general.
Year: 1864

gentleman Just from Europe informs us
that great deal of money Is being sent over
here for the Mcclellan cause. He mentioned
one party who was authorized TO draw for
seventy thousand dollars in gold, to be used in
the campaign of the peace Democracy.
Year: 1864

Nothing especially interesting was received
from the Army of the Potomac this morning.


The advanced position gained last week ia
thoroughly strengthened, but there Ia little
danger Of the enemy attempting to dlslodpe
our army, Lee being considered too weak to
make such movement.
Year: 1864

ssa. Whenever you will show me man
with the words 'no party in his mouth,
will show you a man that figures at the
head, or dat gules at the tail of the most
inveterate party that ever existed Senator
Benton.
Year: 1864

nm- That was pretty conceit OF a
romantic father whose name was Rose, and
who named his daughter ''Wild, SO that
she grew up under the appellation OF
wild Rose. But the romance OF the
thing was sadly spoiled whom she married
man by the name Of Bull.
Year: 1864

say a man in England who measured
five feet FIVE inches round and weighed
about fourteen stone and quarter, has
been cured Of his rotundity by eating moth
ing but meat. He had eaten only bread
and milk previously.
Year: 1864

The Mobile Register is answerable for
the following:


About twenty-three years ago Jake
Willard had cultivated the soil of Bald
win Co., and drawn therefrom support
for himself and wife. He is childless.-
Not long ago Jake left the house in search
ola missing COW. His route led him
through an old worn out path of clay land,
Of about six acres in extent, in the centre
of which was well twenty five or thirty
foet deep that at some time probably had
furnished the inhabitants cfa ruined house
near by with water. In passing this spot
an i'll wind lifted Jakes hat from his head
and maliciously waited it to the edge Of
the we'll, and in it tumbled cafumix.


Now Jake had always practiced the vir-
tue Of economy, and he Immediately set
about the recovery of the lost hat. He
ran to the we'll, and finding that it was dry
at the bottom, he uhcoiled the rope which
he had brought for the purpose of cap
auring the truant COW, and after several
attempts to each the hat with moose, he
concluded to save time by going down into
the well himself To accomplish this he
made one end of the rope fast to stump
close by, and was quickly on his way
down into the we'll.


1t is fact Of which Jake was no less
obvious than the readers hereof, that Ned
Wells was in the ruined building afore-
said; an old blind horse with bell to his
neck, who had been turned out 20 die
was lazily grazing within short distance
of the we'll.


The devil himself or some other wick sd
spirit, put it into Ned's Uranium to have
a little fun; SO he quietly slipped up tc
the old horse and nnbucked the bell strap
approached with slow and measured
ting ling to the edge of the we'll


"Dang thst old blind horse!' said Jake
hes cummin' this way sure, and ham
| pOU no more sense tian IO Iall III ueTe.-
Whoa, Ballr


But tl1s continued approach of the
''ting a ling said just plainly as words
that Bali wouldn t whoa. Besides
Jake was at the bottom, resting before
trying to shin it up the rope.


Great Jerusalem ~ said he, ''the con



founded old cuss will be stop of Inc be
fore [ can say Jack Robson. Whoa
dang you, whoa


/ just then Ned drew up to the edge O
the we'll, and with his foot kicked little
dirt into it.


'Oh Lord =" exclaimed Jake, falling
upon his knees at the bottom ''um gon,
now, whsal Now lay me down to sleel
E-"W hoo, Ball pray the Lord m,
soul to--w-h GA, now. Oh, Lord hav
mercy on me!''


Ned could hold in no longer, aud fear
ing that Jake might suffer from his fright
revealed himself


Probably Ned didn'. make tracks wit
his heels from that we'll. Maybe Jak
was not up to the top of the well in
: short time; and you might think he didn
1 try every night for two weeks to get she
{ with his rifle at Ned. Maybe not.
, don't know. But do know that if j ak
finds out who sent you this, it will be th
9 last squib you will get out of this write
. 1 reckon.


S
Year: 1864

During the debate in the u. S. Senate
concerning the pay of colored troops, in
speaking of the loose and uncertain lam
guage used in an amendment offered, Mr..
Collamer remarked; =, osfe< ls5od


ut should be an act by itself, diree-
ting them to pay according to the terms
Of the contract made at the time.
would not put it upon any contingency as
to whether the men were led or not led so
to believe. That does not alter anything
at all. That is the loosest of all possible
modes of Legislation. 1t so strongly re-
minds me of an anecdote Of the last war,
that will be an illustration Of it, that
cannot but tell it. two = 'ast"3'


1--WE had lieutenant by the name of
Bezeau, who was famous recruiting off,
Ger. l say we because I was then in the
service. He was sent down to Middle
bury, in Vermont, to recruit in the winter
1928. In the spring the recruits were
brought in. There were about seventy or
eighty of them. When we came to mus
ter them in according to their enlistment
it was found on examining the men
that he enlisted one as major, two as
chaplains, about twenty men to each bass
drum, and three or four as lieutenants,


Laughter. When we came to take off
the citizens clothes and put the soldiers
uniform on them and place them in the
ranks, there was distress and trouble
enough.--If we had been compelled to
carry out the assurances they had received
| do not know how we should ever have
done it, / will only add that Bezeau
took care to stipulate that he should never
serve with his own recruits. :" Laughter
Year: 1864

we will say, that there has but one man
deserted from our state, and he was res
ident of New York. From other States
they have deserted by buying up the
guards with few dollars.


Having voluntarily enlisted to help
defend our common Country and to do
honor to our State, we feel that such
treatment is not only abusive, but dis
graceful to ourselves, and the cause we are
engaged in. ,bgiu p rfsH


Now in behalf of the above statement,
all we ask, is this: that we either be sent
on to tn e front or else be allowed to 60
out of this stencil and foul air into that
which is pure and healthy. Being resi-
dents, of the Sd Congressional district, of
which you are the Representative, we
sincerely hope and trust that you will
give it your attention.


Yours truly, M. M. PARKER
To the Hon. P. Baxter.
Year: 1864

THE HORRORS OF DELIRIUM rREMENs.
Come listen while to me, my lad,
Come, listen, to me spell
d.. Let that terrible drum
For moment be dumb,
For your uncle is going to tell V
lag What befell


A youth who loved liquor too well.
A clever young man was he, my lad,
And with beauty uncommonly blessed,


Ere with brandy and wine
He began to decline,
And behaved like person possessed;
s,a .tia. Iprotest ....I
The temperance plan is the best.
One evening he went to tavern, my lad,
He went to a tavern, one night


And drinking to much s..


Rum. brandy, and such,
The chap got exceedingly tight -


And was quite
g What your aunt would entitle fright" f"
The fellow fell into q snooze, my lad
IT'S horrible slumber he takes


He trembles with fear,
And acts very queer;
My eyes how he shivers and shakes


When he wakes,
And raves about horrid great snakes
'Tis warning to you and to me, my lad
A particular caution to all ...


Though no one can see


The viper but he
To hear the poor lunatic bawl, '.
.......... How they crawl
All over the floor and the wall E"
Next morning he took to his bed, my lad,
Next morning he took to his bed;


And he never got up,


To dine or to sup,
Though properly physicked and bled;


And read


Next day the poor fellow was dead. ..i
You've heard of the snake in the grass
my lad .
OF the viper concealed in the grass


But nowyou must know,


Mans deadliest foe


Is snake of different class.
Alas J. 5.....
It's THE VIPER THAT LURKs IN THE GLASS
0
ae. .-. J. G. SAKE.
Year: 1864

A correspondent of the st. Louis
Democrat, in describing stage ride from
Seda liza to Springfield, Mo-, during the
cold term in January, when the mercury
stood fourteen degrees below zero, relates
the following touching incident which be-
fel one of the female passengers who had
an infant with her:


Every few miles VIC stopped to warm,
and at each place, until within about five
miles of her destination, the mother took
the babe, an infant of fifteen months,
into the different houses. 1t was nearly
4 o'clock in the morning, and we were
within five miles of Bolivar, when the
stage drew up at rude cabin, where the
driver informed us we could get warm,
and that we would not halt again before
reaching town.


l got out and assisted the lady to
alight, when we entered the domicil. l
noticed that she was not carrying the
child, and asked her where it was. Il
have wrapped it up and laid it on the
seat, as / was afraid if the wind blew on
it it might catch cold was her reply. l
told her she had better bring it in. as it
would certainly freeze. She said. No,
it is warm and will sleep We remained
in the house half an hour and re-entered
the stage. The baby was still lying on
the seat, and the mother, after she picked
him up, remarked, He is asleep yet.


Not a whimper, not a cry proceeded
from that child during the remainder
of the trip. The wind moaned piteously.
Closely the mother nestled her babe to
her bosom. We reached Bolivar before
it was yet day, cold, chilled almost be-
yond the endurance of nature. went
into the tavern, accompanied by mother
and child. Walking up the lane the
mother said to me, Did you ever see such
a baby? he hasn't cried tonight i 1t
was half an hour before the fire was made,
no one being out of bed when we went
in. f.. se. ..r..


We drew chairs to the cold fire. place
and awaited the kindling, which in time
followed. The fire was lighted and soon
gave out its grateful offering Of heat.
The child remained wapped up; it was
quiet. His mother repeated, He is asleep
yet He was asleep he is asleep yet
the child was frozen to death, and in
this world he Is asleep yet Death
spared him the colds of sarth--he was
frozen into Paradise" .g..
Year: 1864

This distinguished military chieftain arrived
In this city this morning from the West. He
came through Philadelphia, where he tarried a
few hours yesterday. The fact that he was In
that city soon became known, and whenever
and wherever he made his appearance, whether
in his hotel or in the street, he was enthusias.
tlcnlly greeted by the people, who were con.
stantly on the alert for look at the greatest OF
living heroes. The General is in fine hOalth
and spirits. He will mako brief stay in the
city, his intention being to go to the front as
soon as his faithful old war horse arrives,
which is now on tho way.
Year: 1864

The fortnlghtly reception given by the Presl.
dent and Mrs. Lincoln was attended last night
BY large company, in spite OF the storm.
The levee was, however, considerably smaller
than the next previous one, at which General
Grant received a most 1attering ovation.
There was some reason In this, for the almost
unprecedented snow storm was making every
mans house irhts house and many felt that
1t would be very lnconyenient to visit De White
House.


A brilliant company was gathered at the
usual hour, representing all branches OF the
public service, and the fashionable society of
the city.


Mrs. Lincoln wore a MORE antique of the
color Of frosted silver, with white satin trim
mings and black lace shawl. A beautiful
wreath OF rare but modest flowers upon l,er
head, and necklace OF pearl, were the ouly
ornaments dlsplayedby her on this occasion.
Year: 1864

The LOCAL REPoRTERs in Buffalo must have
had lively time last Tuesday; for we find 1t
stated that on that day there werea shooting
afrray ut the theatre a case OF infantIclde, to
the perpetrator of which there Is "no clue -
a riot and terrible assaults lncendlarism by q
soldier confined at the station house bur-
glsry and robbery at private dwelling fune.
raj of health inspector supposed poisoning
and post nOrtsm of the victim violent
assault on a policeman and rescue OF pris-
oner death from the effects Of wrestling a
soldier killed by q street cart a railroad con.
Ventloni great rise In rents, and "another
draft"
Year: 1864

Offices of the " Y World and Journal Of
Commerce.


The forgery was doubtless got Up To effect
the stock and gold market OF in the hope
that it would reach Europe and give aid to
the rcbel cause there as well rs at home
The perpetrator deserves the Fevcrcs' pun
l.hment and We hope he will he detected
Year: 1864

The recent earnest calls for aid to meet
the wants Of those suffering from wounds
and sickness in our armies, has not only
stirred up the willing spirits Of our ladies to
extra labor in the cause, but has alse brought
them much-needed contributions of money
for the purchase Of materials. The follow
ing note with its contents wss received
Thuday