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              1 M rClUMUB ITI1T TB1SDAT MOttKXXQ T I HAEPER; ; Oflte in TTodwr4 BlMk,M Story. - TEKM9. 'Two Dolbtrs pr una, payable in $A-$1.5 wkkte ix month ; $3.00 after the expi-ratMN oth year. . r The Battle in Kentucky. Fwll audi Important Partleal How Zollicoffer Was Killed. We oopy from the correspondence of the 'Cincinnati Gazette the following details of the late and most important victory of the Union troops in Kentucky: .PRELIM IN ARIZS. The enemy under the immediate command of Major-General' Crittenden, marched, eizht regiments strong, from their camb, last Satur-' day night. Their mounted grand guards were skirmishing through the greater part of the night with ours. Col. WoTford's cavalry were -doing outpost duty that night, and by their ; beharipr then, and in the battle afterward, completely cleared away the reproach which rorae unwortay omoers nave brought upon . toem. Ihey will always fight well when Wol ford is with thera. The tenth Indiana occu r- pied a wooded hill on the right of the road. .On the left was a fieldr stretching down the hill for several hundred yards. In front of the woods was another field of about twenty acres. m mmr ATTACI OFi adtanci. The enemy formed in these two fields, at-" tacking the Indiana troops both in front and " upon their left flank. A section of Captain Standart's battery had been brought up, and was stationed in the road. The attack here was made about seven o'clock in the morning. Col. Monson coming up to the position just af ter the attack began, and seeing that his men must be overpowered . before the other regi- menis couia come up, oraerea nis men to iau back, which they did in good order, fighting - as they went. Capt Standart reluctantly gave up the privilege of giving the enemy one good blizzard" from that point, and retired too. : Immediately to the rear of the woods where the Tenth was stationed in another field, with Si steep aescent to a ravine, and then comes : another dense forest. On the left of the road the clearings continue to the ravine, the sides oi wnicn at mat point are coverea with a growth of scrub oaks and other timber. W TROOPS RETLRX, ARI MIN FORCED, rORM A " r" xxd Hiii a mm After, crossing the river another field lies on the left of the' road. The Tests, retired through the fields on the right of the road, and through the woods for about a hundred and fifty yards to the rear of the ravine. At this point, UOi. rrys. fourth: iventuclty came up . nd formed along the fence) which separates the road from the field on the left. There is so fence oa the right of the road at that point .The two regiments here formed in the shape of a V," its point toward the enemv advan cing from the ravine, behind which they had reformed after their temporary success in the first attack. For nearly an hour they tried to oreajc that " V ," but tailed. What rebel regiments came through the woods to attack the Tenth at this place, I have oot learned. Those which attacked Col. Fry were Battle's Tennessee and the .Fifteenth Mississippi, the "Wigfall Rifles" and the "Mississippi Tigers," as they loved to call themselves. Ihese were the crack regiments . - e v ;.i . v oi lue enemj, ano mey sustained tneir reputation. Again and&gain they charged across the field, but were always met by the terrible J5re of the Kentucky Fourth and driven back. how zoLLicorrsa till. At the point of the " V" died Gen. Zollicoffer. He fell nearer our Camp than any other man of his army. He was with Battle's regiment, his own home friends, born and brought up around him at Nashville. A short distance from him, to his right, a party of his men had been broken from their comrades and were aerdag together like frightened deer.:' Col. Fry' saen were about to fire on them. Col. Fry himself was at the right of his regiment at tlte point of greatest danger. Gtn. Z. was oa foot and within a few feet of the Colonel. A gum coat concealed his uniform. Seeing tne condition of his men, as the Colonel rode up. Gen. Z. said to Col. Fry, " Colonel, you would not fire upon your friends, would you?" ai. r , sapposea, irom tne (tenerars manner and remark, that he was one of our own offi cers, and at once replied, " Certainly not, sir ; I have no such intention." He turned and rode a few steps, when one of the General's " Aide fired at him wounding his horse. Be lieving that he was tricked, Col. F. at once wheeled and fired at the General. The latter raised his hand so his head and fell dead. Another balL struck him at the same moment, I believe, in the arm. , BAILIX PITTOK, JE. Here, too, fell young Bailie Peyton, son of a . venerable man well known to the nation. Young Peyton like his father, struggled long against disunion.' He was hissed and insulted in the streets last 2Iay for telling his love for the old Union. JOEL ALLAH BATTLI. It was near tbia point that ray only person al friend, so far as I know, in the Southern army, was wounded. You remember Allen Bat tle. There is no one of the Oxford boys of - : i i : jlw4tox go wno. aoes not remember and lore him, and who did not mourn when we -heard that ho had joined the rebel army,-: 4: . '' :;'!isriBAT riOHTiiro. - : The death of their General does not seem to : liave greatly disheartened the enemy.' They ootiaaed their attacks with as much vehe-cnence as ever. The Second Minnesola Begi- 'xnent came np aad formed aldng the fence, on "the left of the Fourth'Kentucky. The rebels till' extended .their line to flank na on that 'aid. The 15th Mississippi charged op to the fence,7 and the men In the two regiments fought nana V) nana, , canning .noia oi esca omer s ' guns, and trying' to 'drajj theni throngh and over the fence; but it was all in vain. ' :i T TAB CHAXOX TU JTpf7H OHIO AB1 TESTS Mc9oiii'- jioC Dutchmen camr up to support the Tenth, forming on their right, and with them, driving the enemy out of the woods, over the ravine, np the hill, across the field toJ-f of.tbf?4?r ,.The Fourteenth Ohib, which, with the Ninth, had inarched all night to get to the battle, together with the twoTW Teaoessee and the 'Twelfth Kentucky BegH were coming up. xne enemv. them-l ACives wen in aanger of being outflanked and cat off from their retreat- - 8tAndjt' Kt st ti full fclay, with deadly effect, on their X late Mar jrius: eenirsk Kinney'A: and J,Whitmore were, advancing. There was no help for it, the day; was lost to the rebels, and thev must ' retreat.! They were pushed back, - flying "as thev went across the ffelds.c 'Our deadly Minie balls told fearfully on their ranks; yet .the loss was. not all theirs. Many of our brave fellows dropped . Colonel Wolfords horse was shot under him, as he charged upon their" centred Bob McCook was wounded and his horseshot under him. But a bullet through the heart would hardly stop Aim. ' . : . . THE, BEBELS BKTBEAT. On thev went. The enemy is driven through the wood's,1 where, an hour and a half before, they so nearlv surrounded the Tenth, the heroes of Bich Mountain. Many regiments are completely brokenand run for the forests on the left. Wood's Alabama regiment breaks for a swamp and scatters there. It has a home look to them, and -is a safer place than the road or the ' fields. Some- regiments act together, and form in a field a mile to the rear of their first position. But Standart's shells, thrown from the hill where the section was so nearly taken, begin to fall among; them. They fly again pursued by our victorious troops. For the third -ami last ti-4.bevATO only to be scattered as before. ;7 THE KETKEAT BECOMES A ROOT. After this the rout is complete. Panic stricken, thev ny in all directions, a he pur suit is pressed up to the very intrenchments of the enemy. i wo or tneir pieces nave oeen taken. The third, which they took with them. is only saved to be leu behind in their nigl across the river. Our cannon open on their camp, our shells falling into their most effective battery, killing four of the men at their guns and driving the rest away. The dark ness of nightfall only prevents a general as sault, and our troops lie down, hoping in the morning to complete the good work of that Sabbath, a work they had not sought for they were resting that day, preparatory to the at tack which Gen. Thomas had intended to make on Monday. THE riZLD AFTER THE BATTLE THX REBEL WOCKDED. I rode over the battlefield in the evening. Our men. were burying the dead, but many still lay ghastly where they fell. The wounded had been all taken up. The same kind treatment was extended t the enemy's wounded which was given to our own. The universel remark which they made to me as I passed through the hospital, was, " We never expected to be treated so. we nave been misled, w e ex pected to be served like dogs should we fall into your hands. You are kinder to us than we would have been you." The only differ ence was in "the burial of the dead. Those of the enemy we're laid together in common pits. Our own were buried in separate graves, and on many of them 1 saw young cedars already planted by their comrades. Beside one of the graves prepared for the enemv's killed, I noticed several lying ready to he interred. One poor boy lay in the exact Steiuon, as 1 was told, in which he was found, e rested on his side, his head lying on his right arm, while his left hand Was loosely closed oa his right elbow. His eyes were closed, and he looked as though he had just fallen asleep. WHY THE 7 ATTACKED THOMAS. - It will be a matter of surprise to the whole nation that the rebels should leave their fortified camp on the river to attack up in the open field. The fact is they knew that they either had to fight or retreat. : Gen. Boyle's brigade had cutoff their river communication with Nashville and threatened their rear. They knew that General Thomas was advancing on the Columbia road, and that his regiments had necessarily become scattered by reason of the bad roads and high water. They had found out that we had taken possession of Hudson's Ford. They believed that Fishing Creek was so high that Gen. Schoepfs forces could not cross, and were totally unaware of the arrival of the two I en nessee regiments and the 1 2th Kentucky at Gen. Thomas' camp. In danger of being surrounded completely and starved out, they had either to retreat or do what they did try to cut us up piecemeal. They thought that they were attacking but three regiments! Thev made the attempt and were bitterly foiled. They left on the field of battle one hundred, and fifty dead and as many wounded, besides the many whom they succeeded in sending away before the pursuit became too hot for them. Our loss was thirty-eight killed and one hundred and thirty-four wounded. THE BATTLE AT MILL SPBdG. Gen Thomas Official Report. ' LocisviLLB, Jan. 22. To Major General McClbllak, Commanding TJ. S. A : The following has just been received from General Thomas : The rout of the enemy was complete. After succeeding in getting two pieces of artillery across the river, and upwards of fifty wagons they were abandoned with all the ammunition in the depot in Mill Spring. They then threw away their arms And dispersed through the mountains by ways in the direction of Monti-cello ; hut are so"eompletely demoralized that I don't believe they will make a stand short of Tennessee. The property captured on this side of the river is of great value, amounting to eight six-pounders and two Parrott guns with caissons filled with ammunition, about' 100 four-horse wagons and upwards of 1.200 horses and mules, several boxes of arms which had never been opened, and from 600 to LOO0 muskets, mostly with flint locks but in good order ; subsistence stores enough: to serve the entire command Tor three days : also a larce amount of hospital stores. - As soon as I receive the report of the brigade commanders-1 will furnish a detailed report of the battle. Our loss was 39 killed,' and 127 wounded.-- Among the wounded were Colonel McCook, of the 9th Ob commanding a brigade and his aid, Lieutenant TWt, of the 18th y. S. Infan try. The loss of the-rebels was Zollicoffer, 114 others' killed 'and buried, r 1 1C wounded, and 4& prisoners,. not Wounded, five of whom are surgeons, and Xjeat. CoU. Carter of the 17th Tennessee Regiment; I . ( -' ,- :' k SfS ; : jOEN. . THOMAS. ' C. BUEL, Brigadier Gen. CommAnding, Tie B&ttlt st.ion SBriiisrJi eva"1 order io peet to the battle of Mill Spring i's urn Waa DarABTKiarf Jan. 22l:18C2.! ! : The ?reeident,gComnner jr tie Ai?iidN7ehM rWAdiniormAUon pf a brilliant victory achieved; by. th, United States forces ever a large body of armed trait-1 ora ana resets, at. .Hiy fipnog ia the Sute of 4Vnica:jv mb rfwmjp, inAnaA jtOrth gallant OfScer And soldiers who won that victory," and when the offlciaf repdrtthall-DeI received,' the military akilf and petotialalor dirplayed la batUa wili ba McknowleAlged, aojd crewarda A fittinff mannrr. .Thecouraea that encouau ere4 and'Vanquishei the greatly shperior nuh bere of the rebel force; cpnrsded Anaitacked ihent In their eatreaclimsatv aa-pcBsed boj until the enemy was completely routed, merits nnd rreceivea comme"hdati6n. '-The parpetit of hs war is to pursue and ttestrvy 1 a' rebelllOHi enemy, and to deliver tho country:ftom dangen Menaced hy traitors, alacrity diring, courageous spirit and patriotic, zeal, oUrAll- occasions and nnder'every -circumstance,' are "etttected from the army of the United' States. In the prompt and spirited movements and daring at the battle of Mill Spring, the nation will realise its hopes," and the people .of the United States will rejoiee to hwor.every soldier 'nl officer, who proves his courage hy' charging with the bayonet and storming entrenchments, .or in the blaze of the enemy's, fire. , ,-; - j. . ; , By order of the President. ' "EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. Hebel Aeconnt of the Somen et Affair. Fobtbess -Monrox, Jan. 25.. ; The defeat in Kentucky is at last" admitted. The Day Book has. a heading: "Further Particulars frrm Somereetj Disaster not as Bad as first Reported 6,000 Confederates Attack 14,- 000 Federals." ThePetersburgh Express sends us the following: When Gen. Crittenden began the attack on the enemy, he supposed their number to be fifteen hundred, but ' Afterwards found it to be fourteen thousand. , Zollicoffer was killed early in the engagement. Gen. Crittenden was wounded, and Col. Carroll took command and recrossed the Cum berland. Our loss was three hundred; the en emy's four or five hundred. Rutledge's and "McClarnis's batteries were left on the field. The enemy, were repulsed three times, and fell back to their fortifications, and they then outflanked us. We lost all our horses, tents. equipments, and eleven guns, spiked or thrown into the river. ' ' Colonels Powell,: Battle. Stahn and Cara- mings were wounded ; Major FoW was waun- oea in me nip. uur lorces numbered six mou sand. - The Eiehmond Bispatch on the Battle in fOBTBBSsMoxBox, oan,ii. ihe Kichmond Tiispatch off riday shows thAt, the rebels are much perplexed at their 'defeat in Kentucky. The Dispatch says that we regret to say that the report of the Federal vic tory in Kentncky,; conveyed to us on Wednes day night through Northern sources, is more than confirmed by intelligence received here at the War Department. It appears that our defeat was more decisive than even the Northern accounts had led us to believe. The editor says that the disaster in Kentuckv, and the apprehension it has excited for the safety of our connection with the south-west. through .Virginia and Tennessee, and the East Tennessee & Virginia Railroad, and the possible interruption of our intercourse with the South via the Wilmington Weldcn Railroad, by the Burnside expedition, directs attention to the vital importance of completing the connection between Richmond and Danville, and the Worth Caroliga Railroad. xsttllnutons. From .the New York Journal of Commerce. . Ancient Coinage. When the metals, known as precious, first became the medium of exchange, it is impossible to affirm, nor why they were selected for this purpose. Their . utility would have been naturally the test of value, but gold was not put to any purposes of usefulness, in the early times, and was not by any means to be compar ea witn iron ipr general vaiue in tne arts, tne earliest mention of gold is in the description of the now of the rivers from fden, in the 2d chapter of Genesis. The land of Havilah, "where there is gold," spoken of here, is by some supposed to be India, by some a place on -the Caspian sea (Chwala,) and others a district in Abrabia Felix, named ; after the son of Gush (Genesis x. 7.) But this Havilah was of the time of Moses so far as itsgold-producing character is concerned. The question how gold first, began to be valued more than other metals remains unanswered. We find it, when first spoken of in the possession of men, as forming part of the wealth of Abraham. He was rich in silver and gold (Genesis xiii. 2 ; xxiv. 35). The first uses wefi nd it put toarefor personal ornaments for females. Rebekah received from Efeazar golden earrings and bracelets. At -later periods, asv in the days of Joseph, it was . used . also for royal chains, worn about the neck. At still later periods,' its dazzling splendour had led 14 its use in temples and public buildings' for overlay io wood. But it remains to be believed that the original cause "of valuing gold Was much the same which now keeps up its value, personal pride in owning something rare, which others could not procure. Vanity-is at the .foundation of our highest valuations I .. Silver has much the same hiftory. Both metals were valued for their ornamental Qualities, their permanent lustre, and not for practical utility. It seems that the age of utilitarianism did not last long after the flood. And it is worth noticing that if gold, were now abandoned by the world for purposes of vanity and luxury, it would Tapidfy sink ' to Vforthk-ss- neSS. . ."'". r ! - ' . Brass was known apparently jn the earliest times, as, also iron, (Genesis iv.. 22,) . though what the brass was, whether ' pure copper and some other metal, is not to be known. We have no evidence that either 6f: these metals was used for coin till long, after-gold aad silver had been in use. ,: ' . , , We have, in a. former article, stated that gold and silver were used as mediums of exchange by weight long before they were eoin-ed. , Copper, known as 4 was joined in Italy not long after gold in Greece. But the ancients seem to have sought out many 'substances' for coinage.'' r- ' : - ::i tu The materials, which have1 been used for eoin in various ages of the world form : an interest ing subject of investigation. . The subject pos sesses special interest just now, when so many persons imagine that the constitutional authority to coin money i limited to coining k out of, gold and silver,. .Wie learn from Suidas jthat the. Romans nsed , money : of leather and or shells. Abe leather money may .possibly have been a representative of value, but this u eonjecture. Another ancient writer iaforma us that woodeaJnQRfT was used by thean)e nation in early, times. ; Aristdes (injthe Oratj ir. Platon.)'aay that leather mbney Was ued in r Cartilage; and SenecaV-' (deT Benef. Yl 14) Bay thal H wa used In Sparta, fron money is spoken ofi as In pse At Cjenaa Sparta, Jtyxantiunv ana me, UJionjrsin9 ojr Syracuse describes tin ' money.' ''Xead' waa'eitehsively used for1 'coin hrnhe 'heients? ?f1eroni ie scribe more than a-Uhouaaad . epeciraeniiOf taaaeoinsAa ni own! ieetiouj n a nacmrvat ea aed iibieior JS?vpt naye or some been supposed to be eoial'The supposition is wth outrfbohdatlo.,rf Bu't:modern gype, - Of ' the time f Saladid-or ' tnreabetav pwtlweod a beautiful ena Of glasal ewhiclt specimens. thopghrare, aw Jcnown. Two At least are ia the Abbott iZgjpUa . collection, 'of he Ne York Historical Society, and we knOr of oaetreigtlrf throbghbut the South, can only bebver- Wherery reautifl epedmni in-a pritate cJ- cww J" Atali:s!; sdf in sirrte-jsjf T1..1ln f nnMiana I U jihe ancients "were various.. vIn SicilyAid elsewhere, gola 'Was so far defedith7siive!aa Mf form a pale- amber' colored ! metal,1 Jlierice known as eUxtrum. ' In the Roman !Erap re the silyer-coinage , was steadily debased -'with copper, (till in the time oft JaracalJa the standard silver (I) coin was four -parts coppec to one of silver. 8dm e Emperors wholly abandoaed silver in the composition of com, And content' ed themselves with washing copper coins with silver. We saw reeently m ' this city about four hundred coins, of Saloninue, Salonin Postumus, Gallienus, and that period; all of which were dug up at iRonen, in France, r in on lot. They, were in perfect preservation, and were sold for something more than they would have passed for in anetent Rome.-They were nearly all copper, or so base as to be of little more intrinsic value. These Roman coins, of base silver, .are known to collectors as votin or Villon coins. Not only were the smaller Silver coins struck in them, but we find some large specimens, especially coins of Roman Emperors, struck in Antioch- and other Eastern cities. . . - : " The expressions used in Scripture, referring to the refining of gold byfire, are explained by the fact that the ancients; ignorant oCjsnemis-try, did refine their- gold' simply' by- kurning, and thus succeeded in expelling all other metals, and attaining a high standard of purity. The gold coins of Alexander and Philip are- fenerally uniform m quality. The .Persian Darics contained only so much silver as wonld bring the standard up to 960, by uie present measurement. The Philips and Alexanders were finer than these. A gold coin of Vespasian has been assayed, showing 1 of silver to 788 of gold, nearly" equalling the best productions of modern mints. . Adulterations occurred in various other kingdoms, and under various rulers. Solon, according to Demo8thehes, charged Grecian States in his time with 'debasing their silver coinage, thus indicating a very early example ol national aescent irom standard purity. ' .Forks."':. came into England for the first time m ' the reign of James -1. prior to that pe rlod; people ued their fihers, as Oriental' na4 uutoi uo wmis aay. , mere isan auueion to this fact in an old boek: entitled " Corayt's Crudities.-hastily gobblevl ifij in Five Mouths' Travels in Franee, SaVoy", Italy, Rtethia, (commonly called th Orisons country, Helvetia (Switzerland,) some parts of High Germany and the Netherlands." The author of this book describes a custom amongst the Italians, Vnot used in any other' eountrv" He savs : "The Italians, andalsomost strarigersi Italy, do always at their meals use a tittle fork when they cut their roeate ; for while-: with their knife, which they hold in one hand, they cut the meate out of the 0ish, they fasten thefr forke, which they hold ii the other hand, upon the same dish. : tf This form of feeding is, I understand, generally used in all places in Italy, their forks being 'for the most part of iron or Steele, and some of silver, but these are used only by gentlemen. The - reason of this their curiosity is because the Italian .cannot Jty any-meanir arid ure to have his dish touched with fingea." Ridicule directed its shafts against forks ..when they were first brought into England. Beaumont and Fletcher cast: their jokes at the "fork-earving traveler ;" and Ben Johnson makes one of his char- acters allude to "the laudable use of forks, brought into custom here as they are in Italy, to the sparing f napkins." Age of If achinery. . This is the age of machinery. Our clocks and our watches are made' by machinery.: Our coats, boots, stockings, " and clothing generally, are made by similar means. One ma chine purifies our soiled garments in the suds, and another smooths sKem up nicely after a third has dried them in heated air. '. Instead or the nimble fingers of the women-folk at work upon our shirts, lo I a thing of springs and wheels, and cogs and screws, pops a needle through the moving cloth with a celerity that resembles magic ; and instead of the cob-J bier adhering to nis lap-stone, and hammering away from morn till night, voilal a mass of insensate wax.'needles, thread, and wheel-work, which swallows "uppers,", and "welts,"-gar-mantiises .on oalfskin and horse -bides, and disgorges,' at-leisure, Wellingtons and Bluchers, pumps, high-lows, gaiters, : slippers;, sandals, and whatever elsoHhe genius of the time may think (proper to .fashion- outof proper ia-terials tbcover gigantic or Lilliputian does. Who says, then, that this is not the age "of machinery f -- - ' ' : . Treason in High Place. . t Tfie Washington Ghle says : We-havejust learned a most astounding circumstance, which may well nake every paatriot's heart sink ia dismay, and almost in despair. . An; officer, of high character has 'informed' us that to- his knowledge; on the day when the Pentaeota two the gauntlet of the rebel ' batteries, and before the usual hour for communicating the OAna-tersign of the day to- our pickets opposite one of those batteriea, the rebel pickets- boastfully shonted the correct countersign across the.riv-er. And Added i ? The Peneaoola ie..'commg down to-night !" What does this fact prove ? It proves that the countersigns' which are seat from the War Deparfiftent to our camps are made knowloiihrbiWriArs in confi dential poeitiens ia or near, the Department, and that other, information- in reference to con templated movements of our naval forces -is likewise communicated, to the enemy l r t ' -... AJV'-X-:WAO:AXAAIU-m-i-:'..,-. j--- The earth tferer ! shaken to the tread- of a more splendid ' soldiery" than the Irish regiments in' -4hW 4 British ' serviee eince Nlmrod founded the earliest empire of the" earth to the Sresenf honrj:' In both' hemispheres, -And un-er every sky, - Irishmen, Alike distinguished as combatants' in thelranks and' as 'eomman-dera at the head of :aarm1es. have"' hewn: their yietoridus way; across a thousand baUle-flelds; and In every sea thy have wielded. -the thunder pf our floating " tiqhi ai ks, and nobly sus4 tained the" honor of onr flagV and whsiwur armies have enstained an occasional ' reverse, it has Dee ' AMeertamed that ton ' at' least one inemoraole 'day the fortune -of the field - waa tttrned 'againat tfs by the prowess oX7ex patriae ted; iruhmtn.tfdnehister Hevie:-u ' --:i-r impiuqeoV'at .iofVap' thisoity; ist whiehjirnsedth Jnasei -4 Uv Gentf etnefl. lam persuaded kkiir. I- my committed tb'the trusty hands :of Gen; JT Clenan"Moch. f dO;; If'TIuve leafrned anything-ln tt SoAffiitli' thai we-' fight a their snbjugatua-they ha va waxed.; Besperate, and oeiflBer'life nor treasure willr be snared-to i present tho advance of .otrr arns.'; A rebellioa Tin UTtjinuvii init''',ilAii k'.tt.i.if A:--'ii eomei by thebeat and tdngeiti53rs ofa-oni- "&oiMr:,KLT.' htt nis return ni' 'tiWtiiti at Saratoga;' ar eveft.' tiefnlfetall theii trf ?TirmW&9 -belief that in -.h 1. ifs no? - aw4AW a aamevi V4 mm f.WW too bad 'that a gan Of remorsATew We-ulators abould be allowed tit blander: the : Na. tionl Treasury, -right And Jrefi vhHe the patri-otic.andj?efdenving masses ofthe people Are paying taxes anu uiaKjog ruiunuiry conuaou-tions to the utmost extent" of their -means to soataiw he? Government in its time of trial and peril..;But so.it ja.r-.-By,; means,;pf " fjti eon- tracts ,', and exorbitant eomniisaionsi scores of the favorites of men in power are enabled to amass mrmenserfortunee out of the money con- Enoutea oy pairiouacuzeD tor im saivsuon of the' country; .. In our own city we. have two illustrrous example pf fortune-making ; in one case a publisher of a newspaper pockets thousands of dollars for misdoing what might have Keen well done at a trifling expense, and in another case a relative of Governor Morgan and brother-in-law of Secretary. Wells, pockets nearly a hundred thousand dollars for doing what many a person vastly his superior would have heen glad to-do for a twentieth part of that nun., :. Must, it ba: forever thus? Must our gallant and patriotic people be forever plundered by political parasites f . We think, the people haVe the remedy in their own ' hands. and we trust the time will soon come when they will apply it. . r. ; ... . , . .! Let every .man knownto hare, thus filched a fortune from the National treasury be seized by tire community in' which he lives and hung to the nearest railing or post suitable for sucn a hallowed purpose. .-That is the only remedy, and it would be a most efficacious i onek , Any man who would even wish to make money un fairly out of his country in such a time as this is unfit to live, and he who doe it should not be allowed to cumber the earth with his living presence tN . Y . .Ledger, (Literary paper.) v Poverty and Superfluity. ; There'are miseries 'which" wring the very rheart; some want even food ; they dread the winter ; others eat forced-fruits ; artificial heat changes Ltb e.mh and seasons. ito please their palates. . I ,haye known citizens: because grown rich, so exebly dainty, as to swallow at a morsel the nout-ishmentof a hundred families ; -great are-'they. who cftn behave well in these extremities i let me be not happy nor unhappy : thai is. neither rich nor : poor ; I take sanctuarv' in an honest mediocrity.-ru- yere. . . " -''' Disxasb in WASBiNaTO!. The N. Y. World says, "we are informed by - one of our most trustworthy Washington correspondents that there are over fonr hundred cases of small pox among the civilians in Washington." -K- If fy-ery swindli ng contractor: in that city, of whom there is a legion, would get it right sharp, some gpod WOUld gTOW OUt Of-it.. .'. -::, '. - HOUSEZEEPE'S RECEIPTS. : ChickbW jBalab-J Some one ha requested a receipt for making : chicken salad ; we send the best ote we have ever usedA This receipt makes enough for twenty persons. ""Two heads of celery, two TchickensTten . eggs, six small cu-i cumber pick Jert, onejtAbijespopifftU lof mustard, a little Cayenne pepper,, and half a cup of butter. Wash the yelks of the eggs, put in the seasoning with a little vinegar, -chop the whites of the eggs, the pickles, chicken,: and celery, then mix. Eat- it, and say it is the"; best you have ever tasted. - . . . . ' ' A De licate Ob EttTTB. Break e'ght eggs in a stewpan, to which add a tCaspoonful of very nneiy-cnoppeu parsiey, nan auto 01 salt, a pinch-of pepper,, and three good tablespoon-ful8 of cream ; beat them well together; then put two ounces of butter in an omelette pan, stand it over a sharp fire, and, as soon as the butter is hot pour in the eggs, stir them round quickly with ; a , spbonV.until . delicately set ; then snake the pan round, leave it. a moment to color the omelette, hold be pan in a slanting position, just tap it upon the stove to bring the omelette to a', proper- shape, and roll the flap over the spoon ; .furn.it upon your dish, and serve as soon as dose. Take care not to do it too much. 'To Roast a Goose. Scald four or six sage leaves, according as they arec fresh-or dry, the fresh onea being the strongest ; chop them fine ; take one fergeor,two small. .Onions, chop tliem, and then pour boiling water Over them to. make them eat mild ; mix the sage and onion with rather more than an equal quantity of fine bread-crumbs ; season , well -w j(h : pepper and salt ; put this inside the body of the goose ; roast before a quick fire an hour or more, according to the size of the bird. Geese are sometimes stuffed with- potatoes, the whole body being .filled with them, either whole or mashed ; hut it absorbs so muck of the gravy as to injure the richness of he bird. . Applesauce and gravy are sent Tip with geese in separate tureens. ' :. - . ! ' . To Boast Piobow s.Scald : some parsley, chop it with the livers, mix them with a piece of fresh butter, season with, pepper, and . salt ; put a portion inside ' each pigeon ; cover the bres8t with a slice Of,tJftcon fat ; roast them; serve "with 'parsley and butter ia' the dish. V lie or ; MpTT05r Bbaisko. .-Take a . venr small leg of mutton, cut off the knuckle. And irHu ( nicciy ,.11111 nwot it ; iqcn pai u inio a stewpan, with the trimmings; the -knuckle bone brokeni-A few slices of. fat bacon, or two ounces of butter; an onion stack with - cloves. aad jA puudJe of sweet herbs. Shake the stew pan over . the fire until .there: is gravy, enough from the meat and the trimmings to stew the mutton, and take care to torn it in the braise. When very tender, talte It np. remove the fat from the gravy atrah"itaiid7boil it quickly until it is reduced to a claee.; poar .it over the mutton, and erver it np on puree of To - Mab-b TlcsKS-i-Beat up'seven egiesi mix them With half a Dint of warm new tnilk- 'tn which quarter of a pound of hatter has been melted; add a quarter of a pirit of yeast and three; onnces of sagarfpot then) jadnalry ni to as much Hour as. will make light paste neairy y as thin as batter j'let rt rise' before the"firt half an houradd more flour to make ita' lit- ue Tiincr, ,vun- n wcii ami aivrae-n "into These caKes'when1' first balrd;Ar'Very'fefixd rcara i )X-v"wy rrr?rvp,5P snci(t uick; pat them into battered paper an placeem on the t?fSe'Jaj)nle omtUed, and the slices broiled upon the- gri'y-jnj jnb-febig thelM?eswjth.a;VU'0f esh.ntter wrapf ped iAganse nrmkW freely arith alt Tbev wUIbo doiveta a, Vei mjtttefBn '.ahouli be raaaboiaejiosjle. domestic cmioinii small loaves or cakes, About five or six Inches wideband flatten them.' Whet bakedand cold, oat them into the oven to" brown 'k'TIffTftL i. rStl xir-m K :o I. . i 'n i. : . : 1 1 i : j '. i 1 " 1 j m .It ia. not ofte n thataa pathetio Aiballad as the following findf ; ita way into print i 3 0 : f .Up i Ppdaak, where, jtas Uustla ...... r Bloom; die and 'rota; ' ''""--'-- Whera the wiater whiiiwiatls VaiaUs' ' : , - ..,',. All aroaad tha-lota - ,1 t.. ,- Livas ths aliekest raTyoa iew - Saw is all jour life f ;, : Ankle like a blue beach lever ; Voice like a fife. - As I sat by her eonrtia. - Calm and serene , With her apron ths 'waa eportin, SVI C.ha;lwia V&3 caaa ;. k U-Z Mingled wm our, hair together, All day we sat, . A ok aw la gunc in winter weatkef, ' ' UappM fat.. .... :i -.: "- j And I staek to her Kk" teaslas, 5 "; '-' it , ' ' Sumner and tall; ; , ,M -. . . . : Bat she went off with the measles, : - AnkUaadaU: y ' . - '' Barnum'a Last. Story. .' . Barnum is always, ready with a good etory His latest is the following, , which is told of EHas Howe, jr., who has been very " active in fitting out regiments for the war- Mr. Howe has spent thousands of dollars in this way and taken so great an interest in military affairs that he has had but little time to attend to anything else. " " ' " ' - One day a rery Worihy Connecticut-deacon called upon the gentleman with a subacriptioi list.-T He wanted Mr. Howe to give something towards erecting a new church. s "A hew church," replied Howe, ah, a new ehrtrch. "I don't think V ean give anything, because I am spending all my spare money for the war. Can think of nothing else.". . ' The deacon looked despondent, ; Mr. Howe seemed firm in his determination not to give a red..At Jast he asked,' the deacon .what the new'Vhareh was-to oe called. f .- -V"- The church of St. Peter, sir," was the re-ply. ' " ':' :' -"; "" . ' "Ah, the church of St. Peter," replied Howe, I "Well, as St. Peter was the only fighting apos tle in the lot, I guess 1 11 have - to give him something. But I can't do 'much even for St. Peter, as my time and money must be : almost entirely devoted to Saltpetre." ' . Biddies and Conundrums. I came to a field anil! couldn't get through it. So I went to a school, and learnt how to do it.- -d Fenoe. . - .. . ' - : . - - 1 ; My first denotes a company. 1 My second shuns a company. My third calls a company. My whole amuses a company .- Co-nun-drum. Why is a kiss like a sermon? It requires two heads and an application: - Why are teeth like verbs? They. are regular irregular and defective. . Was Evehiehorlow church? Adam thought 1 .v. -- her Eve-angelical. " - What fish is most valued by a happy wile I Her-nng. Which of our English monarchs had most reason to complain, of his laundress? John, when his baggage was lost ,n the Wash, ' Scene in a Sanctum.' Enters a large strong inan, with sT cow-hide iu his 'handl -'" . ' - . "Is the editor in ? "He is," -V " i'Yonf" . ::-; - "Yes . . : "I have come to settle with you." "Well, (editor draws a revolver,) go ahead." 'I have taken your paper now about a vear." "Well." (Capping his pistol.) ; " "An article in your last issue (editor cocks 1 his pistol) has convinced me, sir, that you I deny your right to give it be cautious. sir." ; - . . -. 1 "Give you what ?" "A thrashing.y" . 'itir,: .Why; no ray dear sir, I came to pay in advance another vear." :-The editor wilted. - i Pithy Sermon. ' .. The following sermon- has at least the merit of originality, if nothing else - -. "Man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward, xtob. v. 7 . My brethren, ! shall divide my discourse on mis text into tnree neaos. . 1st. The coming of man" into the world ' 2d. The career of man' in the world. 3d. The departure of men from the world. His entrance into the world is in nakedness His career in the world is full of sorrow and care. -. .- ... His departure from the world will lead him none knows whither. To concludc'if we do well here,' we shall be well hereafter. :; , ; - : .:: : : I couldn t tell you Anv more, if I were to preach for a twelvemonth. , No politics about that. A, Sensible Hagistrate. . Some of Mr. Wesley's opponents in the ex cesa or tneir real against enthusiasm - once took up a whole wagori load of Methodists, and carried them before a friagistrate.". When they were asked what the persons had- done there was an awkward silence. At ' last one of the Aeeusers said; Why, they pretend to be bet ter than other people and besides, they1 pray from morning till night." ; The magistrate ask ed u they done any thing -else;. !, sir," said the old man, "artf please ; your worship, tney comerumj wim tune went among tnenr sne bad ao awiui Yongue,:and. now she is as ouiet as a Jamb." ."Carry them back' said the magistrate; Vand let them convert a11 the Got Him At Xast. ? Mrs. Jemima Jipson ncrercoald go to bed without first looking" underneath io see if some body waa not stowed . awAy ; there,Tj At last, however, one night she spfed-or thought she did, which iA.lhe aamatho Jong-loOked-for doom ana iegsv' v .jv .mn i.'; - ' 0, MrV Jipsonl'Mr: Jfpsonrthetcreame4 out, there ia a man underneath the bed!" ! "Ia there? 'coola.'bawled put her husband weil, my dar;,Tam glad you. have fepnd him at last.; Yon have bealookji)g for bim these iwcniy -years. A trAreler in, IreUnd, ,hTPS heer iaclt ,ne4 tadenyjthathf laantrywere hnmprpoav waa toldio-ask Ay.queatioa. jof.iha flmUhoiy jn Bnan(h, met .on the rcd. .Accwidinfflyoa feeing atardyfelloii hiking stones,-he ??J: ?Vw.Ey.man if thejder'4 weretoeeh'Te jastnpw, whlsh would he take yoo; qt. vne?"'J !L JrHfrftf Xf 4"? Pam ? he's eer- J fill??. h;iI;&?izl -. Wei yoa xbow uattue "iron Horse" has but one -'.'One earl anerciful gracious, child what . do - you meanr . . , .. . - .. . . - "Why me engin ear 01 course. learo; exclaimed the old !ad.1akr some of. lBlissV magjo abap, .wash roar feet nd go straight to bed." Her knitting fell.- to- the floor as she raised her. hands,, exciaiming, " What a percushous mjncl that boy has got. The following has been handed us,-: with the request that it ahould ' he 'published; and sang by the Home Guards:; f . ' " .: ." I am a soa of wa'i aad Tve listed for the war. In the sidewalk huasar an officer an I; . IWeboldly drawn tkaaeabbard, aad I've thrown away r -: tha wtrd.w; :: . Jt, -r .- ... -. And I'll bleed far my eoontrj like a blackberry pie. The ftinniest stories now in vogue "are the original sayings of little folks, whose in-pressions of things are sometimes, remarkable for quaintnesa and humor. Thus lately, as we had it. from' the lips or ther ' ?ady herself her little son, a roguish1 chapi knee high to' a hole in the fproand,-heard her complaining ; at the table ojT the quality of .the butter in .market. Evening came, and he knelt and repeated the lord's praver; he paused, after asking for 'his daily bread, and added, in a whisper "Mother, hadn't I better speak for a little good batter, tool" . Jarm ' irds, . (cn. . . Cutting Grafts.: ' We notice so many methods of cutting and and preserving grafts, in agricultural ana horticultural journals, and so many conditions attached to some of them, as though the simple process of cutting Off a' piece of Isst yearns shoot of a pear, apple, plum or other fruit trei, and keeping it until wanted for grafting,; wHs shrouded in greatmystery, and could be Imparted only by labored instruction, j ? , All these special directions are uselessv W have preserved as food frrafts as "other neocle. which we think will be certified' to by all : persons who have obtained grafts; from us -(of course, gratuitously,). and Jcnow how to set them 1 their name being legion). We rarely ever fail in setting a fruit graft from our own cutting. As soon as we can 'get into the: grouds, between this time and the middle Of February, when there is little or no frost; the grafts are -cut;, and where ther trees stand in cultivated soil, as ours mostly do, the grafts are stuck, one by one, iu the ground at the foot of each tree, thus preventing all mistake as to variety. ; ,Where the soil is notomljvated--and in large standard trees we deem such cultivation unnecessary they '.are placed "else where and labeled. They are stuck in the ground three or four inches. And left there un til needed, up to the last of' May, without in jury, - Cherry grafts should be secured now and-buried in the ground. " . We have sent grafts by ; mail a thousand miles, wrapped up in oiled silk or ntuslin;witb entire safety. Wuen scions or Seeds, .or: anything else requiring care, is sent by mail, the postmaster should be notified of a word or two of caution endorsed on the letter or package. ; Grape cuttings can be dispatched with equal safety to any point, by. careful packing in boxes or bundles; in moss or in oiled muslin. . . Remedy for the Peacli Boref.". The great enemy of the Peach is the borer which attacks the trunk pf the tree at its junction with the root. ' It has with many would-be cultivators, completely worn out theirpa--tience, and compelled them to Abandon peach-raising in disgust, liately we have seen a- recipe which is proclaimed to be "a sure remedy against the peach borer," but which, unfbrtu-' nately for the renown of the discoverer, is nothing more or less than that which we have announced in our columns as having practiced for many years" with our .dwarf pear stocks, (quince) viz : . Remove the earth from around the trunk, say four or five inches, then wrap round the same, as far down as is practicable, a bandage of cotton cloth, so as to be five er six inches above the ground, when the earth is put Lack, having secured the bandage closely with cotton (wine. This is allowed to remain - on, according to the new discovery, as long as ii is wnoie, ana is men replaced witn otner. We mentioned, when we first applied this ban dage to our dwarf year stocks, that. Although never tried, we had no doubt that this method would be equally effective with peach trees, Ac. We recommended,1 however,' the removal Of: the cloths about the first or jnildle of August, and renew them again as early -in; the spring as the condition of the ground will admit of " the operation. ' We think so stpl, as there will : then be no change of neglecting to renew when . the old bandages are no longer a protection, "-. . '. . m-:- . ,! . . a Poisonous Fropcrtiei. of. Brine. ;., It may not be known to all, that brine, in which meat or fish has been salted, is ppisoa-ous to domestic animals.' If, left in their way, they. will partake as freely of it as they will of the pure salt, when it very often'prorea" fatal. L' Union Medicate, a French publication, gives an account of the researches of M. Reynal in regard to the poisonous properties' of brine. From' a series of experiments detailed, he draws the following conclusions: ' Firsts That three of fonmoMha nfteV :ts preparation it acquires po.sb.ious properties. . - Second, That tha mean poisonous dose for a horse; is about four pints; ; fo thehogose pint ; and for a dog, four tov&s gallons. ing1n the dog analog." . " ;v'r r Fourth, That the employment "of this sub stance mixed with the- food, eon tinned forA certain time, -vrea in amall qiUnU'ties may be fatal. - . ... ... . . , We know from expenencelaav tlie' 'YaZZev Farimert that brine, if swatlowed by hogs', and other animals, will provelitol r'yet'- We-doabt if the subiect is snsceDtihJe of; the 'definite, 're sults as stated, bv M. Beynal, for the degree of tne poisonous projjerxies. ti. ne pnne aepends On taHouS chumsiancea. 'We hate khowft a much less quantity to prove fatal thasHhat sta ted aboveTT' 1 r'l3 5 KsIaTJencIiaa i AlxHTWponderit W-Fietd Aoes !va.the fo!- lpwmg-j-Slaple nioIassSrell .inaB P :ai"d put in cans right from the ketli'an hi cally sealed, as you would can And sea frmiU. will keep as freeJi as when first boiled fromthe sap, ana mis js decidedly 4 the best plan, for keepuigVr r n Wad in eake, iTpbsed to the Air, iwUi Idee somewhat oe theculiar-lr deli-ht.tl Cavor for which it ia n and ia efbnj, iniured trr-insectsr-AIl this is obviated If catiran AbIrAl.C-Td fcAnr lami-Uea who do not make ,;;a .lar-s.cde, ,'ihis neeq.ca out UUa ttu .U!erana ,that have been emptied thro: 1 the winter rai K nsedniitil autnmn'fxulu demand t ?ra a -ait Put npyour best, in ti jway. --. ; .cr9e qnnUUeaAre.maiia; "Ckr mai : ' l-v ourteeiecan4.eanf;rth?-!v'