Appleton Post from Appleton, Wisconsin • 2

Klseellaneesi Paragraphs, Wlsronsla Branch l. S. Christlaa Commission. WORDS OF CHEER. ness of a daughter who owed her fortunes, such as they were, to the poor woman starv fully revealed to the people of tho United SUtes as they have heretofore been to the Frsmthe Ksdsslppl Smadraa.

Chana of Commander Ad- By tXt Goctmor of the StaU of Witconti. A PROCLAMATION. Another year has naaawd; Its trials, Ita Tlctoriea, aaisbateoU, lt blessUgs have been recorded its fraits bav beeit gathered in. in reviewing them, bow manifest are tba reason a for thankfulness and pra'ae to Cfod for (bis wonder- Tai goo ass to tba ehildren of min. tor the many 1 tokens of Pirine far er, the many, blervteg they bave been permrUed to enjoy, the people ef Wis- eon sin have gratoaon ta ha-thankfal.

ence and lamina have been kept far from vs. The labors ot tba miner, tbamarlner, the mechanic and tbe bnabaadmasi bave been rewarded: prlril-geaof edncation and of worihlpieg Qod actord Ing to tba dletates eonsdenee bave been enjoy ed by all ThebonA nod Uyalljof Aisefnsinile been mot bobiy v)adssa4y be4on a batX tlefield. Wherever onr libertie bave been essail- ed, an AlVwUe Catoe a'aja ui ana itroeg anas to aoieoaui.em The rroo utstitntions aetabiisnea by our have been crotected and' preserved! and 'and nnnory 3rebIBorwgbt neai to its dose. fathers a wicked "MS K0EW1HO oomjH." 1 Do lot tomirfal, iwUn, Do not sad, I Taking th yaar together, my dear, Ther isn't mora eight than day. Tls rainy weather, my darling, Time's waves thy heavily ran; But, taking the year together, my dear, Tnere Isa't more eloud than tan.

1 axe old folk now, my darling, One bead they are growing gray But, taking tba yasf all ronnd, my dear, Ion will always find May. We have had ear Hay my darling, And onrroaea, long ago And the time of year if coming, my dear, For tha still night and tba anow I And Sod la tba Sod, my1 darling, Of the ight as wall as tba day And fall wall we know that wn-oan go Whererer Bo leads tha way. ,1 God of tba nigbt, my darling, t'. Of the night of death so grim 1 -Tha gate that from life leads out, good wife, Is tha gate that leads to Him. eVet A WW a a a.

Mar -as- a a Poor, and in search of fodgings, I wander ed into the humblest district of western London, and after some', failures in my applications for a lodging, I lighted upon a fairly, presentable house in a shambling sort of terrace, not Tery distant from the- principal thoroughfare of that section -of the town. I was admitted after repeated knocks, and just as my patience was becoming exhausted by an old woman of about sixty-five, though it is possible that she might hare been orematurelv aged by want and illness. When f- While tho apioo 'aiter, EUtea have sujnof of peace. (Cheers.) persons, pfteq ask Jtored from this devastates eanaed by h'ostUe arm- on every hand, the war 'lasttfor- i- I inquired of portress the. Jeras of the-N lodgings, the poor old creature, wfio was The U.

S. Christian Commission was or-ganized in November, 1861, and consisted of tarelve members, In order, however.to bring actively into the! work a large number of well known Christian gentlemen, to preserve its nationality by the election: of at least one membeffrom each loyal state and territory, and to secure CathoJieitVfiJby having repre sented in it all the various evangelical de nominations, ttiiaa recently beea enlarged to fifty members. The omcial list is not yet published, but wa understand that the mem ber aDDointed from this State is Walter S. Carter, of Milwaukee. The State of Wisconsin has also been constituted a branch of the commission, and officers and members cho sen as follows: 1 1 rricsas V.

Chairman Walter 8. Carter, Milwenkee. Treasurer John A. eecretarv P. Perkins, I John Johnston, "-i4f George AUen, fi -j A.

W. Keilogg, KawiBUyda. is i' -A' 8. tSbermaa, B. Bond, Edward BoddU, 9 a O.

B. Bnttlea Jobn Pritzlnff, 8. D. Bastings, Madison. Jrbraat, Kenothn.

G. H. Stewart, BeaTer Danu 1 ULi Pi Linasloy, Oreen Bay. Waterman, Belolt. O.

Petti bone, oad Lao 1 i ueorfe waia, uaiesvuia. J. H. BOuntree, FlatterlUa. B.BooltUle, Baein.4 Win.

B. Smith, fox take. i George I-. rield, rfl i J. 3.

Tsohndy, Monroe. rederipk Keehn, Walter 8-Carter, John A. D. W. Per-kins, Wsbv M.

Siaelalr, J. T. Bradford, Jobs John, ston, A. W. KtUogK, H.

B.Bond, Bdward Boddis, tn iazml Prank. Milwaukee. As organized, the Wisconsin" Branch baa four members (two from and two from the State at large) from each of the Presbyterian, Or S. Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist, Episcopal and Lutheran Members from other evangelical denominations will be added from lime to Tha growth of the Commission has been wonderful. Tha first year (1862) tho amount of money.

contributed to it Was 40,000 of stores, (142,000 Bibles and Testaments distributed, delegates sent, 830. The second year the. cash receipts were value of stores, ,386,000 copies of scriptures distributed, 466,000 delegates sent, 1,200. This year, over $900,000 ia eash has already been received at the Central ofiice in Philadelphia, and stores In The number of delegates "senf will probably reach wnyrv rj'-I Tha VV'letnnain Rpanph T-rrntii ennAAia t(l thd Christian hearts of the State, for stores, money and men. The former should be sent to the Chairman, and money to the Treasurer, Milwaukee.

Two delegates will be con-st in each of the armies of the Po-temao and as many as wish ia thai armies operating along the Mississippi' river far; down. as the Gujf Department) and in Missouri and Ministers and laymen' desiring to' serve as delegates, the usual period of six weeks, should apply to -the Chairman, stating when and where, they wish to go, and if personally unknown to him, giving suitable reference. 'Organizations in the State i heretofore sending money; and stores elsewhere, should now send to the Branch ofiice. Saw Thty Feel In Eebeldem. The following letter, sent us by Johs N.

Foxd, of the 86th regiment, who took it from tha knapsack of a rebel soldier killed in GsAJii's recent movement south of Peters burg, is Interesting as showing the spirit of tha Southern neonle land ue re. ports that their whole available force is now in the field. We print it verbatim 1 Chabxton Co. Gx October 2d 1864. Wamrighi Dbab Son I once more wright you a few lines hoping they will Beach you soon and meat your approbation must confess that I have nothing of a cheering nature to com municate to yon we are all In a meleneollv condition Our Frinds is far from us and Ex pose to many dangers and Starvation and fa- tngued In a Camp life and the promising of oara ngnung tor nit iooks like the ederals never will aoknowledg our Independence the fall of Atlanta seams to renew thare Efforts -and more Determing to Subjugate tho South, I am eumost djsharteued st our prospect of gaming our inaepenaence lor our men all tn the field or nearly all and very light crops made in our Confederate States.

I don't See wbate a numbers of Familys is a going to do that haint got a year of corn nor a pond of uacon nit iooks nxe starvemg and it this war goes on twelve months longer I tell you that it is my candidly opinion that too Shall Starve In many numbers for where there is no pro- vibuiuu Buu-Ycauon must oe i I recived your little note In close In Mrs Stokes last monday and was glad, to hear from yon but would be more than glad if you could git a oeiau to come noma alter a norse. I hear that Sergt I Syls is at home if I can git to see him I will send yon a peace pf dried beef. As you stated In your letter that1 1 need not send you aay money I have not Sent any but I told Mr, Grady to give Sergt Sites $30. dollars to hand you and as you dont Stand in need I will Wright him not' to send hit and if you want money to use you can use your Aunt Marys but I am in hopes you will git to' come home before long you must do the best you can and bear yow troubles and Affliction with all the fortitude you can Oh dont I wish this bloody war would End for we have lost men Enough and thare has bin blood Enough Spilt for this war to "end but I fear the end is not yet but all we can do is to pray jq god to be with us and deliver us from the hands of our Enemys and that we a frsa and Independent people Worshiping and Serving the Lord for thatj day is not far distance when we must, Lay down, our Bodys to rise n6 miirelf we live to be one hundred years owld hit is but A moment time to Eternity bope.you will right often and Wright all tha naws.tell H. Stokes his fam-Uy is all well as common and giting a long as well as ean ba Ixspected Mary Sends her respect to yon and wishes you to do well- I must Close for the present Excuse all mistakes and mis spelling j.

Waineigh." Tsm Potato Dm. As prices ara now, there ia scarcely an article- of food more expensive to those who have to buy all they eat than the potato. fWe have paid three dollars a bushel for potatoes for: some weeks past, and jive dollars a barrel ia a moderate price, at which they could not be obtained in this city during the Summer." The potato is cultivated over' greater range of latitude than any other plant, and is used more extensively as an article of food than almost any Other vegeUble, yet it has very little nutritious food id it.i Of its constituent elements 75 parts, are water and only 25 dry food but of 100 parts and of this dry food there is less in to nourish that is, to give strength and enable ai man to andergo fatigne, than any other Tcgetah)e that is generally used" except rtce. 'Therer are three vegeubles greatly used by different races of people, and rrot. Johnston, in bis Chemistry of -jDommoa Life, says that he three who use them are distinguished by the size and prominence of their stomachs I The Hindoo who lives on rice, the-negro who lives on plantain, and the Irishman who lives exclusively on Potatoes are all said to marked.

This peculiarity in part, ascribed to tba necessity-of atingia large bulk of food in order to bej able, tp extract from ita sufficient amount of necessary sustenance. But the! potatoe Is how firmly rooted in the affections oMhe Ariglo-Saxontui well as "the Celtie race, and will be a prime, article-of food as long as it continues to be wholesome. Its price haS been raising for some years past, while the quantity raised has also been greatly inscreased. There is' no surer crop to find a good market than no ta tons. and there is scarcely any food that poor peo- Paul Morphy, (says the New York Merettn, is now in New Orleans, he having returned to pla some to snvn propeny.

n9 -obliged to take the oath of allegiance to do it a rather hard pill td swallow. He aristocrat of the first water, and, like all sock, luliy sympatnixes wu rcoeia. a. not play now except in private. In Par was several times defeated by players whom be, can give odds to when in practice.

Ak It AitAK Lot Tsagidt. The luiUn papers give an account of a terrible traeed. at Turin. Two iovera, finding an obstacle to their union, resolved to sacrifice themselves. Tbe young man wrote letter to his mother and a letter to hia sweetheart! Bosita; tnl to share her lover's fate.

Her family entree ed her to-be -calm; I ahe seemed to yield to thtei prayernt aiay; Afterwards sbaea. trlv5d to be alone, and then putting a pistol tdnerEbeart, 'she instantly ended her Kfe Her mothe hastened to her daughter ths ment she heardrthe: pistol's report. At flw- k. klAstriinr? VllltT ahild friA woman's senses fei "ieft i from; her by en, tion, and she is now in a mad-house. Rositt', young sister was so struck' bv this tre scene, she attempted to leap headforemost from th window, and was with the utmost difficulty retained, RwtKr Potatoes Plack or 'A curious as well aav simple and interettio exnerimcnt may oe iwnuimcu iouow.

ing manner i Take a sweet potatoe, place It in the mouth of a transparent jar, bo (hat it fits looselj and keep it ia.ita place by putting pins in it 'Fill the jar with, water, and set ft whewr 'the sun ean- shine upon it, oria place where the temperature1 Is quite ren. Almost any place- in tbe bouse will do, as in wJnfiow where it eta the light. The pro- g-ress will at first be alow replenish the with water as tne potato aosorus iu, the water up to the middle of thejpotatQ, tod soon r.oota will appear frostf thejart in the retAii From this boint' its growth is quite rapid, the roots striking downward; finally it berins to sprout; from the green leaves appear, and It COnnue grow mm vuuiu- ing vine attaining a yard in length. I have started several in this manner, and now have one doing'well-C'OMinl, tit Scientific American. -U'll'" Garibaldi.

It is not. easy to conceive ktivthinir finer, simpler, mora thoroughly nn- affected or more truly dignified than the man himself. His noble head bis clear honest, brown eye; his finely traeed mouth, beauti- ness whan anything; ignoDie orf mean naa oiitraeed him: and. last of all, hia voice con i tains a fascination perfectly irresistible.allied as you know and felt these graces were, with Ir. i tu a i tnorougmy ww true measure of the man lies ia the fact that, though his Ufa has been series of the bold- ct and most daring achievements, bis cour-! age is about the very last quality uppermost in your mind wnen you meet mm.

is th winnine softneas bf his look and mauDer bis kind thoughtfulness for others, his tineere hia crentlnesa. faltvio- hia mtnl sense of brotherhood wsn the yery humblest of tBe men who have lovrd iKinVJ t.hp are the traits that throw all bis heroism jnw euauv the glory of the conquwor pales before the simple virtues ol the man. Bxmotax ths Camtai tow It alt. Since the announcement that Florence was to be made the capital of Italy, there hag greatly enhanced in value. As an instance, it may be mentioned that, two days before the- news of the transfer of the capital hsd been spread, a Turioese banker had entered into a contract with a Florentine gentleman for buying a house." The Owner had offered sterling, and the banker had.

asked 4,000. Whilst they were negotiating, tbe great news reached Florence, and the bankvr who wished to have the house Was obliged to nav 4M9 nnn for it. A nmall room, which let fdr ten francs per month, has now gone up to sixty francs at once. Florence can off longer be called the cheapest as well as the loveliest plete the removal of the capital of Italy from Turin to What the contineu-tal people Call the Cabinets of the Ministers will only be removed from Turin lit present The archives, the1, 'offices 'fi the different branches of the military and civil administrations will follow. jTurin, therefore will 'not feel the shock of the transfer bo suddenly as it had been supposed Tobacco and the Hiam.

M. Decaisne, in a communication to the Academie dea Sciences, exhibits another clause in the heavy bill of indictment against the abuse of tobac- ax. TTv ei4-t4a frtatw In 'thfl itmipati nf fhrsA VrV AAO DtaVVO VUHI AX KMW WaDV vusvv-- has met, among, ejgbty-three inveterate smokers, twenty.one instances of marked intermittance of the pulse, occurring in men from 27 to 42 years of age, and not to be explained by organic lesion of the -heart, The absence of such lesion or other condition of health capable of inducing intermission of the action of the heart, and iha fact that in nine of these insiances, in; which: the use of tobacco was abandoned, the normal action of the organ was resWed, iM. Decaisne. believes, will Justify him in concluding that, give rise to a condition which may be termed narcotism of the characterized by intermission.

in, the movements of that or gan and in the pulsation of the radial artery and that in some cases, a suspension ar diminution in the practice of smoking Is suffi-oiaht to cause an entire disappearance of this irregularity. Medical Times and ffazette. jWht ay Paeuiah Diited at ih Bkstackaki IsatsAD or You may rest assured the digestive apparatus discovered the pro- Terb, "afow going, is healthy going, long going slow and sure goes-i many a day." Now, in a man's own house, aoup ia on the table at the appointed time, the roast i tak- i tttP tha unit tha daaiu-t ia snvAaiL. Tbe servants force' you to eat fast' that they may have more time for their do not wait on you they suffocate you. At a restaurant you are served in a very different manner.

You aid not pressed, you wait. I always take care' to say to "the give yottrselves too-' 'ihuoa trouble about me. YlUke io to wait." Besides, in a restaurant the door opens every minute, an acquaintance, a vuw- rade or a-friend entes. -You talk, yon a tft a ivsx wisaaava rs trlasa wan rannlt itaii nrA gayv It 4s not, the, yiscera, it is the mind whicb-is You make our repeat or Ytaaatv MArntt risi anf.ia aaAstnil bama a.rslfr bid twuvemr--dinner ia over before you tVirtTi rrif (f avrVivVi AnA1 Vrtn faiwsa s4iitskf1 stu) vuwAyH aw yyiai uv aav yu ubto uiuvu digested at the time and no animal bat a boa-constrictor takes pleasure in digestion. This 1b the reason I live in Paris like a bachelor Englishman or Russian on a visit to ithis city.

Sjpiridion in Boston GazeUef' Tbx Cohtinent ak IcEBEao. Prot Agassi, In the Atlantic. Monthly, coinesTtd tbe con-" elusion that the continent of North America was at one time covered with lea 1 a mile in the Alleghany range of mountains are glacier wom on the sery, top, exeepb a few poiiits which' werer above the 3evcl of the icy mass. Mount Washington, for instance-, js aver six thousand feet high, and the ronghj-nopolfgbed surface of its) sttnunits; covered with loose fragment iost below the level at which glacier-marks come to an end, tell us that it lifted Its head alone1 above the desolate waste of ices and snow. In this region, then, tbe thickness of the sheet cannot have been much less than six thousand leet.

and this ia in Keep ing wiui the same, kind of evidence other parts of the country for, wherever tbe mountains are much below six thouSand fhe ce seems to have passed directly over them," while the. few peaks rising on ne heights are left TJie, argueswas God's great plough, and the ice vanishejd from- the face of the land jt. it prepared for the hand of the busbandmsn. The hard surface of the rocks was ground to powder, the elements of 5 the soil were mingled in fair proportions, gtanite was carried into the lihje regions, lime'waa mingled witn the more arid and unproductive districts, ana a soil was prepared fit for the agricultural uses ol man. There are evidences i i i vtArlOU ue poiar regions to snow io r-.

the heat of the tropics extended aU over tne globe. The ice period is supposed to belong subsequent to this, and next to last beiors outsme world. Before the calamitous war in wuvu oiwiiij ubb pmugcv wuumj mammmm endVait will be even more hateful to the American people than it already i3 to the rest of mankind, while their condemnation of will remain unchaoged. Applause. On the question of peace or war as falsely raised by the opposition, he continued i The Opposition wQi not succeed iar misleading you, I am sure, by telling you that you have a question of immediate peace or war involved in the present issue.

War, and not peace, you have," already. God knows that it is severe and painful enough. If I could tning. 01 taxes in the face ol national death, I should say that ouf taxes are heavy enough If Iceuld think of personal, interests, aflW nous or sympathies in the lace 01 an insolent naq neen maimed n4 slain. we ever HOW Ions th War fX last 7 I answer tho war wiU not last it must continue until -we give up the conflict, or the enemv give np of That's the" talk," and cbeers.y Arayod prepared to give up the; conflict (Crteev ofj never 5 You say Whyf Because in that case yeU give Up the national life.

In any and' every event the nation mast Kveilf to give up the national Efe, you nter in; -the sUte of national death. What that state is, God be thanked" we do not certainly know. The Government will not abandon the fcon-flict until the majority of the 1 people-jdeoide that it shall be abandoned. Applause and cries of That will never pe 1 other hand, the enemy will abandon their' re bellion just so soon as they shall have the undoubted assurance cannot i Cheers. They will do So for two reasons: no Action can indefinitely; tontinue a struggle hat is.

hopeless; -Secondly, because they give up no pational life, but they, as well "as their own 'national existence by" their defeat and overthrow, Cries of "That's so and a betterflnational existence than in thyir maddest hours of delusion they have ever Conceived as the ''result of" their unlaw ful enterprise. Cheers, Suppose then that the people, as we all agrce they willl4 support tho Administration by their suffrage to-mor-roy. The rebels then have the assurance of the American people.niade upon a full rehearsing of the merits of the troversy, upon appeal and a full examination of results thus far oh-talhed, with the relative forces of the parties jret remaining in Preserve that the conllict is not to be abandoned on our part. Tremendous cheers. In aI our athletic' games, three times saccess in fiva trials gives the-victory wo decisions following each othfr equal to three in fcve.

You have already abundant evidences Of the exh'austiOn'of the not yet evidences of their' consciousness of that Those will, ap-, pear immediately on the announcement of the re-election of Abraham Lincoln. Cheers. You would have bad those evidences? earlier if you had rendered this verdict sooner. You vm fiave them, all va sooner after iM veravel PROPORTION TO THE UNAN1M1TT AMD DITIKIIINA- tios wrniiWHfcs it is spokxji. Loud cheers.

After showipg tha fallacy of, teniptuig tQ put do wn; an Armed rebellion by substituting diplomacy the arts ot for war, he declared was equivalent to a surrender of the Union. If he had been wil-ling to surrender, he would have proposed surrender "at the beginning; he. would at all events navS availed himself of the first gleam of victory to securd terms as little' humiliating as possible. The' Secretary7 concluded his speech with these noble words As for the arts jof I know of none applicable in this case. The only art of statesmanship that I do know, is to be faithful oGod and to.

my country. Applause. I seek to -cultivate charity and prevent war, civil or, foreign, as Jong as consistent with national justice and honcr and safety, it can be prevented but when in war, to fight wikh courage, constancy and resolution, and thus to save my country or fall with its defenders." fIon ho Wisconsin Stat For, Eight JtmWuA UHeans. The name of Abraham Lntcout is enrolled among the great men who, in the Presidential chair, have so won the confidence of the American people that they have been marked out for thg distinguished honor of being twice entrusted whh the Chief Magistracy! Since the days" of Akdbiw Jacksok nb man has been twice elected President until '1 jj 'Such a recognition of the ability, fidelity. patriotism and devotion which Mr.

LiisooLN has exhibited in tha discharge of tha mighty responsibilities of his position, in a time of un-paraltJled trial and difficulty, is an encourag ing evidence of the intelligence and stead fastness of the popular masses, and a happy the it lnst t. It announces to the people of the insurrectionary States pur unchanged and. unchangeable determination to make no terms with rebellion except absolute 'sibmissipn to iha Constitution and the laws. It tells them to look for no change of poHcy, nd iratering, no relentment, but only a relentless war, with the whole power of the Nationarrarmi, until I rebellions ia? Crushed and loyalty to the National flag' is tabliBhed over every inch of the soil of the' oi 'f 1 1 A convention representing whatever there was of baseness, of cowardice, and of treason in. the North met at Chicago, It represented yet more.

The programme, of its proceed ings was the product of joint deliberation between Southern traitors and Northern-sympathizers meeting upon British soil." That Convention said to the American people: is time to stop fighting; ge' to the ballot-box and proclaim tha dissolution of tha Kepublie. The war is a failure let tho natio commit suicide." And tha American people respond, not with all the indignant emphasis which Would have characterized their answer Jbad the propoaitioa been presented in its naked enormity, instead of as it was, carefully and blandly garmented in ambiguous phrases, specious circumlocutions, fake pro feBsion8, and i 5 "ArgnsseaU ot But the answer Is unmistakable. "No" 1 shout the people if this great Kepublie must die -if-th ineviubla a hour has ome we have, some choice as, to-, the manner, of its death. Let it not fail, if fall "it must, by a crayen Let it meat its fate in a man- ner worthv of ita naat histbrv: snil aspirations. bet pensh, if perisb it must, in an hi-roi'c atrucrsrle in itself, overwhelmed By superior force but un-conquered in spirit, goiDg down' like the gfoi rious old Cumberland, her unstrucl; flag gtiU waving aloft, the symbol of indomitable and deathless '-Vi And the people' know and feel thai there is no such melancholy alternative asnatioaal dissolution by suicide or the suferior power of rebalUon- presented.

Tha Ilepublie will neither surrender hor be overwhelmed. She wilLiiatstooper Maghty forehead in thd Anat ki- South, or of their rae abettors at the Aortn. She never stood more proudly erect. more firmly self-centered, or felt "a more auroral hope than now, as, with bared arm and defiant eye, she holds aloft the old flag, and utters the inspiring battle-cry: "Foa tbx Grxai Ektibb-ov Lmxarr, Foa- WAXD nave said all these things, the actual ait-1 i nation of the conntrv will still be na. It is si state ref civile Wariand I ing and neglected in tne next room leaving a parent, jdytBg' perhaps, in the tare of only a child five years old, that I mildly reflected upon the remarks, which the neighbors might make on the.

occasion. I was speedily silenced by that Indescribable manner which a low bred woman always ean assume to those whoa she considers as interfering with her concerns; on betilepartUTeJher Tiusband, bis eye; still dazed and lustreless from last nigbt'sexcessi jaerelyput his- head inside of my door and gave me a loek;" out that glance decided me against interfering any further. I was doomed to, cheerless Christmas eve alone, in a wretched lodging, with no other occupant than a bed-ridden old woman and a miserable child. 1 had taken a rather more expensive dinner than usual that evening, in honor of the day; and. when I returned, finding my fire rather low, I called out to the little cMld TsuppdsedTTn her granoyw room, to com and 7 show me where thecoal-cellac fA tlx" answered me, and I waited for my little guide.

She was a long and I was getr ting wearied I heard a strange hobbling outside my door and, to my horror and amazement, the old mother staggered in withr a coel-ecuttle in" "her hand," the little chjld grasping her. thin dress and smiling all the while. VChracious Heavens," I' gasped, "how is this? Why are you here? Whatever in duced you to get up to do this I would have gone without a' fire a hundred times rather than you should have run this risk." The old woman smiled, as I seized tha coal-scuttle but of her palsied hands." ''It's nothing. I'd do it for ybuf Kit-fot you but not for them no, not fori iGod bless you, sir Good-night and a merry Christmas xo you. vome, iiancy, uarimgr 1 (.

'For God's sake," feo- back to bed; you'll kill yourself in this bitter cold-Go back, I beseech you." -4 sTm going, sir," -said the shivering crea-. tore, "out are you you. want, nothing fetched, or anything 'la Heaven's name, no I cried again. VDogo back to bed you'll kill yourself." j.jiVNfl" muttered the poor old wretch, as I watched her retreating to her not have killed fnysetf. 'And 86 murmuring she hobbled out of sight.

My terrors were I poked: the fire, but could get no addition to. my spirits by watching the friendly blaze. At last, worn out; and at a late nour, -1 determined pon. goipg to toea, ana trying to overcome the sad forebodings which had seized upon mo by sleep. I lay a longtime but at length I went off mttf a deep slumber.

i'HoW long I remained -unconseious" I do not know, but troublesome dreams affected my sleep, increasing in horror till they culminated in my starting up in nay bed with a loud cry ringing in my ears, Believing it to be the effect of a uisoruereu lancy, was preparing to Bleep again, when my blood ran icily through my veins at a repetition of tho former cry. It waa a child's Yes; and in the next room. I listened, and heard a struggling, and then' the pattering of naked feet upon the boarding of. the; adjacent was frozen with fear. Suddenly I heard the phild cry put In a panic of 6 ranny, granny, don't Send it away send it away! Go away I I dont know yon you ar -eo ugly.

Go away 1" And a struggle, again. This time the child's voice was raised almost to a shriek. "Go away! go away! Who are 'you 'Let granny alone, i Oh, motberr mother, come back come back to granny." And a moment after the little' naked feet went' pattering i down and up tho stairs, while the child moan-! ed piteously, QhM mother, mother, come back 1" Mastering, my fears as Well as I could, I leaped out of bed, huddled on some clothes, add cautiously opened my bedroom door. It was pitch dark outside; but I could hear the child, still moaning, descending, the kitchen stairs. Feeling my way to the old woman's room, I reached the door and paused, to There was silence over the house, save when the wailing of the little girl could be Indistinctly" heard below.

Carefully pushing the- open, I. eutereoV and nearly shrieked aloud at the sight which met my eyes. Crumpled up in bed, with face and knees sat the old woman. Her eyes were widely; staring, her bands grasping the wretched quilt, her jaw dropped, her face the color of stone, and as She waadoail- y-m'MK TftVin dt Viaafw arwif I irn -r. 4 A wviiaaaK1 A a jl 4 llAlUg SB 4ino(i UPVV wuw vav room, to insure that no one was there, and thai there had been no foul play, I carefully and shudderingly retired, and had just lighted my candle in my room when I heard the child ascending the stairs again.

I called her by name, and she ran, sobbing to me, speechless from horror. A' soon as I could obtain an answer from her I asked her what she had seen Was it a man d-" No, bo it wasn't a man, nor a woman. She didn't krpw what it was, but it was so dret dful, so ugly. Oh, poor granny 1 This was all I could learn from her, I put her into my bed, and leaving the, candle lightedwent out of the house and walked about the streets till daylight. The caronsers had returned, ai.d knew the worst then.

They were sobered after the shock; and. were civil to me, and thanked me for the care I had taken of the child, whom, however, they studiously kept away from me. The old woman Was decently buried and on New-Tear's Day I left my lodgings. I shall never forget that nigh tso. long as I But Aai too it the a cmut mow 1 Xvitt'ft f-' "Tha Dntrhmsa la Java.

i lie rises generally at 5 A. lights, his cigar, and then sallies forth to take his stroll, as the natives term ft, makan ang-n, signifying, literally, to eat tha wind. About seven he returns to partake of a collation of eggs and; cold meat, after which he drinks his tea or coffee j. and smokes again, "fie then takes his throwing buckets of water over his head, after the manner, adopted by all, who reside in Eastern climes. After' the enjoy ment of this necessary luxury, he puts on his day suit, always of light texture on account of the heat, and generally white, and, entering his carriage, is driven to his kantor, or house of business.

If tie-is i wealthy citizen1, he probably returns home at twelve; at which hour the breakfast as. it is termed. though at midclAy awaits him, consisting of all kinds aeneacies, no, curry, and endless sambals, or email piquant dishes. After this heavy meal, Morpheus waves his wand over BataviaJ and all his votaries who caw spin ui um uigvo uicir food in a siesta of from two to three hours' duration. ltiaing from this sleepj the first Is Aa- dawp -a contraction ror aapa ata, no i there "--wbich is immediately followed by "A jry-" light "-r-a demand promptly attended to by some boy; who, prepared lor the sum-mohP.

auicklv appears with a cigar box, con taihing five hundred, or tooro I'Uippinos, in onei hand, and a lighted Chinese joss stick in the other while anotner noy firings tray, on which is a cud of tea and snme cakes. Another delicious cold bath generally suc ceeds the smoke, after which the luxurious Xwcpea retires to-dress or the evening; reappearing with the usual mouth appendage. and a stick in hand no hat, of conrse, for the Batavian fashion is for neither gentlemen Ar liadiea toveaf anvthinr on their heads, ex cept when they go to church on Sundays. Thus attired, he wends his way quietly to the Konlngen's Plain, or to that of Waterloo, to faze on the dde and fashion walking Or driv- 1ns1 about, which the ladies do in full dress aecatieie ana weanng oi uuicuw uiwcir uair. On teaching home after his promenade, our Dutchman partakes of orange bitters diluted in Kinch-waster Hollanda or hrandy.i as a htimulua to the aDDetite and then, after the enjoyment of" another weed, the Mandocr, head-servant or butler, annocmoei dinner.

When the ladies retire from dessert, cigars are immediately banded round, and cups excellent Java coffee The centl men, generally sit but a fchott time after the ladies leave, adjourning after, them to drawing-room, the'eontinue" Ho puff Tlgorously at their lighted cigars, 10 me perfume of which the ladies never make any objection. As tho room always opens on a ver andah, soma retire to seek tbe eoolness of the nleht air. while others while away the time by musio and chit-chat, retiring general ly about eleven or twelve, to renew tha same the next day. tniral porter Repairing IndumaJUy-A attd-AtcidenX: I Conespondi'ne of the State Journal. mississipri exiuaorostj 1 U.S.

S. Mound City, Oct 29th. i Mutrt Editor Standing! or rather sib ting out a watchoua gunboaJk at night, as pecially 'durjugihSioDmidnight hours, if tedious and one easts about him for something to do that will pass away tha time, and this being precisely the situation in which I find myself alt present, I drop a line or two to tha ThbilsK of HuiTicane Island, for we HUVe taken up soldlaUti. with a sngla item. Wa seiUwf weorj hear anything of them, so I wiU cona myself tq what is land baa taken place in the of tnis squaorun, xitbs, we ai commanders and Admiral Porter has Ieffus 2As Wmj Admiraf D.

D.TorterJ was universally beloved by the men In tne command and we all miss him much. He? was kind; humanej yet a4 'strict disclpllnariani fearless and cool In'' times of danger and an bfiioer Af excellent judgment labia farewell address, which? was read on the quarter-deck of every "vessel he feelingly and gratefully alludes to the warm, and sopport he has always received from the officers and man of -tins squadron, and Reminds -ns 0 the fact that since his advent as commander of tha 1Jfiflsissippl Squadron, some 80Q miles Qf the, Jlissiseippi river, and nearly 55,000 miles of -j ite tinbutaries been opened to almost uninterrupted navigation. He denrecates the fact that what this navy has done has not been mora highlyap-preciated by the 'military authorises, bints at the' pcctkeolatw day, of having the'sat- isfactioh of punishing some of our foreign allies ta the would-ba and hopes to'maet as all; la other fields of service. Our sQuadroo is now commanded by Captain A. M.

Fonnock, who baa been for a long time meet uaptam and uommanoant at uairo. About three weeks ago a party of soma sixty cauUiars( and carpenters, in charge, of asaistanca or on large rw.i bha is now Dearly ready for, launching, having bean raised soma seven feot, new hog chains put in and newly caulked rerdy for tha water. They ara now constructing! the ways oa which to launch bar, and then as pon aa tha old Jlis sissiDDi concludes to rise wa shall have another newguhboat. -Tha hull" and machinery" kraJ almost i entirely uniBjured, only the upper worka jboing burnt off, and with a very ittle addilioaal, expense aha will be as good aa ewi'r; Cap.8 tanning deserves credit for the expeditious manner in which he has aceom-plished so eavy a job. We understand ha is to take! command of bar when completed.

A Serious accident occurred here art hour ago. Xt has beea' tha. custom to send a boat out to passing steamers to save their landing whenever it was necessary to communicate with theni. Unless tha- boat manned by an experienced crew Ihis, 4a always attended with great danger. This evening a boat went out to put two women and a boy (passengers) on board the great steamer A1-.

though; the engines ware stopped tha wheels continued to revolve with the force of tha current The small boat did not succeed in making fast to the steamer's side, and was carried under the ponderous wheel, and with a crash was stove to atoms, The boat contained nine persons, two of whom saved themselves by -clinging to tha steamer's guards. One -woman, the boy and one man were picked up I afterwards by our boats, while the Other female and three men were drowned. Among the lost we have to lament tha loss of Mrf Thomas B. Taylor, Acting Master's Mate an this vessel, who was in charge of the boat. I He is supposed to have been struck by the buckets of the wheel and crushed in stantly witn tne ooat.

ua was a young and promising officer and. although: ha had bean on board the Mound City but a short time, he had endeared himself to his messmates and the entire craw, by whom his loss is deeply felt.) -T' ilf i There is a corral ef soma fifteen hundred negro women and children on the Davis plan tations, but nd able bodied men. Soma ara picking" their, little patches of but most ol them are idle. Our health is good and the Weather fine. J.

A. riie s. Hospital at Prairie da Chlea. af -OnnnairlloiniAav I fcrairia du Chien, Wis. i Noy, EDproa SxNtnnu, -Tha above General Hospital at this place under charge of Sur geon A.

M. Kelly, was opened on the 4th inst. by the reception of M08 sick an4 wounded soldiers, transferred from Jefferson Barracks, Mo. The building fitted up for a hospital is the Brlsbois HouSS, in" the lower town of frairie du Wis, is well adapted for such purposes. Moat of the soldiers transferred belong to Minnesota The following is a list of.

Wisconsin, soldiers now inmates of this Hospital Thomas F. Jones, 83d. M-Wilkins, 83d. 26th. C.

D. Gorman, 8th. HenryBaker, A rSth.1" George 28thv Joh.A,,Nelson, 28th. WinJjroecks, 1 Edmond Madison, 83d. Wrn Smart, 8d I Franz Enders, 8L Alden B.

Williams, 3d. Thomas Butler, i' James McCall, 8d, 3 John Kelly, 8d. Andrew Herman Shrader, Geo, M. Roea, 8th. Benj.

F. Bennett, Sd. Albert TutUe, 1 '-Richard Libby, 8L -i. Robert H. Martin, Sd.

Herman Wittenburger, Id. Jacob Feman, 1, 27th. '5-' Joseph Wollmer, Daniel M. Buchanan, 27th. Levi! P.

Bunce, Johakm Fernissei 1'r Lloyd Breek, 28th. Fred, J. Cager, 8th. Isaad Kichols, Ira Bacrtti: fj Mdi Savert Johnson, 27th. David Minnick, 27th.

John J. Pelton, 7th Battery. Charles Corbet, 8th Hiram DornH, yj James P. Cox, Peter Johnson; 15th. Simon 15th.

-Wm; Connor, Bg 15Uij i i 1 571 ''Jeji zotn. George Uristor. L' 83d. i Johq M. Pomeroy, 22dvk Allen.

fiSthi. .) tj noil. Rudolph Peters, 28th. WntfWebWF. I ",0 'i.

Gottlieb Drews, 9Hb.M It I Aale Vangen 27tiu L. O'Brien. G. fid Cavairv. ft CfCritton 27th Infantay jpsepn justaiiy xstik hi vi vjGHaatxa Gxrokk.

Hosnital Stwanf U. S. Gen. Hospl, Prairia dttChien, Wis. VrtL- Vraiana IV n': tf.tn& 'v1 ih ber husband, in 186L and fourht bv hie sirfn bas killed intha battle oi gnseen oatues; once I PF1Mne'i tnra tunes wounded in band, nip and knee and at her husband's death made known her sex to the General and was discharged.

After that she walked ninety-three miles, from Lexington to Louisville, bare-headed and bare-footed, traeking bet way la blood. leain their midst, ottr neonle have leen snared this calamity. 1 For all thee aadnamerons ether bloesing.whleb Qod la His goedseaa has jromebsafed tq. ns; for Bis loving kindness, Dis constant and abundant' mercies, we 'should with'gratefol bearU thank and praise ban. 1 rherefore, Jamea I.

tiewia, Goferaer of the 8tate of WiseonsSn, in accordance $witfar worthy and time-boitpred custom, do hereby designate and Thursday, tho 1 S4tm day November. 4864, aa a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to Almighty God, and I would recommend to the people that, laytng aside seenlar pnrsnirs, they meet on Vhoi day in their aaeaatotaed places worship," aas offer fhaaks toOod for the many blessings we bava beea permitted to enjoy daring the past year, and with their thanks 'let the earnest, fervent prayer Monad forth protection nf the widow and the torphaaj tho, noblo. soldier and bis. snfforing family, that we may all grow wiser, and that all oar blessings may be continued, and that peace may aoon again visit and bless our land, In testimony have hereunto snb-- scribed my nam and cand the great seal of the State of Wisconsin to be affixed. i.

s.J- Done at Madison, this S2d day of' October, in the year of oar Lord one thousand sight 4- hundred and sixty -fo or. J( By the QoTemor, JAKES T. LEWIS, licoitrs Vaikchils, Becretary of State; las tier Speech froys Sscrstwy Sevard. Oa the evening prior to the election, Secretary Sswajib, as Jiaa been his for many years, addressed his fellow at Auburn, New Tork. i Although Borne portions of his speech were of only temporary interest, there is much of it of a' more permanent nature.

The as is well knows, avows himself an optimist and defend? his custom of looking, at the cheerful side of the never despairing of the And so after expressing his confidence in the" triumphant vindication 'ot the Administration before the great popular tribunal on the folio wing day, he 1 should be recreant, it I did not contess that I see no hope of safety for the Union if the people to morrow should give it over in trust lb the Opponents of the present Admin istration. Uries of We won't do But I do not forget what I say on the night before the election will be heard on the morning after tire election, however it may result therefore, let no man expect to hear alter an adverse result that i am despairing or even If the opposition prevail, I do not know, indeed, the fountain irom which streams of hope can now, an that disastrous event; but I do know that God has a thousand ways of saving nations, even in. their extreme peril. Cheers. I do know that nations are born to Uve.

aithough.they must eventually Idie and I do know that as my voice In the dark hours of 1861 rangf through the world, giving reassurance to the friends of human progress, so. if utterance shall be left to me, it will proclaim with even greater earnestness and energy that this Republic is not altogether lost. Vehement applause. And as I speak, so in. that fearful crisis, I trust I shall be able to act Cries of That's you," and cheers.

He then painted the dangers that surrounded the country, civil war confronting it, foreign wars threatening it, the fires of treasonous faction on all our borders and sending up sulphurous smoke undei our very It would be absurd to say that the country was not in a strait, but there were only twooours-es before us one to persevere in the effort to put down the rebelhon, the other to ahan-don it. Hazard attended, either, but in his deliberate judgment by far Jhe lesser hazard lay in marching on in the line of persever-ence. Indeed in no other way could our national integrity be assured. After alluding to the conspiracies in the Westerri States, the concerted action between London 'and' Richmond that has been revealed, the'' raids -Ironi Canada upon Sandusky, St: Albabi and ether and the amazement that many elt upon" seeing after all large elass of our own citizens, with, alternate obstinacy and levity refusing to give an unreserved support to their own speaker saidj that such fac tions were among he invariable incidenta of civil war. 5 Opposition, rise high as government became energetic, and grow, into faction and "faction in civil war was unmitigated treason.

After speaking of various governments that have passed through similar trials, he continued No Government in any of those countries ever was less embarrassed in civil 'war by faction than the XJovemment i of the United States during tha last three and a half years. None of those uovernments at that same timd aver dealt with -domestic faction with so much moderation and humanity, as this Government, has praotioed toward citizens who have aided and abetted, fed and warmed, clothed and armed. Us open and defiant mies, (Oriea of iVTaat'so better if they had hung Tallandigham and tha rest ot them." Cheers.) Not one i head has fallen on the judicial block. Nor need you "bed alaxmed at these -demonstrations of taction. The people of theJJoited States have had a Christian education, apolitical education, a moral as Providence has never before vouchsafed to any nation; and great as the forces and facilities of Jactioh are, the repressive and loyal forces possessed by this people are magnified and multiplied in gjf I Aftet charaeterizing th.

attempted frauds on tho ballot-box; 4n fork. more fraudulent in conception, more; wicked in design than have before encottntered," and congratulating his, bearers on. their timely detection, he spoke of the poUcy of Ad- ministration respecting slavery as connected Willi tug war, ns iuuuwb; -i-' There is no question before' you 'aban doning tho war measures against slavery and substituting for them a policy of jcanservation or cpnoessioo to, slavery, measures ara apart of the war." Cheers. It is for tha nation In of war and hot for tha nation, in a. future, state of peaoe, that the Government is acting, and of course that art voting.

I Applause. ri.Tiere is no ques tion before you ot changing the object: of the war from the maintenance the 1 Union, to that of abolishing slavery: is the mainspring Of the 'rebellion. The' Government necessarily Strikes It in the ivery centre a well as trpon every inch.of.its soil- Cheers and cries orIt. dying put'J. Inmyoor judgment the' mainspring is already broken, and let tba war end when it will, and as it may, tha fear that that mainspring will recover its elasticity may give Oa at present no uneasiness.

Cheers. Before tha war slavery had tha patronage and countenance of tha United States against tha whole world. Its inherent error, guilt and danger are now as shaking in TOice and body from a sort or palsy, stammered out that she would call her daughter to answer my questions, but "would I please step inside a moment." I complied, and waited on the ragged mat in the dingy passage while the old woman hobbled and jerked herself down stairs to the kitchen. I knew when she arrived at the door, for a dullJ sound of voices which I bad noticed upon entering, suddenly 'expanded into a confused roar, in which I detected male and female laughter. The coccupanta of the kitchen, who wer 'evidently carousing, though it was but three o'clock in the afternoon, seemed to pie to greet the old woman with shouts of derision.

Something hard was flung at her at her entrance, I am sure; for I heard her cry out in her quaky treble, and the missile, whatever was, rolling upon the wood- en floor. A great laugh was raised at this sally, after which I recognized the trembling tones of the old woman, presume, the mission which had so unseasonably' interrupted the mirth in the kitchen. There was a lull directly, and shortly a terward I heard a younger and lighter step ascending the staircaseand my landlday stood before me. She was a bold, sluttish-looking woman of about thirty, with a face which, though not positively Ill-looking, was of a low certainly unattractive, one instantly as- sued a smirk and courtesy to the prospective lodger but I perceived a trifling thickness of utterance, and a peculiar lack of lustre in her eyes, which werel outward and visible signs of excess. She excused herself for not waiting upon me immediately; but was all owing to that stupid old -woman-servant which she kept out of charity, tho' Heaven knew, she did nothing for the use of the house in return for all the eatin' and drinkia' which was and so on.

Abusing the wretched old woman, and denying in every word the fact that it was her mother of whom she spoke so evilly, the landlady preceded, me to the drawing-room floor," and threw open the door with a conscious pride. They were very inferior lodgings. I believe at any other time I should have incontinently lett the spot; but. something? prompted me, and I agreed to lodge there for a month. I become interested in spite of myself, and I was determined to know something more about my shaky old friend.

fh I had agreed upon taking lodgings from the first of till the Kew Year's day following and ont beginning my relgnln iny new quarters, I found-the wisdom of hiring apartments of this sort weekly, a plan I ever afterward Nothing could have been more completely inconvenient as far as ac-. commodation and attendance were concerned, and yet I staid, for I had already fpund an interest in the place, The shaky old woman was the servant of all work, the factotum. the fag of the lodgings. Often I have myself relieved her of the breakfast-tray, when the cup and saucer and butter-boat, and tea-pot beenj- trembUng reepoostvely and the designed for my humble repast has been rolling wildly from side topside, like a barrel on deck in a storm. She cleaned the boots, f.

swept the stairs, answered the bell, fetched I the beer' (no sinecure), and performed, 1b i- short, every menial office," While her Bhamev 1less daughter and recreant son-in-law ate, i drank (and were drunk), and slept at ease, with all household burdens, save that light i one of receiving the Jodger'stwney, ifebjf ted from their young shoulders to her Crazy rare. After a due amount of patience on'my part, I ventured to inquire of the old handmaid as to the mmaqt of the slipshod Jiousehold. Why dp you do all the work I said kindly to her one morning, after I extricated my breakfast (at the expense of tiie egg) i-from entire dissolution at. her handj9 "It is too much for you." To my surprise the poor old woman sat down en a chair, and burst into tears. I was not a little nstonished, but held my tongue till she had somewhat recovered, I again remarked, Tm afraid this Js too much for you do, day after day." The old creature rose suddenly, and totler-" ed to the dooR "I humblypray your pardon, Sir," she stammered, J.

forgot; been an well lately, sir, and the children Stay, I said, Shut the door and tell me all about it. I am anxious to know all about you, and if I can do anything" 0h Vo, dea Sir," cried the poor old wretch, trembling with fear, "in addition to her usual palsy. Don't notice me, Sir, if you please; pray dont. it tney were to know that I had been crying, or talking to you, they'd Here she paused, and looked nervously at the door. i -h Wharwoald tbey dot," I sjlted.

-i-" Thei'd beat me, Sir. She often does, if 1 forset any thine and oh lie's awful swearing, and flinging pewter pots at me. I was ill once for weeks, from a blow be gave me. Why on earth do they ill-treat you I -asked. "You do all iheSrork, hfle they idle.

There must be some other reason." Sir," said the old woman, with some pride 1 in her voice cracked, jerks, and feeble as it was" I was once worth more than' a thou-j sand pounds I mean when my husband died, and before he was married. I them up; but they robbed me of all my money and they know it, and keep me nere, and Hate and ill-treat me in conseauence." 44 Whv do you stay I asked but mov ment after I was conscious of the folly of imy the oldroman an8werea Where could I go to, Sir r-; The simplicity and despair of this response convincing me that I should do no good by iKrsonally interferine la the 'domestic misun derstandings; I refrained from further ques-, tioninc and waited for some issue to this course of ill treatment, when I mighty thopgh an outsider, be justified in stepping in as a It soon' eame In the Christmas week the poor old mother took to her bed. thoVdughly conquered by the hard weather and the increasing worJti day 1 heard angry voices and curses through the thin wainscotins which separated my bedroom from the wretched old creature's sleeping aen. -a feeble squeaking was all that rough usage, neglect, or execution elicited. My mood used to blaxe within me at the cowardice and the low triumph of that drunken and disreputable who" Junketed while their mother was gasping for breath, or calling for common assistance 4 did once forjet my por and attempted to exnostulate with the daughter, my landlady, who came into my rockui, attended ny a rampiad-halred child with a dirty face (which was a pretty like nessof her mother's, on the morning of the twenty -rourth 01 wecemoer.

i Bedizened was the landlady and ribboned all over. Evidently she was bound upon a merry making with friends that Christmas eve; and I was so struck with the heaxtlesa- l- uuy mw suucu anu get BO ilttl OUt Of It, Si iv tne advent ox tne earuu.