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AKNA18 or THE ARMY OP TFIF. CirMBKRr.AM D: Com¬ 
prising lMourrtpitli?-, DeecHpihltix of Dujmrtmcnta, 
Account*' of Expeditions, HkirmtfIll's and Hatties; 
also, I Is Police Record of Spies, Smugglers, and 
promitie.nl Ifctbel Emissaries. Together with Anec¬ 
dotes, Incidents. Poetry, Reminiscence*'- etc., and Of¬ 
ficial Reports Of the Battle of Btoiie River. Ily an 
Officer, Illustrated with Steel Portraits, Wood En- 
pravings and Maps. Philadelphia: J. 15 Lippincott 
& Uo. 
Sucti is the title page of one or the most Interesting 
books of war literature which has been produced during 
the. present, war. It is a book of near seven hnndred 
pages, splendidly illustrated with the steel portraits Of 
eight. Major and six Brigadier Generals and the mem¬ 
bers of their respective staffs, which, judging by the 
portraits of those we have met personalty, arc very 
faithfully and finely executed, indeed. There are also 
numerous wood engravings which add to I lip interest 
of the graphically written adventures and experiences 
of scouts and army detectives, and scenes and incidents 
occurring during the campaigns of the Army of the 
Cumberland* This work has been carefully prepared. 
It is not, evidently, of mushroom growth, patched np 
with the sole purpose of gat her log green-bucks. We 
(the writer) happen to know it.*—reputed—author, as a 
once patient, conscientious, hard working editor. We 
commend this book to our readers as a valuable record 
of a great, organization which has made its mark in this 
war for freedom, truth, and republican government, 
and as lifting the curtain and giving us glimpses or the 
romance, adventure and danger which is begotten of 
war Nor this alone! War begets poetry! Samples 
of “ army poetry” are clven. The loyal and tito rebel 
muse mingles, One is published, said to have been 
found in manuscript in the pocket of a dead rebel on 
the battle field of Stone Diver, entitled “ Disappoint¬ 
ment." It. is followed by a touching one written by a 
private in the Army Of the Cumberland, entitled “Only 
a Private." i 
“ One man killed in tho skirmish to-dayt” 
He was “ only a private,” they say; 
lie was “only a private!"—oil, how 
Oonld t hey dare thus speak of the dead, 
For our country so nobly, who bled,— 
'So deserving a laurel’d brow? 
Oh, perhaps we have hard'nd our hearts 
V util death no impression imparts, 
Nor the bitter anguish of friends; 
He was “only a private;” 'ti.isad 
That his valor such slight notice had, 
Now his body with common earth blends. 
Dpe* a father, enfeebled with years,— 
Ora mother, nil trembling in tears,— 
A dear sister, whose love is a gem 
or the purest,—or brother,— In vuin . 
Keep a watching for him? Ne’er again 
In this world he’ll return unto them. 
Are there orphans awaiting neglect? 
Does a widow her husband expect? 
Is it known at his homo how he diod? 
How be bravely with face to the foe 
Prom a bullet received a fell blow, 
Wlum life sailed out on the ebbing red tide? 
New Orleans has occupied no insignificant place in the attention of the American people during the years of the present rebellion. And we have thought that it might gratify some of 
our readers to get a glimpse of this great Southern metropolis, even on paper. It is now inseparably associated with the names of one naval and three eminent military characters. Rear 
Admiral Faragut, and Generals Andrew Jackson, Benjamin F. Butler and Nathaniel P. Banks. No one, who may visit hereafter, will fail to recall those portions of it8 
history with which these men are associated. And we venture to predict that when the history of New Orleans is faithfully written no American will have cause to blush because of any 
official administrative act of any of the gentlemen named. Our readers are too familiar with its geography and commercial position to require anything at our hands on that subject. 
following remarks, from an article which I saw 
in your paper of 27th of last February on Hy¬ 
draulic Rams. It has been my fortune to 
become acquainted with Fames’ Water En¬ 
gines, which are manufactured at Watertown, 
N. Y. Although I have not seen them work, 
judging from the principles of construction 
and from the testimony of those who have tried 
them, I think they arc, in many respects, if not 
every way, superior to the Hydraulic Ram. 
My examination leads me to the following 
conclusions in regard to them, which are more 
than Coutinned by those who have tried them. 
First.—They will work with as small head as 
the Hydraulic Ram. Second.— Thvy id ill throw a 
greater per cent, of the water; thus, the effect of a 
Hydraulic Ram under favorable heads is about 
O. 5, or 50 per cent., the theoretical effect, (See 
D'AuBJBSON's Hydraulics,p.403,) hut under vary 
small heads, of say two feet, it falls to about 0.2, 
or 20 per cent. Fames’ Water Engine, under 
favorable circunistannces. has been said to have 
neatly 0.0 or 90 per cent, of the theoretical effect. 
One man, who has used both the ram and water 
engine, says the water engine will furnish 75 per 
cent, more water than the ram. Third.—When 
the supply runs low the ram will stop and not 
start again without help, or, at least, until there 
is a large supply, but the water engine will hold 
all the water after the supply has become too 
low to work it, and as soon as the spring—or 
supply pipe— sufficiently fills, it will work until 
it again exhausts the supply, and so on. This 
is quite an item in the summer. Fourth.—The 
water engine will work under water; hence, by 
submerging it, there will be no danger of its 
freezing. Fifth.—It works like a steam engine, 
only we have a water power instead of a steam 
power. Sixth.—They may lie worked by a 
brook or creek, to throw tho water of a spring. 
This can not be done by the ram, as all the 
water which it throws must pass through 
tho ram. 
I wish to add that I have no pecuniary inter¬ 
est in these engines, and direct public attention 
to them because I think they possess great 
merit, and if I am not disappointed, they will 
yet supersede the ram and become a favorite 
auxiliary for raising small quantities ol water. 
They may be used equally well for raising large 
quantities, hut the farmers—tho masses—have 
needed some sure way of raising small quanti¬ 
ties. De Volson Wood, 
Prof. Uuiv. of Mich. 
Ann Arbor, Mich., March, 180*1. 
precipitated by lead; then lead pipe must not be 
used to convey mineral waters. This fact has 
never been noticed before. To render these 
facts more interesting, another series of experi¬ 
ments must be made to ascertain the quantities 
of lead dissolved daily in the water, and what 
compound it forms, and to see if the action will 
be the same in lead pipes. This will form the 
subject of another communication.— Sci. rimer. 
LEAVING HOME. 
There is hardly a time in the life of a youth 
which seems to gather together so many tokens 
of a mother's affection and care, as when he is 
leaving the roof that has sheltered him from 
infancy, and going forth to prepare for, or to 
enter upon, the duties aud scenes of life. That 
trunk, which no one but a mother can arrange 
and pack, is filled with the work of her own 
hands; work which she has done while he was, 
perhaps, asleep, or at play; on which her tears 
have fallen as she anticipated the moment of 
separation; and over which her prayers have 
often beeu silently offeied for blessings on her 
child. Piece after piece is carefully put away, 
while the children look on and talk cheerfully 
of the morrow, and know not the anxiety and 
care that, is passing in the mother’s heart. All 
is at length arranged, and on the last layer is 
placed a Bible, on the tly-leaf of whieh is writ¬ 
ten the mother’s earnest wish, that her child 
may take that blessed volume as his guide 
through life. And when be is far away, amid 
scenes that arc strange and new, if there is one 
motive next to the desire to obey God, that 
should, above all others, induce him to abstain 
from evil, and to act wisely and virtuously, it 
should be the wish to please his mother, and to 
repay her kindness and care. Nothing will so 
surely do this as the knowledge that her son 
remembers her instructions, obeys her com¬ 
mands, even while absent, and is growing up in 
wisdom and virtue. 
THE PRACTICAL SHEPHEBD, 
A COMPLETE TREATISE ON ?HB BBHKDrXG, MANAGE¬ 
MENT AND DISEASES OS' SHEEP. 
By Eon. Henry S. Randall, LL. D., 
Author of “Sheep Husbandry iu the South,” “Fine- 
Wool Sheep Husbandry," Ac.. Ac. 
PUBLISHED BY D. D. T. MOORE. ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
Tnis work, Hmt published hist1. has already reach¬ 
ed its Fifteenth Edition, aud tin* demand has thus for 
been extraordinary. A new and revised edition is now 
ready, ami others tv ill follow iu such rapid succession 
that all orders can hereafter be filled promptly. No vol¬ 
ume on ;uiy bran eh of Agriculture or husbandry ever 
hud so rapid a sale or s'acc .such universal satisfaction. 
The work is a timely ouc, and unquestionably HAe&ejtiWd 
mast complete Trr itise an Shec p Husbandry ever puMisked 
in Aw.rri.Ta. It is cordially welcomed aud highly ap- 
proved.hy botli Tress and People. W itness the follow¬ 
ing ex tract* from a few of the numerous Reviews and 
Letters the work iias elicited 2 
/'Vi ah the New Bnglaivl. Farmer, Boston. 
THK Practical Shepherd— is a work thaflias ionsr 
been needed by run people. It should De in the hand and 
head of every person ow ning sheep. 
Prom the Journal of the _V. P. Stale .is'l Society. 
Tns Practical Shepherd is .*» most complete work 
on Sheep Husbandry for the practical wool grower, and 
gives all the Important matter ;v>pit ivd for the manage¬ 
ment of sheep as weU a* u deseripti-'O of the various 
breeds adapted to our country. Thi*. work meets the 
wants of the wool growers. 
Prom. J. 71. Khjrpart. Skv'y Ohio State Board of Ag'e. 
I shall with great pleasure recommend the " Practical 
Shepherd " as being the great American work, If not 
really tho best work in the English language on the 
subject. 
Front the Neui T-rrk Tribune. 
In this volume the author has exhausted the subject, 
and given all that is necessary for any farmer to know 
about selecting, breeding, and general management of 
sheep, in health or slrkness. We heartily commend this 
work, to all who wish for a sound and thorough treatise 
on sheep husbandry. 
Prom file Maine Farmer. 
Die name of the author, H oi. II. S. Randaj.L, is a 
guarantee of its completeness and reliability. 
From the Prairie Farmer. 
The illustrations of sheep are by the best artists of 
New York, and well done. Ttie letter pri and paper 
are all that could he desired In a work of this descrip¬ 
tion. It will undoubtedly meet with the large sale its 
merits demand. 
From Obi. It. P. Johnson, Sec’y T. State Ag’l Society. 
It is the t>est practical Sheep Row, I think, ever pub¬ 
lished, and doe* great credit to Dr. Randall. 
From 0. U Flirt, XV’y Mass. Boat'd of Agriculture. 
1 have devoted all my leisure moments to a perusal of 
the work, aud congratulate author and publisher ott 
what appears to me to tie a complete success. 
From I bn. T. C. I tiers, former Ktlilar cf The, Wool Grower' 
The book Is all that any cue could ask on tho subject. 
Ills tin* nest of its kind, am! superior to the heretofore 
standard—You ATT. You have fullv vindicated your 
fastidious fa-do lathe style the volume Is issued. 
From the Ohio Farmer. 
Tho reputation of the uuthor — who ranks as the au¬ 
thority Iu this country upon all that pertains to the 
breeding and management of sleep— w ill Induce a large 
and continued demand for “ The Practical Shepherd.” 
Fr uni the Michigan Farmer 
Mr. Ramp via. has made the very best book extant on 
American Sheep Husbandry. 
From I'te C.nuitnj G>n tVmutt tied Cultivator. 
As a whole, this book is nnijnesth eddy in advance of 
anything of tuo kind uow before the public. 
From Prof. C Dewey, O. />., LL. D. 
The work seems to be as nearly a complete treatise as 
is t-> he expected, it is concise,’ aud yet full; ami the 
conciseness of Its neat style renders its fu’lness admi¬ 
rable. It does not tire one In the reading of it. its 
details are lucid and yet thoroughly practical. 
From J. P. ll.yno'ii*, S. o'y Illinois State Ifl Society. 
I have little doubt the work, will meet fully the wauta 
Of those engaged In Hu op Husbandry. Il has been look¬ 
ed for with niiigh Interest, and see res. p. mi ilus md very 
careful examination I have given it. to be w hat the au¬ 
thor designed to make—an Impartial and useful hook. 
F.om the S: on title Jnteruan, New Tori'. 
It is vastly Important i/iosc who raise sheep 
Should obtain all the informal!. -a possible how best |.» 
manage their flecks, iml >ve unhesitatingly recommend 
the “ Practical shepherd" the most interesting and 
A Word about Chairs.— An eminent phy¬ 
sician, speaking of our chairs, remarks that 
they arc too high anil top nearly horizontal. 
Wo slide forward, and ori opines ache. The 
seats should he fifteen or s Jxteru inches high in 
front for men. and from night to fourteen inches 
for children and women. The back part of the 
rent should be from one to three inches lower 
than the front part. This last is very import¬ 
ant. The depth of the seat from front to back 
should be the same as the height. Tho chair is 
likewise unphilosophicah The part which 
meets the small of the back should project fur¬ 
thest forward. Instead of this, at that point 
there is generally a hollow; this is the cause ol 
much pain aud weakness in* the small of the 
back. Tho present seats produce discomfort, 
round shoulders and other distortions. 
Sunday Scnooi, PitoToon.vi'u*. By Rev. Alfred 
Taylor. Boston: Henry Hoy t 
This is a capital book for Superintendents, Teachers, 
and Sunday School bores, who torment little ones by 
their tiresome stupidity, or injure them by mountebank 
stories in place iff intelligible, simple-worded utter- 
aut o* of truth. No one, who has had any experience in 
Sabbath Schools, can fail to recognize some ono or 
more of the pen portraits it contains. It will benefit 
every thinking person to read It, whether lie finds in it 
a coni to (It himself or not. For sale by Dakrow. 
Price S5 cents. 
Every-Day Duties; Or, the Schoolmates. By Mrs. 
Madeline Leslie. Boston: Henry Hoyt. 
Tuis is an instructive and Interesting book for both 
parents and children. The every day life of two fami¬ 
lies is contrasted. The effect of two systems of gov- 
eminent upon children is given. The contrast is strik¬ 
ing and yet faithful. And It Is instructive. The book 
is -worthy ii place In every Sabbath School and family 
library. For sole by Darkow, and Adams & Ellis. 
Price S5 cents. 
Lead is a Poison.— Every family should 
decline using vesscls^lined with lead for cooking 
or keeping provisions in, also the use of this 
metal for the conveyance of water, as pure 
water will dissolve the inside of the pipe with¬ 
out the presence of some protecting salt, which 
forms an insoluble coating and prevents further 
action; even then there is danger. If you al¬ 
ready have lead pipe, the simplest precaution is 
always to draw off the water contained in it 
before saving any for u,-e. There is also too 
much imprudence among the working class with 
regard to this poison; the painters in their use 
of white lead and litharge, plumberseating with 
hands soiled by particles of this metal, also in 
the manufacture of glazed cards, glazed earth¬ 
enware, <fcc. 
The Parlor Magician: Or, 100 Tricks for the Draw 
ing Room. Illustrated with 121 engravings. New 
York: Dick ,fc Fitzgerald. 
Whatever contributes to innocent pleasure at borne 
—whatever render* home attractive and strengthens the 
hold or the parent upon the child, Is to be commended 
and adopted. And wc. remember with how much in¬ 
terest we used to watch the unraveling or puzzles, the 
eolation of riddles, charade*, and iho feats of legerde¬ 
main with which we were entertained. Remembering 
thesq enjoyments, we canuot underestimate tho delight 
which such a book as thi* before us, in the hands of a 
competent “ Undo,” or eccentric aud much loved 
“Auntie,” would give to the little ones of an evening. 
For sale by R Ii. Clarke, at tire Waverly Book Store. 
Price 25 cents. 
DON’T DESPISE SMALL THINGS, 
I must tell you an anecdote, little friends, 
which will show you pretty clearly, I think, 
that it is not wi*e to despise small things. 
Some years ago, a gentleman visiting a farmer 
iu Tolland, Connecticut, took from his pocket a 
small potato, which, somehow, had got in there 
at home. It was thrown out with a smile; and 
the farmer, taking it in his hand to look at it, a 
curious little boy of ten, at his elbow, asked 
what it was. *• Oh, nothing but a potato, my 
boy; take and plant it, and you shall have all 
you can raise from it till you are free.” The 
lad took it, and the farmer thought no more 
about it at the time. 
The boy, however, not despising even small 
potatoes, carefully divided it into as many pieces 
as ho could find eyes, and put them into the 
ground. The product was carefully put aside 
in the Fall, and planted in the Spring, and so 
on till the fourth year; the yield being good, 
the actual product was four hundred bushels! 
The farmer seeing the prospect that the potato 
field would, by another year, cover his whole 
farm, asked to be released from his promise. 
Remember this, young friend, when you feci 
like despising small thiugs. 
Hiccough— How TO Stop.— This may often 
be removed by holding the breath, bv swallow¬ 
ing a piece of bread, by sudden fright, or by a 
draught of weak liquid. "When it arises from 
heat and acidity in the stomachs of children, a 
little rhubarb and chalk will remove it. Should 
it, proceed from irritability of tlio nerves, take 
a few drops of sal volatile, with a teaspoonful of 
paregoric elixir. If it still continue, rul> on 
soap liniment, mixed with tincture of opium, 
or a plaster may he put on the pit of the stom¬ 
ach, or sipping a glass of cold water with a 
little carbonate of soda dissolved in it. 
Little Graoie ; Or, one more Lamb in the Fold. 
Boston: Henry Hoyt. 
A BioouaruY of a child aged five years and eight 
months! As a family memorial or a favorite child this 
book is excusable. But for general circulation we can¬ 
not see its use, nor the propriety of circulating it. For 
sale by Adams A Kllis. 
POISONING OF WATER BY LEAD PIPES, 
We have received from Professor II. Dus- 
sance, of New Lebanon, N. Y., a detailed state¬ 
ment of a series of experiments on tho action of 
several different kinds of water ou lead, under 
various conditions. The lead was subjected to 
the action of the water for twenty-nine days, 
anil the experimenter draws tho following con¬ 
clusions : 
“ I conclude from the above detailed experi¬ 
ments—1. That distilled water has no action 
whatever on lead by three days of contact; 
after that time the dissolving action begins. 2. 
That the lead is dissolved by distilled water in 
proportion increasing every day; the distilled 
water exposed to the open air dissolves more of 
this metal than di.-tilied water in close vessels, 
or than distilled water deprived of air and gas. 
3. That creek water, containing small propor¬ 
tions of lime, has no notion on leau. 4. That 
distilled water, containing t-35<X)th of a salt in 
solution, prevents the dissolving action of the 
water on lead. 0. That water dissolves lead till 
the saturating power of the acid is exhausted. 
(5. That, in ferruginous water, all of the iron is 
WATER ENGINES. 
Syrup for Colds.—As this is the seasou of 
the year when children and grown-up people 
are liable to be troubled with a cough, tho fol¬ 
lowing excellent remedy should be known:— 
Boil one ounce of ilux-sccd in a quart of water 
for half an hour, strain, and add to the liquid 
tho juice of two lemons and a half pound of 
rock candy. If tho cough is accompanied by 
weakness and a loss of appetite, add half an 
ounce of powdered gum arable; set this to sim¬ 
mer half au hour, stirring it occasionally. Take 
a wineglassful when the cough, is troublesome. 
Eds. Rural New-Yorkkr:— Although not 
a farmer, I take pleasure in supporting your 
excellent paper. I am interested in the welfare 
of the farmer and the progress of agriculture. 
I hail with delight all improvements which tend 
to lighten Ids labors or make them more pleas¬ 
ant; for they enrich his possessions, give him 
time lor mental improvement, and tend to make 
him, not the menial servant of the soil, but the 
lord of tho soil. The wealth of the farmer is the 
wealth of the land; and as machinery docs the 
work of many, thereby enabling many more to 
become producers, so machinery adds many 
times its marketable value to tho wealth of tho 
country. Give us machines!-good machines! 
and may the time speedily come when the fruits 
of science may be substituted for the drudgery 
of the fanner; when the forces which nature has 
given us in air, water, electricity and heat, mav 
Cheerfulness is the promoter of health, 
Repiniugs and murmurings of tho heart, give 
imperceptible strokes io those delicate fibers of 
which the vital parts are composed, and wear 
out the machine. Cheerfulness is as friendly to 
the mind as to the body. It bauishes all anxious 
care and discontent; soothes and composes the 
passions, and keeps tho soul in a perpetual calm. 
—Addition. 
To Distinguish Artificially-Colored 
Wines.— Saturate a piece of bread crumb with 
the wine to be tested, and place it in a plate full 
Of water. If the wine is artificially colored. 
the water very soon becomes colored reddish 
violet; but if the coloring matter is natural, the 
water, after a quarter or half an hour, is but 
very little Colored, and u slight opalescence only 
is perceptible. The lest depends upon the diffi¬ 
cult solubility of the real coloring matters of 
wine in water free from tartaric acid. 
Ik a few civil words will render a man happy, 
he must bo a wretch indeed who will not give 
them to him. Let another mau light his caudle 
by your ovvu, and yours loses none of its bril¬ 
liancy by what his gains. 
