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ETOAL 1EW-Y0EKER 
UNION VILLAGE SHAKERS, OHIO 
ing of the parents of Foedora. In the meantime, 
she had grown in wisdom arid in beauty. Nothing 
had been neglected to form aright her heart and 
mind. She was then fifteen years old. Each year 
the anniversary of her rescue had been a festive 
day. During one of these re-unions, while Fok- 
dora rehearsed anew the incidents of her child¬ 
hood, and the benefits which her parents of adoption 
had bestowed upon her. passed iti review, they 
heard the report of a gun a short, distance from the 
castle. The wind blew with violence, the snow fell 
in great flakes, and obscured the sky so that one 
could not Fee threo steps before him. “it is some 
lost traveler who asks help, and who is attacked 
by ferocious beasts, for it is impossible that one 
should abandon himself to the pleasures of the 
Chase, at such a time," cried Polowskl aud he com¬ 
manded his men to go in search. He placed him¬ 
self at, the bead of bis attendants, whom he led to the 
forest Some time af ter, they returned to the castle. 
The servants bore upon a litter the body of a 
wounded Russian. Foepoka threw herself before 
her countryman. She dressed his wounds herself. 
He was soon able to express bis thanks to the host 
and hostess of the castle, and to relate his history to 
them. 
<• I am,” said he, “ a merchant of Mohcow. I have 
been on a visit to Varsovia. Leaving the neighbor¬ 
hood, I started to visit a friend who lives at some 
distance. Armed with a gun, I proceeded on foot 
to his castle, where I was belated. The snow (ell in 
great flakes; I became bewildered, and was seeking 
in vain for the road, when 1 saw two men approach, 
of whom I hastened to ask direction. I had no dis¬ 
trust, and quietly awaited their reply, when sud¬ 
denly these two villains rushed upon me, stunning 
me and robbing me of what little money 1 possessed. 
1 uttered a cry; it, was then that one of them fired 
upon me with his pistols, lor they wished to kill me,” 
During the stranger’s recital, Foedora had kept 
her gaze riveted upon him. She seemed to find 
upon his countenance familiar features, without 
being able to tell where she had seen them. Her 
heart beat with violence, and an irresistable impulse 
drew her towards him. Polowski besought his 
guest to relate some of the incidents of the burning 
ol Moscow. The stranger appeared somewhat reluc- 
taut to comply with this request. However, reflect¬ 
ing upon the services which he had received, he 
dare not refuse. Depicting the spectacle of this vast 
conflagration, his voice trembled with lively emo¬ 
tion. But, when ho began to recount his own mis¬ 
fortunes ho shed abundant tears; and, uttering a 
profound sigh, ho said:— 111 Alas! this terrible fire not 
only destroyed a large share of ray fortune, but also 
took away all our happiness—onrmuch loved daugh¬ 
ter. While in the midst of the dreadful disorder, 
excited by the (rightful catastrophe, we sought, my 
wife aud I, to save from the voracity of the flames, 
our most valuable treasures, we lost our child, then 
in her sixth year. Her uiirse had taken her to con¬ 
duct her to the house of a friend who lived in a dis¬ 
tant street, to which the fire had not yet extended. 
But neither the nurse nor the child returned; and 
since the event, ail our inquiries have been fruitless. 
Probably, some building in falling, buried them in 
its ruins.” 
At these words, Foedora, who had listened 
eagerly to all the particulars of the recital, could no 
longer conceal the emotions which if excited within 
her. She threw herself upon the neck ol’ the 
stranger, crying, “0, ray father, my father!” This 
was a touching sight. You will pardon us if we do 
not attempt to describe the joy and happiness with 
which their hearts overflowed. Pen is powerless in 
the face of such a scene. After the first thrill of 
surprise, Foedora related to her lather all those 
miracles to which she owed her safety. The good 
vivandiore was not forgotten in this recital: but 
with what sensibility, what touching expressions ol 
thankfulness, did she acknowledge ail that she owed 
to the benevolence oi the Polish lord who had 
received and treated her as his child. 
In a lew days the Russian recovered. It was 
necessary tor him to leave the castle of Polowski, 
and Foeoora followed him. not without assuring 
her benefactors that her gratitude would cease only 
with her life. They returned to Moscow, where 
their arrival caused a joyous surprise. The history 
of Foedo ra became known. A young Russian lord, 
who occupied a high position in the ranks of the 
army, demanded the young girl in marriage, and 
espoused her. 
Ten years had passed. Poland had proclaimed 
her independence, and the Emperor of the Russians. 
Nicholas, placed an army in the field to crush the 
efforts of this heroic nation. Every one knows the 
issue of this unequal contest. The husband ol 
Foedora had taken a part in this campaign. Foe- 
dora had followed him. Without, stopping to 
review the heart-rending scones of this war, we will 
only say that Varsovia was taken by siege. In this 
terrible day thousands of Poles and Russians 
perished. Towards evening all the superior officers 
of the victorious army went to visit the Battle field, 
where the corpses of the conquerors and the con¬ 
quered lay in confusion. An infinite number of 
wounded groaned among the dead. Moved with 
pity for those to whom Fortune had been contrary, 
the husband of Foedora had those carried to the 
hospitals in whom there yet remained a breath of 
life. After these pious cares, he went still farther 
in this place of death, where, among several corpses 
which they were going to bury, he perceived a 
Polish officer ot high rank, all covered with crosses 
and ornaments. He thought he saw in him some 
sisrns of life, and had him carried to the house where 
Foedora remained. There, every necessary atten¬ 
tion was bestowed upon bim, and slowly recovering 
from his lethargy, the Polish officer opened his eyes. 
Foedora was. seated at the head of the bed, (Sud¬ 
denly she uttered a cry: she had recognized 
Pot.owski 1 
Polowski recovered from his wounds only to be 
plunged into a still more terrible danger. His 
name was placed upon the list of exiles. When 
Foedora was apprised of it, she immediately 
repaired to the Emperor. She embraced his knees f 
and demanded a favor; aud Nicholas, hearing, 
pronounced the pardon ol Polowski. 
IVutield, N. Y. 
THE TWO WORLDS 
The society at Union Village. Warren county, 
Ohio, is worthy of particular note. It is one of the 
largest Shaker societies in the world. It was 
founded in the year 1805. It now numbers near 
000 persons and owns upwards of 4,000 acres of land 
in one body. The soil is remarkably fertile, and the 
surface and scenery beautifully diversified, and the 
locality remarkably healthy. The society here is 
divided into four different “families," located in 
different parts of their domain. Tbe largest family 
numbers near 200 persons, and is called the Cen¬ 
ter, it being tbe residence of their Elder and Elder- 
ess. and where their church is located. The 
••dwelling,” us it is called, where this family eats 
and sleeps, is an immense brick structure, four 
stories high; it fronts 88 feet, and is 108 feet deep; 
it is divided into dining, sleeping, and kitchen 
rooms. In the large cellar underneath is kept the 
milk, aud the butter and cheese apparatus. Their 
butter is churned and cheese made by horse-power; 
their bread is also kneaded in tbe same way. 
Their bread is certainly the best we ever tasted. 
In fact, the dinner they generously prepared for 
our party was one of the most palatable we ever 
enjoyed. The fine fruit, and other seasonable deli¬ 
cacies with which our table was loaded, were such 
as princes might feed upon and be glad. They 
live upon plenty of the very best of every thing 
that is good and healthy. They cultivate none but 
the best fruits, ot which they sell large quantities, 
They have the finest stock we ever saw. Their 
cattle are altogether incomparable. Some of their 
cows give daily from six to eight gallons of the 
richest milk. Such cows they readily sell at from 
Slot! to $200. Calves, from two to four months 
old, they sell at from $50 to $100. They have an 
animal that weighs nearly 3,000 pounds. They 
have a botanical garden of about twelve acres, in 
which they cultivate all the medicinal plants and 
herbs of this climate, which they gather and remove 
to the chemical and medical laboratory, where they 
are dried and prepared in the form of extracts, pow¬ 
ders, Ac., ready tor market. These medicines are 
the purest and best of the kind that can be had, The 
celebrated “Shaker Sarsaparilla” is manufactured 
here, and affords the principal source of their reve¬ 
nue. Their mechanical shops are kept in the neatest 
order, and their work is done in the most system¬ 
atic style. 
They excel in the manufacture of carpets, wood- 
ware, leather, blankets, and various kinds of trinkets 
and fancy articles. We were shown some silk hand¬ 
kerchiefs which were made by them from silk of 
their own production, which were quite equal to the 
European silks. 
Their seed garden is noteworthy. They annually 
put up aud sell about 1.400 boxes of garden seeds, 
each box containing 200 packages of seeds. 
They have now in tbeir domain about 3,000 head 
of sheep, 500 cattle, 100 horses, countless numbers 
of poultry, but no hogs or dogs, the former being to 
them unclean, and the latter useless yelpers.— Day- 
ton Gazette. 
Two worlds there are. To one our eyes we strain— 
Whose magic joys we shall not see again: 
Bright haste of morning veils its glimmering shore, 
Ah, truly breathed we there 
Intoxicating air— 
Glad were cmr hearts in that sweet realm of 
Nevermore. 
The lover there drank her delicious breath, 
Whose love has yielded since to change or death: 
The mother kissed her child, whose days are o'er, 
Alas I too soon have fled 
The irreclaimable dead ; 
We see them—visions strange—amid the 
Nevermore. 
The merry song some maiden used to sing— 
The brown, brown liair that once was wont to cling 
To temples long clay-cold : to the very core 
They strike our weary hearts. 
As some vexed memory starts 
From that long faded land—the realm of 
Nevermore. 
It is perpetual Summer there. But here 
Sadly we may remember rivers clear, 
And harebells quivering on the meadow floor, 
For brighter bells and bluer, 
For tenderer hearts and truer, 
People that happy land—the realm of 
Nevermore. 
Upon the frontier of this shadowy land 
We, pilgrims of eternal sorrow stand: 
What realm lies forward, with its happier store 
Of forests green and deep, 
Of valleys hushed in sleep, 
And lakes most peaceful V ’Tis the land of 
Evermore. 
Very far olT in the marble cities seem— 
Very far oft—beyond our sensual dream— 
Its woods, unruffled by the wild wind's roar: 
Yet docs the turbulent surge 
Howl on its very verge, 
One moment—and we breathe within the 
Evermore. 
They whom we loved and lost so long ago 
Dwell in those cities far from mortal woe— [soar. 
Haunt those fresh woodlands, whence sweet carolings 
Eternal peace have they: 
God wipes their tears away: 
They drink the river of life that flows from 
Evermore. 
Thither we hasten through these regions dim; 
But lo, the wide wings of the Seraphim 
Shine in the sunset I On that joyous shore 
Our enlightened hearts shalL know 
The life of long ago; 
The sorrow burdened past shall fade for 
Evermore. 
IMPORTANCE OP PHOTOGRAPHY 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA. 
The importance of photography in enabling the 
naturalist to represent with accuracy the various 
forms of animal and vegetable life cannot be too 
highly appreciated, both in its relations to art and 
to education. When we consider the vast number 
of species in zoology the noble forms of animated 
nature, whether wild or domesticated, and the ser¬ 
vices which many of them perform as the slaves 
of man, we can hardly attach too much importance 
to their accurate delineation. The Landseers, 
Copes, Andsdells, anil Rosu Bonheurs of tbe pres¬ 
ent day give us fine delineations of the deer, the 
cattle, the dogs, the horses, and other animals 
which are associated with the wants and amusements 
ol' man; but even fine art might derive some 
advantage from their truthful photographs whether 
in plane perspective or in solid relief. When we 
look at the. pictures with which Buffon caricatured 
the world of instinct, we long to possess genuine 
representations of the giraffe, the lion, the tiger, ibe 
elephant, tbe gorilla, and the other noble animals 
which we see only in prison and in chains. With a 
truthful camera and an instantaneous process, the 
denizens ot the jungle and the fields might be taken 
captive in their finest altitudes and their most rest¬ 
less moods; and binocular photographs thus obtain¬ 
ed, and raised into relief, would furnish valuable 
ideas to the painters and the poets, whose works or 
whose epics may require an introduction to the 
brutes that perish. 
The engraver has endeavored to copy and per¬ 
petuate the finest productions of the pencil and tbe 
chisel; and the traveler, in his hurried sketches, has 
still more imperfectly represented to us the edifices 
of ancient and modern civilization. But the sun 
has outstripped them both; and though be has as yet 
only one color on bis palette, he exhibits on his can¬ 
vas every visible point aud line in his subject, and 
every variety of light, shadow and lustre, which 
the hour of the day or the state ol the weather may 
Impress upon it. 
To the sculptor sun-painting is still more valuable. 
The living subject affords bim little choice of mate¬ 
rial. Swathed in opaquo drapery, the human figure 
mocks his eager eye, aud it is only by stolen glances, 
or during angel visits, that he can see those diviue 
forms which it is his business to perpetuate. He 
must therefore quit his home, and spend months and 
years in the museums of foreign art, copying day 
after day those master triumphs of genius which 
have been consecrated by t he taste of ages. Brought 
back to his own studio, these copies will lie his 
principal instructors. They will exhibit to him 
forms more than human, though human still, 
embodying all that is true and beautiful in what 
might be man. These copies, however, have a limi¬ 
ted value. The light of the sun, even in a cloudless 
sky, is ever varying, and the breadth and direction 
of the shadows are changing from hour to hour. 
The portion of the drawing executed in the morn¬ 
ing will not harmonize with what is delineated at 
noon or in the evening; and hence the most skilful 
representation ol a piece of sculpture cannot possi¬ 
bly exhibit those lights and shadows which can 
give even an approximate idea of figures in relief. 
The binocular photographs, on the other hand, 
when rightly taken, give all the shadows of an in¬ 
stant of time, and when combined in the stereoscope, 
reproduce the statue in relief in all its aspects, and 
with all its parts as exhibited under the same lie a in 
of light. 
To the engineer and the machinist, photography 
and the stereoscope are of inestimable value. The 
difficulty.of drawing complex machinery is insur¬ 
mountable; and even when the drawings are well 
executed, it is not easy to study Jrom them the con¬ 
struction and mode ot operation of the machine; 
but tbe union of one or two binocular pictures of it, 
judiciously taken, will in many cases remove the 
dilliculty both of drawing and understanding it. In 
the erection of public buildings, hourly and daily 
photograph have shown to the absent superinten¬ 
dent the progress of his work .—Sir David Brewster. 
I am composed ot 104 letters. 
My 1,104. 3 is to allow. 
My 57, 29, 69, 83, 63 is each one of ail. 
My 9. 4«, 66, 12, 85, 96 is the 1-1+40 of a day. 
My 03,103 is in die same manner. 
My 76, 49 is the neutral demonstrative. 
My 71,20, 79. 49, 38, 89. 55 is what a man does when in the 
act of leaping. 
My 26, 82, 23, 60. 87, 81 is to impart. 
My 74, a3, 2, 25. 86 is new 
My 37, 53, 91, 101, 98, 6, 84, 24. 80 is learning. 
My 90, 11 is a word of incitement or encouragement. 
My 72, 13, 16 is the possessive of it. 
My 95, 102. 26 24, 85 is the two side bodies of an army. 
My 56, 14, 58 is the same as my 1, 104, 3. 
My 34, 29. 77. 62, 31 is each one. 
My 64, 17. 47, 67. 13, 4 is 120 seconds minus 4-5 of 60 plus 24 
minutes 12 seconds. 
My 15. 19 is in what manner. 
My 102, 73 is the thing spoken of before. 
My 82, 41, 52, 68, 7.S. is the troublesome insects which infest 
the kitchen. 
My 7, 42, 81, 46, 21. 43 is to register. 
My 68, 36, 45, 59 is the oblique singular of thou. 
My 44, 27, 39, 92 is the contrary of evil. 
My 70- 94 is comjKiscd of the first and nineteenth letters of the 
alphabet. 
My 95, 61, 75, 97 is n spring. 
My 40, 10, 35, 30 is the name of a person who judges rightly. 
My S, 40, 28. is being at a distance within view. 
My 90, 100, 50, 22, 103, 18 is to help. 
My 5,12, 41, f,4, 15, 83, 65, 73, 8 is a state of being a person is 
in when devoid of manners. 
My whole is an nppeal to young minds by the poet Cottos. 
Willett, 1862. Henry C. B-. 
Answer in two weeks. 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
GEOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA. 
I am composed of 45 letters. 
My 2, 8, 20, 4 is a mountain in Europe. 
My 15, 29, 5, 4, 39, 22. 7, 36, 15, 29, 40. 43 is a city in Penn¬ 
sylvania. 
My 12, 2. 11 18 is an isthmus between Asia and Africa. 
My 38, 7, 22, 27, 80, 33, 26, 25, 43, 45,19, 20, 21 is a sea in Eu¬ 
rope, 
Mr 1, 9, 42, 20, 82, 39 is a river in Canada. 
My 28, 4, 39. 12. 28, 23, 34 is a city in Scotland. 
My 18, 20, 8s. C, 11, 18, 33 is a river in Africa. 
My 12, 17. 14. 3 10, 20, 08, 09, 22, 0, 19 is a mountain in 
Mexico 
My 22. 24. 0, 37. 10, 45 is a city in Ireland. 
My 15, 23, 9. 1. 12. 14 is the most elevated city on the globe. 
My 41, 14, 13, 15, 1, 3, 30 is u city in Rhode Island. 
My 38, 10, 12, 31. 17, 12, 31, 35, 15,15, 44 is a river in North 
America. 
My whole is the sentiments of the North. 
Farmers’ College, College Hill, Ohio, 1862. F. S. M. 
Answer in two weeks. 
[For Moore s Rural New-Yorker.] 
[Translated from the French, by Carr Mykick ] 
Answer to Names of Eminent Men:—1. Charles Dickens. 
2. James Silk Buckingham. 3. Samuel Warren. 4. Charles 
Lever. 5. Samuel Lover. 6. Albert Smith. 7. Thomas 
Carlyle. 8. Henry Kirke White. 9. George Augustus Sala. 
10. James Montgomery. 11. Allen Ramsey. 12. Oliver 
Goldsmith. 
Answer to Miscellaneous Enigma:—A wicked messenger 
falleth into mischief. 
Answer to Arithmetical question :—James should have }< 
and John Xj of the 15 cents. 
Answer to Charade:—House-Wife. 
Bio Guns.— The Fort Pitt works are turning out 
the immense fifteen-inch guns now at the rate of 
three a week. We doubt if there be in the world an 
establishment capable of auyihiug like this. These 
guns weigh each in the rough about 70,000 pounds, 
and apart ironi tbe difficulty of casting, the labor of 
handling, turning and finishing such a mass of metal 
must be immense. There are four of these guns 
now in the lathes, and by the time these are out, 
others will he ready to take their place. It is the 
intention to turn out three a week, we believe, for 
the balance of the year. These gnus are intended 
for the new “ Monitors,” and they are the most 
formidable of their character in tbe world. Ar¬ 
rangements are now in progress for casting a twenty- 
inch gun. This latter gun will throw a ball 1,000 
pounds, and is expected to have a range of four 
miles .—Fittstiurg Chronicle. 
ftltc to ilw guMir 
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THE SUBLIME AND RIDICULOUS 
“ There is hut a step from the sublime to the 
ridiculous.” This distance is not greater from the 
poetical to the prosy. Somebody wrote some rather 
pretty verses about “ Love.” Some other body bor¬ 
rowed the metre, and taking “ Soap ” for a theme, 
wrote some wicked verses in parody. Here are the 
two pieces: 
LOVE. SOAP. 
We are young, We want soap, 
And both are loving— Both need scrubbing— 
You love me, You soap me, 
And 1 love you ; And l soap you ; 
Each, each other's Each, each other’s 
Faults reproving— Rough hides rubbing— 
Some in me, You scrub mo, 
And some in you, And 1 scrub you, 
What is best What is best 
For us to do f For us to do ? 
Live and love, Live and rub, 
Continue loving— Continue rubbing— 
You loving me, Y'ou rubbing me, 
I loving you ; I rubbing you ; 
Each, each other’s Each, each other's 
Faults reproving— Rough hides scrubbing— 
You reproving me, You scrubbing me, 
I you. I you. 
This is best This is best 
For us to do. For us to do. 
A letter to the Boston Traveller , dated Septem¬ 
ber 7th, off Spain, from the United States war sloop 
Rears age, says: 
The officers of this ship have, within the last three 
days, been electrified by un invention of our First 
Assistant Engineer, James W. Whittaker, Esq., of 
Trenton, N. J., which totally eclipses anything yet 
announced on the all-important topic of iron \ dated 
ships. For obvious reasons, 1 am not at liberty, at 
present, to give details Of this powerful agent for 
the destruction of such iron-plated antagonists as 
the Merrimac and Arkansas. For its simplicity in 
design, completeness in construction, and certainly 
of execution, it cannot be excelled by anything in¬ 
vented or advanced. In fact it is the event uf the 
nineteenth century. 
It revolutionizes the whole theory of naval war¬ 
fare, aud as long as its use is confined to our own 
navy, no other power in the world can he success¬ 
ful, no matter how many or what class of iron-clad 
ships may be brought against us. It can he applied 
to any portion of the ship at a comparitively nom¬ 
inal expense, and when so applied, even the Moni¬ 
tor or New Ironsides would be, when opposed, tvs 
helpless as the Cumberland and Congress when at¬ 
tacked by the Merrimac. Our captain, chief engineer 
have examined it. and all concur 
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support of comparative strangers, preparatory to the com¬ 
mencement, of a new volume, we have concluded to offer the 
Rural Nkw-Yokkkk for the ensuing Quarter—Oct. 1st to 
January, 13 numbers—at o.m.v Halp Price, thus placing it 
within the reach and means of all non- subscriber a who wish 
to give it a fair trial. Wo will send 4 copies for $1; 8 for 
$2; 12 for 83; 20 for ?5, &c., and mail to as many persons 
and post-ofliecs as desired. Wo cannot make a farthing's 
direct profit, yet shall be glad to thus circulate 5.1)00 to 20,000 
trial copies—for, though we may lose temporarily, it is be¬ 
lieved the bread thus cast abroad will return ere long, while 
thousands of families will ho benefited by making the acquaiut- 
tance of the Rural and becoming permanent subscribers. 
A REQUEST, AND WHEREFORE. 
We ask its friends all over the land to aid In circulating the 
Rural’s Campaign Quarter. Almost any one can readily 
obtain from 4 to 20 subscribers. "Where there's a will 
there’s a way," and have not its friends in the East aud West, 
North and South, the will to extend the circulation and use¬ 
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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
TUK LARGEST OJSCJrULTED 
AGRICULTURAL, LlTERARl AjSIJ FAMILY WEEKLY, 
IS PUBLISH!!!/ KVKRY SATURDAY, 
BY I). »■ T. HOORE, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
u One of TnE Exempts,” —Surgeon — What’s the 
matter with you? Would-be-Exempt —Weak back, 
sir—very weak back. 8 .—weak knees, you mean. 
W. —Yes, sir, Weak knees—very weak knees, can’t 
march. S.— Yes, I’ll give you a certificate (Writes:) 
“Upon honor 1 hereby certify that the bearer, 
-, is weak in the knees, a great coward, who 
shrinks from deleudiug his country. Hope he will 
be put in front ranks, where he can’t nut away. -, 
Surgeon,” Ac. 
IF.—(Handing the surgeon a quarter,)—Thank 
you, sir. I knew I was eutitled to a certificate. 
This rebellion, so wicked and monstrous, must be 
put down. It has done my heart good to see the 
energy of the President in ordering a draft. (Here 
reads the certificate and faints.) 
and other ollicer 
in pronouncing it a perfect success; aud the captain 
has detached the inventor from the ship and ordered 
him home with his plans, to report in person to the 
Navy Department. 
Needing no experimental trial, and the time re¬ 
quired for its construction, application and readiness 
for action, not exceeding three week’s labor in any 
of our navy yards, we must soon hear of its accept¬ 
ance by the Government, and certain proofs of its 
utility. The navies of the world must disappear 
before this new and terrible opponent, while through 
its aid the Union will be restored and the nation 
take her proper place as director of the affairs of the 
world. 
We shall be very sorry to lose Mr. Whittaker, who 
is a thorough gentleman and universally liked by 
all of his mess-mates; but when we consider what 
an immense benefit it will be to the Government to 
have the immediate use of his invention, we are 
reconciled to the loss oi his society, and sincerely 
wish him all success in his mission. We have been 
ly ing here for three months watching the Sumpter, 
who is dangerous in spite oi her best teeth having 
been extracted, but we hope soon to be relieved by 
the Tuscarora, so that we can take a more active 
part in the war. 
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other State or Territory, if paid quarterly in advance at the 
Proportions of Males and Females in the 
United States. —According to the United States 
census of 1860, there were at that time 730,000 more 
males than females in the United States, a fact 
unprecedented in the census of any other civilized 
nation. In most of the older States there is an 
excess of (finales; in Massachusetts, 37,000 mole 
females than males, while in Illinois there fo an 
excess of 02,000 males; in Michigan, 40,000 excess 
of males; in Texas, 36,000; in Wisconsin, 43,000; in 
California, 67.000; and in Colorado there are twenty 
males to one female. 
A Discussion with Sticks, — A contractor who 
was building a tunnel on a certain Ohio railroad, 
observing one morning, that the face of a member 
of his gang had its surface all spotted with bruises 
and plasters. 
“Ah! Jimmy,” said he, “what have you been 
doin’’” 
“ Not very much, sir,” answered Jimmy; “ 1 was 
jist down at Billy Mulligan’s last night, sur, an’ him 
an’ me we had a bit av a discoosheu wid sticks!” 
