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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-07-20

TIE 500 BOUNTY VOLUNTEERS. SO
many conflicting statements have been made
regarding this matter, that we publish the
following portion of General Order No. Is.
issued by the War Department May 4th,
1861:
Every volunteer, non-commissioned Off
Ger, private, musician, and arti6cer, who
enters the service of the United States I'M
der this plan, shall be paid at the rate Of
SO cents, and if cavalry volunteer. 25
cents additional in lieu of forage, for every
twenty miles travel from his home to the
place of the muster-the distance to be meas
ured by the shortest ususlly-traveled route
and when honorably discharged, an al
lowance, at the same rate, from the place of
his discharge to his home, and, in addition
thereto, the sun, Of one hundred dollars.
Any volunteer who may be received into
the service of the United States under this
plan, and who may be wounded or other
wise disabled in the service, shall be emit
tied TO the benefits which have been or may
be conferred on persons disabled in the reg
ular service, and tie legal heirs Of such as die
or may be killed in service. IN addition to alt
arrearGges Of pay and allowances, shall re-
ceive the sam Of one hundred dollars.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-07-20

SALT FOR THE THRoAT.-In these days,
when diseases of the throat are so -univer-
sally prevalent, and SO many cases fatal, We
feel it our duty to say word in behalf of a
simple, and what has been with US most
effectual preventive, if not positive cure
of sore throat. For many years past-in-
deed we may say during the whole of a life
of more than forty years--we have been
subject to sore throat. and more particu-
larly to dry, hacking cough, which was
not only distressing to ourself, but to our
friends and those with whom we were
brought into business contact.
Last fall we were induced to try what
virtue there was in cenmon salt. We COM
menced By using it three times day, NOR
ming, noon and night. We dissolved large
table spoonful of pure table salt in about
half small tumbler full of cold water. With
this we gargled the throat most thoroughly
Just before mealtime. The result has been
that during the entire winter we were not
only free from the usual coughs and colds
to which, as far as our memory extends, we
have always been subject, but the dry,
hacking cough has entirely disappeared.
We attribute these satisfactory results solely
to the use of the salt gargle, and do most
cordially recommend a trial of it to those oil
our readers who are subject to disease of the
throat.
Many persons, who have never tried the
salt gargle, have the impression that it rs
unpleasant. Such is not the case. To the
contrary, it is pleasant, and after a few days
use, no person who loves nice, clean
mouth, and first-rate sharpener of the ap-
petite, will abandon it.-Farnaer and Gar
deneT.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-07-20

INSANITY IN THE UNITED STATEs.-Dr.
Dunglison has collected some interesting
facts upon insanity, idiocy, etc. Accord
ing to his statistics, there are in the United
States one insane person to l,488 of the
general population one idiot TO ,469 one
deaf mute to 2. 365, and one blind person TO
1857 Thus the blind and the deaf and
dumb are nearly equal so also as to the in
sane and idiotic, which is contrary to the
general impressions upon the subject. The
causes of idiocy, blindness and deafness are
mainly physical, and about one-half the
cases of insanity are attributed TO physical
causes; among the moral causes OF insanity,
domestic anxieties stand first, and religious
second It is a well established fact that
with increase of civilization, education, etc.,
insanity also increases.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-07-20
GEN. SCOTS PROGRAMME.

A correspondent of the N. Y. Times
guesses at Gen. SCOTS proposed plan of the
campaign. Of course it is only guess:
Gen. SCOTS programme is the concen-
tration of Federal troops in Virginia and the
border States in such large bodies as to
make it madness for the Rebels to attempt
an attack. While thus intimiaating them,
the presence of our forces will encourage
our loyal citizens to rise in sufficient num-
bers to prevent any further outrages, cut
off their resources, increase the dissatisfac-
ton in the camps, and cause desertion, and
by thus harassing and demoralizing them,
drive them from the border States.
Gen. Scott is confident that this accom-
plished, the loyalty of the border States is
fixed. Then it is his purpose to transport
by sea an immense force, to operate against
the Gulf States. They will be landed un
der the protection of men-of- war, at the
prominent points on the Atlantic and Gull
coasts, and thus threatened by the approach
es from the sea, the authorities of the diff
ferent States will at once recall their troops
from the main body, and thus break uI
their grand army, and make it impossible
for any offensive movements.
The fragments in the different States be-
ing then cut off from supplies from the
border States, will be driven to accept terms
from Washington. 1t is no part of the plan,
as at present arranged, to attack the debris
of the Rebel army, or to attempt to retake
any of the stolen forts, as the restoration Of
them will make one of the conditions die
tated to the Rebels when they find them
selves forced to accept terms.
By January he thinks the rebellion will
be entirely defeated, and the Union recon
structed.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-07-20
From Dwight's Journal of Music.
THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER.

In 1914, when the British fleet was at the
mouth of the Potomac river, and intended
to attack Baltimore, Mr.. Key and Mr.. Skin
ner were sent in a vessel with flag OF
truce to obtain the release of some prison
ers the English had taken in their expedi-
ton against Washington. They did not
succeed, and were told that they would be
detained till after the attack on Baltimore.
Accordingly, they went in their own YES
sci, strongly guarded, with the British fleet
as it sailed up the Patapsco; and when
they came in sight of Fort McHenry, a
short distance below the city, they could
distinctly see the American flag flying on
the ramparts. AS the day closed in the bonn
bardment of the fort commenced, and Mr..
Key and Mr.. Skinner remained on deck all
night, watching, with deep anxiety, every
shell that was fired. While the lombard
ment continued, it was sufficient proof that
the fort had not been surrendered. 1t sud-
denly ceased some time before day, but as
they had no communication with the ene-
my's ships, they did not know whether the
fort had surrendered or the attack upon il
been abandoned. They paced the deck the
rest of the night in painful suspense, watch
ing with intense anxiety for the return oi
day. At length the Zig ht came. and they
saw that ''our flag was still there" and
soon they were informed that the attack
had failed. In the fervor of the moment
Mr.. Key took an old letter from his pocket
and on its back wrote the most of the cele
brated song, finishing it before he reached
Baltimore. He showed it to his friend
Judge Nicholson, who was so pleased with
it that he placed it at once in the hands Of
the printer, and in ar hour after it was al
over the city, and hailed with enthusiasm
and took its place at once as the nat;ona
song.
The words are familiar to most, If not all
| of our readers, and therefore we do not pub
lish them. The verse recently added b,
Oliver Wendell Holmes is not so familiar
and we give it place:
When land is illumined by Liberty's smile,
/ If foe from within strikes a blow at her glory
/ Down, down with the traitor that dares to defile
/ The flag of her stars and the page of her story
By the millions unclaimed when our birthrigh
was gained,
We will keep her bright blazon forever unstainet
And the Star Spangled Banner il triumph sha
While the Land of the free is the home of the brave
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-07-20
THE SOLDIERS TEAR.

Upon the hill he turned
To take the last fond look,
OF the valley and the village church,
And cottage by the brook
He listened to the sounds
So familiar to his ear,
And the soldier leaned upon his sword,
And brushed away tear.
He turned and left the spot
o do not deem him weak
For dauntless was the soldiers heart,
Though tears were on his cheek.
Go watch the foremost rank
In dangers dark career,
Be sure the hand most daring there
Has wiped away a tear.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-07-20

The following is copy "er6of'"a ct L.tsr-
atm. of the Endorsement upon q copy OF the
pogtaI laws, returned to the POSTMASTER
General from Flat Rock, Georgia:
IN blair
returne this with my content ware
i in rech of you i'd split in yur fals for
your empertent presumtion -
m fiat Rock"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-07-20

How TO MAKE ZoUAvE.-We get our
information from one of the French drill
sergeants himself, thus:
flake un recruit-keeps him forty eight
hours-nottiDg to eat; den march h,m
forty-eight hoars-nottiDg TO eat den Jet
him fight like hell fOrty-eigbt hours :,
l;uo 10 EAT: BY damn, he one Zouave
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-07-20

A lady was caught going South with re-
yolvers tied to her carriers. But one of Lin
coins officials found them. A contemporary
calls him one of the s'knights of the garter. :"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-07-20

The Boston Post asks VINO 40 S Sau.s %, =
better National him than zen. Scott
The Hartford CouT0'st answers Nopouy;
Mr.. Post. We can get along with that ana
.TTncle Psalm"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-07-20

CooL-The Southern drones, who do no
ing but burn down bridges, calling the
Northern mechanics who build them Gin
cendiaTies.',
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-07-20

IF ever the ''father of liars'' dies, old
Sam. Medary will succeed him As next OF
kin.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1861-07-20

Between patience and patriotism we ought
to draw the line. Let it be the cline OF battle.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-02-14
The Peace Conference.

The Latest Washington dates says the Chicago
Times, state that the Peace Conference thus far
had been very harmonious, aud that the general
desire was that nothing should be done or said 10
disturb rhe pacific feeling that prevailed on all
hands. Senator Chase, Of OHIO, who. on the
the conclusion Of ex-President Tyler's speech ;
said that wher. Virginia led he vas willing to fol
low. Is reported 70 have made TWO or three speech
es decidedly conservative in their character. The
Washington States has high homes that golution
will be reached. which i'll be satisfactory to all
the border slave States, md which will carry ey
cryy Northern State. The geacrai belief was
that il any plsn Of adjustment should be agreed
upsn,t would be substantially that proposed by the
Border States Committee. This however, would
not DE reported by the Conference, unless it should
receive nearly as possible, tho unanimous sane
ton oil both the Southern and Northern members
Great dissatisfaction expressed with the &C.
ton OF Illinois and Massachusetts, in ignoring, in
the choice 0fdelegates, ali parties except the r.
publican. The delegates from these States.
were, perhaps, the most imprs cticabls in the Con
ference.
tits stated in the Star oflas, Saturday, that un-
less the Conference should, in the course of few
days, agree upon some plan, Virginia would press
her uitimatum-the Crt!enden cempromsc, as a..
mended by Dir. Dauglas 1t was also stated that
IN the event ola failureo the part of conference
10 agree OH plan OF settlement. the Maryland del
egatian would owe for the calling OF National
Convention. TO Which the whole matters should be
referred Our di. patches yesterday would indi-
cate that 70 ably the proposition of Maryland
would De sGopted by the Confcrene. At tie
same tire, il ia stated that Senators Wade. Cola
me c, and others equally radical were in favor Of
calling National Convent on.
As the Conference has been setting in secret
session, nothing definite ir yet known TO what
has been done. |, is known, however. that she
disposition of the Sou thern members of the body
was TO ask nothing that was no, fair and reaSona.
able and that the dispersion on the part of North
ern members was to grant everything necessary
to secure the substantial rights oi the South, and
to enable the Unionsts Of that section tn
spirI, Of dsunion. from tn Potomac to the Rio
Granis.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-02-14
Cppo-ed 20 Couces-ion.

We ',are been talking to several 0. :ls re,ub.
Loans erelbGut--the leading ones, and most OF
shem ar opposcd 10 concession compromise,
and a. this day. surrounded by all the signs of
permanent disunion, unless concessions are made
to the injured par;ies. these f4natcs-,hsse yirtu
ally TIA ,ors-thess theorists ami lreamers, who
think more ofthe Internal Niger than they do Of
che Union, still ask for Congressional intcry enton
10 s~ep ssrery out of ali ia. territories of the
United Sta,es They say they viii never submit
I, anything like The Crittendon Com promlse-will
see the Union dissolved arst Such are the men
ws0 are the leader. OF tho Republican party in
tbs county. If. o5m nromise similar 70 the Crit
senden resolutions IS submitted 10 the people, We
viii gee whether thy III not submit to such a
ssmprsmis.. These nigger-lovers and fanatics
have made utou. all The disturbance they will
nake 'oss, K the people asn only get chance
70 settle these matters. The honest unsus-
pcct.Ig people Of tie eorntry lave been led bY
them 81 far that they the practical work.
isgs Of then ,eachu gs--thst If their doctrines ar.
carried ent, final and everlasting dissolution of
the Union will DC the result. ia fair conprn.
miss Is sGtinlti~u 70 ts people indiana VIII give
majority from fliy 70 enc hundred tt1usand in
favor oft.
We gladto say that there several Of the
most prominent Republicans Of this place who
are for peace and the Union even if they come at
t,e sacri6 ice of few of their personal or individual
notions or principles. They fthe moro
rccting. sensible conservative kind, and with sAch
aen OF the side of fright, We nave no fears of the
result, in a fair compromise is ,ubnit,ed to
tas people sf the Union. Although We may have
70 make sacrifice Of our indiyi duai opinions on
some points, get ne ear NC are ready and willing
fairgrounds for tIle adjuHmcdt OF present troub
les and labor with then, oInpish the great and
good work.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-02-14
For the Dernacrat
lO V +

A poor, bewildered thing in this sad vale.
With broken wings, it often feebly tries
10 soar away from pain. With sightless eyes.
1t ere rus homeward with q mournful wall.
Alas me thinks, (like the returness dove)
This bird has lost its pathway to the Ark
And flutters blndly through the earthly dark,
Striving in vain TO reach its home above.
Poor wounded bird this world of hate and caro-
Gives not nest to bosoms soft as thine;
For lies and SANDERS ever closely Irvine
Around the youth dreams of the good and fair
But climes there be. beyond the star gemm' d skic
WHERE HEARTS ARE Mere FonswoRN AND rkUG
LOVE NEVER DIES.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-02-14
Nem Aebrrlscmeats.
STATE OF INDIANA In Common Pleas
COUNTY OF starr h. s.. Court, Nav
Term 1861
Elisha Kinsey and
David Kinsey

DAVID hlnsey (, A.
VS. '..ue.'N >"ti'""u
John a. Simpson s''o'
Comes now the plaintiff. by Gould md Burson,
their attorneys, and file in the Clerks Office of the
Starke Common Pleas Court, their complaint
against the defendant, together with their atfida-
vit, as required by law for the issuing of writ of
attachment in said cause, and that the said de-
tendant Is 4 non resident of the State OF Indiana
And whereas it appears by the return of the
Sheriff upon the writ of attachment issued in this
behalf, that he has attached the following describ.
cd lands of the defendant. situated in Starke
county, Indiana
The East half of the South Westqr Sc ton 81
and the South West or of North Vest or of North
West Or and the North West or Of the South
West, or OF section 81. in Township 81, Range :
west, containg 60 acres
Said defendant is therefore hereby notified OF
the tendency of this action and that unless he be
and appear before the Judge OF Starxe Common
Pleas Court, on the ID day of the term thereof
TO be held at the Court House in Knox on the fourth
Monday in May, 1851, then and there to rlead. an
swer or demur, or the same vii be heard IN mis-
absence.
H. .. Witness the Clerk and the seal of sajd
Court, this 18th day ofJanuary, 1861.
OLIVER II. F. HOW ARD,
Clerk.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-02-14

Il EOBr Masrs DEMONSTRATING right up
f.cing the inmates his den asking them ;f such
and such statements were trues-rcading TO the
deaf, the dumb, Il diotic, the pssied, the desti
tute the utterly keiptess. the Dsmocr0t. and asking
.ber If what i, says il Tue,o their condition, when
mis- ovn eyes cannot fsii TO RECOGNIZES each inmate
"a described in the paper Some might thina this
~ouid be taxing Advantage Of tie unfortunate, as
,hoss possessed of any inteiiigsnnce would not
rsst TO do anything to make trseE, receive less at
.ea.ioa or be more poorly taken care Of bui this is
certainly not right sicw OF the r1attef,-it wasa
manly decd .'oser the sft"-the hero and phi
lsrth-suist combined.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-02-14
Feb7.53-3v
EXECUTORS SALE.

NJ Office il hereby given, that Joseph A..
/ y Eyster, James c. Eyster, George Eyster
and John sc'tt, Executors of the last will an. tes
lament of George 5. Eys,er. late OF Pennsylvania
deceased will offer for sale at public outcry 70 .he
highest bidder, (and for IA 1t ess than two thirds
the appraised value thereof at the Court House
door in the town OF Knox, Starke Comfy, in the
State OF Indiana, and on the nth day OF March,
A. ID. 1861, between the hours OF 10 &C Jock a m
and O'Clock 1T, Of said day lact ordng to the
tenor OF s,ll sill, copy Of which is now OF rec
ord in the S,rke Common Pleas Court The
following L al Estate which the said George S.
Eyster died lawfully seized, to-wit The south
west quarter Of section six township thirty. four
range enc vest. also the south east quartz sec
ton one township thirty four range two west,
containing 30 eight lone nircdths acres more or
less.
Appraised at $500.
TERMs-One third cash in hand one third in
six months. third in one year the purchaser
syn: his note with approved Eburitv for tic
deferred payments
TIsT Joseph Eysterl
James c. Eyster rx,,o-
George Eyster 'A'''''' =
John Scott.
Per JOHN S. BENDER, Attorney
Fsb7 n2w4
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-02-14

IL ATTENTION is called to the outside OF this
issue for true statement of the affair between
Messrs. PacKAKD and fEAGLEa, which took p ace
in the House of Representatives, on the Sd inst,
and which Mattsgl, misrepresented in his last is
sue, by publishing extracts from the Indianapolis
Journal and the Cincinnati Gazette.
We rather think the termination Of the Moody
Heflren affair viii take the wind out OF those Re
publican shee Is tina; have been blowing much
about the chivalry ofthe Republican Members of
the I.diana Legislature.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-02-14

s1grHER. CosrEDgRs cy The Convention that
me. q, Montgomery Ala, to nominate a South.
ern Confederacy. nominated Hon. JEFF. Davis, OF
Miss., for President aud Hon. A. II. Stephens.
c'Csercil. for Vice rresdnr,
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-02-14
BOOTS AND SEoEyll

The largest stock brought to the place. -hieA
will sell very low.
Also a rery large lot Of csrpe,ins. iron q ess
to$l 90 pr yd
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-02-14
q IL @ G. r. II I r q.

Groceries at wholesale and retail prices food
IS cent tea for 80 cents pr pound-sccd 81 90 ssA
for Iacents. Coffee, SUGAR, mc':sses and syrs9,
cheaper than YOU can buy them At any othsr house
IN town.
QUEENS WARS + GLASS WARE
LOOKING GLASSES aiCits rricA';
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-02-14
INDIANAPOLIS CORRESPONDENCE

Tax HErTRES-MoopY DUEL-ISTEnEsF LAw-JU-
RIsDIcrioN OF J. P's.- ABOLITION OF THE c p.
CouRT-THE PEAcE COMMISSIONERS AeAIs--HoR-
ACE observation-disclosures OF THE CRISIS, &C.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-02-14
ExrsAoRDlsAKv MINER Al WEALTH At Pho AZ.

EXTRAORDINARY MINER Al WEALTH At PiSo A..
TO The San Francisco Herald says:
We have been favored with the perusal ofa let
ter addressed to gentleman Of this city by one of
the discoveries ola mine at Pine Alto, Arizona
Territory, of such extraordinary richness, that we
would hesitate TO give credence to the relation did
We not know that it came from q gentleman CIV cry
way worthy of implicit confidence We give tho
substance of this letter, The Pine Alto gold mines
are located on the summit of the Sierra Madre,
and are densely wooded with tall pine trees from
which they derive their name. These mines were
discovered last May by Messrs. j. Snively, Burch
and Hicks when the country was but a bowling
waste. 1t now contains about three thousand peo-
pie, and considerable village has sprung up in the
immediate nghborhood of the mines. The only
drawback is the want Of sufficient water although
the writer OF the letter has had an abundance all
summer He saws that the day before he wrote he
took out eighty dollars with rocker, and that
his daily returns from forty to Sky dollars.
Elmo Alto is pronounced the richest spot in the
world aud the mineral wealth is reported 10 cosist
Of gold, silver copper nd lead in abundance. lie
has been 80 busilv engaged in taking out gold that
he had no time to prospect, although he had silver
veins of great richness, ana bad five other claims
which he believed TO be rich.
new discovery of gold is reported to have been
made one HUNDRED miles to the west OF Pine Alto
on Black river, but the writer does not vouch for
the truth of the report.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-02-14

NEnvors.-On the admission of Kansas, some
persons in w ashington, without giving the public
due notice, brought out the big baby walker and
the first "boom" walked the big babies nd sens-
bly, enlarged the eyes.
In the rame of General Scott what's upon us I?
Men sprang to their feet, buttoned their coats,
took down their hats. kissed sife and baby and
boldly looked right out of tho window. Boom"
went the baby wsker without a word of explana
ton. "Hark, hush. that sound breaks in once
more as ifthe clouds the echo would repeat and
nearer, dearer deadlier than before" All there
was hurrying to and fro and mounting in hot haste
and cheeks all blanchcd which hut an hour before
blushed at praises Of their lovlness, till loaf
er cried out "IIoora tor Kansas" and all was
still.
The conclusion is that the people of Washington
are a little about those days, with or with
out carse. The very silence of secessionists on
the subject is ominous. Ifthey meant only to
scare by menace they would buster high, but on
the principle of the old adage (rehned,l ~ he
still pig drinks The most" there may be something
serious brewing"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-02-14

Our daily papers sid not come to-day. which is
The reason no telegrsphio news appesrsin our pa
psr this veel
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1861-02-14

INFORMATION WANTDD.-Strnvedf from
4 the subscriber, in either June or July last,
dark brown Cow four years old, few long hairs
in the head-think little tip on the tail, low
back and cooked horns. Raised by John c. Akin,
miles Of Pl, mouth.
ANY person leaving information OF said ccv nj
The Democrat Office at my house will be suitably
rewarded.
A, GsMBRIfL.
rlymruih ioc. y, 1857