Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1861-03-13

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three thousand dollars. The clerk of
the court, though. he we'll knew the
responsibility Of the gentlemen, could
not restrain lis accustomed impcrti.
ncncc. 'WeIl, sir, how do YOU make
yourself to he worth three thousand
'io|Iar~?:' The gentleman very lelib-
crate'y specified the particulars up to
two thousand nine hundred and forty
dollars. cay" said the clerk, "but
that is not enough by sixty.o "For that
sum- replied the other. 81 have a
note Of hand of one Thomas Wilson
(,hc clerk himsclt) and ! hope he will
have the honesty soon to discharge it, -
This set the court in roar. The
clerk was for once abaShr,l; and the
Judge said, "Wcll, Mr.. Wilson !
think we may accept the bail"
Davis and lincoln were both bonn
in kcntukcv, in 1SOS and 1900 respect.
lively, both left their native State in
childhood'S days, on, c!ni grated north
and the other south; both served in the
Indian war Of the west, both common,
ccd t"cir political career about the
same time, being Presidential electors
III the election Ut 1914, Davis for Polk
and Lincoln for Clay; both elected to
Congress about the same time, Is or
4G, were in the same year, and almost
the same day, called to preside over
their respective governments -onc rs
president OF the United States. the
other President Of the Confederate
States Of North Amcrica.-.Hyut1oue
cry (.1hO -NuM
The Government it seems had
made more than one effort to get pos
session Of the bullion fund in the
New Orleans Mint. Post Master Gen.
cral King. on tltc 18th inst, drew on
Mr, G''iro,, Assistant Treasurer of
Louisiana, fox three hundred thousand
dollars, but his draft like that of Sec
rotary DiX's, was dishonorcd. Mr..
Guiro,'s reply says:
-Four draft was not honorcd for the
simple reason that said bullion has
been taken possession ofby the State of
Louisiana, and will be retained for
further settlement with the United
States, and to meet the liabilities of
shat government, which have been
assumed by the Stats Of louisiana.
The government will make no fur
Their draft Oh the fund.
WIZARDS is crowded with west
ci'n men, every one whom carries an
axeto grind. So many western mon
were never seen in Washington before,
and all expect Offices. 1fALr. I.incol''s
administration accomp!ishcs nothing
else, it will at least civilizc these poo
pic. Tho ladies have begun their
work already, and the young Prince
OF Rails, Lincoln, has been taken in
charge, and promcnaAel by fair
DANES up and down the hotel corridors.
Col. Ellsworth, Of the Chicago Zou-
ayes, is also distinguishing himself this
way. His name SHOULD be aided to
tho list of officer seekers, for he is
ready for anything, from Secretary O.
the War Department to head door
keeper.
The Charleston 1lc,ru,y of Satur-
day says; ''Commodorc Duncan N.
Ingrabam, Of the South Carolina
Navy, has received SUMMONS from
government to repair to Mon gomcry,
doubtless with view Of obtaining his
valuable aid III the organization Of the
navy OF the Confederate State. As
Chief of the Bureau of Ordnacc and
llydrosraphy, he displayed great exc
.utivc aud administrative talents,
which added additional lustrc to 4
name known 50 we'll in both hcmis-
rAcrcs.'' . sra
One Of the most strenuous advocates
ofcocrcion, is Gen. Webb, of the
New ! DIRK Courier. The New Or
leans Deltu announces that Col. r..
:. Webs, brother Of the General,
formerly q Colonel in the United States
Army, and his four sons, have rendered
their seViGos to the southern army.
This lisa taIr indication of the charac.
ter OF the:strugg!e between the North
and South, will assume, If the radical
Republicans have their way. Father
" III oc ''t' fHS ca itSHitSC son, ana
brother against brother. -
1t is said, with what truth VIC know
not, that in addition to the other
virtues belonging to the coal oil now
being pumped in suc!, extraordinary
abundance in Pennsylvania, Virginia,
and Ohio, another virtue has been dis
rovered by distinguished chemist to
..posscssed by this mineral oil, which,
ill, in the estimation of many, quite
throw the others in the shade. In Il
word, the, oils, just as they arc pumped
from the bosom OF the earth, are said
to be y certain cure for badness ;
wherever hair has ever grown, hair
may be made to grow again by it's
application; where it is getting thin,
the oil will strengthen it; when it is
turning gray, the. oil will renew its
youth and bring back its fading col
or. Wigs, scratches and toupecs arc
toreydr'rcndercd null, and Of no clfec,
whatever.,a Nature, in her bounty
has superseded forever al necessit,
for these artificial anl f;n,sv die