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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06
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In the above We have given the number
of counties as found in the census of 1850,
and have allowed for all the counties il
Virginia as an equivalent to the supplies
the coufederates have received from the
border States that have not seceeded.
This explanation is, we believe, the key
to the financial system Of the South. 1t is
ingenious, and will doubtless work very
well for time, but it carries with it the
seeds of future distress and misery. These
pauper currency expedients, besides being
intrinsically unsound, are wasteful and ru-
inous; and however the war will end, the
South will be found saddled with debt
heavier than any the North could contract
in the course of lcng contest.-N. Y.
World.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06
An IndomitabIe Editor

Rev. DR.. Elliott, editor of the Contra
Christian AdvOclte Of st. Louis, finds that
his paper is suffering like many others iron
the hard times. He is not in despair
though, and sets . good example to tht
timid. He says:
Every economical saving that can b
made will be resorted to and adopted. AL
the operators of the paper, embracing the
agent and printer, will, after the 3lst Of
December, 1861, reduce their claims ten
per cent, at least. The Editor will reduce
his twenty per cent. after December 3lst,
1851. And sooner than this paper should
be suspended before May. 1864, he viii
strike off every cent of his salary from
January next to the end of his term of ser
vice, provided there is the cooperation of
the patronizing conferences and the agents
In such an cxigency he viii throw himself
on the beneyOlence of the NJ. L. Church
for food to eat, and patch up his old clothes
so as to last up to May, 1864. If that
expedient viii not give US our daily bread,
we will stake what property we have to
meet the case. And should neither Of
these succeed, the agonies of starvation to
US are now over by the ordeal through
which our feelings have passed since last
January. Hence VIC have attained to a
stOical Indifference as to the result Of this
matter.
To ratify this, VIC will give in writing,
duly attested, to the Book Agent, our le-
gal obligation, which will exempt them from
all future demands by US or our heirs
Let the General Conference then do as it
sees fit We are fired in this purpose, and
will trust in God for the result. And yet
we believe that We shall have enough of
good wholesome food while the Almighty
permits US to live, and suitable warm cloth
Ing too, until we will need winding sheet
This guarantee, in connection with an Tin
Grant life, was ratified TO us in a eonsOling
promise about fifty years ago, with the
words, Thy bread shall be given thee,
and thy water sure" And for half cen
tury this assurance has been sustained by
the good hand of our God over us. And
we would be ''worse than an infdel." now
in the three score and tenth Of our age,
did we ever doubt that the residue viii be.
provided for.
This Central, then, God providing, will
be continued up to the millennial. And
hence we will sing. as VIC did in February
last:
"Praise God. from whom all blessings flow,
Praise him all creatures here below;
Praise him above, ye heavenly host.
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06
The Secret of Confederate Finance.

Among the many marvellous features o
the great southern rebellion there is none 81
unaccountable to the North as the facility
with which the South has raised money
Sectional hate, dread of invasion, and an
uneomprOmising public opinion, with able
management on the part of the confederate
government. will account for the vast ar.
mics called into the field and for the sue
cess which has SO far accompanied the mil
itary arm of the rebellion, but where the
money comes from to feed and clothe the
soldiers and conduct the vast operations Of
the rebel government, is one of the marvels
of modern times.
The confenerate loan of fifteen millions
we know was failure, but even had that
sum been raised it would have been but a
drop in the bucket. The exchange of con-
federate bonds for cotton and tobacco
would not realize any money to the rebel
treasury until the latter was sold abroad
which we know has not been done as yet
From whence, then, does the money come?
Let US explain.
There are two points to be noted in con-
nection with southern financial matters
First, the currency is exclusively of paper;
no gold is ever seen. Second, as yet this
nai,,er, from a cause We will presently ex-
plain las not very heavily deprecated.
The sam,,les of southern currency we
have seen are ba I'D not upon the credit of
the confederate govern. ,-.pent, but upon that
Ofsome county or municipalit " IN the South
ern States. The following as "ea'ly aS
We can judge, is the nOdus ope,97ldi.
The confederate government requires
three hundred million dollars to conGl.et
its operations; this sum is apportioned :
among the seceeding States according to .
population, and by them re-apportiOned
among the several counties in the States |
Each county on the average is required to
take say five hundred thousand dollars of .
confederate bonds, for which it pays in pa /
per promises to pay based upon its credit |
This paper is the present currency of the
Southern States, and though it is incon- /
vertible into gold it has still basis enough .
to give it certain value. How enormous
a sum can be raised by this means Will
be seen by multiplying the number Of
counties in the Southern States by five
hundred thousand dollars each, as per ex-
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06
4uehp
Our Boys Going to the War
By rRs. Z II. oLNsrED.

As down the red October hills
The swollen torrents leap their rills
Past broken fumes and waiting mills
With rushing noise,
So, hand to hand, with parting thrills,
Sweep forth our boys.
Not fierce to hate but strong to dare,
They hunt the traitor in his lair :
The loneliest cot has one to spare
From homes sweet joys;
The fondest heart still breathes the prayer
God speed our boys
No hirelings from 0ppression's hold,
No lawless mob in rapine bold,
No patriot eastin Freedoms mold
With base alloys;
Fresh from hemint, earth's finest gold,
Our sterling bOYsl
What hopes, what faith engird them round
What songs of cheer to heaven resound,
What prayers that peace may yet abound,
Each hesrt employs;
While tears fall on the hallOwed ground
Where sleep our boys.
One thought. one prayer to Him all-wise
At morn and evening sacrifice,
Till Freedom, STOPPING from the skies,
Her wings shall poise;
And our victorious anthem rise,
God bless cur beFsl
N. Y. Independent.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06
Ridgirg Garden Soil.

Garden soil, especially if clayey or old,
is much improved by being dug up and left
in ridges, exposed to the winters FROST
Clay soil, thus treated, becomes quite mel
low, and old soil is freshened. This ex-
posure is also very beneficial by exposing
eggs, grubs, and other Larvae of insects, to
the action of the frost, thus destroying their
vitality. Toreceive the full benefit of this
exposure, the ridges should be made as
high as sweet potatoes, and left as rough
as possible. The more surface that is ex-
posed, the better 1t may be performed
with the plow, or the spade, where the
plow cannot be used. An old orchard thus
treated, and manured in the burrows in the
spring, the ridges being turned over after
wards, will be greatly benefited. Garden
soils thus ridged, will be in better working
order in the spring, and be less liable to
bake during summer, nothing except drain
ing is SO good for a cold, stiff clay.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06

hair. 1t was not such kiss as greeted
the empty air above her picture in the lit
sic studio, nor such as that which gave as
tent to the Roman contadina. 1t was a
kiss of memory, not of hope, and it looked
into the past only, having no future OF
promise or prophecy. Unexpectedly to the
painter, it was softly and timidly returned,
and he saw that the color which mantled
the cheek of the still beautiful woman was
the flush of modesty, not of Indignation.
Lily was free and when, late at night,
Nicholas returned to his lodgings from her
pretty and tasteful home, they had already
plighted their troth.
The reunited pair returned to VOllen
Hoven, where, after four years of happi-
ness, Nicholas died in 1909.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06
Seeded STATES.

nfsCAlnTldsef fJ5 552
DELI .34j S14
BreckriniJges majority in the Seeded States s07Is
Thus. in the eleven Seeded States alone,
we discover that but SO,7l8 voters-out of
total popular vote in those States of
7S2, 44G-eOnstituted the majority which
forms the numerical value of the Rebellion.
But if we so further and concede the whole
vote of those States, viz: 7S2, 1866, to be
in favor of unconditional Secession, and
deduct it from the total Presidential vote
in the United States, viz 1862, ,I70, we
shall have 3.87O.7O4 against the Rebellion
AID against Secession in every way! If
we throw Tennessee, North Carolina and
Virginia, out of the calculation, as States
rather forced into the rebellion than willing
participants, its strength will be diminish
ed still more by S76.5l6 on the entire na-
tiOnal vOte.-Bahim0re Amsricaa.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06
THE THREE KISSES.

Not far from the year 1853, in the mer-
ny month of June, Nicholas Piemopt =
painter of Amsterdam, was dreaming the
sweetest Of youths deans. Byday and bv
might there was music in his heart; poetry
in his thoughts, and new power of delicacy
in his pencil. But he was not wboliy
without anxiety respecting rival snitor
for the hand of his beloved, who. mncb
richer than himself in wealth that perishes,
was in high favor with the lady's ambi.
tious parents. Nicholas had christened him
Money Bags, and the sight of him never
failed to occasion within his breast a tu-
multi of unhappy feelings.
1t was holiday time with him. and ba
resolved to devote it to his fortieth or ifti-
eth portrait of his eharmer. He selected
the clearest and warmest colors. prepared
them with fastidiousness at which bo
himself laughed, and proceeded with an
unusual degree of care. With a toucb a.
gentle asif he were caressing the original
he made the soft, glossy hair ripple around
the white forehead and lightly tinted cheeks
7curled the long lashes over the deep. ex-
pressive eyes, marked the finely cut nos
trils, and brought the fresh lips TO the
tempting hue of the wild strawberry. The
neatly turned neck, the sloping shoulders
shaded with folds of lace, and the bust
glrlish still. but giving promise of rare
symmetry Of outline, rapidly approached
upon the canvass. Then the happy artist
viewed his picture from yarions d;stoDoo-
deepened shade, altered line and f
naily extended his arms as if for an ON
brace, he kissed the air above his own orc orc
alton. VIC
A gentleman on horseback nassed tbo
window. and his mood changed. He nick
ed up his brushes, prepared his palette
anew, and with restless fingers, traced the
figure of a young man in the foreground of
the piece Gaily dressed in velvet cloak
almost covered with embroidery, laced
doublet and tasseled shoes, be, on Tended
knee. offered to the maiden crystal COB
let of gold pieces, while selfcomplacent
smlrk dishgured his features not otherwise
unpleasing. With one stroke of the pen.
GILL the lady's smile vanished, with another
frown appeared instead Again the frown
vanished. and LOOK CT perplexity and in
decision stole over the lovely countenance
By this time the anxiety Of the painter
was beyond control He paced the little
room exclaiming. "Oh. Lily. Lily. if II
could only persuade you that love and truth
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06

According to the jamestown Journal,
the shipments of oil on the Atlantic and
Great Western Railroad in the five months
ending Oct. 1st, were 1881 barrels. A
contract has been made to ship 10000 bar
rels of oil for Europe over this road and
the Erie.
The Journal also says that Boston
firm, hitherto large dealers in whale oil
have made a purchase and will erect, this
fall, large refinery, with a tank of the
capacity of 10000 barrels for the reeep-
tiOn Of oil. And that a Hungarian gentle
man is about erecting large refinery in
the same locality. These movements indi-
cate large eastern trade in refined oil.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06
The Army of the Union

The Generals of the Union army along
the whole line, from the Atlantic TO the
Far West, have now at their control a.
magnificent force, perhaps, as ever were
put under the command Of any number Of
generals: From reliable sources we have
complied table showing the number Of
troops each !i2vaI State has now in the field
or on theif way to the seat Of war:
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06
The Numerical Value of the Rebellion

It has been correctly said that abstract
reasoning may deceive, and that Figures
of speech often lie;" but figures of arith-
metic rarely lead to erroneous conclusions
when it is possible to introduce them as
tests of discussion. We have taken some
pains to apply this mathematical analysis
to the present rebellion, and we shall pre-
mise our calculation by observing that it
is obviously just to consider the vote given
for Mr.. Breckinridge at the Presidential
Election of 1860 as exhibiting the entire
ballot of persons in the Union, at that
time, who might be considered so disafect-
ed as to be willing to cOuntenance Seces-
sion.
The entire vote of the people at that
election of Presidential electors with the
exception of South Carolina, whose electors
are chosen by the Legislature) is as fol-
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06
Farewell to the Swallows.

Swallows, sitting on the caves,
See ye,nOt the gather'd sheayes,
See ye not the falling leaves?
Farewell
Is it not time to go
To that fair land ye know
The breezes as they swell,
OF coming winter tell,
And from the trees shake down
The brown
And withered leaves. Farewell
Swallows, it is time TO fy5
See not ye the altered sky
Know ye not that winters night
Farewell
Go; fly in noisy bands
To those far distant lands
OF gold, and pearl. and shell,
And gem (Of which they tell
an books of travels strange ,
There range
In happiness. Farewell
eSwallows on your piniOns glide
Ger the restless rolling tide
OF the ocean deep'and wide;
Farewell
In groves far, far away,
In summers sunny ray,
In warmer regions dwell;
And then return to tell
Strange tales Of foreign lands,
In bands
Perch d. on the caves. Farewell
Swallows. could almost pray
That ], like you, might fly away,
And to each coming evil say
Farewell
Yet tbs my fate to live
Here. and with cares to strive,
And ! some day may tell
How they before me fell
Conquered. Then calmly die,
And,ery
Trials and toil-Farewell %
-Tho7n as Hood.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06

LO0sIYG THE MIXISTER.-A country
minister had often been invited, with his
wife, to dine and spend the night at the
house ofOne of his lairds. Their host was
very proud of one of the very large beds
which had just come into fashion, and in
the morning asked the lady how she had
slept in it. "Oh. very well, sir; but in
deed I thought I'd lost the minister a-the-
either " --
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06

A FAT 0FFIcE-A most desirable Office
to hold at any time is that of surveyor Of
the port of New York. The dullest years
secure to him the snug little sum of thirty
or forty thousand dollars per annun. while.
at present, the avalanche of eoDdemnaions
and confscations increase that sum SO
as to bring it little short of a million dol
lars for the current season This is rather
too much of good thing.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06

The latest oil well fire recently occurred
at VanangOleO, Pa. At the depth of 400
feet an immense jet of oil and gas shot into
the air to the height of $50 feet. The
gas took fire from the furnace, a terrible
explosion followed, and the stream Of oil
became fountain of fire. Big story, but
declared by eyewitness to be true.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06

The following epitaph contains back
handed compliment (uneoDsCiously, no
doubt to the unfortunate deceased lord and
master: "Maria Brown, wife Of Timothy
Brown, aged so years. She lived with
her late husband fifty years, and died in
the confident hope of better life"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06
Thero ave also fiye thousand HoI

Ihere are also nye thousand volunteers
raised in California, FIVE thousond IN Mary
land, one thousand six hundred in Dela-
ware, and two thousand in the District Of
Columbia, besides ten thousand regulars,
which, added together, will show the Union
land force to number five hundred and
twelve thousand men. With such an army,
under good generalship, what might not
be accomplished ?-N Y. Herald.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06

"NoT EXPECTED" IN THAT CAsE.-An.
swer of old Mrs. Robinson (widow of the
eminent professor of natural philosophy
to a gentleman whom she had invited tc
dinner, and who had accepted the invita-
ton, ''if I'm spared" ''Weel, weel, il
ye're dead, Plno expect you"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06

The New Orleans Crescent calls Cincin-
natl the paradise of tOpers," because whis-
ky is selling there at ten cents per gallon.
There is flaming sword at Cairo, which,
for the present at least, will keep the Cres-
ent out of its paradise lost Lou. Jour.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06

If the United States armies now involve,
as they are said to do, an expenditure of a
million of dollars day, we hope they are
earning the money.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06

What is that which, supposing its great
est breadth to be four inches length nine
inches, and depth three inches, contains
solid foot? A well made shoe.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06

The best Christians generally make the
best soldiers. A man who has faced the
devil successfully will not shrink from
mortal foe.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06
Popular majority against Lincoln. 9I6,

Now; if we take the votes of the eleven
Seeded States we shall have the following
remarkable demonstration of the real weak
ness of the rebellion, in popular sentiment,
even in those States, as well as in the
country generally
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06

A man down east has invented yellow
spectacles for making lard look Ike butter.
They are great saving of expense if worn
while eating.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06

Those who are now crying for ''peace,"
should tell US how peace can be secured
without sacrificing the Union and the Gov
ernment, or else "hold their peace"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06

Pack your cares in as small space as
you can, so that you can carry them your
self, and not let them annoy others. L.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06

Public Abuse-The mud with which eve.
ry traveller is spattered on his road to dis
tinetion.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06

In addition to the above there are the
State and Government troops in Kentucky
and Missouri, which may be estimated as
follows:
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06

Fun is worth more than physic, and who
ever invents or discovers a new supply de-
serves the name of public bensfactor.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06

Bargain-A ludierous transaction, in
which each party thinks he cheated the
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06

Very bad habits-The habits of the
army-clOthing contractors.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-11-06

"Praise God. from whom all blessings fow,
Praise him all ereaiuaes here below;
Praise him above, ye heavenly host,
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost"
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-02-09
- 9aI Nssnce.

70 Hannah ". kiin, 1rask Mills, A. q. seilman
Amanda j. Oellnsn, 0sofgs Biiss, Ed s JAf-
fray, John I. Wilkinson, whitney / Lev renee
You and sash Of yos are hereby notified tha,
1 there y BOW on de In the ofhce OF the Clerk II
the Distriss Court II Lee sounty, lows, as Fort
Madison, : pstition Of Hiram Barney, claiming Of
you Hannah W Mills the sum Of twenty fss hun
dred dollars and interest st ten per cent. Ior an
nun. and sixty.bvs ds1laYs for taxes paid, n
money due on mortgage made BY you 70 Charles
Mason and since assigned 70 raid Hiram arnry,
dated October IL 1S5; also c1ai ming Against each
Of you the foreclosure Of said mortgage, the same
being upon Lot No. tLrsefs in Block forty-four
Ia IN Masons I pEer Aaaltion to the City OF
keokuh, Lee county, lava, for the purchssu mo-
ney; snd further asking for sale OF said
premises, ard general relief.
And unless you appear and sLswer said petition
on or before the Noon Of the second day of the
next term OF said court, t. com mence ut FL Mad
ison on the I'd Monday Of Asy, A. D. 1861, =
default will be entered against you and jud gme
rendered thereon, the petition taken a. BY you
confessed, and decree rendered asAinst you ~
prayed therein.
NOBLE 4 STRONG,
Feb. s, 1851 I'm PlaitifFs Attorneys
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-02-09
SPECIAL NOTICES.

HusIkITEk'S STOMACH EiITEKs.-1his
preparation has acquired its immense celebrity, NOT
by fowery Advertisements, but from plain state
meats or it, properties and efscts, verified by al
who have trisai il. What she advertisement OF the
prorrietors promises tho medicine invariably per-
forns, and hence the popular faith In its virtues
IT acts ~ gentle ssimutant on the stomach and
subsidiary orgAns, communicating in this way an
amount Of vigef equivalent to that Of which the
patient msy have been deprived BY sickness. Their
nature IL sustained, while the Bitte o. an al,sra
tive and anti bilious medicine relieves the system
Of all morbid matter, and inparts regularity 10
the sscretions. This is the simple philosophy Of
this cures Of diarrhna. general debility, inter-
mtients, liver complaints, chronic melancholy,
hystsria, headache, choiic, dstulsncy, Ae., which
arc creating mingled feelings Of sstonishment and
gratitude everywhere.
For sale by druggiss and dealers generally ~
cry where.
6oldby P.Gtssoxs, A. J. WILGIxsoH ,BARfLaff
KAYs Co., and J. 4. WILkusoH.
Feb. Z. 'e1-d&w