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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-03-24
THE SOUTHERN TARIFF.

MONTGOMERY, March %, 1851.
The tariff bill published in the Southern newspapers
was not voted the Confederate Congress- but sim
ply proposed for the inspection OF the Southern people,
The Confederate States tariff at present the
the old Uuited States tariff and much lower IA
riff will be mada in Congress IN Nay.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-03-24
IMPORTANT NEWS FROM TEXAS.

GALVESTON, Texas, March 20, 1851,
via New Orleans, March %. !
The State Legislature met on the 18th inst. The
bers Of the House and Senate took the oath Of allegiance
70 the new government few Of them under protest.
Governor Houston and the Secretary OF State have
tired from their Offices and surrendered the archives
Governor Houston had issued appeal to the people
denourcing the State Convention.
The Convention has passed substitute for the Army
BILL providing for the raising OF only mounted regi
meut.
New ORLEANS, March 70. 1851.
The Texas State Convention, the 10th nst passed
an ordinance declaring the refusal Of Governor Hous
ton to take the oath under the State constitution tho
office Of Governor vacant, and appointing Lieutenant
Governor Clark Governor. The office OF Secretary az
State Is also declared vacant.
An order Of the COME ierate has been issued
for the purchase Of the steamship Habana TO DO imms
diatsly fitted out q war steamer.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-03-24
FRIENDLY FEELING OF THE SOUTHERN
REPUBLIC TOWARDS THE GOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON, March %, 1861.

WASHINGTON, March 25, 1861.
Colonel Mann emphaticaly contradicts the report In
circulation that the Montgomery government entertain
unfrendly hostile spirit towards the government at
Washington. On the contrary he says, they entertain
other than the most friendly feeling, and
tremely DESTROYS OF cutvating the kndes relations In
regard to arming themselves and putting their confede
racy footing is merely act Of self preserva-
alton They do not only intend but win do all in their power
to prevent the shedding OF blood They will not permit
any invasion of their SOIL Interference with their
rights and will only defend themselves when attacked
whether it be in reinforcing their forts the collection
of revenue within the limits of their confederacy.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-03-24
IMPORTANT MISSION TO VIRGINIA.

WAsHINGToN, March %, 1851.
The administration have despatched gentleman TO
Richmond, Virginia, on important mission. He has
gone confer with COL George W. Summers in regard
the Supreme Court Judgeshp. be viii accept he
have 1t.
This is regarded peace Offering Mr.. Summers is
Of the abest men in Virginia will doubtless have
salutary influence upon the Convention session.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-01-16
An Editor Om Editing.

Artemas Ward, alias Brown, late To-
cal editor of the Cleveland Piaiadealer,
givers the following advice to young men
who aspire to become editors Of ncwspa-
pers:
Before you 60 for an editor, young
man, pause and take big think Do
not rush into the editorial harness rashly.
Look around and see if there is not an
omnibus to drivc-some soil somewhere
to be tilled---a clerkshlp en- some meat
cart to be fiIlcd--any,hing that's reputq-
bic and healthy, rather than going for
an editor, which is hard business at best.
We are not horse, and have conse
quently not been called upon to furnish
the motive power for a threshing mach
inc; but we fancy that the life of the ed
itor who is forced to write, write, write,
whether he feels right or not, is much
like the steed in question. If the yeas
and neighs could be obtained, we Ielieye
the intelligent horse would decide that the
threshing machine is preferable to the
sanctum editorial.
he editors work is never done. Ee
is drained necessarily, no wonder that
he dries up prematurly. Other people
can attend banquets, weddings, DE-, visit
halls of dazzling light, gel inebriated,
break windows, lick man occasionally
and enjoy themselves in a variety of
ways, but an editor cannot. He must
stick tenaciously to quill. The press, like
sick baby, must not be left alone for q
minute. If the press is left to run itself
alone even for day, some absurd person
Indignantly orders his paper stopped.-
There is nothing in it.
The elegant Mantalinl, reduced to
mangle turning, described his life as n
'dem'd horrible grind The life of tho
editor is all of that.
But there is good time coming, we
feel confident, for the editor-a time
when he will be appreciated; when he
will have front seat; when he will have
a pie every day, and wear store-clothes
continually, when the harsh cry of 'Stop
my paper" will no more CRATE upon his
ears. Courage, Messieurs the Editors.
Sill, sanguine as we are of the COM
ing of this jolly time, We adv the as
pirant for editorial konors to pause ere
he takes up the quill as means of OBJ
tanning his bread and butter. Do not at
least, DO so until you have been Tilted sew
eral dozen times by a like number of
girls-unti you have knocked down
stairs and souscd in a horscpond--untl
all the gushing" feelings within you
have been thoroughly suhduod--untiI, in
short, your hide is of rhnoscerous thick
ness. Then, o aspirants for the bubble
reputation at the press mouth, throw
yourselves among the inkpots, dust
and cobwebs of the printing office, if yon
will.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-01-16
A REIGN OF TERRI 1R.-The Alban

n hEIGN OF L ERR )R.- lie AtUany
EUeniag Journal says:
1T is beginni: g to leak out through
private but reliable information that mer-
chants and other men of property are
compelled by threats ofpersonai voiolsnce
to become subscribers to the state loan.
Some were told that unless they paid
$1,000 each their houses would be torn
down over their heads, have paid it and
then fed for their OWL safety and that of
their families to cities further North. 1t
is also reported, and there is no reason to
doubt the truth ofthe report, that a tar
las privately levied on Shareholders, of
sic, per head for each slave owned by
them-a tax so onefous, that, in some
cases, the slaves will have to be confsca-
ted and sold in order to meet it. Of
course all this is kept carefully out of the
published news and official proceedings.
These Secret Sessions which the Con-
vention is daily holding doubtless take
coenizance of these and similar matters.
It shows to what straits the secessionists
have already reduced themselves, end
how they are sowing the seeds Of discon-
tent among their own adherents.'
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-01-16

The DEAD OF THE YEAR.-The NEGRO
logical record of 1860 is less striking
than that Of 1859, bat many great names
have disappoa red from tho catalogue Of
the living since the year begun. Brunei
and Stephenson are no NOR; Lord
Dundonaldson and the Earl Of Aberdeen
have finished their long and active lives.
THEODORE Parker yielde up his spirit in
Italy, driven into his grave by nninter-
mitted study Lady Byron has died in
ENGLAND. Inthe cirolo of reyaky we
have the record Of the death of the King
of Sweden, the Empress Downgcr o.
Russia, and tho Grand Dutcbess Stcph-
anie of Baden. The venerable peter
Parlcy,' Samuel G. Goodrich. J 1Ao has
delighted so many thousands Of yoane
people, was gathered to his fathers. The
Chevalicd Bunscn died at an advanced
age; the novelist James, tho n.u ,ician
Julien, Alert Smith, Sir William Napi-
er ana Mrs. Jameson departed this life.
The long list of the dead also comprises
the following names: Rev. Juseph Ad-
Olson Alexander, Rev. DIR. Brownlce.
Rev. DR.. Maclay, Bosio the singer, Rem
brandt Peale the artist, Jerome Bona
parte, General Jesup, Judges Ingersoll
and Daniel, William E. Burton the com
edian, Captain Harrison of the Great
Eastern, Sir w. c. Ross, Profess or
Chauncey A. Goodrich, James K.
Paulding. Ralph Farnham, the veteran
of Bunker Hill, and in this city, Stephen
Whitney George Griffin and George
Wood.-N Y. Evening Post.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-01-16
THE EGSEON HOVE
MKINT.

Our dearly beloved, but most irasci-
bic Southern brethren are still in q state
of unnatural and deplorable excitement.
They are grieved, indignant, worried,
loud mouthed and belIigcrent. SINE of
the Cotton States are rs distressed as a
school boy with the cole, or sick ba-
by on washing day. We sympathize
with them in their sorrows, and trust
they will feel better by and by.
BIT they are two saucy, by far, and
may feel the chastising power of Uncle
Sam. Il may be fine thing for South
Carolina to sport cockades and palmetto
flags-she may even think it is fun to
fire upon a Government vessel, but if
Major Anderson should train his guns up
on Charleston, and smoke of powder
should curlaround Fort Sumpter, and the
blazing messengers of Death should rain
like storm of he'll on the Palmetto
City,-why it wouldn't be a very funny
matter.
We do not attempt to give the "la-
test news" 1t would be old before we
could get our paper to the post Office
Startling events are crowGiny upon us
with dramatic velocity, many are seri-
ously alarmed, all look anxiously for the
end.
But we apprehend no serious danger
This Government has mighty power,
and can crush rebellion, rs strong man
would master an infant Now that the
traitors are gone from the Cabinet and
the counsels Of the veteran SCoTr are
received by the president, we may look
for prompt, decided action.
If the Cotton States wish to leave the
Union, they can very likely do so; but
it must be done peacefully, legally. Let
t en- deccntly state their wish, aud no
doubt the constitution might be so amend
ed as to give them peaceful, legal ex-
it. but the present mad attempt will be
disgraceful failure. A state can no
more break out of the Union, than q hui
man soul can thrust itself outside the law
of moral obligation.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-01-16

MODEL VERDIcT.-An Irishman out
West, concelying that . little powder
thrown upon some green wood would fa~
ciliate its burning, dircc. Ell a small srtean"
from keg upon tie burning pile; but
rot possessing hand sufficiently quick
to cut it off at the desirablc moment, was
ilown into a million pieces. The coroner
for this occasion reasoned II this vordst:
Cant be called suicide, because hs didn't
mean to kill himself; it wasn't .isI;atioR
of God, bacaa,e he IS asll't struck ~ light
ming: he didn't die for want Of bfesHh,
for he haJu' anything LET :" breathe With :.
is plain he didn't know wat he w"s
about; so | shall bring in died tot7wan! y
comAon sense"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-01-16

THEY THINK THEY ARE ENGLISH CANAL
IERs.-The members of the South Caro-
lima Legislative Assembly sit with thei-
tats on. The Clerk, clothed like an
Episcopal clergyman, calls the roll. The
messenger, in front of the Speakers
room, strikes his staff on the floor, crying
out, make way for the Speaker" the
Doorkeeper repeats it loudly with three
heavy raps of his staff, and then the
Speaker himself, clothed n n rich blue
mazarine robe, marches up the aisle to
his seat.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-01-16

(7) What stronger proof can be pro-
dueed then then following letter received
unsolicited from Rev. A. Curtiss
ROMEO, Macomb, Co., Mica, July 9th
1860.
Messrs. J. n. HARRIS & CO..
Gentleman The confidence | have
in Perry Davis Pain Killer as remedy
for Colds, Coughs, Burns, Sprains and
Rheumatism, for the cure of which have
successfully used it, induces me to cheer
fully recommend its virtues to others.
A few months ago had recourse to 1t
to destroy felon; although had never
heard of its being used for that purpose
but having suffered intensely from :,
former one, and having no other remedy
at hand, applied the Pain Killer freely
for about fifteen minutes at evening" ana
repeated the application very briefly me
next morning. which entirely destroyed
the felon. and increased my confidence n
the utility of the remedy.
Yours truly, A. w. CURTIS.
Minister of the Wesleyan Meth. Church,
Sold by. A. D. AspRRws d Co,
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-01-16
LATTER EtsgOM KANSAS.
OFFICE KAN. C1N. RELIEF Con-.
LAWRENCE, Dee. IL, 1860.

OFFICE KAN. C&N. RELIEF Com.
LAWRENCE, Dec. IL, 1860.
GEo. w. PssqT, Esq,
Dear Sir:-Your re-
mittance for the relief of the destitute
in Kansas, sent to Mayor Deitzler, has
been handed to me for tie use of this
Committee.
Your enquiries will receive answers
through the columns of the Republican,
of this place.
The destitution in this country, is far
greater than was imagined at the time Of
corn harvest. 1t was supposed there was
ten OF fifteen bushels to the aero that did
not turn out more than three to five, and
that unfit for bread.
Let me give you few facts for the
purpose of bcspeaking your further llbcr-
ality,-for We can with fuller confidence
look for further relief to those who have
done something, than to those who have
been deafto the calls, they have already
heard. Good God ! is it possible there is
man in all the land. whom q merciful
Providence has blessed with such an
abundance, that he does not require it
for his own needs, who can turn deaf
ear to the cries and walls of distress
which must 90 up from this land before
another harvest? We are in tho very
heart of Kansas-the very centre of its
most productive prairies, with a soil
and climate unsurpassed. Now listen to
to q few facts, the yout b RS for which |
have before me. In Endora Township |
have list % families, containing 376
persons. They have all together ~
bushels wheat in the hands of 6 persons,
held for seed.
81 families have not p busheI. They
all have l67 bushels corn, poor at that,
in 26 families, about bushels to q fami-
r., 81 families have mono. They have
not bushcl OF oats or onions on hand
They have Al bushels potatoes in 30
families 63 families have none. All have
liz bushels beans and only bushels
rden VEG etables, IAN Agricultural
rownship.) They have 1885, pounds
flour, less than pounds to each persons
and this they have bought. Altogether
they have 254 bushels corn meal. The
amount of meat is a little larger in pro-
portion because they have been obliged
to kill their cattle and hogs for want of
means to keep them over. The whole
amount of money is $3.50, in Is fami-
lies. IS families have not cent of
money. After presenting several other
cases the writer says, tho above are not
exceptions only they are not SO bad as
many others in this county of Douglas
Will YOU make such use of these facts rs
will conduco most TO the relief of our dis
tress.
Yours truly. Z. L. LADD. Sec.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-01-16
Yours truly. L. L. LADD. Sec.
. The HERALD OF PROGRESS" is tn,

The HERALD OF PROGRESS" is the
name of paper Published at New York
by Andrew jackson Davis, IL Co. 1t IS
finely printed sheet, and is deyot d to
the advocacy of "Spiritualism" in its
modern phases. We are much obliged
to Mr.. Davis for the Herald, lut must
remark that we consider it the most ire
deemably foolish affair that has ever fall
en- under our notice, and rs such we de-
i've much amusement from it. We clip
a short article, which shows the animus
of the concern.
"'What are the Uses of the Spiritual
Circle?' is answered nationally this week.
The orderly and conscientious Circle is
superior to prayer mceiing,' as means
of opening the interiors of the members
and also the sublime portals of the Celes-
tial Spheres"
Now, see here, Mr.. Davis, we have
been to prayer meetings, and we don't
like to hear them slandered. We don't
believe they ever propose to "open the
interiors of the members and also the
sublime portals of the Celestial Spheres"
No decent prayer meeting would d. it.
We are free to confess that we don't
want our "interiors" open. We like
them better closed. As for the sublime
portals aforesaid, we have no ambition.
Give us something humble, cheerful, and
home-like, here and hereafter, and the
sublime portals" may be thronged by
egregious asses and fools.
We trust tho Cong Church in this
place will not transform their weekly
prayer meeting into an "order'y and
conscientious Circle" not while we live,
at least.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-01-16

FArE.-If fate is SO prevailing, man is
also part IS Is, AID cav confront fate witls
fate. If the universe have these savage
accidents, our atoms are rs savage in re-
slstance. We shoaid ia crushed by tho
atmosphere, but for the foactien of the nix
within the body. i table made Of fii!n
Of glass can resist the shock of the ocean,
if filled with the same water. If there ba
omnipotenee in the stroke, there is ON
impotence of rccoi.-Emersog.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-01-16

The English travellers complain that
they are so hurried in our hotels and SO
little in our stage coaches. An Irish trav-
cler took a different view of the case
Honest Pat came in at one o'clock and
was called up in half an hour. And
what will ye charge for the bit oflodgingF
twenty-five cents was the reply. And
sure twas kind of ye to call me SO airly /;
if Id slept until morning, I'd not bad
the money to pay the billp
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-01-16
Gg- A contractor who was buildi

~ A contractor who was building
a tunnel on a certain Ohio railroad OBJ
served, one morning, that the face of a
member of his gang had its surface all
spotted with bruises and plastecs.
Jimmy" said he, "what have
you been doin'l"
"Not vary much, sur" answered Jim
nv. II an him an me we had bit vo
a discooshen rid stkicks!"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-01-16

Our culture is very cheap and intelligi-
BILE. Unroof any house and you shall
find it. The well-being consists in hav-
ing safficiency of coffee and toast, with
a daily newspaper, well glazed parlor,
with marbles, mirrors and center table,
and the excitement of few parties and
a few rides in year. Such as one
house, such are all.--Emsrsor.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-01-16

1t often appears IN family as if all the
qualities of the progenitors were potted
in several jars,-some ruling quality in
each SOD or daughter Of the house, and
sometimes the unmixed tempeNment.t the
rank unmitigated elixir, the family vice,
is drawn eff in a single individual, and
the others are proportIonahly relieved
Emerson.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-01-16

H Apapor in this State in view Of
the numerous petitions to change comfy
seats, suggests that the Legislature ought
to make it an offence punishable by fine
and Imprisonment for any person to
even intimate that the removal of any
county seat would be pleasing to him or
anybody else.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-01-16

THE FOUNDER OF CHIcAGo.-Iu o
small village of Illinois, may be seen
daily toking his morning walk, jolly
old Frenehman, who prides himself upon
having built the first house on the spot
where Chicago, the proud queen of the
West, now spreads herself with her ILL.,
600 inhabitants.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-01-16

JofhIHg other southern states In forming !
separate cohfederacy."
Unroll the Nation crunpled chart
Half rent, amid Dislnion's ars-
And mark the State whose loyal heart
Beats for the Union stars h..
| Unfurl the Nations bannar'd blue.
And flash its gules from hill TO hill;
For MARYLAND. thank God is true
True to The Union still
Behold from Vernon solemn gloom
Our FArHER lifts his guardian hand
| l:ol.old from Nernon's silent tomb
He points to-. MARYLAND!
As if, il sooth lis Mothers name
! Could link no worthier soil with fame +?
No need hast thou, 0 Baltimore
Of stored shafts, to crown thy shore
While roll he waves Of Chesapeake
Their seward song thy truth shall speak,
And round our home returning ships
Cry "USIoS STILL with eager lips
For, high on Alleghany's edge,
And blue kotoctln misty fldge-
And up the ancient Warrior cragsy
II see ten thousand starry flags
And, woven with every stripe aud star
In scrolls of glory flashing far,
| see THE UNIoN's azure sand
Enclasp the zone of Maryland
Heart of our Nation MODIFY steeled
TO breast and battle Danger shocks -.
TRIED, in the changing battlefield
TRUE, at the Ballot Box
Heart of the Union L., Mary land
Clasp thou its Banner in thy hand
Let this thy faith repay
Where Calvert's lerant footsteps trod.
And good Charles Carroll worshipd God
There-deep within thy hallowed sod
Plant thou that Flag-for ayel
From Susquehanna's joyous tide,
And where Patuxents waters glide,
To Wicomeece's sunlit s le,
Ye Southern maidens rise
| Go! crown with wreaths your patriot band
Col bless the brave who loyal stand -
Col greet the sons of Maryland
With lips, and cheeks, and eyes
No sweeter lip, no purer check,
No brighter eye, IN love may speak--
No warmer heart the world command,
Than womans heart-in Maryland
Faithful, amid the faithless now,
O Sister fthe South thou art =,
Henceforth our Banner Bearer thou
Thy name-'Thc Unions Heart -
Our Flag shall wave--oar Union stand,
While beats the heart oi Maryland
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-01-16

By- Messrs. SEWARD, WILMor and
BATES it is understood will be in Lin
coins Cabinet. In such hands the hon
or of The country will be safe. What
a contrast TO the reasonable crew who
have surrounded tho "O.d Pub. Func.'
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-01-16

BE Buchanan, being freed from
the pernicious influence Of the traitors
who were in his Cabinet, hegins to show
signs Of returning vitality. He now says
That on the 4th of March he shall ride
to the Capitol with Old Abe, whether he
is assassinated or not.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-01-16

The civility of no race can no perfect
willie another race IS degraded. 1t is n
doctrine alike Of the oldest and the new
est philosophy, that man is one, and that
you cannot injuro any member without
a sympathetic injury to all the members
America is not civil while Africa Is bar
barous.-EmerSon
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-01-16

The German and Irish millions. like
the Negro, have greatdeal ofguano in
their destiny. They are ferrisd over the
Atlantic, and carted over America, to
ditch and to drudge, TO make corn cheap
and then lie down prematurely to make a
spot of green grass on the prairie.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-01-16

Parents, when unlike their children,
are often unnecessarily alarmed ct the
dispositions which they show,-liko
hen who has hatched ducklings and sees
them take to the wator.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-01-16

Ey Value the friendship of him who
stands by You in the storm; swarms Of
insects will surround you in the sun
shine.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-01-16

THE LAST OF THE HEROES OF BUNK
Err HILL.-Raph Farnham, the last
survivor of the battle of Bunker Hill,
died at Acton, Me, on the Goth, aged
lO4 years months and 10 days.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-01-16

ES Ben WADE in o recent CONVEX
sation, said that the Constitution pro-
vided against every possible vacancy in
the office of President, but did not pro-
eide for utter inabeciiiy.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-01-16

&c Talk of fame and romanco-all
the glory and adventure in the world
are not worth one hour of domestic
bliss.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1861-01-16

~ Col. John G. Fremont may be
considered the richest man living. With
the recent improvements, the monthly
products of his mines are near 100000.