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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-01-18
Bold Voice from Baltimore.

The Baltimore Patriot, ff an article headed
"An Unparalleled Crime, says:
A crime, unparalleled il human history,
has just been committed in the noon-tay of
the nineteenth century. in the full blaze Of
Christianity and the American political sys-
TEN, not the crime of one man, nor of Il dozen
men, but of one hundred and sixty-nine rep
resentatives Of a whole people, who in the
hour of passion, have been driven to despera-
tion by the madness and ambition of wicked
leaders 1t is crime against humanity. a
crime against political virtue, a crime against
free representative government, crime against
the unrestricted right Of tbirty-ope millions of
people to change, modify, abolish, and recon-
struct their own government, in peace and
without violence, a crime against the Declar;l-
ton of Independence and the Constitution,
without an adequate cause, without Sufficient
reason, wicked, wanlon, NEEDLESS political
crime.
or Maryland, the Patriot saysi
Our State is in no danger from within or
without. The best men in it, of all parties,
are for the Union first, and last. The Gov
crnor, the other executive officers to a man,
our Senators i'll Congress, and all our repre-
sentatives in that body, except two, and even
of them we have no fears, hundreds of private
citizens, who have been honOrcd with the pub
lie confidence in times past, and above and be-
yond ALL nine-tenths OF the people of the
whole State, are for the Union first and last.
All we have to d y. then, is to stand fast, never
to surrender the Stars and stripes, to accept
the result of the election of last November as
a constitutional aud legal fact to submit, like
o citizens, TO the Constitution and the law 6
and while our Indignation, at the commission
of the crime Of South Caro- i against her
self, may fire our hearts, we must remember
STILL her people arc our brothers, bone of our
bone, and flesh of our flesh, and that, as the
old Maryland line, helped once before, to free
their fair lands from the oppression Of for
eign foe, in league with tories, so we may
be called on, again, to rescue the friends Of the
Uniou, still within her borders they only
await the signal-from their oppressors, the
natural descendants Of those who preferred al
Iegiance to the English Government in the
revolution, to allegiance to the United Colo
nies.
Meantime. we say again, let all turn with
horror from the crime against liberty, just
committed in the name OF liberty. and never
suffer tue annals of Maryland to be stained
with zen word of sympathy from us for
this unparalleled crime. Let us stand still,
and wait for the salvation of the Government
by its own inherent powers, from the destruc
ton that South Carolina has brought, and is
bringing upon herself, and IN her madness and
impotency, imagines she is threatening the I'm
ion with.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-01-18
How the People of Georgia Talk and
Feel.

A correspondent of the n. Y. Tribune,
writing from Atlanta, Ga, in his travels
through that State, stopped at a small drink
ing saloon in railway village, where he asked
some of the habitues to drink. He thus de-
scribes what followed
Accordingly, drains of whisky were served
out to them, and proposed as an appropriate
sentiment, ''South Carolina" The drink dis
appeared, as, indeed, it would have done no
matter what the toast but it was a notice
able fact that no enthusiasm prevailed. You
come from the South, along" said one. Re
ply in the affirmative. "How do folks feel
down there?' Reply that they seemed in
high spirits. "Wel, that's more'n we do le'c,
l reckon" Chorus from all the company
That's So" Silence for a moment "What
they goin' 10 do, think?'' "Well, | think
they'll go out" Gloomy looks into the empty
tumbers. WALL I'll tell you what we're
goin' do-wcre goiu' starve that's what we're
goin' do" Chorus by the whole, That's So
Then one, the most respectable in appearance
among thcm went on somewhat thus address,
ing himself to his companions quite as much
as to the stranger present: 'NUw here we are,
and there's thousands more here in Georgia
like us, depending on what we earn in the day,
to feed us and give us beds at night. When
we have work to do we do it, and are glad to
| get it ; when we can't get it what do we do
Why, we starve, l reckon. Now I've got two
boys, hands in the mills at -; if 'twarpt
for them shouldn't have nothing to eat to-
night, nor no bed to sleep on; faint likely
they'll have work to do much longer, and then
what'll we do? Why, we'll starve together,
reckon 'Tain't likely we'll starye quietly,
aud should like TO know what's goin' TO be
done about it," I suggested that probably
the wealthy citizens would take some measure
to provide work or assistance of some sort
.'Wall, somethins got TO be done, an done
right smart, too !; else there'll be worse times
here than any of 'em ever dreamed of" Then
the speaker branched off into general denun
citation of politicians, mingled with hopes that
South Carolina might have enough of secession
before she was done with it.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-01-18

particulars drawn. In the North, with the
country fi Of all the elements o prosperity
we are suffering from financial revulson which
has been hrnuaht upon us by panic growing
ont of REBELLION against the Government
Business IS cur;ailetl, :,ihi more than the usual
ntfnIber of laborers are oul of employment.
What we need to restore prosperity, is con
f,ence in the Government, and settlement Of
the Secession question one way or the other
The Cotton States can create disturbances, hut
cannot permanently rctard our prosperity
No coUntry ever more blessed with means
Of sustaining itself than the North is at this
time. 1t has full crops and an abundance of
food, which the South needs and must have,
or sacrifice its valuable ncgfo property
Business cannot be stopped very long, even by
a dissolution of the Union. Produce brings
a good price, therefore the country is sound
Our produce merchants are daily receiving
large orders from the South for provisions.
which they ill promptly when accompanied by
the cash but the usaal reply to the request
to draw at sight, or at thirty days is that in
the present state of political uncertainty they
prefer 10 extend no credits in that quarter,
but TO require cash in hand. But small
fraction of the aggregate labor of the North
is out of employment, and whether our South
ern " brethren - stay with us or not, our pro-
gress viii not be stopped. We should be
glad to make some sacrifice if ii would give
them just opinion of US, or bring them to
their senses but we cannot consent to starvt,
nor 10 march through the streets crying bread
or blood, merely to please them and we
wou!d, in a friendly spirit, advise them not to
wait for it when the wolf is already at their
own thresholds nnati Gazette.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-01-18
&mral and lomestif.
A g + &c uIturaI
Profits of Sheep Husbandry.


We wish to call attention again to the pro
fits Of sheep raising. We know that while
the country is filled up so largely with worth
less dogs, that this presents dscouragement to
many. StHI, we insist that even if farmer
is under the necessity of surrounding ten
acre field with high picket fence, that is abso-
lutte y dog proof, it will pay to do 50.
We have before us u statement made by
5olon Robinson, at the New York State Fair
this year, ard reported in the Country Gen
tIeman, that is highly interesting 1t is in re-
gard to the sheep husbandry experiments OF
Mr.. Thomas Bell, Of New jersey
"Mr. Bell usually keeps one hundred sheep.
He buys common sheep, of rather large size
in the fall and crosses them with full booded
Soutbdown. The lambs are dropped alJdn
the first of April. The ewes in the fall cost
from 81 % to $3.50 per head. He selects the
best and pays the highest price. He has
gooI August pasture, and keeps the sheep
well, So that they go into winter quarters in
good condition. In the winter he keeps them
in yards with open sheds, so in yard, with
ftedngracks, and liberty to go under the
sh 'dS, or lie in the OPEN air, as they see fit
He feeds them aim ,st entirely on cornsta'ks,
cut up at the ground as the corn is hard
enough to rpen in the stalk. He does not
chaf the coru>taIks. The sheep cat off the
leaves, and the butts serve for bedding. A
few weeks previous to lambing, the ewes that
are heavy arc drawn out by themselves, and
fed with good hay and little grain. He sci
dom loslS lamb. BY the end of July he
has his lambs (Which are strongly marked by
the Southdown characrerstics) all sent OH t.
the butcher. This year h. obtained S4,75
per head for them After the lambs arc
weaned, the ewes get fat, and are sold to the
butcher in time to take on a new supply
They have jnst been sold this year, and he
ncttcd from lambs wool, aud old sheep, q
profit Of $3.50 per head, over the first cost o.
the sheep. Tie year before he made prof.
of 81 per head. Besides this he finds that tho
sheep are enrching his land
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-01-18

It is an acquisition worth much study and
practice, to be able to make good batter but
uncss we acquaint ourselves with knowledge
of how to have it keep, also, oar labor in lhe
dairy will fall FAR short of its just rcnumetas
ton. Packing has probably about ceased for
the present season, yet we have a few hints
which we wish to commit to paper at this
time, and whieI may serve some one in the
future.
Butter in late autumn and winter invariably
commands high price, and if properly put
down in the spring and summer, will well re-
pay the additional lrouble. An important
particular in cndeavoring to secure good but
ter is the employment Of clean reSsets. With
out this prccaution tho butter cannot possibly
come forth sweet and this, of course, sug-
gesls the necessity of scading such vessels be-
fore they are used, and sometimes it may be
essential to their publication TO eurploy chlor-
ide of lime. Another very important nqui-
site is that every particle OF buttermilk be re-
moved from the butter This may be ascer-
tained by working until it entirely ceases to
flow. A thorough working is what is abSO-
lutcly necessary; land it may be limited that
this is better doae by taking the butter in the
hand in humps of three or four pounds each,
and by s'apping it against hard surface, then
by using ladlc, as is generally procticed in
New England duiries) Then when it is salt
cd just right land bear in mind that taste is to
determine that) it should be packed down in
pot sufficiently strong TO endure the pound
ing down of the butter, strong brine poured
over it, and set away in the coolest part OF the
cellar,
fho above precautions being sqoerved, to
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-01-18
THE HEARTS FLowFRs.

i The human heart is like garden hedged
with flowers; you must pass the difficult enclo-
Z SIRE before yon pluck the blossoms. As ono
will take much pains TO secnre violet that
hOwors in q dangerous place-Gor we are nat
urslly fond of hazard, and prize the treasure
according to is cast-so the ir gr Iwt.'s Of
the l.eart, wh,n gained after much seeking, be-
! ceme Of exceeding value. They are worth
striving alter-for where are the flowers with
tints so exquisite. with odors 50 transporting
rs those which shoot from the rich soil of the
hnrlan bosom.
It is proper that each one should cultivate
his own domains. He who ncg'ccts his house,
hold is worse than an iuGdel, an | he who neg
lccts his land shall come to want. But We
may bestow all necessary attention upon cur
own fields and still have leisure aud time 20
assist others. We may raise the bosom that
has been beaten down by the storm; we may
trim the vine that has become mis- shaped; we
8 may relieve the plant that is choicd by weeds,
and direct the icnlril that is locking for sup
port There is work TO do for others, as well
as ourselves.
There may be hearts in which such aid
seems useless. There are. We Gun call them
before us. There is no dew that can revive
their blightcd blossoms, no sun that can warm
10 lie their dried frnlagc. But yet the at
tempt is not Wholly useless, for there may be
one bl ,ssom and ore plant which have surviv-
ed, the general execratiOn.
They have fable in the Fast, that maid
ems tears, falling the lips of a dead soldier
recalled him to life agaiu. And thus may it
Z be with hearts whose vegetation is withered
and dried up-for tears are mighty and we
may not reckon their influence.
Shall we then husband our time-and while
we give good heed to our own hearts, extend
our sympathy and aid to others
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-01-18
DELAWARE, OHIO, JANUARY IS, 1851.

EOrtiflcatiOns on the Southern Coast.
a correspondent of the Gazette gives the
following statement of the number and condi-
tion of Federal Qualifications on the coast of
the Southern States
Fortress Monroe in the Strte Of Virginia,
has eight companies, containing aboat five
hundred men. which is abnndantly sufficient
to hold Il against sudden attack
Fort Pulaski, on the Savannah river, about
thirty-fye miles below the City of Savanm,li,
mounts about sixty guns, commands the river
and iiaFbor of Savannah. aud has not man
or bayonet in it. | see the SecesSiOnists are
proposing to take the cannon from this place
to Charleston, and use them in bOmbarding
Fort Sampler And there is nothing to pre-
vent them from doing it.
Forts McCree and Pickens, at Pensacola,
have; one of them about so guns. aud the 9TH
er about l20. Here there is a skeleton COM
pany of about fifty men in barracks on shore,
who caHS5e thrown into the fort in five minutes.
There are also some forty sailors and marines
at the fssvy-yard at Pensacola. one and half
miles from the Fort.
Furt Taylor, at Key West, has 40 guns
"a
skeleton company of about 40 men, half on
shore and the other half in the fort. All can
be in the fort at minutes warning.
Fort Jefrson, a the Tortugas, is not quite
finished viii mount l2O guns. Here there is
not Il brsyoBet nor a man.
Fort jackson and fort ST. Phillips are on
opposite sides of the Mississippi river, about
so miles below New Orleans, and completely
command the river. One ofthem has 40 guns
mounted and the other 80. Here there is not
a bayOHet or man.
The forts at Ship Island and Galveston, to
which the cannon from Pittsburg were ordered,
have in reality no existence as forts, except
upon the statute book. At Ship Island the
foundation has been commenced, and is now
about level with the top OF the ground. AT
Galveston the site has merely been selected
and surveyed and no work done. 1t will
be years before cannon can be mounted at
either of these places. From this statement
the country will judge who is at fault for the
failure to defend the country.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-01-18
Pumpkins as Food for Mich Cows.

There is much d ference and apparent con-
trarieiy of opinion as to the effect Of pumpkins
eaten 10y mich cows. Some contend Tint they
increase the yield of milk, while others as
sloutly deny any srca effect frCm feeding them.
Some stock farmers even assert that pumpkins
fed to cows diminish or "dry up their milk.
The pumpkins can add very little to the rich
ness or quality of the milk at any time; but
in mo dcrale quantities it may promote the
health and thrift of the animal, when the
weather is not too cold, and the bulk Of feed
has become dry, as is usual in the fall, by
serving the prrposc of diluent, and contrib
uting to a sufficiently moist consistency of the
contents of the stomach, In this its advan-
tages will be more of Indirect than nutritious
nature. But tbs is no objection, if there be
real advantages accruing from its use as food
for stock.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-01-18
NO. 40.
ralsehOods coaiing Hcmo to Roost.

/ Falsehoeds CohIing Hcme to ROost.
By the following paragraph, VIII ch appears
/ in the Pamela Star, of Mississippi, it will he
seen hat the falsehoo1s circulated 10 the pre-
iudice OF Mr.. Lincoln and the Republican
party in that State are beginning to work
their own cure, aud for the first time in the
history Of the government the South is COM
Pellcd, in selfdcfrnce, 10 give their slave pop
| nlation political instruc ion.
This event marks an era in ohr history
Let a note be nHtse of it. Here is the para
graph to which we refer
1--WE wish to suggest the propricty of all
slave-owners taking some pains TO correct
very false impfeSsiGtf now prevailing among
the negroes about the election of Lincoln 1t
is generally believed 10y our slaves that they
were to be free if Lincoln was elected, or nj
least they think somehow or other they are 10
be benefited by his election. We do not re-
commend it, but s'iggcst for the consideration
OF The better judgm mt of our lelio8 Citizens
whether it would not tc best 10 tc them di,d
The election Of Lihcoia had ,loihjng IN tie
'rOrld TO do 1c.H them or tier free tam, but has
reference 10 the question Of making new slave
States that nothing has been d0af or lrH be
d6He 10 cLange tteir conittton by Mr. L neoiA
or onyboIy eisa4 and that all the talk they hear
about the slavery question cannot, in any way
free them"
The slaves are to be told "that tho election
of Lincoln had nothing to do with them or
their lreedom,7 and that nothing has been
done or will be done to change their condition
by Mr. Lincoln or anybody else"
Why have they not the magnanimity to
make the same avowal at Washington? I'm
fortunately, it answers the same purposes Of
designating partisans to per -ist in enc ,uraging
the deIusion that intimidation and violence
may compel the Republican party to capiu
late to the South; and az lnng as that contin-
ues to be the clse 50 long the negroes will BE-
the only class that will have any chance Of
bearing the truth in regard to Lincoln, from
he Soutll-N. Y Post.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-01-18
CHANGE.

"Saught shall endure but m-ltabilty."
However much we may question the ortho-
doxy Of the above quotation in its relation to
spiritual-things, it is nevertheless abundantIy
true in all that pertains to the material uni
verse On the face of all created things is
writt~n the irrevOcabe law OF rotation. change
and mutabiity and from its stern decree
there is no appeal. Everything is under its
e control from the merest atom TO the grandest
works of creation. The tender grass, the roll
ling river and the solid rock, are alike influ-
enced by this unseen power that dooms all
material existences to constant change. I'm
seen but not unfelt, the great laws that govern
the universe are working ont in nature the
most stupendous results, which in future ages
shall astonish and bless the world. So too
with man, from the cradle to the grave, he
. is never stationary, but continually passing
from one stage to another, his affections and
instincts marching under the same general or
der. TIE works of his hands, though beauti-
full in design and mighty in effect, are never
permanent, but continually liable to decay
Empires rise and fall, and in their turn to
pass away and give place to other forms of
government. The most gigantic schemes of
political reform, however well founded in right
and disinterestIy administered, may be pro-
ductive of great good, but are never being
modified and controlled by the circumstances
of the time All that seems fixed and immo-
vable in nature-the ''stars that shine forev-
err" and the ahiIls that look eternal" shall be
moved and upturned from their soil places
conformabIe to the great law of action. But
in the midst of this general upheaving and
apparent disorder. the designs of the Great
Controller are being steadily and surely accom-
plished, and the soul of man, peeriDg through
the material ruin that surrounds it, is gradu-
ally rising to more elevated sphere ofexistence
and being conformed more and more to the
image of Him who is yesterday, to-day and
forever the same"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-01-18

The Columbus Gazette says that the wa',s
OF the Neil House are nearly all down and titi
rabbiSh is fast disappearing. A first class h =
tHi IS to be erected Oh the spot, including also
The ground upon which the Odeou building
sia'ds. The 6e% building viii be 2ll feet
lr"nf' l68 feet deep, aud five stories high, aifff
viii contain l75 rooms. The cost of III,
building will be about 100000, and It is the
design to have it ready for the reception ofthr
members of the next Legislature, on the fsr
Monday Of january, 1852.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-01-18
A Uuississippian Calls on MIR. Lincoln.

A Mississippian Calls on MIR. lincoln.
From the springfield Qh) Journal of Mondayl
An old man, hailing from Mississippi, dres
sed in plain homespun, came to our city Sat-
urday. He min gled freely with the Republi-
can representatives,, got their views, and seem
ed to think we are not so black as we are rep
resented. He called on MIR. Lincoln, talked
freely with him, and heard the President elect
express his sentiments and intentions. He
learned that Mr.. Lincoln entertained none
but the kindest feelings toward the people Of
the South, and that he would protect the
South in her just righs. He had long con-
versation, and went away delighted lie left
the Office of Mr.. Lincoln in company with a
friend who communicates this to US, and when
outside the door he remarked while the te'rrs
stole down his furrowcd cheeks, "Oh if the
people of the South could hear what have
heard they would love and not hate Mr.. Lin
coin. l will tell my friends at home, but, he
added sorrowfully, "they will not believe me p
He said that he did wish that every man in
the South could be personally acquainted with
Mr.. Lincoln.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-01-18

gether with some minor particulars that are
supposed to be familiar to every dairy woman,
il cannot be otherwise than that you win have
90 ID butter, worth the highest market price,
for sale when the winter comes rounds. II.
N The HOMESTEAD
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-01-18

Henry Ward Beecbers latest 6 crotchet +"
is, that the clergy ought to preach only once
on Sunday. He says that no preacher who
is fit to preach sermon is fit 10 preach more
than one a day, and no man is fit to hear more,
for il he does he is not fit for much ese.-
Sermons are like boys pop guns however
many wads you put in, it's the last wad that
drives the others out"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-01-18

Those real gems of thought that shine like
stars in the night, were not struck out at
: heat, as sparks from blacksmiths anvil are,
but fashioned and polished with patient and
weary hand and aching head and heari.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-01-18

He who rears up one child in Christian
virtues, or RECEIVERS one fallen creature to God,
builds temple more precious than Solomon s
or ST. Peters-more enduring than earth or
sky.--C Chanting.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-01-18

We are informed by the U. S. authorities
for the Southern Dist rict of Ohio, that every
fugitive slave arrested during the past three
cars has been remanded into seFritude
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-01-18

CLI0NIA's BELL.
BY
Heard thou that storm-scUurgd bell,
Afoat on the veering breeze!
The careless minded gossip, to tell
It's secret as il fees.
It's Secret-clew to the coming hour,
! That thirds the maze Of art;
And maidens WOO the tragic dover,
That wisdom set apart.
When erst its trembling ripples sung,
- We were buried upin life:
They caught up fair Clos spirit tongue,
And cGlm'd the burly strife. & X
Again f0W'd her halfopening roll,
Fleck d iii wondruus type;
-, And the Isellsive genius of the soul,
Swept the wild Cithran pipe.
Responsive, deep from human noise,
lncarnate ever burn,
Well mingled sparks and primal joys,
That lit the polish d urn.
As music-stars you sometimes meet,
Along the common scale
p S0s peel on peel will till repeat,
CliOnia's 'lustrious tale.