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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-09-26
RasseIis Letter TO the LoEdoi
or Times.

f-pf j ines.
! Russells last letter to the Lon
Idon Times has been received by
1.-THE mails. The following are the
onlyi interesting extracts to be
found in it: .-raa
At the present moment it is
calculated that the United States
Expenditure exceeds S1,060,G00
per day. Mr. Secretary Chase, in
his report to Congress, stated that
the sums already voted amounted
to 18,519,513, of which he pro-
posed to raise S240,000,GO0 by
loans, and SS0,000,000 by in
creased customs and taxation. A
direct tax of S20,000,000, and an
Iinconie tax of 3 per cent upon all
incomes over $500, raised to 5 per
cent. ia case of absentees, with
large additions to the Morrill,
tariff, are the means proposed;
but not one shadow of truth has
been adduced to prove that any one
of them will answer the end, while
in the case of the Seeded States,
we know that the appropriations
cannot at present, if ever, be raised.
| With all, the efforts that man
can make. to keep down his ex-
penses, the mighty spasmodic eff
forts of the North to create and
maintain q great military estab-
lisllment are attended by great
waste; but peculations, which
have been of late extensive and
active, putting devils dust and
shoddy into cloth, brown paper
into shoe-soles, and INDUCING in
similar practices, whereby patri-
otic citizens make fortunes by their
country's losses, have not so much
to do with the extravaganza as
the ignorance of those charged
with the distribution Of the pub
lie money.
If | amxeorrectly informed, the
desertions from the Northern army
are numerous enough to excite Sc
rious apprehensions. BY private
letter from coaatry gentleman
In Maryland | learn that all the
byways and roads are filled with
men making their way home
Some are working IN the neigh
borhood as laborers on the farms,
others are hiding liz the large towns,
and that they are numerous may
be judged from the fact of 65 be-
ing counted going past one house
III rather an out-of-the-way place,
in one day. These men complain.
of treatment from officers, want of
food, and no pay. 1t is known
that some officers never stopped
their career from the moment they
turned their backs on Bull Run till
they ran to earth in their own
houses by their own fresides in
the North. If anything could in
crease the schism between the regu-
lars and volunteers, it has been
found In the bitter manner in
which the artillery speaks of the
desertion Of the troops placed to
support the United States bat
teries, which were fought with
great gallantry, and only aban-
doned at the last moment.
+ -se fp>5 f-~a r-rzs.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-09-26
EDWARD EVERETT.

This accomplished word maker
whose Mount Vernon papers came
nigh damning Bonner's Ledger, is
out in a communication to that
humbug, weekly, advocating the
forcible suppression of newspapers
that are opposed to Lincoln and
the war, The Baltimore EN-
change hits him a hard blow in an
editorial, from which we copy a
brief paragraph:
The Hon. Edward Everett has
determined to cover himself with
glory. At the Fanellil Hail meet
ing in February, he was all for
conciIiation, and for letting our dis
eontented sisters depart in peace,
if they had made up their minds
to 60, On the 4th of July he pro
nounced .conclllatlon and peace
to be madness and wickedness,
and cried aloud, in a paroxysm of
metaphorical enthusiasm, for ar
mics and cannon, to prevent our
sisters aforesaid from departing
whether in peace or otherwise.
He has now taken another step
onward and-downward. He has
written ali essay, for the New York
Ledger, in favor of subverting the
freedom of the press. We find 1T
in the New York Times-copicd
in full and glorified-one more un-
happy illustration of the truth, that
close beneath the epidermls OF our
genuine Plymouth Rock Puritan
nine times in ten-you have the
raw material Of a prosecutor and
a tyrant.,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-09-26
MCulloch not Mccal2oagh.-A

McCul1och not Mca11oagh.-A
Texas correspondent of the, Rich
mond Dispatch says that he has
known the hero of Oak Hill for the
last twenty-one years, and that
his name is McCulloch, not Me-
Cullough, as istoo often pronoun-
| ced and printed. The same cor
respondent adds that Ben. MeCul
Ioch was never married, ,as has heen
stated.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-09-26

The Thieving Committee at
Cincinnati, as we learn by the
Enquirer, have a busy time search
ing trunks and baggage of pass
engers, male and female, going
to Louisville.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-09-26

The Jenkins of the New York
Herald is at Long Branch, where
Mrs. Old Abe is sojoTning, and
devotes two columns of that de
lectable sheet. to descriptions OF
''Bob'' and ''Billy" Lincoln, and a
younger cub Of the family named
Tommy, remarkable for his loud
voice, and who Is called 1Tadpole'
by his relatives, his father having
christened him thus in one OF hls
whimsical humors.
Old Abe was right when he
gave him the so.briqaset attached
to the spawn of a reptile. i
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-09-26

NoTHING so web becomes true
feminine beauty as simplicity.
A hasty marriage too frequently
turns out a mourning suit, that's
run up in four-and-twenty hours.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-09-26

Dorm on TIE Har--It is sad
that in portions of Pennsylvania
the people positively refuse to have
anything further to do with the
war. and talk openly of rebellion
AGAINST the Government, should
Il insist on prosecuting il.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-09-26

The lady who ''took a stitch in
her side" has arrived at the con-
clusion that stitch in the hole OF
her stocking would be infinitely
more servieeable.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-09-26

An Irishman in New Haven,
Conn, being called on for his eS-
cuse for not enIsting in the Lincoln
army, responded that he couldn't
run aceR. He was passed over as
wholly disqualified.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-09-26
Hurrahf for Southern Lady Valor
- A. 2. SKIPwITH.
Nashville, Sept. IL, 1861. :

WOULDN'T STAY WHIPPED.-Tbe
brave Northern troops who were
at the battle of Manassas, but who
failed to see the fight which
came off there, became very brave
on their return home. We hear
of them destroying printing offices,
mobbing editors, tarring and feath-
ering them and riding them on a
rail, all because they opposed and
condemned war in which these
brave soldier boys volunteered to
fight, but didn't do it. They are
like the chap out west, who. getting
badly whipped in town, swore he
wouldn't stay whipped, and went
home and lammed his wife. Brave
boys, them Yankees.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-09-26

A correspondent says that Gen.
Ben McCulloch never wears uni
form or carries q sword, but a pow
erful rifle which is a great pet with
him, and which he uses with per-
feet accuracy. At the battle OF
Oak Hill he was riding round amid
the flying bills as coolly as if SUI
perintending the operations on a
farm, and every now and then
would refresh himself with a bit OF
sport by jerking his rifle up to his
shoulder and "upsetting one Of the
enemy" We suppose the Lincoln
ties are very much disgusted with
this unoflicer-like department.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-09-26

Andy Johnson, the tory traitor,
is in Kentucky, speaking Tor the
Lincoln cause! We hope tire
Tennesseeans \may catch him.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-09-26
Leather in lbe South.

The Shoe and Leather Reporter
saws thattEe South had a good stock
of NoIthern-made shoes at the COM
me,cement Of the war, which Is
not vet exhausted, and that of the
six thousand tannerles in the Unl-
ted States, two thousand are in the
slave States. their full proportion,
considering for how many other
uses than shoes leather is consumed
in the Northern States. 0ne-sev-
enth of the shoomakers in the Uni
ted States were also in the slave
States. On the whole, the Re-
porter (which is published in Bos,
ton) adds
So far as shoes, and most Of the
manufactures of leather, are con-
cerned. we reach this conclusion,
that although the facilities Of the
Southern people are limited, still,
with a proper outstanding of their :
resources, there is no occasion for
any immehate suffering, and dialhf that
it is the part of wisdom for u US to
calculate that they viii not be
l,rouaht to their knees during the
present year in consequence OF q
deficiency ia the supply of leather'
The New York Tribune relates
;the following, which may or may
mot be true, the Trihune's reputa-
ton for xeracity being none OF the
highest: IA.
winter conferred with JEFF. DAVIS,
,hen a senator of the United
States, with regard to the proba-
ble issues Of secession. What Is Is
to become of. Washington CITY?
was among the questions asked by
the student. "Are you a lawyer.
sir?" inquired jeff. No slr.
ssWell, sir, | am; and it is prln-
ciple of law that, when grant or
baouesthas been made fora particu-
lar. speciGed purpose, ard that puf-
nose fails orbecolnesImpractieabie'
the property grantedreverts to the
do,ar s. -. | am not deciding
what will be" he added; Il am siia-
ply stating the principle WHEN
determines The equity of such cases.
Not TO be Scqred--The Syracuse
N.Y0Courier, Of August 81, says;
We may be coerced and suppressed
from enioying the rights guaran-
teed to a free press through the
Constitution, by illegal enactments'
but by the mob violence-NEvER.
If our office is piled in runs pc
fore this paragraph meets the
ewes of our readers, we shall Issue
another sheet inside of ten hours.
Ta.r,, ,,,, fIo IEnr-ltF is SAID
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-09-26
Daniel s. Dickinson has be,

Daniel S. Dickinson has been
another speech against the
South, which of course is greatly
and published by all the
Abolition editors that heretofore
denounced him for servility and
stupidity.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-09-26
Cum Mistetlan
MILITARY TERMS.

= 1IlcUlS W dsonCLuplS III Se''0S VI q -.
. den alarm. -
t B,rbet Bltteriies-Platforlns e
waited behind a parapet or bres
work to enable the guns mound
on them to have free range er
the surrounding country.
! Bico,mc-From ssbis, ''dout,
! and the Germ wache guar
An army is said to bivouac ven
it does not encamp at night.
Bsedst-rork-A parapet th'Wn
up as high as the breasts offhe
troops defending it.
| Chai9a-shot-Two balls connted
by a chain, principally ust IN
destroying the rigging of ablp,
but sometimes in enfladihgi
Comntersigaa-A partlculaJyord
or number which is exchand be-
tween guards and entrush to
those employed On duty ifearnp
or garrison.
Debris-A French term pr tie
wreck CT remains of an, army
which has been routed. fni go
Defle-A narrow passge or
road in marching through which
which the troops can preqssilt only
small front. .5I3 r. *
Enflado-To sweep tb whole
length of any work or linff troops
by a fire from a battery laced on
the prolongation of that'ldde.
Escaladc-The attaclof tor-
tress by scaling the waE.
FLEA line of soldiers drawn
up one behind another. AS gen
eral term, a file means svo soldiers,
the front and rear INK men
Every soldier of infaIry covers a
space of twenty-one hches,
Fasc-The tube which is fixed
into a shell filed with combusta-
BILE materials, and furnished with
a quick match. At is cut to a
length proportion1 to the distance
it is tobe throwi, in order that it
may csntinue burning while the
she'll i in it range, and after
wards by setting, fire to the pow,
der, cnuse the shell to explode
as so.n as it touches the ground.
Mtenclme,,t or E,trenchment-
AS general term, it denotes a
ditch or trench, with a parapet.
Msh,-A.battery is SAID to be
masked when its external appear
ance Is such as to mislead and lull
the sispicions Of rcoonnolterlna
or approaching enemy. ge.
Rmpet-The parapet in perma'
nent ratification is a mass Of
earth elevated on the edge OF the
rampant next to the country. Il
is made about eighteen feet thick
in order that cannon shot may mo- no'''
penetrate it, and about seven tee
high, to screen the troops behine
it from The fire of the enemy.
Rank and FHo-This term de
notes corporals as vel as prlvalttes ltt
as they. carry fre-lecks and parad
in the ranks In the same manner
Ra.ed-Works or fertilization
are said to be razed when they ar
totally demolished.
Reeeille-The heat of the drur
at daybreak, after which the ser
tinels ceaseao challenge.
R g-Fire-That in whic
the troops fire rapidly In succe'
sion. &
d-BGgs-Bags from twely
to fourteen inches wide and aDot %
thirty inches long, filed with cart
| for the purpose Of repairing breac'
| es and embrasures when damage
lby the enemy's fire.
The weekly Butte record., 1861-12-14
NO. 8

he shouted, Nowr and sprang. / was
nervous my foot slipped-and fell along the
the footplate of the engine. In an instant
there was horrible grinding crash, dazzling
flash of light before my eyes, a huge heaye up
wards and onwards, then blackness Of darkness
and insensibihty.
Six weeks afterward, | was sufficiently
recovered from brought on by my inju-
ries and the excitement of that night-to hear
the sequel of the story Beyond broken leg
and rib, had escaped unhurt. Violent inlla-
nation, accompanied by delirium, bad however,
greatly retarded my convale,cence.
I1ibbard and Mark were both dead. The
former was greatly cut about, but the latter
exhibited no visible injury beyond a eompara-
lively trfiug wound in the head, serious 1t Is
true butnol sufficient to have caused bis death
He died from internal hemorrhage, and none
but byself knew that the scalp wound had been
the wo.A of the lads own father. Concerning
the great accident to the night express on the
- line at Allonby Station in Isl. dare
say you remember the newspaper accounts
tonight have tried to give YOU a true and
faithful history of the causes which produced
that disaster, and Of which necessarily vague
ard incorrect version passed current with the
public
And so ended the story of my travelling
companion. ID. 7.
The weekly Butte record., 1861-12-14
Written for the BUTTE REcoRD.l
To Nellie.

o! Nellie I've seen thee, and often I've dreamed,
That your sweet gentle glances upon me have beam
ed,
Till my heart in its fanciful bliss seemed to SWELL
With strange new delight which my pen cannot
tell.
dreamed that yoar voice, in its kindness of tone,
Threw its accents upon me when sad and alone,
Like strain of rich music which falls at the hour
When music and glances and words have most pow
er.
I have seen thy bright smile, like the gold tinted
ray
That fits DER the flowers at the opening of day
Its light was so Brilliant its beauty 50 chaste,
imagined its loneliness never could waste.
1t fingered upon me, still glowing sublime,
In all its bright beauty and young sunny prime;
Till warming my heart with its sweet pensiye light
awake, but that smile is still greeting my sight.
AIr."
BLUFFroN, Butte county, CAL Nov. 2S '61.
The weekly Butte record., 1861-12-14

4 WONDERFUL DoG.-At Aldershott camp
there is large spaniel belonging TO a sergeant
in the Royal Artillery, who has been taught
by his master, during tedious days of camp life,
to perform tricks that are almost marvellous
The dog is perfect in his drill, marching slow,
quick, and at the double, in obedience to the
word of command After he bad been put
through his PAGES his master called him up
and asked his opinion of the various regiments
on the ground. Were the Plungers the best
corps?" No sign Of approval. Were the
42d foot? ?" Silence on the part of the dog
After going over half dozen names. the mas
ter asked, exactly in the same tone as that in
which he had put the previous questions the
dogs opinion of the Royal Artillery. He in
stantly broke out into joyous barking, jumping
and rolling. The sergeant then called for
three cheers for abe King Of Prussia-no
sounds three cheers for the King Of Naples
a low growl; three cheers for the the Emperor
of Austria-silence again three cheers for the
Queen Of England a voley of resounding
barks that echoed again.
The weekly Butte record., 1861-12-14
The Independent Farmer.

Let sailors sing of the windy deep,
Let soldiers praise their armor,
But in my heart this toast I'll keep
q The Independent Farmer
When first the rose in robes of green
Unfolds its crimson lining,
And round his cottage-porch is seen
The honeysuckle twining;
When banks of bloom their sweetness Weld,
To bees that gather honey,
He drives his team across the field,
Where skies are soft and sunny.
The blackbird clucks behind the plow,
The quail pipes loud and clearly,
Yon orchard hides behind its bough
The home he loves so dearly;
The gray old barn, whose doors unfold
His ample stores in measure,
More rich than heaps of boarded gold,
A precious, blessed treasure;
But yonder in the porch there stands,
His wife, the lovely charmer,
The sweetest rose on all the lands
The Independent Farmer.
To him the Spring comes daneingly,
To him the Summer bushes,
The Autumn smiles with mellow ray;
He sleeps, old Winter bushes.
He cares not how the world may move,
No doubts nor fears confound him;
His little flocks are linked in love,
l,oIl l.. I D.,
He trusts in God and loves his wife,
Nor griefs nor ills may harm her;
He's natures nobleman in life
The Independent Farmer.
The weekly Butte record., 1861-12-14

Jolly EYENIEs.-W When the war broke out
between Denmark and Sweden, as it invara
bly, did, some fifty times in the course Of each
century, Peter demanded permission to enter
the royal navy, and was at once appointed to
the command of a. vessel called the Worm,
bearing four guns. Endless are the anecdotes
related Of his daring. On one occasion he met
with an English privateer. If that friga'e
were Swedish, be exclaimed, q would take
it but the English have too much practice,
and fight too well for me to hope for an easy
conquest The vessels engaged and hard
fought battle ensued, such as always take place,
and will take place when Danes and English
meet in warfare. " have no more powder"
cried Torkenskiod; so he sent flag Of truce
on board, requesting the English captain to
lend him some, that he might continue the bat
tie, or, If he would not, begging him to come
on board and receive the respects due to so
gallant an enemy. The Englishman declined, so
they drank to each other from their respective
ships and cheers rose from the Danes. as the
captains raised their glasses, vociferously re-
turned by the delighted British sailors
The weekly Butte record., 1861-12-14

THE GRAPE CURE-We have another mania.
1t is the grape cure. Its becoming very pop
ular in Europe, and as the medicine is very
pleasant, whether taken in the "juice Of the
grape" or in the grape itself it is likely to
outbid all the old pathys, and to become the
rage in this country as we'll Sugar pills can't
stand moment before the grape: and disgust
ING drafts of allcpathic compound will be far
worse off. In Europe several infirmaries have
recently been established at which the grape
cure is all the rage and in one Of them, near
Salisbury, Germany, the King of Prussia was
for some time an inmate. In cases more es-
pecialy Of deranged digestion, the treatment
is found to be remarkable eflcacious The AL
bany Evening Journal has known Of several
cases of chronic dyspepsia cured in few weeks
The course" lasts from three to six weeks
and the quantity eaten per day from one to
four pounds Pleasant medicine We begin
to feel sick already. A dose Of Isabella, or
Catawba or Muscatine, would, however, speed
lily effect cure.
The weekly Butte record., 1861-12-14
J%A~-1@N--.

THE GHOST OF AN IMPREssIoN.-Ifa a wafer
is laid on surface of polished metal, which Is
then breathed upon, and if, when the moisture
of the breath is evaporated, the wafer be sha~
ken off, we shall find that the whole polished
surface is not as it was before, although our
senses can detect no difference for if we
breathe upon it, the surface will be moist eve
rywhere, except on the spot previously shelter
ed by the wafer. Again and again we breathe,
and the moisture evaporates. But still the
wafer re-appears. This experiment succeeds
after la pse of many months, if the metal be
carefully put aside where the surface cannot
be disturbed. If a sheet of paper on which a
key has been laid be exposed for some minutes
to the sunshine and then instantaneously view
ed in the dark, the key being removed a fading
spectre Of the key will be visible. Let this
paper be put aside for many months where
nothing can disturb it, and then in the dark
ness be laid on plate of hot metal, the spectre
of the key will again appear. In the case of
bodies more highly phosphorescent than paper,
the spectre of many different objects which
may be laid on in succession will, on warming,
emerge in their proper order
The weekly Butte record., 1861-12-14
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The weekly Butte record., 1861-12-14

Ell DoRADo.-These words have become
very familiar, and though there is general
appreciation of their meaning, there is by no
means a knowledge of their origin. In 1541,
Gonzalo Pizarro, brother to the Conqueror of
Peru. marched from Quito to seek the fabled
kingdom of gold which, according to tie ira
dtions Of the aborigines existed some place
east of the Andes. The monarch Of this fabu-
lous kingdom was said in order to wear more
magnificent attire than any other king in the
world, to be adorned with daily coating of
gold His body was annointed every morning
with rare and fragrant gums and gold dust
was blown over him through a tube Thus
attired the Spaniards called him FL Dorado,
(the gided king) He was to reside generally
in the superb city of Manos, in one street of
which there was said to be not less than 5000
silyer-smiths or silver workers. The columns
of his palace were affirmed to be porphyry and
alabaster his throne ivory, and his steps gold; F.;
the body Of the palace was Of white stone, or
namented with golden suns and silver moons :;
living lions, fastened to chains of gold, guarded
its entrance.
The weekly Butte record., 1861-12-14


THE RlGHr SPIRIT, GIRLS AT Logansport,
Indiana, crinoline-dom lately held conven-
ton, aud Resolved: 1st. That we deem it to be
the duty of every young unmarried man, to en-
list and fight for the honor Of his country, his
flag and his own reputation. ID. That the
young men, in this time of our country's peril,
have but one good excuse for not being SOL
DIE, aud that is, ColcaTdice. Sd. That the
Young man who now fails to respond to the
call Of his country, Is not worthy of the kind
regards or the smiles of the young ladies of our
Hoosier State, and that none but the ladies of
doubtful age will smile upon such men. 4th.
That we will have nothing to do with young
men who refuse to 20 TO the war. and that
Home Guards must keep their distance. 9Th.
That the young man who has not pluck enough
to fight for his country, has not got the manli-
ness to make good husband. 9th. That we
will marry no man who has not been soldier
Sth. That we will not marry till the war Is
over, and then, Home Guards 2 No, Neuer =
IF your lips would keep from slips, i've
things observe with care-of whom you speak
to whom you speak, and how, and when, anc
where.
The weekly Butte record., 1861-12-14
Agents for Record.
Business Notice.

Messrs Tuo's CALLow and D. NJ BISHOP, having
purchased interests in the RECORD Newspaper and
Job Printing establishment, will hereafter be asso
ciated in conducting the business of the same No
change viii be made in the Editorial control of the
Paper.
The weekly Butte record., 1861-12-14
HOTELS.
General Stage Office !!

YEyHE SUBSCRIBER RESPECTFULLY ~,
z informs his old friends and customers ii4
and the public generally, that his New LII
HOUSE, the