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Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-02-28

boiled meetsa. Every TWENTY-FIVE men have
a cook and an iron kettle. While the men
arsat work. the cook builds Gre In the mid.
die Of ihe house (the smoke roes ont thror Oh
the cracks ID The roof and sides Of the ; .onssl
on the Ground, and puts The meei-o 81 ~
boil, Al soon as the iab0refs hove 6nisba5
work, they return TO camp, and the cook
takes tho mss,aaout Of the szettle and puts It
in piles Of about two poF.nds each on boards
70 dry. When Il is ready, they all sit down
70 these boards and eat with their fingers,
and seem perfectly satisfied over a meal of
dry meetsa. The Princes also live in the
same stgle,l After they have fnished their
meal, the cook passes jug Of water around
the company, and they al wash their mouths
and hands After this ceremony is over,
they fill their pipes and the cook furnishes
them with brand of fire. When tired Of
smoking, they all join In and sing until il is
time TO retire, when they lie down on the
soft side Of plank and sleep as soundly as
we do In q bed.
They only eat two meals day, one at
daylight and another at dark. II costs each
person about 81 kopecks per day TO live, Ia
! kopeck is about ( Of acent. Rather cheap
living that. They 7ill not make sleepers on
Sunday, as it is against their religion to work,
but stop at home, file saws, grind axes, &c.
We live little different from the mountain
eers, have coffee in the morning, breakfast at
eleven and dinner at six P. NJ, and general
/ " have dozen different dishes, change OF
plates every time. In fact, we live in Tegu-
lar French style, ! cannot give you
lmuch of a description Of the fair sex in this
! country as have not been In the interior far
enough, vet, to see the best looking ones.-
Those about here are rather dirty looking
Capt Moore says he has seen some beauties
ia the interior, but be says they are afraid Of
q European. When he entered their house
they all ran out doors and covered up their
mouthsr but would occasionally venture as
far as the door to get a look at him.
The daughters are still sold in this country
as in former times. A fine OiTcasslan girl
can be bought for 10 or 100 rubles. They
marry at Il and "A years OF age and are old
women at 20.
Jan. 4, ls6l.-The captain has returned
from Gudava after setting the laborers tC
work in the forest.
There are l40 more laborers expected to
day from the mountains, and ! think in two
weeks we will have 400 or 500 laborers a
work making sleepers
Capt. Moore has engaged a lighter to TAXI
one Of the houses here, to Gudayas and say
he shall move everything down there as soor
as possible.
Please remember me to all inquirinl
friends. Yours truly, 2. g.
I
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1Tbs follOwing letter from Mr.. z 2 Gates,
one of iha Young elsYslanders who went
ont iast yesa ,sith Capt Pierce, to bic friends
in thIs city, win be read viii much Interest.
-Eps. LEADER
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-02-28

A resolution introduced in the Peace Con
eress by Mr.. somers, Of Maine, 10 protect
freedom Of spesch aud Of the press in the
territories, was voted down. So that even
this right is not recognised by that sminently
respectable body. Kansas days Of warfare
are forgotten and the border ruhians may
for all this Convention earss-break up
more printing Offices and mob more free
state speakers. True, the adoption or reiec-
tion of any resolution By this Convention
does not change the stqtn Of affairs in any
territory, but is interesting az an exhibition
Of the compromising and concilatOrY spirit Of
that BODY. The southern states demand
that their slsUss be recognized as properly in
the common territories, and as such, protected
We do not recognize slaves as property, and
therefore ! irolostagainst any such protectica
But il there is any thing on earth that IS
recognized BY the whole earth Except the
aConfedesated States as property il is ones
own thoughts and words. But here the
Representatives Of the slave interest who are
so elamorous for protection iof FhatsVer may
be called property, come IN and say that we
shall not be masters of our own words and
shall not say what we think. win some
acompromiserso show US the justice or logic
Of this
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-02-28

The contributors to the Kansas Relief
Fund in New York City, for the weelZ ending
Feb. 18th were SIS, l4l. @
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-02-28
Ethan spIlEe,. Plan Of COmprOmIsa.


Ethan Spike, the regular successor to Major
Downing, las issued bis plan 81 eomprom-
ise, which be proposes 70 send to Washington.
hy The Coiirier. TIE esential items Of the plan
are. t.Ihe removal Of The Missouri line IS lar
North as the 81. LaWrsno1 river, sll south Of
that to be devoted to slavery; declaration
" the Republicans that they are sorry they
elected Lincoln and are willing 70 be forgiven;
the public burning Of the Chicago platform,
and such portions Of the Bible as seem to con-
aict with slavery; the removal Of Bunker
Hill Monument to South Carolina the in
mediate massacre Of all free negroes in the
Northern States; the perpetual banishment Of
Garrison, Phillips, Abby Folsom, Daniel Pratt,
Mrs. Bloomer, and Caleb Gushing, to Liberia;
e Plfribus Untm to be amended so as 70
read B Plrfibus Carolina; the Turkey Buzzaia
to Be substituted for the American Eagle I;
Major Anderson to be hung the stars to Be
obiiterated nom the national ensign and q
bale Of cotton to be substituted; Howell Cobb
to be proclaimed President and Gov. Floyd
Secretary Of the Treasury; only two news
papers TO be allowed in the free States-the
New York Day Book and the Eastern Argus;the
New England pulpit 70 be controlled by Cen
sors appointed by Senator Wigiall; the old
hats Of Iverson, JEFF. Davis and Yancey, shall
be set up in the market places Of the more
rsbellious Northern cities, and every person
refusing obedianca shan have bis nose fat
tensd- Is painted black and sold into slavery.
If alter this liberal offer our Southern
bretbern shall consinue contumaeious and
insist upon cutting our throats, then in the
spirit of '76, let us rouse in our strength and
run away"
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-02-28

Tbs Memphis Appeal says that the four
years Of hr. Lincoln's administration win be
ths reign Of steel
The four years Of Mr. Buchanan's have
been the reign Of stealilg, says Prentice.
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MARRIED.

IN rOya1Ioi, Fsb. z5rn, BY Elder Lynn, Of Rich
helF, Mr.. HORACE EDGERTOA and Miss RhODA
TAYLOR, both Of the former place.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-02-28

ITABAD WA1.-phe Char.eston Mercury
is in a bad way. Itis full Of painful aPPre-
hension. It dislrusts even those who have
been supposed 70 be the best aad most infa-
entail friends Of its cause. It talks about
q he insinssrs politieiaas Of TIE Keitt- ToeDlbs
sehoolp seems to be enlightened the ideaofa
reconstruction Of The Union. and says that At
this moment, ars-e0nstruetioh is the Fsaiagot az
fhs heart Of he Southern CoHfsds7ssg.'
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-02-28

sSGULAR oomucIDzSoz.- letter from a
brother of Major Anderson to a gentlemen m
New York, mentions the following curious
coincidence:
aItisa very streng coincidence that my
father was that Captain Of tbe Continental
line who BY mistake of bis superior began
the battle Of Trenton, where Robert was so
loag stationed And, as Major be was
prisoner Of WaE IN actual jail, fed on.y on
rice, With the smallpox for dessert, in the
very Charleston where his son Of the same
rank is now statianed,--the former under
Iarlion, the latter under Buchanan. What
6 acoincidence."
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-02-28

A 3. REDING, MERCHANT
~ sTAlL1R, has removed 70 No. Is Prospect
sfTeet Rothradis BLOCK, feW doors west Of Jones'
Marble Factory, where be viii he pleg1ed 70 aeeand
Vitod.'
gents who furnish their own materials VIII
a7Fant taeBous 70 oal on HIN.
~ PartlculaF attention paid 70 cutting BoEn'
ClgthinT, TdeSg A. b REDINGl AG11ts
The weekly Butte record., 1861-09-07
Space Annihilated.

I In an article on the wonders of the tele.
graph, an English paper tells of Liverpool
merchat travelling Holland, who suddenly found
himself in want of money. Instead of wr
ting to Amsterdom or Liverpool. and waiting
the return of post, he walks into the telegraph
Office and sends a few words by lightning tc
state his need This was at II O'Clock. A
turn or two on the quays, round the square OIL
the palace, would bring him to the hour oi
dinner Six o'clock found him at his wine. A
tap at the door-a stranger is introduced
"Have the honor of addressing M"
"Yes"
"Our London correspondent desires us to
place in your hands check for el00."
The Athenaum relates an anectote which
has different interest. The scene is the
Prague railway station at Vienna the time,
six o'clock, A. NJ, on the arrival of the great
train from Dresden, Prague and Brunn. An
Englisnman, who had lost his passport, is on
his way to the guard house, conducted by a
Croat soldier, on suspicion of being refugee
and a conspirator. He has about him letters
to various persons in Hungary and Italy,
chiefly patriots and knowing the Austrians,
he is altogether conscious that his case is bad
Arrived at the guard house, he is asked to tell
the story of his life-those of the lives of his
father, mother and acquaintance. He is eros
questioned, doubted and threatened. Of course
he lets them know that he is a free born Bri-
ton, and he plainly hints that they had better
mind what they are about His words are
disbelieved, and put down as evidence against
him. He is without a passport and every
man without passport is vagabond. A
thought struck HIM. When he entered Aus
tria at Badenback, he remembered that he
was detained couple of hours while the po-
lice looked into his passport and copied it in
to their books. That entry must still be there
He appeals to it, and suggests an enquiry by
telegraph, if the story be not true. The Croats,
with their long guns and dog faces, stare in be-
wilderment But the official could not refuse
the appeal, especially as the prisoner offered to
pay for the expenses of the inquiry. Away
flashed the lightning along the plains of Mo-
ravia, by the Maldua, and Elba, through the
mountains of Bohemia, to the heart of the
Saxon Switzerland The book was opened,
the story found true, and the reply sent back.
By ten o'clock the answer was at the gates of
Vienna,the Croats gave up their spoil, and in
less than an hour afterward the tourist was
enjoying Viennese breakfast at the Herr
Erzhog Carl.
The weekly Butte record., 1861-09-07

The TYPo AND THE EDIroR.-The lawyer
editor of a country paper who wrote very
blind" hand was frequently annoyed by com
positors' inquiries concerning words which
they could not decipher. One day compost
or, who was as little acquainted with the
disposition of the editor as he was with The
hand writing, entered the sanctum, and holding
the copy before his eyes, inquired what Ger
tain crooked mark stood for. The editor die
not wish at that time to be interrupted, and
exclaimed " Go to the devil
The compositor retired not to his Satanic
majesty, but to the composing room. Wher
the editor read the proofs, be had the pleasure
to see line of his leading editorial read
9" He (Mr. Webster) will, in all probability
go to the devil"
The copy was looked for, and the crooked
mark was rendered" be nominated"
The weekly Butte record., 1861-09-07
The Ghost of Catiline.

While sit gazing on this beautiful scene
and Eliminating on the struggles of the Gulephs
and the Ghibellines, man, withered by time
and bent beneath the weight of years, glided
from the door of the villa and seated himself at
my side. had never gazed on such forlorn
object. His clothes all seemed too large for
him. His long, dry, bony hands dangled out
OF his sleeves, and his legs swayed to and fro
like those of skeleton. The hair was thin
and gray, the forehead receding, the eyes small
and sunken deeply in the head, the nose long
and aquiline, the chin sharp and projecting
and the thin lips drawn tightly across the vel
low teeth, like those of one whose worst pas
sions are predominant
Who are you p l asked, little disturbed
by the close proximity of such figure. AS be
lifted his eyes to mine to reply, it seemed as il
looked through the deeply sunken orbits into
an empty skull.
Il? Who am ?" he asked, in sharp,
thin voice. An the world knows who I am,
or ought to know. l have done enough, and
suffered enough, to make it remember me-"
q" do not know you" replied. You are
a stranger to me-"
" You do not know me o. he continued, i'm
patiently. " You have read of me, and forgot
ten it amid your poetical .fogs 1 hate poetry
and eloquence. Oh how l hate frothy ora
tors! They fill the lunatic asylums, and thus
slay more than the warriors" he exclaimed,
bringing his hands together with such force
that the dry bones ratified "You have faith
in man you believe in virtue You'll learn
your weakness too late as, 1 did, he added
abstractedly.
"Who are you?" I again asked, growing
terrified
"A wronged man" he replied.
"Who was wronged you ?" l interrogated.
&C Cicero" was his aconc reply. He was
a cunning, frotby orator, who washed away
mems senses with the stream of his eloquence
| was an houest man, intent on the best inter
ests Of Rome, and worthy of place in the
Consulate but he, being of the stronger party
defeated me and pursued me into the grave.
=" Caesar was equally guilty with me, Gfthere
were any guilt,) but he saved him that he
might ride into power on his back. Were
the Romes benefactors Behold where she
lies | foresaw her fate, and meant to save
her immaculate by Staying her enemies and
committing her to the flames From Rome
chased by her hungry hounds, l fled to Fiesoe
In this garden | buried my treasure Here /
used TO sit, looking toward Rome, when the
sun was setting behind the Etruran hills" he
said, rising, and gliding into the villa like a
shadow.
The site of this villa is one of the most beau
tiul and interesting in the neighborhood of
Florence. In ancient times, the grounds are
said to have been chosen by Catiline as place
of deposit for his treasures. He flew to Fiesole
on quitting Rome, the leader of desperate
cause, and was defeated near Pistoia, almost
within sight of this Etrurian hill.
In 1929, a treasure of about one hundred
pounds of Roman silver money, all of a date
anterior to the Catiline conspiracy, was found
in this garden.
The weekly Butte record., 1861-09-07

GENERAL ScoTT," writes Jasper" a
Washington correspondent of the n. Y. Times,
is almost unnamed by the defeat at Bull
Run, and told the President, on Monday, that
this fatal, and only military error of his long
and well-spent life, was brought about BY rabid
civilians, who goaGed on the Cabinet, and the
Cabinet him, before bis plans were fully ma
tured. 1t seem hardly creditable but it is a
fact, that the old hero wished to send over to
Gen. Mcdowell nine additional regiments, on
Sunday morning, but the Commander of Ar
lington telegraphed that they did not want
them, they were equal to any emergency
etc."
The weekly Butte record., 1861-09-07

WHAT Is RED TAPE p" Red tape" is an
English expression, originated by Carlyle, and
made popular by Dickens, designed to repre-
sent the ceremOnious delays and official for
malities characteristic of the British Govern
ment routine. 1t is similarly used in this
country to ridicule the tardness with which
everything is effected by the formation of
government officials.
BEAUTIFUL THoUGHT.-There is but breath
of air and beat of the heart between this
world and the next. And in the brief inter
val of painfulness and awful suspense, while
we feel that death is pressing upon us, that he
is all powerful ard we are powerless, and that
the last faint pulsation here is but the prelude
of endless life hereafter we feel, in the midst
of stunning calamity about to fall upon us
that earth has no compensation sufficient tc
mitigate the severity of our loss But there
is no grief without some muni6cent provision
to soften intenseness. When the good and
the lovely die, the memory of their deeds, like
the moonbeams on the stormy sea, light up
our darkened hearts, and lends to the surround
ing gloom beauty SO sad, so sweet, that We
would not, if we could, dispel the darkness that
enyirons It.
The weekly Butte record., 1861-09-07

+" WHO BEGISYED THIS ERE WAR.-An
enraged parent had jerked his provoking son
across bis knee, and was operating on the ex-
posed portion of the urchin's person with great
vehemence, when the young one dug into the
parental legs with his venimous little teeth.
"Hell's flames what are ye bitin' for ?"
aWell, dad, who beginned this ere war p
The weekly Butte record., 1861-09-07

A place in Brazil, called Barbacena, is cele-
brated for the longevity of its inhabitants
Within short time three persons lave died
of the ages respectively Of 40, 126 and III
years
The weekly Butte record., 1861-09-07

We never see a man bewaling his i'll fortune
without something of contempt for his weak
ness. No individual or nation ever rose to
emidence in any department which gave itself
up to this childish behavior Greatness can
only be achieved by being superior to misfor
tune, and by returning again and again to the
assault with renewed energy
The weekly Butte record., 1861-09-07

A talking match recently came off in New
Orleans for FIVE hundred dollars a side. 1t
continued thirteen hours, the rivals being a
Frenchman and Yankee. The by-standers
and judges were all talked to sleep, and when
they awoke in the morning they found the
Frenchman dead and the Yankee whispering
in his ear.
The weekly Butte record., 1861-09-07

GREAT RIvER-Admiral Hope, of the Bri-
tish navy, has succeeded in ascending the great
river in China, Yang-tse, to distance of $40
nautical miles from its mouth, without any &C.
cident, and it was stated that it was naviga-
BILE for Isl miles further up, making in all 727
miles or about S42 statute miles from the sea-
The Yang-tse, therefore, although it be, in
point of navigation, neither the Mississippi OF
the ST. Lawrence, far excels the Ganges, the
Rhine and the Danube it is, indeed the finest
nayigable river Of the Old World
The weekly Butte record., 1861-09-07

SOME of the moralists tell us that woman
suffers great wrongs. No doubt she does, but
We sometimes think, when we see her nova
days. that she needs redressing more than her
wrongs do.
The weekly Butte record., 1861-09-07

The celebrated Andrew MARVEL in his
ironacle libel upon the press. said Lead,
when moulded into bullets, is not half so NOR
tai as when founded iato types"
The weekly Butte record., 1861-09-07

WHAT are you going to do, you bad wo-
mans boy?" said Mrs. Partington, as Ike
passed through the kitchen into the garden
Down with the seseshers !" he shouted, and
she looked out just in season to see the top Of
a weigelia bush fall before tie artillery sword
of Paul that the youngster held in his hand.
=" Y ou'd better go to Molasses Jugtion, if you
want to do that" she said, restraining his hand
as it was lifted against her favorite fuchsia,
ready to decapitate the plant that she had
watched with almost mothers care for three
winters. dear mel" she murmured half to
herself, what terrible thing war is, when
even the children show such signs of consan-
guinity, and brother is pitied against brother,
l can't bear to think of it. Isaac, dear, go
down and buy me an extradition of the paper u
Ike departed with a half dime, and from the
fact that no change came back, Mrs. Parting
ton supposed the price was raised.
LUxURIEs OF THE RoMANs.-The luxury OF
the table commenced about the period of the
battle of Action, and continued to the reign
of Galba. Their decacies consisted of pea
cocks, cranes of Malta, nightingales, venison,
and wild and tame fowls; they were also fond
of fish. The reigning taste was profusion Of
provisions whole wild boars were served up,
filed with various small animals and birds of
different kinds, This dish was called the Ira
jan horse, in allusion to the horse filled with
soldiers. Fowls and game of all sorts were
served up in pyramids piled up in dishes as
broad as modern tables. Mark Antony pro-
vided eight boars for twelve guests. Caligula
served up to his guests pearls of great value,
dissolved in vinegar, Lucullns had particu-
lar name for each apartment, and certain
scale of expense attached to each. Cicero
and Pompey agreed to take supper with him,
provided he would not order his servants to
prepare anything extraordinary. He directed
his servants to prepare the supper in the room
of Apollo. His friends were surprised at the
magnifcence of the entertainment. He then
informed them that when he mentioned the
name of the room, the servants then knew the
scale of expense. Whenever be supped in the
room of the Apollo, the supper always cost
el $50. He was equally sumptous in his
dress. A Roman pretor, who was to give
games to the public, requested to borrow one
hundred purple robes for the actors, Lucullus
replied that be could lend him two hundred If
he wanted them. The Roman furniture in
their houses corresponded with their profuse
ness in other respects. Pliny stated that IN
his time more money was often given for ta'
bic than the amount of all the treasures found
in Carthage when it was conquered by the
Romans,
The weekly Butte record., 1861-09-07

DOUBLE SEcEDER--The slaves who run
away from their masters in Virginia are set to
work at once by Gen. Butler, and made to
keep at it, much to their annoyance. One of
them having been put to it rather strong,
said: Golly, Massa Butler, dis nigger nebber
had to work so hard before; guess dis chile
will secede once noah y
The weekly Butte record., 1861-09-07

The piety of the N. Y. Tribune is not of
the severest sort. Speaking of the remark of
a Richmond paper that a slave connected with
the New Orleans artillery, made prayer for
the Southern cause, ETC., the Tribune says =
The prayers of the white rebels we should
not value rush; but if the blacks have really
taken 10 praying against us, why the oxen,
the horses and the mules will be at it next ;
so that we may as well be looking about u.s."
The weekly Butte record., 1861-09-07
TERMS.
Business Notice.

Messrs. THo'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 will be made in the Editorial control of the
Paper.
The weekly Butte record., 1861-09-07

Scum IN EVERY ARMY."-A private let
ter describes visit to the rebel prisoners to-
ken to Washington from Manassas Junction;
more healthy, vigorous. powerful set of men
| have not seen for some time. They repre-
resented Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina
and Virginia. l talked with a very gentle
manly South Carolinian who was taken in the
battle by the Minnesotians. He stated that
be was treated with the greatest kinddess by
his captors and and by the regulars" who
afterwards guarded him. When the brutal
assault here was spoken of on unarmed prison
ers, he merely shrugged his shoulders, and
said, there must be scum in every army"
OF our regiments be thought the Fire Zou-
aves made the most fiery charges. He admit
ted that his men were driven back some mile
and a quarter, and that their losses were tre-
mendous. They all Indignantly denied that
any barbarities were inflicted on the wounded;
and that their regiments had the most thor
ough supply of lint, bandages, medices and
surgeons, and that our wounded surely would
be kindly attended to. Ill we're in excel lent
spirits.