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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-02-15
THE SOUTHERN CoNFEDERACY.



CHARLESTON, s. c., Feb. IL, 1861.
The Rebels are glum. Their occupation is
gone. TIE game is out of their hands. The
Montgomery Convention, or Congress, has done
the business. The selection of JEFF. Davis and
Alex. Stephens for the posts of President and
Vice. President of the Southern COnfederacy has
proved complete breakdown of the hopes and
expectations of the fre-eaters. They led off in
the Secession business, broke the ice, and were
ready to break their necks for Southern rights.
Rhets was going TO be the first President, and
the State stood ready to supply all the other Of.
fcers. But instead Of Rhet. being chosen Presi-
dent, Davis, who is opposed to South Cardinals
extreme policy, with Stephens, who is Union
man at heart are chosen, and South Carolina
gets nothing but this rebuff The fire eaters
swear that they have been sold, and that Gov.
Pickens has all along been secretly in the bust
ness But one thing more remains to be done 10
render Secession, as South Carolina understands
it, worse than an abortion and that u.s. the plac-
ing of the question relating to Fort Sumter and
the other Government property out Of the hands
Of South Carolina, and handing it over TO the
Confederated authorities. South Carolina can no
longer lead; she must follow, and be led by those
who have quite different ideas of things. Should
this transfer OF the main question in dispute be
made, as is now expected, it would quite break
the backs of the fre-eaters. Perhaps they have
suspicion that in the long (or shorty run their
necks may share the same fate. Ii is said that
men sometimes have remarkable preseDtiments of
the mysterious ways whereby memorable justice
asserts itself.
Since South Carolina bas had both breeding
and martingales placed on her, you may expect
to see some extensive 1OunderiDg, as is generally
the case with fractions snimas-subjects for the
hands of Rarey. The Mercury foresbadows it.
1t told the Montgomery Convention that if it did
anything, directly or indirectly, that savored of
." reconstruction" its labors might cease with
the beginning thereof What was denounced in
advance as the fatal policy has been adopted,
and The Mercury, the fire eaters and the soyer-
egn State Of South Carolina must submit--or
seeede Stranger things than that have happened.
There is tall swearing among the chivalry who
have been 30 long in arms Except when they
have been wheeling sandy, and "spoiling for
fight" The suspicion is current that after all
they are doomed to be disappointed. At any
corDer of the street you may hear the prediction
freely INDUCED that notwithstanding all that bias
been done to drive Maj. Anderson out of Fort
Sumter, and bid defiance to the Federal Govern
nent, things will stand as they now do on the
It'll of March, after which time they now realize +
hey will have quite another sort Of people to
eal with. The prospect is uncomfortable and
he denunciations which have of late been 80
RELY INDUCED in toward Gov. Pickens for not
living the word that would let loose the dogs of
carolina on the immortal seventy In Fort Sumter
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-02-15
MINOR ITEMS.
CUTTING TIE MISSISSIPPI LEvEEs.

CUTTING TIE MISSISSIPPI LEVEES.
A secession paper censuIes for the intimaiion,
that In the event of dissolution aid war, Northern
misereapts might the leyees Of the Mssspl Ill high
water and nundate the country. Bat 1t Ii best to look
the truth directly in the face THERE'S 30 use In men y
despeIa ely shutting their eyes aud souls TO what they
muit know in their hearts may be. Five men,
a smaller number might make crevas1e IN q Missis-
sipIi levee in hour; and would men who tteal
niggers ia time Of peace be any too good TO cut can
bnnk ments in time of war Would they have any
more scrnpcs ia cutting banks than in cuing TIN oats
There can be doubt, that, II dissolution III war
shall come, both sections will be overwhelmed with
the rushing tide Of ruin No mortal may TIL which
section could mott uiure the other Livery true heart
must ii, ken at the fearful contemplation Why, why
will lot the American peope be vie and discard the
[I.oui,vilo Journal
TIE SCRAMBLE FOR OFFICE.
The new " Confederacy" is in trouble. Everybody
wants Office The GeorgIanB are tie moot clamorOus,
and neat TO them cone the patriots Of Alabama. a
letter In The Baltimore american, dated at Mont
gomery, tells the story:
"As I have hitherto predicted, II is evident that
Georgia will have the greatest share Of honor ana
Offices in the naionaltyone Of her sons, Howell
Cobb, Is President of the Provincial Congress.
Georgia, begun 10 think, i hule too greedy. Size
aspires TO TOO much of the plumber Thus lar sbe bar
had more than her share; but uueatisted win the lions
tortion, size would with Ler energy swamp all the
slower craft. Already the GeoreiaIs are hockug 10
the cara with the smell Of fat Offices In eir
tils and to make the object more atainate, like
Vandas they will Try " carry oil the car iIol 10 their
own Stale.
"Next foremost in the hunt for Office stands Ala
ma Ills, however, is but natural, and 10 b. eX-
pected since the sessions Of the uopgretb held ut
The aIital of the State"
FROM PRENTICE. ..
Tennepsee paper tays that both wings OF tie Be-
purity in that Stale have been broken. Yes its
VIII. are broken It's tail feathers phcked out ana ils
comb and spurs cut. Why doesn't IL crowi y
BryoRr ASD AFTER SrcEssIos.-Ihe State Of Tex
as--,bs Republic Of 1a1es.
meeting ops Of bis yVung friends In the street, lsoksd
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MISCELLANEOUS.
oNoT WELL ENOUGH EXECUTED"

prentice on the Secession portraits in Ha,pty' Weetl
Sham execution Prentice eries in scorn.
Indeed, they might be better hung and drauni
Instead of cood-cuts, would we try but steel,
Thrice blessed were il for the common veal
The better still each traitor is engraved,
The louder praise will give a country savedl
L. MIDHURST.
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choice. And 1T rs wise to come rs speedily "a
possible to determination in respect to them.
j. s. p.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1861-12-21

r Gf r.

OsGce Clc,'h r I'd # Sq e'7js"ra,
Wood County, Wis.
NOTICE is hereby given that the
~ following described lands we're
sold by the County Treasurer of
Wood County on the 18th and 9th
days Of May, 1859, for the taxes
and charges thereon for the year
1853, and the same are Jet unfc-
deemed in this office. and the hold
rrs Of certificates Of sale Of said
lands viii be entitled to tax deed
thereof, in accordance with the
laws Of this State. unless redeemed
on or before the 18th day Of Mav,
1862. The intcse5t and charges,
including redemption fee, are com
puted TO the las. cay Of rcdQmp-
ton
Given under my hand at Grand
Rapids, this 18th day of October,
1861.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-28
FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
THE PEOPLE FOR THE UNION.

Correspondence of The N. Y Tribune
STANLEY COUNTY, n. c., March 20, 1861.
I occasionally meet with THE TRIBUNE, and
am proud that the friends of universal Freedom
have in il so able champion. You have long
since noticed the result of the election in this
State. The majority Of Union men sent to the
Convention ia about two to one over the Seces-
sionists. but the Convention itself was also de-
feated.
The vote for a Convention in this Stale can
not be regarded as a test of the strength of the
SecessoDists-for | know hundreds OF good
Union men who blindy voted for Convention,
thinking that such a body would have the effect
of strengthening the Union. The truth is, you
Northern people over-estimate the strength OF
the Secessionists in this State. You have more
friends here than you aware of. THE TRIB-
UNE is called incendiary, yet everybody knows
that as a newspaper it has no equal in America.
I am clad to see that il is not what used to
suppose it was. always heard, before seeing
it, that it aimed TO subvert the Constitution, and
was anxious to see the Union dissolved; but
those who read it know how devotedly it Is at
IdcHtO not to tmon puo w eho N'"'''
tuition. .....
The vote in this county was 800 against Con-
yention 10 about 81 for it. So you see how we
stand. The truth is, our people generally like
the Northern States, with their peculiar political
sentiments, better than they do the States south
of US. We don't want to go with the Cotton
States. We think we should then become heuers
of wood and drawers of water for them. The
truth is, these Cotton States don't want any OF
the Border States to join them, except TO acquire
respectable military force, to preserve them
from danger. We have TO find market for nr
-four and corn in South Carolina, and if the Cen
eral Government should recognize the ndepen-
ence of that sham and feeble concern, dort
know what we should do.
If The TRIBUNE was allowed to be ireey
taken in this State, know OF hundreds Wio
would subscribe for it. There are many such N
this county, but in Randolph and Guiliord Coui'
ties it would exceed in circulation all Others.
| hope that the new Administration Will act up
TO the Inaugural. If 50, all will be well. NoIti
Carolina n true to the Union az our father
made il, and has no idea of abandoning II to JON
a Government which viii be wholly shaped toward
perpetuating Slavery. WuBERFoRCR.
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Governor has jus. signed a bill turning them over

Governor has just signed q bill turning them over
10 the Southern Confederacy.
Mr.. Yapcey ia in this city en- route for Europe
as Commissioner from the Confederate states.
He processes TO be sangune that Great Britain
and France will immediately recognize the Con-
federacy. Gen. Whitfield, late of Kansas, where
he chung to the expiring Administration as long
as there was any pap left, became disguised with
the triumph Of Free Labor in that new State
when there was no more office holding for the
Pro-Slavery men, and passed through here
few days since with his niggers," on his way
to settle in Texas. II is announced to-day, that
Twiggs has been preferred Brigsdier- General
ship by JEFF. Davis, but declines on account OF
feeble health.
AmusemeDts are dull. Adeline Patti appears
at the Opera House on Saturday night for the
last time prior to her departure for Europe she
would have done much better business here az
some other season of the year than she has OF
late, for our large Catholic population will not
turn out much during Lent. Mrs. Waller if
playing Meg Merres" at the st. Charles, 10
thin houses, being wretchedly supported by the
stock company. The weather has been unseason-
ably cold for day or two, and there have been
two heavy frosts, which, it is feared, VIII iRJure
the young wheat. The Convention to-day Is e1'
cavating into the bank question very drowsily for
the lobby. Our mails here are very curious
dispensaton. st. Louis and interior Louisiana
papers of Nov. II, 1860, arrived day or two
since Our latest New.York mails are to the
l3th-express dates two days later.
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GLEANNGs FROM SOUTHERN MAILS.

bBEANlNtS fhOM CoD lbltINN Nails.
90 Capt. Rollins Of the steamer Isabelle, formerly on
the route between Charleston and Havana has rendered
his tine ship to jeff Davis for The Southern navy. She
was built in Baltimore under tue eye of Capt r., and
is u large and substantial craft. ....
The Southern Treasury Department has sent out
the following information:
Ia pursuarce OF the act Of Congress Of Fob o. 1861
entitled An act 70 antoze the Secretary Of II m ar
ufy 10 es,al lish additional ports anu aces of entity
and delivery, aud appoint Oitets therefor, heIuby
establish tle following ports d places OF entry and
delivery, that i, 70 FAY:
Noriols az N,hss Landing, on the Mississippi
River. .. ..
fernando, o. q Mississippi and Central Railroad.
Holly Springs on the Mis- i--irri Central Railroad
EaStport, o. tue TEN essee River.
CorLth, al ,he crossing oil the Mobile and Ohio ans
Of TIE Memphis ard Charleston RAILROADS.
Atheus, Oh the railroad from Decatur to Pulaski.
Stephenson, at the jun,iion Of lie Memphis and
Charleston, and of Inc Nashville and Chattanooga Rail
roads.
Atlanta, at the junction Of the Georgia Railroad tie
Western aud Atlantic, and vaii US other Hul oaas,
Chester ut the ian tion Of ihe Charlotte and Colum-
bia and of the Kings Mountain Railroad.
Florence, al tue junction Of the Wilmington and
Muhchest,r. pnl OF tie North Eastern ana Of tie
Cheraw aud Darlington Railroads..
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FAsuIoS N l730,--At the time i mention, hool 3
were constantly worn q yards wide, which required
much six TO cover them; and gold and silver were
much used Tor trimming never lea than three r0Hs
round the pelcoat tLai, thoagh the rk was slight
the piioe vas increased BY the thinning Theu the
heads were al dressed IN laces fOm tlaud-rsi M
boudes o. coarse edging used; the poe Of these was
bigh bit two suits would serve for lie they were not
renewed but at marriage, some great event. Who
could not afford those frnges Of thread In those
day, tue ladies went to church, and appeared other
rTged cot aAiuga place in the procession at the OPEN
pg of the General Assembly, used TO be spoken OF by
old people as a fine show. When lady appeared in
undiess in the streets Of Edinburgh, she generally
wore mask, which, however seems to have been re-
tiuas, ~ domestic Annals Of Scotland
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the idea of cutting the matter short BY opening
on Fort Sumter. The rate at which TINS sort oil
feeling has increased Of late is marked iact
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-04-06
Scrofula, or Kings Eu;l

is q constitutional disease, a corrun,;o.
blood, by which this fluid becomes ~; !. as
weak, and poor. Being in the c;rep,s,a'su
pervades the whole body, and NAV Nm.
IN disease on any partcf it. No organ I eat
from its attacks, nor is there one which |, NE
not destroy. The scrofulous faint is ya,:.4 ia!
caused by mcrcurial disease. low l;v;n,
ordered or unhealthy food. impure or Us Gs'
and filthy habits, the depressing vices ~. ma
above all. by the venereal infection. MUG aaa
ever be its origin, it ia hereditary in ths a.'
stitution, descending from parents to cL;,S Ca'
unto the third and fourth generation !" ;rs.ss
it seems to be the rod of Him who sars :,
will visit the iniquitics of the fathers rDos
their children" @
Its effects commence by deposition from u.
blood Of corrupt or nleerous matter, which =
the lungs. liver, aud internal organs i ,o,ra "a
tuberclcs; i'll the glands, swellngs: and y
the surface, cruptioas or sores. This fanl ~ ~
ruption, which gcndcrs in the blood, dcnres...,
the energies of life. so that Serofuous cons,;,,
tons not only suffer from scro!ulops s.4
plants, but they have far less power 10 r;,,'
stand the attacks of other diseases: cons.
quently vast numbers perish by disordO,,
which. although not scrofulous in their nn,nr,
are still rendered fatal by this tain, in n,
system. Most Of the consumption which a..
cinates the human family has its origin dircc,lr
III this scrotulous contamination; and man,
destructive diseases of the liver, kidneys, BRAN
ana' indeed. of all the organs. arise from o.
arc aggravated by the same cause. ..
One quarter of all our people are scrofulou.
their persons are invaded d. this lurking in.
lection, and their health is undermined nv !,
10 cleanse it from the system we mus. repoys,e
the blood by an Alternative medicine, md i'm
visorate it Ivy healthy food and exercise
Such q medicine we supply in
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-04-06
MAINTAINING BUCHANAN:

The New York Tribune has been eIamin-
Ing thu " contingent expenses" Of the
Treasury Department under Mr.. Cosb's
regime, With the following singular re-.
cults,
Til. modes. som 81 sass. so Vas expended
Tor penknives during the year-and this
enlv for the chief ma, himself. Caleb
Cushing. for professional service" re-
eei~-d $500. tsu possible that the brilliant
Mssiesn Generals peculiar abilities we're
called farsh in the preparation Of the Won
derfui Treasury reports which annually
ny.t,Aed the eeunsryf Or wss this amount
intended to remansraie him for his assis-
taaes in hressing up the Democratic party
q Charleston
A hcrse figures largely 10 the account
under consideration. We have srss the alb
soluts cost Of the horse, 500: then other
items - follows; Livery OF horse. 500. %,
hir. Of horse, SHE'S; doesorins of horse.
&C.; .hseins Of horse. Sla6. g. harness Of
horse. Sss.1s; A. net for horse. S51s: max.
ing the total disbursement fer the auadru.
ped, Ssa>.60. This experience IT Mr.. Cobb
nav accauas for the small display of cavalry
10 the Southern armv; fer no treasury, even
added By "a exror; daty on cotton. one Of
Howells most luminous ideas. could sas-
aasn the trsn.ht at manr such horses.
Ia ths mids; Of such exsrsvaxanee il 10
refreshing to come upon bit Of economy,
a ,ash in this case il Was not jadicioas; we
learn TIA: .es charge for ~sssssaaaias 80
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The Washington correspondent OF the
Nashville Patriot thus happily hits OIL the
wav affairs have been managed at the
Federal Capital under the administration OF
Pierce and Buchanan
The way the government gets its work
done il curious. AS an illustration, you
and YOUR family meet 10 convention OF the
whole. and ADOPT a resolution authorizing
the construction Of a hem coop in your back
ward. You at once appoint me superintend-
ent of the work, putting Il thousand or two
of dollars in bank for me to cheek on. l
get you to appoint my bro,herin-law chief
engineer. | appoint two OF my brothers
assistant superlnteudents, and my brother
in-law appoints two of his brothers assistant
engineers-all at your expense. We buy US
each fast horse and buggy, and ride around
town, drink hot cock tails and play billiards.
until the bank deposit gives out, when we
make out printed report OF s9senty-three
pages, furnishing you complete topograph-
zeal survey of your back yard, anu vast
amount of statistical information with re-
gard to the number of hens you are likely
20 have for the next thirty years. We wind
up the report with the announcement that
the site of the hen.coop has been selected,
and call for another appropriation to
prosecute the work. which we assure you will
be done with "visor." You place another
thousand or two in bank, and We employ
two hundred hands at three dollars day to
transport seventy-fv cents worth oil lumber
(Which costs you under our management
about ten times that many doiIars) to the
place of operations, which requires about
three months. In the meantime we drive
around and go on vigorously with the liquor
and the billiards. We then come up with
another report, and a demand for another
appropriation. With this we get the walls
of the structure up, and with one or two
more appropriations, and a great many more
cock-tai and billiards, we get the thing
covered 10, and at the end of twelve months.
which we very appropriately style our Fiscal
year," we put you in formal possession of
a ten thousand dollar hen-coop that any
negro carpenter would have been glad to
knock up some Saturday afternoon for a
suit Of your old clothes.
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,hes. emissaries Of the Slave Confederaey
10 the kind attention of the European bank
er.. Il is true that their principals cannot
obtain dollar of the proposed loan IN this
country. But here cur moneyed men are
governed BY certain old-fashioned prelu-
diees. They are apt to stand upon security.
Ii caano, be said that they are OF the mag
unanimous class which,
.ExEIts to trust and bushes TO be paid
On the contrary, they are little $40" 10
trust and somewha; churiishly insist upon
the certainty of repayment. Mr.. fioyd1s
note of hand for hundred dollars. even
With the endorsement of Wigfali. could not
be cashed in Wall street. Unreasonable,
we grant, selfish 10 the extreme, utterly de-
fciens in large, liberal views, are these
capitalists of ours. In Paris and London,
doubtless, business is transacted on diuer-
ent naxims. There the borrower has only
TO hold cut hi. hand and it is filed, what,
ever smutehes and stains it may be h!iea
With. There the lenders heart warns
bensyoleptIy towards the man who comes 70
him withou. credit and without character,
or even with a character which proves MIN
utterly unworthy of credit, aud throws
himself upon his sense of generosity. we
wish Messrs. Yancey. Mann and Rost a
good VOYAGE to that hospisable REGION
". Y. Ereniug Post.
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only Eve dollars! Surely this Has not wise;
surely il would have been better to have
bought fewer penknires and 10 have used
more whitesash i. certainly was needed.
Two hundred and Fifty dollars for penkniSes,
seven hundred dollars for single horse,
and only FIVE dollars for vhltswash. Inc
case is worse than that Of JACK FalssaH's
sack and bread.
Bu, the mos. astonishing item OF sill is
this, which the reader viii look at, then rub
his eyes, and look again:
s-ys-1ishins Mr. 1a....--..-....-....ss,So
Vanishing Mr. Buchanan Consider the
work, Three dollars aud hftv cents =
Consider the pay As we reEoise thIs De.
wiidsr;ng and fruitful topic IN our tortured
mind, what picture rises before us Inc
Old Public Functionary presents himself 10
the Treasury Department for his coat or
varnish-it may be his second coat; per-
chance bis third. The feeble hands OF the
Sage of Wheatland wander aimiessiy about
in search of something 70 grasp, While the
puffy Georgian applies the brush; perhaps
they fal! on The ponderous iesIcons charged
among the contingencies perhaps they
s,eady themselves BY the Constitution and
the Iaws-bound IN sheep. With piteous
accents he implores bis friends not to ''lay
i, on 50 ,hich.'' The job done, The Score
tory picks his teeth with one Of his pen
knives. while the President cuts a ''chew"
from bis favorite weed with another, and
then goes out to dry. The apparent imbe-
ci.ty Of Mr.. Buchanan when he should have
acted is now explained; he was not allowed
/ to move the yarnish was hardening.
| VIVA, was the purpose of the vanishing:
| Was il to preserve the grea. man? Was it
! to keep him from cracking? Was It to
| restore his colors and bring back the blush
| of youth /? Why was the nation asked TO
paw only $3.50 for this important work !:
| After having saved so much in whitewash.
even though the penknives had bled Us and
! that horse had been ridden roughshoj over
US, could We not have afforded more than
/ this poor fraction for such n job! 1t must
| be that the ex- Secretary made his toll n
labor of love and only charged for the
material.
! The publication of this account will do
/ much for the character of Mr.. Cobb. He
| reduced the country almost to bankruptcy :
! he suarled and twisted all the threads IN
| which his clumsy hands became entangIed;
/ he turned traitor himself, and added others
/ TO do likewise; bu, this last deed shall be
/ told to posterity as the one bright spot in
/ his dull life, and the epitaph engraven on
! his monumen, by grateful country should
/ be- lie Vanished Mr.. Buchanan!