The Placer herald., 1865-03-18

IN, PLACER CUUNII, l
time Of the siege of Fort Sumter his genius
beamed upon the world in one Of the most
ridiculous and absurd ideas for the relief Of
that fort that was ever heard Of. 1t was
thought that a man who had the brains to
conceive such au absurd idea must be gen
ius, and be was next found to he practically
the First Lord Of the Admiralty. Pretty
soon it became necessary to build some
twenty iron clads. The Naval Committee
recommended that the building should be
under the authority Of the President Of the
United States instead of the Secretary Of the
Navy. The result was known. Several
speeches were made, and finally the bill be-
came law, and placed the building under
the control Of the Navy Department.
Twenty iron clads were ordered to be built,
and they were two years building. Last ses.
sion | introduced q resolution calling the
attention OF the Committee on the Conduct
of the War to their history. This new ge
Mus in the Navy Department contemned the
opinion Of the bureau of construction, and
undertook to build something upon the sug.
gestions Of bis own genius. | would bo glad
to have that Committee report on this sub.
ject will tell the Senate the result The
iron-cFads were beautiful. They would on
fair trial, have made nine knots an hour; but
it would have been nine knots toward the
bottom Of the sea. They were not worth
the iron they were made Of.
Tho Chair- 'pLa ,,,or,,ine, bon- hoe
pired and the unfinished business is in order.
Mr.. lala-Weil, suppose can give an
other ius,aIment tomorrow Laughter)
Cory o'Lanus on Family Affairs.
The Brooklyn Eagle has a correspondent
who knows a thing or two. Hear him:
1t is good thing tor a man to pay atten'
ton to his family.
Provided he has one.
Married men generally have.
So have l.
II is the natural consequence Of getting
married.
Families, ike everything else are more
expensive than they used to be. Shoes and
clothes cost sight now days, and children
have mostly good appelites.
Mine have.
Boys will be boys. They can't help it.
They were born SO. 1t is their destiny to
tear their trowsers, and wear out two pair
of boots month; keeping their blessed
ma constantly employed like besieged
garrison, repairing breeches, and their uu-
fortunate pa paying out currency, under
strong conviction that there is nothing like
eat her"-to wear out
l tried copper'toe boots on my heir. The
copper wore we'll, and have au idea that
copper boots would be good idea, but
couldn't find metallic shoemaker to carry
it out.
Mrs. OIL also became attached to copper,
and thought that il would be an improve
ment and save sewing, if boys pantaloons
were like ships and tea kettles, copper.botl
toned. The suggestion was A No /, but
haven't tried it yet.
Copper so ran in my head at the time that
O'Pake called me copperhead
This was the origin of the term.
Mrs. OIL. is a very managing woman
She makes trowsers for her son, Alexander
Themistocles, out Of mine, when I've done
with them. He can get through three pair
to my one, ordinarily, and am obliged to
wear out my clothes faster than l used to,
in order to keep him supplied.
once suggested that it might be within
the resources of art and industry, to make
him pair out of new material.
Mrs. OIL. said positively that it couldn't
be done. 1t would ruin us. She concluded
that it was cheaper to cut up pair that I
had paid twelve dollars for.
subsequently found upon inquiry that
new cloth for the purpose could have been
bought for about two dollars.
| ventured to tell Mrs. OIL, expecting a
triumph of male foresight over female lack
Of Judgment
She gave me look Of scorn, as she want
ed to know if had asked the price of
"trimmings."
Trimmings were too much for me.
have been afraid of trimmings ever since.
Trimmings, suppose, means buttons and
things.
Ia addition to clothes, the scion of our
house runs up other expenses.
But what is expenses compared with the
iov father feels, when after day. labor-
Gus exercise at the Office, wrestling with a
Stee! pen, he returns 10 MS domestic Tetreal,
and is met at the gate by smiling cherubim
who in tones that go to his fond parents
heart, and make him forget his troubles,
says, "Iello, pa, give me penny"
Your hand ustinctvely goes to the seat
of his affections, your pockets, and draws
forth the coveted coin, which is promptly
invested in molasses candy.
G4y- A firm at the Mission Dolores, San
Francisco, have recently commenced the
manufacture of channel.nailed boots and
shoes for ladies and children. The soles
looked like sewed work, but they are in re-
ality rivited to the uppers by nails, which
are driven by hand on an iron plated last
This clinches the nail, and renders separaI
ton from the uppers almost impossible
M ~ Ia ,yb tho paiIs