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Year: 1861

FAILING BAcK.-The Pony has become
very indolent. Long ago, when thrown upon
its own resources-when it had to rely for
its oats upon its own activity-it was as spry
as a deer, and made astonishing time across
the great Mediterranean desert; but now
that it is Government institution, it has be-
come a sluggard-a very sloth in fact On
Tuesday last, it came singing into this city
without ambition, and hardly bearing the
semblance of life, with St. Louis dates just
two days ahead of the Overland Mail. The
Pony brought dates to the 10th, and the Mail
which came in on the same train, brought
dates to the 18TH If it cannot in crossing
the continent, get more than forty-eight
hours ahead of the coach, it had better hitch
on to that institution altogether. In fact, if
the Pony don't do better thanit has done of
late, no one will regtet its abolition. When
it requires seventeen to eighteen days from
st. Louis, its services can well be dispensed
with.-Sac Bee
Year: 1861

No LEATHER FOR THE REBELS The block
ade is seriously effecting the understandings
of the Secessionists. They are out of leather.
The Charleston Mercury says the Quarter,
master Generals Department in Richmond
has received five thousand of new kind Of
shoes, of rather curious description, that
promises to answer well in the great scarcity
of shoe leather The upper portions of the
shoe are made of canvas, instead of leather
The canvas is prepared so as to make it i'm
pervious to the weather, and is said to equal
in comfort, durability and all respects of
wear, the best of shoe-leather
Year: 1861

Dissolution OF THE UNIoN.-A writer in
the Cornhill Magazine for August, hits the
question of the rightof the Southern States
to secede from the Union by this hap
py illustration: at is as if a wife after hen
pecking her husband for twenty years,
claimed right to divorce him.
Year: 1861

We would call the attention ofJusices of the Peace
to the assortment of Blanks for sale at the DEMOCRAT
office They are of the latest and most approved
prms and will be sold at liberal rates.
Year: 1861

REBuKE TO THOSE WHO TALK OF TIE COST
OF THE WAR.-Now that the booming of the
cannon of treason and the cry of men stricken
unto death for fidelity to our flag are borne
to US on almost every breeze, it is narrowing
to the soul to be dragged into companionship
with those who still vacillate, who are still
balancing chances and coldly calculating
losses and gains who still persist in treating
this agonizing struggle for national existence
as a petty question of commerce, and delib-
erately take out their scales and weigh in our
presence the beggarly jewels of trade against
the life of our country.-Joseph holt.
Year: 1861

FouND DEAD-On Sunday last, says the
Placcrville Republican, the body of little
child was found dead in Chinese basket,
below Coloma, near Tunnel Point, on the
bank of the South Fork of the American river.
The body was evidently put in the basket
and sunk in the sand, the top of the basket
being exposed. How or when it came there
remrins mystery
Year: 1861

kE-oPENTNG OF NORTHERN CoMMUNICATIoH.-A
pubic meeting will be held at the Corn Exchange
this morning, to consider the propriety of memo
ria'izing the Legislature to Immediately reopen the
various railway communications from this CITY.
Year: 1861

1t Is truly gratifying to learn with what prompt
| ness our citizens pay their taxes. With all the
strlngency of the times and the arrangement of bu.
slness, the payments at the City Collectors office
tar exceed the anticipatons of the most sanguine
and must disappoint all croakers. All this must
be an assurance that there is no anarchy here as
the enemies OF our city have labored to prove,
and certainly exhibits the fact that there is
no scarcity OF means to meet the public demands
upon the taxpayer. This aid to city treasury
VIII Certainly enable her to meet her liabilities
promptly, and thus quiet all fears on that score
lhe holders OF her stocks be assured of the re-
guiar payments of their interest, and confident
ly rely that our city obligations will be faith
iuily met This public confidence has also
an extended benefit upon all other corpor-
ate securities, for all more or less de-
pendent on the substantial character of the
clty'S credit. While we feel very sensblv
the general depression and arrangement of
trade, yet we are happy to know that our citizens
are not too poor to pay their taxes nor frightened
from their business habits by the threats of our
very dlsinterested friends at the North, who 50
revel IN the thought of cutting our throats and
then laying our city in ashes. From an Incl
dent that we have heard of, where a lady
called Tor her tax bill, saying that she wished to
pay 1t at once, for in these times she wanted to do
all she could for the city, inclined to think
that patriotism has something to do with the
present prompness of our taxpayers.


From the proper source we learn that the aggre-
gate receipts at the Tax Department for the three
last days was SIS, 900; good beginning for the
levy OF 1861, and a pretty good evidence that our
people do not believe that the world is coming to
an end, or that Baltimore is just now to be annihi-
lated by Senator Spinola.
Year: 1861

The papers say that lady entered wgmaker's
establishment on Broadway, Ner York. and direct
ed the hardresser to eat her hair off short and
part it at the side. She said that her husband had
enlisted, and that she was determined to follow
him.
Year: 1861

in all probability they will be the first to 9o-- Meanwhile we advise all who are really anxious to enlist in active service to enlist at once in the ranks of regular volunteers in Hartford or New l Haven
Year: 1861

CTR CAKE.-One cup of butter two of
sugar, three of flour, four eggs well beaten
together whites and yolks beat separately.


TO USE STALE BREAD.-Slce the loaf
only thinner; dip the slice in the batter, and
fry them brown in bot butter or lard


CmspED PorAroEs.-- potatoes until
about half done, then peel and bake them
in hot oven. This is superior to the ordi-
nary way Of baking.
Year: 1861

COOP SODA BIsCuIr.-Take rs much
flour as a common family needs and two
large table spoonful of lard, or if you use
butter it will take more, rub it well into the,
flour. Blu. before you rub your lard or but
ter into the -four, sprinkle and rub through.
the flour one teaspoonful of finely pulver
lied salt; mix into n soft dough with sour
cream-sour milk will do---rol your dough
lightly and cut them out and bake as quich
as possible without burning.
Year: 1861




Take half bushel Of nice unslacked
lime slake it with boiling water, cover it
during the process to keep up the steam.
Strain the liquid through fine seive or
strainer, and add to it peck of salt, pre-
viousy well dissolved in water; three pounds
of ground rice, boiled to a thin paste, and
stirred in boiling hot; half pound Of
powdered Spanish whiting, and a pound of
clean glue, which has been previously dis
solved by soaking it well; and then hanging
it over a slow fire, in small kettle with a
large one filled with water. Add five gal.
Ions of hot water to the mixture, stir it we'll,
and let it stand few days covered from the
dirt.


1t should be put on right hot; for this
purpose it can be kept in kettle on a port.
able furnace 1t is said lha, about pint of
this mixture will cover square yard upon
the outside of a house if properly applied
Brushes more or less small may be used ac-
cording TO the neatness of the job required.
1t answers as well as oil paint wood, brick
or stone, and is cheaper. 1t tains its bril-
lancy for many years. There is nothing of
the kind that will compare with it, either
for outside or inside walls


Coloring matter may be put up in, and
made of any shade you like. Spanish
brown stirred in will make red or pink,
more or less deep according to the quantity.
delicate tinge of this is very pretty Tor in
side walls. Finely puverized common cav
well mixed with Spanish brown, makes red
dish stone color. yellow ochre stirred in
makes yellow wash, but chrome goes farther
! MI, ,,,,Eac lar, llx, al
tier. In all these cases the darkness of the
shades of course is determined by the guam
tily of coloring used. 1t is difficult to
make rules because tastes are different; il
would be best to try experiment on a slingls
and let it dry We have been told that
must be mixed with lime. The lime des-
roys the color and the color has an effect
on the whtewash, which makes it crack and
peel.


When walls have been been badly smoked,
and you wish to have them a clean white, Il
is well to squeeze indigo pIentifuIy through
a BAG into the water you use, before it is
stirred in the whole mixture. If larger
quantity than five gallons be wanted, the
same proportions should be observed


have tried the following plan, and found
it Il certain cure for gapes in chickens.
Take medium sized broom splint, and with
sharp knife make two or three barhs near
the large end Open the mouth of the
chicken, having its neck down straight, and
as the wndpipe is opened for breath, put in
the instrument, and running it carefully
down the full ergth Of the wind pipe, turn
it around and draw it up, when one or more
small red vorms an inch in length will be
found caught in the barbs. havs taken
out four worms at one insertion. Two OF
three operations are often necessary, but Il
faithfully performed, the remedy is sure.


1merican Agricuhurist
Year: 1861

A GENERAL BANKRUPT LAw.-Ihe New
York Times says


sin view of the commercial disasters con
sequeut upon the late political panic, he
proposition is again agtated here tor the
passage of general bankrupt act, in order
to save from destruction tens of thousands
of merchants throughout the country. 1t is
a well known fact that, as a general rule,
only men of enterprise fail, for only such
are willing to encounter the risks OF trade.
A panic resulting from want of confidence
ruins such men, because it ruins all creditors.
If Congress would protect that class OF citl'
zens which gives our country its impetus, let
them pass the General Bankrupt Act.
Year: 1861




FINANCES OF THE CoNFEDRAcY.-A late
number of the Richmond Wing gives the fol-
lowing gratifying Intelligence. 1t says: "From
one in Il situation to be we'll informed we learn,
that the financial condition of the Contcderacy
is far better than VIC had supposed The
whole expenditure Of the Government, up to
this day, does not exceed fifty million. This
does not include the expenditures by the States
and voluntary contributions. We also hear
that the authorities feel no fear of not being
able to raise whatever sums may be necessary
forth public cause. We are glad to hear this
and it will be rcassuring to the country"


This announcement will surprise cvrybody.
The manner in which the States have come to
the support of the Confederate treasury in its
time Of need affords some evidence of the re-
sources and moral power of our new Govern
mcnt. And yet no State has seriously cmbar-
rasscd itself. All could do ten times as much
as they have done without expressing the
people.


Just think of it; only fifty million up to the
present time, while the Lincoln government is
Sroaning under burden of eight millions per
aceek! Let nations abroad think of this picture
and then say how long will it take the Lincoln
tyranny to conquer and subjugate us.
Year: 1861

PEHsoNM"-Among the number Of nrp in
Kentucky who have taken up arms in defence
of the Federal Government is Colonel Jerry r


Boyle. of Boyle county. There is no man within
the limits of that State who is entitled to more
of the gratitude of the people than Col. Boyle.
To bis untiring energy and perseverance, in The
Union cause may be attributed the effective
organization of the Federal forces now in the
State From the undauntel courage and great
popularity of Colonel Boyle, he will have no
difficulty in placing Il brigade of picked men
in the field.
Year: 1861

CoRRECTION.-The letter Of the Secretary of
the Treasury in regard to the conllscalion Of
rebel property, which We printed yesterday.
was enormously sigued by the Secretary of
State.
Year: 1861

We, the people of the Confederate States each State
acting in its sovereign and Independent character in
order to form permanent federal government, estab
lish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and
the blessings Of liberty ourselves and posteri
ty-invoking the faver and guidance of Almighty God
do ordain and establish this Constitution for the
Confederate States of America.
Year: 1861

A FACT AsoCT SHOT GuNs.--In a French
Journal, called FRille de YoQf le Moud, an ex-
PLANTATION is given of a fact which has puzzled
sporting men, namely: why the left barrel OF
than the right? TIE explanation is this :
The sportsman on going out loads both bar
reis, and on seeing a bird rise, fires naturally
the right barrel; hereloads that barrel, and
when he again sees bird or hare he fires {
again, and so ne does perhaps twenty times
in succession. But ea.h firing gives a shock
TO the charge in the left hand barrel, and at
last the succession of shock separates the
wadding from the powder and shot; the con.
sequence is that a vacuum ensues between
theIn and when the second barrel is fired it
frequently bursts To prevent this danger,
the recommendation is made that whenever
the right hand barrel is loaded, the charge in
the left hand one should also be rammed
down,
Year: 1861

SEcEssroS-AS INTERESTING CAGE-A few days
ago prisoner in the Georgia pententiary, convict
writ Of hG6eals corpus, and asked to be discharged
on the ground that the State had seeded from the
Union The court, however, decided that the ordi-
nance by which Georgia had declared her secession
from the Union, does not extend beyond sePara-
ton from the other States and a Withdrawal ef the
powers delegated to the general government; that
upon the past exercise Of those powers by the latter
government the ordinance does not assume to act,
and was not designed to act; and that it does not
annul any of its acts. The prisoner was therefore
remanded.
Year: 1861

VERDICT AGAINST SAVINGS BANK.-A suit in
the Circuit Court at Rochester, New York. against
the Rochester Savings Bank, to recover the snti-e
amount of deposit of which $500 had been drawn
from the bank without authority, by the daughter
of the deposition has been decided for the plaintiff
The verdict requires the bank to pay the plaintiff
the entire sum placed On deposit.
Year: 1861

The DAILY publishes very large quantity o
matter, and the TRI-WEEKLY is made up of two
Daily issues and the WEEKLY is one Of the largest
handEomest, and cheapest sheets printed in the
Union
Year: 1861

We see it stated by some Of i4ineoins War
leaders that it is not the intention of the Gov
.ernment to risk another general battle before
csId weather. but that the time will be em-
ployed b. coast cporGti0ns. WILSON has SAID
IN the Senate too speaking about the operations
of spr;Yatecrs at IIatteras and elsewhere on our
coast. that The nest Of t?aitOrs' on our sea-
board must Be Jroi:en alp. Our people may
fold their hands in fancicd security but we tell
them that when they least expect it the storm
will break upon them The eyes OF the FEEDER
al GovernTncnt are upon this coast, and ere
long We are convinced, all attempt viii DC made
TO effect a landing and to procure a foothoid
Believing then that it is easier to prevent Their
landing than to drive them off after they shall
have landed We appeal for an increase OF the
forces at important points Any number OF
men can be raised near TO and along the coast
If given TO understand that their services are
needed to prevent or Tcpcl invasion O. their
own premises.


We are not complaining, nor do we wish to
cause needless alarm hy ailuding to the dan
rcrs which We believe threaten our seabord,
b It believing rs We do that there is danger We
should De uliA O1tHy IHC E'"''H4OH " OCCUPY
did we not warn the authorities aud our people
Of it. We can hardly expect the State au'hcri-
ties in the short time intervening between now
and the o0th instant the time al which the
general transfer is to he made, to do anything
in relation to Coast Dcfcnces; but We insist
that as soon as the Government takes charge
Of our defenccs it should look to our safety


We have recently seen and conver>ed with a
distinguished naval officer who had just been
rlakihg a tour through our Sounds and along
our coast as the agent Of the Confederate Gov
ern1nent, and his views We found conceded
with ours as to the pressing necessity for ad
ditional forces at certain points.


We do not wish to be considered more pa
triotic or more jealous than other good citizens,
but we are confident that those who are now
careless and indifferent TO Coast De
renc9S will 1--we to sec the time when they viii
acknowledge that were right in urging the
lnat ter as VIC now do.


? We have all confidence in the Government
hut th,n we know our Confederate authorities
have their hands fall and viii be better able to
tortiiy and manage our coast by having The
zca!ou, cooperation Of our OWN people,
Year: 1861

Coon TpEA-We see it stated that Prcs-
dent Davis proposes to put the Yankee prison
crs to making shoes for our soldiers. This is
a good idea and we hope it will be carried out
What Il good boss of the shoe department Sen
tor Wilson would have made if he had been
captured.
Year: 1861

The Proprietor of the Mission Wooden Mills
respectfully announces to the trade that he is
prepared to receive and execute with dispatch
orders for the following goods,


FAMILY BLANKETS, all Wool, Sup'r Qual'y
Year: 1861

GREAT DIscovERY.-Among the most important Of all the great medical discoveries of this age may be considered the system of vaccination for protection from Small Pox, the Cephaic Pill for re lief of Headache, and the use of Qlinine for the prevention of Fevers, either of which is a sure speclhc whose benefits will be experienced by suf- fering humanity long after their dbcoveries are forgotten.
Year: 1861

We have been long satisfied that the best
time to cut timber is in summer, provided it
is not left in the log, but is Immediately
worked up into boards, rails, or whatever
intended. II dries rapidly, and becomes
hard and sound. Cut and saw Eastwood in
summer, and in few weeks it will become
thoroughly seasoned, and will finally harden
so as almost to resemble horn. Cut it in win.
ter, and it will be so long in seasoning as to
become partly decayed before the process
can be completed. No doubt, the presence
of the water or sap is in great abundance in
winter, and especially hastens this incipient
decay. Rails cut and split in summer, with
the bark peeled TO hasten drying, have lasted
twice as long as winter cut rails. A cor
respondent of the N. E. Farmer says he cut
and split chestnut tree early in summer,
and it "dried the best and brightest wood he
ever cut" It is the practice to cut nearly all
timber in the comparative leisure of winter !;
but there is no doubt that it would be better
to pay higher price to to have it done in
summer. We would especially invite obser-
walton and attention to the subject.


Another correspondent Of the Farmer re-.
ports an experiment on the durability of
posts, which we re-arrange and condense
The timber used was Yellow Oak; it was
cut in winter, and each log was large enough
to split into two bar-posts, which were set
the following spring. First Pdir-Butt end
down, one eharred. Both rotted off the
third year; the upper ends were then put n
the ground, and they lasted seven years
more. Second Pair-Butt end down, one
salted by being and plugging. Saited
posts gave out the second year; the un.
salted the fourth year. The ends were then
reversed, and each lasted about eight years
longer. Third Pdir-One butt down, the
other butt up. The butt rotted of the
third year, the other the fourth. The ends
were reversed, and the new butt rotted one
year the soonest Fourth Pdir-Small
ends down, one sslted. Both rotted of the
fourth year, and beng reversed, lasted four
years more.


It will be seen that the charring did no
good, and sailing green post is useless, If
not injurious. All the experiments indicate
decidedly that posts set reversed last longer
than green-the seasoned small ends in the
first experiment lasting about twice as long
as the green small ends in the fourth.
Year: 1861

sooner or to apply the manure-both have
been proved of efficacy. The value of
plaster or gypsum in the culture of clover
has recently received considerable attention.
Its Importance can be scarcely overrated, nor
can the place which clover should hold in eve
ry improving system of rotation be filed by
any more cheaply produced or more useful
crops.
Year: 1861

In accordance with section l4th of the act of
Il March 2sth, 1857, an election will be held in
each School District in Placer county, on the
first Saturday in April, 1861, for the purpose Of
electing Three School Trustees in each School
District, to serve during one year from the date
of their election. The polls in all cases must be
opened ut the School House, if there be one The
Trustees will appoint the Judges and Clerks OF
Election, and the voting must be by ballot. 1t
will tho duty of the Judges Immediately after
the election, to certify the returns to the County
Superintendent of Common Schools, who will
issue Certificates of Election to those having the
highest number of votes, and will also when
convenient, administer the oath Of office. other
wise the oath may be taken before any officer in
the County, who has the authority to administer
an oath. The County Superintendent will furnish
the Trustees of each District with blank notices OF
election, which they will fill out and post at least
one week previous to the election


S. S. GREENWOOD,


County Superintendent Common Schools
Auburn, March 9, '61--4w
Year: 1861

DIsUNIoN.-A correspondent of the Sacra-
mento Union, speaking of the dissolution of the
Union, says: 4" Business is prostrated. There is
no market for merchandise of any kind. 1t is
supposed that ten thousand men are out of em.
ployment in New York city alone, and there is
not manufacturing establishment in New
England which has not reduced its force within
the past month. throughout the
North, in fact, prostration more disastrous
than that of 1857 already reigns" And yet we
continually hear Republicans of small intelects
asserting that the North can get along as well
without as with the South.
Year: 1861

D@ Our very estimable Representative, Hon.
John White, departed for the Capital in the early
part of last week. 1t may not be improper for
us to state that, during our recent trip below,
we were frequently gratified by the remark that
Shasta county was fortunate in being repre-
sented by SO reliable, honest, and fair minded a
man as John White. This remark was made to
us by some of the leading men in the State
men who have had opportunity of acquiring
a knowledge of the man.
Year: 1861

The WEATHER.-It does not appear that we
are going to have any dry sun shiny weather
shortly. 1t has rained every day during the
week, save New Years day, and then it came
mighty near it. All day yesterday the rain came
down with the ardor of a bridegroom leaping to
his bridal chamber, as Solomon somewhere hath