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Year: 1861

quest, and the robber was bound hand &
foot.


1t was strange providence the new
conner said, that overlook me with a
srow Storm on the prairie, and forc>
ed me an hour ago to take refuge in
your smoke house, nearly dead with
eold.'


Milly acknowledged the truth Of the
remark. and she knslt and thanked her
Father in Heaven for her deliverance.


The next day Milly's husband came
home: and when he had been told all, he
remarked:


This fellow was in the tavern at the
village the day 1 sold my produce. 1t
will learn him a lesson-never to let
strangers know when money is plenty
with me. lest they be tempted to crime
and bring ruin on me and mine


That same day some sixty or seventy
men gathered at the house Of Mr.. Dean
The robber was recognized as a notorious
horse thief who had long infested the
neighborhood. There was a summary
trial, and then in dogged silence the
wretch who would have burned harm
less infant and murdered a faithful and
gentle woman, submitted to his inevitable
fate. A rudely constructed galiows and
stout rope ended his existence. So or
the thinly settled frontiers OF the West
do they me:e out justice to offenders a
gainst property and life.


There were about seventeen hundred


hundred dollars in bills found on the per


son of the robber, besides the gold b
hsd taken from Mrs. Dean. As ther


was no claimants for the bills, at the sug
! gestion Of the stranger. whose life ha
: been saved from the anger Of the win


ter storm by the shelter he found in til
: smokehouse, a thousand dollars Of th


seventeen hundred were presented t
D Milly in consideration OF what she ha


passed thro'. anil the remainder was d
: yided around.


On the very spot is now thrivin
: town, and one of the finest residene'
/, in the place is that where dwells Mil


Dean and her husband. - Gleason
n Weekly.
Year: 1861

Some astonishing developments have come
to light in connection with the seizure of the
Harris family as runaway slaves in Chicago
a few days ago. It Stems that the very man
who informed the master of the slaves Of
their whereabouts, had previously stolen the
whole family from the master. A few weeks
since he obtained from Mrs. Harris motner,
information as to her daughters family, and
also $3.50 with which to get them out Of
slavery into freedom. Such inhuman rascal
ity deserves short rope and sure moose at
the end OF it.
Year: 1861

SAD CASUALTY Charles Luskey, second
mate of the schooner City of Chicago, while
engaged in adjusting the rigging under the
fOretop of that vessel yesterday afternoon,
was precipitated, by the giving away of the
staging, upon which he was standing to the
deck, breaking his right arm in two places,
the wrist of his left arm, and otherwise Sc
verely injuring him. He was conveyed to
the Marine Hospital, but his injuries are
of such character that his recovery iS
doubtful. a7aa
Year: 1861

A Washington dispatch to the Cincinnati
Commercial says;


In justice to the President, it should be
stated that although the majority Of bis Cab
met advised him to recognize the military
necessity, and evacuste Fort Sumter, he was
at no time fully prepared TO submit to the
humiliation Of surrendering the Federal
property to the Southern rebels. The a1seaGs
honorable is due him by the press that ct.
tributed other intentions to him.
Year: 1861

The long contest for Senator in California
is not yet over, Notwithstanding MeDougal
had received his certificate. A new election
was to be had at the date Of our latest adEices.
McDougal was confident Of the result.
Year: 1861

TOBACCO FOR BoYs.-A strong and sen
'sible writer administers wholesome dose
for boys who use tobacco in any form, as
suring them that tobacco has utterly spoiled
and utterly ruined thousands of boys, in
ducing a dangerous preeocity, developing,
softening and weakening Of the bones, and
greatly injnring the spinal marrow, the
brain and the whole nervous fluid A boy
who earnestly and frequently smokes, or
in any way uses large quantities of tobacco
never is known to make a man of much
energy Of character, and generally lacks
physical and muscular, as well as mental
energy. We would particularly warn boys
who want to be anybody in the world, to
shun tobacco as a most baneful poison.
Year: 1861

1t happens to men Of learning, as to ears
Of corn; they shoot up and raise their
heads high while they are empty; but when
full aud swelled with grain, they begin to
flag and droop.
Year: 1861

FROM the Chicago Tribune.


The developments that are likely to
follow the seizure Of the dispatches filed
in the telegraph Offices will as s'ound the
country. They will show Il system Of
treachery extending through all grades
Of official business aud social circles
Almost everybody appears to have been
engaged in giving aid aud comfort to tho
rebels, and to have furnished means and
Information for securing triumph Of tho
rebellion, Members of Congress from
free States figure frequently among these
flashes Of intelligence. New York city
presentatives, some Of whom are now
seeking commissions in the Federal
army, did their full share in giving in
formation aud Geographic encouragement
to the rebel leaders then engaged in
rushing their States into the vortex of
secession. Reporters for Northern pa
rcrs handed into the telegraph Office the
knowledge they had obtained through
their free soil Professions Even the
members of the Peace Congress, and
some from free States, held out words Of
encouragement to the rebel leaders, that
if they would keep up the fire they would
break The trce-soilcrs down. Several OF
the members Of that Convention from
the border States gave regular reports Of
its proceedings to the rebels, while At the
same time they ware insisting that tho
proceedings should be kept FROM tho
Northern press aud public.
Year: 1861

We the people of the Confederate States, each State
acting sovereign and independents character
order form permanent federal government, estab


sh justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure
the blessings of liberty to ourselves and poSte-i
ty-inyoking the faver and guidance of Almighty God
do ordain and establish this Constitution the
Confederate States Of America.
Year: 1861

L. Treason against the Confederate States shall
consist only IN levying against them or in ad
herring TO their enemies giving them aid and com
Tort No person shall be convicted Of treason une,.
on the testimony of witnesses 10 the same oyeTt
act, or on confession in open court.


= The Congress shall have power to declare tbs
punishment OF treason, bur attainier of Treason
shall work corruption of blood, forfeiture excsus
during the life OF the person attained
Year: 1861

The Hinslishman gives his Orders


The last State Journal lectures the Legislature Of
this State for not calling Convention at once, and
adds


1--WE blush to record 1t, craven spirit, or most
unworthy party feeling las lost to us the golden
opportunity, and now we stand with foreign
government on the South, and Oh the North and
West two sovereign states in manly attitude for
selfpreservation Is it not burning shame that
handful Of men should abuse the power they pos
sess to bring blush of shame to old North Car.
olina's check? For Gods sake, for the sake Of de-
cency, for the sake Of our common manhood throw
off the lethargy with which HolDgS's pusilanimous
policy Of "Watch and Wait" has seized you, and
act as men who know their rights and dare MAIN
tain them. We call upon the members Of the Legis.
latnre to dc this late as it is and show to the world
that the old State is not yet wholly dsgraced"


Such is the language used by q miserable
"crayen" and coward, who was naturazed only in
April last towards high-minded, honorable gentle
men, members Of the Legislature. He tells those Of
them who are not disposed to call Convention that
they crnpea-spirited," and that they are dis
gracing the State. If we had used language half as
strong as this about the disunionists, we should
have had them all down upon US in the Senate and
House, in the way Of personal explanations. -
But this Hinglishman. it seems, IS q privileged
character. His insigniicance protects him from the
withering denunciations which he deserves at the
hands Of all honorable mon. He is beneath even
the dignity of contempt
Year: 1861

# Little demagogues North and South have
been mainly instrumental in bringing the country
to its present distracted and distressed condition
but little demagogues will not be able to right the
wrong which they have committed The crisis calls
for men, not boosters or drvellers The people, in
the crisis now upon us, will be able to distinguish
between true men and those who would infame.
deceive, and lead them to rum
Year: 1861

der which they have erred exceedingly


and the more thorough their overthrow


of the faction now leading them to des


tructlon.


8. To all human appearance, the es


tablishment of the independence OF the


Confederate States by the present war


is impossible. How much blood may bt


shed, how much treasure may be squan
dered, how much suffering may be in
ficted, how much ruin, in ten Thousand


ways, may be brought upon millions o
people, and how near to the brink o
destruction the country may be brought
can now be known only to the Ruler o


the Universe. But so far as any objec
avowed, or even conceivable, which evsl
was, or can be proposed as benefit tC
the southern States, was promoted by Sc
cession, this war renders that OBJ ject un
attainable. We do not propose to enter
into discussion from a military point o.
view, nor do we underrate the difficulties
of every kind which the general govern
ment has to encounter. But it seems tc
us perfectly inevitable, that without the
special ints.position of God for the des
truction of this great nation, the GER
tainty is complete-that the inoefend
ence of the Confederate States canno,
be established as the result of this war
In the degree that this judgment may be
supposed to be just, two conclusions, both
of them of great weight, follow. The
first is, the wickedness and folly not only
of the revolt itself, but Of the whole spirit
and method in which it has been prose-
cuted; the second is the certainty that
the fact itself, in proportion as it be-
comes manifest, must weaken, through
out the whole South, the purpose to
prosecute conflict so ruinous and so
bootless. No doubt there are wars which
may be prosecuted to the last extremity;
and, no doubt, many thousands Of Sc
cessionists may have persuaded them
selves that this is such war, or may
have so deeply wrecked all other hopes
that only this desperate stake is left to
them. But the dictates of reason and
morallty-the Judgment of mankind
and the irreversible decree of posterity is
different here. This is revolt, whose
complete success would not have justi-
fed the war into which it has plunged a
great country; and, therefore, the GER
tainty of its failure robs its continuance
OF oil pretext. And such, at no distant
period, may be expected to be the judg-
ment of the great mass of the southern
people; and by consequence, their peace
full and cordial return to their loyalty,
and to the exercise of all their rights as
citizens of the United States-instea6 of
being preposterous dream-is not only
the most probable, but apparently the
certain result, of wise and courageous
treatment of affairs.
Year: 1861

The test of the blocdade in legal
seose, is effectiveness. And the effectiveness
of the blockade of Southern ports seems
in fair way to be pretty we'll tested
Indeed we learn that British men-of-war
have already proceeded to New Orleans
under instructions to force the blockade,
if they can. 1t is patent to the eye Of
common sense, that England and France
will ignore the blockade under any plaus-
able pretext, and that such pretext can
be but afforded by test of its effective
ness. Ii is certain that neither of these
nations can do without colt on, and it is
equally certain that they cannot get tho
article and respect the blockade, so to
complete the syllogism, they must break
the blockade They will tell us that they
cannot be expected to suffer from the
effects of our national imprudence and
indiscretion. That having entered into
amicable commercial treaties with IS,
they cannot allow themselves to be de.
prived of the benefits thereby assured to
them.


They will also tell us that it is ma.
tional necessity with them, that it will
only save them from terrible domestic
suffering, perhaps civil uprising, that
cotton is bread to millions of their sub
iects, that they must and will have it, at
whatever cost.


This matter presents to us formida-
bic dilemma. We are not certainly go
ing to raise the blockade until the rebel
lion is quioted.


We must then either by series Of
uninterrupte,, and crushing blows quell
this insurrection to such an extent as to
dictate terms whereby we can with safe
ty administer the revenue laws on our
southern sea-board, within the next three
or we must prepare ourselves for
a regular rough-and-tumble war, with
these nations. The inducements of the
cotton interest held out by the Southern
Confederacy, are too attractive not to
prove capital bait for English states
men And they will fssten to it, if we
don't give them better bid. There are
breakers ahead.
Year: 1861

DAD LEGS, BAD BREASTS, SORES AND UL 4D CERs-All descriptions of sores are remedis able by the proper and digent use of this inesti- mable preparation. To attempt to cure | ad leg by clustering the edges of the wound is a folly i; for should the skin unite, q boggy diseased condi tion remains underneath to break out with ten- fold fury in a few days. The only rational and successful treatment, indicated by nature is to reduce the inflammation in about the wound and to soothe the neighboring parts by rubbing in plenty of the Ointment as salt is forced into meat

 DIprnERIA, ULcERAIED SORE THROAT, AND SCARLET AND OTHER FEvERs.-Any of the above diseases may be cured by we'll rubbing the Oint- ment three times day into the chest, throat and neck Of the patient it will soon penetrate, and give immediate relief. Medicine taken by the mouth must operate upon the whole system ere its influence can be felt in any local part whereas ever tries the unguent in the above manner for the diseases named, or any similar disorders affecting the chest and throat, will fad thum- selves relieved as by charm.

 PILES, FIsTuLAs, STRUCTURES The above class of complaints will be removed by nightly foment ing the parts with warm water, and then by In ost ehectually rubbing in the Ointment. Persons suffering from these diref:l complaints should lose Lot a moment in arresting their progress. It should be understood that it is not sufficient merely to smear the Ointment on the affected parts but it must be well rubbed in for some

 

 it may be taken into the system, whence it will remove any hidden sore or wound as efcctually as thongh palpable to hceye. There again bread and water pnultces. after the rubbing in of the Ointment will do great service. This is the only treatment for females, cases of cancer in the stomach, or where there may be general bear ing down.

 ISDIscRsrIoNs OF YOUTH, SORES AND ULCERS --Blotches as also swellings, can. with certainty be radically cured if the Ointment be used freely, and the Pills be taken night and morning as re- commended ill the printed instructions When treated in any other way they only dry up in one place to break cut in another whereas this Oint ment will remove the humor from the system, and leave the patient a vigorous and healthy be- ing. It will require time with the use of the Pills to ensure lasting cure.

 DnopsicAL SwsILINGs, PARALYSIS AND STIFF JOINTS. Although the above complaints differ widely in their origin and nature yet they all re- quire local treatment. Many of the worst cases, of such diseases. will yield in a comparatively short space of time when this Ointment is dli- gently rubbed into the parts affected, even afte, every other means have failed. In all serious maIadics the Pills should be saken according tu the printed directions accompanying each box.
Year: 1861

CowARDLY AssAULT.-About two o'clock
yesterday afternoon, as an old colored man
was passing quietly along by the corner of
Sixth and E streets, he was assaulted by
gang of three or four drunken Irishmer, who
beat him very severely in the face. As usual,
the police were somewhere else, and no arrest
was made.
Year: 1861

POLICEMAN RoBBED.-On Wednesday night
some thief broke into the premises of police
man Smith, of the sixth ward, and robbed his
henroost OF nine fine chickens. He has no
fault to find with the police for their want Of
vigilance, we believe.
Year: 1861

In all the wide range Of accepted Brit
ish maxims, there is none, take in all in
all, more thoroughly abOminable than this
one as to the sowing Of wild oats. Look
at it on what side you viii, and l will de-
fly you to make anything but devils max
i'm of it. What man-be he young. old,
or middle-aged-sOws, that, and nothing
else shall he reap. The only thing to do
with wild oats is to put them carefully in
to the hottest part of the fire, and get them
burnt to dust, every seed of them. If you
SOW them, no matter in what ground, up
they will come, with long, tough roots,
like couch grass, and luxuriant stalks and
leaves, as sure as there is sun in heaven
"a crop which it turns ones heart cold
to think Of The devil, too, whose special
crop they are, will see that they thrive,
and you, and nobody else will have to reap
them; and no common reaping will get
them out of the soil, which must be dug
down deep again and again. Well for yru
il, with all your care, you can make the
ground sweet again by your dying day.
"Boys viii be boys" is not much better,
but that has true side to it; but this en-
cOuragcment to the sowing of wild oats is
simply devilish, for it means that young
man is to give way to the temptations and
follow the lusts of his age. What are We
to do with the wild oats of manhood and
old age-with ambition, overreaching. the
false weights, hardness, suspicion, avarice
If the wild oats of youth are to be sOwn,
and not burnt? What possible distinc-
ton can We draw between them? If we
may sow the one. why not the Other?-
Tom BrOlOn, at Oxford, ia Naemillan's
Nagazins.
Year: 1861

Every Saturday evening has. to my ear.
a gentle knell The week tolls itself a.
way-one. two, three, four, five, six. and
the perfect seven-and l can almost hear
the sound dying away as if the days had
slipped the cables. and were drifting down
the stream, but beating faint measure as
they recedel-And of every one l say, en-
dedl-gone. shall never see thee morel
How have We improved them? Have we
dcne any good acts-have we been busily
engaged in our emplOyment-have we been
honest in all our dealings with our fellow
men, Ask yourself these questions, and If
you can answer all of these interrogatories
in the affirmative, then you need not mourn
and lament over the past week, for you are
aware that you have done what was just
and honest in the sight Of God.
Year: 1861

Those in easy circumstances, or who
pursue sedentary indoor employment use
their lungs but little, breathe but little air
into the chest, and thus independently Of
positions, contract a wretchedly small
chest, and lay the foundation OF the loss of
health and beauty. All this can be per-
fectly obviated by little attention to the
manner of breathing. Recollect the lungs
are like bladder in the structure and can
be stretched open to double the size with
perfect safety, giving a noble chest and
perfect immunity from consumption.


The agent and only agent required is
the common air We breathe, supposing
however, that no obstacle exists, external
to the chest, such as tying it around with
stays, or having the shoulders lie upon it.
On rising from the bed in the morning,
place yourself in an erect posture, with
your chest thrown back, and the shoulders
thrown entirely off the chest; now inhale
all the air you can, so that no more can be
got in. now hold your breath as long as
possible. Repeat these long breaths as
long as you please. Done in a cold room
it is much better, because the air IS 50
much denser and will act much more pow
erfully in expanding the chest.


Exercising the chest in this manner, it
will become infexible and expansive and
will enlarge the capacity and size of the
lungs Scientific american.
Year: 1861

LOVE AND PATRIoTIsM.-A young gen.
tleman in Indiana. being both engaged to
be married and enlisted in a rife company,
chose to forego the latter duty, which.cOm-
ing to the ears of the expectant bride an
hour before the time fixed for the wedding,
provoked the following note: Sir / am
constrained to say that, while as wife l
should have mOurned your absence on the
battle field, am no less panied at your
backing out. am apprehensiVe that az
ter enisting in my company you might
serve me the same way. The bearer viii
deliver you your notes and sundry presents.
For your kindness to me / am deeply CRATE
full, and 1 trust you will always esteem me
as your friend, l can be nothing more.


J."
Year: 1861

army before the close of the war, which
took place when Great Britain acknowl-
edged the Independence of the United
States; November 3Oth, 1882.


On the banks Of the River Raritan, some
ten years after the incidents detailed in our
story, there stood fine house, built in the
style of the Elizebethan period-the resi-
dence of Col. Doolittle and family, who was
now one of the wealthiest farmers in the
whole country. He was one of the most
hospitable of men, and neither friend nor
stranger could pass his door without being
asked to take mug Of the Colonels good
cider; or if it happened to be about tea
time, cup of tea and slice of shortcake,
made by the fair hands of his wife Molly.
There was an old man, too, who sat in the
ensicst place by the freside, who, for a
long time after the close of the war, weald
advocate the cause of the King. and talk
about having somebody arrested for steal
ing a sorrel horse-at which his daughter
would wink slyly at her husband-but he
finally came to the conclusion, as peace and
plenty crowned the land of freedom. that
George Washington was not too much of a
rebel after all.


There was an old lady, too, who appear
ed to never grow tired of praising her SON.
in-law; and little boy. the very image of
his mother, who, at the close of many
summers day, would climb upon his faith
er's knee, and say, with tone of earnest
entreaty;


Now, pa, do tell me about Ensign Spen-
ccr, and General Washington and the Hes
slams, and how you hooked grandpa's horse
and listed for soldier.


Willingly, my son. the Colonel would
reply, but | have told the story so often,
| should think you knew it by heart Yet
Col. DoOlittle, for the especial benefit of
his son and heir, often related the story
over and over again.


Such is one of the many incidents con-
nected with the dark hours of the Revolu-
ton. Though purchased with the blood of
thousands, it left the legacy Of freedom to
mankind, and few in those "times that
tried mems souls" acquired greater fame
in the American cause, than Malachi Doc
little, the blacksmith's apprentice