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Year: 1861

fom her pocket, she handed it to her MS
tonished niece.


"Aftcr bis sudden death, when thoy
were looking in vain for this very will. /
yielded to sudden and powerful impulse,
and said that knew nothing about it. /
had no sooner spoken the words than /
would have given all gained by them,
and more too, to have recalled them; but
| could not confess myself a thief AMI nei.
ther could | bear the sight Of you whom
/ had wronged. You know how harshly
| sent you away, but you do not know
how often / wished you to return. four d
to my astonishment that had really be.
come attached to you, and that more than
half my apparent dislike arose from my
naturally perverse disposition and bad tenn.
per. Ny own relations, for whose sake |
bad committed so great a crime, disgusted
me by their sycophancy and deceit, and
longed for you, frank and hasty as you
were. Besides, sense Of my guilt prey ed
upon me, and | do not think | have bad a
moments peace since you Ieft. | could
not bear it any longer, and so sent for
you. You may do as you please with the
will, dear Edith, only cntrcat you don't
make my guilt public, at least while |
live. will give up this residence to you
now, and all but bare support shall
feel better if | do so, | think. | can bear
poverty, but not infamy."


But Edith would not hear of her aunt's
doing that; she insisted on her retaining
all the privileges given to her by the will,
and always allowed it to be supposed even
by her husband, that her aunt had acci-
dentally discovered the long lost document
which her sense of justice would not per
init her to suppress.


Edith often met Charles Devereux af-
ter she had removed to Il place not far
from her auuts residence, and never did 50
without making n mental comparison be-
tween him and her husband, and thanking
Providence for the troubles that had
shown her the worthlessness of the one
and the value of the other. As for him,
he married an heiress--hs grand object
in lfc-but whether he was happy or not,
no one could tell.
Year: 1861




A correspondent of Zion's Aduocatc (Mainc)
says the following was clipped from paper print
ed there three years ago j
Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud
Like q swift-hccins metcor-a fast flying cloud
Hash of the lghtning-a break of the wave
He passcth from life to his rest in the grave
The leaves of the oak and the willow will fade
BE scattered around and together be laid
As the young and the old, and the low and the high
Shall crnmblc to dust, and together shall lie.
The infant. mother attended and loved
The mother, that infants affections who proved
The father, that mother and infant who blessed
Each, all, are away to their dwelling of rest.
The maid on whose brow, on whose check, in


whose eye,
Shonc beauty and plcasurc-hcr triumphs arc by
And alike from the minds of the living erased
Are the memories of mortals who loved her and


praised.


The hand of the King, that the sccptrc hath borne
The brow of the Priest, that the mitcr hath worn
The eye of the sage, and the heart of the brave,
Are hidden and lost in the depths Of the grave.
The peasant whose lot was to SOW and to reap
Tho hcrdsman who climbed with his goats up the


steep;


The bcggar who wandered in search of his bread
Have faded away like the grass that we tread.
SO the multitude goes, like the flower or weed
That wthcrs away to let others succeed
So the mu ltitudc comes, even those we behold,
To repeat every tale that has often been told.
For we are the same our fathers have been;
We see the same sights our fathers hayo soon
We drink the same stream, We see the same sun,
And run the same course our fathers have run.
The thoughts we are thinking our fathers did think
From the death we are shrinking our fathers did


shrink;


To the life we arc clinging onr fathers did cling,
But it speeds from us all like the bird on the wing
They loved, but the story we can not unfold;
They scorncd, but the heart of the naughty is cold
They gricvcd-but no wall from their slumbcr will


come,


They joycd-but the tongue of their gladncss is


dumb


They dcd, ah! they died; we things that arc now
That walk on the turf that lies over their brow,
And make in their dwellings trancicnt abode,
Meet the things that they met on their pilgrimage


road.


Yea, hope and despondcncy, pleasure and pain
Are mingled together in sunshine and rain,
And the smile and the tear, and the song and Tho


drgc,


Still follow each other like surge upon surge.
IT'S the wink of an eye, ,'ts the draught ola brcatl
From the blossom of health to the pacncss o.


death;


From thd guided saloon to the bier and the slroud
Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
Year: 1861

W Blasting with powder in the mining claims
of this region, is becoming very common. On
Wednesday the Eureka Company exploded forty
kegs, and the Ohio Tunnel Company fifteen, with
good effect
Year: 1861

DUMFouNDEp.-We have heard IT said that
leading Breckenridge Democrats at the Capitol
and Bay, were dumfounded when they became
convinced that Latham had taken such bold
stand for the Union and against the scheme for
Pacific Republic which he was formerly thought
to favor-Appeal


They couldn't have known Latham very well, to
let such small matter as that distress them
When he is not on the strong side, policy dwells
with the other.
Year: 1861

EMANc1pAT1oN.-It is said that Garibald is so
pleased with the idea of liberty, since he fought
for its dissemination, that on returning to his
farm at Caprera, he actually set free three OF his
war horses
Year: 1861

FRUIT AND Pound CAKE-Fred. Wilder
makes and bakes these articles of kind equal,
if not superior to any we have ever tasted. We
had one of each for 'New Vars Gift" and
speak knowingly and truthfully when we make
this assertion.
Year: 1861

REASONABLE REauEsr.-The Pony news rep
resents Bob Toombs, y. S. Senator from Geor
gia, as saying


'If the Republicans in Congress, or even
majority, will vote for an amendment to the fifth
article of the Constitution, TO insure its execu-
ton, final action at the South would be withheld.
But if the North -efuses to repeal the Personal
Liberty Bills, he urges Georgia to secede at least
by the fourth of March,"


Toombs doubtless refers to the last clause of
the fourth article Of the Constitution, which
Germs the delivery up of "persons held to service
or labor" and not the fifth, which is merely di-
rectory of the manner in which that instrument
is to be amended. No request could be more
reasonable. Indeed, we are of opinion that the
power of the Government, in some form, without
amending the fourth article of the Constitution,
ought to be used to enforce the Constitution it
stands.
Year: 1861

We shall stand by the homo, of the coun-
try to the last; but we do not think that
honor demands US to tear our country as
sunder forever and drench its soil with the
blood Of its citizens, and we cannot advise
such policy. We hope that the glorious
old flag Of the Stars and Stripes may never
De waved in an iDpolitic war; but where
ever it waves, our hearts will follow it-loy-
al to its every fold and every thread Chi.
Gag" Times.


The thunder of the cannonale of the
rebels at Charleston "gainst their country'S s
flag at Fort Sumter, was the death knell of
all existing parties in the United States.


Before the destructive Bosom of civil war
all present party ties, affiliations, and or
CARNATIONS will be swept away.


Until the war is ended we all know but
two parties-the party of the patriots, and
the party of the traitors; the party of the
Union, and the party Of the SecessionistS.
We will hear no more Of Democrats and o.
Republicans men will be known as
belonging to the party which supports the
Government, and sustains the flag OF our
Nation; or as being members Of that or
ganization which aims at the rum Of the
Confederacy. Chicago Democrat.


Thousands of Northern freeman, who
have hitherto been identified with other
parties, that were opposed to the Rcpubli-
can party, will now rally around the flag OF
their country. Let us know only one test
Of citizenship loyaity La Cr.sse Repub.
licdn.
Year: 1861

In these warlike times the following from
the Scientific American will be read with
interest:


The Columbiad or Paixhan pronounced
payzen) is large gun, designed principally
for firing shrlls-it being more accurate
than the ordinary short mortar. A mortar
is very short cannon, with large bore,
some of them thirteen inches in diameter,
for firing shells. Those in use in our army
are set at angle of 45 degree, and the range
OF shell is varied by altering the charge of
powder. The shell is caused to explode at
just about the time that it strikes, by means
of fuse, the length Of which is adjusted to
the time of flight to be occupied by the
ball, which, Of course, corresponds with the
range. The accuracy with which the time
Of the burning of a fuse can be adjusted by
varying it's length is surprising, good artii.
eri>ts generally succeeding in having their
shells explode almost at the exact instant of
striking. In loading mortar, the shell is
carefully placed with the fuse directly for
ward, and when the piece is discharged the
shell is so completely enveloped with fame
that the fuse is nearly always fred. The
fuse is made by filling wooden cylinder
with fuse powder, the cylinder being Of a
sufficient length for the longest range, to be
cut down shorter for shooter ranges, as re-
quired. A Dahlgreen gun is an ordinary
cannon, except that it is made very thick
at the breech for some three or four feet,
when it tapsrs down sharply to less than the
usual size. This form was adopted in con-
sequence of the experiments of Capt. Dahl
green of the U. S. Navy, having shown
that when gun bursts it usually gives way
at the breach. The Niagara is armed with
these guns, and at tn. Brooklyn Navy Yard
there are sixty, weighing about 1000 lbs.
each, and six Of $4,000 lbs weight each
the former Of which are capable of carrying
nine inch and the latter ten inch shell a
distance of two or three miles, and there is
one gun of this pattern which weighs 16,-
GIG pounds and is warranted to send an
eleven inch shell four miles. A casemate
is a stone roof to a fort, made sufficiently
thick to resist the forces of cannon balls.
and ca>emate gun is one which is placed
under a casemate. A barbette is one which
is placed on the top Of the fortifcation. -
An embrasure is the hole or opening through
which the guns are fired from fortifications.
Loop holes are openings in walls to fire
maskctry through.
Year: 1861

THE SOUTHERN NAvY.-The Southern
Conlederacy has commenced a naval force
with few small vessels, but from present
appearances they intend increasing it. The
personnel Of the new navy yard is not yet
decided upon, but from the list We subioin
it will be seen they have a sufficient mum.
Der to organize quite formidable force
The following list shows the number Of
vessels now in the Southern navy:
Year: 1861

The Burial of tho Radicals.
But very few Sirdights could he seen about,


As a~av from the polls we hurried
Not Wide Awake uttered = single shout,


They felt SO con.oundedy furred.
W labored hard on election day,


And tried tn believe we should win u,
We posted eur spies in a dexterous way,


And ceased not to brag Tor minute.
Nc useless caution enshrouded our moves;


No dodge was too mean to resort to
But 1t wa utterly vain, "a the up>hot proves,
by the horrible plight we are brought to.
Many and long the prayers said.


Aud our faces were blank with sorrow
But we knew that the thing completely dead,
And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
We thought, As the dreadful return came In,
And caused " to shake and shiver,
That the only thing we could possibly win,


Was a passage up old Salt River!
Lightly they'll talk Of the Radicals gone,


And say their deusions betrayed them
But one thing il certain--they'u surely sleep On,
In the grave where their politics laid them.
The count of our slender vote was done,


Ere the clock struck the hour for retiring;
And we shook in shoes heard the gun
That q squad OF Marines firing.
Slowly and sadly we travelled home.
And told TO our wives the sad It ory;
We couldn't say much we covered with gloon
When we hoped to he covered with glory.
Year: 1861

IL couple Of Americans, in Arizona having
fallen In love with beautiful Mexican girl, ne.
solved to fight for the prize, which they did One
Of them was mortally wounded, and the other
and the next day the girl for whom they fouo ht
and bled ran of with another man, who was
particular friend Of the belligerents and through
whose means they had been Induced to fight
Year: 1861

The minds of the people are wholly given
up to thoughts of preparation 70 meet the
present emergency. They have, concluded
with patriotic unanimity to let business


sloe, Tor the time being, dismissing all
thoughts of the accumulation of dollars ana
cents, and centering their attention ON pre-
serving something dearer than aught else
their honor. This is as it should i've
Year: 1861

The ereffed state Of a9airs st present exist
Ing Is having its effect on attendance ut reli-
gions worship. The anxiety of the people is
such that the feeling OF elf-defenee rules
paramount In this hour of danger and eonse-
qnently the churches are but thinlY attended
Year: 1861

Hid the Voiunteers.-The suggestion thrown
out in this paper on Saturday, that gentlemen
OF means should be ready to aid the soldiers
pecuniarily, was received with evident APP
proval, and we are encouraged to renew our
appeal. Numbers OF brave men now await
marching orders, and in no instance have we
observed any backwaIdness in responding TO
the Governors c all. Many of them are poor,
and their families must be provided for during
their absence. One well-known citizen in
formed us on Saturday that he would cherr-
fully give hundred or two hundred dollars
and we feel assured that many will be glad to
join him in cause so bene evolent and pa trio tic
They can easily devise plan for the
carrying out Of the object, and the man who
takes the lead will be cheered by the "God
speed ~ of grateful community. Let the
work commence Immediately
Year: 1861

At 9H o'clock last night the body of Jackson
was laid out in the parlor of the Marshall House,
the corpse dressed in the uniform of the artillery
company to which he had belonged. This company
is resuscitated from company in existence there
many years ago, and the members wear the uni
Year: 1861

We hear men say they are opposed to immediate secession, but in favor of CO., operative action. This, in view of exist ing circumstances, is, to say the least of it, quite paradoxical position. If we desire cooperation, ill secession we can have it any day and hour. Seven States have all ready crossed the Rubicon. They have sought out for themselves the perilous paths of empire. Fearless, independent, unwav- ering, they have peacefully assumed the robes of sovereignty, and will soon be in consultation about the formation of a south- ern republic. That, we conceive, is the is sue now before the people. Shall we CO., operate with the southern States, or shall we trim between North and South-pan- dering to the fanaticism of the former, yet sympathizing in our hearts with the latter. We will not pause for an answer to this auestion-we will not doubt for moment the proud and gallant spirit of the State we will not even by implication create the impression that our people are so benight ed as not to seeat glance that our interests in every particular are interwoven with the prosperity. peace and happiness of the very States that have seeded and now await our cooperation. True to our lofty desti- ny we will go with them, casting our for tune with them, and whatever fate may betide them shall be shared by us fearlcssly and periodically. This is the only kind of cooperation that means anything. Those who favor the immediate secession of Ar. kansas do so with the express and ayowed purpose of cooperating with the southern G4a4av
Year: 1861

~- Prof. Carr delighted the citizens of Pine Bluff last evening with his wonderful performances in the magic art. Tonight he gives another exhibition. The mere mention of this fact will secure him a crowded house.-Pine Blug News.
Year: 1861

HOWELL Posr OFFIoE.-Can any one tell us where Howell Post Office is? We have several subscribers at this office, but the post master here does not know to what county to send the papers,
Year: 1861

The hypocrite displays his humility only
in the midst OF misfortune. When his re-
verses are gone, he is Il "man of the world
again. At the beginning of the war the Yam
llees were eXultant with arrogance in the bes
lief that they We're strong-irresistible; but
tho South has taken away their chaplets


and they have become Puritans again. Itde-
Year: 1861

We find in the Crescent, the fol.


lowing account of the reception OF the


news in that city, Of the seeding OF


Virginia:


Notwithstanding that the secession
Of Virginia had for some days been


looked upon as fixed fact, the final
announcement of that fact, by tele-
graph, yesterday afternoon, threw
the community into state Of the
most noisy and jubilant excitement.
| Before the news had appeared in
the after-editions of the evening
papers, it spread electrically about
the streets, and for the time caused a
very general suspension of business.
Some gentlemen connected with
the cotton houses on Carondelet and
Common streets, speedily brought out
a small cannon, or swivel, and, at the
intersection Of the streets named,
fired a salute of eight guns-seven
for the Confederate States and one
more for Virginia. In a moment,
all cottondom was out on the street,
and the excitement and rejoicings
were all-pervading and intense. We
saw dignitied and grave-mannered
gentlemen, who had probably sell
dom or never shouted before, wl,irling
their hats over their heads, and Vie
ing with the lustiest in their loud huz-
z: for the glorious Old Dominion.


Meantime the evening papers came
out hlring with the news in printed
shape. The printing offices were
besieged by eager and excited crowds,
and the newsboys never before had
such large or rapid sales The rush,
the stand-still, the gathering in knots,
was visible everywhere and every
face glowcd with the smile Of high
and patriotic satisfaction.


And whilst this excitement perva-
ded the population, the booming of
cannon on Lafayette Square awoke
responsive throbs in all hearts, and
attracted an immense throng to the
Square, all going to look at the can
non firing, out Of pure love for the
salute. The gallant Washington
Artillerists were there with two pieces,
in extraordinarily quick time. and
never did any hundred guns fired by
them ever reverberate more musically !
through the length and breadth Of the
city.


AL that We have described was
within tho compass Of an hour after
the receipt Of the news. We should |
state that the flags everywhere were
thrown to the breeze, in honor of the
great event Of the day our neigh |
bors of the Delta, tlinsing out theirs |
with an eighth star upon it.


After the first hour or two's ex-
the town settled down to !
its business and dinner, and all things |
went on as usual, but the event |
was the talk all the rest Of the day.


The dispatches concerning Virgin
las further action, as well as those
from North Carolina, Tennessee and
Missouri. also contributed much to
the public qualification and enthusi-
asm.
Year: 1861

The total loss by the fire of Saturday
morning IN La Porte, is variously estimated
from SlSOO0o to sl6OOCo. About $5O,5O
was covered by insurance The following
list of losses is as full as we have yet been
Year: 1861

We will furnish the DAILY DEMoCRAT from
this date until the returns of the Gubernatoral
Election are received on the the following terms


by Mail or Express. 90


The DEMOCRAT is the only daily paper in the
Northern or Central portion of the State, that
hoists the nominees of the Union Democratic
State Convention. By little cxertion on the
part Of our friends our circulation can be greatly
extended A. S. RANDALL Il co.
Year: 1861

and defendant be ordered toappear at the
next term of the Circuit Court of Ponto-
toe to answer to an indictment for the
offence originally charged against him.
according to his recognizance and bond.


HARRIS,
Year: 1861


We lay before our readers the proceedings
Of the traitors and abetters of treason who
met in Convention at Columbus yesterday.
The resolutions are curiosity, and in future
years viii be pointed to As evidence that the
loyal State Of Notwithstanding the
slacrisy with which her brave sons OF all
political parties rushed 70 the defence Of the
country and the protection Of their neigh
bOrs in Western virginia-wss the home Of
traitors who furnished aid and comfort 10
the enemy daring e season of greatest peril
to the nation. We ask the honest masses Of
the Democracy to read csndidly, and decide
whether they wiz, at the bidding of a few
worn-Out party hacks, sacrifice their man
hOod.ani their ioyalty at the shrine Of psrti-
san bigotry and personal ambition.
Year: 1861

1t will be seen from this table that the Free Statea
have considerably more than twice as many men q
military ace as all the Slave States combined andmorS
than three times as many all the Seeded States,
What is of still more importance is the fact that all th


men o. the North, with insignificant individual eScept


tons are for the Union while almost every Slave siats
contains large proportion of ren opposed to seeesf'p
Year: 1861

Wewerereqested tenotice something,
by some one, but we can't bring to
mind what it is, or by whom the re-
quest was made. Our friends should
always bear in mind, that We have
many little things to think of and if
they have notices Of any kind they
wish us TO bring before the public.
they should pen it down on paper,
and hand il IN as soon as possible.
Year: 1861

When Won find a man doing more
business than YOU are, look ut the
advertisements he has III the papers.
The business man who puts his sign
in the newspaper, does a much wiser
thing than when he fastcns it over
his store. and who would think Of
neglecting that That MAN who ad-
vertises informs the public that he
wants trade, and his card III the news
paper is an invitation to customers
to tome and buy. Where one per
son reads in the streets, five hundred
read it in the papers.-No matter
how a business man is known, he can
always pick new customers, II he VIII
take pains 10 let them know where
he is and what he has to sell No
one can afford not to advertise, for by
negicc,ing the means OF securing
trade. helooses the best part of his
profits.
Year: 1861

WASHINGTON, May 10, 1861.


At half past eleven to night the marine band appeared
in front Of hotel where Major General Butler stop
ping, for the purpose Of serenadng him. large and
enthusiastic crowd collected and in response repeated
calls General Butler appeared, and thanked his fellow
countrymen for the kindness they expressed towards
himEby their presence He said, the cheers given 10
Massachusetts, were well deserved. The old Common
wealth had done her full duty in this second of In
dependence to preserve the constitution and the laws
as she had in the first wherein she furnished men
and money than all the colonies south of Mason and
integrity OF the government and that this Union had
cost fathers great deal of and great dea
Of blood; and let swear by the bright heavens
above us not part with for less than the frat cost
and interest from date the twenty five thousand men
arrayed in the defence of the National Capital should
be every cut OIL, II would not end the If war
must come in sixty days fifty thousand would be in
the field and they cut off hundred thousand
more would take their places, and till the rear
guard would be brought up by the OF the North
with their broomsticks. We have sought NO war but
government must be preserved at whatever risk and
at whatever cost of treasure and blood Those who
brous this unholy must take its consequences
We have not sought IT, We believe in the government
and The Union and the ag and will protect them all
every hazard and in every place We win maintain the
and the constitution and will give to every one
their rights under the constitution.


The speech was received with enthusiastic cheering


The First Michigan regiment, Colonel o. B. Wilcox com.
manding, arrived here TO night They through Bal,