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Year: 1861

BRooDINa ON ONE THOUGHT. you
think long and deeply upon any subject, it
igrows in apparent magnitude and weight (;
ii you think OF it too long, it may grow big
enough to exclude tho thought of all things
besides If it be an existing and prevalent
evil you are thinking Of, you may come to
fancy that if that one thing wero done AWAY,
it woald be well with the human race-all
evil would 60 with it. ! can conceive the
process by which, without mania, without
anything worse than the workable unsound-
ness of tho practically sound mind, one
might come to think, as the man who wrote
against stopping thought. For myself
feel tho force of this law so deeply, that
there are certain evils of which am afraid
to think much, for fear shonld COME to be
able to think of nothing else and nothing
more.-Frazsrs Mdg0zin.
Year: 1861

The New BORN AND THE DEAD.-Lav.
ater in his "Physiognomy." makes the
following curious remarks Il have had
occasion 10 observe some infants immed:-
ately on their birth, and have found an
astonishing resemblance between their
profile and that Of their father. A few
days after, the resemblance almost entirely
disappeared f.; the natural influence Of the
air and food, and probably the change OF
posture, had so altered the design of the
face, that you could have believed it a
different individual. I ahcrward saw two
of these children die, the one at six weeks
and the other at four years Of age-and
about twelve hours after their death, they
completely recovered the profile which
had struck me so much at their birth /;
only the profile OF the dead child was, as
might be expected, more strongly marked
and more terse than that of the living.


The third day the resemblance began
to disappear. l knew man OF fifty years,
and another Of seventy, both of whom,
when alive, appeared to have no manner
OF resemblance 10 their children, and
whose physiognomies belonged, if | may
so express myself, to totally different
class. Two days after their death the
profile Of one became perfectly conformed
TO that Of his eldest son, and the image Of
the other might he traced in the third Of
his sons. The likeness was quite as dis
tinctly marked as that Of the children,
who. Immediately after their death,
brought 10 my recollection the physiogno-
mics which they had at their birth.
Year: 1861

the influences of temptation, and bring them
under the saving power Of the gospel. Men
should be appointed to the responsible posi-
tlon of chaplains, who are deeply devoted to
the cause of Christ and able and willing to
do their whole duty as Christian ministers
under all circumstances men of influence
and adaptation, who can gather materials for
sermons and exhortations from the surround.
ing circumstances, " and as they 90, preach.
Prayer should be offered for the men who
command and compose our armies, not merely
that God may give them wisdom to direct
and crown their efforts with victory over the
rebel foes of our country, but that he would
lead them to seek his pardoning mercy and
sanctifying grace to save from sin, ard Gt for
heaven. We are glad to notice that our YER
mont soldiers are being generously armed with
the sword of the spirit, which is the word Of
God, and we trust they will skilfully use
that tried blade to put to flight thcir spiritual
foes. Our own church as we'll as other de-
nominations, are making special efforts to fur.
nish an appropriate supply of just that kind
Of reading which may aid the soldier to make
a profitable improvement upon the leisure
hour which life in the camp never fails to
furnish. Let those who are interested see
that these timely publications are amply cir.
culated, and thereby scatter bread upon the
waters for subsequent gathering.


Not a little may be done for the soldier in
keeping up as intimate a connection as posi-
bic between him and the home and friends he
has left behind. Home is the place TO which
the heart will always turn for affection and
sympathy, amid all the wanderings of life,
and the wanderer should always have the as.
surance that his home is turning towards him
in grateful recolections, fondly cherished re.
CARDS, and endearing ties. Follow the son,
husband or brohter, not merely with kind
wishes and pra yers, but at every opportuni.
ty send some memento from home and friends;
this will refresh the heart and strengthen the
vlrtuous influence of the home circle.
Year: 1861

Although the storm continues to gather,
and the war clouds look portentious, still no
decisive battle has been fought, and many
think there will be no fighting, They sup.
pose the immense energy, resources and pow
er of the Government will intimidate the
rebels, and crush out the rebellion without
any great battle. The rebel forces show no
signs of retreating. Perhaps il they were
well out of the difficulty they would not so
rasaIy engage in another such adventure.--.
There is no doubt the South have been great.
" disappointed in the present strength and
defiant attitude of our Government, but there
is no way for them to get out of their pres
ent position, but to back down, and they will
not do that without some fighting Jeff Davis
has great inkIing for military fame, and
will probably venture his fortunes upon the
field of battle in struggle with our Gov
ernment, but we cannot think that the con-
fict will be protracted. In our opinion
short time in vigorous action will settle the
question of the present rebellion.
Year: 1861

Tess for the Hoiastesra--It has been an
nounced, through the correspondence Of our
gallant volunteers, that many Of them arc
without tents and exposed TO the weather, with
no protection but the bougbs Of trees Most
Of our volunteers have been accustomed to the
enjoyment Of every comfort st their homes, and
will soon be rendered unit for service If sub
jec,ed to such exposure during tho present in
clement season. We are informed that the
cost Of tent sufficient for the accommoda-
tion of ten men IL JUST twelve dollars, or .
little moro than an average Of one dollar for
each man. An entcrprising gentleman Of this
city is prepared to furnish the material and
make up five hundred tents week. IL thus
appears that fonts sufficient for 5000 men
could be furnished by . single house IN this
city 10 one week, and yet the two Regiments
Of volunteers from this city-one in the feid
at Yorktown, and the other at Manassas juno
ton, consisting of less than 1000 men--havs
been for several weeks past without any other
covering than is enjoyed by tho beasts Of the
field. Win not ou- wealthy and patriotic cit
izens come forward and contribute for the
equipment Of our own Regiments1 flour worthy
Mayor would call meeting of the citizens, tho
requisite fands could be raised In single day.
and in less than week every soldier in our
Regiments would be supplied with comfortable
tents.
Year: 1861

Captain L. n. .Burfoot, of the Chesterfield
Mounted Rangers, Virginia, gives the follow
ing directions about loading double barreled
shot-guns, to such of his companies as can
not obtain rifles. The experiment is worth
trying here also; sr usa


Z Now, desire that each man who intends
to rely on the double gun, viii follow my
directions, and / will insure that a steady
aim win tell at eighty or ninety yards every
Ere. Garry your gun with you TO the place
where you intend to buy your shot; get cut
Wad, drive it down the barrel of the gun q
quartef Of an inch, level and smooth.


Now take the shot and put three on the
Wad If they fill the bore of the gun well,
snug and smooth, without any loose space,
they will do. You will thus fnd that three
shot can fill the circle of the bore of the gun,
80 can four; after four, the next number u
fill the circle is seven to shoot men with
these last will be too small therefore, buy
only such shot as will, on careful trial In the
gun itself, lie in tiers Of either three or four.


prefer, for any gun, tiers Of threei and
in loading the double gun 10 meet an enemy
put in vsry full charge Of powder and only
| two tiers Of shot, so that they will lie snuf
| and close in the gun, and all siI shot will b
operated on equally by the expansive fore
| Of the powder, and will be projected from tn
muzzle Of the gun almost IN solid dump
and viii remain within SIX or eight ipche
OF one another in "a flight Of seventy Ave Q
/ eighty yards With only two tiers OF shot


almost any quantity Of powder may be pu
under them without risk 70 the gun.
Year: 1861

the Great Uprising at the North.


The London Daily NetOs gives the follow
ing description of the great uprising of the
people, and the march of the gallant Seventh
in response to the Presidents Proclamation.
tbs evident that the tide of popular feeling
is turning in England, in view of the heroic
effort of the loyal citizens of the United
States to maintain their Government and
| place as a nation.


President Lincoln and the Secretary of
| State issued a call for seventy-fve thousand
men to defend his Government in entire
uncertainty as to what would follow.


1t was not exactly the fiery cross that was
| sent through the country; but it was some-
thing as rapid and as effectual. On the arri.
val of the telegram at any station, some
man leaped on his horse and rode through
village and hamlet till his horse dropped, and
another took up the message. In those
rural settlements the citizens had for years
been singing hymns in their evening meet
ipgs, vowing their readiness to 20 forth
against the sin and curse of the land in any
way, and at any moment that should be ap-
pointed them. Many of these met the horse
men as they were returning from the field,
OF the workshop, or the boat.


Their township ought to send so many to
the war the last train would start within
half an hour. They laid down their tools or
gave them into the charge of bystanders,
trusted that those who could not go tonight
/, would bring on their clothes tomorrow, and
started as they were-some with the soil ol
the furrows on their feet, and the others
with the marks of their toll on their hands
When such men as these were marching
through the town afterward, the shop. keep
ers ran out as they passed, accosting them
with, "Any thing that you wantW ANY
thing that we can furnish you withr


The clergymen seem TO be like those of the
olden time. One offered himself as chaplain
to a.regiment, provided it marched through
Baltimore after the collision there. TC
march through Baltimore, and eftsce the dis.
grace of any impediment to access to Wash
ipgton, was the enthusiasm Of the hour.


The first regiment that went on that peril
ous service was not delayed for a moment BY
mothers, wives, OF sisters; yet there was M
hope of more than half coming back; ant
the horrors of war were already felt in thei
homes. Nothing was heard of them for days
They had got through safely; and how2 Th
dandy regiment of New York, "the curlel
darlings' of the ball room, had new laid rail
. for them, and built up bridges, and renewe
, the wires, with their own dainty handI
Archbishop Hughes has h0ated the nations
q flag from his great Catholic Cathedral i
New York; and the Episcoplian Bishop
, have forwarded the armament with all the


influence. So have the German pastors, an


the Italian, French and Irish priests.
Year: 1861

1t is in vain to stick your finger in the
water, and, pulling it out, look for a hole;
and equally vain to suppose that, however
large space you occupy, the world Will
miss YOU when YOU die.
Year: 1861

EE-It is said that, by the increase of du
ties on wines, under the new tariff law, that
great encouragement will be given to the
vine manufacture of California. We hope
then, that the manufacturers will be en-
couraged to send more of the pure juice
into the market, and less of the miserable
stuff they have been paming off upon the
public as "Pure California Wine"
Year: 1861

The Sacramento river is yet at high wa
ter mark, but no additional damage is an
ticipated. During the day the water recedes
few inches, but the melting Of the snow
in the mountains supply this deficiency
over night. A femeool days would cause a
rapid decline IN the river.
Year: 1861

AUBURN, dPTT IUC1,


Dear Sir:-For the last two years past. many
persons have complained of the curl in the leaf
OF the Peach tree, and if suffered to take its way
the tree wlhers and dies Thirty years ago, in
Mar land and Delaware, peach tree growers were
much troubled with this disease to the tree, and
it was at last discovered that the cure was through
a something wanteing in the soil that surrounded
the tree. Various experiments were made and
finally brought out. Take earth from below u
dung pile or from wood pile free from chips,
and make compost by mixing ten shovels full
Of this to one of air-slacked lime, then remove
all the surface dirt from the roots Of the trees
(Which you will find full of white mouldD and
cover up with the compost. If the leaf is badly
take its place. but if not fully cured it will in q
few days straighten out again and the tree be-
come healthy. l have told the above method
to many, have tried it myself. and know it will
not fail. JOHN r. GWYNN
Year: 1861

BEwARE.-There are strong indicat ons that
another Fraser river furor is to prevail this sea-
son, that will take off thousands in search Of
silver mines to Esmerada, Mona, Coso, Owen S
Lake. Colorado, etc. and as usual great loss and
disappointment will follow. There are many
men in California who will not let well enough
alone, and are ever ready to seek reported new
dggings, however distant they may be. 1t is
useless for the press to attempt to check these
stampedes for a prospecting miner is ''set in his
ways


Here is small item. however, respecting the
silver region of Owens Lake, that is worth con-
sidering by those who Intend journeying in that
direction. The geologist of the Boundary Com
mission writing from Owens Mountain, says:


My investigations show conclusivey that there
has been great delusion kept up in the minds
OF many people in regard to native silver in the
region which | have had an opportunity to eX-
anime. l examined localities which were GER
tninIy those that had been indicated by the early
discov of supposed mines; and am satisfied
that 7 ale of beautiful description, which is
very abundant in those localities has been mis-
taken for silver or silver ore
Year: 1861

A NEW PA"ER.


An effort is being made here to commence the
publication of a new Democratic paper of the
"fusion" order. The prospects of success does
not look bright, although some of the Democrats
are ready to ''pungle" in small amounts. The
of the coolest Democrat" to be taken down for
any large sum. Something, however, may be
accomplished before the Legislature adjourns.


REPUBLICAN ORGAN.


There is some talk also of commencing a Re-
publican organ at the seat of government. The
Union and Bee both being quasi- Republican Or
gans, the field is not considered very promising
The latter spicy little sheet is to be enlarged.


THE FIREMEN.


Our Firemen are getting into terrible wran-
gle, and if the excitement continues till the day
we shall have civil war at home, and equal to
that raging in the East. The trouble originates
out OF an effort by Neptune Hose Company to
increase the roll from IS to 65 members-an un-
pralleled proceeding in any Fire Department.
This is scheme to "colonize'' or "naturalize"
voters. The bill before the Legislature, giving
this additional force, will probably fail.


AN ADJOURNMENT.


1t is generally understood that the Legislature
will not adjourn before the middle of May. There
are about one hundred bills still on the file in the
Assembly, and the School, Revenue, and Appor-
tionment bills, of themselves, will consume con-
siderable time yet. The members are taking it
easy" although they get SIS per day in orders on
a bankrupt treasury.


UNION OFFICE BUILDING.


The proprietOrs of the mammoth Union will be
ready to occupy their new brick building in Il
few days, as it is nearly completed. 1t is locat-
ed on Third street between and X.


Yours, &c, MORE ANON.
Year: 1861

INDEPENDENT TREASURY.


For increased establishment of office
of Assistant Treasurer of the United States
at New York, seven thousand two hundred
dollars; being for additional clerks and
compensation to clerks in said Office.
Year: 1861

States which secede from the Union cannot
claim the benefits Of the Constitution Of the
country, while they repudiate its obligations
and deny its supremacy. Among other things,
they forfeit the right to reclaim fugitives from
labor, and should be made to pay this forfeit,
until they return to their duty. Where argu.
ment and persuasion have failed, sterner meas.
ures must be taken with this guilt and madness
of secession.


If the people of Virginia vote, on the 23d
instant, to go out of the Union, let them un.
derstand distinctly that they are not afterwards
to pursue their fugitive slaves, either into this
District of Columbia, or into the free States.


We are perfectly prepared for the senseless
cry, that this is suggestion looking to slave
insurrection, with all its attendant horrors. 1t
is no such thing. 1t is precisely the contrary.
Slave instructions are more likely to result
from returning fugitive slaves, than from help.
ing them off. If all the slaves in Virginia
should run of, the possibility of slave insur-
rection there would be at an end, and the dan.
ger of slave instructions diminishes precisely
in proportion to the number who escape. 1t is
black men who are kept as slaves, who endan.
ger the lives of women and children, and not
those who run of. This is the common sense
of the case, and no clamor against melting
to murder and rape" will delude the country
in relation to it. Running away is not nsur.
rection, but the preventative of insurrection, by
being tho substitute for it. Running away is,
in fact, the safety valve. of the system of sla.
very, to save it from explosion.
Year: 1861

Are composed of Vegetable ingredients exclusively,
as can be ascertained by chemical tests. Their
prominent qualities are those Of an active and
searching, though perfectly mild and agreeable de-


tel gent aperient of gentle suporihc, promoting
the insensib1e perspiration of pleasant diuretic


invigorating the kidneys and bladder; and of a
delightful tonic cardiac. exciting appetite by the
demands of active digestion, and cheering the mind
with that grateful sense Of renovated health which
ls one of the most feIcitous feelings Of our nature
Year: 1861

So denominatsd from their astonishing power of
creating new life and health, as it were, from the
very ashes of the most dilapidated constitutions
are more strongly tonic and more Immediately in
vigorating than pills; containing the same choice
vegetable extracts IS the latter, in different mod
alimentary canal much sooner; generally slightly
operating within three or four hours, and produc-
ing decided sense of relief the head and stom-
ach, and exhilerating the mind eEen in less time
than fhig.
Year: 1861

NAFE have lust received another supply Of Coal OIL
w IamIs among which some very handsome
Patterns paElOrs all lifted with the collins burner
which is the Improvement and Il imneasurably
superar any other Lamp low before the public for
sUness and steadiness OF Hame freedom from smoke,
simplicity IN construction, beauty and elegance in I'm
ish cleanliness and economy One Lamp Will give the
hat OF four candles and does cost much as one
The OIL We have imported burn in these Lamps Is
clear beautiful article from any offensive OdOr,
ayes grease spot when split uIOn carpet or Cloth
IN and Ill not explode


RAINS. BROWN & Co
Wholesale & Retail Druggists, No. IL Public Square
Nashville Tenn mar lot
Year: 1861

we the people of the Confederate States each State
acting its sovereign and independent character
order to form permanent federal government, estab
lish Justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure
the blessings of liberty to ourselves and poster
ty-nvoking the faver and guidance of Almighty God
do ordain and establish this Constitution for the
fafe of
Year: 1861

TIE BATTLE FIELD FORTNIGHT AFTER THE FIGHT.-Au especial correspondent of the Cin- cinnati Gazette, in long letter about the battle near Springfield, Mo-, has the following:

 There still remain about seventy five or one hundred bodies upon the field of battle, besides large number of horses. The bodies are Tn every instance those ot federal soldiers, and are generally lying on hard gravelly ridges. Those who fell iu the holows, or where the ground was soft, have been hid from view. The stench arising from the field is not as overpowering as might be supposed. With single exception every face was turned as black an Ethop's, and that one, strange to say, persists ln retain ing its Caucasian characteristic. In several ln- stances the visitor can distinctly see where the wounded men have dragged themselves from the places where they ieil to the shade afforded by few scrubby oak bushes ln the held, and there, with the crimson tide of life ebbng away, and no k,nd hand to administer so trling a thing as cup of water, for the want ot which they were falni>hing, they lad them down to die Some of our wounded men, who had thus sought the shade were not found for three or four days after the battle.
Year: 1861

There are three parties in this, our innocent
and well-meaning State of California, that are
tearing each other to pieces about something or
other of great consequence. though we have not
the Wit to guess what it is.-[Transcript.


We never regarded our neighbor as equal
in point of wit to Prentice or Artemas
Ward; but we certainly had given him credit
for more sense than he claims to possess,
and for the credit of the profession we re-.
gret he ever allowed the above sentence to
see the light.
Year: 1861

Notwithstanding the very wet weather-for even re-
cruitDg appears to be subject to atmospheric influence


business TO day in Chatham street very brick thr
teen men being enlisted and transferred 10 Governors
Tsland-a number very much above the ordinary daily
average. Applicants were not as numerous or late,
Year: 1861

The Hon. Paul Dillingham; was nomin-
ated by the Democratic State Convention
of Vermont as party candidate for the Of
flee of Governor. He has declined to ex-
cept the nomination in words worthy a son
of Molly Stark. Read, ponder, and heed
them:


81 know that our party divisions in the
start, are not easily forgotten; men become
attached to their party-and l wish to cast
no reproach upon any--who now believe
that their patriotic efforts for their country
can be rendered more beneficial by drag
ging them through old party channels. 1
judge differently. Our country, not par
ty, is in peril, and that country demands Of
all its sons, their best judgment and efforts
in its behalf In Union there is strength
We all believe in the truth of this proverb,
and if we have Union, strong Union, to
effect great end, it can only be had by
carrying into it perfect equality with conf
dence. We must, for the time, forget
whether we be republicans or democrats
In such Union there will be strength and
efficiency, and, if we differ hereafter, let it
not be to settle the question who did most
for his country-let us act together-act
honestly, efficiently-and let him wear
honors who fairly wins them. feel very
confident that great number-I hope a
majority of all the old parties in this State
feel and Judge as do, and stand for their
country--one and indivsible-now and for
ever. With such 1 mean to act, whether
their number be few or many, till this most
wicked rebellion is crushed out, and, wish
ing that my opinions and acts may be in
harmony, have felt called upon to decline
the nomination so honorably rendered to
me-"


Stephen Thomas and James T. Thurston,
the Democrat nominees for Lieutenant Gov
ernor and State Treasurer, have also writ
ten to the Chairman of the State Commit.
tee, declining to be candidates for similar
patriotic reasons.