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Year: 1861

Par BETTERING HIS IEsTRUCTIoHs.-A lady
and gentleman recently married, in the
neighborhood of Nottingham, left home in
their own carriage for bridal tour among
the Cumberland axes. In order 10 avoid
the curiosity attracted by persons in the
honeymoon the gentleman gave his Irish
footman the strictest charge not 10 tell any
one on the road that they were newly mar.
ried, and threatening TO dismiss him in-
stautly if he did. Pat promised implicit
obedience but on leaving the first inn on
the road, next morning, the happy couple
were much astonislied and annoyed 10 find
the servants all assembled, and pointing TO
the gentleman, mysterionsiy exclaiming.
That's him; that's The man. On reaching
the next stage. the indienat master told
Murphy he must Immediately discharge
him, as he had divulged what be impressed
upon him as a secret Phase your honor,
says Pat, what is it you complain of?'
You rascal exclaimed the angry master,
you told the servants al the inn last night
that we were newly married couple
Och, then. be this and be that said Pat,
Frightening up in anticipated triumph,
there's not word of truth in it, yer honor
sure tould the whole of them, servants
and all, that you wouldn't be married Tor a
fortnight yet
Year: 1861

W my yoke is easy and my burden is
light, as the young fellow said when
pretty girl was sitting on his lap with her
arms around his neck Our "Jopr" says he
would give premium for that chaps "sit''
or he would not mind acting as "sub" for
him.
Year: 1861

WASHINGTON, May ~, 1901.
Colonel Butler the brother Of General Butler is here,
10 AJAX for instructions the disposal OF the slaves
now hourly seeking protection among the federal troops
in and about Fortress Monroe The matter bas been be-
fore the Cabinet, but definite conclusion has yet
been arrived at The action OF General Butler In the
promises win doubtlossly be sustained


appears by advces from Fortress Monroe that there
s be stampede OF the "peculiar institution
through Virginia After the three slaves belonging to
Major Carrie demanded by him under the Fugitive slave
law were retained by General Butler. because Carrie
would not " support the constitution and laws Of
the United States eleven ed TO the pickes Of The
federal forces and were taken into the fort and put to
work The next day thirty two found outside the
fort end when my informant left about fifty had
Just arrived.


General Butler s desirous of receiving instructions
from the government as TO what disposition he sbal
make OF these people Under the laws OF Virginia hey
arc property, and win be retained when known 20 oe.
long traitors but any escaping from loyal men will be
promptly returned under the laws,


From prefen, appearances shall have very sudden
decreme OF the slave population in many OF the slave
States. Under this rule whenever the federal forces
march, slavery viii disappear The subject OF disposng
Of the slaves when set free before the Cabinet
Az The slaves thus liberated suddenly become men, and
VIII he recognized such by General Butler the ques
tion arfes whether they cannot be North their
parole a honor.
Year: 1861

., OB[ All the regular telegraphic reports for the newspapers are made up by the New York

 associated press. No telegraphic operator or agent is permitted to make up such reports.

 The telegraph company has no agency what ever in the preparation of dispatches for the press, nor is it in any manner responsible for the character or truth of this kind of news.
Year: 1861

The New York Times is uncontrollably indignant at the delay of the LINCOLN administration in beginning its work of suhjuga.ion. It says:

 The time named for the meeting of Con- gress is too late for military operations in the Southern States. Months will have to pass before i, will be safe to accomplish what is now within our power, and during these months the enemy will be busy strengthening itself, and preparing to de- slroy ten of the national soldiers, where they now lack the ability to destroy one. For the troops now departing southward, ln,ermixed. as they largely are, with men who have seen service not only in Mexico but in the grander contests in Europe, are. at the start, more than match for the raw levies of the Southern States, whose experience is restricted to the annual mili- tia muster. Now we have the start of the South in men, and in the fact that at this period their climate is as endurable as our own. Two months hence, they will have all such advantages on their side. They know this better than we do; and if by deceptive demonstrations they can induce the Washington leaders to procrast'na,e, they turn the chances of the conflict in thelr own favor.

 

 We demand that the Govefnment bring peace at the earliest possible moment. We know peace can only be had by conquest. If the Administration has not the wisdom and courage to proceed at once to ,hIs con- quest, shrinking sarfully from the respon- sibIity, let it summon Congress at once ; and the people in Congress assembled will have the glory of saving the Union
Year: 1861

until all the '.gusl,ing" feelings with
in you have been thoroughly subdued
until, in short, your hide is Of
rhinoceros thickness. Then, O as
pirants for the bubble reputation at
the press mouth, throw yourselves
among the inkpots, dust, and cob
webs of the printing Office, if you
will. ..


We find in the above. too much
truth. And from experience can ap-
preciate the tenor of the article.
There is not an editor or publisher
who has been connected amy length
of time with the press. but has. ere
this, discovered all the imaginary
glory attached to the vocation, and
faithfully portrayed in the above.
Still, many like ourselt, retira from
the pursuit in disgust, and in the
course Of time find themselves again,
"handling the quill"


We have freed ourself from this
tenacious life, some halt dozen diff
ferent times, each time with the de-
termination ofnever returning to it


Only a short period however, would
elapse before we We're again at 1t
How to account for this we know not
We have been connecced in the pub


fishing OF no less than twelve differ.
ent journals, throughout this country


we are again in the business: and
if we could succeed in again ''throw


ing up the pen" we viii devote our at


tention, to almost anything in pre-


ference-even cone horse business
Year: 1861

DETROIT Nov II.
A communication in the Free PSsss this morn
jng, understood to have been written BY Gen. Cass
juSties the arrest Of Mason and Slidell but shows
that it was in strict accordance with the position
Of the Government upon the right Of search
question o. maintsined in the correspondence
with tho British Government in 1858.


prcportionate amount Of cavalry and artillery
will be attached to the division which will, for
the present, occupy portion Of Springfield, on the
line of the Orange 1 Alexandra Railroad.
Year: 1861

I hereby acknowledge that accept this


pass, upon my word Of honor solemnly pledg-


ed that I will ever bear true faith and allegi-


ance to the United States Of America, and


thai I will consider such allegiance as pqra-


mount to that due to any other power. soverr
eighty or state whatsoever-that will never
take I'd arms against the Uited States, or
Year: 1861




Hence, ifa war does come, il will be a war
of self defense on our part. Il will bea war
in defense of our own Just rights; in defense
Of the government which we have inherited
as a priceless legacy from our patriotic
fathers in defence Of those great rights OF
the freedom Of trade, commerce, transit and
intercourse from the center 10 the circum-
ference Of our great continent These arc
rights we can never surrender.


j have struggled almost against hope 10
avert the calamities of war and to effect a
reunion and reconciliation with our brethren
Of the South: yet hope it may be done,
but am not able TO point out to you how it
may be effected. Nothing short of Provi-
dencc can reveal TO us the issue of this great
struggle. Bloody-calamitous--I fear il
will be. May we so conduct it if collision
must come, that we will stand justified in
the eyes of Him who knows our hearts, and
who Will judge our every act. We must not
yield to resentments, nor to the spirit of
vengeance, much less TO the desire for con-
quest or ambition.


/ see no path of ambition open in bloody
struggle for triumph over my own country
men. There is no path for ambition open
for me in in divided country, after having
80 long served united and glorious country
Hence, whatever we may do must be the re.
suit Of conviction. of patriotic duty-the
duty that we owe to ourselves, to our poster
ity, and to the friends Unconstitutional liberty
and selfgoyenmcnt throughout the world.
Loud applause


My friends, | can say no more. To dis
cuss these topics is the most painful duty of
my life. 1t is with sad heart-with griet
that have never before experienced, that 1
have to contemplate this fearful struggle /;
duty we SeSSe oWe Ourselves % 3 and eben h IT. a
our God, to protect this Government and
that flag from every assaiant, be he who he
may. Tremendous and prolonged ap-
plause.)
Year: 1861

THE Baltimore Sun of Yesterday speaks of
the yindictiye spirit of the North, on account
Of the murderous attack Of the mob Of that
city upon the soldiers Of the republic march,
ing from Massachusetts to the defense of
the capital, and attempts to excuse an out
rage which will stand in judgment. against
Baltimore as long as civilization endures, or
iuhumanity is denounced. Instead Of whin-
ing over this honest indignation of the peo-
pie Of the free States, the Baltimore Sun,
and those with whom it is associated, should
call upon the mountains to cover them, and
hide themselves in caves from the wrath that
is to come Washington Chronicle.
Year: 1861

Persons, who would turn from New York
paper two days old in utter disgust, will spend
hours in poring over the stale comments Of
the English press, upon news from America
still more stale. An English paper just ar.
rived in this country, is necessarily ten or
twelve days old when it arrives, and its edito.
rials upon affairs in the United States, must
necessarily have been predicated upon advices
from the United States still older, by another
ten or twelve days. In round numbers, these
English editorials which are served up to US as
something new, are really comments upon our
affairs as they existed a month ago. If there
has been no material change in these affairs
within the month, these comments have a value,
as indications of English action in the future,
but where there has been such material change,
these comments have no value whatever.


Thus, the course Of the English Government
in respect to the Southern Confederacy will de-
pend, not upon the aspect Of affairs in the last
days of April, which was the aspect commented
upon in the London papers brought by the
Persia, but upon the present and future aspect
of affairs.


We need not trouble ourselves, for one single
moment, with the speculations of European
editors, who are necessarily "behind the times"
so far as America is concerned, being separa-
ted from it by wide ocean, which is not
crossed in a day, even in this age of steam.
The independence OF the Southern Confederacy
will be recognised in Europe, if it is achieved
as a matter of fact, and not otherwise and as
to the probability Of that, we, who are on the
spot are much better judges than men on the
other side of the Atlantic.


The question is, not what Englishmen have
thought, or said, about affairs at an old date,
but what they wN think and say and do, when
they come to the knowledge of American events
as they present themselves to-day.


We may be certain, that their views, as to
the probability of the successful establishment
of Southern Confederacy, will undergo the
same change, as has been wrought in observers
of events here, and that in due time, such a
consummation will be regarded abroad, as i'm
possible as it is now regarded here.


As long as the nation protects itself, as a
matter Of fact, from disruption, it need have nc
apprehension that this revolt will be recog
nised by foreign Powers. We are complete
masters Of our own destnies in that particular


The Navy Department will in the course Of
this week, invite proposals for building the
steam machinery of a number of screw gun
! boats.
Year: 1861

NUMBER OF THE ESEMY's TKooPs.-A gen.
tleman just returned from scouting tour, ex
tended as far south as New Orleans gives it
as his opinion that the sum total of the South
ern forces at all points, does not exceed thirty.
five thousand men. He arrives at this conclu
sion, by presuming that there has been the
same exaggeration of this force at the places
which he did not visit, as he found at the places
which he did visit. We know him to be man
ofquick observation and good judgment, al
though we think he undertakes the enemy's
forces. But he does not err on that side, so
much as the reports generally current at the
North err on the other.
Year: 1861

TIE STATE FAm--The Fair grounds pre-
sent every day an accession to their appear
ance Of progress made, sud this week will see
all completed. It seems settled that the Fair
vii be made most attractive one, and we are
glad to notice among the mechanics deter
minstion to go into the work Of generous
competition. The list Of prizes foots up So
000, ard there will be none disappointed to
NIQm sre aE6rGsd premiums.
Year: 1861

We are now prepared to manufacture our
goods with dispatch, as our force is much larger
than heretofore.


We have the best Of workmen, and no effort
will be spared on our part to give entire salts
faction to all who may favor us with their pat
ronape. noi0-3m
Year: 1861

nR. WARNER, with grateful thanks, has
the honor to inform the ladies and gentlemen of
Memphis, that, through the kind and liberal
patronage which he has received from them, he
has been induced to settle here permanently
and become citizen of Memphis. He consid-
ers it unnecessary, in this connection, to pub
hsh the hundreds Of


FTntEeriIlg Testis5EOsstGgs
Which he has received from gentlemen Of the
highest respectabiity, in this city and else
where. They are in his possession and open
for the inspection of all, but the reference be-
low are OF a nature that will abundantly satisfy
al who peruse them.
Year: 1861

With the light and flexible knife bar to the
recently improved moving machines, there is
much danger Of cutting timothy '9O lo1o! II
have been scolded for leaving more than my
wages behind me in using the old scythe) AS
il is perennial grass the life and prosperity
depends much upon the condition it is left in
by the scythe or moving machine-by exam
lining stool Of timothy, every stalk will be
seen to grow from a bulb at the bottom, and
on the maturity Of this uninjured, depends
the success of the succeeding crop, as like
other bulbous plants it affJrds nourishment
for the young plant in starting in the spring


1t is obvious that if the machine is allowed to
run too low, and the stalk cut off very close to
these or even cutting through them, much in
jury msy be done to the succeeding crops. one
or two inches of the bottom is not as valuable
for food as many suppose, as it is more woody
and fbrous. If the ground has been well har-
roWed and rolled there will be but little dan
ger of injuring If care is taken to adjust the
machine properly to start with. If cut too
close and followed by very dry, burning suns,
much injury would be done to the stubble 1t
Is the practice Of some to spread their meadows
over with straw or compost manure soon after
cutting-this would serve as a mulch, and
would be good use to put extra straw to, or
such piles Of manure as would otherwise lay
and leach till fall or spring g-Prairis Farmer.
Year: 1861

COTTON AND THE SOUTHERN CoAsr.-The
Augus'y Confederacy says: 1t is evident that
no attack will be made on our coast this sum-
mer and fall. Lincoln is afraid of Yellow jack;
but we may expect our seapOrts to be assailed
next winter. Then the war will be vigorously
pushed against Us, both on the coast and on
the border Now is the time that our troops,
ny bold and vigorous effort, should drive the
eGeriy from our borders and break up their
footing there. When winter comes, our men
from the south cannot stand the Virginis
climate as well ss the Yankees; hence they
Will then have the advantage OF US in that
respect. On this score we consider delays
dangerous. But when Jack Frost has killed
Yellow Jack, we may look out for all our sea-
ports to be attacked and our whole coast to be
invaded wherever a landing can be effected.
Are we ready for this? Are our authorities
alive to this important consideration! We
hope 80. In view Of this, we advise all our
formers not to ship their cotton to market
until very near the time for selling it. Five
hundred thousand bales at Charleston or Sa
vannah, or million at Mobile CT New Orleans
would be an additional inducement to the
thleVlng Lincolnites TO take the city Wouldn't
1t be relished by the scoundrels to capture our
cotton, send it to Europe, get the money for
It, and expend il in our suhjugation, or supply
their own idle mills with it? It must not be
permitted. Therefore We say to every farmer,
don't send your cotton to market till Won
know it can be sold as soon as il reaches the
place. But what about the cotton loan AID
the number of bales 1 have agreed to have in
market on certain day." many will ask.
There Is no difficulty on that score. Unless
the blockade is raised, the cotton cannot be
sold If it can't be sold, the Government
don't want 1t at market. The Government
will be as effectually served with your cotton
at home under your own shelter as lying in a
warehouse in Augusta or Savannah. if it can
not be sold. When it can be sold the planter
will want it at market, and so will the Gov
erument. As Mr.. Hill 80 tersely expresses
1.-THE interests Of the planter and tn,
government are exactly parallel, and conflict
nowhere Don't send your cotton to marx OF
before it can be sold''
Year: 1861

The account Of the Secessionists OF
the Federal loss at Bnll's Run, is some.
what alarming. Either they or our
folks are greatly mistaken as to the loss
on our side, and the probability is that
neither have yet given, or ever will, q
true account Of the matter. If the re .
oei' took IS many horses, light ar,ne,
cannon, WAGONS and stores as they real
~ pretend, they made handsome thing
out OF the operation. Several grains of
al'owence may be safely made on their
statement, though the best face We can
put upon it is, altogether too unpleasant
for contemplation. That we got licked
out and played . very foolish game at
Bulls Run, is too apparent to attempt
to plaster over and patch up at this
time. The best thing Uncle Sam can
do Is to pocket the disaster and take a
fresh start.
Year: 1861




We should be sorry to believe that the
editorials Of the Chicago Times reflect the
sentiments Of the party Of which it was
lately representative. Despite the cun~
ming effort to appear. to sympathise with
the loyal men who are lnboring to put
down this wicked rebellion, it is evident
that it waits the moment when it may do
so with safety, to throw of it's tlimsy dis
guise, and range itself once more along
side Of tho en- mics Of the Constitution
and the Union. Its treatment Of tho ques-
ton at issue in Missouri between the
friends Of the Government and the Seces-
sionists: its unconcealed chuckle oTer
tile. prospective interference Of Great
Britain in our domestic quarrel; its
readiness to blame and its tardiness
in praising what the Administration;
does, and the whole tenor Of its articles
are conclusive as to the real animus Of
those who control it. We ought not to
have expected anything else. Its support
Of Douglas during the last campaign was
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necessities Of the political situation. AL
the while it was. in sympathy with its
worst and most malignant opponents. It's
course after the election, Was, as everybody
in The Northwest knows, IS Clearly repre-
1ensible as that Of the Charleston Mercury;
because if its treason was not SO blatant
md unblushing, the place in which it was
uttered ga-e it weight, and Significance
that the ayowals Of the Mercury did not
possess. Its share in fomenting and en-
couruging the rebellion by which the coun-
try is torn, cannot be diminished By its
present show Of loyalty. It's record is
made. That when compelled to do
so by fear Of popular indig-
nation, its owners hung out tie
American flag, that they might continue
to do mischief to the cause Of free govern
ment and the North, is no reason why the
Times should be held guiltless for the
treason which it now hardly cares 10
conceal


We are glad to know that the malignity
and venom Of that secession sheet are not
shared By the Democratic party; and that
they are as offensive to the great mass Of
that old organization as to the Republicans.
It Is true that q few niggezless white men
who have come to the free States to earn
the bread and meat which did not fall fast
enough inlo their 1arders at home, and
whose highest ambition is to get money
enough among the hated Yankees, to 60
back and buy q niger, tliat they
bare something beneath them, are
in close sympathy with. the en-
:e1nies Of the Republic, hence in har.
mony with their Chicago organ But they
are few; compared with the body Of ths
party to which they have protested to be-
long, they. are q cypher; and now being
separated from their late associates by ths
events Of the war, they sink into signif
cauce, which no loyal men wishes to dis
turb by calling them to account for thei1
treason muttered over their cups. Thei
late party, thank Heaven, is loyal, md Il
il as much as to Republican effort and the
patriotism OF our rulers, will the country
owe its victory over the perils by which i
is now cncompassed. But it is yet ques
ton how much treason shall beipcrnitte
among those who were lately identified
q with it. That remains to be answered.
Year: 1861

B A volunteer was horse whipped in
Philadelphia, on Monday, BY his wife, because
he had enlisted without her consent. He said
lie had enlisted for the sake Of peace.


a COOP PLACE FOR GEN. P1LLow-In the
bed Of the Mississippi.
Year: 1861

NHILDREN Of any age can now have their pictures
" taken perfect, as we have built Room expressly
for their Groups of Children also taken frac-
ton of a second, clear weather. Mothers need not
have the trouble take them TO Gallery dozen
times and at last put up with a caricature, II they
will but go at once TO


feb1S-u HUGHES PREMIUM GALLERY.
Year: 1861

AGsYSTHE PoIsoN.-I wrote you some
time since in relation to the terrible effects
Of obsynthe, a liquor which is extensively
used in France, aud which is spreading its
poison over the whole civilized world. A
petition has recently been presented in the
Corps Legislatif, signed by several of the
most eminent medical men in Paris, asking
that tic sale Of it he subjected to the same
restrictions rs here are thrown around that
OF other violent poisons, which are only
permitted to be sold by druggists upon
physicians prescription. The petitioners
aver that very large proportion Of the
cerebral diseases, and of cases Of actual in
sanity which come under their notice, are
the direct result of absynthe drinking. The
petition was considered of sufficient import
ance to be sent to the Minister Of the Inte-
rior for his advice, but the newspapers that
have spoken Of it, doubt the power Of the
Government to stop the sale Of this poison.
I take it there is no doubt Of the power, but
that it is simply question of policy. a
sudden stoppase of the supply of daily alb
synthe in Paris would be almost as much
felt as the stoppage Of tobacco or bread, and
might 6e attended with serious consequence,
for two or three glasses a day Of the villain
Gus stuff has become to be considered al
most necessity now, among all classes Of.
society.-Ahq Coz.