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Year: 1862

IN the Chamber OF Deputies, hs Minister cr Finance
laid table of the House bill, relative 10 the pr
vieges ur the Board of Centred and stated that tho bill
should be considered token that the government
the competion Of tho constitutional edtce always
rcstiy IN view.


The members Of the progressst party have resolved
not 10 make proposition in reference 10 the address
10 tho King In response TO the speech the House.
Year: 1862

from the London Times, Dec III


Her Mqtosy herself, with her accustomed eadness and
cmpCsufc appealed at to her family o. undertake
the great charge thus suddenly thrown upon them In that
will naturally be attracted at this uDcurc. The Prince
Of Wa!es is rapidly approaching the age when man Is
held TO be capable Of every responsibility and by
the measure OF years he should now be as com
petcDt TO assist his mother as the Prince Consort
when he assumed that duty. He has been educated
Of minds, Of peoples and Of manners. By happy fore
thought he has risiti the rty nation that hreds TO
esdpe from difficulties by soh its mother coua
ty. the Prince Of Wales Is 20 be rise and good
soreJeqn, he will now be wise and god and II he
will feel call to devote himself To his Country
his parents have done ho will feel This is the time
Tor that which the greatness OF
be founded This indeed is the occasion such as hsto
and dramatsts have owed " describe in the live 4
their favori'e princes, en The Prince n oies h
TO make a solemn choice bei,esen life Of firoiuy, PR
hdfs Of trouble and misery, and reign Of usbipess 10
make his blessed forerer lie resolve, he could
say Noc ornerr but experience proves that they who
reject the first solemn call seldom more affected by
any that come after. From all accounts the Princess
Alice has shown herself fully equal to the occasion,
ceving her dying father condolences and giving her
mother timely and aid. That the Queen should
gather her family around her. and address them at such


time for such purnose itself proves her confidence in
them That all, and above all the Prince Of Wales may
be deserving Of that confidence, is now the prayer
OF this great country We know not how much the desti
MICS ,of only Of Me British empire but IF the rho'e human
race dercnd on The yo,ahfui prime Of wh here sen
has position, aud honor and power TO win. lie may BE-


true king sdd6w Of royalty; and nv the lars Of human
nature and the ksiinony Of experience the decision is to
made This vsTy hour.
Year: 1862

But sentiment apparent Throughout England
that of deep sympathy for the Queen and regret for the
death OF universally respected The strongest
eucsums passed upon the deceased Prince by the
press and the public.
Year: 1862

The london Times says that the Queen has borne her
loss with exemplary resignation. and coinpo sure which
under so sudden and terrible bereavement could
not have been anticipated. When tho FIRST passionate
burstof grief over her Majesty called her children
around her. and with calmness which gives proof OF
great natural energy, addressed them in solemn and
afeconate terms. Her Majesty declared to her family


that though she felt crushed by the loss Of who had
been her companion through lifc she knew how much
expected Of her aud she accordingly called on her
children to give her their assistance in order that she
might do her duty 10 them and t0the country.
Year: 1862

During yesterday the inner shell and eaden cofii
which will enclose the remains of the Prince Censor
were forwarded 10 Windsor. According 10 custom, tn
body will be Inferred In four collins, tho innor
shell being Of polished mahogany cascd outside with lead
then outer, plain, but very massive coffin Of mahs
gar v; all comes the state coffin case, Of crmso
velvet and with massive silver gilt ornaments. On IN
lcadon coffin Ia TO be silver plate, engraved with tn
style and titles OF tho deceased Prince. The outer ms
hogany coffin will simply bear plate with his name an
tho date OF his birth and death On the state coffin wi
be the customary silver gilt plato bearing ibscrpo
similar to that ON the leaden coffin.
Year: 1862

MAIL IRREGULARlTTEs.-In some remarks
in our last issue, on the Irregularities of
the malls, we probably did the Marysvlle
Postmaster injustice. We accused him, on
the authority of the stage driver, Of being
70 pious, that be refused to allow the Ne
vada mail to be taken from that Office on
Sunday last From information derived
from the Nevada Postmaster, we are salts
fed it was the fault of the person empop-
ed by Stage Company, whose business it is
10 deliver the mail at the stage eface. The
Stage Company have no contract to carry
the mail on Sunday, though they can do so If
they choose, and have, for several years,
brought up Sunday mail fromSacramento.
AS the Nevada mail now comes round by
way of Marysvile. causing a detention of
one day, people were considerably vexed
that it should have been delayed another
day unnecessarily. II will perhaps, be some
weeks before direct mail communication
with Sacramento is resumed.
Year: 1862

TELEGRAPH WORKING.-W learn from
MIR. Pattlson, the operator at Nevada, that
the telegraph lines are once more working
throughout the State and overland. The
Union received its regular dispatch from
the East lust night, but not in time for this
mornings issue of the paper. The news is
week later than has been received in this
State, and undoubtedly contains important
intelligence. We shall issue an extra to-
morrow morning if we can get the dis
patch.
Year: 1862

WHEAT CRoP IN OH1o.-From all parts Of
Ohio we learn that the growing wheat crop new
or looked better at this season Of the year than
now. Should the Winter prove favorable, this
prospect for an abundant harvest is undoubted-
ly fattering The Fall was remarkably favor
ble for its growth, and all that was sown iu
proper season is now so firmly rooted, and the
ground so completely covered with the plant,
as to enable it to resist the Winter frosts with
out damage Wheeling Press.
Year: 1862

THE WAR TAX IN UTAH.-The Utah cor
respondent of a California paper thinks the war
tax cannot be collected in that territory, not
because the people are opposed to paying it,
but in consequence of the great scarcity of sill
yer and gold. Utah's portion is but $4,000.
Year: 1862

THE people of Napa county are in queer
fix; whether a bad one or not, they know best
They are nearly out of Supervisors, majority
of the Board, says the Echo, being under in
dictment, are prevented from acting.
Year: 1862

On the strength of the repeal Of the stamp
duties new daily paper is to be started in
London, as the organ Of Conservatism. 1t is
Of be called the Day, and to be issued in the
afternoon.
Year: 1862

s- The Press, we trust, will soon be re-
garded as an ''institution" of the State as well
as of the city. For the last two weeks we
have been receiving daily the most gratifying
proofs of the favor with which il is regarded
by the public. During that time we have
been compelled to add more than 500 sheets to
the pile of paper worked Off daily. One day
the present week we received permanent or
ders for about twenty-five copies of the daily,
from towns on the Kennebec. The paper is
gaining foot-hold in all parts OF the State that
are reached by daily mail.
Year: 1862

sB- The Rockland Democrat says "the
men who have run away to escape draft are
not worthy to have the privileges of citizen
ship, and we trust that measures will be taken
to strip them of such rights. Make them like
aliens. Put the brand of outcasts upon them.
Let their places be taken by the foreigners
who peril life, and sacrifice property in defence
of our government"
Year: 1862




to peculiarly gospel church in that locality,
made up of the odds and ends, and disaffected
of other churches, whose members seem to re-
gard patriotism as an unholy thing, calculated
to defe the sanctuary of religion. That
church must be ripe for translation. One of
Uncle Sans drafts would be an excellent APP
pliance to bring it back to a more militant"
state, in which its relations and duties to the
material world would be more fully appreciat-
ed; and gentlemen of that town assure us
,hat if any of its members should be compelled
to go to the war, and if they should gloriously
fall while patriotically fighting the enemy, in
stead of returning to aid that enemy by dis
seminatng their quasi treason, many of their
neighbors and fellowtownsmen would from
the heart exclaim "God's will be done !"


ga story is told on this WISE that Rev.
Mr.. Hersey, of this city, now Chaplain of the
Maine 18th, recently preached asermon at Var
mouth-where he had been regularly supply
ing the Universalist pulpit-and as it was to
be his last visit to the place, he took occasion
to refer TO the state of the country, stated his
own position, and what he proposed to do-to
join the defenders of his country on the field
of striie--and he called upon the young men
of the congregation to signaze their patriot
ism by rallying around the standard of their
imperilled country. At the close of the serv-
ices, as the story goes, he was confronted and
assailed by that somewhat notorious gentle
man of Fort Lafayette experience = and
another citizen of the place, recently a Custom
House officer, by whom he was most grossly
insulted, charged with shamefully dcsecrating
the temple of religion, and otherwise abusive
ly treated. Such is the story in brief, as relat-
ed to us by gentlemen of veracity; but if the
slightestinjustice is done to any one by it pub
lication, our columns will remain open for cor
rection.
Year: 1862

Demosthenes said that 'distrust Of the
fidelity and integrity of rulers was the
greatest safeguard OF liberty and he was
right. The encroacbment of despotism
on the fair domain ofliberty must be slow
y and speciously made. But dsspo.ism
may be cultivated in a Republic BY ad-
ministering h in homeopathic doses at
fret. In times like these we are in dan.
ger. while disputing about terms and
forms, Of lcsing the spirit Of liberty. I'm.
der the protection Of profession Of love
for the Union. men with impunity practice
all kinds Of rascality. Ii is thus that pat
riotism in the mouth Of the conspiring
demagogue becomes the charter Of his
privilege to the enthroned despot. and the
measure of their confidence in the one 10.
ses to the enslaved people the power to
resist the tyranny Of the other. This Is
SO true in principle and SO we'll established
by history as to become an axiom in pol.
itics. so plain that none will be found to
dispute it. And yet its assertion and EN-.
forcement is of the greatest urgency and
Importance. Ia not the fact that govern.
ment forbids us to 'distrust its fidelity
and integrity sufficient cause for dis.
trust?' The following questions will IL
lus.rate this point:


QUESTIONS FOR PATRIOTS.


Has not the present government depriv-
ed men Of their liberty without due pro.
cess Of law for distrusting its fidelity and
integrity?


Has Il not established a censorship Of
the press to prevent the expression of dis.
trust?


Has this not been done in the name Of
liberty anL patriotism?


Is government that attempts by force
to prevent censure Of it's public acts. hon
est? Is il Republican? Nay. is il not
despotic?


How do despots sustain themselves in
Europe but by rewarding those who praise
and defend them. and furnishing those
who censure?


Can the despotism which alone sustains
the monarchies Of Europe be practiced in
Republic and not destroy it?


Can n war for the supremacy Of - writ
ten Constitution be successful while the
constitutional party itself violate that con-
stitulion with impunity?


Can a government that guarantees pro-
lection TO life, liberty and property be sus.
tanned by war that is made the pretext
Year: 1862

for unlawfalIy depr'ving peaceable citizens
of their liberty and property?


Is State necessity valid and sufficient
plea for usurpation of power by Repub
lican government?


Did any free people ever yield their lib
erty sacrifice to despotism except upon
the altar Of State necessity?


How long will it take our armies to
subjugats eight millions Of people if
We let them whip US every time they want
to?


Would j. be profitable speculation to
the people or the government or to the ne.
gro to destroy eight hundred million dol.
lars worth of productive property by
emancipation?


Will it pay to seal up important ports
in which the commerce of the world 10 in.
terested?


Does our administration believe that
this government can exist permanently
half free and half slave?'


Has the strong Union feeling Of the
South vanished like the baseless fabric of
a vision. or is the creek up so we can't
hear from i,s


Did the great fleet seal the port of
Charleston to prevent the city from at
tacking the feet. or to prevent tho feet
from attacking the city?


Is this war waged for the maintenance
of the Union. or for the purpose of givin
Office and fine clothes to Wide Awakes
and politicians?


10 it not timo for honest men to be
alarmed when James Redpa,h abuses his
internal policy which by his advocacy
helped to bring on this miserable war. and
Lloyd Garrison and Henry Ward Beecher
fall in love with the Constitution. and Ly.
man Trumbull attacks the administration
in defense Of hoJeas eorpuss


Is there going to be civil war?


How long would it take two old bliad
tom cats TO figh! themselves into pair Of
loving wide awake kittens?


Is nobody hurt?'
Year: 1862

Wednesday last was the day appointed
by the Commissioner for hearing reasons
for exemption from the draft, for Brandy.
wine and Christiana Hundreds and from
the great crowd of persons who "ayailed
themselves of the opportunity, it would
seem that nearly every man in both those
Hundreds was present ready to prove
himself a cripple or an invalid. Great


strong, athletic looking men were observed
in the crowd, awaiting their chance to
satisfy the Commissioner or physician that
from some physical infrmity y-perhaps
never known to them before, at least not
through the medium of their appetites or
pleasures-they are unable to defend their
homes and friends from desolation and
death 1t is a disgrace to humanity 10
see so many hitherto able-bodied men
thus sknlk away from the performance Of
one of the highest duties known to civil.
lied man--the defence of his country.


The fact is, this drafting process, a.
now conducted in Delaware, is bur
lesqae, and we hope that, as soon as the
farce is entirely "pIayed ont" Govern
ment will take hold of the matter ii
earnest, and proceed with it in manner
that will be ereditable both 10 itself and
the patriotism OF the State From pre-.
sent indications there will not be found in
Delaware one thousand men liable ia
draft, Notwithstanding the Government
calls upon ua for three times that number
Year: 1862

WeaEe glad that the proposition to make
the troubles growing out Of this war the
signal for the organization Of q party with
the lying label Democratic, y the object
Of which can be no other than to aid the
enemy by making war upon 11r. Linco1n's
Administration, comes from one whose
sympathies for the rebels and the rebellion
are always ayowed We mean that man
ya11andigham Of Ohio. Certainly there
can be no fear that fellow whose loyalty
is Of the quality of his, can, though aided
by the Chicago Times, the Dayton Empire
and other kindred prints, rally any consid-
erab1e force under the doubtful banner that
he will raise. 1t would, however, be nei-
ther announcement nor Improbable to group
together the rebel sympathisers in the
North, 10 the end that there may be visited
upon them collectively the indignation
which individuals now escape by dodgine
around in the crowd. Vallandigham will
do well to go ahead.
Year: 1862

which would be unbccoming women even,
can last, The lesson will soon be brought
home to cur national lawmakers, which
will convince Them that the war il an car
nest ! usincss, and that the Immense re-
sources Of the country. including the prop
erty Of rebels as we'll as the property and
industry Of the Loyal, must be all invoked
to secure victory which shall endure. At
the rate Of four millions day, or even two
millions, the bottom Of the treasury
cannot be far off! At that rate, the people
Of the North cannot always be expected to
acquiesce in the policy which heaps all tile
burdens upon them The day is not far of
in which with one voice the North will de-


nand that, by entreaty if they will, forcibly
If necessary, at all events in some way
by taxation, confscaion OF fines, one or the
other, or all-the men who have brought
this war upon US shall be made TO-: bear
their full share Of the burdens which It has
imposed. The opponents Of the cotton taz


will have but momentary triumph,
Year: 1862

The supposition that Gen. Buell. is to
command the army at Co11nth, is i'll
founded. Gen Grant is his superior in
rank, and the frivolous charges against
him being now Withdrawn, he is at the
head Of his old army, prepared, we hope,
Tor victory. That he has been strongly
reinforced, OUT readers know; but
We are not at liberty to state
What his strength is. Wemay say, how
ever, that no army ever engaged in
battle On this continent, with half the num-
ber Of that which is at this day under the
Generals direction. Wedo not know how
he will be opposed; but from the fact that
all the remaining energies Of the South
have been drawn upon to make head against
him, we cannot hope that the battle which
impepds will be eanything but obstinate and
bloody. We do not doubt what the result
viii be; but when we remember that eff
cheney Of preparation, courage Of men and
skill Of officers are sometimes powerless to
destroy the effect Of some un1ucly acci~
dent, and that blind chance seems some
times to carry the day against bravery and
science, We may not look upon victory as
q thing already assured.
Year: 1862

MURDER At WILLOW SrRHGs.-Thc Coro-
ncr received intelligence yesterday that a man
named Turner, living at Willow Springs, a
short distance south of this city, had killed
his wife with an axe No further particulars
were given. The Coroner leaves for the local
ifT4n-dax ta hold an incuekt
Year: 1862

CmHcH HFEsTvL-Thc ladies Of the North
Prcsbyterian Church will hold 4 festival on to-
morrow evening in tic basement room OF the
church. An elegant supper and choice music
will constitute two Important features Of the
evening The excellence Of the charity pro-
proposed to be benefited, and the FACT that
this is the first call the society have made
upon the public, s1,oald warrant liberal re-
sponsc 10 their appeal
Year: 1862

ID IL 10 now known that the draft will not
take place In the State Of New Yark on the I'd of
september, as the enrolment 10 not completed
The day on which the draft will take place will
be designated by the Governor. There are now
about On 600 troops enrolled in the State to all the
call for 300 0O0 volunteers and for old regiments
This leaves about 100 to raise under the call for
800 900 conscripts. Probably about sixteen days
remain for volunteering before the draft.
Year: 1862

IL According to correspondent Of the Temps
at Rome, the Pope is about to issue a doctrinal
bull which will condemn in detail all the errors
OF the human mind and will trace line Of de-
marcation between the Catholic dogmas and
human presumption. Tbs Pope has been earnest.
ly engaged upon this document for some time.
Year: 1862

III The Inhabitants of New Orleans have been
required to surrender their private arms. The
reason assigned for the order Is that at the late
battse Of Baton Rouge number Of the citizens of
that town were found with arms In their hands
among the slain on the battle ground.
Year: 1862

lands and our eWn croak ik downfall. and
the waves Of discord and sedition viii soon
Whelm it beneath their boiling flood.


The loyal and true men Of the Union, the
great cause Of free institutions everywhere,
demand that the Government shall give up
the fond hope Of turning the rebels back
with soft words; that it shall lay aside all
fear Of destroying rebel property, or rebel
lives; that it shall draw the sharp sword Of
justice, flashing before all eyes with Divine
splendor, and cut down, cast out, and utter
" destroy this poison trunk Of treason,
with all its roots and allits branches; that
men may once more have faith and trust
the Government; may revere next to the
Divine Rule Its sacred majesty and awful
power; and may see and tcel that no fate
this side Pcrdition is SO terrible and over
The1ming, as the fate Of those who dare
rise and rebel against its just authority.
Year: 1862

A REBEL DESCRIPTION OF REBEL THIEF
General Floyd's brief stay in Nashville of
course attracted much attention. Every
one was anxious to see the warrior of West
ern Virginia. To those Of our readers who
had not their curiosity satisfied, 1t may be
interesting to know that few men sustain
their character for soldiership in personal
address so largely as General Floyd. He
looks the hero from head TO foot. A man Of
extremely athletic build, he carries himself
erect and dauntless as an Indian chief. His
head is firmly set upon his shoulders, and
modelled with great intellectual beauty. 1t
is scovered with fine suit ofgray hair, which,
with his whiskeEs and mustache, Ia H'iH-
tairs, hightens the appearance of manhood
and the martial dignity and spirit which at
first arrest the most casual attention. His
address, though somewhat quick, not to say
brusgus, is always courteous ana kind. he
is emphatically an affirmative character
capable of exciting strong feelings OF friend
ship or enmity. We look to his career in
Kentucky With great expectation.-NashViII'
Banner, JdpudTy 10,
Year: 1862

CoMMERcE WITH SOUTH CARoLIEA.- We
understand that parties in this city, the pro-
prietor of patent machine for hulling. rice,
have made proposals to the authOritiesat
Washington to take such quantities OF rice
in state Of "paddy" as may come into pos
session Of our military authorities now in.
vading South Carolina, and bring 1t to bos-
ton, and there put it through the necessary
cleaning process. II is claimed that with
can be done better here than any where else,
and that with the present small supply OF
that staple on hand, the rice would become
a source of revenue to the Government and
help to keep down the rising prices. boston
Journal tf
Year: 1862

The duty on tobacco in England amounts
to about seven times the first cost price. AS
consequence it is extensively adulterated,
rhubarb leaves being generally mixed with
the cut tobacco. The penalty for Adultera-
ton is for the first ofense q fine Of $3.50,
but the convictions are very rare, as It Is
difficult TO obtain evidence to fnd guilty
parties, the Law ia so unpopular.
Year: 1862

People in Washington have been greatly
annoyed by hackmen about the hotels and
other public places. A law has been passed
subjecting every hackman to fine who
sis found of the bon Of his carriage" Ixon
bound to his wheel or Prometheus TO his
rock were not more hardly used than these,
Year: 1862

NELSON CREEK, Sept. 80, 1861.
DIR. J. C. You've You win remember what a
poor wretched creature was when last you,
and the result has astOnished me as well as my
friends Your invaluable prescription and excellent
advice have completely overcome ailments such as,
it seems to me, never afflicted mortal before.
er wrote letter with greater sati faction than pen
this shall remember you with gratitude as long
as live. That you may live long to alleviaie the
suerings of others as you have mine is my earnest
prayer Please accept my heartfelt thanks that you
have brought this almost hopeless case TO so happy
q termination. Yours, truly,