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Year: 1862

The Knickerbocker says &c Not many
years ago, an Irishman, whose finances did
not keep pace with the demands made on
his pocket, and whose scorn of honest labor
was imminently unfavorable to their being
legitimately filled, borrowed an old pistol
one day, when poverty had driven him to
extremity and took the highway most con-
venient to where he was likely 10 find a
heavy purse.


A Jolly old farmer came jogging along,
and Pat put him down instantly as party
possessing those requisites he so much stood
in need of himself. Presenting the pistol,
he demanded him to ''stand and deliver"


The poor fellow forked over some fifty
dollars, but finding Pat somewhat green,
begged a five to take him home, distance
of about half mile. The request was
complied with, accompanied with the most
patronizing air. Old Acres and Roods was
a knowing one. Eyeing the pistol, he
asked Pat if he would sell it.


''Is it to sell the pistol? Shure, and it's
the same thing I'll be after doing. What
will you be giving for it y


"I'll give you the five dollar bill for it. .


"Done and done's enough between two
gentlemen. Down with the dust, and sure
here's the tool for you"


The bargain was made by an immediate
transfer. The moment the farmer got the
weapon he ordered Pat to she'll out; and
pointing the pistol threateningly to blow
his brains out if he refused.


Pat looked at him with a comical leer,
and buttoning his breeches pockets, sung
out


elbow away, ould boy divil take the
bit of powders in it.


We believe the old man never told the
last part of the story but once, and that was
by the purest accident.
Year: 1862

PUNCTUATIoN.-Pu Punctuation, that is the put
ting the stops in the right places cannot be too
sedulously studied. We lately read, in a country
paper the following account of Lord Palmerston's s
appearance in the House of Commons Lord
Palmerston then entered on his head white hat
upon his feet, large but well polished boots upon
his brow, dark cloud in his hand, his faithful
walking stick in his eye, menacing glare saying
nothing. He sat down."-Pnch.
Year: 1862

A HAPPY FIREsIDE.-Home is the residence
not merely of the body but of the heart it is a
place for the affections to unfold and develop
themselves; for children to play in for husband
and wife to toll smilngly together, and make life
blessing. The object of all ambition should be
to be happy at home if we are not happy else
where. 1t is the best proof of the virtues of a
family circle, to see happy fresde.
Year: 1862

PATIENCE. There is much truth, if there is
also some satire in the following =


"You can do anything if you will have patience,
says our old fogy uncle, who made his fortune by
being planted in the old town when corner lots
were worth only ten dollars an acre, and waited
till he woke up one morning to find them worth
$500 foot.


"Water may be carried in sieve if you can
only wait"


"How long?" queries impudent and impatient
Young America who can hardly wait for his bread
or the old abtuary.


''Till it FREEZES ?"
Year: 1862

AN elder, speaking against long prayers, re-
marked thus =" When Peter was endeavoring
to walk on the water to meet his Master, and was
about sinking, had his supplication been as long
as the introduction of some of our modern pray
ers, before he got half through, he would have
been fifty feet under water"


Sensible elder that-one in a thousand of the
craft.
Year: 1862

JUST OUR SENTIMENTS. We received a letter
from friend the other day-one whose head is
generally "righ," as the saying goes, but who
is no fanatic. We take the liberty of extracting
paragraph or two, which to our notion is about
the right kind of talk He says There are
times when some degree of fanaticism is abso
luely essential in public men. Were cur lead
ing Generals fanatics they would end this war
gloriously in much less time than the sort who
are mostly in command. Ten or twenty years of
toadying to the slave power, in politics, is lot a
good preparation for lighting it in arms" Isn't
it true, reader?
Year: 1862

ADVANCE IN PRINTING PAPER.--1he paper up
Oh which The JOURNAL is printed, which formerly
cost SIS a ream, now costs 81. Printing material
of all kinds has advanced, and the publishers
throughout the State ultimate that they may be
obliged to follow the example of their Eastern
contemporaries by raising the price OF subscription
aud advertising. We trust no such necessity will
result.
Year: 1862

SECRETARY WELLEs AND THE AIABAMA.-It
appears, from . telegraphic despatch which we
publish In another column, that, at the instance
OF Senator Latham, of California, Secretary
Welles has consented that the war steamer Con-
necticut shall start from Hampton Roads on
the lst Of January to convey the California
treasure from Aspinwall to New York left be-
hind BY the Ariel from fear of capture on her
return trip, and, we presume, at the same time
to afford protection to the passenger and freight
steamships in the California trade, and to have
bright lookout for the modera Paul Jones,
who has become the terror of the seas.


Thus 1t Seems that the Rip Van Wrinkle Of the
Navy Department is only walked up at last from
his lethargy to ssnse of his duty by the re-
monstrances of Senator Latham. He never
would have thought Of but for the California
Senator. The Connecticut was on hand before.
Why was she not sent long since to do this
services We publish letter to-day from the
veteran seaman, Captain Palmer, who shows
that he called the attention of Secretary Wsllss
to the danger Of the California steamers 30 long
ago as October last. The HERALD frequently
logged the memory of the Secretary on the same
subject; but all to no purpose We also CON
stantly kept him posted about the whereabouts
of the Alabama in vain. It was only on
Thursday last we published telegraphic de-
spatch from Washington to the effect that
Secretary Welles had no knowledge Of the
movements of the rebel steamer, when day OF
two before we had published full accounts Of
her presence at Martinique.


Instead of sending the Vanderbilt away on .
wild goose chase after Semmes to Europe, why
was she not sent out in company with the Ariel
to the Gulf! It was not till we had again and
again adverted to the folly of having such fine
fast steamers as the Rhode Island and the
Connecticut turned into beef boats for
the troops that the Secretary Of the Navy
saw the necessity of arming them as war ves-
sells. Why were they not put on the Alaba-
mas track long since? Well might Semmes
with craft Of such speed as he commands,
laugh at any attempt of the San Jacinto to cap.
ture him. In yesterdays HERALD we published
an account Of the Oreto running the blockade
from Mobile; and she is only one of feet Of
freebooters let loose upon the ocean to make
deprsdations upon our commerce. The conse-
quence is that yesterday the underwriters here
doubled the war risk on insurances of Ameri.
can vessels, increasing It from two and a hall
to five per cent. Thus the carrying trade is
taken away from our shipping, to be transferred
to English bottoms, and our commerce cut up
on the great highway of nations, to say nothing
of the insults to our flag all over the Atlantic
and the Gulf At every important point fast
and powerful war steamers ought to be sta
toned, so IS to scour the ocean and capture the
enemy's privateers, or drive them, like the
Sumter and Nashville, into some port from
which they cannot emerge.
Year: 1862

sns manner Napoleon will have an immense
heet In our waters and large army near st
hand In case Of unexpected emergencies. We
doubt whether Davis views these precautions in
the same light we do. We may add that
We expect our administration will likewise
have Monitors and troops "sbout in case Of
need"
Year: 1862




Ny DEAR SISTER have taken advantage
lines. 1 have no good news for you this time.
We have had more fighting. The great rebel
iroE-clad battery Arkansas came down the river
on the morning Of the 10Th and passed the whole
feet and Is now under the batteries at Vicks-
burg The same morning that she came down,
we sent two gunb0ats up to the mouth of tbe
YszO0 river 20 watch this ram, that We knew
was up there, 1t seems, just as they got up
there, the Arkansas was coming out. The two
gunboats Tyler and CaTondelet engaged her and
uied to board her, but they could not lind any
place to get in at. The Rebel scaldsd the
Carondele5's msn as they attempted to come in
her ports. When the Tyler saw that they could
do nothing with her, she came down the river to
give the alarm to the feet, and right behind hsr
came the ram, and not one OF our vessels in the
feet had steam up except one or two Of Diyis'
boats. We beat to quarter, and had to reload
our guns with solid shot. We were the head
ship, except the hospital boat and river steam
BIS. One of Davis rams came around our
stern, intending 70 give her butt as shs passed
Sue was called tbe Lancaster, but UnlOf tunatey
d shot from the Rebel entered tie LGucaster's
boiler and such sight | never saw before
Not ten yards from our ship the scalded wretch s
threw themselves into the water. Some OF them
never rose to the surface again Some twelve
or fourteen were in the water when saw heT
last, and a boat was lowering from her when she
dritted astern Of Us. I turned around, and
there was the Arkansas ccu.i1g down very
lsisurely, when we lot ay a bloadside Of four
Year: 1862

These shattered columns appeal TO the patriotism Of
every have them Immediately filed up. New sol.
ders be made much mere effective by placing them
side by side with veteran troops Experience has shown
us, in the recent battles that tho old regiments will
face fearful fire and come out victorious, from which
recruits, brave and patriotic though they be, VIII
recoi in confusion and defeat Fill up the old regiments
at once, and the Army OF the Potomac will be unryaed
by any army in the world


THE TATTERED FLAGS.


Another affecting feature OF this review
the regmcntal flags and national standards Of
the old regiments, all pierced by innumerablc
bullets. They droopsd in sadness, as 1t were
at the streams OF blood which flowed either side
the price paid for the victories beneath their sken
fods When battle is progressing, and the opposing
parties come In close contact face TO face IN the thcket
OF the fight great attempts are made by te begcrents
10 strike down and capture the coors OF the opposing
force Many color bearer falls with the ensign OF his
cause In his grasp but his nearest comrade raises the
stricken standard and unfus 10 the battle breeze again
And thus the battle RACES. The colors are always
In the trent. hence, they necessarily torn
and tattered Many OF the old hags which were
bright and beautiful are soaked in the
blood OF fallen heroes and torn into tatters by the e OF
battle fields In the Irish regiments the green
flag scarcely be unfurlec; IL should be, II would
regiments scarcely less completely perforated The
Stars and Stripes, which have borne in beauty and
triumph many battle fields riddled by the rebels
look more sacred st as they float beside the splendid
national emblem which has not been In the battle yet
carried by the new regiments II affecting sight
TO behold the old regiments with their rddled and doop
ing banners beside the regiments with their fresh
and flying colsrs.


VETERAN APpEARAyCE oy THE SOLDIERS
was also noticeable feature OF this grand review With
faces Drowned by the Southern and exposure TO the
weather during several campaigns, they looked viking
still to dare and die for the preservation tho Union
These the troops with which Mcclellan Is about
TO again against the rebels Only let recruits be
sent out 70 the Old regiments which have covered them
selves with glory many battles, and the youthful
military chieftan and idol Of our army must be, as no
has always been, signaly victorious.
Year: 1862

NIHANN, OCt U, ISbZ.


The express train from the West the Central road
due here at hapast three p NJ ran OF the track four
miles west of Little Falls, through the displacement Of
SWITCH throwing the locomotive, baggage, smoking and
aye passenger on the track The accident
on part OF the track where the embankment one
side six feet deep. When the engineer, whose
Wempc, the danger. he applied the patent brake
communicating from the locomotive TO all the cars,
and resolved TO the passengers stuck to the engine
till IL was pitched down the enbankment, aud total
slight injuries The fireman seriously injured This
baggage also thrown down the embankment.
Owning to the application OF the brake the speed OF the
cars far checked that although five went of
the track not single passenger was Injured IN any dc.
gree. sanford n. Church aud family, State Engineer Tay
Tor and Secretary of state Billiard yce the train. Tue
is wondcrtcl tho train going At full speed
Year: 1862

TIE WAR AND BLOCKADE PRICES AMONG THE
REBELs.-Wc have been favored with the read
ing Of an interesting private letter from on in
teligent subject of King JEFF, Davis, in which we
are assured that great Union reaction Is quiet
ly at work all over Seccssia, and that the saw
ful war prices" of everything down there ex-
cept beef and bread are contributing power
fully to dissipaie the delusions Of Southern
millennium in Southern confederacy. The writer
in question gives the following specimens as the
average prices of certain Indispensable articles
throughout the rebcllious South


Quinine, per ounce, $40.


Opium, per ounce, 50.


Gunpowder, per pound, So.


Common boots, per pair, SIG.


At this rate, with the fall of single one of
the main army props of this rebellion, the whole
fabric will come 10 the ground In mass Of
ruins. The skies have cleared up, the ground is
hardening. A few days more of such weather
will usher in succession Of events that will
electrify every loyal heart throughout the
Union. This rebellion is bound to come down
soop IN > gspGA. collapse.
Year: 1862

Of these discrepancies and differences between
the North and the South. With the North
strong and united, and the South weak
and divided, there can be no doubt
OF Its result Then, of the six hundred thou
sand soldiers we have sent to the South it is
perfectly reasonable to suppose that an i'm
mense number will settle there, as the tri-
umphant Gauls settled in Italy, or the Normans
in France and in Britain. Thus will be inau-
gurated, on grand scale, the internal emigra-
tion between the North and the South. Thou
sands of friends will join the thousands of SOL
ders c0lonized at the South. Northern energy
will open means by which foreign immigrants
may lucratively employ themselves at the
South, and then they will 60 there. Northern
precept and example will vitalize the South,
and gradually but surely reorganize and i'm
prove it. Thus the slavery question will take
care of itself, if we but take care of the war;
and the South, instead of being in the Union,
but separated from it by Mason and Dixon's
line-as China is in the world, but shut out
from it by her great wall-will. in the future,
be of the Union, and part and parcel of its
greatness, its progress, its prosperity, its
achievements and its glory.
Year: 1862

THE INADEQuAcY OF Our POSTAL SYSTEM
When we institute comparison between the
postal systems Of Great Britain and the United
States, the utter inadequacy of our own to meet
the public wants is as striking as the efficiency
Of that enjoyed by the people Of England. In
the matter Of town and city delivery the
English system is especially excellent. Letters
may be posted in London ut any drop letter box
about the streets without any extra expense,
and every hour during the day they are called
for, sorted at the district Office, and Immediately
sent out for delivery. If Hposted just before the
time of collection, they will be delivered at va
rious points of the city in less than an hour af-
forwards. No prepayment Of inland letters Il
required and there is a uniform rate for all
printed matter, including engravings. With us,
however, our city collection and delivery
of letters are simply an absurdity. 1t is true
there are pillar boxes for their reception about
town; but they are called for at such long in
tervals, and subjected to SO much delay before
they are finally sent out for delivery-when
the postman leves an additional two cents upon
them-that the public find the Post Office too
unsatisfactory to be resorted to In any but spe-
cia cases. Moreover, there is tax Of an extra
cent upon country letters put in the street
boxes, without the prepayment of which any
letter will be sent to the Dead Letter Office at
Washington. Hundreds Of thousands OF letters
have throughout the country from time to time
been deposited in ignorance of this rule, and,
instead of reaching the hands of those for whom
they we're intended, have been consigned to
oblivion and flames at the General Post Office.
With respect to printed matter we have many
different rates; and, as they are unknown to tho
great majority Of the public, tho hopeless
confusion Of the arrangement Is apparent
enough. What we require are more expsdi-
tious city delivery--say hourly between ten A,
Year: 1862

larly insisting on for the last seventy-hve years.
This is one point obtained. The question Of
blockading ports by stone vessels remains to
be settled. The original idea belongs to Eng
land. We borrowed it of her; but now
she complains of it, as she did Of the Trent
affair If we commit her to a positive arrange
ment on this question, it will be another i'm
portant concession to which we can hold her
ever after. But we shall see.


Thus it appears that the American rebellion
is not only purifying the great principle Of
republican government, and settling it on a
Hrmer basis for all time, but it is tending to the
examination and definite arrangement Of inn
portant questions of international law for the
future benefit of all the nations Of the earth.
Year: 1862

THE Red Bluff Beacon comes out In favor of
j. p. Hoge, of San Francisco for U. S. Senator
Hoge is undoubtedly a good Democrat, but too
many Of the ere Reconstruction organs favor
bis election. II is safe TO predict that he will
not be the choice Of the present Legslature.
Year: 1862

AssENBLY.-The young men of Weaverville
announce Dancing Party at Thomas Hall, on
Thursday evening next. No other entertainment,
OF any kind, is announced for that evening, and
we bespeak good time for all who CO. Every
masculine who wishes to take part in the festiv-
ties is notified that he must bring his gal'
Year: 1862

Cy=Ir Is SAID they have rifle company in
Vermont, whose captain takes them out once
week for practice; ne draws them up in single
file, and sets cider barrel to rolling down hill


the men commence shooting from right TO lett at
the bung hole as it comes up. After the shoot
ing is over :he captain examines the barrel, and
If he fads a SHOT that did not enter the bung
hole, the member who missed Is expelled. None
have been expelled ior the last eight ysalS.
Year: 1862

Richard Busted, distinguished lawyer o.
New York, and formerly prominent Breck-
inridge Democrat, used the following Ian
guage in letter recently addressed to wal
meeting at Astoria: .s....


'The do-nothing, hit easy, let-them-escape
policy is reproach to people who profess
to fight for. the perpetuation of free institu-
tons and an established order Of things. All
the offensive weapons in our hands must be
employed if we mean to be considered in ear
nest. Liberty must not fall victim to false
ideality protested again and again against
the madness and weakness which refused the
aid of loyal citizen because his complexion
is swarthier than that Of traitor in arms.
I protest against the exclusion of the free
black men of the North from share in the
work of destroying the rebellion. They enjoy
the immunities of citizenship; why should
they be exempted from its correlative liabili-
ties 9O
Year: 1862

l- The Governors message, which we
give this morning to the exclusion of much
variety, and in advance of most of our CO.
tempora,ies, will be found an able and patri-
otic document. Every one should read it.


Now let the Legislature act upon the Cover
nor's recommendations promptly and wisely,
and adjourn as soon AS possible, ,...s
Year: 1862

The DEFENCE OF THE HARBoR.-The defence
of the harbor against the possible appearance
of the Merrimac or other vessels Of her class
has aroused the serious attention Of our citi-
zens, and we are glad to see that the initiatory
step taken by the Chamber of Commerce has
been followed up by the Corporation, which, we
are led to expect, will vote half million Of
dollars for the purpose in the course Of few
days. The steam sloop-of-war Adirondack is to
be iron-clad, as also the Vanderbilt and Ocean
Queen, and various suggestions have been made
for the construction of small plated gunboats and
the conversion Of strong wooden steamers into
rams by the addition Of iron prows. A vessel like
the Monitor, with heavier guns, say fifteen inch,
would doubtless answer every purpose, and in
the event Of the Merrimac really finding her
way here we could, in addition, convert at
very short notice our ferry boats into floating
batteries, and these would be difficult to sink,
and might bo made to do considerable execu-
ton. But it is reasonably urged that, in oil
probability, before such vessel as the Monitor
could be constructed the danger would no
longer exist. However, money invested in
batteries Of that description will not be thrown
away. II is good sign that the government,
Corporation and merchants are equally active
in providing against the enemy in armor, and
we have little doubt that their combined efforts
will amply suffice to secure the safety Of the
citv
Year: 1862

equally as good as rolled, and, If well done,
even better.


These are matters which deserve the atten-
ton Of the Secretary Of the Navy, and of the
naval constructors and engineers, and Of the
Senate Committee on Naval Affairs. We ought
not to let any nation get ahead of us in this
new invention, which is henceforth to rule the
waves, till something is invented for its destruc-
ton
Year: 1862

the headquarters Of the army in wastd-gtoS.
The latter General is in the field, and the former
is not. The 1iibanc's fighting Generals stay at
home for General Greeley has not yet taken
the field in person.
Year: 1862

A Pound FOR LOST CHHDREN-We think the
following letter from James Mcdonnell, which
we publish at his request, is entitled to some
attention from our City Fathers, if they have
any feelings of paternal solictude for their
lost Children


IS THE FIVE POINTS HOUSE OF INDUSTRY PRISON


FOR CHILDREN?


TO THK KDrToR THE HERALD


some time since was called out OF town, and LEFT my
little boy in the care Of kind friends On my 70
the city that he had loft his boarding place
For many days suffered all the agonies of bsreav,d
parent. was led to make inquiries the Five Points
House Of Industry, Mr. Barlow, Superintendent He told
the boy had probably been sent West by some 80
oiety and that he not at his House OF Industry This
morning learned that he there, and called and
demanded my child. The assistant in charge told re
must pay six weeks board for him and to again
the evening, when Mr. Barlow would be in In tho
1t would DO necessary for procure the
vices Of a lawyer to be able to accomplish anything
manded my child, and was harshly treated by the
Superintendent. am poor man and cannot afford 10
fee lawyer neither can pay the charge made for board
for which never asked or agreed TO pay II seems to
that the Five Points House Of Industry ID nothing
than large pound whore stolen children placed
for redemption fee. My child they contend, Is
in pawn, waiting to be taken out. II u an outrageous
proceeding and Of which the public should bo fully
ihops you will give publicity to this letter and perhaps
many mssing children will be found BY those who had
''''A ' JAMES MCDONNELL, az Washington street.


NEW YORK, March 81. 1862.


This Is very serious complaint against
the Five Points House of Industry. If there
be no mistake in Mr.. McDonnell's statement
of the facts in his case, the institution in
question is not only pound for lost children,
but speculative concern In which the Tcmbs
lawyers, such as they are, appear to have some
sort of a professional interest. Has Mr. Bar
low anything to say upon the subject?