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Year: 1861

PARTICULARS or THE SURRENDER OF THE NORTH CAROLINA ARsENM.-The Ralelgh Register of late date says: "lhe stage ol Tuesday morning brings the intelligence that the Fayetteville arsenal was peaceably surrendered on Monday by the garrison, to twentv-two hundred men, under command of Geueral Draughon, who had assembled to take it, if necessary by force. The arms and munitions taken were thlrty-seven thousand stand of arms, six thousand pistols, three thousand kegs of powder and any quantity of cannon balls and shells. With this armament the old north State is ready to engage in the contest, either to preserve their liberties on her own soil, or to go to the aid of any ofher southern states who may need it. It is obvious now that the battle may be decided in the Distinct of Columbia The forts in this State are no doubt by this time prepared to resist any attack upon them by the black repnbll- cans, and company after company should be sent from here to aid in the capture oi Washington With what was once the national capital in th2ir hands the Conted- crate States will soon be recognized as a sov- ereign and independent nation.
Year: 1861

Cbic0t oppr0pridtes S2O, GOO 10 arm Me county.i

 The liberality of the county court on last Tuesday in appropriating $2O,OOO to place the county in proper state of de fence will meet with universal appreciation. The community here are fully aroused to a sense of their position. Planters, profess sional men, mechanics, all are ready to do their utmost in defending the State. In a few days we expect to hear the whistle of the fife and the beat of the drum. Com panies are being formed all over the coun ty. and the utmost enthusiasm prevails

 Now is the time for every man to act We hay. got money, or its equivalent; all we want is men, Let every dne, therefore, prove his title to freedom by enlistng at once. Let us submit ourselves to thor ough organization, and adopt immediately practical and systematic course. We know not what our destination may be. Perhapse our services may be required at home perhapse abroad. The only thing we have now to do is to form into compa- nies and occupy every portion ot our leisure in drilling. Our motto IS z Sem per poratus.'

 If these northern myrmidons should be reckless enough to invade the South. we must give them all the satisfaction they require.

 Chicot is but sparsely populated, and can Ill spare her men; but should the emergency require it, we can turn out good, effective company.
Year: 1861

+TELEGRAPHIC TO FoRr SMiTH-Mr. MONTGOMERY of the Little Rock and Mem phs Telegraph line, on account of himself and associates, is desirous of building d Telegraph line from Little Rock to Port Smith. As local work the line will be important, connecting, as 1t will the coun- try and towns along the line, with the the world In military point of view, III the present troublous times, its value to the country will be incalcuablc amt its necessity of the last importance, as dis patches from Little Rock to Fort Smith, as now sent, must travel by very circuit ous route and go through the enemys country. In pecnniary point of view this line must; pay for, besides Its local business, which will be important, all dis | patches between New Orleans and St. Louis, including of course the country between the two points, must be sent by the Little Rock and Fort Smith line so soon as 1t IS completed. This will make it one of the best paying lines in the country.

 Mir. WILLIAM $. DAVIS, of this place, has gone to Fort Smith and Van Buren for the purpose of obtaining subscriptions for this line, and on his return will call on the people between here and Fort Smith, for the purpose of taking such subscriptions as they desire to make to the work. MT. DAVIS is a good representative of good and solvent company - Gozede
Year: 1861

TIE Hocs.-Wc are requested to call
the attention Of the City Marshal to the fact
that too many hogs are running about the
streets. Election day is over now, ad there
i. no longer any reason. Mac. why the nuisance
should be tolera'
Year: 1861

The CANADA FUGITIVE Casa fugitive
sIave case has lately been before the Cana
da Courts, which has excited considerable
interest, both in that country and the Uni
ted States. An escaped slave named An
derson had been arrested under the extra
dition treaty, and after careful hearing,
the Court of Queens Bench decided that
the case clearly came within that clause Of
the treaty requiring persons charged with
crime to be returned. The case, however,
was appealed to higher Court, and final
decision was given on the 10th Of February.
The Court sustained the decision of the
Queens Bench, on the question Of law, but
discharged the prisoner on technicality.
Anderson was therefore set at liberty, to
the great joy of the colored population.
This is q reversal Of the decision of the CAL
ifornia Supreme Court 10 the Archy case
In the latter case Judge Burnett gave the
law to the North aud the niger to the
South, but the Canada Court gives the law
to the South and the niger to the North.
The judiciary is queer institution.
Year: 1861

The UTAH DELEGATE.-The Silver Age
says that those best acquainted with the
Mormon strength, are of the opinion that at
the next election for Delegate to Congress
the Genties, if unanimous, can elect their
candidate against all opposition. This, the
Age says, will be worth trying for, and to
that end it recommends that the people
should sink all minor differences, place but
one candidate in the field, and give him ev-
cry Gentle vote in Utah Territory.
Year: 1861

FLAG or THE PACIFIC REPUBLICAN,
estimable lady Of this city, and Southemer,
in speaking of Pacific Republic, remarked
the other day that she did not approve of the
Bear flag being adopted as the flag Of the con-
templated Republic that she thought the most
appropriate device for the flag of the Pacific Re-
public, and one that would most truly represent
its future condition, would be British Lion
with the tail of the bear sticking out of its
mouth A friend suggests that John Bull
would be apt to swallow us, tail and alL-[ Ma
rysville Democrat
Year: 1861

IMPORTANCE OF THE VIRGINIA CONTEST.
The importance Of the late contest in Vir-
ginia, which has fortunately been decided as
the friends Of the Union hoped, is shown by
the appended note from Senator Douglas, which
he wrote day or two before the election, to a
gentleman residing in Petersburg:


have only time, in reply to your inquiry,
to gay that there is hope of preserving the peace
and the Union. All depends upon the action
Of Virginia and the Border States. If they
remain in the Union, and aid in a fair and just
settlement, the Union may be preserved. But
if they seoede under the fatal delusion or a re-
construction, l fear that all is lost. Save Vir-
ginia, and we will save the Union.
Year: 1861

SILVER CTY.-The editor Of the Silver
Age has lately permitted the light Of bis
countenance to irradiate the street of Silver
City, and speaks thus of the town and its
inhabitants


Silver City is essentially a mining town,
producing at this time more of the precious
metal than all the balance of the Territory,
we mean of course in an available shape.
Its numerous Mills appear to be unceasing-
ly engaged, aud the monOtonous crash Of


its many stamps produces a sensation not
unlike that Of dead silence the unaccus-
toned ear is kept on continual strain,
watching for a change in the programme,
until aud overwhelming fatigue" weighs
down the listener, and be is fain to escape
from the unvsrying din. In Silver City ev-
cry thing is sacrificed to utility, and nOugbt
of beauty in sight, or sound, or sentiment,
greets its denizins The common eOnver-
sation is of groupings, indications, prospects
traces Of silver, and yield of gold. The
Pick aud Shovel are equipments according
to law association is fast marking the old
er citizens their eyes have metallic lustre;
their lips wear a chrysLalized smile their
hearts are turning to stone and their gait
as firm as the price of their stocks.
Year: 1861

FOREIGN MINERS TAx.-The collectors
Of the foreign miners tax were arrested last
week for forcing some Cinnamon on Fremont's
grant to pay the license, when they were already
in possession of the license of Col. Fremont to
mine. The charge was robbery. The Maripo-
sa Gazette says, alt is generally acknowledged
that foreign miners licenses cannot longer be
collected upon the estate"
Year: 1861

ACCIDENT AT DowNIEvILLE.-Durin the
firing of an anvil salute at Downieville on the
4th Of March, sledge hammer, used in firing
burst and sadly wounded two men, one in the
thigh and another in the hand. The former
had his thigh badly mashed and is not expee-
ted to recover.
Year: 1861

SMART TRIcK.-Monday last, one of the
prowling scoundrels who infest this neighbor-
hood, stole pair of shoes from cabin on San
Juan Hill, and sold them for two dollars to an
old resident. Next day couple of chaps of the
same kidney, visited the old gentleman at his
dwelling and stripped him of the same shoes,
which he chanced to have on at the time.
Year: 1861

70 Our dancing folks will bear in mind that
a Social Ball comes off on Monday evening at
the Oak Tree Ranch. Nature smiling
countenance in that neighborhood at this season,
and the prospect for enjoyment in every particu-
lar was never more inviting.
Year: 1861

ENLARGING AND IMPRovING.-Messrs. Huff
aker & Saxby have improved their livery and feed
stable by comely and comfortable addition on
the east side. We observe that these gentlemen
have also recently greatly increased the number
of their livery horses, and added splendid top
buggy to their stock, besides an easy riding light
Concord wagon-for all of which there is no
doubt plenty of demand, particularly in view of
the fine condition of our surrounding mountain
roads.
Year: 1861

This Mill has just been completed, and is ready to
supply LUMBER of all kinds and in any quantity, at
short notice. Having the very best of Timber and all
entire satisfaction to those who may favor Us with
their patronage.


Dec. s, 1860 CLARK co.
Year: 1861

l found my Tressy milking


In the bIithsOme summer morn,
When the dew was on the clover,


And the tassel on the corn,
Sweeter than any red rose


In her royal, reigning hours;
The yellow hair about her eyes,


And her bare feet In the flowers.
Oday Of days thy memory


Will never fade, nor pass
Patches Of snowy violets


Were clouding all the grass
The jealous brook lay fretting


Between his banks Of moss,
And shrugged his dimpled shoulders
Asl lightly leap'd across
Adown her cheek the bushes


Ran ripping like vail,
Into the bosom, warm and white


As the milk within her pail
As told my love to rressy


In the biithsome summer morn,
When the dew was on the clover.


And the tassel on the corn.
Year: 1861

EARLY tomatoes THE following Is youched
for by gentleman who says he knows it's all
right" Try the experiment


' About the first of April, take few large
turnps and cut ont the hearts of them, TO form a
sort of cup Fill the cavities with earth, and
plant two or three tomatoe seeds in each. When
the seeds have well sprouted, pull up all but the
health plants in each turnip, aud let those
that remain stand where they will have the ben
eft of the SUM- the plant will grow very thrifty
the decaying turnps furnishing its food. When
the weather becomes sufficiently warm, set the
turnips in well prepared soil, not less than three
feet apart make lath frames to keep the vines
from the ground, and keep the soil well hilled up
around them, and you will have a crop that will
astonish the natives The advantage consists in
getting the plants started early without setting
them back by transpanting."
Year: 1861

CALABoosE SONG.-From the Sacramento Bee
Fetch them along and hustle them in,
Loaded down with their weight of sin
Loaded down with the clanking chains
Whose musical ring, to the crowd contains
A sweeter strain than ever heard
From the thrilling notes of the wildwood bird.
Range them along in the prisoners place,
Where all can gaze on each boated face
Where all can feel the JOY sublime


That beams from faces now bcarcd with crime,
On forms for whose safety mother prayer
Is uttered in vain on the midnight air
Stand them alone, where each can plead,
While hearts in agony thrOb and bleed
Empanncl q Jury and swear them in,
And let the trial at once begin


For crime must suffer and law outraged
BY legal vengeance must be assuaged.
But hold fetch the gentleman criminal forth,
He's a man of standing-a man of WORTH
His lands are wide and his wealth is great,
His voice rang in the halls of state,
1t is true that the curse Of crime and blood
Has blackeDed his soul with its murky food
But pity ii is and a very great shame,
DshOn0r should tarnsh his noble name,
So let the eloquent counsel plead,


For wealth and talent he now will need.
Demurrers and motions must all be heard
To find him guilty would be absurd.
Oh God that the time might ever be-
When all VIII stand on equality


When the rich and poor viii each. alike,
Submit to the blow the law would strike,
And Justice her balanced scales would hold
Unmoved by the weight Of accursed gold
Year: 1861

SOME WERE BAPTIZED WHERE OTHERS WE'RE
HANGED. Near the place in Columbia, Tuolumne
county, where in former times mobs hanged bad
characters, a clergyman recently baptized several
converts to religion. Verify the waste places
shall blossom as the rose But this pleasing re-
Election only signifies change toward restraining
influences, not absolutely reformation. Mobs
may not hang so many persons as in earlier days,
but that does not lessen the number of those who
ought to be hanged in getting rid OF one error
another is often produced the error OF hanging
by the people has been transformed to the inter
ference of the Supreme Court with the actions OF
lawful tribunals which regularly decide that GER
tain persons who deserve to be hanged must be
hanged at certain times. This almost invarablc
Interference is an encouragement to abandoned
and malignant hearts the restraining influence
of the execution Of the law is perverted by the
chief instrument of the law. The notion that
the community is getting better as to the matter
of killing and quarrel, should be encouraged !;
but when It is said that the lion will soon lie
down with the lamb, we will maintain that the
lambs place will be inside Of the lon.--Nountdtn
Democrat
Year: 1861

Bright from the hill tops of the beautiful


Bnrsts the attained goal"
the Golden Milestones OF our longing. And we
learn the lesson that between Here ana lhere Is
life, and that the Great Milestones are but de-
vices Of the way Louisville Journal
Year: 1861

He will also give special attention to busi-
ness before the Departments of the General
Government at Washington, and especially te
Land Cases, and obtaining Land Patents


As the head of one of the Land Patent Bu.
reaus in the General Land Office at Wash
ington for several years, and possessing a
large experience in the transaction of public
business, he possesses extensive facilities for
the transaction of business with the Govern
ment. n84v2yl
Year: 1861

GLAZIER AND PAINTER


Would respectfully announce that he is ready
attend to Jobs Of glazing, painting and
Vanishing at short notice. Lettering and
Sign Pointing in the best ttvle of the art.
7stf Shop doors West Of Eagle Exchange.
Year: 1861

TUE last word is the most dangerous.
Husband and wife should no more strive to
get it than they would struggle for the pos
session ofa lighted bombshell. Marriedpeo-
pie should study each others weak points,
as skaters look after the weak parts of the
ice, in order to keep off them. Ladies who
marry for love should remember that union
of angels with women has been forbidden
since the food The wife is the sun of the
social system. Unless she attracts, there is
nothing to keep heavy bodies, like husbands,
from flying off into space.
Year: 1861

A gentleman who was going to fight a
duel, asked friend of his, who had won
considerable sum the night before, to be his
second. 'My dear sill" replied the gamester,
s'I won fifteen hundred guineas last night,
and shall cut but poor figure at fighting
to-day but if you will apply to the person
/ got them of, be will fight like iend, for
me has not farthing left"
Year: 1861

"Will you have it rare, or we'll done y
said a landlord to an Irishman, a few days
ago, as he was cutting piece of roast beet.


AZ love it we'll done ever since / am in this
'counthry-for it was rare enough we used to
eat it in Ireland said Patrick.
Year: 1861




IL is cruel and generally a uselesa act M


barbarian to whip oxen. The best driyers nae
Tue iasn the least. Upon this point hear what


Ine EDITORS OF the Massachusetts, Plowman aav.
1 of It: cd '' 'nouiu 'nin~
"Thoughtless men will whip, vhip. vbin
Ihey DO it from habit--a very bad habit. and
we nnd 1t difficult to correct habit. Wa are


trying TO teach our hired men better mann e,a


than to put on the whip before giving an Inyi-


tation to the brute animals 'to go.' We have
oxen that will go as soon as they are invited.


without the Endorsement of the whip. Yet %


nnd It difficult matter to control tae vhin


IL 10 surely a savage practiceto apply the Lash


oeforeinviting the animals to move BY the


proper words. Yetwe see that this 10 q very
common practice of those who are not owners
OF che cattle When the common Whip lash IA
not thought 70 be hard enough for the backs
and noses OF cattle, the walnut handle, one
incn In diameter, Ia used on the noses of oxen,
to make them back a load up hill before the
cattle have ever been taught to back an empty
cart down hill.


"Cattle must be made to obey--apd the com.
mon lash, or switch stick, will be sufficient
for breaking in. Bat we ask for mercy on all
cattle that are willing to do right as soon as
the right is pointed out. Many drivers of oxen
put the laeh on frat before asking their patient
teams to move. This is species of barbarism
which all owners of cattle ought to prohibit
It Is SO natural fer people whom We hire from
the interior, to use force in the first instance,
and gentleness afterward, if at all, that partic.
ular care should be exerted in regard to the
treatment of their cattle Proper driving Is an
important item in husbandry. So many farm
ers now depend upon their hired help to do the
main work, it is important for them to see that
the work is properly done. The merciful man
is merciful to his beast"
Year: 1861

A


The best method Of raising the ways and
means for carrying on the Government, and pro


viding for the extraordinary expenses pressing
upon the Treasury, is probably the most i'm
portant topic now occupying the attention OF the
Administration. The estimates Of the wants
Of the Government during the current calendar
year, range from two hundred to three hundred
and sixty five million dollars. If we take the
sum OF two hundred and fifty millions as the
basis Of calculation, We shall doubtless come
within the true total. The receipts for customs
at oil the ports Of the United States during the
fiscal year ending June 30th, 1860, were S53,-
l67 5l1 81; while for the fiscal year closing with
the present month, the total win not be far
from SAC, ,0O0, ,0OO-leaving a large deficit to
cover last years expenses. The receipts from
all other sources will add but little to this
amount, so that the Government 10 called upon
at once to supply deficiency of over two hun
dred million dollars. Fn..l aal


The question Of first Importance is, therefore,
how Is this very large sum Of money to be pro.
vided2 The most natural method Of increasing
the revenue, is by q modification of the tariff,
and this will undoubtedly receive the Immediate
attention of Congress at the approaching ses-
sion. The Morrill, Tariff (it 10 now asserted)
10 not TO be repealed, but TO be changed from q
protective to revenue standard. There will
be conflict on this point, but the protecliop-
lists will be obliged to give way before the wants
of the Treasury, although 0 few exceptions
will be made, we learn, In favor Of certain pet
localites. This change will reduce the tariff
upon maby manufactured goods, In order to In
duce their importation. But In the present con.
dition Of trade, only small increase Of revenue
can be expected from that source, 90 that the
great reliance will be placed In heavy tax upon
articles Of necessity, the more importans Of
which arp now admitted free. A duty Of a.
teen cent? per pound upon tea, four cents upon
coffee, two and halt cents upon susar, and
eight to ten cents per gallon upon molasses, ID
now part Of the favorite policy. This would
Year: 1861

We have files Of London newspapers to the


5th Of June. In an article In the Times OF


that date, the editor observes:


"Surely we have some reason to expostulate


with our kinsmen across the Atlantic for the


truculent tone they have assumed towards this


country. What have We done7 How have we


misbehaved ourselves7 Why are we to be
Jscolded, and threatened, and warned7 Where


fore this attack At first few dropping shots
splashed with some violence In our own columns,


then q volley was suddenly discharged at us


from the Louvre Hotel in Paris. and now comes


complete salvo OF shotted guns from all the


Northern Press. England is to be made war


upon If she should but move finger. Federal


America Ia to join with France and destroy us


II We should but cast q shadow of ship upon


the waters Of the South. IL England persists


In regarding the privateers of the South as
merely bellgerents, it would seem that in such
case the North will be inclined TO consider this
as manifesting an insane disposition to give
aid or comfort to the rebel States;" and In such
case they say they fare resolved not to
deliberate single moment, but to launch
against England the thunder bolts of q war
that would not cease till every Power in Eu.
rope was involved What can all this mean7
AT other times We should laugh outright at Il,
but our friends are now in difficulties, At
another time we should echo the observation
that-"It certainly is remarkable that the three
most despotic European Powers, Prussia, Aus.
tria, and Russia, have hastened to express their
sympathy with our internal troubles;'' in mo.
ment of tranquility we should have deprecated
the suggestion that "Russia has evidently re-
membered the American sympathies shown to
her during the Crlmesn War;" but now, when
the hand Of afliction is heavy upon this great
nation, which sprang from our loins and glori-
fed us by Its strength, we would rather suffer
some wrong than handy words of provooation.
We would only ask, what 10 our offense 7--what
have we done to deserve this fierce invectiye2


So Il quite absurd In the Northern
States to expect US to take part in this quarrel,
and II is rather sign Of imbecility to suppose
their scolding can effect u.s. When, if ever, they
proclaim the abolition Of slavery throue hout
the Union, they will have our sentiment on their
side. But We have heard no whisper Of this
hitherto. In other matters we have more reason
to regret our, separation from our customers Of
the South than from the Protectionists Of Phil
adelphia. But they are both, and they are all
our friendscaud almost our countrymen; and
our plain duty 10 to do justice to both, by hold
Ing strictly to our neutral rights, and relaxing
them 10 the detriment Of neither.
Year: 1861

GRASS VALLEY, Aug 8, 1851.


Aiessrs TERRY & IRvNG:-Gents: | have been
using your Machine Sewed Hose for some time past,
and find It works better than any hose have ever
before used have one hundred and ninetysi six feet
pressure which only the strongest and best made
hose is able to stand. The advantage Of Machine
Made Hoe is that the seams are more regular than
can be made by hand thereby giving an equal strain
on all the threads 1t Is perfectly smooth and con-
sequently will last longer than that manufacture by
hand. X. THOMAS.