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Year: 1861

Whilst the Tennessee disunionists
are fercely driving a portion of the
Union men out of their State, they lay
rigid embargo upon others, not even
permitting them to leave heState. This
seems very extraordinary, but it is in
disputable Numerous persons in Mid
die and West Tennessee, who have been
anxious to get away, have been preven-
ted by actual violence from leaving
The reader may remember that the
Brownsville notice to the Rev. Edward
Cooper aud others copied into our paper
three or four days ago, gave permission
to those to whom it was addressed-that
is, to all citizens Of Northern or foreign
birth-to leave the State at any time
before the third day Of June, but warned
them that they would not be allowed to
leave after that date. After the third
of June they would be kept within the
State limits. so guarded as to be unable
to escape, and compelled to participate
in the action of the disunionists, what
ever it might be.-LouiSotUc Journal.
Year: 1861

Tar PlRK.-Fhe grass has sprung up
with new life since the rain Of Tuesday, and
the little that remains in the Park is not an
exception. This little, however, is contain
cd on about one quarter Of the whole area ;
the remainder being as bare as desert, and
not unlike the head Of man prematurely
bald. Probably the new Council viii take
some steps to improve the appearance Of
this, the most beautiful part Of the city
And one other thing, equally necessary, is q
proper disposition Of The water which now,
whenever rains, flows across the walks in
the vicinity Of the fountain, in sueh guam
titles that it is next to impossible TO pass.
that Wsy verbum sap.
Year: 1861

THE PRESIDENT oF THE BOARD OF EDUcA-
T1oN.-At the last meeting of the Board of
Education Hon. Harvey Rice was chosen as
President of that body. No choice could
have been more appropriate. Mr.. Rice was
a member Of the State Senate when theneW
Constitution was formed in 1928, and was
Chairman of the Committee on Schools and
School laws, and in this capacity reported
the present school law, which was passed
without amendment. He devoted his entire
time during the session to drafting this
law and the result was one of the most
perfect of any in the United States, if not
the most perfect. Mr.. Rice viii be an in
valuable member of the Board and the city
has reasOnt to congratulate itself on his cleo
ton to the position of its presiding officer.
Year: 1861




MATCHING STREETs.-In this city Of cool
breezes and sandy soil, not the least Of the
ills which we are called upon to bear is the
clouds of dust which at times take posses
sion Of the streets. Taking it for granted
that there is a cure for every Ill, we must
certainly, in the absence Of daily showers,
look to the water works IS remedy for this
particular one. During past seasons it has
been customary for merchants and others on
Superior street, to subscribe sufficient sum
to enable q contractor to keep the dust down
by means Of engine hose attached to the hy-
drants, but for all the water thus used, the
contractor has been obliged to pay at high
rates {some $40 per month, we belieYe) and
has, in fact, lost money BY the operation, in
asmuch as many who derive the full benefit
are unwilling TO contribute to the amount to
be raised.


A petition signed by eli the business
houses on Superior street, with few exceP-
tions, is to be presented to the City Council,
praying that the water, for this purpose, be
furnished, free Of charge, and offering 70
hire suitable person to apply it to the
street. The petition seems 70 be one that
should be granted. It is not alone bensft
to those doing business thereabouts, but 70
the public generally, because that street is
the principal highway of the city. The
same privilege might properly be extended
to other streets and would add much to the
- Ga &c tI,s rraaE nYiYol1ara of y,eor,la vvho
have occasion toPsss through them,
Year: 1861

MELANCHOLY AcoIDEET.-Mr. R. A. Cole,
engineer on the Cleveland and Mahozing
Road, was instantly killed yesterday morn
ing near Braceville station. He was stand
ing on the top of freight car while the
trait was in motion, and struck bridge
passing over the track with such force that
his neck was broken. Mr. Cole was most
worthy man and one Of the best on the road.
His age was twenty nine. BE has g wife,
who resides on the West Side. ta~r
Year: 1861

ZoUAvEs.-This evening the much talked
Of entertainment Of the sprsgue zOuaves
takes place at the Academy of Music. Prep
arations have been made upon scale that
will insure complete success, and there is
no doubt that it will be most attractive sf-
fair. The uniform of the Company is prob
ably the most showy and elegant in the
United States, and this, taken in connection
with the dashing tactics adopted, will form
q spectacle well worth seeing. As taci-
clan, Major De Villiers is unrivalIed, as the
success of the Chicago Company will testify,
and probably there is nowhere his superior
as a swOrdsman. The fencing class COM
prises some twenty young gentlemen, who
have acquired much dexterity in the use of
the foils, and their skill will be in requisi-
ton this evening. Let the house be filed,
for the occasion is one worthy of a large au-
dienee.
Year: 1861

FOR THE SPEEDY CURE OF

 Intermittent Fever, or Fever and Ague,

 Remittent Fever, Chill Fever, Dumb

 ksue. Periodical Headache, or Bilious

 Headache, and Bilious Fevers, indeed

 for the whole class of diseases origi.

 nating ia biliary derangement, caused

 by the Malaria of miasmatic countries.

 No one remedy is louder called for by the necessities of the American people than a sure and safe cure for Fever and Ague. Such we are now enabled to offer, with a perfect certainty that 1t will eradicate the disease, and with assurance, founded on proof, that no harm can arise from its use in any quan- tity.

 That which protects from or prevents this disorder must be of immense service in the communities where it prevails. Prepention is better than cure, for the patient escapes the risk which he must run in violent attacks of this baleful dStemper. This "CURE" expels the miasmatic, poison of FEVER AND AGUE from the system and prevents the develop ment of the disease, if taken on the first ap- proach of its premonitory symptoms. It is not only the best remedy ever yet discovered for this class of complaints, but also the cheapest. The large quantity we supply for a dollar brings it within the reach of every body; and in bilious districts, where FEVER AND AGuE prevails, every body should have it and use it freely both for cure and protection. It is hoped this price will place it within the reach of all-the poor as well as the rich. A great superiority of this remedy over any other ever discovered for the speedy and cer- tain cure of Insermittents is, that it contains no Quinine or mineral. consequently it pro- duces no quinism or other injurious effects whatever upon the constitution. Those cured by it are left as healthy as if they had never had the disease.

 Fever and Ague is not alone the consequence of the miasmatic poison. A great variety of disorders arise from its irritation, among which are Neuralgia, Rheumatism. Gout, Headache, Blindness, Toothache, Earache, Catarrh, Asth- ma Paptation, Painful Affection of the Spleen. Mysteries, Pain in the Bowels, Colic, Paralysis, and Derangement of the Stomach, all of which, when originating m this cause, put on the intermittent type. or become perlod- teal. This "CgRB" expels the poison from the blood, and consequently cures them all alike. It is an invaluable protection to imlni- grants and persons travelling or temporarily residing in the malarious districts. If taken occasionally or daily while exposed to the in- lection, that will be excreted from the system, and cannot accumulate in sufficient quantity to ripen into disease. Hence it is even more valuable for protection than cure, and few will ever suffer from Intermittents, if they avail themselves of the protection this remedy af- lords.
Year: 1861

A correspondent of the New York Tribune
writes:


"The island Oh which Hatteras is the ter
mination, is little more than a series of sand
heaps, interspersed with clumps of dwarfed


live oaks, with now and then a marsh filed


with marsh grass Other than these there is


nothing green to be seen. The population NAV


be as great as FIVE hundred souls, though no
one that | saw appeared TO have any very dis
tinct idea of the exact number. They live bv
fishing, oystering, plotting and wrecking, or, as
they lnnocently call it, "plunder." They are
very Ignorant, simpe-minded, and in every re-
spect as provincial as any class of human be-
ings can well be. They live in rude houses
many of them mere huts, on the peaks of which
at the present time, something designed to be
a white flag floats Most of the inhabitants
were born on the island, and many have never
been away from it. | saw and conversed with
quite number of men, who, though upward
OF fifty years of age, had never been further
than across Pamlico Sound, to the main." as
they call the Eastern shore of North Carolina
| was told that there were women who had
lived on the island thirty years, and had never
had shoe on their feet. Formerly there were
no schools or churches now there are schools
and place of worship. The minister's name
is Tyler. He is of the Methodist persuasion.
and appears to be jealous worker for the
good Of his rude flock. He is an intelligent
man, and is believed to be thoroughly for the
Union; at any rate such are his professions
and actions now There is a kind Of spicy
plant Or shrub growing on the island called
fopon, the leaves and sprigs of which the in
habitauts gather and use in the place of tea
and coffee. A bushel of the leaves they ex-
change for bushel of corn, by which means
they obtain their chief supply. The inhabi
tants never have made much money, and have
scarcely any at all just now except some North
Carolina shinplasters, and occasionally q genu.
inc bank bill. Since the Secession troops
made their appearance, about four months ago,
the fishing limits have been so restricted as
to break up the business, while the wrecking
and plotting business was monopolized by the
rebels themselves. In this way the poor ma.
tiyes have been reduced to low state Here.
as IN other places where the rebellion was
rushed ahead against the will of the people. a
heritage of poverty and destitution has fallen
to US. 1t will become necessary not only to
extend protection to the people of this island,
but they must be helped to live. On the ap-
pearance of our troops some Of the inhabitants
fled, but they have generally returned since,
and | believe that they are all sincere in their
professions of loyalty. Most of those | con-
versed with said that as long as there was a
ticket to vote they were Wings, and voted at
all times for the Union. The island is a part
of Hyde county,"
Year: 1861




Press of Saturday, Sept. 2lst:


Late information, upon which we can rely,
authorize US to state that a general panic has
taken place in the seeded States since Mon
day last. The preparations of the Federal
Government to seize certain important posts
on the Southern coast, and the unprotected
character of that coast, are among the chief
reasons for this rapidly increasing feeling.


Davis and the Conlederated traitors having
failed in their absurd demonstration upon
Washington, (which was in fact never real),
are now losing the confidence of the troops
gathered between Richmond and the Federal
Capital, and are daily attacked with the ut
most bitterness by the people they have seduc-
ed into their conspiracy. 1t is fact which
events will soon establish, that thousands now
in the rebel army are anxious to be taken
prisoners by the American army, in order that
they may be rescued from the fearful horrors
under which they are suffering! Nothing pre-
vents an outburst in favor Of the Union in
North Carolina save the invasion of that State
by the South Carolina troops and such men
as Holden and Morehead will undoubtedly
speak out against the traitors the moment
they feel strong enough so to do.


Every dollar of gold and silver is caught up
and hid away, and merchants and tradesmen
only part with their goods for the paper of the
Confederate Government, and of the different
State authorities, because they are compelled
to YIELD
Year: 1861

The conspiracy recently discovered in Rus
sa, was really serious thing. Its object
aimed at the life of the Emperor and his chill
dren. As well as the establishment of a con-
stituton The completely of two ladies' of the
highest rank shows whom the conspirators had
in view as their future Gar. The two ladies
were Immediately ordered to leave ST. Peters
burg, aud also forbidden ever to return.
Year: 1861

SENATOR DoUGLAs's GRAvE-Among the
new objects Of interest shown to the stranger
in Chicago is the grave of Senator Douglas.
On q broad and slightly elevated plain near
the beautiful grounds which he consecrated to
the Baptist Society for their colleges in men,
ory Of the first Mrs. Douglas, itself monu-
ment to his generosity and noble affection and
on the very spot where he had anticipated
building mansion to enjoy a long life mound
IS now raised over the remains of the great
statesman. Only 4 few months before his
death a gentleman in the neighborhood, wish
ing to negotiate with him for some Of his real
estate, al that time quite extensive, was told
that in that beautiful corner lot he expected
" to build a mansion after his own heart, "
where he and his family might live in comfort
and happiness. Near enough to read the in
scripton on the marble the traveller now passes
by, looking not on the mansion, but on the
last resting place Of the dead Senator.-N 7.
Post.
Year: 1861

The experiments which are now making
with electric light indicate the possibility that
in all establishments where steam power can
be obtained it will supplant gas. Two horse
power moving a series Of magnets will induce
sufficient electricity to produce, by the con-
sumption of a very small quantity of charcoal,
light equal to that given by burning gallon
of good oil per hour.
Year: 1861

THE MURDER OF LIZZIE GRAHAM.-Some
time since we gave the particulars of the muir
der OF a young girl in Curry county, Oregon.
The following additional intelligence is from a
correspondence Of the Alta, dated at Eens-
burg, Curry county, Oregon, October 4th:


You will perhaps remember the account of
the murder and ravshing of young girl by
the name of Lizzie Graham, at this place, and
the subsequent hanging by the people of
George Sullivan, one of her murderers On
Friday last, man by the name of Geo. Brown
was arrested for attempting to violate the
person OF Mrs Glynn. Itappears that Edward
smith had lingering suspicion of the COM
pllclty OF Brown In the murder of Lizzie Gra-
ham, which the combination of circumstances,
all concentrating on Sullivan as the guilty
party. had almost las with others, effaced from
his mind. But this last occurrence had revived
the suspicion, and previous to Browns arrest
he called him from the saloon where he was at
that time for the purpose of eliciting from him
a statement in regard to his knowledge of the
crime. He took him to the house of Commit,
and there Brown confessed that he had sworn
falsely before the Coroner's jury. The next
day Committee of citizens were appointed to
take the confession, which he promised to state
truly. His statements before the Committee
were, however, as prevaricating as those he
previously made He finally confessed that
Sullivan had told him (while they together lay
concealed near the scene of the murder) that
he, Sullivan, hated Lizzie Graham, for having
Sighted him, and that be intended to ravish or
murder her and that whatever happened, he
Brown must never divulge it, and he would
give him one half his mining claims. but if he
did diyulge it he would kill him. Brown also
stated that Sullivan had bundle of clothes
with him, for the purpose of making change"
las he said) after the commission of the crime.
Browns whole story was doubtles a tissue of
falsehood, fabricated solely for the purpose of
hiding his own guilty completely in the actual
preparation of the crime. Browns confession,
and all the circumstances connected with the
case, when carefully weighed, showed him to
be as deeply, as darkly guilty of the actual
preparation of the infamous crime as Sullivan
The person of the murdered GIRL the situation,
the circumstances of the crime, all went to
show that there had been more than one guilty
party. Brown was taken from the Court
House and hanged on the same gallows Oh
which the partner of his guilt had suffered the
same penalty, over the place where the viola
ted and murdered girl had been found.
Year: 1861

A SIGNIFICANT INCIDENTAL recent money
article of the New York Times contains the
following


" An incident of some significance, so far as
our national loan is understood by practical
and intelligent bankers abroad is related by
an American gentleman who has just returned
from London. While he was at his bankers,
the Messrs. Barring, he asked Joshua Bates of
that old and eminent house, whether England
would take any of our new $40 per cent.
loan at par. His prompt reply was that the
English people would get no part of the loan
at par, for the sufficient reason, based on the
last advices from this side that the loyal
States would absorb the whole loan-and this
result being accomplished as it soon will be,
the English people would be glad to buy part
of it at premium. OF course the American
gentleman, whose politics are loyal, was abun-
dainty satisfied with this answer. But not so
an American companion whom he had invited
to accompany him to his bankers, Souther-
nor intimate at the rooms of Yancey, and the
other Confederate Commissioners at the West
minister Hotel. He was astonished at Bates,
and the next time the friends met, which was
at Yancey's quarters, there was considerably
less talk about the inability of the North to
command the means to suppress the Confede-
rate rebellion. Indeed it is related that the
spirits of the Southern party were seriously
depressed by the discovery made at the count
ing room of one of the first banking houses in
Europe.
Year: 1861

MINING N SIsKIYou.-The Yreka Journal
says:


AS soon as water comes we expect to see
considerable mining on the flats about here.
The miners object now, and say they viii not
work and pay all they make to the Ditch
Company. II they could get sluice head for
50 30 per day, they would go to work but to
pay 81 day, they couldn't make their salt.
Things are coming down all over the State,
and property, labor, per centage and taxes
must come down.


A shaft sunk at Etna Mills, is paying IS
per day to the hand, % feet below the surface
and there are acres of ground in that neigh.
borhood of the same kind.
Year: 1861

RUsH FROM SIsKIYoU-The Yreka Journal
says hundreds of miners are leaving Siskiyou
county every week for Nez Perce, most of
them having no money and nothing to do. The
Journal says


Several have returned, declaring the new
mines a hnmbug, and are starting in again
here 1t will do good to many who leave here
and show them actually how much better they
can do here than elseghere. To show a few
items Of business there are at least $4,000
in dust leaving this county every week, and in
good mining season upwards Of S60,000.-
From $4,000 to S25000 in coin come to this
place every week to purchase dust. The
miners here don't like to work less than IS
diggings, but such pay for low figure is
played out" in this country during late years.
Year: 1861

of San Joaquin county recently found a true
bill in six different cases One for grand lar
ceny one for assault with intent to commit
murder one for malicious mischief one for
murder; one for petit larceny, and one for
nuisance. The Jury report that the Jail is
well kept but the building itself is in mise
rable condition. The County hospital is all
right"


GENERAL WASHINGTON ON ARRESTS FOR
TREAsoX.-At the time of the Revolutionary
war, Gen. George Washington wrote to Gov
enor Trumbull, of Connecticut, in the follow
ing words. His language has been supposed
by some to be capable of modern applica-
ton:


Would it not be prudent to seize those
Tories who have been. are, aud we know will
be, active against us? Why should persons
who are preying upon the vitals of their coun-
try be suffered to stalk about while we know
they will do us every mischiefin their power ?


WoRDs OF FIRE.-Prentice, of the Louis
vile journal, is calling the kentuckians to
arms in defense of the Union. His words are
as clear and sharp as the blast Of bugle He
writes:


The fiery cross is spread from hill to hill
and from mountain to mountain throughout
Kentucky. Thousands aud tens of thousands,
at sight of the blazing signal will rush to the
defense of the State and the country's banner.
Let no man who ialters in his duty to Ken
lucky now, ever dare to call himself q Ken
tucklan again. The name should blister his
tongue and lips like a coal OF fire.
Year: 1861

The Southern States sent only All per
cent. of their population, or one soldier to
every 1916 Inhabitants. Every man in
Massachusetts,, then as now, thoroughly
understood the significance Of the contest,
and was ready to peril his life and proper
ty in its defense Only leaders at the
South were up to the level of the North
ern masses. South Of Virginia, the people
were either Indifferent. or actually took
part with the mother country. The loyal
people of North Carolina, South Carolina
and Georgia. were not able, without assist
ance from the North, to contend against
the Tories in their own States No won
der the descendants of such a people should
again be found on the side Of the enemies
Of Constitutional Government, and seek
ing its overthrow. asf.h aati,-


The following tabular statement shows
the population Of each State at the enum-
Grafton of 1890. and the number Of SOL
diers furnished by each to the regular ar
my in che course Of the war. with the per
centage of the same to the whsle popula-
ton. and to each soldier that took the
field.
Year: 1861

New England then, as now. is prompt
ly in the field. But she is now glorious
ly emulated by every free State. Should
all the free States contribute as literally
as Massachusetts did to the army Of the
Revolution, the North would put three mil
lion of men into the field. A similar
spirit animates every Northern heart, and
if we do not furnish comparatively equal
force, it will be only for the reason that
one.twentieth, or perhaps One-thirtieth the
number will be sufficient to put down the
rebellion, and re- establish order and law.