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Year: 1861

PAPA, didn't you whip me once for
biting brother Tommy?' "Yes, my child;
you hurt him bad" "Wel, then, papa, you
ought to whip mas music teacher too, for
he bit her right on the mouth, and l know
he hurt her, because she put her arms around
his neck and tried to choke him."
Year: 1861

weather, etc. The finger was in all cases
the best probe to be used, if the ball could
be reached with it-if not, probe of Aexi-
bic lead, was very useful to ascertain
the course taken by the ball
Year: 1861

TO KEEP HANDS SOFT AND WnlrE.-
Take one half pound of soft soap and melt
it over slow fire with gill of sweet oil
and add half teacupful of very fine sand and
stir the mixture together till cold.
Year: 1861

TO CHANGE THE Color OF THE HAIR
Take l half pint of good bay rum; half
pints of olive oil and half pint of the best
brandy, and mixing these ingredients we'll
together apply them morning and evening to
the hair, rubbing we'll into the roots. 1t
makes an agreeable cosmetic.


Grass Valley NatinnaI.
Year: 1861

EAT FAT MEAr.-It is the opinion of the
ablest medical men in the country. that fat
meat is essential to health Doctor Dixon
says the use of oil would decrease the vic.
TINS of consumption nine.tenths. DIR. Hook
er also says without fat meat, sooner or la
ter, the body is almost certain to show the
effects Of deficient calor6cation. Young
persons who will eat pIentifulIy Of fat
meat will never die of consumption. Those
who avoid the use Of fat meat seldom live
to good old age. but die between the ages
of twelve end forty y-fve, Remember this,
and prepare your bodies for a good old age
by eating plentifully of fat meat.
Year: 1861

How TO MAKE STEEL FROM SCRAP lRoN.-
Take scrap or bar iron cut into small pieces
and place 40 pounds in crucible with .
ounces of charcoal in powder and ounces
of the black oxyd of magnese. The cruci'
BILE is covered and then placed in blast
furnace and exposed for about an hour and
half to high heat-The cruclble IS now
withdrawn, and its contents poured INTO
mods, forming cast steel.
Year: 1861

ToBACCo-The San Jose Tribune thinks
in view of the continued blockade and con
sequent scarcity here of tobacco it would
be well for the farmers to begin to turn
their attention to its culture the coming
season. The Tribune says it will grow
we'll almost anywhere on aluvial soil. In
deed, it grows wild ard uxuriantly in many
districts in the Santa Clara Valley, and
when cured its quality is excellent.
Year: 1861

A circular from the office of the Special Mail
Agent for the Pacific coast has been received,
from which we copy the following sections OF an
Act of Congress of July I'd, 1856. They should
be read carefully by POstmastcrs, and especially
by those who are in the habit of taking news
papers out of the mail:


Sec 1928. Be ii further enacted That
if any person employed in any department OF tne
Post Office shall improperly detaln. delay, embez-
Eel or destroy any newspaper, or shall permit any
other person to do the like, or shall open or per-
nit any other to open any mail or packet OF news
papers. not directed to the office where he is en-
poycd. such offender shall, on conviction thereof,
forfeit sum not exceeding fifty dollars for every
such otfense. And if any other person shall open
any mail or packet of newspapers. or shall en-
bezzle or destroy the same, not being directed to
such person, or not being authorized to receive or
open the same, such offender shall, on conviction
thereof, pay sum not exceeding twenty dollars
for every such oifense.


SEC. 1872. .4nd be 1t further enacted That If
any Postmaster shall unlawtully detain in his
office any letter. package, pamphlet, or news
paper, with intent to prevent the arrival and de-
livery of the same to the person or persons to
whom such letter, package, pamphlet, or news
paper may be addressed or directed in the usual
course of the transportation Of the mail along
the route; or If any Postmaster shall, with intent
rs aforesaid, give preference to any letter, pack
age, pamphlet. or newspaper, over another which
may pass through his Office, by forwarding the one
and retaining the other, he shall, on conviction
thereof, be fined in 4 not exceeding five
hundred dollars and imprisoned for term not
exceeding six months, and shall, moreover, be for
ever thereafter incapable of holding the Office of
Postmaster of the United States.
Year: 1861

HUGE SroRM-The Red Bluff Independ
ent says that last Sunday was the most disa'
greeable day we ever experienced in the
State. The four winds of heaven seemed to
have been let loose, and clouds CT dust lit,
orally darkened the air, and was blown
through crack and crevire, into store and
Office, parlor dining room and k tchen, coat
ing everything with a thick layer of dust
and grit We breathed dust by the gallon,
eat dust, and the fine grit almost blinded
tie eyes of all who ventured out doors.
The dust came in such showers that it was
impossible to see the length OF a block.
During the night the wind howled through
the streets like an army of demons let
loose from Pandemonium, and the long pent-
Up waters that have been gathering some
where above, and for SO long held back,
broke through and came down in torrents,
and Numbered upon our roof grand accom-
paiment to the bowling blast. which we were
glad to hear-the rain we mean not the big
blow. Signs and awnings suffered some
what by the antics of old boreas and leaky
dwellings from the deIuge of rain; but the
parched earth was glad, and so were we,
that the rain came, if it was borne upon the
wings of the hurricane.
Year: 1861

MODEL CERTIFIcArE.--The following is a
verbatim copy of the certificate attached to
the return of postmaster in Shawnee coun-
tv, Missouri. 1t would hardly be proper to
give the name Of the officer. Artemus
Ward might as we'll shut up shop: 81 here by
certify that the four goin A Counte is as
near Right as no how to make it if there
is any mistakes it is not Dun Purpers"
Year: 1861

WHAT WE WANF.-A cotemporary saws /:
Here are the concessions we are in favor OF.
Seridtim:


We want the Southern States to concede
that ours is a government indeed, and not a
mere compact between States.


We want them to concede that State can
not dissolve its connection with this Union
at its pleasure.


We want them 10 coneede that this gov
ernment has a right to enforce its laws and
protect IT'S property.


We want them to concede that it is the drty
of this government to retake from Southern
traitors its stolen forts and arsenals.


We want them to concede that the seceed-
ed States have violated the Constitution, and !,
while they are in armed rebellion against its
authority, it is tie duty of the government to
put that rebellion down.


We want them to conoede that the taking
of the federal forts and firing upon our flag
are wrongs that should be atoned fof.


We want them to concede that Northern
creditors have right to sue for and collect
their demands in Southern courts.


We want them to concede that they have
no right to tar and feather every Northern
citizen that goes among them.


We want them to concede that it is the du.
ty of this government to hang or shoot every
traitor scoundrel in it.


And.in demanding these things, do we ask
the South to make single concession which
the Constitution of the United States does
not require of them
Year: 1861

MORE VOLUNTEERS TO BE RECEIvBD.--Wo
understand that at an informal meeting ef
the members of the Legislature now in the
city, held last night, it was determined to
recommend to the Governor to receive into
the service of the State the surplus men OF
the several companies who have arrived
here, and all the companies which have
been accepted by the Adjntant General
through mistake rs to the number which
wOuld be received in the Sixth Regiment
1t is supposed this will make force Of
about $500 men, 1t was further deter
mined to increase the force to the extent Of
10000 men, who will be taken into the ser
vice of the State for home defense, or to an
swer any future call of the President.


There is no doubt that law for this pur-
pose will be passed by the Legislature in a
few days. All companies reported and not
accepted will be requested to continue their
organization with view to entering the
service of the State.-Iid. journal, 23d
Year: 1861

ACCIDENT AT GREENWOOD, IND. On
Wednesday evening as the train having on
board the company from Madison on their
way to the headquarters near Indianapolis,
passed Greenwood, a terrible accident
happened by the bursting of gun, to a
party who were preparing to fire salute
in honor of the volunteers. 1t appears that
there was some clay on the rammer and in
pounding the charge the gun exploded. A
son of Major Loomis had the top of his
head blown of, and his body was found on
Thursday morning one hundred yards from
the spot where the accident happened.
Eight or ten men were wounded by pieces
of The oun which were driven in every di-
rection by the explosion.
Year: 1861




DAVIES CoUNTY.-Daviess is all right for
the Union. From the Washington Tele-
graph of the 10Th, we clip the following
items:


Shall the Government be sustained This
is the only question that should agitate the
minds Of our people now. Civil war by the
acts of the SecessiOni5ts has been Inaugural
ted and already the hateful secession flag
waves over a portion of our country that
was once proud to boast of the Stars and
Stripes. Already there are those who have
become so dislOyal that they no longer see
beauty attached to that glorious old flag,
and already an armed attempt has been
made to defy the power and break up the
best government that ever existed. Shall
the aggressOrs succeed We know what
the response Of every patriot will be. II
will be, the Stars and Stripes shall never
suffer dishonor while life remains.





Friends, the national flag, the glorious
stars and stripes which you have so long
looked upon with patriotic pride, has been
dishOnOred. The eOlors have been struclSto
traitors, and what will yon do? Will you
who love the honor of your country stand
idly by and see that emblem of our liberty
torn in sunder2 Never! Neverl New
er!ll


The ladies of Washington are making
splendid silk flag to be presented to Captain
Child's Company, which is now being raised.
In the days of the Revolution the ladies
were up to the times in patriotism, and we
feel sure they will be now.


The volunteer company here is being
filled up pretty fast and win probably be
in readiness to march in very short time
to indianapolis, the head quarters for the
present in this State.


At Union meeting, held in Washing
ton on the 18th, at which Noah s. Given
presided, and John NJ. Van Trees was Sec
retary, the following resolution was adopt
ed:


ResoEved, l. That with our utmost energy
and power, we will sustain the Union, the
Constitution and the Laws of the United
States of America, and that we will protect
with our lives, our fortunes and our sacred
honor, the FLAG of our Country from in
suit whether from a foreign or domestic
foe
Year: 1861

So denomiuated from their astonishing power Of
creating new life and health, IL were from the
very ashes of the most diapidated constitutions
are more strongly tonic and more Immediately in
vigorating than pills; containing the same choice
vegetable extracts the latter in different mod
ihcation. Although really less cathartic than the
LFE Pills, they nevertheless begin to cleanse the
alimentary canal much sooner; generally slightly
operating within three or four hours and pr0duc-
ing decided of relief to the head and stom-
ach, and exherating the mind even in less time
han
Year: 1861

Et5- A well regulated and proportionate quantity
of bile upon the stomach, is always requisite for
the promotion of sound healtn--it stimulates di-
gestion and keeps tho intestinal canal free from an
When there is a deficiency of bile
the body is constantly costive. On the other hand
an over abundance of bile causes frequent nausea
in the stomach and often promotes very severe at
tacks Of disease, which sometimes end IN DEATH
Year: 1861

The evidences are becoming pal


pable that Lincon's call for more


men is not being responded to with


anything like the enthusiasm he


and his Cabinet anticipated. The
eyes Of the people of the North
.are being opened since the Battle


of Manassas Plains, and they have
"no heart for the work" They
will not volunteer, and a draft is
now talked of. The Washington
correspondent of the New York


World lets the secret out. In his


letter of the Sd inst, he says:


1t is useless to disguise the fact,
that there is a strong pressure
upon the President and his Cabi-
net by men high in military sta
ton, to resort immediately stodraft-
ing, to fill the ranks of our army
to the number required to carry on
the war successfully. At the
present rate Of recruiting to our
regular army, the new regiments
will not be filled up before Janu-
ary, thus keeping out of active
service our best regular officers at
a time when their services are
most required. The $4,000 in
crease Of the regular army ought
to be in the field before the lst
of October; but how to get the
men without a draft is the question.
1t is feared by many persons here
that the stoppage of all news re-
specting the condition of the ar
my is lulling the North to a fatal
security, and that we are credited
with twice the number of troops
on the line of the Potomac we,
really have in camp. If such is
the case let it be known that
while we have plenty of men to.
guard Washington, we want co.
900 more troops to make an eff.
fective forward movement. With
the complications likely to arise in
Kentucky within the coming
month, and with what additional
aid General Fremont will require,
100000 more men can find
enough to do.
Year: 1861

. Nothing is more disgusting and
contemplate than to hear an off
cial, especially a military official,
expressing his contempt" for the
press and its recognized represen-
tatives. We have heard recently
of an instance of this kind, oc-
curing in this city, and we dare
say it would have received mer-
tied exposure had not the person
whom it Immediately affected been
induced to remain silent by con-
siderations of public interest or
pity for the weakness of the official.
1t has been our good fortune, thus
far, in cur intercourse with the
Confederate officers, to meet only
with gentlemen who knew only
how to reciprocate the courtesies
of good breeding. We trust we
shall never come in contact with
other than this class, for if any
of Gods creation, save the skunk


should be spuned and despised


it is the man who irnagines thai


epaulettes, or a little ''brief au


thority," convert him into an au


tocrat.
Year: 1861

| Mr.. EDIroR:-If the following
will be of any interest to you ant
your numerous readers, you are al
liberty to give it publicity.


Some six or seven years ago
gentleman from one of the Yam
kee States married a lady in this
city who was raised in Sumner
county; they lived in this city and
at McMinnyille until about the
commencement Of the present diff
ficulties between the North and
South, when the gentleman went
to his native place, (Indiana. =
After some time he sent for his wife
who Immediately left with her two
children and joined him in his
Yankee home, believing him to
be true to the South, but a short
time since it turned out that he
was found engaged in making up
a company for Lincoln. So soon
as his wife found it out she prompt
ly told him that she would not
stay with him if he thus prepared
to fight against her country; he
told her that she should not leave,
or if she did she should not take
the children. But she did leave.
While the vile husband was out
on drill, or at some other unholy
work, the brave aronaan took her
and at midnight, on the
5th INST, landed safe and sound at
Esq. Connell's, and is to-day safe
ly housed at her fathers, in Old
Sumner. .f


Hurrah for Southern Lady Valor.


ID CVIpUTrII
Year: 1861

Not lost forever, though on earth we've parted
Not lost forever, though we meet no more!
They do not wander lone and broken hearted
Who see Heavens radiance on the other shore
Not lost forever; while around me springing,
The violsts weep.ths roses blush and bloom;
And summer birds, in summer woodland singing
Flood with soft music all the tranquil gloom


Not lost forever, rhou shalt still be near me,


Through every fortune and in every cline;


When cares oppress, or memories cheer me-
Thou shall be with me, dearest, all the time.
Year: 1861

Dorm on TIE Har--It is sad
that in portions of Pennsylvania
the people positively refuse to have
anything further to do with the
war. and talk openly of rebellion
AGAINST the Government, should
Il insist on prosecuting il.
Year: 1861

A correspondent says that Gen.
Ben McCulloch never wears uni
form or carries q sword, but a pow
erful rifle which is a great pet with
him, and which he uses with per-
feet accuracy. At the battle OF
Oak Hill he was riding round amid
the flying bills as coolly as if SUI
perintending the operations on a
farm, and every now and then
would refresh himself with a bit OF
sport by jerking his rifle up to his
shoulder and "upsetting one Of the
enemy" We suppose the Lincoln
ties are very much disgusted with
this unoflicer-like department.
Year: 1861

THE GRAPE CURE-We have another mania.
1t is the grape cure. Its becoming very pop
ular in Europe, and as the medicine is very
pleasant, whether taken in the "juice Of the
grape" or in the grape itself it is likely to
outbid all the old pathys, and to become the
rage in this country as we'll Sugar pills can't
stand moment before the grape: and disgust
ING drafts of allcpathic compound will be far
worse off. In Europe several infirmaries have
recently been established at which the grape
cure is all the rage and in one Of them, near
Salisbury, Germany, the King of Prussia was
for some time an inmate. In cases more es-
pecialy Of deranged digestion, the treatment
is found to be remarkable eflcacious The AL
bany Evening Journal has known Of several
cases of chronic dyspepsia cured in few weeks
The course" lasts from three to six weeks
and the quantity eaten per day from one to
four pounds Pleasant medicine We begin
to feel sick already. A dose Of Isabella, or
Catawba or Muscatine, would, however, speed


lily effect cure.
Year: 1861

THE GHOST OF AN IMPREssIoN.-Ifa a wafer
is laid on surface of polished metal, which Is
then breathed upon, and if, when the moisture
of the breath is evaporated, the wafer be sha~
ken off, we shall find that the whole polished
surface is not as it was before, although our
senses can detect no difference for if we
breathe upon it, the surface will be moist eve
rywhere, except on the spot previously shelter
ed by the wafer. Again and again we breathe,
and the moisture evaporates. But still the
wafer re-appears. This experiment succeeds
after la pse of many months, if the metal be
carefully put aside where the surface cannot
be disturbed. If a sheet of paper on which a
key has been laid be exposed for some minutes
to the sunshine and then instantaneously view
ed in the dark, the key being removed a fading
spectre Of the key will be visible. Let this
paper be put aside for many months where
nothing can disturb it, and then in the dark
ness be laid on plate of hot metal, the spectre
of the key will again appear. In the case of
bodies more highly phosphorescent than paper,
the spectre of many different objects which
may be laid on in succession will, on warming,
emerge in their proper order
Year: 1861

THIS Louisville Journal says The Star
Spanged Banner was the streaming meteor Of
freedom to our fathers we are resolved that
it shall be the same to their children The
white upon its folds is an emblem Of peace
the red proclaims to the nations that we shrink
not from war and the blue The color Of the
sky, tells that, whether in peace or in war, our
appeal is to heaven"
Year: 1861

We are now living in tbe age of REBEL
ion. The South, not content with having
had the control of our Government almost
entirely ever since the formation of the Con-
stitution, are now endeavOring to break up
our glorious Union, merely because for once
the power is taken out of her hands, Overt
acts and hostility have already been com
menced against the Federal authorities, and
where it viii end, no man knows.


If there ever was time when every man
should take a good newspaper, which will
keep him posted in regard to the news Of the
day, now is that time, Such newspaper
is the LEADER.


In addition to the important matters oe-
curing in our own country, the news from
Europe, fer at least the year to come, will be
Of stirring interest. The heroic and patriotic
Garibaldi in struggling to build up liberal
aud united government in Italy old thrones
are crumbling into ruin-sOciety is IN a
transition state.


The great advantages in taking Home
paper, like the Leader, over the Eastern
Weeklies, are these:


Owing to our great Telegraphic arrange
ments, we are enabled to give news three to
five days earlier than can possibly be deliv-
cred by Eastern papers. The LEADER gives
more home news, both political and current
than can be doue by Eastern contemporaries.
The postage on the LEADER s,l3 to 26 cents
less a year, than on Eastern papers. The
columns Of the LEADER will be enriched by
the effusions of correspondents from all parts
of the Union.


There is one service that we solicit from
our Republican Friends, and that is, to lend
their aid in getting up Clubs for the coming
year. Let it be remembered that we need
lust the kind OF assistance that can only be
derived from friends scattered through the
country, and if each one will feel that he
ought to act, and take hold with will We
can commence the new year with a subscrip-
ton list greater than we ever had.


One hour in twenty-four spent in reading
and ONE DOLLAR per year, will give th'
running history, as it transpires, of two con
tinents, besides a vast amount Of information
on every subject and in every department o
knowledge. There is no man who is no
able to spare the dollar and devote the tim
for such a return.


After presenting the above, we hope, on
friends will exert themselves to back US Il
our enterprise.
Year: 1861

BLrTz AND HIS CAEAREs.-To-day, the
canaries perform in the afternoon, as well as
well as in the evening. Last night they were
received with great applause, by full house.
It is difficult to say which is calculated to ex-
cite the most astonishment the feats ofsieight
of hand, or the command which Blitz has at
tanned over his birds. Either is an exhibi-
ton in itself
Year: 1861

LIBRARY AssooIATIoS.-The capacity Of
the library rooms has been much enlarged
recently, and the new shelves are rapidly
filing up with excellent books. The hnan-
ces of the Association we are glad to learn,
are on a better footing than they have
been for a long time previous. A new cata-
logue is now in progress Of construction,
which will add very much to the convenience
Of those wishing to make use Of the library
| for reference.
Year: 1861

FRE1aHT CONC EAsF.-A very unusually
large amount Of freight continues to be
shipped East. Heavy cattle trains may be
seen daily, passing over the Lake Shore
Road on their way to market.
Year: 1861

An extra copy will be given to the getter
up of the Club, for his trouble; when club
reaches as high as fifly copies, a Tri-Weekly
will be given; and when it reaches one hun
dred, copy of the Daily LEADER will he
Year: 1861

The Buffalo Club came off winners by six
shots. But for the moist condition of the
ice, the game would have been even tighter
match than it was. In the evening the win
ners inYited.th guests to a cOzy supper at
the American.