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Year: 1861




The committee appointed by the Mayor to see to
and relieve soldiers wounded the field Of Ma
nassas have performed their duties nOby and well,
and the citizens Of Richmond have responded to the
demand upon their liberality and hospitality with
spirit worthy of their reputation Virginians. Al
ready the Finance Committee have received over
five thousand dollars in money from our citizens,
and the door of every house, from the highest to
the most humble, has been thrown open for the re-
ceI ton of the brave men who have been stricken
down by disease or by the foemen in battle In many
instances within our knowledge, families in humble
circumstances have eheerfulIy Inconvenience them
selves that they might give their best rOOU 3 and
beds to the sick and wounded.


Private hospit lis have been established for those
whose condition rendered their proper attention i'm
possible in private families; whilst those whsse
wounds were of so severe character as to require
them TO be under the constant supervision of a
geon and experienced nurses have been boarded by
the Finance Committee at the Bellevue hospital.


Our design in calling attention TO these facts is
not to boast what the citizens of Richmond have
done or are willing in the future to do forsthe
lief of our sick and wounded. But we have sought
an opportunity to impress upon our readers 10 the
State of Virginia and thrOus h9ut the South the i'm
portance of providing fund in this city to meet
any future exgencies. Should great battle Oc-
cur to-day or TO morrow at Alexandria or on ths
Peninsula, Richmond, from its geographical pssi-
tlon, must be the hospital for the woun1el. Aonsy
will then be wanting TO fit up proper places for
their reception TO hire nurses to attend them and
procure the comforts and delicaeies so ndispensa~
kle to their recovery.


We appeal, therefore, to all patriotic citizens of
the SouIt however remote from their hearthstO tones
may be the horrors and miseries Of war, not 70
forget in this hour Of pain and suffering the poor
soldier who has split his blood and risked his life
in thrusting back the fierce invader from your soil
Rich snd poor should contribute in proportion to
Year: 1861

liberty sits perchei on the topmost branch, but
there l. secession salt ON his glorious tail fear
he will no more spread his noble pinions to soar
beyond the azure regions Of the boreal pole. But
let not Missouri pull the last feather from his
shelterIng wing u plume a shaft U pierce his
noble breast, or, what i the same make Il pen
to sign a secession ordinance. lApplause. Alas,
poor bird, If they drive you from the branches Of
the hemlOck Of the North, and the palmetto Of
the SOUTH come over u the gum-trce Of the West,
and We will protect your noble birdship, while
water grows and grass runs. Immense applause.
Mr.. Speaker, | sub-iie for the present.
Year: 1861

day, if our affluent citizens would come forward
aud aid the holy cause by increased subscriptions.
The talk is, that there are many citizens who have
ony given tens instead of hundreds. A great many
thousands of dollars have been retained by the
holders thereof remaining at home this season.
The money that would have been spent in North
ern cities cannot be more judiciously applied than
in subscribing to this volunteer, patriotic and
charitable fund,


Long before the usual hour for the close Of bus
the preparations for the funeral obsequies to
the lamented Lieut. COL Dreux were the purport of
remark Some of the banks closed in advance OF
the usual time. Stores and Offices were generally
closed, and the afternoon given to mourning. For
full details Of the great and imposing ceremony,
we refer to our usual local column
Year: 1861

New MAP OF THE SEAT OF WAR.-We are in
debted to W. B. Mcbride Esq, clerk of the steamer
Alonzo Child, for large and ndhandsome map of the
Eastern Seat Of War. This map is fuller and more


accurate than any we have yet seen.
Year: 1861

A correspondent writes from Washington
efforts are now making to induce every
State south of Mason and Dixon's line to Sc!
cede, and the most extraordinary influences
are being brought to bear upon the delegates
to assemble in Virginia on the 4th instant
to carry that convention in favor Of seces-
sion. Itis believed by some that majority
will so vote. This is the great point the Sc
sessionists hope to gain, because if Virginia
votes against secession there is no hope of
carrying Maryland, and without the latter
States there will be no such thing as effect
ing an organization to take the Capital"
Year: 1861

THE PALMETTO FLAG "REcoGNIzED AT
HAvANA.-The first attempt of a vessel to
enter foreign port under the flag Of the
Independent Republic of South Carolina"
was made at Havana by brigantine from
Charleston She sailed in past the Moro
Castle with her palmetto" flag flying aloft.
But Immediately, by order of the officer in
command of the fortress, she was brought to
anchor under its guns, and kept there until
the flag of the United States was displayed
at her mast head, when she was permitted
to proceed up the harbor. We wonder
what they are going to do in Palmetto-dom
about this outrage upon their flag in for
eign port. This insult ought to be avenged
forthwith. A newborn nationality cannot
afford to permit its emblematic ensign to be
thus dishonored ...
Year: 1861

ADVERTISING - Blackwoods Magazine
s:-"There is but one way of obtaining
business-publicity- way of obtaining
publicity advertisements. The newspaper
is the fly wheel by which the motive power
of business enterprise is sustained, and
money the steam by which the advertising
is kept going" r.
Year: 1861

The Legislature of Florida is at a dead
lock on the Senatorial question. We learn
from the Tallahassee Nesos of the ath tn a t
that body meets in joint convention every
afternoon, and ballots from three TO ii W
times, but are now, after several days trial
apparently as far from an election as they
were ON the first ballot.
Year: 1861

No knife can cut our love in two


BILL PExToN.


Reader have YOU ever stood on the heel
path side Of the Ohio Canal on one of those
mild January evenings peculiar to the early
autumn, and watched the sun rise from his
gorgeous couch athwart the Western sky. and
listened to catch the musical warhle of dis
tant coalheavers mingled with the cries of a
ragged canal driver encouraging pair of at
tenuated calico mules? Qfyou don't
at once whether you have or not, take time to
consider and inform US through the post office,
enclosing a stamp.) 1t was at such a time
and on such spot that two solitary youths
might have been seen walking arm in arm in
that vicinity about that time. Need we tell
you that one was the daughter of poor though
wealthy parents and that the other was her
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After considerable time passed in re-
Election, it appears rather necessary that we
should because you wouldn't know it if we
didn't. The young man had seen but nineteen
springs, yet did he urge his suit with the pas
sion and ardor of one who has attained the
ripe age of four score years and ten, and not
wthstanding his weight did not exceed one
hundred and twenty-five pounds, he couldn't
have plead more eloquently had he weighed
a ton. The maiden was fair Tooth brush
handles could not compare with her teeth in
whiteness. and the ravens wing had no more
business by the side of her glossy curls than
stove brush Can we wonder that the young
man swore that he would cheerfully catch the
measles for her sake, and expressed willing
ness to have the scarlet fever the second time
to prove his devotion?


Alas the perversity Of woman. Although
loving him devotedy she replied to his ardent
declaration by sitting down on a stone boat
and writing him letter of introduction to the
marines, to whom she recommended him to re-
peat that narrative. Driven to frenzy by such
trifng, CALEB turned so red in the face he
tore all the buttons off his vest and frothed at
the mouth to such an extent he split bran
new vest down the back. Then casting upon
her look of unutterable anguish through a
pocket telescope he cried-False one = fare,reU
Jor-r-r euer." threw double handspring and
disappeared behind a high board fence
PHEEBE ANN phainted.
Year: 1861

embracing in rapturous gratitude over the
precious relic of that one lost to them so late
ly. Was that dear one not lost bat trans
formed? Had the slver-haired patriarch of
the first visit changed to the dashing buck of
the third And was the virtuous teacher of
youth only the tender sister in masquerade p
Or my word l believe so. dare say they are
enjoying the joke. Possibly it is a dodge
often repeated. But what am | to say to
Fred
Year: 1861

The following verses, which we clip from
the Sacramento Bee, though not strikingly
original, are full of significance at this time.


The Court House Song.
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 was ever heard
From the thrilling notes of the wildwood bird
Range them along in the prisoners place,
Where all can gaze on each bloated face
Where all can feel the joy sublime
That beams from faces now bleared with crime:
On forms for whose safety mothers prayer
Is uttered in vain on the midnight air
Stand them alone where each can plead,
While hearts, in agony, throb and bleed;
Empannel 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,
Bat hold fetch the gentleman criminal forth
He's man of standing man of worth
His lands are wide and his wealth great,
His voice once rang in the halls of state.
It is true that the curse of crime and blood
Has blackened his soul with its mrrky food
But pity it is. and very great shame,
Dishonor should tarnish his noble name,
So let the eloquent counsel plead;
For wealth and talent he now will need,
"Demurrers and " motions y must be heard;
To find him guilty would be absurd.
Oh God that the time might ever be,
When all will stand on equality
When the rich and poor will 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

Now comes the tug.,-JAck SMITH.


When Caleb left the phickle Phoebe it was
with determination never to see her again.
He would be wanderer He would land on
other lands and climb foreign climes he
Year: 1861

Coop OLD TmEs.-Living was cheap in The
olden times. Socrates is supposed to have
lived upon an income Of seyenty-6ve dollars
Demosthenes his sister and their mother paid
for their board, Sl05 year, and provided the
house into the bargain
Year: 1861

CURIOUS CASE OF INsANITY.-A lady was
recently conveyed from Michigan Bar to the
Insane Asylum, who became insane in the fol
lowing singular manner About three months
ago, having two cats she wished to dispose of,
on account of their propensity for killing
chickens, and not wishing to destroy them,
she put them into boiler for safe keeping
until some one come along who might want
them. The cats we're forgotten and remained
in confinement about five days, when they were
found dead, to the great horror of MRS.,
who at once blamed herself, and ever since
imagined she heard them, in their agony, wit
messed their struggles to escape This so
worked upon her mind that she made several
attempts to destroy herself by drowning, and
was once found in the river where the water
was but two feet deep, and would have accom-
plished her purpose had there been more wa
ter. She has four children, the youngest about
six mouths old
Year: 1861

WoMAN.-When q man of sense comes to
marry, it is a companion wnom Re wants, not
an artist. 1t is not merely creature who can
paint and play, sing and dance it is a being
who can comfort and console him-cne who
can reason and reflect, and feel and judge and
reason and discriminate-one who can assist
him in his affairs, enlighten his sorrow, purify
his joys, strengthen his principles and educate
his children. Such is the woman who is fit
for mother and mistress of a family. A
woman of the former description may occasion
ally figure in the drawingroom and attract the
attention of the company; but she is entirely
unit for helpmate TO a man, or 10 train up a
child in the way he should go.
Year: 1861

would 90 and be an ancient mariner. Filled
with this desperate resolve he sought his
boarding house, put clean shirt and collar in
Il cotton va,ise and started for the river. A
gallant tug lay at the dock which be boarded
and requested to see the Captain A sailor
whose voice was deeply bronzed by exposure
to the Tropc Of Barleycorn appeared at the
main top mizzen gangway and informed him
that the Captain was engaged in the cabin
He was being presented with a bosom pin and
a gold headed cane by ferryman who was
about to retire from office. The presentation
was wholly unexpected.


After considerable delay Caleb was invited
10 descend When he entered the cabin he
was struck with the youthful and delicate ap-
pearance of the Captain. He was about TO
tell him that he had come 10 ship before the
well, smoke stack, when the supposed Captain
raised his cap and shower of cork screw curls
fell uron his shoulders.


Whdt" exclaimed the lover in Amusement,
" Phoebe Ann -


Caleb n


They rushed into each others arms After
an embrace which caused thermometer in
the cabin to rise to 80 degrees in the shade,
mutual explanations followed She had d-
vined his purpose to go for a sailor and resolv-
cd to thwart it. The Captain of the tug being
an aunt of hers had allowed her to be Captain
for that day and chance had done the rest
Phoebe Ann was penitent Caleb lorgiving
and that very day they agreed before a minis
ter to share the tug of life together.


But little more remains to be told. Caleb
couldn't be persuaded to give up his passion
for the raging main, although, notwithstapd-
ing the entreates of bis wife, and so she COM
promized the matter by allowing him to tend
a sawmi, and he still follows that daring and
perilous profession.


BLACK Have you ever known days
that were black ? Have you ever known days
in which everything went wrong, as though
some invisible hand turned your whole life
topsy turyy? Did every sharp instrument you
handled pierce or cut you of its own accord? +?
Did some undiscoverable individual throw your
neatly arranged work into confusion, and alb
stract the book in which you were deeply in-
terested Did the current of your thoughts,
which usually flow with pleasant humor, sud
denly become stagnant? Did the persons you
least wish to see force themselves into your
presence, and those you loved best remain alb
sent ? Did you labor with more than wonted
zeal, yet accomplish nothing? Such unbal-
anced days, when life seems all a game of cross
purposes, will come to most of us and how is
their unholy spell 10 be broken? Very often
the presence of some being gifted with a strong,
pure heart, genial temperament, and sympa-
thetc nature, will chase all the shadows, re-
store serenity to the ruffled temper, and evoke
order out Of confusion even as the voice, the
look of one single angel can put to flight
legion Of evil spirits
Year: 1861

GENERATION after generation have felt as
they now feel, aud their lives were as active as
our own. They passed like vapor, while ma
ture wore the same aspect of beauty as when
her Creator commanded her to be. The hea-
vens shall be as bright over our graves as they
are now around our paths. The world will
have the same attractions for our offspring vet
unborn that she had once for our progenitors.
Yet a little while and all will have happened.
The throbbing heart will be sthed and we
shall be at rest. Our funeral Will wind its
way, and prayers will be said, and then we
shall be left alone in darkness for the worms
And it may be, for a short time, we shall be
spoken Of; but the things Of life will creep 10,
aud our names will soon be forgotten. Days
will move on and laugh and song will be heard
in the room in which we died and the eyes
that mourned for US will be dried, and gisten
again with joy; and even our children will
cease to think of us, and will not remember to
lisp our name.
Year: 1861

Dawn OF LovE.-If grape vine be planted
in the neighborhood of well, its roots run
ming silently under ground, wreath themselves
in network around the cold, clear waters,
and the vines putting on outward greenness
and unwonted clusters and fruit is all that tells
where every thought and fiber of our life
twines gradually around some human soul, to
US the unsuspecting wellspring of our being.
Fearful it is, because so often the vine must
be uprooted, and all its fibers wrenched away;
transfgured by a new and beautiful life !
There is nothing in life more beautiful than the
trance-lke, quiet dawn which precedes the ri
sing of love in the soul When the whole
being is pervaded imperceptibly and TRANQUILITY
by another being, and are happy, We know
not and ask not why, the soul is then receiving
all and asking nothing, At later day she
becomes self-conscious, and then come craving
exaetions, endless questions-th the whole world
of the material comes in with its hard counsels
and consultations, and the beautiful france
fades forever.
Year: 1861

ORDER FOR PLANK SIDEWALK.


Nov. 9, 1S6l,-And now it is hereby ordered and
directed by the Common Council of tho City Of
Evansville, that the of all lots or parts of
lots fronting adjoining the southwest side of
Ninth street, from Ann to Division street, in said
City, the sidewalks thereon to be brought to
the proper grade, and that they cause sidewalk
of Glass No 2, to be laid down thereon within
thirty days from the publication of this order.


P. BURKE, CLERK.
Year: 1861

In the course of private letter from a
gentleman in St Louis, to friend IN this
city, day or two since. the writer says


- tell you don't want to live
in a slave state, the way the country is
now. Although there are thousands Of
good strong Union men in St Louis, yet if
You do not hurrah for Davis and his striped
treason flag, you will be insulted every day,
and a man has to bear many more insults
than care to, or else get into a tight
There is no half way, it is one thing or the
other But / never will. in st. Louis OF
New Orleans, hurrah for, or uphold, by
word or deed. that imp of the ID JEFF
Davis. or his crowd-There is a great
deal of excitement here, but so far nothing
but good order But | am afraid we shall
see hard times here. 1t seems, from our
accounts, that Lincoln intends to make st.
Louis the headquarters of his western
troops, and we exl ect very large number
here by Saturday night next do not
suppose the Minute Men will try to inter
fere with them, but if they do there viii
be an awful fight. The Governor says
not a man shall leave Missouri, but to
show how how little he has to say, | will
tell you that there are 5000 men in st.
Louis volunteered into Home Gaurd to
protect and help the Government OF
these 5000 1000 have volunteered to 60
at any minute where the Government calls
for them, and anywhere they may be sent
l saw thom recruiting and drilling BY the
hundred the other night. Their ranks
contain some Of the best men in st. Louis.
Year: 1861

Coon MANNERS. manners are
blossoms Of good sense. and II may be ad-
ed. Of good feeling, too; for if the law Of
kindness be written IN the heart, it win
lead to that disinterestedness in little as
we'll as great things-that desire to oblige,
and attention to the qualification of others.
which is the foundation of good mapnerS
Year: 1861

The question is often asked, what is a
"stand of arms?" Properly speaking. it j:
a complete set of arms for one soldier
which would include the bayOnet. musket
and its appurtsnancer.
Year: 1861

Gen. McClsllsn was selected by JEFF.
Davis HIMSELF who vas then Secretary of
War, 10 60 to the crinea to observe the
great battles. It win be Q little curious if
the knowledge which he there gained
should be the means Of 'OverthrOEing the
man who put him in position to receive the
instruction.
Year: 1861

Mr.. Parton tells us in his "Life OF Jack.
son." of ar Interview between tho President
aud Big Sam" Dale, at the height Of the
notification excitement in 1892. In the
course of conversation on the subject the
President said: General Dale, il this thing
"goes on, our country will DO like bag Of
meal with both ends open. Pick it up in
"the middel, or endv ise, and it will run out
a. must tic the bag and save the country"


There is no doubt Of the fact that both
ends of the bag are again open, but we know
who will tie tho bag and save the country.
Year: 1861

How TO HEAL A LONGING FOR DIVORCES,
Bishop Burnett, in the record Of his obser-
vatons in Italy and Switzerland, stated that
in Berne they had novel method Of dealing
with matrimonial disputants. Divorces werc
freely granted, but first tho applicant must go
through the following teal:


A small room was prepared, in which Il
husband and wife were pnt---the door being
closed, to remain so for .ix weeks, except it
should be set in motion by urgent request Of
the welded pair There were in tho room
one STOOL one plate, o c spoon, unity OF all
the requisites, and the solitary bed was of
such dimensions, that if they should choose
to use it together, they must needs lie very
close together. Of one thing, aud one only,
there was duplicate; and that was a li,lo
treatise on the duties Of husbands and wives
toward each other. No visitor was permitted
to SO them; and they bad only glimpse
at into rvals Of the grim face of the inanitor,
as he pushed their food through hole in tho
door. The Bishop states that the test was
attended by the most wholesome results. Ia
most cases the parties were excellent friends
in few days; and very few could stand out
for more than fortnight. Another very
gratifying circumstance was, that they had
scarcely on record, case in which a second
application was made by persons who had al.
ready gone through the ordeal.
Year: 1861

The widow sat over the scanty fire, watch
from the little tin tea kettle. A loaf OF
bread stood on the small table by her side.
Her creamer was empty; the bowl, minus su-
gar, no sugar, no butter, no luxury, nothing
but the crust, the wee white loaf aud the
scrap Of tea that busted the bottom of the an.
cient silver teapot,


The widow bent closer over the fire and
there wcro tears in her aged eyes.


ale should have thought of his old moth
err" she murmured, fdgetting with nervous
hands about her cap ribbon; but then, being
just married SO, ! suppose ought to consd
er; he always was little vida little wild
but he has got a good heart, know he has
still, he shouldn't have forgot his poor old
mother"


The COOL old lady leaned back and crossed
her hands upon her bosom. Her thoughts
had that golden head nesting against her
heart! How had those ever laughing eyes
drawn smiles from her own, even while in
lonely widowhood How had sho watched
him as he prat,ing toddlcd about her knee
the treasure Of her life-the blood of her very
heart-the apple of her eye. And after
years had passed shc remembered tho often
self dcnials, the patched garment, the old
shawl. colorcd and rccolor, d; the faded bon
net; all beautiful as jewels to her, because
they purchased the great gift cf education for
her boy. And after all this he had neglected
his old mother. Oh, shame urgratoful man
hood that can so repay love tender as the
the love of IN angel.
Year: 1861

The RIe HI WOMAN IN The RIGHT
PLACE. A man Of family, and
rather too fond of riding with the
girls, having made an appointment
in North Adams to ride out by
moonlight with a lady acquain-
lance, drove smaItly to the meet
ing place, helped the fair damsel
into The buggy, and gave her a
friendly kiss and hug. After re-
covering from the embrace, the
lady threw off her bonnet, and the
loguish face Of bis wife confronted
The inconstant husband.