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Year: 1861

William NJ. Gwin is once more in Calitor-
MIA Though out of office he comes again
among us, and his venerable form gratihes.
the vision Of grateful people. They look
upon him with joy, for they realize that his
public career is ended, ard his very presence
here reminds them that he no longer has
seat in the Senate. What may be his errahd
we cannot divine. Perhaps he comes to eX-
hort us to stand by the Union. Possibly he
comes to write the platform for his faithful
servants Of the past, who are to meet IN State
Convention on the / lth Of the present month
lie may have come as Commissioner from
the Montgomery Congress to negotiate with
"Charcs Lindley, Chairman" for peace
He may have come TO secretly offer induce
ments to the knights of the Golden Circle to
maintain the integrity of their national party
lie may have come to organize a revolution
in our State, bringing with him full authori-
ty from the rebel leaders to speak in their
behalf with their sympathizers here. lie has
ever been in the councils of Davis, Toombs,
benjamin, Slidell and the rest, ana II they
are wild enough to hope for an extension OF
their proposed Republic through to the Pa
cfc, and for a conquest of the Southern part
of this State for that purpose, they would
give Gwin the entire charge of that portion
of their scheme. That William NJ. Gwin is a
traitor who can doubt who knows his past
record? We do not like his presence here at
this time; and we hope that his movements
will be jealously watched.


Can it be possible that we judge too harsh
ly? Great charity might make us hope that
he comes governed by the same spirit that
prompted Hester Prynne, after years of alb
sence, to return voluntarily to the place
where she had sinned and to resume the
badge of disgrace-the SCARLET LETTER
which others no longer compelled her to
wear.
Year: 1861

GEN. SHIELDS SPEECH "A large asscmblage
listened to the speech of Gen Shields, at the
Pavilion last evening, on the National crisis.
We are unable to give an extended report
The General pledged himself to stand by the
Constitution, to stand by the Government,
and to stand by tie administration Of Presi-
dent Lincoln in itS enforcement of all The iamS
lie said that he believed G cneral Scott would
shortly envclop "Mister jeff. Davis" in a net
from which he could not escape; ; that he
would prosecute this war in a manner worthy
of American humanity. lie said there was
not much love between Davis and Scott that
the former hated the latter intensely. He
did not believe Gen. Scott could hate Davis
or any one else with any great intensity, for
he had great and generous heart but he
thought he had just enough of hatred
mixed with contempt for Davis.


The speaker was repeatedly applauded,
and when he concluded three cheers were
given him. lie arose again and made
patriotic response Three cheers were then
given for General Scott Senator DeLong
was then called for, and took the stand. He
paid a fine tribute to Gen. Shields, but took
issue with the belief expressed by that gen
tleman, that there were but few Secessionists
in California. He spoke at some length de-
nouncing the secession doctrine, and declar
ing his loyalty to the Government The late
ness of the hour precludes a more extended
notice of the meeting at this time.
Year: 1861

tIRE--At quarter of eight last evening
a fire was discovered in the rear cellar under
Ransom 3 CObb's Sash and Door Factory
on Centre street. The Ver had evidently
been raised and the FIRE set, but it was dis
covered in time to be eztinguished with a
few buckets Of water. The watchman stated
that he passed about the premises but ten
minutes before, and nothing of FIRE was to
be seen. The attempt was bold one, and
had it succeeded the consequences would
have been serious. The Fire Department
was on hand promptly, as usual, but ther,
was fortunately no occasion for their ser
vices.
Year: 1861

RESIGNATION OF VALUABLE 0FFIoHR.-
Our citizens are well acquainted with the
purposes and nature of the Firemen's Gen
eral Relief Association of this city, which
annually relieves many a disabled fireman
and his family from want. For six years
the office of Secretary and Treasurer of this
Association has been filed by Mr.. J. P.
Stone, and during all that time not com
plant has been heard against him, nor a
single account been deficient or poorly kept.
Being about TO remove from the city, Mr.. S.
yesterday resigned his Office, and we write
this note as a simple recognition Of the
claims which he has, upon the cOnfdenceIand
regard of the Fire Department and Of our
citizens
Year: 1861

IMPORTANT TO ALL OWNING OR DRIVING
HoRsEs.-Mr. E. II. Cowles, now stopping at
the Cisy Hotel, has upon exhibition the new
and improved method of attaching horses to
and detaching them from buggies, of which
We made mention a few days since. The in
ventiOn is apparently one of the most useful
and the most perfectly adapted to the accom-
plishment of its object, of anything we
have seen for long time. The harness is
made in the ordinary way, excepting that
there are no breeching straps to attach to the
the thills, the breeching being connected
with small cylinder of mallable iron four
inches in length, which in turn is attached
to the collar or breastplate. Upon the rear
end of this cylinder is socket into which
a wrought iron head upon the end of the
shaft, fits, being held in its place by simple
spring. Here is the whole arrangement; no
traces, no whifietiee, no superfuity of
straps, but simple ball and socket joint, by
which the horse can be attached or detached
in three seconds. Inside the cylinder is q
spring of India rubber by which the force of
the wheels striking stone, or dropping into
a hole, &c, is broken, rendering it easy both
for the horse and the rider. Livery stable
keepers in town have examined it, and say
they can find no fault at all with it. 1t re-
ally seems perfect in all its parts and in all
its working. All interested are invited to
call at the City Hotel and examine it.
Year: 1861

The Missouri House of Representatives has
adopted resolution that it is inexpedient for
the General Assembly to take any steps to-
wards calling a National Convention to amend
the Constitution.
Year: 1861

public mind, more and more, with time and
events. The secession, for the present, is
stopped at such limits, that separate ma
tionality cannot be maintained by it, unless
those limits are enlarged. The border States
see this. Instead of now feeling that they are
to be dragged helplessy along into the vortex
Of revolution, they have become aware that
they are themselves the masters Of the situa.
ton, aud that the cotton States must follow
them, not they the cotton States.


This is, perhaps, especially true of Virginia,
not only from her Importance in territory and
population, but from the pride so naturally re.
sulting from the glories of her past history as
State. The mother of States and statesmen,
as she loves to call herself, and as she truly
has been, the greatest of the Southern States,
Of the Old Thirteen, to the manor born, and
more than any other State the creator of the
Constitution of the United States, Virginia will
be slow to believe that she does not control her
own destinies, and that the wanderers will not
come back to the fold il she abides in it. 1t
will be with reluctance that Virginia will come
to the conclusion, that she cannot save the
Union peaceably, if she resolutely wills it. And
she will not believe so, until she has fairly tried
the experiment, and has fairly failed in it.
Year: 1861

"And now, sir, coming from slave State, as
do, owe it to myself, owe it to truth, owe
it to the subject, to state that no earthly power
could induce me to vote for a specific measure
for the introduction of slavery where it had not
before existed, either South or North of that
line. Coming as do from slave State, it is
my solemn, deliberate and well matured deter.
mination, that no power-no earthly power
shall compel me to vote for the positive in.
PRODUCTION of slavery either South or North of
that line. Sir, while you reproach, and justly
too, our British ancestors, for the introduction
of this institution upon the continent Of Ameri.
ca, am, for one, unwilling that the posterity
of the present inhabitants of California and
New Mexico shall reproach US for doing Just
what we reproach Great Britain for doing to US.
If the citizens of those Territories choose to
establish slavery, am for admitting them with
such provisions in their Constitutions; but then
it will be their own work, and not ours, and
their posterity will have to reproach them, and
not US, for forming Constitutions allowing the
institution Of slavery to exist among ihem."-
Henry Ctays speech in the Senate, Jan. 20, 1850.
Year: 1861

"The evidence is very clear that South Car.
olina, Georgia, and Alabama, do not desire
any reconstruction that would embrace any of
the free States, and we Lave but little doubt
that such is the case with all the States which
have seeded. The idea of getting Virginia out
tees that she might come in again, is prepos,
tprous and absurd. If they succeed in getting
Virginia out, they will take good care that she
will never get back again. The whole argu'
ment of the secessionists upon the subject OF
secession for the purpose of reconstruction, is
a delusion. The people have sufficient sagacity
Ia disceru the cat in the meal tub
Year: 1861

Value Of Property in Ceoh County.


We present below the tables, from the books
Of the assessors, showing the total valuation
Of property Of all descriptions in this county
and city. The aggregate valuation Is some
what less fhAu last wear,
Year: 1861

We regret to learn that the Exhibition
Of fne paintings 1t No. Ill Randolph street
canrot remain ia our midst many daIs longer,
q liberal offer having been made by another
city. Orc ot the gentlemen to whom We are
indebted for this treat goes to-day to make ar
fragments for Its removal We advise cur
citizens to Inspect them Immediately.
Year: 1861

g75 Did You ever have The Sick Headache? Do you
remember the throbbing empes the fevered brow the
loathing and digust at the sight of food How totally
unfit you for pleasure conversation study 0ne
of the Cephalc Pills would have relieved YOU from all
the suffering which you then experienced For ii is and
other purposes you should always have box of item
hand to occasion requires.
Year: 1861

nJ-How TO KSow TRAITORS Some Of
our negro-loving exchanges are publish
ing series Of paragraphs, purrorting to
describe the men in the North who may
be set down as traitors to their country.
We have very little faith in any of the
political receipts thus given, and, there
fore. present one of our own, which we
have never known to fail Whenever you
meet man who has more love for the
African than the Constitution, you can
rest assured that his pretended loyalty 10
the whole Union means only ene-half OF
it GrcensJurg Dem.
Year: 1861

distract the councils of the State on such an oc-
casion. No false pride should cause us to hesi-
tate. because our advice has been rejected anG
our delicate interests disregardeda by a sister
State The fattering suggestions of those who
should seek to embarrass our course by such ap-
peals should not be needed, or needed only as
the voice of treason. ~ ~


In such crisis, great gulf would divide Us
from the North. Common interests and COM
mon necessity would bind us to the South. To
hesitate on the plea of wounded pride, would be
the extreme Of. folly. One campaign together in
arms would obliterate every impression Of our
differences Reproach and ridicule would be
forgotten amid the anguish of our common dis
tress, or the exultation of common triumph
Hush, then, every distracting suggestion. A
way with every thought of dividing this glo-
rious Commonwealth directly through the
hearth a ,eFe.H3


1t has been suggested that Virginia may be
divided, to accommodate the varied interests of
her people. The author of such suggestion
ought to be rebnked by anindignant people If
dissolution were to be followed by disintegration
and anarchy, the alternative would be worse
than tyranny itself. There is no hope for the
fallen temple, il its ruins be reduced to powder.
Their integrity must be preserved, if ever they
are to take their place in noble structure


Mol No! Virginia will not 90 to pieces at
the word of traitor. will maintain her
integrity, her liberty, and glory, and power, we
trust, the guiding star through this night of
storm.


When our common dangers are over, it will
be time enough to discuss the geographical
boundaries of new confederacies; time enough
to talk of union with Ohio rather than with
Georgia; time enough to plan a campaign a.
gainst Florida for the purpose of wrestling from
her Pensacola; time enough to set up Norfolk as
rival to New York and Charleston. My soul !
Shall sensible men engage in these petty discus
slons, when the horrors of barbaric invasion
are already gathered on our northern border,
and the warning thunder reverberates from
State to State, calling us to measures of imme-
date defence? Is this statesmanshpa Is this
patriotism2


In sixty days, according to all human foresight,
every Southern man will be compelled by cir
cumstances to take decided stand for or against
the South. The middle ground will then be un-
tenabe. We must abandon it then forever. 1t
would be more graceful, more becoming, more
manly to abandon it now. We do not advocate
extreme opinions, but prompt and decided ac-
tion-the Union of the South for the sake of the
Union!


The prompt decision of our Legislature ought
to be sustained by harmonious public senti
ment. Let Wings and Democrats, gathered a.
round the altar OF our country, forgive and for
get all past differences, and pledge themselves to
deathless fidelity in defence of our common soil.
A solid front presented now will make bloodshed
improbable, and our ruin impossible. Discord
among the Southern States will inevitably
plunge us into gulf from which millions will
never rise again. May Heaven interpose!
Year: 1861

MONARCHY FOR THE SoUTH.-The Liverpool
fost publishes a letter from Scotch gentleman
IN mobile. The following is an extract: II hope
Queen Victoria will lend us twenty or thirty
OF her memo war ships to assist our commerce.
Ii she keeps good faith with us thereis no telling
what might happen. would not be surprised
to see good, sound constitutional monarchy
here In three years. We are republican aris-
tocracy already, and sooner than allow the coun-
try to be destroyed by emancipation of the negro
we look boldly to strong government, and who
would suit SO we'll as one of Queen Victorias
sOns2
Year: 1861

Tut |te CpeCCUCOf.


Mr.. Editor The North and the South are
two different populations, presenting at present
mutual antagonsm. The great problem for
statesmen, is not to give them unity, but con-
cord. The Union cannot be saved. It NAV
possibly be reconstructed reconstruction
must henceforth be the aim of the patriot. One
drop of blood will blot out that hope forever
How may bloodshed be prevented9 The first
condition is Southern unanimity. Discord a.
mong US is folly, madness, wickedness. The
general policy of the South will depend upon
that OF Virginia, and the influence of Virgins
will depend upon the consolidation of her senti-
ments. Division in Virginia on so vital oues-
ton would be fatal to herself, to the South, to
the entire country. We must lay aside all party
prejndices, all preconceived opinions. forget
what we have said of one another, in the heat Of
party strife, and with one mind and heart re-
solve to preserve the integrity of the Common
wealth and the peace OF the nation.


What should Virgins do9 That question 9
Convention must determine If coercion is q
bandoned by the aggressive party of the North
we may consult self respect by declining to fol-
low South Carolina, and even adhere to the
present confederacy, in the hope of seeing the
Constitution remodeled, with permanent guaran.
tees, on basis equal and acceptable to all the
Otates 1neSe guarantees must be given. Now
is the time for final settlement of the slavery
question. The time for legislation or geograph-
cal compromise has passed. The North must g.
gree, by permanent compact, to recognize
property in slaves, and to protect it whenever
our common soil extends within the limits of the
Constitution. She must abandon the claim she
has asserted, to exclude Southern property from
the common soil, simply because Northern senti
ment disapproves of that property. She must
agree to act just as she would if that sentiment
did not prevail. Allowing Northern men te
emlgrate to the common territories without for
feltlng their possessions, she must consent thai
Southern men shall do the same She mus,
execute her solemn engagements for the rendi-
tlon of fugitive slaves, and give US security tol
the future that the anti-slavery agitation should
not interfere with the rights of the Southern
people. If she will thus engage, it may be the
glory OF Virginia, by timely mediation, to pro-
cure reconstruction Of the Union, and resto-
ration Of every star to its place in the grand gal
axy of States.


If on the other hand, drop of Southern bloo6
should be shed by a Northern Administration
IN the effort to force back seeding States into
the Union, then be it called secession, or revolu
ton, let her people, as one man determine tt
make common cause with the oppressed. NJ
man should call himself q Virginian who would
Year: 1861

more chivalric on the part of those who think
South Carolina ia justified in her present position
and who recommend lesistance to the general
government if the President of the United
States should feel that the obligation of his oath
required him to execute the laws" and 'ssup-
press insurrection," should volunteer their SER
vices to South Carolina, go do0n there, and
make that the scene of their heroism and re-
nown, INSTEAD of stirring up the worst passions
of our nature, and dragging those into the diff
Guilty who do not believe South Carolina is ius-
titled in what she has done, and who have no
sympathy with the hot haste with which she
has acted, and insulting manner in which she
has treated Virginiaa


Question 14th.-As far as South Carolina can
make herself so, is she not now as foreign to rs,
as the people of Naples, or the people Of Rome
and if there are sympathizers here, of the Pope
on the one hand, or of Victor Emmanuel and
Garibaldi on the other, who wish to take part
in the Italian war, ought they not to assume the
responsibility, and should they not seek the
plains of Italy for display of their valor, and
not strive to involve their own country in the
contest


Question 15th.-Finally, do you think they
have right to find fault with and complain OF
Us. who stood by them in the late contest in fa-
vor of the "Uniop, the Constitution, and the
Enforcement of the Laws" and still stand faith
ful to our professions and our principles, because
we cannot stultify ourselves, as we think we
should, by now declaring we will let the Union
slide. the Constitution be trodden down, and the
laws be violated with impunitya


It matters not what you think, or what ]
think--it matters not whether it ought, or ought
not to be so: the man who thinks this Union
can be broken up in peace, knows nothing of the
nature of our institutions, and nothing of the
power with which this government is clothed,
and was intended to be clothed by the constitu-
ton. 1t matters little where your symrathies
may lead you, or mine may lead me; ii mat
Year: 1861

particulars drawn. In the North, with the
country fi Of all the elements o prosperity


we are suffering from financial revulson which
has been hrnuaht upon us by panic growing
ont of REBELLION against the Government
Business IS cur;ailetl, :,ihi more than the usual


ntfnIber of laborers are oul of employment.


What we need to restore prosperity, is con
f,ence in the Government, and settlement Of
the Secession question one way or the other


The Cotton States can create disturbances, hut


cannot permanently rctard our prosperity
No coUntry ever more blessed with means
Of sustaining itself than the North is at this
time. 1t has full crops and an abundance of
food, which the South needs and must have,
or sacrifice its valuable ncgfo property
Business cannot be stopped very long, even by
a dissolution of the Union. Produce brings
a good price, therefore the country is sound
Our produce merchants are daily receiving
large orders from the South for provisions.
which they ill promptly when accompanied by
the cash but the usaal reply to the request
to draw at sight, or at thirty days is that in
the present state of political uncertainty they
prefer 10 extend no credits in that quarter,
but TO require cash in hand. But small
fraction of the aggregate labor of the North
is out of employment, and whether our South
ern " brethren - stay with us or not, our pro-
gress viii not be stopped. We should be
glad to make some sacrifice if ii would give
them just opinion of US, or bring them to
their senses but we cannot consent to starvt,
nor 10 march through the streets crying bread
or blood, merely to please them and we
wou!d, in a friendly spirit, advise them not to
wait for it when the wolf is already at their
own thresholds nnati Gazette.
Year: 1861

There is much d ference and apparent con-
trarieiy of opinion as to the effect Of pumpkins
eaten 10y mich cows. Some contend Tint they
increase the yield of milk, while others as
sloutly deny any srca effect frCm feeding them.
Some stock farmers even assert that pumpkins
fed to cows diminish or "dry up their milk.
The pumpkins can add very little to the rich
ness or quality of the milk at any time; but
in mo dcrale quantities it may promote the
health and thrift of the animal, when the
weather is not too cold, and the bulk Of feed
has become dry, as is usual in the fall, by
serving the prrposc of diluent, and contrib
uting to a sufficiently moist consistency of the
contents of the stomach, In this its advan-
tages will be more of Indirect than nutritious
nature. But tbs is no objection, if there be
real advantages accruing from its use as food
for stock.
Year: 1861

Those real gems of thought that shine like
stars in the night, were not struck out at
: heat, as sparks from blacksmiths anvil are,
but fashioned and polished with patient and
weary hand and aching head and heari.
Year: 1861

IF OVER EXCITEMENT, and the mental care and anxiety incident to close attention to business and study, are among the numerous causes of Nervous Headache. The disordered state of mind and body incident to this distressing complaint is a fatal blow to all energy and ambition. Sufferers by this dis order can always obtain speedy relief from these distressing attacks by using one of the Cephalic Pills whenever the symptoms appear. It quiets the overtasked brain, and soothes the strained and jarring nerves, and relaxes the tension of the so mach which always accompanies and aggravates the disordered condition of the brain.
Year: 1861

GREAT DISCOVERY the most important of all the great medical discoveries of this age may be considered the system of vaccination for protection from Small Pox the Cephalic Pill forre lief of Headache, and the use of Quinine for the prevention of Fevers, either of which is sure specliIe whose benefits will be experienced by suf- terng humanity long after their discoveries are forgotten.