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Year: 1861

GUARD AGAINST VULGAR LASoUAdE-
There is as much connection between
the words and the thoughts as there is
between the thoughts and the actions
The latter are not only the expression Of
the former, but they have power to re-
act upon the SOUL and leave the stain. of
their corruption there A young man
who allows himself to use one vul oar or
profane word has not only shown that
there is a foul spot upon his mind, but
by the Inference of that word he extends
that spot and inflames it, till, by indulg-
encc, it will pollute aud ruin the whole
soul. BE careful of your words as well
as your thoughts. If you can control
the tongue that no improper words are
pronounced by it, you will soon be able
also 10 control the mind, and save that
from corruption. You extinguish tho
fire by smothcring it, or by preventing
bad thoughts bursting Qaieie Which you


Neysr 81 a'ashamed TO speak in the pres.
cnce Of the most refined fe,nale or the
most religions man. Try this practice a
little wiilc and you will soon have COM
mand of yourself. I" s
Year: 1861

A SOLDIER AND ATTORNEY WHIPPED By
WoNAs.--Adjutant Marks yesterday lodged
complaint with Justice De Wolf, against Mis-
tress Pargill, charging that she had made
IN assault upon him. The court hastcned to
get rid Of the case By dismissing the complaint,
probably being in dread Of the presence Of
female so doughty and belligerent as this van
quishcr of the warlike attorney
Year: 1861

Few know how TO shear sheep properly. The
following hints will be useful:


First, In shearing time, do not pen your sheep
more than half day at time. To do 40 makes
them week, irritable and difficult to shear.


Second, think the best plan To shear, is on a
platform, sixteen or eighteen inches high. The
sheep should sit OH the table, and rest its back
and head on the left leg, the left leg is on the
table, the right one on the floor. Commence
cutting the wool at the brisket, shearing along
the belly letting the wool roll to the left where
it will be out of the way. When this is done,
shear the flank, then commence at the point OF
the shoulder and run the shears To the right ear:
shear the reck to the left side as far the back
bone. Now change sides with the sheep, stand
ing the right foot the table, ana finish the neck.
Nov shear the right side, finishing on the right
hind leg. In this way, the fleece is kept whole
the sheep is turned but little, thus avoiding
struggling, tearing of fleece and injury to the
animal.


Within the last eight years. have shearea s..
900 sheep without having fleece kicked to
pieces, and seldom cut sheep; there is no ex
cuse for cutting fat sheep. When badly cut
they will always kick, and then the shearer will
pound them with his shears or fist. The kinder
you treat a sheep the better they behave. Many
wool growers want their sheep sbeared very
close to the hide, but this is not so well for the
sheep nor for the next growth of wool. When
shsared close, the hot sun Injuries them material.
y.-H b. Johnson, in Ohio Farmer.
Year: 1861

The Brsr LENoN PIE.-" Take two lemons


i've eggs, two spoonfuls of melted butter, and
eight Of white sugar. Squeeze the juice Of all


the lemons, and crate or chop finely the rnd OF
one. Stir together the yolks Of three eggs, and
white Of one, with the sugar, butter, juice, and
rind; beat we'll; then add one coffee cup Of
good sweet cream (some use half cream and hall
milk Beat all for a minute or two Have
ready plate lined With pastry into which pour
the mixture, which will be sufficient for two pies
OF the ordinary size. Bake till the pastry is
done meanwhile beat the remaining whites OF
eggs to stiff froth, and stir in four spoonfuls of
white sugar; take the pies from the oven and
spread over equal parts upon each, and return
them quickly to the oven, and bake a delicate
brown. Take care that the oven be not too hot.
or they will brown too quickly, before the egg is
Get sufhciently, which will cause the pie to fall
when taken from the oven This is a beautiful
looking pie. and in my opinion, and that Of 9th.
rieultsrisf
Year: 1861

FTom the Southern Path Finder ~ o La
Try them you that are afflicted ard We are sure that
your testimony can be added to the already numerous
list that has received bene6ts that other medicine
produce.
Year: 1861

EUGENE SCRIBE, the recently deceased
French dramatist, was buried with great
pomp. He had been a very hard worker,
toiling with his pen six hours every day.
from youth to old age. On his door way he
had an inscription, OF which the following is
a translation:


The Theater paid for this rural retreat
| thank you, passers-by; perhaps ! am
obliged to you for it,
Year: 1861

How happy are they


Who the editors pay,
And have squared up for one year or morei
Anu Tongue cannot express


The great joy of the press - ,oouo
When delinquents have paid the OLD score
Printers all the day long


labor hard for song
s,te that is hard all agree
A 'A'' They have worked night and day,


And of course want their pay,
To buy sugar, coffee and tea'


One could hardly believe,


What small sums they receive.
fO' But the price, is so small


That the good people all
Will nav M for the fear of the shame
Year: 1861

The first piece of Continental money coin
ed in this country bore the terse but signif-
cant motto, Mind your own Business, -
and, as an Eastern journal very truly re-
marks, if the people of the different sections
of the country had followed its advice, the
best government ever devised 10y man would
not now be on the verge of destruction.
Year: 1861

ARREST OF A TEAToE.-A correspondent in
Camden informs us that a music teacher named
Devne, who has been in that town six years, has
been detected in traitorous correspondence. His
letters have been examined and furnish abundant
evidence of his guilt, such as plans for sacking the
town, stating that the town was in a defenceless
condition and that it was in a state of starvation.


The fact was discovered by the postmaster,
whose suspicious were aroused by the extent of
the Northern correspondence of the accused, when
an examination by proper authorities clearly
proved his guilt. 1t is stated that Judge Withers
pronounced it a clear case of treason.


uNl liNnriiul
Year: 1861

SAVE Yora SEED.-Planters and gardeners
must not rely, as heretofore, on getting their
Garden seeds from the Northern States. We
advise Them to be careful in saving good sup.
ply of all kinds, as they will soon be ripe
Piant late crop OF Irish potatoes; they will
make seed potatoes, if nothing more Look
to your interest in time.
Year: 1861

In contrast with the miserable accounts
which reach US Of the condition Of the Federal
troops, We publish the following letter from
4 soldier serving in Norfolk to his friend in
Mobile


Norfolk is more like Mobile than any other
place have seen-only we have more straw.
berries and ice cream. We can buy quart OF
strawberries and bowl Of ice cream for ten
cents. We literally live ''in clover" being
encaupcd in large open field covered with
''cover" six or eight inches high, just now in
bloom-a hne place to drill in.
Year: 1861

Major Of tle Polish Army Of 1851.
n would respectfully notify those who are
disposed to join me in this sacred cause Of lib
erty, that the places Of rendezvous for receiV-
ing your services will be published as soon as
the proper orders and instructions shall be Is
....Al
Year: 1861

ALL candid men must admit that the
Confederate Government never intended to
make an aggressive war, their whole policy
being to act on the eiensive.f-[Sierra
Citizen.


That depends on the kind of candid men
you deal with. Stealing all the Govern
ment property in the South, shooting down
soldiers in Government forts, trailing the
American flag in the dust-"and the au-
thoritatve announcement by the revolution
airy government at Montgomery, that the
secession flag should be planted on the
walls Of the capital at Washington"--all,
yes, all, was only "defensive" policy by
the rebels according TO the Citizen. Time
has shown that it was ID offensive poll
cy to the people of the United States-aud
old King Cotton is like to foot the bill for
the innocent b!under.--[Placer Courier.
Year: 1861

NO. 0o.
A ORDINANCE, PROVIDING FOR
n the construction of sidewalk on Pine and Church
streets:


The Trustees Of The CITY Of Nerada do orddin as foo,cs:
SECTION l. 1t shall be the duty of the property
holders on the easterly side Of Pine street and the
southerly side Of Church street, from the corner of
Pine and Commercial TO the corner of Church and
Main streets, on before the first day Of January
1862. TO construct sidewalk in front Of their
property.


SEC. .. Said sidewalk shall be on the grade of the
streets, Of uniform width, and shall he constructed
under the direction and supervision of the City
Marshal.


SEC. 3. Should any property holder on Pine and
Commercial streets, between the termmi specified in
the first section Of this ordinance neglect or refuse
to construct the sidewalk in front of his or her prop
ertv required, il shall be the duty Of the Marshal
to let out contract for having the work done, and
the property along the line thereof shall be held re-
sponsible for the reasonable expense of the same
Passed November 29th, A. D., 1851


CliAS. LENT, President.
JAS MONROE, Clerk pro tenn
Year: 1861

responsible for the following story;


a gentleman from one of the Western
States brought to California fne large
specimen of the Newfoundland breed, com.
ing by way of the Plains. A few months
after bis arrival, being compelled TO return
on business, and intending TO go by water,
he gave his dog to friend, and went to
San Francisco to take passage TO New
York. In u few days after his departure
the animal was missing; IL is said the poor
brute actually crossed the plains alone, and
reached his home within a week of his
masters arrival, much jaded and reduced
in form by his long journey.
Year: 1861

An ARCHBISHOP DENoUNcGs It,UNIoN.-
Archbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati, in re-
cent address in that city, made use of the fol-
lowing language, which was received with
tumultuous applause.


When you look around this hall and see
the beautiful stars and stripes that adorn it,
pray, oh, pray that the hideous attlesnake
may never sting them, but that the rattle
snake of secession may be crushed to death,
even as the ever blessed Mary crushed the
serpent that caused our fall
Year: 1861

JEFFERsoN's THEORY OF THE PREsIDENTs
DU1Y IN CASE OF SECEssIoN.-It has often been
said that the decisions of Congress are i'm
portant, be 'ause the Confederation provides
no compulsory power But when two or
more nations enter into compact it is not
usual for them to say what shall be done TO
the party who iniringes it. Decency forbids
this, and it is as unnecessary as indecent be-
cause the right of compulson naturally re-
suits to the party injured by the breach
When any one State Of the American Union
refuses obedience to the confederation by
Which they have bound themselves, the rest
have right to compel them to obedience
Congress would probably exercise long pa
thence before they would recur to force, but
if the case ultimately requiredit, they would
use that recurrence. Should this case evel
arise, they will probably coerce by a nava
force, as being more easy, less dangerous tc
liberty and less likely to produce much blood
shed.
Year: 1861

ACCIDENTAL SuooT1SG.-In the exercise OF
target practice with reyolyers yesterday after
noon, among some Of the men Of the camp of
the Yates Phalanx. First Lieut. William
Abbott Of Company F. received leaden
pellet in his thigh, creating flesh wound aud
perhaps giving him 1eaden companion for
life, since 1t is thought the ball, a small one,
cannot be extracted 1t is happily no serious
affair and he will be on duty again in few
daYR
Year: 1861

sion of the brother referred to, one Of his
noighbors called to see him, the following
dialogue ensued


How much did you get for embracing
Christianity - inquired the neighbor.


Il do not wish to name the sum- replied
the convert how much do you think it
was ?


suppose you received at least ten dol
lars


More than that


Twenty


More than that


Fitty?'


More than that


with eager curiosity One hundred ="


More than that


On utter amazemenD Why, how much
did you get? Pray do tell me-


something more valuable than the bulk
Of Kushan in solid gold pointing to a
mountain Of that name some six miles of,
and measuring three thousand feet in hight


You confound me, exclaimed the excited
neighbor pray explain your meaning.


Why, have received this holding up
copy of the Bible, This is the word Of God,
and is worth more than all the combined
treasures of the earth
Year: 1861

So denominated from their astonishing power of
creating new life and health, it were from the
very ashes of the most dilapdated constitutions
are more strongly tonic and more Immediately in
vgorating than pills. containing the same choice
vegetable extracts the latter in different mod
ifestion. Although really less cathartic than the
LIFE PILLS, they nevertheless begin cleanse the
alimentary canal much sooner; generally slightly
operating within three or four hours and produc-
ing a decided Of relief to the head and stom-
ach, and exhilerating the mind even in loss time
In La
Year: 1861

AS a remedy for this most distressing and obsti-
nate malady, the VEGETABLE LIFE MEDT-
CINES deserve distinct and emphatic recommen-
dation. 1t is well-known to hundreds in this city
that the former proprietor of these valuable med
upwards of thirty-five years. and that he tried in
vain every remedy prescribed within the whole
compass of the Mdterid Medicd. He, however, at
length tried the medicine which Is now offered to
the public, and he was cured in a very short time,
after his recovery had been pronounced not only
improbable but absolutely impossible, by any hu-
Year: 1861

EEB- 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 the intestinal canal free from all
distractions When there is deficiency OF bile
the body Is constantly costice. On the other hand
an over abundance Of bile causes frequent nausea
in the stomach and often promotes very severe at
tecks of disease which sometimes end in death.
Year: 1861

De We are glad to see Hon. z. P. McAlexander in his seat again. He is one of the most useful and attentive members of the Senate, and it has been matterlof general regret that he should be afflicted witfsac inflammation ol the eyes, and virtually sshished from his post for several days We consratulate his constituency upon the return to his seat of their worthy representative.
Year: 1861

SIR You are aware of most of the causes which
have retarded the publication of these letters 1t is only
necessary that should inform your readers Of some of
them.


When entered on the subject conceived that wha,
had to say would only occupy two, or it might be
three, columns of your paper. As proceeded, how
ever the subject expanded before me- that from the
time occupied in writing it and other circumstances
the last session Of the legislature had commenced before
L had come near conclusion. thought it better,
therefore, to wait until that session had closed that
might see what new might be carried before
giving my manuscript to the Press.


have to add that the delay has led me to give great
er expansion to my ideas than the preamble of my first
letter would suggest to the reader.


l am yours very obediently.


JOHN RAE
HAMA, January 10, 1860.
Year: 1861

The Russian Minister presented to the LrSCoLS
Government on the 7th inst ths following dispatch


f.s hiA. ST. PETERsBURG, July 10, 1861.


NJ De Stoecka dse.--Sir: From the beginning of the
conflict which divides the United States of America
you have been desired to make known to the Fad
eral Government the deep interest with which our
august master was observing the development of q
crisis which puts in question the prosperity and
even the existence Of the Union. 1fficl


The Emperor profoundly regrets 10 gee that the
hope of peaceful solution not realized and that
American citizens already in arms are ready to let
loose upon their country the most formidable of the
scourges of political societya civil war. For more
than eighty years that it has existed the American
Union owes its independence, its towering rise and
its progress, to the concord of its members conse-
Grated under the auspices Of its lustrious founder
By Institutions which have been able 10 reconcile
the Union with liberty. This Union has been faith
full It has exhibited to the world the spectacle of
prosperity without example in the annals of history
1t would be deplorabe that after so conclusive an
experience, the United States should be hurried in
to breach Of the solomn compact, which, up to
this time, has made their power. In spite Of the
diversity Of their constitutions and Of their interests
and perhaps even because Of their diversity Provi-
denee seems to urge them to draw closer the tradI-
tonal bond which is the basis Of the very condition
Of their politician existence. In any event the sacri
fee which they might impose upon themselves to
maintain it are beyond comparison with those which
dissolution would bring after it. United, they
perfect LneHlselFes-4sOlGteu, lucy ere pdFAiyZeQ-


The struggle which unhappily has just arisen can
neither be indefinitely prolonged lead to the to-
tai destruction Of one of the parties. Sooner or
later it will be necessary to 10 some settle
ment, whatsoever it may be, which may cause the
divergent interests now actually conflict to COZ
exist. The American nation would then give a
proof Of high political wisdom in seeking in com
mon such settlement before useless effdsion of
blood, barren Equandering Of strength snd Of
public riches andacs Of violence and reciprocal
prisals shall have come to deepen abyss between
the two parties Of the Confederation, to end def
nitely in their mutual exhaustion, and in the ruin,
perhaps irrepsrsble, Of their commercial and po-
htical power. .-.- ~. E


Our august matt,r cannot resign himself to ad-
nit such deplorsble anticpatiOns. His Imperial
Majesty still places his confidence in that practical
good sense of the citizens Of the Union who appre-
ciate judiciOusy their true interests. His Msjes
ty is happy to believe that the members Of the Fed
eral Government, and the influential men Of the
two parties, viii seize al occasions and viii unite
all their efforts to calm the efervescencs Of the pas
sions There are no interests 30 divergent that it
may not be possible to reconcile them BY laboring
Year: 1861

Under the impression that President DAVIS wss
dead, JOHS W. FORNEY, editor Of the Philadelphia
Press, writes from Washington to his paper az fol-
lows:


The intelligence Of the death Of Jefferson Davis
seems 70 be confirmed When SteEhen A. Douglas
was called away fsndish exultatiOn was exhibit
ed in many Of the secession papers The malignity
with which they punished his Independence survived
his death and rioted over his grave. Let us set a
better example, now that the great ezder Of the se~
cessO1 tyranny has been summoned before the ster-
nal bar. He was an imperious a1d positive public
man lie rarely surrendered an opinion once formed
until he degraded himself by throwing behind him
his voluntary professions in favor Of the Union He
was close student, chyalric opponent, stead
fast friend, gentleman in all his relations and in
his own family siDgulsrly kind and genial Although
the head and heart Of the Southern rebellion, he
went into it reluctantly, all who heard his last
speech IN the Senate will remember when with
broken accents and fearful eyes he bade fare well st
once to that body and to all his real greatness JEFF
ferson Davis was blessed with many accomplish
ments. He wss alike a soldier and 3 statesman.
No public man Of my acquaintance was more de-
voted to scientific pursuits and more familiar with
the abstruse teachings of political philosophy. No
branch of human knowledge seemed to be unworthy
OF his investigation. He was equally attentive %
Classical literature, 70 the details of military fe 70
the doctrines of political parties, to the study Of
men, and if Professor Bache, Of the Coast Survey
could speak, he would say Of the fine work Of
which he was the accomplished head, snd which
hassterly proved its uncoRquerable usefulness that
Jefferson Davis cOnversant with the smallest
minutias of that noble institution any other man
not directly concerned with it. He was passionate
ly devoted to the Smithsonian Institute Of which he
was Regent in former times He devoted himself
to the decoration of this capital and stood BY Cap
tain (now GeneraD Aeigs in all his efforts to con-
struct the water works. 70 finish the capital build
ing on the grandest SCALE and to push forward the
extensions of the Interior and Treasury Depart
ments. He was undoubtedly great Secretary Of
War; and in this high Office nothing 50 much delight
ed him as to take young men BY the hand, and when
destroy the Republic, he conferred many adVan-
tages upon Mcclellan to save it. If he assisted Lee
and Johnson and thus strengthened their hands for
injury against the fag be greatly favored Meigs and
Franklin
Year: 1861

Thus far capita and labor have been applied developing
soil the great of the Saein cea iron almost
untouhea The nvaabe rule that the mechanic arts flourish
best where food and fuel cheapest, follow at an early
day in Illinois, and in the Of the next years the
raj laws and necessities OF the warrant the belief that


least ave hundred thousand people will engaged State
OF Illinois the various manufacturing e-uploVr1ents
Year: 1861

The deep rich lean Of TIE praes cultivated with such won
dsui facility that The farmers Of the Eastern Middle Sate
are moving TO u1e In great plumbers. The Of uinoi
about equal to that Of England, the soil m % rich TIA
t win support twenty millions Of people
Year: 1861

We believe it to be fact that the
wheat midge is gradually disappearing
At any rate its ravages have been
diminished year after year for the four
years past. Still, there are enougho
them left to work mischief, and in
some locations very essentially injuro
the crop. It is possible, also, that
circumstances may bring them on
again in their full number and strength
For these reasons it is yet wise to
forelay all that we possibly can to
avoid this scourge in our wheat fields.
The Northwestern Farmer quotes
from the "Hillboro News" commu-
nication giving an account Of a wheat
(winter wheat, proOably,) raised by
James H. Anderson, of Hillsboro', III.
called the Lambert wheat, which is
considered ''weevil proof" He raised
eight acres of the wheat last year,
produced we'll, and was entirely
unaffected by the weevil, while his
common wheat, sown in the same soil,
and under precisely the same circum
stances, was badly injured" This
last season he sowed seventy acres,
and nota head of it was injured in the
least by the weevil, while nearly half
Of his common wheat was destroyed
by that insect. He attributes the
safety of this variety to remarkable
peculiarity about the chaif, or husk
covering the grain. 1t is much sitter
and harder than that of the ordinary
wheat, and what is most remarkable,
never opens so as to expose the grain
inside" The weevil is, therefore,
unable to penetrate the husk. Tho
grain is said not to be as white as some
other varieties.