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Year: 1861

ON the Boston Transcript.
My Charlie has gone to the war,
My Charlie so brave and tall +;
He left his pillow in the furrow.


And few at his countrys call,
May God in safety keep him,


My precious boy-.-my all,
My heart is pining to see him,


l miss him every day:
My heart is weary with waiting,


And sick of the long delay.
But know his country ne eds him,
And could not bid him stay.
remember how his face flushed


And how his color came,
When the flash from the guns of Sumpter
Lit the whole land with flame,
And darkened our country's banner,
With the crimson hue of shame.
another" he said, then faltered-
felt his mute appeal; .
lpaused-lf you are mother.


You know what mothers feel,
When called to yield their dear ones
To the cruel bullet and steel.
My heart stood still for moment,
Struck. with mighty woe;
q faint of death came DER me-


/ am a mother, you know
But sternly checked my weakness,
And firmly bade him Co."
Wherever the fight is iercest


know that my boy will be;
Wherever the need is screst


Of the strOut arms of the free,
May he prove as true to his country
As ne has been true to me!
My home is lonely without him.


My heart bereit ofjoy-
The thought of him who has left me
My constant sad employ;
But God has been good to the mother
She shall not blush for her boy.
Year: 1861

Several of the Texan soldiers sent to West
Point have deserted. The monotony and
inactivity of garrison life does not suit them
after their frontier experience. 1t Is very
seldom that an old soldier can remain con.
tentedly at northern post after he has
spent few years at the South or West. In
his estim alton the freedom and excitement
of frontier soldering more than counter
balance the hardships and prva!ions be is
often forced to endure.
Year: 1861

BooT AND SHOE IrEM.-A patent has
recently been taken out in England for
making the leather upper Of shoes with.
out seams, SO as to save the expense Of
sewing, and at the same time obtain up
pers that are never affected with the rip
ping out disorder, which has become SO
common with uppers that arc sewed with
some machines. The method of making
the seamless uppers is to cut them out
the desired shape with the middle open
ing for the foot; then put each into .
mould, where it is pressed into proper
shape ready for the last on which to sew
the welt and sole. ,.
Year: 1861

lively trihing in the old ones, where vast
wealth has been accumulated. For in


stance, Michigan, by this device, will be
taxed five times as much as Rhode Is
land, while the latter has five times the
amount of property that Michigan has
In Connecticut, 81 200 worth of prop
erty will pay 81 33; in Kansas, the same
amount will have to pay s.. The excuse
given for this mode of laying the tax is,
that they want to tax the slave States
they may tar them, in Congress, as much
ss they please, but what will they collectl
The truth is, that as our financiers ol
the last and this Congress have been
legislatiug, ah Westsn States pW soon
hare great deal more reason TO secsds ha,
the Southern States had. When the oh


jections to the shameful inequality of this
levy were pointed out, the champion oI
the measure replied with that stupid old
stuff about Little Rhody' not being
much bigger than o bed-quilt, and with
Q magniloquent boast that Ohio had al
ready made provision for paying heI
share of the impost, $4,000, 900. She
has done so; but how? BY advertising
proposals to borroo the money and the
rest of the Western States will have to
follow suit, for none Of them have got it.


The member from Minnesota said, Il
cannot see how Minnesota is to pay thi,
tax, for there is no money in Minnesota.


Is this the kind of increase in revenue,
all borrowed, in fact, which is to sustain
the confidence of the money lenders? III
it is, John Laws scheme and Blounts
South Sea bubble never ought to have
burst. At the last session of Congress
the people of the West were taxed for
tho benefit, not of the revenue, but OF
certain eastern interests, by the protect
i've rates of the tariff. Now they are to
be taxed in the ratio Of about three to
one, according to wealth, by this direct
levy. The man who does not see the
germ of another separation in this grossly
partial and selfish legislation, if persisted
in, is stone blind. Coffee, tea and sugar
are to pay large duties, and of course
they will advance in price. Heads OF
families, who are charged with the in.
crease, will, however, have the satisfac'
ton of knowing that according to the
theory of the school now in power, these
duties will be paid by the growers in
China, Cuba and Brazil, and not at all by
those who hand the higher amounts over
the counter of tho grocery store.
Year: 1861

Liberty, and Union, demand a vigor-
Gus prosecution of the war, to the final
subjugation of the Slave power.-NIles
Enquirer.


Such talk as this would have no par.
tioular significance but for the fact that
the same paper publishes the "tax list"
in Berrien County, and may fairly be
supposed to reflect the real sentiment OF
the administration Of this State. As we
read the above it is unmitigated aboli-
tionism. The Republican crow must
drop all such pieces OF meat before he
can sing good to democratic ears.-AM-
gan Record.
Year: 1861

SAVING FOR OLD AaE.-No one denies
that it is wise to make provision for old
age, but we are not all agreed as to the
kind Of provision tits best to lay in.-Cer-
tainly, we shall want little money, for
a destitute old man is indeed sorry sight,
and suggests to every one that suspicion
that his life has been foolishly if not wick
edly spent. Yes, save money, by all
means. But an old man needs just that
particular kind Of strength which young
men are most apt to waste. Many fool
ish young fellow will throw away on a
holiday certain amount of nervous en-
ergy, which he will never feel the want
Of until he is seventy, and then, how
much he will want it 1t is curious. but
true, that bottle of campagne at twenty
may intensity tho rhumatism at three
score. 1t is q fact that everlasting the
eyes at fourteen may necesitate the
aid Of spectacles at forty, instead of eighty
We advise our young readers to be saving
of health for their old age, for the maxim
holds good with regard to health as to
money-wsste not, want not.-It is the
greatest mistake to suppose that any vio
iation of the laws of health can escape its
penalty.


Nature forgives no sin, no error. She
let's off the offender for fifty years, some
times, but she catches him at last an6
inhicts the punishment just when, JUS
where, just how he feels it most. Save
up for old age, but save more than mon
ey save honor, save knowledge save th'
recollection of good deeds and innocen
pleasures, save pure thoughts, save
friends, save love. Save rich stores o
that kind of wealth which time canno
diminish, nor death take away.
Year: 1861

A sad thing it is in human nature, that
man may guide others in good path,
withou walking in it himself that he
may pilot others well over dangerous
reefs, and yet wreck his own vessel, on
its first aud only passage over the same
rocks.
Year: 1861

There is as much iron ore in the Lake
Superior district alone as could supply the
whole world with iron for centuries. This
ore extends over large tract of country,
and sometimes rises into hills hundreds Of
feet high.-It contains rs to 80 per cent
Of pure metal Of excellent quality. a
Year: 1861

WARLIKE.-In New York great zeal is
awakened among the young men for mill
tary information, and military books are
eagerly sought after. Two.thirds of the
hooks sold are works on engineering and
military tactics.
Year: 1861

Cast "a stitches on two needles an 60
on the middle one. Knit long wrist.
ribbing two and two. Knit round once
plain when the wrist is done. Then set
the thumb by scanning a stitch aud Wild
ening each side of the middle stitch on
the needle where there are 23 stitches
continue to widen, knitting round twice
between each widening until there are %
stitches between the seam stitches. Then
knit three times round between the two
last widenings I; there will then be 81
stitches between the seam stitches ; run
thread through the 27 stitches, taking
them off the needles, Cast on ten stitch
es for the gore, which narrow away on
the hand to stitch. knitting once round
between each narrowing. There will
then be 90 stitches on each needle. Knit
times round after finishing the gore
then set the finger by taking off the hand
on two needles, GO stitches (il on each,
and cast 10 stitches on the third needle of
the gore ; narrow away ? stitches on the
gore, which will leave 10 stitches on the
needle. The finger, when done. should
be about three inches long. Narrow
away the gore on the hand knit it up.
and narrow off, so that when finished it
is little longer than the first finger.
Take up the stitches for the thumb and
narrow away the gore to 10 stitches on
each needle. The thumb should be 2.
inches long when finished.
Year: 1861

There is great movement Of Eastern
troops to Washington and Annapolis.
The regiments are pouring into Wash
ington at the rate of about ten per week.
and about twelve thousand men have
been concentrated at Annapolis. where
they await transportation to the Southern
coast. Four New York regiments were
under marching orders on Tuesday. and
they keep coming from New England.


The strength Of the United States will
be half million fighting men By the
close of the year.
Year: 1861

The interior of the bow is so construc-
ted that ball or shell entering it, will
come in contact with thick iron plates.
and be thrown into the air. The whole
OF the bow may be knocked away, and
the boat be as safe as before. The depth
of the hold is eight and half feet, afford
ing ample space for machinery and boil
ers. The latter are four in number. The
machinery, boilers. magazine, &C., are
under the gun deck, and carefully and
sufficiently protected against all perad-
venture. In one part is the shell room,
and another the powder magazine, in the
construction of which apartments only
brass nails were used. Those apartments
are to be lined with lead, and every nee
essary precaution adopted to secure their
safety. Close to the powder magazine
there is faucet, by slightly turning
which, in the event of confagration, the
entire store of powder can be destroyed
in few seconds. In dark ri lace be-
meath the gun deck, there is one Of the
celebrated Gwin pumps. capable of
throwing sixty barrels Of water per min
ute.


The Benton is casemated all around,
the timber being in parts, twenty four
inches thick, and the less exposed places
twelve inches, all covered with two and
half inch iron. The easements ale
built at an angle Of forty five degrees, in
the most approved method for throwing
off an assaiant's missiles. The easements
are pierced for eighteen guns OF the heav-
lest calibre, forward. She will have fore
and aft two Parrot rihed cannon, which
carry four or five miles
Year: 1861

w. G. SAKE.
1t was SIX men of Indoostan,
TO learning much inclined,
Who went to see the elephant,
(Though all of them were blind,)
That each by observation


Might satisfy his mind.
The first approached the elephant,
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
AT once began to bawl:
" God bless me but the elephant
Is very like a wal" p
The second, feeling of the tusk,
Cried, "Ho what have we here
So very round and smooth and sharp?
To me It's very queer;
The wonder of an elephant
Is very like spear"
The third approached the animal,
And happening to take
The squirming trunk within his hands,
Thus boldly up and spake
" ] see" quoth he, " the elephant
Is very like a snake -
The fourth reached out his eager hand,
And feltabout the knee;
What most this wondrou beast il like
Is mighty plain" quoth he;
"'Tis clear enough the elephant
Is very like a tree -
The fifth, who chanced to touch the ear,
Said, f" Fen the blindest man
Can tell what this resembles most
Deny the fact who can,
This marvel of an elephant
Is very like FAM
The sixth no sooner had begun
About the beast TO grope,
Than sezing on the swinging tail
That fell within his scope,
g" see" quoth he, f" the elephant
Is very like ropew
And so these men Of Indoostan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion


Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each were partly ia the right,
And all were in the wrong
So oft in thoologic wars


The disputants, | ween,
Rail on in utter ignorance


OF what the othe mean,
And pirate about an elephant
Not one Of them has seeni
Year: 1861

MILITARY No1TCEs.W We direct general attention
to The military notices which publish in another
column. In times like these, it should be the duty
Of every man 70 read the military notices the first
fhinp
Year: 1861

careful canvass of the House shows that, if the
Southern Americans vote for the propositions of the
Committee of Thirtv-three, as proposed by Mr.
is very well known that a considerable interest in
the Republican party is opposed to any form of
compromise, and will resist this in common with all
other modes of adjustment. But, on the other
will Insist upon reasonable concessions, that do not
involve a surrender of principle.


The parading of United States troops Penn
sylvania avenue every morning, by order of Gen.
Scott, causes deep indignation in the minds of
Southern delegates to the Peace Congress. They
regard these movements menace and threat on
the part OF the North and it will undoubtedly have
the effect to retard peaceable solution of the diff
cultes which the Convention have assembled to
Year: 1861

A NOVEL ARRANGEMENT.-The Berkshire WOolen
Company of Great Darlington, Mass, was recently
notified to obey the law in reference to giving a
quarters vacation every year to its operatives un.
der fifteen years of age. Therefore it discharged
third of the help and their places will be filled by
older people who have been thrown out of employ
ment in that section. The object of the law is to
secure an attendance at school by children of ten
der age.
Year: 1861

PoRE PAcK1SG.-We have complete returns Of the
packing business in this and the adjoining States,
from quite large number of places, and in anoth-


5 b we o O we w 9S @oe to b give
doubt that the number will fall far short of last
year, but think this deficiency will be fully
made up by the increase in weight-perhaps more
than made up. There is falling off in number at
all the smaller places heard from; but, without
exception, an increase in weight. The information
have far settles the matter of positive scar
city of hogs. In very many sections there was a
disposition and means to have fattened four times
the number iattened, could the stock hogs have
been procured, but they could not at aay price
Gin. Price Current, FEB. 6.
Year: 1861

the defense of the government, the prosecution
of the war, and the suppression Of the rebell
ion. 1t Is as clearly the right of the govern
ment to arm slaves, when it may become ne
cessary, as it is to use gunpowder taken from
the enemy. Whether 1t is expedient to do so
is purely military question. The right is un-
questionable BY the laws of war. The expo
dieney must be determined by circumstances,
ing the rebels, re-establishing the laws, and
restoring peace to the nation.


tslt is vain and idle for the government to
carry on this war, or hope to maintain its exis-
tence against rebellious force, without employ
ing all the rights and powers of war. As has
been said, the right to deprive the rebels Of
their property in slaves and slave labor is as
clear and absolute as the right to take forage
from the field, or cotton from the warehouse,
or powder and arms from the magazine. To
leave the enemy in the possession. of such prop
erty as forage and cotton and military stores,
and the means of constantly reproducing them,
would be madness. Il is, therefore, equal
madness to leave them in peaceful and secure
possession of slave property, more valuable
and efficient to them for war, than forage, cots
ton and military stores. Such policy would
be national suicide What to do with that
time aud circumstances will solve, and aeed
not be anticipated further than to repeat that
they cannot be held by the government as
slaves. 1t would be useless to keep them as
prisoners of war, and self-preservation, the
highest duty of governmebt, or of individa-
ais, demands that they should be disposed of
or employed in she most effective manner that
will tend most speedily TO suppress the insur-
reotion aud restore the authority Of. the gov
ernment. If il shall be found that the men
who have been held by the rebels as slaves are
capable of bearing arms and performing eff
cient military service, it is the right, and may
become the duty of the government, TO arm
and equip them, and employ their services
against the rebels, under proper military regu-
lations, discipline and command.


'sBut in whatever manner they may be used
By the government, it is plain that, once liber-
ated by the rebellious act Of their masters,
they should mover again be restored to bond
age. BY the masters treason and rebellion
be forfeits all right to the labor and service Of
his slave; and the slave of the rebellious mas
ter, by his service to the government, becomes
justly entitled to freedom and protection.


ssThe disposition to be made of the slaves
of rebels, after tbs close of the war, can be
safely left to The wisdom and patriotism of
Congress. The representatives OF the people
will unquestionably secure to the loyal slave
holders every right to which they are entitled
under the constitution of the country.
Year: 1861

The Legislature'will do all in its power to relieve
the people from the apprehensions of ruin from
heartless creditors and land.sharks. A large mum.
Der Of propositions are before the body, but it has
taken the precauton to refer every thing to strong
joint select committee to prepare bill with care
not liable to the objections of the late staylaw.-
Relief is earnestly demanded and the times demand
it, but we are glad that we see no disposition in
this matter, to violate the rights of humanity, of
justice, or of the Constitution d.


We regret to learn that Capt. Simonton has been
unable to take his seat in the House for several
days. being confined to his bed by indisposition.
Year: 1861

ANOTHER ATTEMPr.-Another attempt was
made to break into the Penentiary on sunday
night last. A scanting for assisting in scaling
the wall was found lying by the side Of the east.
ern wall the next morning, and it is supposed
they were prevented from trying to ascend by
hearing the guard which has recently been ap.
pointed to guard these walls.
Year: 1861

WHATEVER may be said of the right of Sc
cession, it is nothing more nor less than rev.
olu,ion. The exercise Of 1T by any state or
States is revolution to all intents and rurpos-
es so far as they are concerned. This, we
presume, will not be denied. d.-Exprcss.


That is precisely the question now at Is
sue between the advocates and opponents OF
Coercion" The opponents of coercion say
that any State ishing to secede or with
draw from the Union, must not be molested,
for such secession or withdraw wal is proper
"mode of redress" for any grievance State
may be subjected to, or which she may even
imagine herself subjected to- They deny
that secession is what they admit revolution
to be,-an appeal to arms. They have Ia
bored incessantly to show that secession and
revolution were just as far apart as peace
and war. They say that the Government
would of course have right to forcibly re
sist revolution, but that it has no right to
f)rcibly resist secession. On the other hand,
those who approve of the military measures
OF the Government for maintaining the Un-
ion of thirty-iour States, deny the right oi
any combinations Of men to levy war upon
the United States, and then escape the return
blows by commanding the peace, and calling
themselves peaceable secessionsts, or with
drawers from the Government. The leaders
of this revolution have obtained followers
by thousands, by assuring them that it was
l NJ MT ~ a of
secessionsts have all denied, from the COM
mencement Of the rebellion, the very thing
the Express so innocently and demurely say
it "presumes will not be denied viz: that Sc
ccssion is revolution. But since the Express
has Inadvertently admitted the truth, and
has come over to our side of the question,
what is to prevent its becoming warm ad-
vocate of the war? Does it admit that a
revolution is going on against the Govern
ment which the Government has no right to
resent? Is any man SO stupefied with igno-
rance and so besotted with hatred of his
country that he will admit the right of rev
olution and not admit the right of a ma
tion to exert every energy to maintain its le-
gitimate authority? No intelligent man in
the United States denies the right of revolu-
tion; but no intelligent man denies, either,
that this revolution is an appeal to arms.
which must be determined by the relative
physical power, endurance and resources of
the rcvolutiOnists, and the nation they seek
to overthrow and revolutionize. But we beg
the readers pardon for putting such self
evident propositions upon paper. 1t is like
arguing the right of man to put out fire
in his own house. or to step out of the way
of mad dog.
Year: 1861

SACRAMENTO SrAGEa-We learn that the
California Stage Company will commence
their regular daily line Of Stages between
/. The Daily Overland Stages will COM
menee running the same day. Our people
will not be obliged now to make their ar
rogements long beforehand for trip to the
East. They can book their names at night
and start the next morning with good pros
pect of reaching railroad communication, on
the other side, in sixteen days.
Year: 1861

On the night before the bottle of
Brandywine | was sent with mes
sage from Gen. Greene to count
Pulaski, nchle Polander, who took
prominent para in our struggle for
freedom. He was quartered in a neat
farm house near the upper forts. After
our business was finished, the count
asked me to take some refreshments,
at the same time calling out


Mary my lass, Mary -


In an instant a rosy checked girl en-
tered, her face beaming with Joy, it
would seem, at the very sound of Pulas-
ki's voice.


Did you call me, count - said she
timidly.


How often have / told you, my little
love- said he, bending his tall form to
kiss her check, mot to call me count {;
call me dear Pulaski. This is a re-
public my little favorite; we have no
counts you know


But you are n count, sir when at
home and they say you came a long
way over the ocean to fight for us


Yes, Mary, ! did come long ways ;
the reason was | had to come. Now
can you get for this gentleman and my
self little refreshment He has a
long way to ride tonight


Certainly, sir and she went out of
the room like fairy.


Fine pleasant girl said Pulaski ;
would that I had the wealth that !
once had I would give her portion
that would send the youth hereabouts
after her sweet face


On the morning of the IIth of Sep
tember, I777. the British advanced in
full force to Chadd's ford, for the pur-
pose Of crossing Brandywine creek,
Year: 1861

a. My deceased uncle, says
humorous writer, was the most polite
gentleman in the world. He vas max
ing a voyage on the Danube, and the
boat sunk; all the passengers went
to the bottom. My uncle was jurtias at
the point of drowning. He got his
head above water for once, took off
his hat, and said: Ladies and gentle
men, you must please to excuse me :
and down he went.
Year: 1861

w A good old Methodist preacher,
long ago removed from this scene of
temptation, in relating his experience
said woman's eye was once so pow
erful as to draw him thirteen miles
over a rough road in winter, simply
for her to tell him that she wouldn't
marry him.