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Year: 1861

TO THE PEOPLE or MARYLAND:


The unfortunate stae of affairs now existing in the
country has greatly excited the people of Maryland.
In consequence of our peculiar position it is not 10 lie
expected that ih3 people o the State can unanimously
agree upon the best mode of preserving the honor and
integrity OF tie State, and OF maintaining within her
lims that peace SO earnestly desired by all good ct
x.ns.


The emergency is great. The consequences Of rash
step will be fearful IL is the imperative duty Of every
true son of Maryland do all that can tend to arrest
the threatened evil therefore counsel the paope in
all earnestness 20 withhold their hands from whatever
may tend 20 precptate US into the gulf of dscord and
ruin gaping to receive US.


counsel the people abstain fgca all heated ocntro-
versy upon the subject to avoid al things that tend to
crninaiiCn and rccrminatiOn; to believe that the
origin OF our evil day may well be forgotten BY
every patriot the earnest desire to avert from US s
fruits.


All power vested in the Governor Of the State will be
srenuousy eXerted TO preserve the peace and maintain
invioate the honor aud integrity OF Maryland.


call upon the people to obey the laws and 20 aid the
constituted authorities in their endeayoTs to preserve the
fair fame OF our State uniarnished.


assure the people that no troops will be sent from
land unless it may be fos the defence OF the Ma
tiona Capital.


It is nay intention in the future it has been my
deavor in the past to preserve the people OF Maryland
from civil war and | invoke the assistance of every
true and loyal citizen to aid me TO this end.


The people Of this State will in short time have the
opportunity afforded them in special election for
bers Of the Congress OF the United States to eXIres
their devotion TO the Union, their desire % see bro
ken up. Tn II. Hicks,


Governor of Maryland
Baltimore 18th April, 1861.
Year: 1861

The plain duty Of every good citizen is to act calmly
and solely for the welfare OF his State AID country.
What is best to be DONE j. beyond keu to say just
now But one thing is certain, large majority Of the
people Of the section Of country in which We live, are
heart and soul With the Southland the party that
Gas elevated 10 the Presidency identified with q
many sets of aggression against the constitutional rights
of our citizens They viii await with anxiety the action
Of the sister State OF Virginia and then make selection
Of the banner under which they viii fight
Year: 1861

business men there, he procured strong


femonst1ance to the. Canadian Govern
ment against the adoption Of the measure.
Its believed by our business men here
that had Oswego shippers understood
the true character OF the purposes OF the
Canadian Government, they would cordial
II have approved of them. At least half
the time Of the transit of vessels will be
saved If the terms required Of contractors
are properly executed. In some cases
this might amount during the season
to almost if not quite an entire trip.
Our business men here are SO. far as
we know, unanimously in favor Of the
plan, as they believe it would be greatly
beneficial to the commerce Of the West,
Year: 1861

1t length there ID daylight ahead. The


country has government. The blessings
OF our fee institutions, wrung by ou,
fathers from the hands Of tyranny, are moi
to be surrendered to tyrants infinitely
more oppressive and exacting, without d
struggle The power Of the Republic is to
be exerted for the preservation o. thecRe-
public; and now NO to him who stands
IN the way Of the accomplishment of this
holy purposel


Ous dispatches tell us that the Govern
ment vessels are off Charleston harbor,
with supplies for the gallant Anderson
cooped up in Fort Sumter; and tha. the
oontederated olgarchs are making yigor-
ous preparations to turn them back and
defeat the Presidents purpose to hold tie
tort1flcations, with the care Of which he,
BY the laws Of the country, is en-
trusted. The mission On which he
has sent these ships is one of peace.
They go to meet 3 public necessity which
cannot be shirked, and if the forces which
they convey are not allowed to execute
their purpose without bloodshed, not they,
but the traitors BY whom they will be at
tucked, must be responsible for the conse-
quences, no matter what they involve The
issue is at last mnde up. Tie Federal
power must abandon its pretensions
to the ownership Of the Federal for
teases, confess its inability to protect
and snccor its officers and men on its own
soil and under its own flag, acknowledge
she right Of Secession and bring ou: ex-
pertinent Of governing by the aid Of free
institutions, in accordance with the legally
expressed will of the majority, into disuse
and contempt; OF it must vindicate its
dignity and inviolabuity, assert its strength,
and NOW down ali who stand in the way.
We are glad to know that the President
has made the choice which meets the
wishes and expectations OF an over
whelming msjority Of the American
people. It is the choice which
duty and patriotism dictated; and
that he will appeal in rain to his country
men for support in this effort to enforce
the laws, maintain our good name in the
opinion Of the civilized world, and preserve
the Onion, for which the Revolutionary
patriots fought, we do not for moment
believe. The distinction of factions and
parties based on the old issues, have, in
view of this new phase Of national affairs,
been submerged. He who is not for the
Administration is against it, and for our
countrys enemies. He who is not willing
TO do service under the old flag, is already
q recruit under the rattlesnake banner.
The echo ofthe first gun fired for the saving
of the Union, Is the knen of faction. From
this day forth until this contest is ended
and The supremacy of the governmt Mt
maintained, our treason Is confessed from
Texas to Maine. There must be but one
party, and that the party committed to
the rindication of the authority of our
country over its erring and rebellious SUBJ
jects. The ball is opened. Now for a
quick contest and speedy peace.
Year: 1861

WEDNESDAY, Sept II, 1861.


Since writing the foregoing the joyous news
that the rebels have evacuated St. Joseph has
been received Ten thousand troops were on
their way to Quincy, ILL.,, to clear the railroad
and when within few miles of st. Joseph the
rebels fed in all directions. Most all Of them
will now 60 on their farms and go to work and
by their damnable crew along the line of the
railroads. a train came through to st. Joseph
yesterday (or rather should have said to the
Platte river bridge and and a connection made
with another train that went out to meet it)
having been q week on the road from Hannibal,
only 206 miles, and repaired everything as fast
as they came. A large military force will now
be stationed the whole length of the roads, and
it is to be hoped that North Missouri will soon
be rid of her Internal gang of thieves and mur-
derers.


The First and second Kansas Regiments have
been ordered to this State to Join Lane at Fort
Scott and arc expected here every day. One
thing is certain-that these two regiments have
been most shamefully abused since they went
into the service. They have never yet received
their uniforms, and are half Naked with no
tents, and half OF them without blankets.-
When they started from Fort Leavenworth in
the spring for the South they were provided
with condemned tents and blankets, but now
they are without either and compelled to sleep
on the ground in the open air. In the late
battle at Springfield these two proved them
selves the crack regiments, and certainly ought
to be provided with clothing and camp equip
age.


Over sixty Union men were driven out of
Missouri and arrived here last night so the
whole force from that State in this town will
number upwards of 100. We all have a grand
parade here this afternoon.


was informed this morning by Union man
from Missouri that the rebels intend to attack
Kansas in less than sir days. They may attack
us when all the troops leave here, but they dare
not do it now. They are all anxious to receive
orders from Gov. Robinson to march into Mis-
souri, and wipe out the traitor camps in Platte
county, and shall not be surprised if such an
order is received here any moment.


The Atchison bulletin which for several weeks
has been disgrace and miserable nuisance to
our city, has gone under. The editors fearing
an attack from the "jay-hawkers," concluded to
dry the thing up. F. A. r.
Year: 1861

The market for dry goods he's changed very nsle
the paa week, but II may be quoted seady for 81
standard domestic cottons. TIE export demand, and
the moderate by trade is about equal to the ~
strcted production and no secunua;ions at presans
exist Heavy drills and brown sbeetings are hole win
great rnness, az holders are not anxious 40 b The
future prices Printing cloths are not offered bus ssld
by strong parties generally. Indeed, the impression
general that have the worst of the panic, and
If any change il made. l. will be for the better
impossible to judge Of the future by any past expert
ence, for cur oldest merchants have never passso
through such an ordeal as has been allotted TO then
tie past three months We have had money pAnics'
caused BY the scarcity Of that indispensable excbang


which have ceased by the natural law OF con-
traction and hqudation--but tho merchant OF
1s6l is the only one who has dured the throes OF
dsur tured Union and prstration OF business, win
gold flowing in upon our market from every source.
Our mportatinns are light, and expectations arc
heavy; the balance Of trade s evidently in onr favor;
and, in the grand aggregate il have faith In our
former daia we are rich; yet never was individual
poverty 70 apparent. The foreign importations Of
goods for the month Of May are nearly seven millions
less than the corresponding period OF last year. ana
quios twelve milton. lees than those in 1852 while the
importatons of specie since January have amounted
to tie grand aggegae Of twenty millions OF dollars
We believe that the country is gradually adapt
ing itself to the new order Of things, and
with restricted credit which we have heretofore
Advocated and consequent reduction OF business
commensurate with capital invested we sbs yet have
prosperous trade. 1t is impossible that the weekly
disbursement Of millions by the Government should
not show its appropriate effect the general trade
and industries of the country, and give US prosperity
The inquiry f'r Army goods continues, but The general
demand for WooIens is slack and unsatisfactory.


We annex our usual summary Of the Exports OF DO
uestc Coons from this port for the week ending Juno
4 E,ll
Year: 1861

1t is time to return from the bottom Of
the Atlantic to the surface of the waters
generally, and to contemplate some of
those phenomena of the sea which must
strike the most superficial observer; and
no where does the freshness, combined
with sound argument, Of the American
sailor shine more than in that portion Of
the Atlantic Gulf Stream, and its infu-
ence upon climates and commerce. Here,
striking oat an original view, and accept
ing only in part the explanations hitherto
given by philosophers of the physical
forces which support and feed that won
derlul current, the author places before
us, in a very clear light, the causes OF
that constant and copious flow and re-iiow
of waters between The tropic and frigid
zones in the Atlantic ocean, without, Of
course, pretending to show why 1t should
have pleased Providence to constitute a
certain spot in that ocean caldron, out
of which bot water is flowing from the
surface, whilst cold water running in be-
low a fact well assured in the Caribbean
Sea. where the surface water has been
found to raise the thermometer, to 83
and 50 degrees Farenheit,w whilst the same
thermometer, lowered to depth of four
hundred fathoms, indicates temperature
only 43 or 4S degrees.


The old theory of this Gulf Stream
originating in the rush of water into the
Gulf of Mexico from the mighty Missis-
sippi bas long been dispelled; and then
the one attributing the velocity Of the
Gulf Stream to the movement Of the sun
in the epliptic shared a similar fate. DR..
Franklin imputed this stream to the es-
cane of a mass of water forced into the
caribbean sea by the northeast trade
wind, forming a sort of " head-water,"
which sought natural level by flowing
northeast into the Atlantic again. In
deed, distinguished English geOgraPher
spoke of the Gulf Stream "as an i'm
mense river descending from higher
level plain


Recent investigation has likewise de-
stroyed bis ingenious but unsound theory.
For, touching the pressure of the trade
Year: 1861

in this world, we moved slowly along
the path / had traversed so many
times. We had not gone far, before We
began to feel as if we were being sufo
Gated, and we were forced TO hurry back
with all our might. The advance made
by the gas had been so RAPID since ouI
last visit, that felt thai il something
were not done to check it, our deatE was
certain within the next two or three
hours. | told the miners the state oI
things. They all rose, and We almost in
stinctiyely arranged the blocSs Of coal in
the form Of a we'll in the .,.roweat par
Of the workings, and filled up the space
between with dust and rubbish. When
we had finished we returned tt our den
and, after | had trimmed the lamp and
filed it with oil, knelt down in the place
l had been occupying, and sought in
prayer for resignation for death. ! be-
lieve the others did the same. Every
new and then, l fell asleep, or At least be-
came unconscious. Then l woke up a
little, and tried to prepare myself for the
change that was coming. Soon these in
tervals of consciousness must have left
altogether, and l must have become to-
tally insensible.


Atthe first return of sensation, l felt
myself going up and up, always upward,
seemingly through space. The fight which
surrounded me was dazzling, as though |
was approaching the sun. had no lea
how long this seemed to last but when
| became sufficiently conscious to note
things as they were, found myself being
carried slowly and carefully on a mat
tress by four miners. could not keep
my eyes open for more than an instant,
on account of the light; but ] was able
to comprehend that l was once more on
the surface Of the earth.


At the earliest moment afer the eX-
plosion parties of miners descended into
the pit. In one place they found it to be
on fire. but it was at a point 50 very dis
,ant from the shaft, that they blocked
up the passage behind it and left it, to
continue their search in other directions.
They, Of course, knew that l, and the
manager, and others. were in tho pit
somewhere, and as they had not found
our bodies they concluded we must be in
part of the pit which was as yet unap-
proachable. Workmen were employed
night and day, in restoring the apparatus
for yentilating the mine, but so great had
been the force of the explosion and the
amour: of damage done, that it was not
until the fifth day after the accident that
we were found, and then there remained
alive, only myself and two others.
Year: 1861

THE WONDERFUL WORKS OF GOD.
You cannot 90 into the meadow and


pluck u2 a single daisy by the roots with
out breaking up a society of nice rela-
tions, and detecting principle more ex-
tensive and refined than mere gravitation.
The handful of earth that follows the fnny
roots of the little flower is replete with
social elements. A little social circle has
been formed around the terminating
daisy. The sunbeam and aewdrop met
there. and the soft summer breeze came
whispering through the tall grass to join
the silent concert. The earth took them
to the daisy gem, and all went to work
TO show the flower to the sun. Each
mingled in the honey Of its influence, and
they nursed the we canny thing with
an aliment that made it grow. And when
it lifted its eyes towards the sky, they
wove a soft carpet of grass for its feet.
And the sun saw it through the green
leaves. and be smiled as it passed on /; and
By starlight and moonlight they worked
on. And the daisy lifted up its head,
and, one morning while the sun was look
ing, it put on its silver-rimmed diadem i.
and showed its yellow petals to the stars
Year: 1861

being bad conductors of heat, would
require a great time to become heated
throughout, as solid bodies do, by con-
duction, in which the particles of
matter do not change their relative
position.


Suppose, now, that the sun shines on
large tract of land-for instance, the
Desert of Sahara; a vast volume of
air being thus heated. begins immedi
ately to ascend; vacuum is conse-
uuently left, and the air from all sides
Immediately rushes in to fill this
vacuum, thus producing wind This
is beautifully exemplified in the case
of Islands in the midst of the sea, as
for instance the West Indian Islands,
where we find the wind every day
blowing from all sides towards the
Island, thus constituting what is known
as the sea-breeze of the day. The
cause of the wind in such cases being
directed toward the Island is, that the
heating and consequent ascent of the
air takes place much more over land
than over water.


But, if the surface of land, receiving
Ia certain amount of heat, is raised in
temperature through five times as many
degrees as o surface of water of the
same extent would be, it follows as.
matter of course, that in losing
certain amount of heat, it falls in
temperature through five times as,many
degrees as water does; there is, there
fore, after sunset, much greater
condensation of air over the land than
there is over the water and the former,
increasing in density very nuch in
consequence. presses outward to the
sea with considerable force, the column
of dense air over the land being low
cred by thus flowing out over the sea,
has its height repaired in the upper
1egions by the air flowing in from
the upper atmosphere over the sea
to fill the vacuum this is condensed,
sinks down, and flows out to the sea in
its turn; and thus we have the wind
blowing continuously in q direction
exactly the reverse of its direction
during the day, and forming the evening
land breeze, so well known III the
West Indian and other tropical Islands.
CHaHJcr'S Jo@raat.
Year: 1861

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being ugly, they cannot expect the
love of their fellow creatures. No man
can love an ugly woman; no woman
can love an ugly man; and if fathers
and mothers can love an ugly child,
it is very sore struggle, and may be
duty after all, and not love. Take the
case of Theodosia-fresh,f fair, twenty
three and passably rich. She has a
face and form that sculptor might
love to initiate; but she is pert-she
firts-she has a bad opinion of her
own sex and of the other-she has
no education of the heart or of the
mind-she has no taste for color, for
tune, for propriety; she is fast
she,is 'loud'-she is eaten up with
vanity and conceit, and thinks herself
the very cream and quintessence of the
world. In one word, she is ugly in
spite of her face and form. To look
at her is sufficient to know that she will
find no one to marry her except for
her money; and to prophesy that
after she is married her husband will
detest her. 1t comes to this-that
whatever physical nature may have
done or may have neglected to do
for us, the power of being. beautiful
remains with ourselves. There are
moral appliances that are better than
physical rouges and pomades to make
man or woman lovely and loveable.
1t is mind that creates face, and that
makes little David, strong in the L1rd's
grace, handsomer than great Goliah,
who is only strong in the devils favor.
And the superiority of this kind of
beauty over all others is this, that the
older we grow the more beautiful we
may become. There is one beauty
of the stars and another of the NOON
There is one beauty of youth, another
of maturity and another of old age.
Excellent are they all; but from its
completeness, as we'll as from its rarity,
the beauty Of old age is the divinest
of the three-the crown and compile


ton, of all the rest. Youth is beautiful
for it is physical and moral, but old
age is the happy union of the physical,
the moral and the intellectual qualities,
that generally command love, respect
and homage. [ know an old woman of
seventy-three years of age, of a
beauty as much superior to that of
seventeen as that of snowy Mont
Blanc to verdant Primrose hill. Lovely
are the snow white locks, neatly parted
over her serene forehead; lovely are
the accents of her sweet voice, that
speaks l ve-kindness to all the world
lovely is the smile that starts from
her eye, courses to her lips, and lights
up all her contenance, when she
fondlcs child, or gives counsel Of
wisdom to young man or maid; lovely
is she even in her mild reproof of u
wrong-doer; so mild and so gentle
so more than half-diyinc-tha he or
she who relapses aftcrward into wicked
ness, is reckless and hardened indeed.
| dislike ugly people. | said so at
first. | say so now. No one has a
right to be ugly; and if men and
women choose to be ugly, it is their
own fault, and they must pay the
penalty
Year: 1861

MARRIAGE IN LAPLAND.-It is death in Lap land to marry man without the consent of his parents and friends. When a young man has formed an attacoment for female, it is the fash ion for her friends to meet to behold the young parties run a race together. The maiden is all lowed, in starting, the advantage of onethird of the distance, so that it is impossible, except will ing herself, that she should be overtaken. If the maid outrun the suiter, the matter is ended i; ne must never have her, it being criminal for the young man to regard the notion of marriage But if the virgin have an affection for him. though at first she run quite fast to try his love his speed pretend 'casaulty and voluntary halt before she comes to the mark at the end of the race Thus none are to marry against their will; and that is the reason that in this country the married people are richer in their contentment, than in other lands where so many feign love and cause unhappiness.

 The Calmucks, Tartar tribe, have the same custom, only with the agreeable difference that the loved flies and the lover pursues on horse back Generally it is said among the Asatics that the leading horse loses the race. In pursu- ing this interesting subject we note coinsdence between the Calmuck wooingi and those of the most civilized people, for it often falls out that in enlightened matrimonial races, like those of the Calmuck at the end of the heat the most re- fined and elegant pursurer finds that he has only C caught a Tartar" We would persue this in teresting subject, but the terrible directness of the joke already perpetuated makes our pen blush.
Year: 1861

A HEROIC YoUNG W1FE.-A father called at our office last week, on his way home from Washington, where he had been to sec a below ed daughter the wife of one of the officers of the U. s. army. Married about seven months ago, and true to the noble herosm of her nature, she claimed the privilege of sharing the camp-life of her accomplished husband. so far as she could do so with propriety. Accordingly, when he was ordered to Washington, she went with him, and all the more eagerly from the fact that their engagement to be married was arrested two years before, by military order which sent him to post on the Pacific coast and that, too, within about two weeks of the day fixed for their wedding. The father fouud his child, after a three days effort to procure the needful pass, within one of the temporary Notifications, not far from Washington, the same cheerful, hoping creature that she had always been. She was the only white female within the fortifcation, but besides giving the warmth of loving heart to the brilliant young officer she proud to call her husband. She has many an opportunity to make her very humble home place of rest and refreshment to the weared and wounded of our army. Every such opportunity is turned to the best account and the father left us with tears of gratitude in his eyes that God had given him a daughter endowed with gentle womanly hero ism, which made an angel of love to her husband and his companions in arms even when surround ed by the privations of the camp and the perils of war-Bufalo Adcocaie