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Year: 1861

REcAPTRUINa A FLAa.-Six months
ago or more. an enthusiastic Union wo.
man of Iowa Point hoisted large Anne.
rican flag. which was torn down and car.
ried away by secessionist of that place.
After trying in vain to get it back, she
concluded to drop the matter, and to bide
her time. The other day, when the Jay.
hawkers visited the Point. she laid her
grievance before them, and had hearing.
when it was decided that she must have
her flag. The secession depredator's
house was visited, and the flag discovered
on bed. where it had been used as q
spread. It was reformed to its rightful
owner. who went on her way rejoicing.
with flying colors. The traitor who stole
the banner, could betray the Stars and
Stripes, and could not bear to see them
floating in the breeze; yet he had no
scruples against lying down and sleeping
under them every night!
Year: 1861

WouLDx'T TAKE.-A parcel of the
traitor sympathizers about Iowa Point
being in mortal fear of the Jayhawksrs
called . meeting at Highland. on last
Saturday, ostensibly as citizens meeting,
to pass resolutions against Jayhawing
and to enter into an agreement for mutu.
al protection against attacks from any
source. They we'll knew that if they held
their nesting in their traitor nest at home,
it would pass for what it really was
therefore, they called it at Highland, tc
create the impression thatit was q meet
ing of the loyal citizens of the Township.
But it was q signal failure. The fact is.
oil these splurges serve to show that there
is something rotten in the hearts of the ac-
tors. The Union men are enlisting and
arming for home defence. If the Iowa
Point people are honest in their profes-
sions, they can show it by placing their
names in the roll-not by holding meet
ings and passing resolutions. Jayhawk-
ers are not troubling Union men, and we
have not seen a single loyal citizen who
entertains any fear of Jayhswkers. Why.
then, this sudden fluttering among the
Iowa Point gentry? Gentlemen, If you
are for the Union. you can easily show
it, without whipping the devil round the
stump and the time is not far distant
when every man must show his hand,
without any dodging.
Year: 1861

HIGHLAND UNIvERslTY.-This we'll.
known institution is about entering upon
its Fall and Winter term. In view oI
the hard times, it will be kept, as regards
the common branches. as q free school,
with the exception Of small fee from
each scholar, to meet incidental expenses


The higher branches, music, ornamental
and fancy work, etc., will be taught on


the most reasonable terms. Boarding in
private families can be had very cheap
and rooms can be procured for those
who desire to board themselves. It is
desired that those who wish to attend the
school. report themselves Immediately,
that classes may be properly arranged at
the beginning of the session. Applica'
ton must be made to Gen. John Bayless


at Highland, who has been appointed
Trustee and Treasurer for that purpose
Year: 1861

~ We will pay ten per cent. a
month on ifty cents or dollar. if appli-
cation be made soon. We do not wish
to borrow the money to use, but merely
to keep by us, that we may not forget
what money looks like. We fear that
we may some day come across consid-
erable sum lying in the road, and. not
recognizing it. pass it by as worthless
trash.
Year: 1861

< ~ A friend writes to warn rs that
as he was recently passing through GER
tain town, not many miles away. hs
heard persons making terrible threats
against Us. We thank him for his kind.
ness but we must inform him that those
same individuals make it daily business
to torture and kill us in every imaginable
and unimaginable way. Like the old
womsn's ssls, we have become used to it
Year: 1861

az The following letter, which emphatlcally speaks
for itself was written BY the Dean of the Faculty OF
the Philadelphia College of Medicne-to the editor,
of the Pacific Medical Gad Surgical Journal San Fra
cisco, for publication:
Year: 1861

cts for the extreme left. Capt. Randall and
his company asked this position and refused
to be relieved. They have therefore been
in picket service night and day, and did not
leave the woods unless driven out in the
battle. Even their food was carried to
them.
Year: 1861

Snc cannot remain silent with honor !; she cannot
speak without . Convention. Then North Carroll
mans who love your State, and who appreciate the
honor and glory of citizenship upon her sacLcd soil
Rally to the rescue vote for a Convention. Let the
State with dignity assert her rights and announce
her policy. Then division will disappear from our
midst and call all stand together on her platform


Let every man then vote for Convention
Year: 1861

Our session subscribers will please take notice
that their subscriptions expire with the next num-
Der of the State JourndL We trust they will all
become permanent subscribers. The State Con-
venton will shortly meet, and we will present to
readers full and compic record of its proceed
ings.


We would urge upon our States Rights friends
the necessity Of extending our circulation. They
should bear in mind that tue State Journal IS the
only paper the seat of Government they have to
rely upon. Climbs of six at ten dollars-clubs of
ten and upwords 81 so each, for the Weekly.


State JOuruuL
Year: 1861

Mr. SPEAKER AND GEETLEMEN -


In have just enjoyed the honor of reception by
to you and them my thanks for the reception which


the people Of New Jersey have given through their
chosen representatives., to me- as the representa-


tive, for the time being, of the majesty OF the peo


pie of the United States. / appropriate to myself


very little of the demonstrations of respect with


which have been greeted. I think little should


be given to any man, but that it should be a mani


festaton of adherence to the Union and the Consti-


tuition. / understand myself to be received here


b. the representatives Of the people of NewJersey,
majority Of whom differ in opinion from those


with whom / have acted. This manifestation is
therefore to be regarded by me expressing their
devotion to the Union, the Constitution and the
liberties Of ithe people. You, Mr. Speaker, have
we'll said that This is a time when the bravest and
wisest look with doubt and upon the aspect
presented by national affairs Under these cir
umstances, you will readily see why should not
,ak in dctsl Of the course Ixh.u deem it hest t,
pursue. 1t IS proper that r should avail myself of
all tho time at my command, in order that when
shall DO able to take the ground which deem the
best and safest and from which l may have
cason to swerve. / shall endeavor to take the
the ground deem most just to the North, the East,
the West. the South, and the whole country |
take it. hope, in good temper-certainly no malice
toward any section. l shall do all that may be in
my power to promote a peaceful settlement of all
our difficulties. The man does not live who is more
devoted to peace than am. [Chcers. None who
would do more to preserve it. But it may be ne
cessary to put the foot down firmly. Here the au-
or some moments it impossible to hear Mr.. l.
'oice.] he continued And if do my duty, and
10 right you will sustain will you not Loud
cheers and cries of eyes" YES" 1--WE will y
Year: 1861

The first rife in vogue in France was
he so called pillar rife of thouvenin, but
the invention of Mr.. MIME is one which
has practically revolutionizod the fire
arms of the present day. The improve.
ments made by Mr.. MIME are confined
almost wholly to the form Of the project
lie, and have very little reference to that
of the gun out Of which II is fired, The
ball is Of an oblong comic Il folm, some.
thing like an acorn without its cups but
instead of beirg solid. this cone is hol-
lowed out at the base into cup-like
form. The advantages of this form ot
projectile are that it offers less re ,tance
20 the mr. than round ball would, and
that having its con'(r Of gravity in its
foremost part, ii has no tendency TO turn
over in its fl ght but its chief merit, in 4
hillary point of view, is that with it the
rifle can be loaded as easily as the ordi.
nary smooth-bored gun, the forcing of he
ball inro the groves of the barrel being
effected by the ghnpowder and net by the
ramrod. The I, rm Of the rifle proper to
these conical missiles differs very little
from those used with those used with the
old spherical bullet, except that three
grocved gun. and i is still an unsettled
question whether four grooves would not
be better Il an three. With this weapon
the soldier can make better practice at five
hundred, or even one Il ousand Yards.
than he could with the musket at OF G
or two hundred yards.
Year: 1861

NoRTHERNERs IN FAVOR OF SEcEssIoy-A


petition is being circulated in Boston asking
Congress to consent to the secession of the


Cotton States, allowing them ~to form any


other government which they deem best for


their interests provided that they declare


freedom of navigate in the Mississippi river,


and surrender all right to district of terri


tory of six miles square, bordering on the


Mississippi and opposite to the city of New
Orleans, as port of entry of the United
and claim to participation of the Territories
now belonging to the United States, and in
consideration of which all forts, custom
houses, and other property of the United
above named States, shall be made over and
surrendered to them" The petitioners think
this will prevent civil war, and restore conf
dence in the business community, while a
conquest of those States would bring no bene-
fits to the country.
Year: 1861

Federal 0Fcers--The only Federal Office yet
vacated in this city, by resignation, is that of
District Attorney, and the occupant, by opera
ton of law, holds over till his successor is
appointed. There are a good many rumors
afioat rs to who will, and who will not, be
appointed to certain offices of trust In the gift
of the President elect, but we persuaded
that no definite policy has been determined on
in respect to any of them.
Year: 1861

Of Good Quality Dimmock, an ex-
cellent judge of heavy ordnance and the
qualities that go to make up first class can
non, gives the highest praise to the pieces
owned by Virginia. Though the majority of
them are small they We're made of such ex-
cellent material that it would be a waste Of
money to cast them over again. After being
re-bored they will be equal to any that could
now be made. One of the small cannon taken
from the Armory, was tried at the TredPgar
foundry few evenings since and found to be
all right
Year: 1861




The MIssIse STEAMER AusrRALAsIAS The
steamer Anstralasian is now twenty four


days ont from Queenstown, and some anxiety


IS BEGINNING to be felt for her safety This


ship left Liverpool on her appoin ted day, the


10Th oil February, and went into Queenstown


on the nth, and sailed the same evening for


New \ Iork. She had on freight about SIS 900


IN specie, but we are unable to give even an


estimate OF ths number of persons on her pas


senger list, and consequently a large number


OF persons in this countrywide have friends
who intended sailing last month for the United
States--are unable to tell in W hat vessel they
embarked, and they are daily growing more
uneasy in regard to their safety. Many sup
pose that her machinery has been injured and


that she has put back for repairs, as it is
scarcely probable that she would attempt a


western passage at this season of the year
under sail alone, when she would have a fail
wind to return with. 1t is TO be hoped tina
such is the case but on the other hand, many
con tend that, should the ship have been Grip
| pied in her machinery during the prevalence
| of heavy Atlantic gale, whose force would
! prevent her keeping sail on the vessel, sht
would fall into the trough of the sea, and al


most inevitably swamp and go down.
Year: 1861

A SWELL PAsToR.-Duyernoy was the pink
of clerical fashion. His tie was exquisite, the
brushing Of his hair study. The art of tai
loring had reached its acme in his clothes but
of all things, that which distinguished Duver-
noy, par ercellenee, was the manipulation OF his
handkerchief l can't find language to express
my admiration Of this 1t was thrilling, when
describing the horrors of the day OF judgment,
and after he had separated the goats from the
sheep, and had grilIed the sheep but one did
not know what he was exactly going to do
with the goats-it was thrilling when he said,
there they stand apart awaiting their fate, as
you, my brethren, will stand and await yours,
and then took out his handkerchief and gently
soothed his face, flushed with the excitement
of reading bis eloquence and fervor-a weak
state but let that pass Next the handker-
chief was rolled delicately round By the beau
tiful black kid gloves, and held to the mouth
"a short interesting, would-be consumptive
cough was improyised-and then rallying bis
faded strength, he saved the goats. The great
crime of Duvernoy was that he turned the
heads of the young clergymen Of the day
They all thought that by dressing as swells,
and appearing to be exhausted with the i'm
mense amount of feeling thrown into their
sermons, and putting on a little consumption,
they could draw full horses-fah l mean con
gregatious get some OF those slippers
which were sent to Duvernoy in such numbers
that, as bis enemies said, he kept a shop for
the sale of them in Liverpool, and realized
handsomely. 1t was really very annoying, and
1 never forgave Dnvernoy for it, that one could
not 90 into Church at the West End with
out finding the curate an ecclesiastical puppy
and very often the rector another Iwlcket-
ham Tales.
Year: 1861

"MY son. said philosophical old gentle
man, when draymcn take the temperance
pledge ard the policemen refuse bribes-when
an omnibus half empty goes the same pace
as a full one-when the laws Of private prop
erty extend to umbrellas, and when bachelors
in lodgings find a shirt without a button off,
then thou mayst chance to find wife who
will not object to travel without eight and
twenty packages, and will show herself posses
sed of such selfdenial as even refuse thine offer
of new dress, simply because she thinks she
does not need it."
Year: 1861

IF man feels very much like getting mar
ried, yet imagines that he ought not 10. the
best remedy is to help one of his neighbors
move a houseful of furniture-borrow nine of
his children for few days aud hear them CRY
Year: 1861

The Richmond Wing, which many regard
as the peculiar organ of jeff Davis, has issued
its ultimatum for the settlement of our diff
cultes, as follows:


"This war must go on. The South must
fight until the North sues for peace. Pass a
non-intcrcourse act, and then she will soon
begin to feel the ruinous pressure Of the war.


Ne mast dictate the terms of peace; the
first article of which should be an acknowl-
edgment Of the right of secession. This is a
fundamental principle The next article
should be that she pay, to the uttermost far
thing, the expenses # M's oar. The third
Is that she pay for the destruction of all prop
e.ty, both public mi prirate which she may
appropriate to her own use. The fourth is
that. as an evidence of her sincerity, she i'm
peach and remove from office Abe Lincoln,
nlict him and hang him for treason and other
crimes y
Year: 1861

The Anamosa Eureka sets forth the incon-
>istencies and shams of the rebels and sympa-
thiscrs in the North in garing light 1t
says:


When the rebellion commenced and the
Southern conSpirators We're seeding and steal
ing money, forts, etc, they cndeavOred to
keep the Nor quiet by crying no coercion"
fhe'r next reliance for Su CESS lay in the fact
that Congress one had the poWc TO declare
war. and that that body could not be assem-
oled inside of thirty days from the issue of a
proclamation calling the members together
And so when the news of the fall of Sumter
reach Montgomery, Mr.. Secretary Walker
announced that the Confederatcs would be in
possession of Washington on the 1st of May,
two weeks before the thirty days could expire
They did not anticipate that Old Abe, like Old
Jackson, would take the responsibility" and
call for quarter of million of volunteers
Finding themselves checknated here, they
cry "let US alone," and tell us-and their
northern toadies echo the words-that we are
90 no further. These Southern knaves have
thrown the constitution to the dogs and have
adopted constitution of their own and now
because we are thwartlng their expectations
they turn round and with solemn and horror
struck vIsage, tell us we must not violate the
constitution. The tools in the North take
up and repeat the cry, and we are told in all
the Mahony conventions that to save our con-
stitution, government and Union is to violate
the first, subvert the second and destroy the
third. When man is attacked by a muir
derer he has to offend himself in the best
way possible. Shall he stand quiet lest he
violate the constitution?
Year: 1861

The telegraph informs US that the entire
blame for the Bulls Run disaster now rests on
Gen. Patterson, who disobeyed orders. There
is strong probability that charge of treason
will be brought against him. Ii it is clearly
established he should meet traitors fate
without any unnecessary delay
Year: 1861

H As a general rule, thcre is an absence
of the ultra vain, glorious style in the notices
by the the Southern press of the battle Of
Man, ssas, that is remarkable. Instead o.
clarifying Southern prowess and skill, as might
be expected of them, they seem suddenly to
have realized that they have insisted upon q
war with people that will fight.
Year: 1861

the Aoor-I am speaking on the side


of my country. (Applause.) Already


in the South bold men, educated men,


chiyalrous men, were drilling and dsci-


plinipg the military forces. Men were


excited with all the pomp and circum-


stances Of war. Men believed that Lin


coin and his cohorts were going to the


South to apply the torch to towns, and


hamlets, and dwellings, and these things
arose from Southern misapprehensions
of Northern men. To allay this, to stop
the tide of revolution, he would vote
for the Crittenden propositions. He
would vote for the propositions he had


submitted himself, he would vote Cor the
report of the gentleman from Ohio, he
would vote for anything that was of any
value, that had any principle, and that
would relieve the public mind from the
apprehensions which beset it. He hoped
Congress would effect something to stay
the tide of revolution but if nothing
could be done, as he said before, he would
go before the people, and throw himself
into the deadly imminent breach, and
would resist the wave of disunion to the
last. And if the worst came to the
worst, if his state should be dragged to
the brink of the fearful precipice, and be
made an unwilling victim it would only
be at the last moment of bis country's
ruin. And now, in advance, he washed
his hands clear of the shame and of the
crime that will attach to those who ould
overthrow public liberty, and raise
despotism on its ruins. Wherever the
flag of his country aoated, there would
he 60, and he would cling to it in this,
the dark hour Of her peril, with all the
sacred trust an. -o@ficnce OF an enthu-
siast clinging to bis God. (Applause)
Year: 1861

THE ART OF BEING PoLIrE.-First


ard foremost, don't try to be polite. 1t


will spoil all. If you keep overwhelm-


ing your guests with ostentatious entrea-
ties to make them feel at home, they very
soon begin to wish they were there. Let
them find out that you are happy to see
them, by your actions; not by your
words. Always remember to let bashful
people alone at first; it is the onlyway
to set them at their ease. Trying to
draw them out has sometimes the contra
ry effect of drawing them out of the
house. Leading the conversation is a
experiment. Better follow in
its wake; and if you want to endear
yourself to takers learn to listen well.
Never make fuss about any thing
never talk about no matter what solecisms
or blulders others may commit. Re
member that 1t is a very foolish proceed
ing to lament that you cannot offer your
guests a better house, furniture, OF vi
ands. 1t is fair to presume that the visit
is to you-not to these surroundings.
Give people a pleasant impression of,
and they will be pretty sure
to go away with a pleasant impression Of
your qualities. On just such slender
wheels as these the whole fabric Of So
,iety turns. 1t is our business, then, 10
Keep them in perfect revolving order.
Year: 1861

DprHERrA.-As the newspapers are


full Of remedies for this dangerous atfec-


ton Of the throat, some of them very
good, and some of them very silly, we


will give one which we know to be used


by some eminent physicians, and which


we have never known to fail, if applied
early. Diptheria, in its early stages,
may be recognized by any person OF or
dinary capacity, by two marked symp-


toms; the sensation Of a bone or hard
substance in the throat, r. 4 ring swal.
lowing difficult and painfa., ana a marked
factor, or unpleasant smell Of ,he breath,
the result Of its puirefac'ive tendency.
On the appearance of these symptoms, if
the patient is old enough to DO so, give
a piece of gum campbor, Of the size of
a marrowfat pea, and let it remain in the
mouth, swallowing slowly the saliva
charged with it until il is all gone. In
an hour or so give another, and at the
end of another hour a third fourth
will not usually be required, but if the
pain and the unpleasant breath are not
it may be used two or three
times more, at little longer intervals,
say two hours.


If the child is young. powder the cam
phor, which can easily be done by adding
a drop or two of spirits of alchohol to it
and mix i with an equal quantity OF
powdered loaf sugar, or better, powdered
rock candy, and blow it through quill
or tube into its throat, depressing the
tongue with the hait of spoon. Two
or three applications will relieve. Some
recommend powdered aloes or pellitory
with the campbor, but observation and
have satisfied US that camphor
is sufficient alone. 1t acts probably by
its virtue az diHusibIe stimulant, and an
tiseptic qualities.-N 7. Examiner.
Year: 1861

TERRIBLE ScENE.-At q party in a
dwelling house in Hyde Park, London,
short time since. lady who was play
ing on the piano, caught her dress on Ere
from candle. Other ladies rushed to
extinguish the flames, when they caught
FIRE too. Five ladies were burning at
one time, and their screams were awful.
The gentlemen present were unable to
ertinou;sh the flames for some moments.
Two Of the ladies were SO much injured
that they died.
Year: 1861

KENTucKY.-A late dispatch states that
Kentucky has furnished her full quota OF
Of the half million of troops called into the
national service, and proposes to furnish
as may more to serve until the rebels are
driven from the State.
Year: 1861

Some of our friends in Red Bluff, and the
Independent man in particular, are at present
sorely exercised in relation to the navigation
OF the Sacramento river to this town. If the
enterprise is impracticable and can't be did.
why such waste Of foolscap-why such Ia
Dor, piling " Pelion upon Ossa" on an alb


straction? ? Steamers have repeatedly and
successfully ascended the river as high as the
mouth of Clear Greek, Notwithstanding those
terrible iron boulders" that have so reve-
rentially impressed our cotemporary as an
eternal barrier to science, and a complete
dead lock" to all the efforts of Malefert
for their removal Really, drowning men
catch at straws. We were scarcely prepared
for this line of tactics, in work of internal
improvement that cannot fail ultimately to
be of vast and absorbing interest to the en-
tire scope ofcountry lying west and north of
us. Our business wants demand the naviga-
tion of the river to point near this town,
and what is more, it will be accomplished in
due time Shasta is the natural head of
steamboat commerce, and if our subscription
list is inadequate thousands more can be
added to it. We have plenty of money, and
a will to apply it to this object. Give your
self no uneasiness, neighbor, about the SOL
vency of our merchants, for in the process of
time we will practically illustrate to the pub
lie the mode and cost of blasting, dredging,
and removing the distractions in the main
channel from Waugh's Ferry to Red Bluff