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Year: 1861

About six weeks ago, servant girl who was
employed in Lyons, France, men a strange man
in the vicinity of that city who asked her if she
knew of any girl who wanted good situation.
He represented himself to be the servant of a
rich gentleman whose chateau was near Men
tinal, and said he was looking for a maid SER
want for his mistress. Upon learning the par
ticulars, the girl offered herself for the situa-
ton, and was promptly accepted, the man tell


ing her to proceed by railroad, with her trunk,
on the following day to Mentinsl, where he
would meet her On the morning appointed
she went to the latter town and was met at the
depot by the man, who took her trunk OIL bis
shoulder and directed her to follow hin. After
walking some distance he pretended to be tired,
and said he would hide the trunk among the
vines and fetch it with his masters cart The
girls suspicious were soon afterwards excited
by seeing him pick up stone, and she accord
ingly kept short distance behind him, The
man appeared to notice this, and jocosely asked
her what she was afraid Of, to which she re-
turned some triaing reply, and they went on.
After walking some time in this manner, the
man turued back suddenly, and tried to throw
a cord with running moose over the girls
head. She, however, wos toe quick for him,
and lesped so quickly aside TINT the rope missed
her altogether. Taking advantage of his mo-
mentary confusion, she ran swiftly down the
road, and was fortunate enough to meet a
garde champetre, to whom she told her story
He went back with her to get her trunk, but il
was gone, having been carried off probably by
the miscreant. The man was spprehended thu
next day, and in his lodgings the police found
several umbrellas and numerous articles oi
wearing apparel which we're belieyed to have
! belonged to his previous 7ict.ns. It is certain
Year: 1861

1 The letter of this noted iudiyidaI, ad- dressed 10 the English public and publish ed in inc London Times. is acknowledged by his warmest friends al honre to have been impoitic and entirely onlside of hls routine of duty as a diplonalst. Bat n Englnnd John Bull resents the imperli- nent interference strongly. The Times, in the columns of which tie manifesto ap- peared, says:

 MT. Clay must really allow us to give our own version of the honor and interest of England. Our honor and interest Is to stand aoof from contests which in no way concern us, to be conlent with our own laws and liberties, without seeking to i'm pose them upon others, ito seek peace and ensure it," and 10 leave those who take to the sword to fall by the sword In war we will be strictly neutral; in peace we will be the friends of whatever power may emerge out of the frightful chaos through which MT. Clay sees his way so clearly. And that neutrality which is recommended alike by our interest and our honor, we will not violate through fear-no, not of q hundred millions of unborn men. Let ETr. Clay and his country-men look we'll to the present, and they will find enough 10 occupy their attention without troubling themselves with long visions of humilia- ton and retribution, which no man now alive will ever see accomplished.

 The London Standard is equally un- kind.

 We hold ourselves, in spirit and in deed, aloof from both sides, in a war begun with too much bravado on he part of the states men of the North. We are at once un- convinced and unmoved by the somewhat impertinent letter of MT. Clay, which was hardly worth column of the Times. It is nonsense to talk of fighting for liberty and nationality. IL is not the part of good and brave men to boast that they are sure to conquer. The argument that England must help the North for fear that the South should conquer our West Indies, was hardly worth putting to paper. Just as idle Is il to threaten us.with the future vengeance of possible hundred millions of Amerlcans century hence who, if ever they are called into being, will pro- bably be divided into half dozen repub- lies and as many empires.
Year: 1861

"THE GARIBALDI LEGION. We find the following paragraph in the Baltimore Exchange of Thursday last

 Yesterday morning there arrived from Washington flty-six of the Garlbaldian regiment which passed through our city few days since. These men state that the regiment is thoroughly disorganized, and the men, for the most part will return to their homes. When it was proposed to enlist them for three years they refused to comply, and the government threatened to disband the regiment unless they en- tered the service for three years. The threat did not have the desired effect, and the regiment will certainly disband Those who have arrived here state that they have been cheated and deceived from the time they rendered their services until they left the regiment, and under no circumstances will they fight to sustain the government.
Year: 1861

AN old maid who has her eyes little side
ways on matrimony. says "the curse of this
war is that it will make SO many widows,
who will be fierce to get married, and know
how to do it, that modest old maids will
stand no chance at all"
Year: 1861

BEFCRE THE bATTLE-1he folluwlng, rom
the Syracuse, IN, W Journal, shows that
before the battle of Bull Run, there was q
public impression that the advance of the
army made under Mcdowell was against the
judgment of General Scott The article was
written while the army was on its march
and had experienced no disaster.


The advance of our army toward the rebel
strong-holds is regarded with the utmost So
licitude,-a solcitude that derives much Of
its earnestness from the apprehension that
the impudent elamor raised by the New York
Tribune and other papers, urging rapid ad
vance, may have caused the President the
Secretary of War and General SooTT to make
this movement in advance of the time and
the conditions which their judgment consid-
cred necessary. If the issue of the campaign
should be adverse to our arms, it may be re-
garded as certain that the outside and unpro-
fessional incitation to advance will have been
the cause of the disaster .t


we have seen paragraph which asserts
that the movement is in opposition to the
judgment of General Scott, but that the
Presidents orders to march were imperative.
We cannot believe this statement 1t is
hardly credible that President Lincoln should
yield to the dctation of the Tribune in oppo
sltlon to the convictions Of General Scott,
Year: 1861

A BosroN Clergyman, meeting one o: his
congregation who had recently come into
possession of handsome property by the
death of his brother, inquired how he was
getting along in the settlement of the estate
Oh" said he, O. am having dreadful
time y What with getting ont letters of ad-
ministration and settling claims, l sometimes
almost wish he hadn't died"
Year: 1861

OLD PlLLow.-Old Pillow, who has been q
laughing stock among all our military men
ever since he had the dirt thro wn up on the
wrong side Of the ditch, during the Mexican
war, has recently published proclamation
to the Missourians, telling them for what
purpose he is about to invade their State
with 10000 Confederate troops. He says:


Our stay here will be short We CUES:
he is right, there.-ED. Dem Our mission
is to place our down-trodden sister on her
feet, and to enable her to breathe after the
heavy tread Of the tyrant's foot. Then by
her own brave sons she will maintain her
rights and protect her own women from the
foe, whose forces march under banners in
scribed with beauty and booty" as the re-
ward of victory. In victory the brave are
always merciful, but NO QUARTER will be
shown to troops marching under such orders.


Perhaps Pillow is the agent for some par
ties who feel a deep interest in knowing at
about what time the ravshing will begin
Year: 1861

TANEY AND THE HABEAs CoRpus.-Judge
Taney was Chief Justice so long ago as the
Dorr Rebellion in Rhode Island Dorr was
arrested for treason, put into JAIL tried
convicted, and sent to the penitentiary.-
When arrested for trial, application was made
for a writ of habeas corpus TO take him out of
the officers hands. Taney was called on for
his opinion and said


"When citizens of the same State are in
arms against each other and the constituted
authorities unable to execute the laws. the
interposi!iom Of the United States must be
prompt or it as Of title value. The ordinary
course of proceedings in courts of justice
would be utterly unfit for the crisis. And
the elevated office of the President, chosen as
he is by the people of The United States, and
the nigh responsibility he could not fail to
feel when acting in case of SO much mo-
ment, appears to furnish strong safeguard
against willful abuse of power as human
prudence and foresight could well provide
At all events ii is conferred upon him by the
Constitution and laws of the United States,
and must. therefore. be respected and enforced
in its judicial tribunals"
Year: 1861

A NEW RUMoR.-A correspondent of the New York Times writes form Washington that he has learned ''from sources entitled to unquestionable credit that the British Gov ernment, acting in concert with that of France, is about to request of the United States Government the exemption of one Southern cotton port from the blockade, so that they may get needful supplies of the staple"
Year: 1861

TIE NORTHERN REBELLIoN.--Undert this caption the Harrisburg (Pa.,) Union, hitherto a strong war journal, thus touches upon new danger which is beginning to threaten the North:

 "Are our readers aware that rebellion against the authority of the Government is organizing at the North-that treason is rear ing its ugly head in the midst of the very par ty that professes the most determination in putting down the rebellion at the South :? 1t IS even so. Daily attempts are now being made to array the army against the Govern, ment, and to set up the military above civil
Year: 1861

lowing proclamation to the people of Mis- souri

 TO THE PEOPLE OF MISSOURI.

 NEW MADRID, Mo-. July 30

 The forces under my command are your neighbors, and we come at the instance and request of the Governor of your State, as al- lies to protect you against tyranny and op- pression. As Tennesseans. we have deeply sympathized with ou. When you were called to arms, and manifested determination to re- sist the usnrper who has trampled under his feet the constitution of the government, and destroyed all the guards so carefully prepared for the protection of the liberties of the peo- pie by our fathers and when you call for help Tennessee sends her al my composed of her cherished sons to your aid.

 We will help you expe from your borders the population hostile to your rights and insti- tutions-treating all such as enemies if found under arms. We will protect your people from wrongs of our army, and while we have every reason to believe that no violence will be done to your true hearted and loyal people, the general commanding begs to be informed if any case of wrong should occur.

 To the gallant army under his command, who hold in their keeping the honor of Ten nessee (though composed of Tennesseans, Mis- sissippians and Kentuckians,) he appeals as a father of his children--to violate the right of no peaceable citizens, but to guard the honor of Tennessee as you would that of an atlec- tionate mother, cheering you as her sons.

 The field for active service is before you-- our stay here will be short--our mission is to place our down -trodden sister on her feet, and to enable her to breath after the heavy tread of the tyran2s foot.

 Then by her own brave sons, she will main- tain her rights and protect her own fair wo- men from the foe whose forces march under banners inscribed with 'booty and beauty" as the reward for victory.

 In the.victory the brave are always merciful but no quarter will be shown to troops march ing under such banner

 In this view, and for these purposes, we call upon the people of Missouri to come to our standard, join in our forces and aid in their own liberation. If you would be freemen you must fight for you rights.

 Bring such arms as you have--we will fur nsh you with ammunition aud lead you on to victory That the just ruler of nations is with us, is manifested in the glorious victory with which our arms were crowned at the bloody field of Manassas.

 GIDEON J. PILLOW, Gen. Com.
Year: 1861

THREE MONTHS VoLUNTEERs.-1h North ern press is teeming with criminaiions which it heaps upon the three months volunteers who have returned and refuse to be parties in the intended subiugation of oul fair land. Every device and species of abuse IS cast upon them and not unfrequently the broaa-mouthed cannon is turned upon their ranks, yet with no efTect--they have thrown down their arms and are determined to go home.

 fcY" We are afraid that "Oid Abe" does not read his Bible He says in his message

 'ESo large an army as the Government has now on foot was never before known"

 But if he will read the Books of Exodus and numbers, ha will learn that the Israelitcs had an army of 603,55O, and all volunteers at that.
Year: 1861

Strong resoiutios in favor of peace have been introduced into the Connecticut legislature. They are not without meaning The North is beginning to find out that some body is about to be s'hurt.p
Year: 1861

a DEPRIvATIoN.-By reference TO the time
table, 1t will be seen that important cbanpes
nave taken place on the Delaware Railroad


we are now having only one train up and
down during the day, in lieu of two each wav.
as formerly. BY this arrangement we are chi,
OF entirely from our evening mails, which our
people, after enjoying so long, feel keenly. mar.
tlcularly during the time OF such stirring events
as we are now having; but The cutting off of
al evening communication both north and south
Is more severely felt by the commercial and
business men generally. We suppose the Com.
pany have good reasons for making so great a
cnahge' but we hope that they may soon again
md 1t convenient to give US a down evening
traIn' If by no other way, by changing the
lfelght train from morning to evening, and at
tachIng passenger car thereto.
Year: 1861

The recent telegraphic dispatch from the
west about the release of Blair, suppressed a
paragraph in Fremont's order which se6ed
Blair to make the charges personally, and that
Blair had done so and been Immediately ar.
rested for it and sent to Jefferson barracks. On
learning this fact General Scott ordered the
unconditional release of Blair.
Year: 1861

follies, and can. do nothing but turn up
our noses at them; we have no business
here. I will only add that two hearts
were very happy, that Bowse concluded,
after a while, that all was right, and so
laid down to sleep again, and in one
week afterwards there was a wedding at
the house that made the neighboring
farmers stare. The widow Cobb had
married her First Lovel
Year: 1861

The Louisville journal gives the late
delectable Secretary of War the follow
ing unmerciful dig under the fifth rib:


Mr.. Floyd, Secretary of War, after
being engaged in jobs and swindles to
the tune Of a million and a half, finally
goes out of office because seventy five
soldiers have been moved from one Uni
ted States fort to another.


The journal might have added that
to give point to his corruption and trea-
son, Secretary Floyd was careful to sup
ply all the States proposing to secede
their full quota of government arms for
1861, in advance. The order from
South Carolina was filled only a few
days before the passage of the ordinance
of secession,
Year: 1861

Wepublished yesterday the two tariffs
side by side, so as to enable all readars in
terested to compare them. Subjoined is
a table Of the principal imports, with the
duties of each tariff, from which it will be
seen that in most cases the duty is double,
or 100 per cent greater at the Nortk than
at the South -
Year: 1861

s1t's little grave" they said, .


''0nly just child that's dead;"


And SO they carelessly turned away


From the mound the spade had made that day


All! they did not know how deep shade


That little grave in our home had made.


II know the coffin was morrow and small


One yard would have served for IN ample pail
And one man in his arms could have borne away
The rosewood and its freight Of clay.
But I know that darling hopes were hid, -.
Beneath that little coffin lid.


know that q mother stood that day,


With folded hands by that form Of clay;
know that burning tears were hid
Meath the dropping lash and aching lid;
And know her lips, and cheek and brow,
We're almost a. white as her baby's now.
I know that some things were hid away,
The crimson frock, and wrappings gay;
The little sock and the half worn shoe,
The cap with it's plume and tassel blue;
And an empty crib, with its covers spread,
AS white as the face Of the sinless dead
Tis little grave; but oh have care!
For worldwide hopes are buried there;
And ye, perhaps in coming years,
May see, like her, through binding tears,
How much Of light, how much of joy,
ls buried up with on only boy!
Year: 1861

There is as beautiful a Scotch ballad by
this title as I ever saw in my life it made
q very strong impression upon me; but as
the ballad is not to be found, I will en-
deavor to tell the story in plain prose.


The Laird of Linn, in Galway, was one
Of the richest landed proprietors in Scot
land. Besides the lands and dwellings,, he
had flocks and herds, and good stock of
gold. Moreover, he was man Of frugal
and parsimonious disposition, so that tho
men of Galway avoided his company, and
the whole town cried shame on him. New
ertheless, his riches grew and increased to
q mighty sum, and there was no telling
what heaIs Of treasure he had snugly con-
cealed.


The Laird Of Linn did not marry till late
in life, and his wife died within year af-
ter his marriage. She left him one child,
son, whe was the joy and plague Of his
existence. Though naturally of a noble
and generous disposition, he waswild, reck-
less, and extravagant. Seeing and hearing
his father ridiculed every day for his mis-
erly temper and habits, he resolved at all
events not to be like him, and spent all he
could lay his hands on, among low and dis
solute companions, in riotous living-so
true it is that one extreme often produces
another. It was in vain that his father
demonstrated with him; he only grew worse
as he grew older.


At last the Laird of Linn lay on. his
death bed. He had outlived all his near
relations, and he had no friends, so that he
was obliged to leave all his substance to
his son, and, besides, next to his gold, he
loved his prodigal heir. Previous to his
death, he called the heir of Linn to his
bed side, and thus spoke '"


"My son, when my lips are cold in death
and my tongue silentin the grave, know
how it will be with you. You will spend
all the substance of your ancestors, and all
the gold got together, in dissipation and
extravaganza. Nevertheless, I do not wish
my con to live beggar. Therefore give
heed to my only dying command, and II
you disregard it, may q father dying curse
cling to you. The upper chamber of my
Year: 1861

@ The New Orleans Ricayune con-
tains a communication from an able hand,
urging that the Southern government must
carefully AVOID being too Democratic in
its charactcr-that certain elections now
made by the people must be taken from
them and that only property holders mist
be aAo'oed the right Of outrage. That's
tho way the wind sets.
Year: 1861

THE UNDERSIGNED BEGS To INFORM THE PUBLIC


that the which these Lots be purchased
modified that under certain restrictions
and regulations, description of Building be erected
1t being the desire and object of His Majestys Gov
have the said Lots occupied quickly possible
every facility will be granted intending occupier and by
with the undersigned they will find that their views
will be met every respect far consistent with the public
interests


choice situations remain to be disposed Of that early
pication will be necessary to secure them.


W. L. GREEN, Agent for the sale


l9n and lease of the waikahalulu Lots.
Year: 1861

CHIEF JUSTICE TANEY.-We have the best
possible authority for stating that the ven-
erable Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice of the
United States, has no intention whatever of
resigning his seat on the bench neither
will he, if he can help it, oblige the many
patriots who are anxious to succeed him,
by dying between now and the 4th day of
next March. The Chief Justice sees no
cause for the dissolution of either himself
or the Union, in Mr.. Lincoln's election
and unless the fire-eaters can bribe his cook
to put spider in Judge Taneys pudding,
or the chambermaid to give the great old
jurist damp sheets, we congratulate the
country on the prospect of still retaining
on the bench the eminent wisdom and 10y.
atty Of this gentleman for many years, bis
heart is still warm enough to pulsate Wig
orously to the Union sentiments, aud his
brain clear enough to give yet many more
decisions in defense of the Constitution, the
COnfederacy and the maintenance of the
laws.-[New York Leader.
Year: 1861

4 FLOOD OF MUD.-The San Francisco
Bulletin Of Thursday, gives the following
account Of the condition of the streets in the
commercial metropolis of the Pacific:


The city is about six inches under the
surface of the mud to-day. The cellars of
a great many stores and private houses in
the lower part of the town are half full of
water. The sewers generally are refusing
to do duty. Many of the plank crossings
are aAOat. Wherever there have been any
improvements on the streets during the
past Summer, it is safe TO conclude that the
travelling is horrid.
Year: 1861

IN. Y. Correspondence of the Elmira Press.


There is strange type of erysipelas run
ming about, which even in this crowded city
is becoming quite noticeable. A little pim-
pie, irritating and sore, comes upon the face
usually about the nose, and in several cases
that have heard of lately this little pimple
is so soon followed by others and qnicklJ
spreading rash, that sometimes in less than
twenty.fOur hours the sufferer dies. think
that the medical gentry have not as yet dis
covered any remedy for it. A neighbor Of
mine, dying in this way very suddenly but
a short time since, reminded me of the sor-
rowlul demise Of Robt. Rantoul, Jr. of Bos-
ten, son of the distinguished gentleman of
the same name, and himself, though quite
young, promising TO outstrip bis father in
fame. He was only thirty years Of age, a
lawyer, and at the time of his death was at
tending court away IRON home. One morn
ing be noticed one Of these little pimples,
aud he was continually picking at it with his
fiuger-nails. By night time his face had be-
come 80 much swollen that his eyes were
closed, and by the next morning, when his
wife arrived, his face was so disfgured that
it was with difficulty that she recognized
him. It was impossible for him to live, and
he desired TO see his wife once more before
he died. He implored and begged his phys.
icians to cut his eye-lids off that he might dc
so and die in peace. After much application
on his part, and OILY an hour before be died
this was done-he saw his wife and died with
out a groan.