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Year: 1862

learned that IL is only in the case Of persons OF
that they will act, and not upon any random
rule; that persons in the bona .fde pursuit o.
their ordinary avocations will not be interfered
with, but only in instances In which there is
good reason TO suspect that the parties are alb
sconding from the performance of the military
duties which may devove upon them. Persons
under or over the age will not be stopped, and
the order is not meant to be oppressive to the
business community or to those who do not
really remove from their residence with the
intention of evading the law
Year: 1862

By seme good luck, or by an extraordi.
nary display Of skill, the rebe! General
jackson, before whom Gen. Banks retreat
ed down the Shenandoah Valley, about
three weeks ago.. and who, as all supposed,
would certainly fall into we'll laid trap set
to catch him, has retreated up the valley
again and escaped. Gems Shields and Fre-
mont on either side Of him, have each in
their turn had brush with him, and each
have been compelled to fall back before his
superior force or superior fighting, we do
not know which. We regard it as a great


misfortune that he has escaped, and can
scarcely account for it. 1t appears to US
that at all hazards a force ought to have
been sent in behind him sufficient to pre-
vent the possibility Of an escape. We have
no doubt that Shields and Fremont did the
best they could, but it is never safe to count
on anything less than an equal number in a
battle, and neither Of the generals had a
force anything near as large as that ofJack-
son. There is something in the order re-
ducing Banks force, and thereby necessi-
tatins him to retreat, that we could not &C
count for on any other ground than as STRAIT
agetic movement to capture Jackson's force
but now that his force has escaped we are
ut loss to account for it.
Year: 1862

The telegraph brings US. the cheering in
formation that preparations are fast being
made to commence the attack on Charles
ton, the fountain head OF treason. Proba-
bly, no decisive movement will be made un
til our iron clad eur-beats are ready to CO.
operate with the force already there
When that can be done, the fate of that city
will bs speedily settled. We cannot see
how 1t can be done until Richmond is eithe,
taken or abandoned, unless other gun boats
are built. The naval authorities are busy
now preparing other boats. but still it seems
to us impracticable to build them Of sufi
cient force, and in sufficient numbers to take
that place very early in the season. So We
look to those now up the James River.
Year: 1862

that If, when Mr.. Slayer got to Lake City
he found wheat fourteen cents per bushe
below the Red Wing market he would not
have brought his wheat here? It is only
eighteen miles distance, and the difference
an ordinary load would be $3.50, which
would pay very we'll for going that distance
No wonder our friend admitted 1t to be ar
exceptional case.


Another reason why we believe them t>
be true is we have perfect confidence il
nearly all the men that have spoken to u:
on the subject. Personally, We know moth
ing Of Hastings market, but we can speak o.
the other place from our own knowledge
Twice since last fall we have been there
and in both instances we found the market
above that Of this place-in one case foul
cents above.


Then with regard to the combination o
wheat buyers to keep the market down.
We have ourselves seen them stand upon
the corners Of the streets watching for the
wheat as it came in, and have heard one say
to the other, You take this load and ]
will take the next" and We have seen
them repeatedly get upon load of wheat
and no one came near. A friend Of ours
told US he saw wheat buyer get upon a
load on the other side of Jordan, and ii
though there were several on Main Street
when tho team came over, not ono of them
offered bid against the person who had
the cmption right to tho load. lie
also informed us that he had seen one etfer
to throw up penny to decide who should
have certrin load Of wheat then coming
up the street. These are some Of the rea-
sons why We believe the Stories to be truo.


But while we regard no terms too strong
in which to condemn such actions, we feel
that we might do injustice to some Of the
buyers Of this place, if We did not state that
We do not believe that they are all in the
clique. Let them show by their actions
who they are,


Now, let no person say that ws arc An
enemy to Red Wing, or that we endeavor
to injure the interest Of the city. We have
heard these reports until they have caused
US to blush with indignation that there was
a canker worm eating out the very life of
the city land it is wholly useless for any
OF the gang to attempt to divert the indig-
nant attention Of the public from themselves
to US, for the public feel, in the loss the city
has already sustained in trade driven away
by them, that there is demand for an in
quiry into the transactions Of our business
men that is causing such an effect.


Whether the highest price that can be a.
forded is being, and has been paid in Red
Wing, for wheat, we do not attempt to say.
We have seen the Milwaukee quotations,
and hence we kept, Ito some extent,) post
ed in treights, and it is our opinion that af-
ter adding to the price paid here, the cost
Of shipping, and tho freight to Milwaukee,
there is not great margin between the cos.
Of tho wheat there. and what it will sell for
there. But We can afford to pay as much
IS they can At Hastings Or Lake City. The
business men OF those places do not buy at
loss all the time. and If it il true, IS rep.
resented, that they pay more, then 40 can
pay more. e '@~"
Year: 1862

TO be actually felt. The sixty million Of de-
mand notes have been absorbed at the West
where they took the place of q poorer cur.
rency, and really added nothing 10 the volume
of money in circulation. The banks have
only just begun to realize saat this is their
harvest time, and that they ought to expand As
TO the legal tender notes. they have not yet found
their way, in any quantities, to the nnaac.a cen
tres. In the course Of short period os time the
results which have been so confidently predicted
win proba bly, be actually Witnessed. Our bank
currency win begin TO be redundant, ard at the
same time large amoants of money in the shape of
legal tender notes, will be seeking empIoymen:
here. simultaneously with this Congress viii be
compelled. by necessities which ought to have
been foreseen by the Treasury Department and the
Committee of Ways and Means, TO authorize Fr-
ther issue of 500, coo Of legal tender notes.
Under these circumstances the fall in the price of
money will only be checked by the rate of interest
paid by the Treasurer. But for this we should
anticipate three per cent money market here in
June next. AS it IT, call loans will probably fall
to ~ the deposits with the Sub-Treasurer are
only on call after ten days. and the abundance
of money will naturally generate speculation, if
there be the least chance for It.


Inc lorel9h exchange market closed yesterday
at about ll2 "a for bankers bills on London, and
sos 5.0711 for bankers bills on Paris. Rates
fell fully half per cent last week. and gold declined
aboutsS. The decline in exchange takes spectators
by surprise, it is evident not exporting as
much produce importing goods. So
long, however, as the difference be made up
with gold, without causing the price of bullion to
advance, bills must remain where they are. For
eign observers predicted that by the close Of
April sterling bills would be selling in New York
at 100, and gold at s l0per cent premium. Some
further experience of the present paper money
regime will enable us to pronounce upon the pre-
diction. Thus far the actual expansion of paper
has been too slight to produce any effect upon the
general commerce Of the country; and, on the other
hand our exports have only just begun to fall be-
low our imports in volume. II, next July, ex-
change continues to rule at or near liz, and the
premium on gold remains nominal, it will be safe
to pronounce the experience of the past an unsafe
criterion for the future, and the old fashioned
tenets of political economy as far behind the age
as the muskets and cannon which were used by
our army and navy when the war broke out.


The following table shows the course of the stock
market tho mast week and month";
Year: 1862

Another dull week in stocks, with very little
schange in prices. Holders of stocks appear to be
waiting quietly for the results Of victories and of
the issues Of paper money by government.
There 10 very little buying for speculation Stocks
are scarce, and the public show no tendency to
realize 1t present figures. On the other side, the
bears are moderate sellers. They are suffered to
have very heavy line out; but they are. probably,
operating rather for the interest which accrues
upon their contracts than for decline. The
strength which the market has evnced within the
past month, in the general absence Of outside or
ders and inside speculation, affords pretty fair evil
dence that any sudden impulse which it might re.
ceive either from victories or peace negotiations,
would cause a smart upward movement.


The impression is very general among parties
usually well informed that something will grow out
Of the visit of Monsieur Mercier to Richmond. The
French envoy is in position to know the hopeless
ness of the rebel cause, and will doubtless make
known his convictions to the rebel chief. On
the other hand, If he should have it in charge to
say to JEFF. Davis that the unnatural and wicked
rebellion Of the South had disturbed the peace and
commerce of the world quite long enough, and
that in the event of the rebels persevering in their
hopeless attempt to destroy the Union, it would
devolve upon the Emperor of the French to con-
slider what duties his responsibilities might devolve
upon him in that connection, it is not impossi-
BILE that the rebel leaders might avail themselves
Of the loophole offered by The semblance of a
foreign threat, and yield France that which they
would probably declare they would never have
yielded to the North. There may be no basis for
these notions; but it is clear they are not so un-
reasonable as to be unworthy Of attention. The
part of q peacemaker is one which would be emi.
nently grateful to the Emperor Of the French; and
it has long been evident that the chiefs Of the re-.
bellion would embrace any opportunity of ending
the contest which saved their pride.
Year: 1862




Garrison labored under the mistake that all Lin
colndom labored uuder-that the South would
never secede and break up the old Union. Now,
they are all, without exception, in the same pre-
dicament that Garrison is in and a woful spectacle
they present. Garrison had "no idea that death
and hell would secede." Had he been imbued
with the belief that such catastrophe to the
North could occur it is quite clear that he would
have hugged death and hell'' to his bosom in a
loving embrace! The New England States would
jump at proposition to reconstruct the old Con-
federacy on any terms the people of the South
might see fit to lay down. They will consent to
anything; and the remainder Of the free States
would hail with delight any possible reunion, with.
out regard to conditions-so absorbingly anxious
are they for renewal of the patronage'and sup.
port Of the disciples of death and hell'' in the
Southern States Well, they are destined to un
relieved disappointment. There never can be any
reconstruction, politically, socially, tally
or otherwise. The gulf between the two peoples
is too wide to be bridged and too deep to be filled
up The passions and hatreds that have been en-
gendered can never be lulled to rest, and the
sooner the two sections part in peace the better
for all concerned The determination of the mat
ter rests with the North. There never can be any
peace until our independence is fully acknowledged
Until that period arrives the war will continue tt
be prosecuted with augmented yigor, greater
sacrifice Of life and treasure, and with constantly
increasing virulence, until the enmity that existed
between the Romans and Carthagenians, in 'the
olden time, shall come to be regarded as genuine
friendship, when contrasted with the feelings tina
win animate the people of the North and soutt
towards each other. 0a3 T7 '"'7r.
Year: 1862

! q We should not be greatly surprised if some of
Lane's men should be quartered in this city by
April next AS Tor the numbering thief himself
we hope to hear of his being hanged, drawn and
quartered before that time.
Year: 1862

be an unpleasant arrangement for a man
TO be carried across from England to
France, fixed on a board so weighed that
his mouth and nos.riIs should be on a level
with the water, and thus he should be-
struggling for life and barely escaping
drowning all the way Yet hosts of peo-
pie, whom no one proposes to pat under
restraint DO as regards their income and
expenditure, precisely analogous thing.
They deliberately weigh themselves to
10 that degree that their heads are barely
above water and that any unforeseen emer-
gency dips them under--AtLaHtjc Month
F1y
Year: 1862

AaICsENENTs. - Amusemeuts. Of one
kind or another are necessary to the
elasticity. healthfulness, and yiGor of the
mind. as certain relaxatious from labor 10
the health Of the body They act as a
stimulant to the mind. and to do good as
medicine-they relieve the monotonv of
life which without occasional interrupt
ton and change, would impair the best
physical frame and lead TO ennui and by
poehondriasis. Refreshed by Il few hours
Of occasional recreation and amusement
we return 10 the stern labors and business
Of life, with renewed physical and mental
energies, and 70 on our way rejoicing.
with buoyant spirits-with alacrity AM
delight
Year: 1862

- Biloxi town on the Mississippi re-
ported to have been surrendered t. the
federal troops, IS situated on \ narrow strip
Of land running out into the Gulf and IS
nearly opposite and but short distance
from Ship Island It has been somewhat
famous in Southern ATTITUDES as fashion
able watering place. The town, its de
tenders ami defences, including two can
non. surrendered to a small force, without
blow or any show Of resistance 1t viii
doubtless form the basis OF important in
land operations by General Butler.
Year: 1862

Friend It Is very wrong 10 swear as
vou do Why DO YOU do it? Because, ~
replied the prisoner. I've understood
that man may swear out Of jail in thirty
davs want to see if It cant be done in
fifteen. lam going to sit up all night and
do ny worst
Year: 1862

When Or Franklin was making his
first experiments in electricity, wished to
try its effects on 4 hen, and while holding
the wire to the bird. It struggled aud he
received the whole charge himself On
recovering from the shock. he good natur-
edlv remarked that instead Of killing a
hen by electricity, he had nearly killed a
traOSA
Year: 1862

THE CTY.-The city was very dull yesterday
We might almost say gloomy. It twas generally
believed that fght was going on at Corinth
and toehng Of the Importance OF its issue to tn,
Contsderacy, coupled with the thought Of desl
friends exposed to the dangers of the battlefield
produced general sentiment of sadness and
anxiety
Year: 1862

How TO MAKE HENS LAY EGGs.-An old
and esteemed friend is the fortunate possessor
of large ranch, several hundred domestic
fowls, and tribe Of abOrigines who assist n
running the ranch, looking after stock etc
For long time during the present season. his
hens refused to lay eggs, although they were
loud in procaining their ability to do so. Not
an egg could be found in the nest, for those
who were disposed TO duty. to measure by
Our friend took huge black whip, aud hang
ing ii up on the Indian council-house, informed
the inmates that it was necessary for the hens
to lay eggs. Next day several dozen of eggs
was the grand result In the course of two or
three weeks the hens again refused to perform
their duty, and our friend tried another expert
ment; Several eggs were broken at the little
end, and drop or two of Croton oil deposited
in each, after which they were placed where
the hens ought to lay. The effect was equally
salutary aud astonishing, Hen fruit in great
abundance again flowed into the ranch.


IempuS fug3t. and again a visible diminu-

ton of this choice production of the farm yard
became apparent. An old fashioned horse
pistol was charged to the muzzle with powder
and rags, and attached to the door of the
chicken house by string, so that it would be
discharged when the door was opened 1t
was Sabbath afternoon, and our persistent
explorer into the science of compelling hens to
lay, was in the enjoyment of an afternoons nap,
so sweet to the followers of the peaceful calling
OF the husbandmau. He was suddenly aroused
by a tremendous report. accompanied by q
hurried slamming to of doors He was at the
window, with his eyes rubbed open Just in
time 10 see the fattest and LATEST Indian on the
ranch making 2:l9s. time for neighborins
thicket. Not a word was said His supply
of hen fruit has since been iuexhaustible. ard
numerous feathered matrons are fulfilling their
" manifest destiny by rearing large families
of interesting chickens.
Year: 1862

ScHooL.-lt has been suggested to US that
those most deeply interested in the prosperity
of our village school. pay but very little atten-
tion to it. y short time since. when the aunu
al election of Trustees should have taken place.
none but the Board were in attendance, and
the election went by default. That is matter
Of but little Importance however, as the Trus-
tees will hold over until thier successors are
elected aud qualified. The teacher now en-
gagged here, Is said to be an excellent one, and
little attention from parents and others
interested might be the means of making the
school what 1t ought to be-the pride and
glory of the county. A little more attention
to this matter on the part of our citizens would
be highly beneficial. We ought to have a
good substantial, two story brick school house,
and we condemn as unworthy of the age the
ciose-hsted spirit that repels the tax necessary
for its erection. and for the maintenance of a
good primary school, from the property of the
district VIII our citizens arouse themselves
to the Importance Of this subject, aud find time,
amid the multitndinous business projects OF the
day TO provide for the culture and future use
fulness of the little folks entrusted to their
care?
Year: 1862

SENSATION PARAGRAPH-Accordiugt to re-
port by telegraph. some one has made requi
sition upon Government for arms and equip.
menis for the free blacks in South Carolina
1t Is not stated whether Government ha:
honored the requisition, or whether it was
made with the knowledge and consent of Gen
Hunter We consider it a trick to strengthen
The desperate cause Of rebellion. It should be
frowned down,
Year: 1862

NAVIGATING FEATHER RIvER-The Hun
toon street Ferry Boat broke from its fasien


ings, while crossing the river on Sunday last
and was carried down stream shout one mile
before making the shore. The passengers were
landed safely; but we believe the boat has not
yet been returned to the ferry. F@
Year: 1862

With the expulsion of LrE and JACK
SONS Rebels, from Maryland, by General
McCIHLLAN, and the thwarting of the Wes-
tern invaders by WRIGHT, NELSON and
BUEIIs the mad scheme of invading the
loyal States, forced upon the traitor Con-
gress by such inflriated demagogues as
PoRcHER MILES, has run its short and
troublous career to ignominious failure.
1t no doubt had its political as well as mil
itary design. Forced in part by the utter
beggary of the districts which the Rebel
armies had blighted by their presence, and
which no longer furnished entertainment
for either man or beast, the aggressive
movement was doubtless also intended as
sham to deceive Europe, by passing off
spasm of feverish energy as demonstra-
ton Of enduring yigor and strength. But
the disastrous failure of this effort must
tell with damaging effect against their
cause. The astute statesman across the
Atlantic viii hardly have had time to ex-
anime and digest the record of the tempo
rary successes of the Rebels before being
overtaken by the Intelligence of the prompt
and emphatic punishment they received;
ofthe instant uprising of Pennsylvania and
Ohio, Of the powerful reinforcements sent
to the Union armies, and of the splendid
victories of South Mountain and Antietam,
by which the Rebels were sent bowling
across the Potomac


Looking back from to-day, over the last
few weeks, we may well congratulate our
selves upon the utter failure and defeat of
the Rebel plan of a Northern aggressive
war, East and West, which had its politi-
cal as well as its military significance, and
which, after such prompt repulse in the
West, and terrible punishment in the East,
will scarcely be counseled again, even by
such hotheads as MILES and FooTE.
Year: 1862

Should the rebellion continue in its pres
ent shape until the 1st of January next,


the number Of slaves which will on that
day be virtually emancipated, under the
proclamation of the President, will be as
Year: 1862

4 PAIN CUsTARp.- Boil a quart Of new
milk keeping out a little to mix with two Ia
bic spoonflls OF flour: ihcl1cn the boiling milk
with it, let it cool little, then add two eggs
well beaten sweeten and favor with lemon
or natmeg, and bake in deep plate, with
crust; or. If preferred, after the eggs are adj
d. it may he set on fire, and stir till tbs
eLg is turned, but do not let it boil then
sweetcn and favor it, and dip it in cups TO cool
and use
Year: 1862

Lex CREAM Beat the yolks Of three eggs
light, and stir them into quart of milk, then
add half pound of sugar; u pint of cream:
and the peel of two lemons. Set over mode
rate fire and stir constantly until boiling hot
then take out the lemon peel, let it become cold,
and freCze it.
Year: 1862

ANY way so you can GET UP, and SETTLE UP,
your subscription and advertising bill, that we
may be able to save Up enough money, that
we can send to the city and have them send UP
our winter supply of paper, ink, &c, and pay
our debts UP.-EaSton Star.
Year: 1862

SPRUCE UP.-If you get moment to
spare, spruce up-put that gate on its lin
ges, put little paint on the picket fence
you built last year, trim up about your
door yard, make it cozy and inviting-don't
say you can't find time for these things.
The fact is you have no right TO go sloven-
ly-your wife and children will be happier,
your farm will sell for more money in the
market, and will be worth more to you at
home, if you devote an odd hour now and
then and spruce up
Year: 1862

A VALUABLE REMEDY.-Every family
should keep a quantity of chlorate of pot
ash. We have never found anything equal
to it for a simple liberated sore throat.
Dissolve small teaspoonfull of it in a
tumbler of water, and then occasionally
take spoonful of the solution so ss to gar
gle the throat. 1t is nearly tasteless, and
not at all offensive to take, and is hence
we'll adapted to children. Nothing is bet
ter than this for chapped or cracked hands.
Wash them in the weak solution, and they
will soon be we'll. 1t is also good for
rough, pimply, or chapped face. 1t may be
obtained at any druggists.