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Year: 1861

One evening last week woman who
had probably suffered considerable on ac
count of the dissipation of Eer husband,
entesed a billiard saloon in this city, with
cow hide in and determined to chastise
him If she should .fnd hiEn there. AS
she gained ingress, sure eRoagh there lie
was, playing llvel y game with creny.
Without saying word she commenced
thrashing him with all the strength and
drxtcrity she could muster. After deal
ing him several very telling and striking
arguments against the practice OF billiard
playing; she turned upon his cham, gave
| him like demonstration Of her exiting
powers OF persuasion, and then commenc-
ed upon some young men who were play
ing at another table When she entered tie
room, but who where now looking, hall
terrified, at her. After efectualiy break
| ing Up their innocent amusement she no
tced the keeper of the rooms and also
belabored him till she was about to be un
ceremoni 01ssIy elected fscm the premises
by those present, when bystander
caught her weapon in one hand, and with
the oihe er severed it in two. This ended
the scenes and we learn that the belliser


ent wife and her lord departed the house
in peace. It is said that solemn silence
|


reigned in Mot billiard saloon "for the
space of half an hour" after this occur
rence,-Laporte Harala.
Year: 1861

There seems now no doubt OF the
death Of Major Winthrop, an active aid
of G. naral Butler; who lett with the
command for Great Bethel, and was pos
ted near the right of the column. He
declared before The action commenced
that he oald not hesitate to risk his life
lor the good of the cause, and even went
SO Far as IL prepare for some fatality BY
'hc appointment of Major Green as exc
cutor, in case he as killed.


We learn from an attarhee of General
Bulltr's staff that in the thickcst of Il G
fight he was struck on the side wi h a
cannon Dali, and such WAS lis a5oa!
that he calico upon a brother officer to
eId his miseri' By killing bin.
Year: 1861

A private letter from Zouave boy
who was in the battle Of Great Bethel,
to his is,er in New York, tells how the
young heroes felt and fought in their
FIRST engage men, with the enemy:


The fire was very hot and RAPID. Es-
trv instant the balls were crashing and
whistleing around US, yet all the boys in
group stood steady, ready to ere at eve
~ 7poriunity, and conversing with each
other and the colonel in the same voice
and as deliberately as il We had been
safe in camp. know l had quite an
argument with one of the fellows. and
we both thought nothing of our situa-
tons.


At oae time it seemed as ii balls could
never C. me SO thick ard fast as they did
abou our group. At every loom OF the
cannon we would drop fat on our fac, S
aud rise Instantly, but they came SO fast
after that, that m any Of US iii not take
the trouble. lelt that il l was going
to be hi. l would be anyhow, and if |
had falltn at every shot | wonld have
nothing to do but to get down and gel
up. 1t was a grand an awful sceue.-
bul | did not lcalize it FULLY till it was
over There were many instances of in
divldual heroism-some observed, some
not. think every man Gid his best.
and AN, with few exceptions, were equal
y brave. One fine young fellow lay
near tree on his face, leading and fring
in that position as fast as he could, max
ing almost every shot tell ca some of the
foe At last be raised his body little; at
that moment bullet struck his heart and
h I fell stiff IN DEATH An excellent fellow
Of my mess, with whom / have become
well acquainted, fell right by my side
Captain KIpatlick, as brave man as
ever lived, who stood not over three feet
from me, was shot in the leg and arm.


AT length our party wanted change,
so we turned into the road, where We
found our first Lieutenant, brave young
man, of ABOUT my age. and few others.
We begged of him, for Gods sake. to
lead US on; he asked, "Wiil you follow?"
eyes," we shouted He waved his
sword above his head and cried, Come
or, and On he went with shout dash
ing at full speed over the plougbed field
right in the face Of the enemy's battery
We were ABOUT the only red bfeeches in
the field, and the balls poured around Us
like hail Storm The 7th New YORK
Volunteers were at the left Of the field
and we stood at the right. After contin-
uing the firing for some time the TIL
Were ordered back. Oar listle band re


NAMED longer, and were the last to leave
the field. The rebels seemed to have ;
regular antipathy to our red breeches fe1
they paid special regard TO them with


their shots.


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Year: 1861

Public opinion Is fast settling down to
comprehension Of the facts of the Bull
Run disaster; and within a fortnight those
who blamed the journals that cried "For-
ward to Richmond" 80 loudly, will see
where their error lies. the Washington
correspondent Of the New York Journal
Of CG4nnlerce-a writer that would not vii
Ingly lose chance to geta thrust at the
New York 155bune-sayE:


The history Of the late disaster ut Bull Run
is BEGINNING to be well understood. The de:
feat was cansed entirely by the lncompeteucJ
OF Gen. Mcdowell He brought up nineteen
regiments, rs yen will find, to the line Of at
tack, and left twenty-six regiments out Of the
way and never brought them up. although
there WAS crisis in the engagement when &
few regiments would have turned the scale il
our favor.
Year: 1861

LAND OFFICE DEC1s1oN.-The Commits
sioner Of the General Laud Office has decided
that settlers upon the public lands who may
enlist for the war will not forfeit their pre-
emption claim in consequence Of their ab-
eence, If notice Of the time Of entry into the
service Is filed with the register and receiver,
and such steps are taken as show q bono it1de
intention to return after the war.
Year: 1861

if we chose-abstained altogether from voting upon that day. No reasonable doubt can be claimed of their entire devotion to the cause of of the Union; and yet they staid away from the poll on that day, and lost very excellent chance of renewing their faith, and of giving open evi- dence to all men of the sincerity and heartiness of their declarations. Was it because they loved the Union cause less than they feared for the de- moralization of the old "Democratic" organi- zation? Thanks to the noble fifty democrats who did stand by the cause that day, who daa keep the faith, who did make good their declara- tions, who did vote openly and above board for the Union ticket we nominated amid enthusiasm and concord ,--the Union ticket triumphea by their votes. And thanks for the vote at large, that we see now the way opened for distinct line of policy to be pursued hereafter, and one upon which we shall again unite and triumph on the glorious principle of e Our Country First, and Forever!

 Our few words and observations have length ened out to column or more. We have not at all exhausted the subject but we leave it here to our readers for their own reflections.
Year: 1861

The old issue of Postage Stamps no longer being received at our Post Office, we can no lon ger receive them in payment for subscriptions or advertising. Our friends will be kind enough therefore, in making remittances to us in this way, to send the new stamps only.
Year: 1861

chamber of the gun. 1t is the impression that
the act was done, by parties who were formerly
connected with the army, whilst lying at the
Northern central depot, or on their way to TINS
city.
Year: 1861

p@ We hope that those who are constantly
degrading themselves by their fulsome toadying
of General Scott, and who are ineurring the in
dignation as we'll as the contempt of the coun-
try, by the insulting falsehood that this nation
is indebted to General Scott, or any other one
man, for its existence and safety, are being well
paid by the contracts in the gift Of the officers
of the army.
Year: 1861

while on the other were ranged the descendants
of men Of heroic stock who fought at Louis.
bourg, at Quebec, at Bunker Hill, and Mon.
mouth, and who too we'll remember the sires
from which they sprung to yield, but with their
life, the battle for liberty.
Year: 1861

FEMALE DARING HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
"A lady came into Birmingham with q
handsome equipage, aud "desired the land
lord Of the inn to get her a husband, being
determined TO marry somebody or other be-
fore she left the town." The man bowed,
and supposed her ladyship to be 10 face
tiOns humor, but being made sensible how
much she was in earnest, he went out in
search of a man that would marry fine
lady without asking qnestiOnsl After many
repulses from poor fellows who were not
desperate enough for such venture, he
met with an eXciseman, who said he "could
not be in worse condition than he was," "
aud accordingly went with the inu. keeper,
and made o tender of himself, which was
all he had to bestow on the lady, who i'm
mediately went with him to one who gave
them license, aud made them man aud
wife, on which the bride gave her spouse
two hundred pounds, aud without more de-
lay left the town and the bridegroom to
find out who she was, or unriddle this
strange adventure. Soon after she was
gone. two gentlemen came into the town in
full pursuit of her they had traced her so
far upon the road, and finding the inn
where she put up. they'examned into all the
particulars of her conduct, and on hearing
she was married, gave over their pursuit
and returned back. 'Tis supposed the
young lady, in desperate fit, for fear of
being forced to marry some Que whom she
did not like chose this unaccountable way
of preventing it.
Year: 1861

Upon rea ding the affidavit filed in this cause and
IL appearing therefrom that said Plaintiff has good
cause Of action against said defendant and that said
defendant is now within this State but cannot after
due diligence be found it is hereby ordered that
vice of summons therein be made by publication in the
Nevada Democrat, a newspaper published in Nevada
County for the period of three weeks successfully.


Given under my hand this 1st day Of April 1861


apr2-td JOHN KENDALL. J. ?,
Year: 1861


THE Policy OF LINCOLN's GOVERNMENT.


SO far from coercion we Opine that President
Lincoln will satisfy "the South in every de-
mand they make and moreover, that New
Mexico will be admitted as a slave State into
the Confederacy. There will be no war. The
South has triumphed; the North surrenders -
few months more of newspaper sensation,
and the Union is restored. The struggle for
the publication of the American Constitution
was made at great risk; but as in the case Of
the Siamese twins, it was found that to cut the
ligament would be death to both. So while we
acknowledge and admire the grandeur Of the
effort to limit the area of slavery, we are con-
strained to admit that it cannot be successful
in our days. TO posterity must be referred this
terrible rrangement.-[M Moneys Express.


With all Difference TO the superior sagaci-
ty aud foresight of the Irish Historian, we
think nearly all bis predictions will prove
at fault 1t will not be in the power Of
Lincoln to satisfy every demand of "the
South;" and if New Mexico is admitted into
the Union, the chances are ten to one it
will come in as free State. The Spanish
and mixed population of New Mexico are
all opposed to slavery, and merely acquies-
ed in the Territorial slave code in order
to keep on good terms with the Federal
authorities at Washington. They can have
no such object now in recognizing slavery
10 their State Constitution. Possibly the
Union will be restored in "a few months"
but we can see no indications of an inten.
tion on the part of the Gulf States to return
to their allegiance. On the contrary, every
arrival from the East brings additional
evidence of the determination of those
States to maintain an independent govern.
ment and make the separation final. And
If they remain Ou! of the Union, as there is
every reason to believe they will, it will be
out of their power to extend the "area Of
slavery" beyond its present limits. They
will soon find themselves surrounded by a
Gordon of free settlements, beyond which
they cannot carry their institution. The
South has been warned time aud again, by
sagacious statesmen of their own section,
that secession was the doom Of slavery"
Year: 1861

pressive cOuntenance, upon which suffering had
stamped its seal, long black hair and large mel
ancholy eyes. He had evidently experienced
many hardships or largely indulged in dissipation.
The sentimental widow of course adopted the
former theory, confirmed with the air of timidity
with which the young man entered her presence.
At the first glance she ren0unced the plan of
offering the 300 francs, fearing to wound proud
and susceptible nature. She exhibited to him the
empty pocket book, which he opened, and de
clared not his property. Madame D. apOlOgized
for the trouble she had given so uselessly, and
engaged the youth in conversation. The visitor
soon gained courage and the enamored widow
was not long in recognizing the author of the
letter. He told her the story of his life-how he
had early been left alone in the world, how he had
foolishly spent his fortune, and was now reduced
to the brink of beggary, etc, ETC. Filled with
compassion, engendered by warmer sentiment,
Madame ID. secretly resolved to comfort his de-
spairing nature, and restore to its fitting rank in
society an intellect which might adorn any sta
ton. To this generous task she devoted all her
energies. and when the melancholy Edmund took
leave OF the fair widow, he carried with him a
beaming smile of encouragement.


The acquaintance continued and at the close
ofthe country season, Madame d. again took up
her residence at Paris. She enlisted influential
aid in behalf of her "protege," and obtained for
him employment suited to his education. He
had not yet proposed marriage, and she, attribut-
ing his hesitation to a noble and delicate cause,
made up her mind to surprise him. A wedding
contract, in which she placed at the disposition OF
her future husband one half her fortune, was
drawn up by notary, and she intended to exhibit
it to Edmund the same evening. Upon return
ing home from the notary's office, the servant in
formed Madame ID. that NJ. Farblay had called
during her absence, but had gone away, after





Upod entering the apartment herself. she ascer
tanned the cause of the young gentleman's sudden
departure. Edmund had broken open her desk:
and carried off a sum of ready money and stock
payable to bearer. But what theromantic widow
has lost in cash she has gained in experience.
Year: 1861

ALBISoEs.-Dr. McWorkman Superintendent
of the Blind Asylem paid flying visit to our
town on Tuesday, and in company with DR.. Ellis
proceeded to Bristol to visit family containing
several Albino children. The father and mother
who. are in humble circumstances, are of fair
complexion, dark hair and blue eyes, and bear
relationship to each other as first cousins They
have had seven children, of whom five were AL
binoes, with hair as white as the driven snow, ex
ceedingly fair complexion, and ewes of pink
color. One of these is an infant but two or three
weeks old. All Of them are so nearly blind as
to be unable to distinguish letter or to acquire
an education in the usual way. DIR. McWork-
man decided that they were proper subjects for
admission to the Blind Institute, and took the
three elder children with him his RETURN
Goshen Times.
Year: 1861

THE WHEAT CRoP.-We are informed by one
who has travelled pretty extensively over the Gen.
trail and southern part of the county during the
past few days, that the wheat promises an absn-
dant yield next harvest. The winter has been
more than usually favorable, and the young plant
is well rooted, is vigorous and strong, and if not
blasted between this and harvest, an unusual crop
may be expected.-Johnson County Herald.
Year: 1861

Ts


We the undersigned, residents of - in the State OF


hereby jointly and severny covenant with United
States and guarantee that in the foregoing
f, be accepted, - will, within ten days after the
acceptance OF said -, a contract for the samp
proposed in conformity the the advertisement
hereto appended, under which It made And in case
the said shall fail TO enter into contract aforesaid
guarantee TO make good the difference between the
of the said - and the next lowest bidder


Witness:
Year: 1861

A SKETCH OF LIvERPooL.-Liverpool is second
New ork In Its active commercial character In
its externals there is nothing to remind you that
II Is foreign city. You are constantly reminded
OF Boston and Philadelphia. 1t resembles them
more than New York. The houses In the bes,
streets are succeed, and have fnishings Of the
iightgrev sandstone, so common In England; and
there, as In all towns where bituminous coal Is
used as the usualfuel, the whole town has smok Y
and dark appearance. In their hotel arrangements,
however, they have nothing in common with us;
no public sitting room, no public parlor no psbli
or common table. public eating room, called
the coffee room, is fitted up like refectory, with
little tables spread fer one or two persons and
mere the single gentlemen take their meals, sac b
at such an hour as he pleases. A gentleman with
ladies must have his sitting room as we'll as bed.
rooms, and bis meals are served In his sitting
room, with such food and drink he chooses to
order, and at such times suits his convenience
The hotels are much smaller than ours have
much less pretension In appearance, and the ex-
penses to which the traveller 10 subjected are about
twice as much az with us in hotels of similar
grade.
Year: 1861

u On occasion Of some artillery practice at
Rexhill, In England, some four or five thousand
tower which was the point TO be fred at All at.
tempts TO persuade them to retire proving vain.
the Duke Of Cambridge ordered a round or two Of
niank 10 De nred over them. Even then they
shotto be fred well over their heads The whist


ing OF the shot settled the business and the men
outside vacated t6e position iu such haste, tina,
tney noied over each other and into divers
Year: 1861




Fined into, aud Another Overhauled,


The Louisville Democrat of the day before
yesterday has the following:


The steamer Trio, Louisville and Ken
lucky River packet, was fired into on Satur-
day night, at Burns's Landing, on the Ken
lucky River. Some fifteen or twenty shots
were fred, One cabin-bOy was peppered.
and a shot passed through Captain Tom
Olaxon's hat be being the pilot Of the boat.
1t appears that two distinguished citizens of
Lexington sent word to Owen County that
boats were engaged to carry arms and mu
nitions of war to Frankfort for Camp Robin
son, whereupon there gathered some three
or four hundred Secessionists, and proceeded
to the river bank to Intercept the boat.


After the boat was fred into and rounded
to, the clerk proceeded to the camp, and was
there met by Colonel Lee, who assured him
that the firing was against orders. After
some further conversation, Captain was
sent down to the boat to examine its freight,
and if nothing was found on board offensive
to them, it might proceed.


Later news reports that soon after the Trio
left on her return trip, the steamer Dove, on
its way to Frankfort, was oVerhauled by the
Secession mob, and detained several hours
at Monterey ere it was permitted to go to
Frankfort.


So the Secession pronunciamento has gone
forth that all boats going up the Kentucky
River must hereafter undergo a search by
the mob. The lawful pursuit of men is to
be supervised by mob Of God defying, law,
resisting scoundrels. This, too, is body oi
men who organized at the instance of dis
tinguished citizens of Lexington--organized
in defiance of law, and to resist law. We
trust they will see their folly and go quietly
to their homes, or that they will be met with
authority sufficient to command their atten'
ton and respect.
Year: 1861

GENERAL LYON was man of true moral
courage. He never would recognize the
code Of the duelist. 1t is said he was once
struck in the face, but refrained on religious
principle from challenging his adversary.
This subjected him for a time TO the contempt
of his fellow officers; but long before his
death they learned to understand aud respect
his position on this subject. No one now
can doubt his bravery.
Year: 1861

A REPHNTANT You've MARA clergyman
Of Toronto lost valuable gold watch from
his house over year ago. On Monday week
a young man came to his house and handed
the watch, together with q note 70 the sery-
ant. The note stated that the watch was
taken In a moment of temptation, but that
his conscience gave him no rest until he had
deteEpipsd upon restitution.
Year: 1861

Some little anxiety is manifested for the
safety Of two Boston IndiRmen, loaded with
saltpetre and gunnyaeloth, which are making
rather long voyage for this season Of the
year, from Calcutta for Boston,
Year: 1861

VIRGINIA-THE PRESENT CRISIS.


In dissolviug her relations with other
States, she seeks war with no one-her de-
sire is only for peace and to be permitted to
pursue her own happiness in her own way.
But she stands prepared to peril life, fortune.
and honor in resisting aggression, and up
holding the freedom, which Washington
won for her.


But we must not CLOSE our eyes to the dan
gerS-that surround u.s. We would have
every man in the State to appreciate the
full extent and magnitude of the peril. Let
him consider that the whole North is band
ed against us--that an army Of 200, 900 men
is ready to be let loose, to invade and enslave
us;-that our enemies have control Uf the
ocean-that they have vast advantages in
the abundance and superiority of their arms
-and that they are animated diabolical
hate, which bars all quarter. And then let
him bear in mind, and take heart from the
reflection, that all these formidable adyan-
tages can only be overcome by tirIn, deter
mined, 4 brave, free and united people,
There must be an instant and universal ur-
rising of the whole population of the State.
Our common safety, every mans safety &C.
pends upon it. Our freedom-our existence
as people is at stake Instant, vigorous
and united action can alone save US.


While the people are engaged preparing
for the conflict, let the Convention issue al
address to all the sons of Virginia to rally to
her rescue in this her supreme hour. And
let the Convention add the sanction of it,
authority, to those Of her sons in any official
capacity. that, in these times of disentegruton
on the one side and uusrpation and conSoli-
dation OH the other, the first and foremost
duty Of each and all is to their native State.
Rich Whi1.
Year: 1861

BEAUTIFUL ExrRAoT-When the summer
of youth is slowly wasting away into the
nightfall Of age, and the shadows of past years
grow deeper, as if life were on its close, it is
pleasant to look back through the vista of
time, upon sorrows and felicities of other years.
If we have home to shelter and hearts to
rejoice with us, and friends have been gathered
by our firesides, then the rough places of our
wayfaring will have been worn and smoothed
away in the twilight of life, when the sunny
spots we have passed through will grow
brighter and more beautiful. Happy indeed
are those whose intercourse with the world has
not changed the tone of their holier feeling, or
broken those musical chords of the heart
whose vibrations are SO melodious, so touching
in the evening of age.
Year: 1861

TRUE AS PREACHING. The Napa Re-
porter says that the man who stops advertising
because the times are hard is like fisherman
who quits batting his hook because the fish do
not bite briskly.
Year: 1861

TEvHE UNDERSIGNED are DESTROYS of calling the


& attention of the Printers and Publishers of the
Pacific Coast to their very extensive stock Of Print
ing Book, Cap and Letter Papers, together with a
general stock of Goods suitable to the trade now on
hand