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Year: 1861

MORE OF THE ARMY WoRNs-SINGULAR De
rENTION OF RAILROAD TRAIN.-A conductor on
the Nashville road informed US, few days ago
that his train was stopped by an emigration Of
army worms crossing the track. They were ovel
an inch thick on the track, and the wheels Of the
locomotive, when it came upon their midst,
whirlcd round and round, as if the track was GOV
cred with ice, and would not move an inch for
ward. the train was backed out and the track
cleared Of the worms with shovels.-LouisriI.
Courier
Year: 1861

NERvOUS DISORDERS. What is more fear. IN ful than breaking down of the nervous system To be exctable- or nervous in small de- gree is most distressing, for where can a remedy be found? There ;s one :-drink but little beer, wine or spirits or far better none take no cof- fec weak tea being preferable; get all the fresh air you take three or four Pills every night eat plenty of Solids, avoiding the use of slOps i; and if these golden rules are followed you will be happy in mind and strong in body, and forget you have any nerves

 MoTHERsiAND DAUGHTERS. there is one thing more than another for which these Pills are so fa- nous it is their purifying properties, especially their power of cleansing the blood from all impu' rities, and removing dangerous and suspended SC. cretions. Universally adopted as the one grand remedy for female complaints. they never fail, never weaken the system, and always bring about what is required.

 | SICK HEADACHES eAyD WANT OF APPETITE.- These feelings which SO sadden us, most frequent ly arise from annoyances or trouble, from obstruc fed perspiration or from eating and drinking what is unfit for us thus disorderng the liver and s.o- mach. These organs must be regulated if you wish to be well. The Pills, Ii taken according to the printed instructions, will quickly restore a healthy action to both liver and stomach, whence follow as natural consequence, @ good appetite and clear head. In the East and West Indies scarcely any other medicine is used for these disorders.

 D1soRDEns OF THE KiDNEys.-1n all diseases affecting these organs, whether they secrete too much or too little water; or whether they be af- ficted with stone or gravel, or with aches and pains settled in the loins over the regions of the kidneys, these Pills should be taken according to the printed directions, and the Ointment should be well rubbed into the small of the back at bed time. This treatment will give almost mimedi- ate relief when other means have failed. FoR SToMAcHs OUT OF oRDER.-N0 medicine will so etectually improve the tone of the stomach as these Pills they remove all acidity occasion ed either by intemperance or improper diet. They reach the liver and reduce it to healthy action they a,e wonderfully efficaciops in cases ofspasm lin fact they never fail in curing all disorders of | the liver and Stomach.
Year: 1861

Slowly and darkly the weary day


Faded into the silent past
The icicle glistened upon the spray


That shivered with cold in the hurrying blast.
The lighted lamps of the city's street
Glowed like fend's eyes through the mist,
And with thousand tongues the pitiless sleet
Like brood Of serpents loudly hissed.
In dark alley away from the cold,
Homeless and friendless the woman crept;
No one to care for her, now she's old
On ibe bare stones was the bed where she slept.
No one to look with plying eye,


No one to notice the fast falling tears,
For the careless traveller hurrying by,
Said "only beggar," with laughter and jeers
Sleeping, she dreamed of that happier time,
When hopes were high in her youthful breast
OF her childhood home in fairer cline,
When a parents kiss on her brow was pressed;
Dreaming, percbancP, of her husbands love,
OF her cbildhoods prattle and joyous laugh
God only knows, and the angels above,
What cup Of sorrow was hers to quaf.
There were sounds of joy in a mansion near,
Twinkling of feet in the mazy dance;
Hearts that knew nothing of care or fear,
Grew mad with rapture at Beauty's glance.
Free flowed the wine, and the happy shout
Went up as the merry jest was told
Little rocked they, in the noisy riot,
That woman was dying that night in the cold.
Yes, freezing to death in the midnight air,
In city whose church spires darken the sky !;
Dying with no one TO murmur prayer,
No one to close up the qnivering eye.
'Tis curse on humanity, bitter and deep;
shame on us, Christians, whose faith is divine,
If we suffer our charities idly to sleep,
And give beggars the less when we've drunk


of the wine.


And tbou, too 0 Dives! whose coat Ia mode,
Would be soiled by the touch of poor Lazarus


hand,


How will you answer a righteous God,
When before His judgment seat you stand
When you pray him TO graciously pardon and


bless


And name the subscriptions you've headed OF


old,


He'll say, 60 You've not on your wedding dress,
And you're only a beggar, despite all your


gold.'
Year: 1861

We have intelligence from nearly all parts ofthe
Northern and Western States in regard to the
growing crops, and the accounts are i'll every way
hatterng. With the exception of the fruit crop,
which in some sections has been considerably dam
aged by late frosts and bleak winds the prospect is
encouraging, and the yield will probably exceed
the AVERAGE.
Year: 1861

Jane Peterson sentenced at Brockville Cam
ada, on the I'd inst to be hanged on the 10th June
for the murder or her husband. She beat him to
death with an axe, and then threw the body into
the river The deceased had previously made IL
will, leaving her all his property.
Year: 1861

At an early hour yesterday morning, Col Jones'
the officer in command at the Federal Hill Camp,
sent to the office of the Baltimore aud Ohio Rail
road an order for a train to proceed to the Relay
House for the purpose OF bringing to the city the
camp equipage which had been used by the troops
while at that point The train was gotten ready,
and accompanied by guard, proceeded on its mis-
sion. On its arrival, the freight was conveyed
from the depot to the camp in a wagon. As soon
unloaded, the tents were erected quite speedily,
and attracted the attention of the large crowd
which all day thronged the hill. On most of the
tents iniature American flags Gnated.
Year: 1861

a despatch from firm in New York, asking
whether their vessel could proceed to Norfolk and
take in a cargo of cotton. The reply was that it
could not; and added that similar requests had
been refused to foreign vessels.
Year: 1861

SAN Francisco ASA WHALING PoST.-The whale
ship Cora sailed from San Francisco April -, for the
North Pacific, trading voyage with the In
dans. She will proceed as far north she can
get for ce and then freeze in for nine ten months
Her trade will be in petries, whalebone, walrus
teeth and the like Two three smaller vessels
will remain in the northern regions this coming
season, having fitted out at San Franc
Year: 1861

About four o'clock in the afternoon, a company
of the troops called out, and those citizens who
had gained admission within the bounds of the
picket guard, requested to withdraw. Som e
object of it not first understood by the "out-
siders' The cannon were also brought out, and
the general supposition that attack was
about to be made. 1t was soon rumored that the
object of the expedition to superintend the re-
moval of some army stores which had for some
time been under the of the city authorities,
and which were slowed in the warehouse on the
corner of Second and GAY streets.
Year: 1861

The following is the style in which the
Philadelphia Press (DomocrStic) speaks
of the cowardly secession sheets Of the
North:


The Altar and A rgus is ono Of that
very small class Of miserable newspu-
pers who still defeud treason in the
North. They do not openly Ovow their
roul feelings, but 90 ns near as the tenn
per Of the people and our present laws
upon the subject Of sedition will permit
While protesting TO serve the Democrat
ic party. they seek to repress the patri-
otic enthusiasm of the people, to de-
nounce the President and his Cabinet, to
snoer at every effort for maintaining the
Union, and magnify every unfriendly ru-
NOR which leaves Washington. They
harp on peace write. elaborate articles
on the habeas corpus act question the
Presidents right TO call out volunteers ;
oveTrute the preparations Of the Sout on
traitors couat up the cost of the war in
tables Of unimHginnble millions moral
ize on the death and suffering, and woe
of war threaten to Withdraw the sup
port of capitalists from the Government;
denounce the efforts to blockade the
South and suppress privnteering, and
even descend to the ineifable meanness
of ascertaining the politics Of our gal
liant volunteers, and of temperinR their
praise or censure according as the object
of It may have voted for the last town
constable or commissioner Of char
ity
Year: 1861




1t is not for want of capital for there
is more money in the country now thar
there ever was before, and there never
was time when 80 much was flowing
In and so little oat 90 at present, u ID
not that the wants of the people ara less
than formerly, for there arc as many TO
be fed and clothed as ever in the free
| States and TO these wants are added the
numerous peculiar provisions for our nu.
merous army. The reason is to be found
in the impoSsibility Of making any caleu-
lOti0ns for the future---tho uncertainty
that hangs over everything. Men sus-
pend all enterprises until they see what
Is likely 70 be the result Of tho great
conflict in which the country is engaged.
II is only state Of suspension. Many
individuals will be ruined but in the ar-
gregate the country viii not be exhaus-
ted and az soon as there shall bo a rea-
sonable prospect Of a successful issue In
a fOas0nable time, things will take
start, and business will be driven with
life and vigoT somewhat commemorate
with the inactivity and deadness Of the
present time.


Wemust take courage, and by prudence
and industry viii all get through. Those
who can stand for sixty days, will be all
right, but wo to those who have been do
ing moro business than their capital
would warrant--who owe heavily. and
whose resources are on their books
These must suffer all others will 90 thro'
the pressure without having been squeez-
ed enough 70 hurt them. We would sug-
gest 10 all the proprieiy and necessity Of
keeping D stiff upper lip. Things is
workin'.-BueyrSs Journal.
Year: 1861

health Of sheep as Of man. When large
focks are to be sheltered in this manner, an
additional preCaution is recommended, that
Of leaving an open space in the rear, under
the roof, for the wind to pass through.
Year: 1861

Southerner.


Abraham Lincoln has been chosen as the
representative man of this northern senti.
ment, and therefore its significance to the
South. They sec but degradation and ruin
to the saveholding States in their policy,
they hope for no justice at their hands, and
would provide against the necessity OF sup
plcatinc for mercy. With the vast numeri-
cal strength the Republicans command, they
can shape the policy of the nation. In the
name Of freedom, they would destroy the
equality, independence, and integrity OF
States. With the shout of liberty, they 81
lence the voice of justice. The proclaim
adhesion to the constitution, mentally re-
solved to alter that instrument, where it may
plainly obstruct, and to so organize the
courts, as to obtain construction, suitable
to their theory, when possible.


As they can effect this work only in the
Union (for out of the Confederacy the par
ty has no material % work upon) they are
now loudest, in proclaiming their devotion
to the Union, and in denouncing secession in
the South. Legions of wide wakes are ram
ing for coercion.


In this embrace of she North, the South
feel themselves, in the arms of the statue of
the wife of Nabs, which by its cunning ma
chinery tortured consent, to all the demands
of that cruell SPARTAN; and all the while the
spectator was dazzled with the beautiful gar
ments with which the statue was dressed
Year: 1861

CoRREsPoNDENCE.-W have made ar
rangements with friend, at the seat of Gov
ernment, to correspond for the Herald dur
ing the session Of the Legislature. So our
readers may be posted in the doings of the
ewise men of the State" His first letter
will be found in to.day's Herald.
Year: 1861

EsMARALDA.-There are five hundred men
and two women in and about the town of
Aurora in Esneralda. New lodes rich in
silver and gold, are being discovered daily;
very little is being done owing to the in
clemency of the weather.
Year: 1861

ES- Our County Treasurer informs US
that the new manner of collecting revenue
by Township Officers seems to work very
well, and that he is of the impression that
more revenue will be collected by it than un-
der the old system. We hope so.
Year: 1861

SMALL Pox.-This frightful disease has
made its appearance at Forest Hill, Todd's
Valley and Michigan Bluff. The report
was circulating few days since that there
were a great number Of cases, but upon in
quiry we can only hear of three cases at the
Hill, one at Todd's Valley, and one or two
at the Bluff. With care it will no doubt
soon disappear from these communities.
However our citizens should use some pre-
caution-have their children vaccinated, and
themselves too where necessary thus
prepare themselves for "the visitor" if che"
should happen to come along.
Year: 1861

Inc Legislature of Tennessee have adopted n
JOINT resolution for Convention or Congress Of ali


me banks IN the Confederate States to be held at
georgia on the Sd OF June so confer and
adopt such line Of policy as will best promota tha
general welfare, ard insure a currency of uniform
value throughout the South" "
Year: 1861

0AO4n4AAA - WOS 4NA9ao0"s


Surface water can often be drained away
where there is no perceptible descent to the
eye, and the fact that the drains must some
times pass through swell of land higher
than the general suriace Of the meadow, to
reach an outlet, should not prevent the un-
dertaking. Take an accurate survey of the
meadow with leveling instruments, and as.
certain where one or two main open bitches
can be cut and have suitable regularity of
fall or draught to carry off food waters with
the falling Of the.stream. The fewer bitches
you can have, and yet get rid Of the water,
The more convenient will be the after tillage
Of the land. In digging these bitches it is
convenient to use models of light scantling
or lath, Of the right width for the bottom
Of the ditch, and the sides Of them faring
out at an angle Of forty-fve degrees; the
workman should try his work by such q
model from time to time, in order to regu-
late the width of the ditch at the top, &C
cording 10 its depth, for that will vary with
every inequality Of surface when the bot
tom Is kept at Q certain regulated grade Of
descent. The earth taken out may perhaps
be valuable for the compost heap, or for
loNeillN Wy uONONb III Suc nleduON ouIioSS >
and, after plowing, farther attention may be
given to cutting of knolls as well as filling
depressions.


Affer completing the bitches, and the
land has dried Off sufficiently To permit of
plowing ID, any time in the season previous
% about the first week IN September, plow
- much Of It as you can at one time man.
age, as much IS nine or ten inches deep, so
as 70 bury the whole sod thoroughly, and
kill its roots. Il would be still better to
plow foot deep. Be particular in plowing,
20 get the old, swampy vegetation all under,
otherwise IL would grow up again, to the in.
jury Of the new seeding. The sod and sub.
soil plow will make the best tilling, pro-
vided the cod Is not too rooty and stubborn
% allow Of the use Of the little skim or
leadmQ pI0R. II the sod Is too much for
The akim ploW 10 contend with successfully,
then large powerful breaking up plow Of
TIE nat fnrrow sod kind, drawn by four or
elk oxen, will Be best.


The meadow should be seeded after the
application Of ffteen or twenty loads Of
compost per acre, made Of manure and
good upland loan, and narrowed inf pos
aible, y early as the first half Of August,
fbr that will give the young grass time to
get firmly rooted before the winter or spring
foods come on, 90 that it will not be likely
% Be killed BY the overflow. Ahalf bushel
Of herds grass and bushel of red-top
seeds per acre, covering with . brush or
light roller, although II lowl.mead0w grass
can be procured bushel and q half Of this
seed Is preferable for such Q location, as
rather benefited than otherwise by an occa-
sional flooding lt delights in moist but
not vet soil, and yields very thick and
hsaTy swath and superb quality of hay, and
isvory lasting in the land provided il is not
cut 100 early. Such drainage and stocking
down under cultivnted grasses, together with
occasional fIture top-dressings Of composts,
viii make The meadow exceedingly valuable
grass land.
Year: 1861

SAN Francisco MUNICIPAL ELECTION The
San Francisco local election is to take place
on Tuesday next. The Peoples party have
had full sway in the government of San
Francisco since 1885, and would probably
have retained it indefinitely had not the
Nominating Committee placed Secessionist
upon the ticket for County Clerk. The Morn
ing Call, which has heretofore given its pow
erful Influence in favor of the nominations OF
the Peoples Nominating Committee, says ol
Bartlett, the nominee for County Clerk:


"That gentleman's Union sentiments are
not of the soundest; in fact, he is a Pacific
Republicist of long standing, and long since
published the doctrine of the right of seces-
sion. He is also from the seeded States, and
of course is not liable to be consumed by the
warmth of his Union sentiments at this june
ture."


The Union men who are not to be forced
into voting for a Pacific Republican will sup
port John A. Monroe, Esq, very worthy
and loyal citizen, and the Secretary of the
Democratic State Central Committee. The
ticket which is opposed to the Peoples tick
ct, is made up of Union men without regard
to party antecedents. The administration
Union ticket" nominated by the Republicans
is no longer in the field.
Year: 1861

LOSING BLESSED OFFIoE.-At the recent
neutrality meeting held at Colusa, which
resolved that we Of California ought not te
interfere in the fight of the rebels against the
government and thereby close the blessed
office of Peacemaker," Col. Saunders, late
Collector at Sacramento, was among The
speakers He doubtless feels the loss of the
blessed office " which he so long held, very
keenly, aed it is no wonder he wants to hang
on to what other one he may be entitled to.
The Colonel is filled with brotberly love to-
wards all his countrymen just now. lie was
wont to wish that stone wall might be built
around California to keep out Chinese and
Yankees
Year: 1861

SACRAMENTO CRY DRAINAGE The Union
Gays that the Fire and Water Committee of
the Board of Supervisors of Sacramento, have
made arrangements to try the experiment of
pumping the surplus water of the city into
she river. A large sized Hollys pump will
be procured form the agents of the inventor,
Huntingdon d Hopkins, at moderate charge
for the, use Of the same, to be returned when
1t is no longer needed The pump will be
connected with the engine at Hot,hkiss &
Co.'S saw mill. A fume will be constructed
to run under the railroad track and empty
into the river. The water to be removed will
bave to be elevated about ten feet.
Year: 1861

AN ACT to provide for the purchase Of certain


copies Of Nebster's Dictionary, for the sup


ply Of deficient school Districts Of the state.


The people of the State Of FjscoHsia represent
Cd IN Senate aad Assembly, do enact as Joll0cs:


SEC. l. The state Superintendent Of public
instruction, with the consent and approval of
the Governor is hereby authorized purchase of
on behalf Of the STATE three hundred copies Of
Webster's unabridged Dictionary OF the Eng
lish Language provided that the price shall
not exceed four dollars for each copy to sup
ply the deficient school Districts Of the state.


SEC. 2 Such Dictionaries when purchased
shall be distributed in the manner provided in
chapter twenty second Of the General Laws Of
1853, and IN section second Of chapter one hun
dred and thirty eight of the General Laws of
1859 and shall be held and used by the sever
al districts receiving the same as provided in
section third of said chapter one hundred and
thirty eight aforesaid.


SEC. 3. There is hereby appropriated out Of
the income Of the school fund sum of money
sufficient to pay for the dictionaries provided
for in this act, and the state Superintendent of
public instruction shall certify to the state
treasurer the amount Of such expenditure.


SEC. 4. The state Superintendent Of public
instruction is hereby authorised to furnish any
school district heretofore supplied, but now des-
titute through loss by fire, or theft, with copy
Of Webster's unabridged dictionary. upon re-
ceipt from the state treasurer showing that the
cost Of such dictionary to the state has been
paid into the state treasury ; proUided, that the
affidavit of the Town Superintendent of such
loss shall first be fled with the superintendent
of public instruction.


SEC. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and publiea-
ton.


Approved February 9th, 1861.
Year: 1861




For young man to think that he does
himself credit by hanging around stores
and taverns. smoking bad cigars and pay
ing for Whiskey and oysters, in order to he
called liberal by clique of youths as
soft in the brain as himself For lady
to be annoyed because gentlemen do not
always give her the best half of the street
and the incest seat in a public assembly.


She should not forget that these conven-
: tional courtesies are not her right any far
ther than they choose to concede them
For an unfedged clerk to think that be
must buy extrayagant gloves and cravats
for every festive occasion, because Jones
whose father is worth thirty thousand dol
lars. does so. The best way of proving his
manhood would be to leave such things en-
tirel y alone. For girl to stay away from
a party because she has worn all her dres-
ses and can't have a new one. Isn't it
something akin to self conceit for her to
imagine that people have nothing to do


but to think about her and her dresses?
For man to be extra fastidIous about CO.
lognes, diamond fnger-rings, and scented
pocket handkerchiefs, and then society at
defiance with his tobacco box and cigar


case Fer a girl to think that she is es-


tablishing her character as young lady of
fashion by allowing her mother to toll


through all the drudgery of the house,


and then investing her money in gaudy


brooches and artificial flowers For q


man to suppose himself gentleman be-
cause he touches his hat to a party of
splendidly dressed ladies. while he seorns


to extend helping hand to the old woman
+ struggling across the street For simple


working girl to buy imitation jewelry, be-
cause her wealthy nelghbor spends real


fortune in the real For an elderly young


lady to think she renews her bloom by
I dressing in the style of sixteen, with pink
roses in her bonnet and ermine roses on
her cheeks For an old bachelor to at


tempt to darn his own stockings without a
steel thimble and good stock of patience,


or to venture where there are dozen pref
/ ty girls I!


/ AT party in dwelling house at
Hyde Park. London, a lady who was play


ing at the piano caught her dress on fire
/ from candle Other ladies rushed to ex-
/ tinguish the flames when they caught fire
too Five ladies were burning at once
and their screams were horrible. The
gentlemen present were unable to 4ueneh
| the flames for some moments Two of the


ladies were SO much injured that they di-
/ ed.