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Year: 1861

A Any information regarding the standard work upon the uniform and dress of the Army be had of Col DUN CAN who found in the office of Col DEA Assistant Adjutant General CourtHouse Building, Richmond va IrSspt, l9, 1881. 9w
Year: 1861

The undersigned Postmaster at -. State of -, certi6es UNDER that he is acquainted with the guar and knows them to be men Of property and able to make good their guaranty

 Dated Slgneo
Year: 1861

HAWAIIAN PAPR-The Pacific Commercial
Adrertisr Of the Sd ult gives an account Of the
reception BY the Sandwich Islanders Of the first
paper printed in their native tongue, which was
issued from that Office few days previously. The
tito Of the native paper is NPspG KIOkOd
Tor Independent Press. For several days the
publication Office was besieged BY the natives in
crowds Of hundreds, and four thousand copies
Of the first issue were disposed Of II was
thought that another edition Of o thousand
would be needed to satisfy the demand. A like
excitement was never known in HOnOlulu-
The Commercial Adrsrissr Of the 10Th anDOun-
ces tho arrival Of two black bears from Puget
Sound, one Of which died in Few days from
excessive heat.
Year: 1861

WASHINGTON, Nay Is, 1851.


The President has been greatly hrassed OF late by
commanders Of volunteer corps who here to urge
the acceptance Of their commands into the United States
service They all have to plead special merits,
the basis Of which they claim preferment As all such
offers properly within the consideration of the War
Department the President is unable to do anything for
these applicants. Probably in order to rid himself of
their opportunities he has given several of them vague
recommendations to Secretary Cameron; but these
Presidential endorsements more needed than
any other when conflicting with the rules of the de-
partment. / was shown OF these documents
this morning. The President had written that the
cavalry corps offered by the bearer might be Of great
service. The Secretary Of War wrote i'm mmedia;ey be-
low"General Scott says he does not want any cavalry
he wants nothing but infantry and rifemen." This
rather looks though the Commander Chief does not
intend carry the into tho interior the seeded
States otherwise large bodies of cavalry would doubt
lessly be enlisted.
Year: 1861

FRyDnIcN, May ALI p. ".
After the adjournment Of the House the Senate found
self without quorum. They obtained one for the pur-
pose Of adjournment.


Certain members made unsuccessful effort 70 intro
duce Military bll when the opposition left the cham
ber and the city, and had to break up


Gov Hicks this evening gave orders 10 call out the Ma
ryland quota--four thousand vo,1nteers-which have
been accepted by the government with the condition
they are only expected defend the United States pro
perty in the State and District Of Columbia.
There s rumor that the Kentuckans at Harper's
Ferry have not been furnished with arms, a state
OF mutiny have declared tor the Union and about
leaving home. There trouble there and desertions
are numerous.
Year: 1861

WASHINGTON, May 10, 1861
is generally expected that the first collision will take
place at Barpers Ferry Such is the opinion OF persons
high in the administration. The government keep their
movements most profoundly secret.


The extensive forthcations and batteries which are
being erected by rebel troops have somewhat alarmed
the government The point which has been selected
be made almost mpregnable provided ii allowed 20
on If in they may be dislo1ged and driven
out with comparatively small loss of life 1t is said by
high military authority to be Of the strongest posi-
tons for army entrench themselves in the world
Year: 1861

WNFHINFfON, MAY TO, foOIs
Colonel Learned and associates, Of New York, here
for the purpose Of arranging for the building OF large
number Of gunboats for the or the government.
They propose 10 build them a. their expense and
then for the government TO make such Of them
may think proper The government s very deficient
In this important article Of naval warfare.
Year: 1861

The annual examination of the First District
Schools is in progress. We have not had time to
visit the Schools yet, but expect to do SO before
they get through. We acknowledge the polite in
vitations we have received to attend the examna-
tions.
Year: 1861

was in six stanzas of eight lines each, and was put
into the hands of the singer just before the opera
commenced. 1t was awful stuff, and don't see
how anybody could manage to get it into any ordl-
nary head in six months. Here you have two
verses as a sample:
Year: 1861

WENT OVER SAFELY One of the scows
which went over Niagara Falls few nights
since had a valuable black horse on board,
which was found the next morning, un-
hurt, on Table Rock, grazing contentctly
about one hundred and fi!ty feet above the
prccipice. This is the first known in
stance Of a ,lo,nesticated animal entering
the rapids in the middle Of the river and
reaching the Table Rock in safety. CHI
c"go Times


We will add also that this is the first
time domesticated, or any other animal,
after going ''ovcr the falls" was able to
swim back again:
Year: 1861

An UNEXPECTED RETURN. unexpect-
ell return home is not always the happiest
way for married men, as was examplfed
last Saturday. A man who was lately
married, and had enlisted in one of the
volunteer companies from this city. return,
cd rather unexpectedly last Saturday, and
found his loving wife sitting on the knee
Of a new recruit, with one Of her arms around
his neck, caressing him most lovingly,
amidst . group Of his fellow soldiers
RugkkIepsis Uaion. III
Year: 1861

SHARP. A Frenchman living not q
hundred miles from Davenport, and who
III up to snuff. gave chattel mortgage on
twenty Of his hogs last spring. Recently
be sold lot of one hundred hogs to anoth-
or person, and the mortgaged ones among
the number The mortgage, hearing OF
tn" sale, proceeded to replevin, but was
brought up to identify the particular swine
which were covered by his mortgage
He had not marked them. and Of course,
was left without a remedy.
Year: 1861

and dread at the unlucky omen, fell upon
all hearts. But, in second more, up
Strengthened the tall frame of the Wes-
terner, and, with a firmly set lip and a
kindling eye, he gave one rapid twist of
the reluctant cord around his strong hand,
and pulled-successfully and triumphant
ly-far aloft floated the flag at the peak
And laundering indeed was the welcome
of it by the shouts of the relieved multi
tude who looked on
Year: 1861

From the London Times, June 25th.


1t is only by providential circumstance
that we have been spared the duty of rec
ording one of the most terrible calamities
by which a great city can be visited
There was moment on Saturday evening
when it seemed possible that the great fire
of London might occur over again; and,
indeed it was not owing to any resources
of modern times that this catastrophe was
escaped. Our reports of the confagration
will have shown how powerless were all
our inventions against the fury of the
flames. Had the wind been high, or had
it blown steadily away from the river in
the direction of the town, it is impossible
to say what might have been the fate of
the southern portion of the metropolis
The least that could have happened must
have been destruction over vast area, and
protection for the rest Of the city at the
cost of circle of ruins. By blowing up
belts of houses at proper distances the
flames might have been confined within
certain limits, but nothing short of that
desperate operation would have given us
security The event becomes the more i'm
pressive when we observe that everything,
apparently, was in our favor when the fire
began and that it asserted, nevertheless
its absolute mastery before five hours had
passed.


1t was not in the dead of night, but on
a summer afternoon, that the fire brigade
in Waiting street was summoned to Cotton's
wharf, close to London Bridge, on the south
side of the Thames. The engines, direct
ed by the chief of the brigade in person,
were quickly on the spot, when it was
found that fire had broken out in the
first story of warehouse. The building
was perfectly new, and constructed on ap-
proved principles of architecture strong
party walls, provided with iron doors, di-
vided the fabric, and the warehouses in
the vicinity were reputed to be fire-proof
also. The place had not been abandoned
for the night; the workmep were still on
the spot, and one of them actually discov-
cred in small heap of smoking hemp the
germ of that confagration which before
midnight was represented by three acres
of fame. Unhappily, the smoke at that
early period protected the fire. So dense
were its volumes as to forbid all approach,
and the flames were left to do its work.
Still there was vast array of engines in
the streets as we'll as on the stream; there
was trained brigade of firemen, conduct
ed by courageous and experienced lead
er; there was strong body of police to
aid in keeping order, and there were fire.
proof walls to contend against fire. But,
of all the appliances, not one availed to
control the flames. They burst forth
from the first warehouse, and seized an
other. Iron and brick, though they did
not actually blaze, yet burnt through and
Year: 1861

CLosrD-Navigatioa between here
aud Bay City may now DC eonsidered
fairly closed for the season. Last Sat
urtay the steamer Lite Eastern attempt.
od to make the trip, but was prevented
10y the ice, which though very thin, was
tough and hard as glass. She made her
way only as far as Carrolton, from
whence she returned and went into
winter quarters at Saginaw City.
Year: 1861

A CANADIAN YrEw.-The Toronto
Globe, which naturally secs tho Mason
and Slidell affair through British specta-
cles, and which at first strongly con.
demned the action of oui government,
but subsequently thought less harshly
of it. comments as follows upon recent
article from tho London Times:


"The Times sometimes commits gross
errors, but we may be sure that on a
question like this, its conductors made
sure that they were right They had
ample opportunity for enquiry and con
sideration, the question involved having
been raised before the seizure was
known. The verdict of the leading
Journal is much like that pronounced 10y


intelligent and impartial men here. The
seizure is held to be of doubtful legality,
and likely to lead to bad feeling between
the countries involved, but it is admitted
that there are precedents in British
practice which tell in favor of the cap
ture, and the case is treated as one for
cain consideration. Coming from a
journal which has been strongly adverse
20 the Northern States on all questions
which have lately arisen, the Times arti-
Gle, if the telegraph parsphrasss il cor
rectly, is extremely favorable to peace.
able solution of the question"
Year: 1861

RELAPsE.-We much regret to learn
that DR.. Fountain was much worse yesterday
than he vas the day before. and that fears
we're entertained as to his recovery. We hope
be may not be taken away for many years
vtt
Year: 1861

MEssRs. EDs.-This year the Gazette
don't want financial msttsrs dragged into the
city election. 1t thinks the financial concerns
Of the city should be arranged by tax payers
and that the election should turn on politi
cal pivot" How was it with the Gazette folks
last yearf A few days before the election
they declared We demand . Mayor who
can rescue the city fromjits present financial
embarrassment" So they went. in strong for
Csld we'll, and had used their influence to elect
him over flames n. Dalxell, q man of we'll
known financial ability. Such is the differ.
ence between the Gazette last year and this
year. Now they ignore the right of mixing
up financial matters with politics-desiripg
that the former shall stand aside and let the
election turn on "poIisicsI pivot" Last year
in speaking about the election Of Mayor and
Council it::said j" Ws:throw aside all politics
in this matter and look entirely to the welfare
Of the city" What has created this great
chsngef Has the financial condition of the
city become 20 unimportant that it is no longer
to be considered in our charter election /? Are
the people to have their interests subserved
only through political mediumi This 10 .
psssiass. question. end sbould like TO hear
the papers Of this city answer it


TAX PAYn.
Year: 1861

WONDERFULLY RIcH.-A quartz vein, i'm
mensely rich, has recently been discovered,
near Bloomer Hill, on the east side of the
North Fork of Feather River. In cutting a
ditch to it, 81, 900 worth of gold was pan
ned out by the discoverer in one day, from
the earth where the canal crossed, decayed
outcrop of the lode.
Year: 1861

EY- The word-renowned clipper ship
Great Repubic one hundred and four days
from New York, arrived at San Francisco
on Wednesday, with a cargo of coal and
general assortment of merchandise
Year: 1861

EE- The Sonora Age learns that the
ditch troubles that have so long distracted
that County to the great injury of mining
and every other business interests, are now
in fair wav of adjustment
Year: 1861

In TIME.-TLe warm dry weather of sew
eral weeks, brought up with heavy rain on
Thursday night that was just beginning to
be needed to keep the ground in good con-
dition for plowing-as the farmers who had
not yet done seeding, were beginning to find
the ground too dry.
Year: 1861

PLEASANT PARTY.-A number of ladies
and gentlemen met at the Empire Hotel, on
Thursday evening, at short notice, and form
ed a very pleasant cotillion party. The ex
ercises were not permitted TO encroach much
upon the hours 'ayant the twal,' and all sep
Grated much pleased with the gathering, the
attentions of mine host and hostess of the
Empire" and were only dissatisfied with a
drenching rain that was much in the way of
getting home comfortably. We hope Mr..
Swan will not let this be the last of dancing
re unions under his hospitable roof.
Year: 1861

"DID SHE DO RIGHT ."-This is the
question which is agitating certain people
up town ; and it is raised on the following
basis OF facts: At social party recently
given b. a highly esteemed lady, "a for
elgn gentleman of distinction was waltz
ing with the daughter of the hostess-a
beautiful girl, some nineteen years of age.
The foreign gentleman of distinction " at
last waited into an alcoye in the rear of
the suite of rooms in which the company
was assembled, and then suddenly kissed
the young lady before she could interpose
any resistance. The high spirited girl tore
herself from him, and with all her force
struck =" the foreign gentleman of dis.inc~
ton" on the mouth with her delicate
hand, causing his lip to bleed. OF course,
a scene followed, and after g the foreign
gentleman of distinction had retired,
holding his embroidered pocket handker-
chief to his crimson mouth, the occur-
renee was pretty thoroughly discussed by
the company and it is still being discuss
ed by many persons, some of whom con-
denim and some of whom approve the act
Of the Young lady. For our part, we are
surprised that there should be any differ
ence of opinion as to the young lady S
conduct; we think she had right to slap
the genileman's face, if she chose to; 1t
was the readiest way to resist the insult, If
she considered it one No woman should
be kissed against her will. ~. /. Led.
Year: 1861

An Erie paper tells how at an evening
party in that vicinity recently, as & matter
Of fun, proposition to marry was enter
tanned by two parties who had then for the
first time met, In carrying out the joke
it was suggested that the ceremony be
Immediately rerforned-the preacher re
siding near BY. They went to the house
of the minister to consumma.e the Joke,
found the reverend gentleman in bed, woke
aim, and had the ceremony performed in
the spirit of a joke, bat the best part of
the joke is, they have Since learned, that
the marriage was legally performed, and
is binding upon the parties engaged there
in. 1t Is supposed the parties, will mend
matters BY eventually assuuin. in earnest
what was intended a. a lest; the true re-
Iationship of man aud wife This is q
warning 10 folks uho are fond OF testing,
and especially in affairs oi such deep INC
mcnt a. Tie ceremony Of marriage.
Year: 1861

A NOBLE SENTIMENT Some true heart
has given expression to its generous nature
in the following beautiful sentiment:
"Never desert /. friend when enemies
gather around him. When sickness falls
on the heart, when all the world is dark
and cherries, is the time to try true
friend. They who turn from a scene Of
distress, betray their hypocrisy, and prove
that interest moves them. Ifyou have a
friend who loves you, and studies your in
terest and happiness, be sure to sustain
bin in adversely. Let him feel that his
former kindness is appreciated, anl that
his love is not thrown away. Real fidelity
is rare, but it exists in the heart Who
has not seen and felt its powers? They
deny its worth who never loved friend
or labored to make friend happy.
Year: 1861

HAIRY WoMES.--A happy woman =
Is she not the very sparkle and sunshine
Of life ! A woman who is happy because
she can't help it-whose smile even The
coolest sprinkle Of misfortune cannot dam


pen. Men make terrible mistake when
they marry for beauty, for talent or for
stlye, the sweetest wives are those who
possess the magic secret Of being content


el upder any. circumstances. Rich or
poor, high or low, it makes no difference !;
the bright little fountain Of joy bubbles up
just as musicaily in their hearts. Do they
live in a log cabina the fire light that
leaps up on It's humble hearth becomes
brighter than The gil'lel chandeliers IN an
Aladdin palace. Was ever the stream Of
life so dark and unpropitious tha; the sun
shine Of happy face falling across its tur-
bid tide, should not awaken an answering
CLEAN, Why, these joyous tempered
people don't know half the COOL they do.
Year: 1861

THE DISASTERS OF WAR.-That able and faithful friend of the South, the New York Daily News, thus depicts the condition of af- fairs in the North

 Now that the separation has come, with a war party installed in power, what do we be- hold? Ruin and bankruptcy are staring al- most every business man at the north, in the face. Rents are tumbing down, stocks and mortgages are rapidly depreciating, banks are tottering to their fall, and it is with the ut most difficulty that men of moderate means are enabled to obtain the necessaries of life for their families, while the laboring classes are compelled to accept starvation, or the dis nal alternative of enlisting in the great army raised for the subjugation of the South and the emancipation of the slave.
Year: 1861

The battle is now ended, and the ..huge
leviathan lies a victim to the superior pow
er and mind of man"


New that life is extinct, bcle is in his
head, the line made fast, and all the boats
''hook on and tow him to the ship where
he is made fast by means of Huke-chain
being passed around bis tail, which chain
is brought to the forward part Of the ship,
and passed througha hawse-hole, and made
fast to the bowsprit bits, bringing the
whale with his head pointing aft, and in a
proper position to commence the operation
Of ..cutting IN
Year: 1861

What sound is that? IT'S the sursmer's FIRE


well


In the breath Of the night wind sighing;
The chill breeze comes like sorrowful dirge
That walls o'er the dead and the dying.
The sapless leaves are eddying round,


On the path which they lately shaded
The oak Of the forest is losing its robe


The flowers have fallen and faded,
Ali that I look on but saddens my heart,


To think that the lovely 50 soon should part,
Yet why should sigh Other summers will


come.
joys like the past Une bringing;
Again viii ItEe=vine bear la blushing fruit
again will the birds be singing
The forest will POUR forth its 'IonOrs" again
The rose be as sweet in its breathing;
The woodbine will climb round the lattice pane,
AS wild and richin its wreathing
The hives viii have honey, the bees will hum.
Other flowers will spring, other summers will


come.
They will, they will bat ha! who can tell
Whether 1 nay live OF till their coming
This spirit may sleep too soundly then


To wake with the @arbling or humming.
This cheek now pale may be pa1er far,


When the summer sun next is glowing
The cherishing rays may gid with light
The grass on my grave-turf growing;
The earth may be glad but worms and gloom
May dwell with me in the silent tomb
And few would weep in the beautiful world,
For the fameless one who had left it
Few would remember the form cut off,


And mourn the stroke that cleft it
Many might keep my name or their lip,


Pleased with that name degrading
My folles and sins alone would live,


A theme for their cold upbraiding
Oh what change in my spirits dream
May there be ere the summer sun next shall


beam
Year: 1861

In the matter of the guardianship of the minor
heirs of John Negus, deceased.


On reading and filing the petition of Maria Negus,
guardian of said minors duly verified, setting
description Of all the real estate Of which said
ed died seized and the condition and value of tie
spectye portions thereof, that Is necessary sell
portion thereof for the support and maintenance Of
said minors and praying that license be her grant
ed to sell portion of said real estate. And it appear
ing by said petition that there is sufficient person
al estate in the hands of said guardian support
and maintain said minors and that it is necessary to
sell portion of said real estate.


IL IS therefore ordered that all persons in crested
IL said real estate appear b, fore the Judge this
Court on Monday the 7th day of October next, II
o'clocE a. NJ at the Court House in che village Of
Jefferson and show cause, if any they have, why Il
cense should not be granted TO said guardian sell
said real estate according to the prayer of said pe-
tiou.


And il IS further ordered. that copy of tins order
be published for three successive weeks prior said
day OF hearing, in the '.Watertown Republican,
weekly newspaper, published at Wrtertcwn, il said
County.


Dated the path day Of August A. D. 1851.


BY the Court, SAMUEL BAIRD.


sepDW0 County Judge.
Year: 1861

I am sorry shat any American citizen
should feel agrieved ct any course the
London Times may thing proper to adopt,
for it is equally true as it was in the great
Napoleon's time that Great Britain is a
nation of shopkeepcrs. The aristocracy


make the laws to protect the merchants,
and 4 return the merchants support the
aristocracy, and none know better than
the london Times and its supporters that
whatever position England sustains to the
other nations Of the world, she is mainly
indebted for it to her national debt That
being created, the interest had to lie paid.
To d. that some FIXED policy had to b.
pursued That policy was tariff for reve-
me, but the amount to be raised made it
a protective tariff, and that for so long a
period that the manufacturers and their
employees necessarily made themselves
masters Of the several branches Of bust
ness, and that being perfected they could
throw open their ports to the world and
DEFY competition. And herein lies the fun
damental error oethe freetralo doctrine as
taught in the United States.


At the end of the war we shall be COM
Fc1ed to pursue such policy as has made
Great Britain what she now is; hence tie
opposition of the London Times. Within
five wears after the end Of the war We
shall manufacture three hundred millions
dollars worth of goods that we recently
imported, and export proportionate guam
tity Whatever the profits Of these goods
may be. we shall keep it in cur own coun-
try, and thus enrich ourselves to that
amount. The London Times knows that
if we create a national debt we shall be
compelled to pay the interest, and that
will compel Us to pursue an AMERICAN po-
lev and if we do it will not be long be-
fore we shall be as far ahead Of England
in everything that tends to national great
ness. as the United States is greater in
territorial domain than the island Of Brit
ain. The Times is now sounding the
death note to England's prosperity as con-
tributed to her by the United States, Let
it vail; pity rather than censurc, since in
its extremity it has been compelled to
show its sting Chicago Tribune,


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