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Year: 1861

I've done good days work. if never do
another said Mr. Barlow, rubbing his hands
together briskly, and with the air of a man
who felt very much pleased with himself.


And so have L. Mrs Barlow's voice was
in lower tone, and less exu!tant, yet indca-
tive of spirit at peace with itself


Let us compare notes. said Mr. Barlow, in
the confident manner of one who knows that
triumph will be on his side, and see which
has done the best days work


You, of COURSE returned the gentle heart
ed WIFE


We shall see. Let the history of Your
days doings precelle nine


No. said Mrs Barlow, 'you shall give TIE
first experience


Very WELL And, full of his subject, Mr.
Barlow began:


You remember the debt of Warfeld, about
which spoke few days ago9'


Yes


i considered it desperate-woulI have
sold out my interest at thirty cents on the
dollar when | left home this morning. Now
the whole claim is secure. had to scheme
little. 1t was sharp practice. But the
thing is done. don't believe that another
creditor of Wariield Will get third of his
claim.


'The next operation continued Mr. Bar
low, 4 consider quite as good. About year
ago | took fifty acres of land in Erie county
for debt, at a valuation of five dollars an a
ere. sold it to-day for ten. don't think
the man knew just what he was buying He
called to see me about it, and | asked ten
dollars an acre at venture,when he prompt
ly laid down one hundred dollars to bind the
bargain. If should never see him again |
am all right. That is transaction number
two. Number three is pleasant to remember
| sold lot of goods, almost year out Of
date, to young country merchant, for cash
He thinks he has bargain; and perhaps he
has; but would have let them go at an,
time during the past six months at loss Of
thirty per cent, and thought the sale desir
able one.


Now, there is a good days work, Jenny
and it is thing to be proud of. take some
credit to myself for being, upon the whole, .
Year: 1861

Union men of Kentucky feel the edge of my
knife. From this day l hold every Union
traitor as my enemy, and from him I scorn
to receive quarter, and to him l will never
grant my soul in death for they are towards
and villains enough. Brother Henry and l
arrived here without hindrance. have had
chlIs all the way, but hope to live to kill
40 Yankees for every chill that ever had
| learn that Hardee is still in the Arkansas


lines, inactive; and if this proves to be true
| will tender my resignation and 20 immedi-
ately to Kentucky. l hope that l will do my
duty as a rebel and freeman. Since hate
the Union men of Kentucky, intend to be-
gin the work of murder in earnest, and if
ever | spare one of them may hell be my
portion. want to see Union blood flow
deep enough for my horse to swim in.


Your husband, JAMES BLACKBURN.
Year: 1861

4 letter from Cairo says: Ever since
the battle of Belmont soldiers reported as
missing continue to arrive, and not less than
eighty have already come in. Yesterday a
party of thirty reached Birds Point. having
been wandering in the woods for days.
This will greatly reduce the loss of the In
ion side"


\ great many cunning expedients are re-
sorted to down at Fortress Monroe, to get
letters back and forth. \ few days since
the provost marshal discovered a package
of letters in the unmentionablcs of an infant
which he was holding, while the mother was
getting her band-boxes on board the truce
boat. y new style Of mailbag, that. 1T
takes the women,' after all.


Last week flag of truce was borne into
our lines On the Upper Potomac from the
enemy's forces at Leesburg, conveying a
communication from Gen Beauregard, in
which he states, that having seen in the
northern papers a discussion in reference to
certain orders alleged to have been given by
Gen Stone to Col Baker, he felt it his duty
to brave soldier to transmit certified copies
of the orders which had been found on the
battle field and were in his possession. The
orders transmitted were copies of those re-
ported by Gen Stone to Gen Mcclellan as
those which were given to Col Baker. This
communication from Gen Beauregard was
accompanied by request totally incommen-
surate to the service rendered by the trans
mission of the orders, and which was not
granted.


a returned zouave says Billy Wilson is
scarcely the pattern of heroism the "boys'
had looked for, and in the late night attack
on Santa Rosa, had it not been for the gal
liant conduct of Lieut. Col Creighton, the
men would have been badly cut up. He
says Col Wilson run away, and they did not
see him again during the whole action. The
cedars on the island, of which there we're
formerly great number, have all been cut
down and placed in piles, with sentinel
closely guarding each pile, so in case of an
other night attack, on the signal being Civ
en-, the whole island will be illuminated
thus afording a view from the fort by
which they can position their guns so as to
sweep the island. The men and officers
steal from each other, and fights are of fire.
quent occurrence. The zouaves sleep in the
day time and are on duty at night, they ex
pecting an attack from the enemy. Most o.
the men have weak eyes-the effect of the
moon rays on the sandy beach.
Year: 1861

We clip the following significant
article from the New York News of
the Sth:


BY the papers which arrived by
the Anglo-SaXon we learn that the
Rev. DIR. Cheever and the British
Abolitionists are looking to the Ameri-
can war for the most hopeful results
for their cause. We publish in an
other column an account of meet
ing in which the pastor Of the Church
Of the Puritans declared his convic-
ton that the American war would
result in the total cmanci patton of
the black race. The Morning Star,
in which the proceedings are publish
ed, strongly indofses the efforts of
DR.. Cheever, and believes that "tle
brave martyrs who have thus far
shed their blood in behalf OF negro
freedom have not suffered in vain.
Such is the only presumption evi-
IDENTIFY upon which the war finds any
sympathy abroad. In any other re-
spect the teaching Of plain common
sense is, that the contest is both ru-
nous and hopeless, and to none is
this fact more clear than to those
across the water who have explored
the mysteries of war, and look upon
transatlantic events with a vision
unobscured by immediate contact or
the mists of passion. We accord to
DIR. Cheever the merit of both sense
and trankness in this matter, and
consequently, can we'll appreciate his
purpose in administering to the ut
ter ruin of country and Government.
His interpretation of the real motive
which governs the war party is un-
questionably truthful, as any other
Interpretation would be incompatible
with any ordinary mode of reasoning
upon the subject. 1t is to be hoped
that the American people will open
their eyes to the real enormity of the
project before it is too late to arrest
the threatened calamity. Let us at
least attempt to preserve the form
and spirit of the Government, though
the day of negro millennium and jubi-
lee, which enlivens the hopes Of DIR.
Cheever and his sympathiaers be in
tinite)y postponed.
Year: 1861

An EDIToR's LOVE SToRY.-An editor Of Il
Southern paper relates as follows, how he once
fell in love.


I'VE were never, kind readers, desperate
in love- but once and that was with a red
no, auburn-haired girl, with freckled com
pleetion, who had but few pretcnsions to
beauty; but then she had such really beautiful
eyes, deep liquid orbs through which her soul,
in moments Of tenderness, looked out in pas
sionate fervor and in joyous mirth flashed and
snarkled with the light of thousand dew
drops-diamonds, we were about to say-but
we never saw thousand. Her name was
Laura-which, when breathed softly by a very
soft lover, is a very sweet name-and her clear
ringing laugh fell around you like shower of
silver bells Moreover. she wore dark Wine
colored dress, trimmed with lilack covered vel
vet and black fringe, with a neat little white
collar of fne lace, which is the prettiest
of dresses and has the effect to make very
plain girl absolutely charming. She never
perforated her ear to hang thereby pendulum
Of glass or brass, and the only ornament on the
little white hand, which needed none, was a
plain gold ring. sacred to the memory of a
maiden's promise. Well one evenng-it was
moonlight in the summer time-we sat alone
in the porch, by the cottage door, holding that
little white hand in gentle pressure, but one
arm had inadyertautlv stolen around her waist
and silent song of joy = like the music of the
night" was in her soul. Our lips met in a
sweet delicious kiss, and bending softly to her
ear, we whispered the tale of passionate deyo-
ton proposed. In moment she tore her
hand from ours, and with look Of ineffable
scorn, she said, in a voice trembling with sup
pressed rage " What Marry an editor =
You git :" We slid.
Year: 1861

EXTRAORDINARY MENTAL PHENOMENON
A British Captain, while giving orders on the
quarter deck Of his ship at the battle Of the
Nile, was struck on the head by shot and
Immediately became senseless. He was taken
home, and removed 10 Greenwich Hospital
where for fifteen months he evinced no signs OF
intelligence. He was then trepanned, and i'm
mediately upon the operation being performed,
consciousness returned, and he Immediately
began busying himself to see the orders carried
out that he had given fifteen months previous
ly. The clock work Of the brain, unaware
that it had stopped. upon being set going
again. pointed at the exact minute at which it
left of.
Year: 1861

PHYSICAL w WEAKNEss OF STUDIOUs MEN,
Think what poor specimens of the human ami
NAL, physically, many of our noblest and abest
OF men are Do not men, by their beautiful,
touching and far reaching thoughts reach the
heart and form the mind of thousands, who
could not run hundred yards without pant
ing for breath, who could not jump over a five
feet wall though a mad bull were after them,
who could not dig in the garden for ten min
utcs without having their brain throbbng and
their entire frame trembling, who could not
carry in sack of Goals though they should
never see a fire again. who could never find a
days employment as porters, aborers, grooms,
or anything but tailors Educated and cult
waited men, | tell you that you make terrible
mistake and mistake which, will sadly de-
tcriorate the Anglo Saxon race You make
your recreation purely mental. You give a
little play TO your minds, after their day S
work but you give no play to your eyes, to
your brains, to your hearts, TO your digestion
in short, to your bodies And therefore you
grow weak, unmuscular, nervous, dyspepic,
near sighted, out of breath, thin haired men.
And in time, not only does all the train of evils
that follows your not providing proper recrea-
tion for your physical nature come miseraby
to affect your spirits, but, besides that, it
comes to jaundice and pervert and distort all


your views of men and things. l have heard
of those who, though suffering almost ceaselcss
pain, could yet think hopefully Of the prospects
of humanity, and take an unpreudiced view of
some political question that appealed strong TO
prejudice and give kindly sympathy and sound
advice to poor man who came to seek advice
in some little trouble which is great to him
But l fear that in the majority of instances,
the human being whose liver is in {. bad way


whose digestion is ruined or even who is sur-
fering from violent tooth-ache, is prone to snub
the servants box the children's ears, to think
that Britain is going 10 destruction, and that
the word is coming to an end.-Fraoer's Nag
Year: 1861

TEMPERATURE OF THE EARTH.-I'he tenn
and near the surface, is but imperfectly under
stood. 1t is not yet established very conclu-
sively whether the bottom of the ocean is not
uniformly in condition of extreme cold, far
below the freezing point. Some of the more
recent observations made in sounding, it is
thought, seem to point in that direction. But
1t is difficult to conceive of any adequate cause
for such an extraordinary condition, especially
when considered in connection with the in
creasing temperature in the descent of mines


The temperature felt by plants and animals
has been proved to depend only in the slight
est possible degree upon the heat or cold ex-
isting below. The presence or absence of the
suns rays control the temperature almost cx-
cusiyely. When clouds intercept them in the
upper STRATA Of the atmosphere, the ultimate
warming influence is very much the same A
certain amount of heat is received in the ray,
and is cast of by radiation into space during
the night As either effect preponderates the
surface becomes warmer or colder thus in
creasing or diminishing the rapidity of the
radiation. Were the sun materially to change
its power, even for short period, the result
would be most serious. Judged by the rate
of cooling in single night, it would require
but a very brief period of total absence of the
sun TO change the summer into an intensely
cold winter air 1t is believed that the inter
nal heat of the earth cannot sensbly affect the
temperature Of the surface, the extent of the
influence being probably less than one degree
Fahrenheit.
Year: 1861

STEEL PLATED SHIrs.-France and England
seem now bent upon running a race in The mat
ter of steel plated ships Of very l.fge size
France already has La Gloire, if not more, and
England, havlng been experimenting for some
time, has decided to begin to build with ali
possible dispatch. An English journal says:


:" The vessel which it is intended to be con-
structed will be rendered as nearly as possible
shot proof, aud this will be accomplished by
covering her above her water line with massive
steel armor plates. She will be of a size never
yet witnessed in the English navy, the inten-
tion being to construct her 400 feet in length
or about double the length of many line of
battle ships or about two-thirds the length of
the Great Eastern. She is to be furnished
with engines Of corresponding power, which
will drive her through the water at a high rate
of speed, and her armament is to consist ex-
clusiyely of Armstrong guns, of the heaviest
metal and greatest range. She will be the
most formidable vessel of war yet built for tie
government


AS we suppose our Government will have to
follow suit, this subject becomes very inter
esting one TO us. The expense of building
such steel-scaed monster of the deep must
be enormous. What with Armstrong guns
costing $4,000 apiece, and steel-plated steam
ships nation will need long purse which
means to take rank as first class power


1t would seem, judging by what we see in
the English papers, that common wooden
vessel would have no chance against steel
platter, as every ball would rebound from the
armed sides of the latter, and even her decks
be SO protected by iron bulwarks that but
very few shot could take effect.
Year: 1861

A BEAUTIFUL FIGURE.-How beautiful is
the following, and how happy must be tie
heart that can see these beauties aud under
stand them =" Why is it that the rainbow
and the clouds come over us with beauty
that is not Of earth and then pass away and
leave us to muse on their faded loveliness p
Why is il that the stars which hold their
nightly festival around the midnight throne are
placed above the reach of our limited faculties,
forever mocking us with their unapproachable
glory? And why is it that the light forms of
human beauty are presented to our view, and
then taken from US, yet leaving tie thousand
streams of affection to flow in Alpine torrents
upon the heart We are born for higher
destiny than that of earth There is a realm
where the rainbow never fades; where the
stars will be set before US like islands slumber-
ing on the ocean, and where the beautiful be-
ings that pass before US like meteors will stay
in our presence forever"
Year: 1861

The Supreme Court of the United States
recently, in a California land case, established
an important principle to that State, as to the
effect, where the claimant has obtained pa
tent and confirmation OF title, and the adverse
parties in possession cannot, under action, re-
sist the title of the patentee.


MUcH as We need energetic remedies against
contagious diseases, we need them against con-
tagious vices more and sanitary laws in favor
of moral health are the most necessary Of all
sanitary regulations.
Year: 1861

OFF THE TRACK.-The rear car on
the Saturdays lay passenger train from Chi.
cage, flew the track just this side Of Morris, and
coon became detached by breaking the bump.
or. No great damage done
Year: 1861

keeper in this city who would be pleased to
furnish . half dossn adventurous and aspiring
young men With complets outfit Of toggery
for negro minstreling exhibitions. Being him.
self an unwilling purchaser, he will not mind
selling at heavy sacrifice. The wigs might
be OF use to Black Republican stump speakers
With the aid of little burned cork and cay.
snne pepper q sensation in favor of the down
trodden African" might possibly be effected.
Year: 1861

.EAU TCEUE = 50 NJ B.
Meet me by the running brook,


Where the dropping willows grow;
Meet me in the shady nook,


Where the silvery waters TOW.
Friends we loved are broken hearted
Smiles have flown and tears have started
Since the time when last we parted


In the days of long ago.
Meet me where the sunlight plays


Ger the wavelets bright and low;
Tell me of your youthful days,


Ere the heart knew pain or wos-
Tor will come to charm and leave US,
Lingering home will still decei We us
Life had nothing dark TO grieve U.s.


In the days Of long ago.
Year: 1861

THs CABINET The Cabinet OF
Lincoln is said to be made up indi-


vlduaIIy OF men Of no sense what
ever Of personal honor. With the
exception of Bates, there is not one
gentleman in ths Cabinet. With
but that exc ption, there is not one
man who regards his ward. or who
would keep any pledge or promise
either of a public or private char,
aeter, If it were his interest to VIC
late it. The course of deception
and low cunning which they have
practiced from the beginning upon
the South sufficiently shows wha,
kind Of men we have to deal With.
The only safe rule Of dealing with
them is to- put DO manner oil conf,
dencs in any proposition they make
There is no treachefy of which they
are not capable; no crime they would
not commit. : e chmoad Dispatch
Year: 1861

1t is perhaps ungrac:ous to quarrel with
any body Of men in Kentucky or any other
State, who are in good faith supporting the
Union cause; but we cannot forbcar to say
that the hypothesis which un .cr1ies the ef
forts Of certain plofessed friends Of the
Government in the Border Slave States
which hypothesis is referred TO By our Zen.
tueky correspondent, is, in another shape
The identical thing about which VIC arc
quareling with the South. The Consti.
tuition does not anywhere admit the Right
OF Property in Man; and any war waged
By any set Of men, under the belief that
anyhody in the North will at the end Of the
contest admit that right, is mistake that
cannot be too soon repaired The North
has consented to the exercise Of the right
Of the South to reclaim "persons held to
labor or service under the local law, when
they have made their way into the Free
States lut save IN the infamous Drcd Scott
decision, there is nowhere any recognition
Of these persons as property" And in
the difference between persons and
tn,o1xrty" the whole Of the secession
question hinges If men and women are
property, under and by authority Of the
Tnited States. secession is, though not
right, most easily defensible. If they are
persons, the case of the North is clear; and
here the controversy begins. We refer to
our Louisville letter for an account Of the
discussions there eoing on.
Year: 1861

The present war is frequently said to
be a war for GoyeTnment-a war to
show to the world that We have Govern
ment. This is bet partial expression
of the right and duty of the Fight. Tit
is the surface only of the truth. The
war that the United States Government il
wagiDg, is war for the rights, the prop
erty and the. frshcises of many millions
of its citizens 1t is a war for tae direct
rights of twelve millions, as against the
direct usurpation of three millions. Il is
not for honor merely, not for barren rights,
but for vital and fudefeasible rishts, that
can only be parted With when inexorabIe
fate extinguishes Nation. and its wreck
is swept away with the Debris of things
that we're.
Year: 1861

GA New York chaplain, cut figure
in the fight at Great Bethel. He went
into the field to encourage the meu, and
take care OF the wounded, when one of
the secessionists blased away at bin. 1t
sstoDished him, aod he thought it mu-t
be mistake, when another ball ca me
blowing through his cap, about an inch
and half above bis head. That made
bin mad; be did not come there to be
picked oct for target, and so be up with
bis Floyd Gun" and popped away at
them. A soldier at his side asked him
what good be thought he did, when he
(tbe ch2plaiD) considered that an insult,
and told the soldier if be did not tum5 BILE
the next man down be would report him
for wasting amUunition. The soldier
let drive, when one Of the rebels threw
bis arms into the air and disappeared be-
hind the breastworks.
Year: 1861




AN ACT to prohibit the sale of spirituous
liquors and intoxicating drinks in the
District of Columbia in certain cases.


Be 1t enacted By the Senate and House OF
Representatives. Of the United States of Amer
ica IN Congress assembled, That it shall not
be lawful for any person in the District of
Columbia to sell, give, or administer to any
soldier or volunteer in the service Of the
United States, or any person wearing the
uniform of such soldier or volunteer, any
spirituous liquor or Intoxicating drink and
every person offending against the provis-
ions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof,
before a magistrate or court having criminal
jurisdiction, shall be punished by fine of
twenty-five dollars or imprisonment for
thirty days.


Approved, August 8, 1861
Year: 1861

HS- well regulated and proportonate quantity
of bile upon the stomach, is always requisite for
the promotion of sound healtn-it stimulates d


estion and keeps the intestinal canal free from all
obstru.tions. When there is deficiency of bile
the body is constantly cOstive- On the other hand
an over abundance Of bile causes frequent nausea
in the stomach and often promotes very severe at
tacks of disease, which sometimes end in DEATH
Year: 1861

Let the demonstration at BIRCHARD HALL
to night be a rouser Let every friend of his
country and the Union unite in the earnest
proclamation of Fremonters fidelity. We hope
to be able to say that not Tory can be found
in our town, and that every man stands by the
Flag now insulted by traitorous conspirators.