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Year: 1861

LECTURE ON THE Wharf.-The Town Hall
OF North Brookfed was filled to its utmost
capacity, on Monday evening last, by an
audience assembled to hear from Hon Amasa
Walker an account of his recent visit to the
seat of war. The lecture delivered by re.
quest) was a simple narration of events con.
nected with the battle OF Balls Bluff, and was
illustrated by drawings Of the battle field and
adjoining country. Ii occupied an hour and
half, and was listened to with the deepeat
interest. Mr. Walker spoke in the highest
terms Of the bravery and good conduct of the
troops, but regarded the movement which
brought on the battle as the worst military
blunder that has yet been made.
Year: 1861

Anguish Of mind has driven thou
sands to suicide; anguish of body, none
This proves that health Of mind is of
greater consequence than health Of body,
although both are deserving of more at.
tention than either Of them receive.
Year: 1861




SIR: In my article of yesterday, relative to pre-
fe,d Court OF Appeal called attention TO s'
tay for The purpose showing he oppeson N th't case
with eminent lawyer upon the subject
lie readily admit. The injustice Of slsw sni remarked that the
Count itself unanimous n prououncg the law unjust and
oppressive Its retained pSfed for the benefit Of The PIE
fsred cases actually for the benefit Of not 10
prrf-reds Of sans that in Court not for he Pur'
poses justice for hat the very thing they fear They
even bods decided but tie ad the class 70 which
hey belong Aef managing to make the classes OF preferred
sufficiently large occupy al the time Of he sou they
city Of refuge Tie weaker tie defense the eater
the uducemcnt put or Their Only object In coming mo
Cont delay and long they retain th" Preehlsw IN
force thy adopt the Of tho rich IN the parable
seul take thine ease ea drink ard be merry for on hus
goods lid up for many years" True The goods over
which making merry belong to another but AS Ion
u the present IL Ga foros hou art % n'hios this ide
that tribunal which knows pTeeeuces Thns what was IN
tended lor good has become and alarming evil.


FERRY STREET.
Year: 1861

forty experienced no i'll effects. DR.. Tardieu, the
thor Of the official report on this subject, observes
that the fact cannot be too strongly insisted upOn that
the only hopes of security from the fatal effects Of this
dreadful disease lie in immediate cauterizaton with the
red hot iron and that every other method only compro
mises the future safety of the patient by the irrepara-
bic loss Of the only moments during which the prevent
i've treatment is applicable.
Year: 1861

THE pLBaENBERG PERJURY CASE.


The second trial of Rudolph Blumenberg' Tor per-
Jury in regard 10 his responsibility bond given by him for
the SLAYER Cora was called but counsel Tor defendant not
benE ready the case was down for next Thursday
Year: 1861

COULDN'T HIT HIM.-In letter from person
engaged in the battle of Oak Hill, we find the fol-
lowing


Shortly after the battle prisoner we had taken
noticed Gen. Pearce in the camp, and asked his
name. why" said he, " that is the man we no.
ticed often the field to-day in different places,
and whom we were directed to shoot at; we fired
upwards of thirty cannon at him this morning. l
myself was near Gen. Pearce at one time, when we
were warned by hIssouran that three men were
then taking aim at us, and we had better fall back
into the bushes. At another time cannon ball
passed under his horse; he was well mounted, and
took no pains to get away.
Year: 1861

A careful reading Of the proceedings Of
Congress up to this time would create the


impression that this was q special session,
called for the purpose OF considering matters
exclusively appertaing to the ''colored folks."
| The interest of the white man appears to
have sunk into insignificance. Every Abol


zionist is loaded to the muzzle with negro
resolutions. Henry Wilson wants them all
let out Of Jail. We shall soon expect to see
proposition that no negro shall be punished
by imprisonment. Columbus Statesman.
If Congress was composed entirely
of negroes their Legislation could not
be more for the race than it is now. No
proposition is received with any favor
unless it proposes to do something for
the black. A foreign stranger would
suppose from the deliberations of Con-
gress that the whites had no questions
of their own for delibcration or discus
sion. The members had hardly taken
thcirseats before dozen ofthem sprung
up and pulled out a batch of resolutions
relating to some negro grievance or dis
ability, or directly proposing negro C.
Emancipation. The more violent the
proposition for the ncgro-thc more ex-
travagant and absurd--the greater the
favor of it's reception. Congress seems
actually to it;He become stark mad, and
the performances which have been en-
acted there in the shape of resolutions
and propositions have excited the aston
ishmcnt and Indignation of the country.
The .members-the practical, useful
membcrs-who wish to do something
for the country, cannot get word in
its behalf. Unless there is some i'm
provcment or reform soon the Congress
will be voted political nuisance of the
worst charactcr-an intolerable afflic-
ton upon the patriotism and good
sense Of the country.


After all, the negres are but five mil
lions to the whites twenty-five millions,
and we insist that the former shall not
monopolize the whole attention of the
National Legislature. If Congress
would try half as hard to restore the
Union as it does to free the negro, it
would undoubtedly accomplish the task.
- Enc.
Year: 1861

UnquestionabIy, in this shape, it is nc
law; the omission Of the enacting clause be.
ing fatal. The laws locating the Universe
ty and Penitentiary, passed on the same
day, have this clause, and their provisions
wlll, therefore, at the proper time, be car
ried into effect. As it lacks the essential
quality Of law, we presume the Capital
Act will not appear among the printed
statutes enacted by the last Legislature; at
least, we can see no propriety in giving it
a place where it does not belong. This,
however, is question to be decided by the
Executive of the Territory.


We congratulate the people of Olympia
and OF the Sound upon the fact that the
next Legislature will meet in Olympia, .as
usual We think we but echo the senti-
mcnt of the voters of this county when we
say the Capital should never, under any
be suffered to leave the
Sound, and we rejoice with them over the
defeat Of the schemes to take it to Colum-
bia river.
Year: 1861

The good people of Vancouver, as we
noticed last week, have laughed over the
success of the Clarke county delegation in
having the Capital removed to that place
it is now the turn of the good people of
Olympia to laugh at the signal defeat of
the measure designed to take from them the
Capital. BY singular omission, which we
attribute to the haste with which it was
prepared and forced through the Legisla-
ture, the act to remove the Capital to Van
couver is not law, and therefore is of no
effect. Unfortunately for Vancouver, the
vital part OF the act-Be IL enacted By The
Legislative Assembly of he Territory of


WashiRgton--is omitted. Without this
clause, there is nothing to show that the act
was passed by the Legislature Of this Ter
ritory; for aught the world might know to
the contrary, it was part Of the proceed
ings of the Legislature Of South Carolina,
or of Maine, or something gotten up by
Messrs. Shafer and Hubbs for their own
amusement For the benefit of our read
ers, we print the bill precisely as itreceived
the signatures Of the presiding officers of
tho Legislature
Year: 1861

Army AFFAIEs.-We we're panied to see,
not long since, in the OpgoRian, whole
sale denunciation of army officers, accusing
them Of incompetency-aud wor,bessness,-
although in another column Of the same
issue was letter from a Dalles correspon-
dent warmly eulogizing the officers at that
post for their prompthcss and efficiency in
the Butter creek affair Thus actions con
traaict the editors hard words. Again
were we astonished to see an anonymous
correspondent in the Times charging Major
Grier with eooardice, the gravest charge
that man can make against man, and the
most cruel when done in this way-in the
dark Major Grier is a gallant soldier
having seen long and active service on the
frontier aud battle field And though the
Times now admits the charge to be false,
yet what reparation is that? Many will
see the charge that never see the denial
We enter our earnest protest against such
publications, for the sake of the decency oi
journalism. When we are forced to act,
from convictions of opinion, in opposition
to the military, We can do so as a matter Of
right, but in the mean time, let us cherish
towards them kind and cordial feeling =
Next to the Press, the officers, constantly
travelling, make US known to the world
Our interests, while they are in our midst
are identical The support of many citi
zeus depends upon the posts, and the army
furnishes market for much Of our pro
Fduce. We are all American citizens, and
as such, have kindred sympathies, which
should not beiallenated by falsehoods based
on prejudice.


The record of Major Grier is far above
aspersion, it was made on the battle field
We find, officially, that he was breveted
Major ''for gallant and meritorious conduct
in the battle of Santa Cruz de Rosales
and since the time of bis cadetship in 1871
has seen constant and arduous services.
Year: 1861

WHITEwAsH.-Whitew is one of the
most valuable articles in the world, when
properly applied. 1t prevents not only the
decay Of wood, but conduces greatly to the
healthiness of all buildings, whether Of wood
or stone. Out-buildings and fences. when
not painted, should be supplied once or twice
every year with a good coat of whitewash.
which should be prepared in the following
way: Take a clean, water-tight barrel or
other suitable cask and put into it half a
bushel of lime. Slake it by pouring water
over it, boiling hot, and in sufficient quantity
to cover it five inches deep, and stir it briskly
till thoroughly slaked. When the shaking
has been effected, dissolve it in water, and
add two pounds of sulphate of zinc, and one
of common salt. These will cause the wash
to harden, and prevent its cracking, which
gives an unseemly appearance to the work.
If desirable, beautiful cream color may be
communicated to the above wash, by adding
three pounds of yellow ochre or a good lead
or pearl color, by the addition of lamp, vine
or ivory black. For fawn color, add four
pounds umber-Turkish or American (thc
latter is the cheapest) )-one pound Indim
red, and one pound common lampblack. For
common stone color, add four pounds raw
lumber and two pounds lamplack.


This wash may be applied with a common
whitewash brush, and will be found much
superior both in appearance and durability,
to common Chemical Gazette.
Year: 1861

In the House of Representatives, on. the
1lth of january, the following resolution was
unanimously adopted, ayes, l6l; nays.
none:


Reselred, That neither the Federal Government,
northe peoF4c or government of the non-slavehold-
ing States, have the right TO legislate upon in
terere with slavery in any any of the slaveholding
States in the Union.


In his Senatorial contest with Douglas,
in 1858, and when he was backed by James
Buchanan and many of his stipendiaries,
(some of the leading ones of whom are now
professed Black Republicans President
Lincoln declared in a public speech, after
wards corrected by himself and printed,
that


1 believe this Government cannot exist perma-
nently one half slave and one half Free


His chief Cabinet officer, Seward, in his
Rochester speech reiterated the SENTIMENT
He too declared that either all the States must
become free or all slave-that either the rice
and cotton fields of South Carolina would be
worked by free labor, or the wheat fields Of
New York would be worked by slaves.


Now, as both Lincoln and Seward have
sworn to maintain this Union and Govern
ment-which they have said cannot be main
tanned half slave and half free-must they
not either endeavor to destroy slavery in the
Southern States or violate their oaths p
Clearly, if they believe this Government can
not endure with savery-having sworn to
maintain said Government at all hazards
they must seek to remove the cause which
will prevent its perpetuity, or be false to
their oaths


Thus, Uncle Abe and his ''man Friday"
are not only in peculiarly perplexing di-
lemma-from which square back down can
alone relieve thenr-but have record in re-
lation to which the foregoing resolution of
their own supporters in Congress stands as a
severe rebuke
Year: 1861

"WHo IsGovERNoR. Under this caption
the Placer Herald has an article that is be-
meath the dignity of any respectable sheet
1t concludes with this dirty, dirty, dirty
fling:


Hence have concluded that Doctor Downey is
not the real Governor of the State, but that the
Bulletin is and we therefore suggest to the Legis
lature the setting apart Of an early day for the in
suguration of that delectable institution Chief
Executive of the State, and permit the present in
cumbent to retire once more to the shades of his
Drug Shops at Los Angeles, in which position he
would appear more dignifed, and which is adapted
to the range ofhs genius.


Such contemplate slander, such libellous
inuendo, such fragrant elimination can do
our Governor no hurt A foolish person may
hurl mud balls at the moon and dung at the
sun, with the full conviction that he will ul-
timately mar the face of those luminaries-
but wise men will laugh to see the fool but
smear his fingers.
Year: 1861

THESE TERMS will be invariably adj
hered to in all cascs-of course giving our
present subscribers reasonable time i'll
which to pay up their subscriptions now due,
say one month from date.


A reduction in the terms of subscription of
Year: 1861

is certainly very great, but if we can get all
to pay in advance VIC will lose nothing by
the change, for tho simple reason that, under
the credit system, we lose nearly half Of all
sums yearly due from subscribers. In Cali
fornia men change their residence more fro
quently than perhaps in any other portias of
the world, and it is remarkable fact thar q
Printers bill is about the very last indebted
ness that people of migratory disposition
ever think of liquidating. We have upon
our books moro than SIC, 900 of just such in
debtednoss, which we will readily dispose of
at twenty five cents ON the dollar.


Besides, we expect an increase in the num-
her of our subscription list at these exceed
ingly low rates. Certainly no head of fam
lily, no resident of the county who is not now
a subscriber to some one of the county pa.
pers, can hereafter offer reasonable excuse
for not taking paper. Five Dollars will
surely not oversize any mans purse.


We also expect many persons to subscribe
for the COURIER at the low price of


FIVE DOLLARS PER YEAR,
to be mailed to their friends in the eastern
States.
Year: 1861

The DAILY OVERLAND MAL-The mail
IS to be carried over the Central route at a
compensation Of $1,000, 900. The mail is
to-oe transported daily schedule time 20
days. The Pony Express is to be continued
at schedule time of days. This ought
to place US within l6 days time of the
States, if the proper connection and times
are observed.
Year: 1861

The VALUE OF AccUKAcY.-Accuracy is an inva-
riablc mark of good training in a man Accuracy
in observation accuracy in speech, accuracy the
tranSac;ion> Of affairs What is done in business
must be well done; for it is better accom- plish
perfectly small amount Of work than half do ten
times as much. wise used to say, Stay a
little, may make an end the sooner Too
little attention, however, is paid this highly i'm
portant quality of accuracy AS a emlnenr in
practical science lately observed to u.s. 1t is
ishng how few people | have met in the Of
my experience who define fact accurately.'
Yet in business affairs it is the manner in which
small matters transacted that often decide
men for or ag inst YOU With virtue, Capacity and
good conduct in other respects, the person who is
habtualy inaccurate cannot be trusted his n..lh
has to be done again and he thus a.usts et.j
less annoyance veXation and trouble.
Year: 1861

A TouGH SToRY.-The village Of B. Of
ten visited by tocks of wild geese, which occasion
ally stopped over night and continued their journey
next morning They intensy colo
winter night and settled down farmer Ill.,
h'id. He was in want of came and anxious 20 Sc
cure some, but not having ammunition he did moi
not know what to do. After delibcrating a long
time, and when about to give up the idea Of taking
some OF the geese, plan struck him, which he con
GUIDED to adopt forthwith. He went to his pond
opened the flood gate, and let the water run SLOWLY
on his held till it covered the depth of
inch and a half In the morning, when the geese
attempted to fly away, they found to their grea
astonlshmcnt that they were frozen in
Year: 1861

THERE FouR SWORDS BELONGING TO THE CRY
OF LONDON The 'Pearl' sword presented by
Queen Elizabeth when she opened the Royal cx-
change in 1871 and named such from being richly ;
set with pearls-this is carried before the lord may
.'Sword Of state" born before th> lord mayor
emblem of his authority the ''Black' sword, used
fast days. in lent and at the death of any Of the
royal family and the fourth is that placed above
lord ma yor's chair at the Central Criminal couet.
Year: 1861

The general opinion seems to be, from the
late dispatch by the Pony, that President
Lincoln intends to maintain the authority o
the Government. The activity prevailing il
the forts and navy yards at New York, and
the continued embarkation of troops, under
sealed orders. their destination being un'
known, looks very much like hostile de-
monstration against the Southern revolu.
tionists


This is also to be taken in connection will
the determination to hold and strengthen al
the posts belonging to the Government il
the Southern States.


Two thousand five hundred troops were
assembled at New York. all paid up-a cir
cumstance which invariably indicates march
at an early day. Two companies left New
York. on the night of the 9th of April.


Certain NOV ements of the Government are
kept secret and this circumstance adds to
the probability that something important is
shortly to transpire.


Double-banked boats for landing troops
have been put on board the outgoing steam
ers Why these provisions if nothing is con
templated?


1t is well ascertained that the naval pre-.
parations are not designed as was rumored
for San Domingo.


The next news from the East will doubtless
be Of great importance. The Government
has been driven to the wall and can recedt
no further. All the concessions which it ha.
made have been without avail, and all it,
forbearance thrown away The secessionist,
are resolved to proceed with their treasona
ble business, and to make no peace but OF
the terms which they themselves shall die.
tate. The President. sworn to discharge Ger.
tain duties, must perform them There is nc
discretion left him. unless he appeals to
cowardice for his justification. 1t is time that
something were being done. in one. way OF
another. and something wiH be done shortly


Lincoln sees that delay is of no further
avail that, so far as his Administration is
concerned, no act has been done in violation
Of any right of the South, and the position
of affairs is that of rebels without cause
against the existing Government He sees
this and, if he is a man of nerve, a man of
WILL and fit to occupy the high position which
he holds, he will stretch forth his right arm
of power and summon the country to the
support of the legitimate, constitutional au
thority of the Federal Government.


The last dispatch looks like war; But,
whether war comes now or not, it must
come eventually. A peaceful severance Of
the ties which bind this Union together can
never happen. 1t is idle to imagine it. The
history of the world shows no such great
movement, no such mighty change, without
the blood fire and slaughter of revolution.


The day of compromise, according to pres.
ent indications, has passed, and either the
Cotton Confederacy of seeded States mus,
be permitted to trample down the flag
of the American Union, or the Govern
ment Of the United States must assert it
power at the point of the bayonet and th'
muzzle of the cannon.
Year: 1861

A COUPLE of Dggers had fist fight on the
bank of the Yuba yesterday, in the presence
of civilized spectators The DiggerS were
drunk and so were the spectators. The big
ger of the Diggers whipped.
Year: 1861

The proprietors of this paper are conscious
of having labored faithfully in the field open
ed by the political revolution commenced in
1853, when corrupt faction fostered by
wicked Administration, attempted the intiic
tion of wrong upon the great body of
American freemen for the benefit Of few.
The DEMOCRAT has from the time of its estab-
ment until this, its last issue, eoUtended for
sound National Democratic principles, and
since the existence of the Nation was menaced
has ever been found Jealous in the cause of
the Union. There is now hut one field in
which loyal newspaper can labor for the
the interests Of the country above the inter-
ests of mere party


The DEMOCRAT and APPEAL of this city are
Union papers AS a matter of business, the
continuation of both, would perhaps eventu-
ally be loss to each. The proprietors of
the two papers having arrived at this conclu-
sion, have decided to unite their capital and
energies, and this will be the last issue of the
NATIONAL DEMOCRAT. On Tuesday morning
the first number of the ArPEAL, under the
new arrangement, will be furnished to our
city and country subscribers until otherwise
ordered by them. The editorial control of
the paper will be under the present editors Of
the APrEAL-Mcssrs. Avery and Brooks, and
the business will be managed by A. S. Ran
dali, now of the DEMoCRAT.
Year: 1861

Hon. J. A. McDougall, of California, spoke
at Union meeting lately held at Utica, New
York. He said:


This is no common battle in which we are
engaged The Southern idea is to have
slaves to maintain the whites in war and
counsel so that all the white men may 90 to
war, unless they are too old, and then they
take them for counsel This explains the
strange fact that they, with eight millions,
have been able to bring superior forces into
the field to ours-though we are twenty mil
lions. That will not do. We must over
power them by numbers. The first thing to
that end, is to secure union of all men who
love the Republic. We owe much to the
Republic. certainly do Beginning as poor
as the poorest boy in Oneida county, have
grown to man who at least holds high
office. It is this freedom for all that is the
glory Of our institutions, that makes us a
great nation. We have a great deal to fight
for When the wisest man that ever lived In
the tide of time was arraigned by the people
of Athens and condemned to an ignoninious
DEATH his friends surrounded him the night
before he was to drink the fatal hemlock, and
said, Socrates, the way is open to you to es-
ca pc, and TO find a home in some island of the
Peopouessus." NO." said the philosopher
II have raised children and studied the di-
vine philosophy, and learned many arts, and
owe all to the laws of Athens; | will tot
violate, will obey those laws. Otherwise
should be as barbarous as the men of Sicily.
Is there one in this great Republic, oce'r
bound, who does not owe as much to its laws
If ever there was any Government TO live for
or to die for it is the Republic of the United
States of North America.