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Year: 1861

NOTES OF A RECENT TOUR IN THE SOUTH.
Three weeks ago was in Richmond. How came to
.be there what doing, and how made my way into
the light Of civilization and freedom, it is part my
present purpose TO state Nor would it be safe pru


dent for me do So because, the faes wng it is my


ntenton-as ii is an almost absolute necessity Tor
Year: 1861

AN ACT relative to appeals to the Su-


~ preme Court of the United States.


Be At enacted by the Senate and Home of
Representatives. of the United States of Amer
sea IN Congress Assembled, That in all eases
of appeal, which have been or may hereaf-
ter be duly taken by both parties from the
judgment or decree of any district or circuit
court to the Supreme Court of the United
States, transcript of the record fled in the
Supreme Court of the United States by either
party on his appeal may be used on both
appeals aud whenever in such cases one
record shall have been, or may hereafter be,
fled by either party in the said Supreme
Court, both appeals shall be heard thereon
by the court in the same manner as if re-
cords had been filed by the appellants in
both cases. a#


Sec. 2. .ARd be IL further enacted, That
the district attorney of the United States of
any district in California may transcribe
and certify to the Supreme Court of the
United States the. records of the district
court of his proper district in all land
cases wherein the United States is
a party, upon which appeals have been or
may be taken to the Supreme Court of the
United States and records so certified by
said district attorney under his hand, and





filed in the Supreme Court of the United
States, shall be taken as true and valid
transcripts, to the same intent and purpose
as if certified by the clerk of the proper dis
triet court; and the said district attorneys
for the districts of California shall be au-
thorized to employ such clerks, not exceed
ing three in number, as may be necessary
to transcribe such records, at compensa-
tion for each Of such clerks, not exceeding
one hundred and fifty dollars per month,
which shall be paid out of the appropria-
ton for special and other extraordinary ex-
penses of California land claims; and it
shall be the duty of the clerk of any district
court in California, on request of the dis
trict attorney of that district, to deliver to
him the records in the cases before mention
ed on which appeals have been or may be
taken, for the purpose of having them
transcribed; and upon refusal or failure to
do so, such clerk shall forfeit and pay to the
United States the sum of five thousand dol
lars for each offence, to be recovered in an
action of debt in any court of competent ju-
and such clerk shall, moreover,
be incapable of holding his said Office of
clerk, or any Office under the United
States. a sI


Approved, August 6, 1861.
Year: 1861

- MAIL FAlLrRE-0Eing to the failure Of
ths stage from Monticello to reach Olympia in
time 10 connect with the stage for this place, we
are reluctantly compelled TO 60 to press without
the latest news at Portland, which has latterly
appeared in this paper each week. Should news
q importance reach us prior to Monday next we
Aiil issue an extra for the benefit Of our readers
Year: 1861

SALE OF STAMPED ESvELOPEs.-Tho war has
had the effect to decrease the sale Of stamped
envelopes from more than seven millions in the
quarter ending June seth, 1860, to q little over
i've millions in the quarter ending June Soth,
1861. This loss to the Postal Department is
another Of the sins for which secession has to an
swer to the country.
Year: 1861

The following we find in an English paper
of 1881: "A banker who has run away
from England, and settled in America, is, in
the novel Of Crochet Hall, made TO write
as follows: 81 am again become respecta.
bic man. 1t was always my ambition to
become respectable man, and am a re.
spectacle man here, in this new township of
a new State, where have purchased 5000
acres of lanl at two dollars an acre, hard
cash, and established a very hourishing bank.
The notes of Vonchange & Co., for cash
are now the exclusive currency of all this
vicinity. This is a free land in which all
men flourish. but there are three classes Of
men who flourish ially-Methodis
preachers, slave drivers, and paper money
manufacturers; and rs one Of the latter l
have just painted the word bank on fine
slab Of ma pie, which was green and growing
when arrived, and have discounted for the
settlers in my own currency sundry bills +


n The people here know very we'll
that | ran away from London, but the most
Of them have run away from one place or
other; and they have the greatest respect
for me- because they think ran away with
something worth taking which few of them
uHu tuc LUCK vi W IL W 10. luis gives tnoln
confidence in my resources, at the same time
that as there is nothing portable in the
settlement, except my own notes, that they
have no fear that shall run away With
them have abundance here Of
all things, good conscience included, for
| really cannot see that | have done any,
thing wrong. This was my position; |
owed half million Of money. and had
a trtle in my pocket; it was clear that this
'ritle would never find its way to the right
owner. The question was, whether should
keep it and live like gentleman or hand
it over to Lawyers and Commissioners os
Bankruptcy, and die like dog on dung
hill. If could have thought that said
Lawyers, etc, had better title to it than
myself might have hesiated; but as
such title was not apparent to my sa,isfac-
ton, decided tie question in my own favor,
the right owners, being, as have already
said, cut of the question altogether.
have always taken scientific views Of morals
and politics, habit from which / have al
ways derived the greatest advantage"
Year: 1861

The ambitious editor of the New York
Daily Times is hunting after some plan to
"na,ionalize Republcansm That is, ia
make a whole out Of halt. Better give
out The job to Anderson, or some other
"Great Wizard OF the North"
Year: 1861

LEcTuRE-As announced by Us last
week, Prof. LIPPINcorr delivered an address
before the Library Association of this
place on Friday evening last, and we take
pleasure in saying that he fully sustained
himself as an orator and linguist, giving
entire satisfaction to the audience. We
have heard number of our citizens pro-
nOunce the address as one Of the best pro
ductio6s they have beard on the Coast; dis
playing much scientific and historical re.
search. Sa6iect Of sddress-"The March
Of Mind"
Year: 1861

The following extract we take from a
private letter from the seat Of government:


1--WE have made a gallant fight, and
have come out of the contest second best.
trust that we shall weather the difficulty,
now so menacing, but it will require all the
Judgment, patriotism and self-sacri6ce Of
conservative men. If the present general
apprehensions continue to exist at the
south, but little business can be done the
ensuing session. But have hopes that all
will go we'll. Whatever can do TO satisfy
the South that there is still reserved force
at the north which can be organized aud
brought to the successful vindication of
their constitutional rights, will be DONE
OF this have no doubt. Tue republican
party will fall to pieces by its own weight.
Disaster and defeat will surely overtake it
in its attempt to administer the govern
ment."
Year: 1861

A view extending some fifty miles having New
York city as g focus of observation presents much
that is gratifying and much that is to be regretted
Before the free labOur Of the North should boast Of
its advantages over the slave labour of the South
on principles of humanity ana philanthropy, it
should carefully consider ,ae Pauperism and crime
existing among us. There are about two millions
of people inhabiting area extending fifty miles
from New York. The Metropolitan district con-
tainS about 800 600 people, who possess an aggre-
gate wealth in real and personal estate of about
thousand millions Of dollars. The assessors valued
this property for 1859 at Ii tie over Tj0 GOO 600 and
the census marshals added to this about twenty-five
per cert 80 the true or cash value, thus making
about 81 900 100000. This amount divided among
1900 600 people gives to each man, woman and
child about 1888, to each person tTenty-One
years of age about s 600 o. to each head of
family about S. 600. Here we find an aggregate
and an individual wealth nowhere else to be found
on the continent of America in q territory embrac,
ing the came area.


But glance at the pauperisn and crime existing
in the same will Gstound uS. The census mar
shals return ia 936 paupers il the Metropolitan
district, wholly partially supported at the public
expense during tbs year. Thus we see that about
one in every ten Of our population were either
wholly or in part supported at the public expense.
This is independent OF large number supported by
private charity Tor which citizens are proven
bial. The number of criminals convicted within
the year in the Metropolitan district was 5O.95s-
Year: 1861

A fire originated last night about nine o'clock in
a building in the rear of the clothing store Of
Messrs. H. & J. METz on Market street, near Broad.
The fire had made considerable headwsy before it
was discovered, but it was csnned to the building
in which it originated. The engines were promptly
on the ground and extinguished the fire in few
minutes. The loss is but small.
Year: 1861

From NE Raleigh q, CO STATE Journal, OCT ? p


We stop the press to lay before our readers the
official report Of the sficers in command at Fort
Hatteras at the time Of ITS capture, Whichhave just
been received by ths Adjutant General this morn
ing. We do so, knnHlDg the great anxiety in our
people 20 see how tie matter really was. from the
pens Of our own officers. We have not read the
document yet, and therefore can. refer no more in
detail to their contents.
Year: 1861

Thus FAR capita and labor have been spped developing tie
COLL the great of the State coal and
untouched The nvarabe that mechanic arts flourish
best where food and fuel cheapest will follow early
day Illinois, and in the Of the next years the
raj laws necessities OF the the belief
least Eve hundred thousand people will be engaged State
Illinois in the various manufacturing employments.
Year: 1861

JAPANESE WAITERs.-A waiting maid
kneels at the side or behind the guest to
pour out his tea or sakee, removes the she'll
from the egg with skillful handling of the
chopsticks, separates the fish from the bones,
and prepares it for your plate; nay, even
will feed you, if you find it impossible to
pick up your food with two straight sticks,
laughing the while in O pleasant way at
your clumsiness. The repast finished,
toothpicks come in on a silver salver-
toothpioks of scented sassafras or laurel
woodland with them little brasier Of
Goals, for lighting pipes or cigars. The
obliging damsels then brought in wooden
head-rests or pillows, and placing them
where the cool breeze swept through the
room, invited us to our siesta. The Bos-
tonian could not resist the temptation Of be.
ing famed to sleep by the watchful bare
armed Hebe who wooed the zephyrs TO him
and was soon wrapped in forgetfulness
while took my seat in the low window
that looked ont into the harbor of mats, thI
travelled highway, and across the street
into neighbor's house, where young lady
was having her hair done up for the af'
ternoon toilette.-LetterJ from Japan.
Year: 1861




The following extract is from letter writ
ten by an officer on board the United States
steamer Richmond after the bombardment of
Fort Pickens;


went by invitation of Lieutenant -, of
the engineers, to visit the fort Took a cir
cult first Of the covered way, then of the par
apet and ramparts. Ali around the fort, in
side and out, were marks Of the enemy's shot
and shell. On the glaois, here and there,
are deep grooves, ending in large hole,
where the shot had pumped into it, and
where there had been shell which had burst.
The hole was great excavation, into which
you could drive an OK cart. Where the pro.
jecties have struck the standing walls they
have Clipped off patches of the brick. work,
lit is brick and not q stone fort) perhaps
eight or ten inches deep; and where they
have struck the corners larger portions have
been removed, but in no case has any part of
the fortifcstions received an injury tending
in the least to weaken it, and this after two
days heavy firing. The only man who was
killed outright, during the two days action,
was an artilleryman, who was passing into
the casemates with some bread from the
bakehouse A she'll exploded at the other
side of the area, and one piece flying a dis.
taDce of some two or three hundred feet,
passed through his body, under his arms
He walked few steps and dropped dead.
There were many almost miraculous escapes.
A she'll was heard coming toward gun on
the parapet, and the men lodged under their
bomb. proofs. The shell hit fairly on top of
the bOmb.proof, went through, and dropped
into pail of water beside the officer, where
il exploded. When the men came out again
to resume their work. all they saw of their
officer was his heels, sticking out OF pile OF
rubbish. After digging him out they stood
amazed to see that he was not even hurt.
He rose up, shook the sand from his hair and
clothes, and coolly said: "Oome, come! what
are you standing there gaping att Load
that gun there" At it they went again, az
If nothing had happened. Another officer,
who had charge of a battery Of mortars, had
no less than seventeen shells strike within
ten yards of him. l saw the ground plo wed
up in every direction, and yet not a man
had been relieved from their guns, were sit
ting smoking and watching the firing in q
corner, protected from shot by the walls
when half of a huge shell struck and buried
itself right in the middle of the group, with
out disturbing them in the least. "What's
thatP asked one. "The devil knows, and
be won't tell" indifferently responded an
other, and went on smoking. A ten-inch
Columbiad came rolling to ward group, the
fuse whzzing and smoking. "Wonder i
thstll hit usPn Guess notl we're too nea
itP Crack went the shell, flying 10 ever,
| direction, but fortunately escaping them ali
| The rebel powder was poor, as was also thei
shot and she'll, except that portion which they
succeeded in stealing before the rebellion
broke out. Their practice, however, wa
said to be good-how could it have beer
otherwise2 Uncle Sam taught them at hi
unparalleled school at West Point, but witt
little thought that the teaching would b
thus employed.
Year: 1861

There is q story afoat which can not
give as coming from "the reliable gentle
man" yet, as it has interest enough to en-
title it to respectability among t'inoidents
related"-to place beside the pretty story of
General Schoepf having been New York
porter-I will repeat it. 1t is said that the
Captain of an Indiana cavalry company
made his way to Bowling Green as q spy.
lie was arrested as suspected person,
and thrown into prison. but, as he had for
merly resided in Southern Kentucky, he
found it not difficult TO affect injured inno-
cence, and demanded an investigation. On
careful inquiry, nothing could be found
against him, and he was therefore enlarged.
Before undertaking the perilous expedition,
he had not only divested himself of every
thing military, but had thoroughly searched
his pockets and pocket-book, as he thought,
for papers which might betray him. After
his enlargement, however, being seized with
desire to do something generous, he drew
out his pocket-book to pay for drinks for
himself and number of the rebel soldiers
with whom he had become hail fellow well
met. A piece Of paper which had secreted
itself in one of the leather folds of his
pocket-book dropped upon the ground. With
out betraying any SURPRISE he picked it up,
and saw with glance it was receipted bill
of an Indiana landlord for breakfast fur
nished his company. The Captains limbs
were chilly till he had thoroughly destroyed
the paper and mixed it with the mud of
the streets. The story gives the Captain
credit for living thoroughly reconuoitered
the Notifications and encampments at Bowl
ing Green, and arrived at the dilapidated
opinion that the entire force does not exceed
sixteen thousand, while they have but one
riAed cannon among their guns. All this
is "good, if true"
Year: 1861

There is a report ahoat from Washington
that Great Britain is not so particular about
Mason and Slidells surrender, but wants the
north east corner of Maine ceded to her in
order that she may construct through it a
great military railroad from Halifax to the
Canadas. This is sensible and practical. We
do not care to prompt her; but If there is any
thing else that she would like--say Nam
tucket, Key West or Washington Territory
now is her time to make the suggestion.
She has us at disadvantage, and may not
in half a century find another so good an OPP
portunity for having her own way. II her
modesty does not stand in the way, she may
drive good business with US for the next
few weeks, for If she is refused any thing she
pleases to demand it will not be our fault
We propose to give her full swing.


And now if we still have statesmen OF
generals who fancy that We can afford to lei
this civil war run en- through year or two
longer, we shall not attempt to set them
right. "If they hear not Moses and the
Prophets, neither would they be persuaded
though one rose from the dead."-M Y
Tribune.
Year: 1861

A new Republican paper is to be estabi
lisbed at Chicago, TO be called The Union.
It is said It will speak for the conservative
portion of lthe1 Republican party, which is
dissatisfied with the ultra abolitionism of
the Tribune,
Year: 1861

BG7- We call the attention Of our read
ers, and particularly those Of the seventh
Congressional District, to the following
truthful and sensible articles which we
find in the Brookhayen Advertser of the
10Th inst
Year: 1861

We understand that our Postmaster has
sent to all the Offices in the State petis
tion to the Postmaster General, which pc
tition requests him to constitute the st.
Paul Office q Distributing Posto6ice, and
setting forth, that ten mail routes tormin-
ate at this point; that it would expedite
the arrival of the Eastern and Southern
mails at st. Paul; that nearly all the mail
matter for Central and Northern Minnesota
and Northwestern Wisconsin passes this
Office in transitu, and that it is now detain-
ed to be distributed, while it could be done
here during the time the mails are obliged
to lie in this Office.


Our mails arrive from below daring the
afternoon and night, and the schedules OF
departure are from five to eight o'clock, A.
N. on nearly all the routes. Now were this
Office created a Distributing Postofice, a
night force would be put at work in the Of
fee here, and the mails would be distribut.
ed and dispatched the next morning.


1t must be very clear that such an ar
rangement would expedite all matter which
comes to or passes through this Office. On
routes where the mail is dispatched only
semi or tri-weekly, the benefits are very
great, and on the daily routes the mails
would be advanced one day.


We notice that some of our exchanges
look upon this move as designed to force
all the mails of the lower part of the State
to pay tribute to St. Paul. We can assure
them such is not the desire.


The form of the petition sent to Offices
whose mails do not now come to St. Paul
was different from the regular form. The
Postmaster at these places were only asked
to certify that such an arrangement would
benefit US, and such Offices throughout this
State and Wisconsin as now receive their
Eastern and Southern mails uia st Paul.
We do not think the compensation which
would be received for this work would ex.
ceed the expenses OF performing it; but the
benefit to the service would be very great.


The mails for the lower part of the State
would be distributed as they are at present
No one can object to this project who un'
derstards it: and we cannot believe that
other parts of the State are unwilling tc
allow US to have increased mail facilities il
We can get them.
Year: 1861

The RAILROAD AaAIN.-We are inform
ed that a number of capitalists from the
East will arrive here the coming week to
make bids for the completion of the Mime
sofa and Pacific Railroad. We are to
have q railroad now, sure.
Year: 1861

Our ncighbor Bob Mckee, the very smart
editor OF the Courier, rs soon as he learned
the result OF Mondays election, started of
upon fishing excursion. When the twelve
disciples were in great trouble and perplcxi.
ty rs to what they could or should do next,
Simon Peter, with his usual facility Of re.
source said, 81 60 q fishing" And Bob
said SO too. He was so appalled, by the pop
ular vote, that he at once bounded from poll
to pole. Finding that in political conflict
he was out Of his element, he went to see
whether he couldn't haul pike, bass and cat.
fish out of theirs. Realizing that he could
no longer defeat the people, be lowered his
prctentions materially and undertook to re-
trieve his sell-esteem by fooling the poor,
simple fishes. Unable to lead voters by the
nose, ho thought he would try to pull fishes
by the lip. Ills present employment is de-
cidcdly the less scaly Of the two, and we
hope he will have q few hills and mountain.
to scale, and good many fishes. 1t is high
ly probable that his fnny victim will swal'
low his bait more readily than his readers
have swallowed his statement. We protest
against his using nets; let him take his fish
as the Southern friends took their lorts, arse
nails, mints, and revenue cutters-by hook.
ing them.


We commend him to the fishing rod, and
We commend tho rod to him, for we know OF
no editor that more deserves of it or deserves
more of it. In case he drops line to fine
pike just to tell him he would like to sec
him to dinner, he may, il his liquors arc
good, drop us line Of like import. II at
any time the question shall be whether he
shall pull big fish oat Or whether big fish
shall pull him in, both parties will please
remember that we are strict neutrality
man. II be shall get into the river and be
deyonrcd by the inhabitants Of the food, we
hope he will agree with them better than he
has ever agreed with any patriotic party. We
presume. however, there is no danger OF his
drowning else there is no truth in old adagcs
If he docs not repent Of his sins amid the
calm and quic, scenes Of nature, the worst
we can have the heart to wish him IL that
the mosquitoes. ticks, s,nd.ilics, and cross
dogs may bite, and the fishes not. And
please remember, dear Bob, in all your fsh-
ing experiences, that tho devil is the chici
Of fishermen, and that you are his Bob
Louisville Journal.