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Year: 1861

NORFOLK, Feb. l2.-Last night an engine and
three empty ran into the Southern branch of
the Elizabeth river, the draw being open and the
engineer being deceived by the signal No one in
the train was seriously hurt.


The schooner Grace Caroline, of New Haven
was wrecked at Smiths Point on the 7th The
crew have arrived here.
Year: 1861

All the blue cockades that adorned the hats of
our citizens before the election have been removed
Those who wore them say they have done all thew
can do by voting for secession, and having thus
given public exhibition of their sentiments there
is no use in keeping the ribbon upon their hats
NorfoLk Dan Book.
Year: 1861

DISCOVERY OF ANOTHER New OYsrEn.BEp.-A
couple OF Jerseymen residing at Keyport have re-
Gently discovered new oyster-bed, which bids
falr to create an excitement something similar to
that on Long Island Sound some two years since
The shell resembles those of the "Old Sounds"
with meat like the East Rivers, and flavor said
to be equal to the famous Norfolk oysters The
two men who discovered the bed of course keep the
locality secret merely giving its locality on the
Jersey shore, between Coney Island and SANDY
Hook. They fish for them only during the night.
and take them by dragging in over twenty feet of
water Several baskets of these oysters have been
received at one of the principal saloons in Jersey
N. Y. Tribune
Year: 1861

pleted at the establishment of Joseph Oat & Son,
Quarry street, one of the largest copper kettles
ever made in this city. 1t is intended for a sugar
refinery in Baltimore, to which place it will be
shipped in few days. The KETTLE or pan, weighs
about five ons and is of sufficient capacity to boil
1900 pounds of sugar at one boiling. 1t is cacu-
lated that $1,000 pounds of sugar can be boiled in
1t during one day. Notwithstanding the immense
size OF the kettle, the workmanship upon it is as
perfect as that upon ordinary tea Kettle The
cost of this affair will be about Sc, ,0OO.-PhHadeL-
1ohiu Ledger.
Year: 1861

A good many years since steamboat was
accustomed to make daily trips between But
falo and Niagara Falls. The nearest point
to which she could approach the mighty cat.
aract was Chippewa Greek, ten miles distant,
on the Canada side One day there was
pleasure excursion, and several hundred men,
women and children went down from Buffalo.
After spending the day in all sorts OF anuse-
ments-in looking upon the Falls-admirlng
the rainbow-passing under Table Rock and
behind the falling water, they gathered them
selves on board OF the boat, towards night, to
return to their homes. By some miscalcula-
ton of the engineer, sufficient steam had not
been generated, and when, after passing out Of
the Creek, the boat met the strong, rapid cur
rent of the river, instead of going forward she
was slowly-slowly borne backward toward
the dreadful cataract. The people on board,
as as may we'll be imagined, became Instantly
alarmed. The color fled from their checks
they stood in specchess horror-the roar OF
the cataract sounded fearfully distinct in
their cars--as slowly, slowly, they were still
borne back toward it. At length the eogi-
neer bethought him of the oil with which he
fabricated his machinery. He threw it into
the furnace the flames blazed up more in
tensely--steam was generated more rapidly,
the wheels moved around with increased ve-
locity-there was pause, as the Titan forces
were contending for the mastery. A moment
more, and there was an upward movement
Now slowly, slowly, the boat passed against
l.I To cbo nj
danger was passed, and long, heavy sigh OF
relief broke from the bosom of every one on
board.


A venerable, gray-haired man there was
among them. He lifted his hat from his
head, and said, in a Voice trembling with
emotion: "Ihe Lord has delivered us
great is the name of the Lord. Let us pray
And down upon the deck kneeled the multi.
tude, while the heartfelt offering Of thanks.
giving went up to God, who had wrought for
them SO great salvation. But it did not
end here The feeling which had been awak.
cned by the near approach of death, did not
with all, pass away when the danger was over
as is too often the case. Even there, on the
brink of that awful precipice, many found
their Savior. A revival followed in the
church to which large number of them be-


longed-it was Sabbath school excursion
and many found peace in believing. One,
man of large wealth, dedicated much of it te
God in the building Of a church, as memor


ial of his gratitude for being snatchcd from
destruction, both in this lie and the life t(
come. Thus God got unto himself glory


from the carelessness.--a we term ito


that engineer through which the lives O


hundreds were for the moment imperlled.-


He took this way to work out his providence


toward that people.-Christlan Times.
Year: 1861

CONNECTICUT VALLEY FAIR.-We had the
Measure Of short attendance on this Fair,
held at White River junction last week.
The attendance was large, and the exhibition
on the whole better than what we anticipated
under the circumstances. The Floral Hall
contained fine assortment Of fancy articles,
rejecting much credit to the skill and taste
of the ladies. The grounds had been very
we'll prepared, and we should judge the ex-
hibition was quite satisfactory
Year: 1861

STRIKE THE SOUTH AT HER WEAK POINTS.
The Independent says:


And yet to plain common sense, guided by
the map of the coast survey, it Is patent that
to follow up on the great scale the successes
at Hattcras, is to make Manassas Gap not
worth the watching. We trust that our
brave and gallant naval and army officers
will decline popular ovations, and postpone
speech making and sensation letters and dis
patches, and let us hear their steps reverbe-
rating along the coast, and read of their ad.
vance in successive orders of tho day, issued
from Southern ATTITUDES. The fall campaign,
so hopefully begun, summons the army and
the nation to the work.
Year: 1861

\ correspondent of the New York TI-i-
bunc. writing from the State Fair Grounds
speaks of Il performance with steers as
follows:


Every year | have been able TO learn
something new-somethin@ beneficial to
me as a farmer or something that could
communicate to others to their advantage
| shall try To profit equally by what | see
here have seen one thing to-day which
| wish every farmer, and every man who
ever drives oxen or handles cattle in any
way, could see as have seen. 1t would
teach him the benefits of the law of kind
ness. We have all heard of Rarcy among
horses; and have almost loved the man in
our admiration of his process of training
| have just seen a Rarey among horned
cattle Here is a boy, perhaps ten years
old training and handling six steers, with
all the ease that an experienced Yankee
OK driver handles single pair while in
the yoke; and he has no yoke, nor rope,
nor does he speak a word scarcely above
q whisper and only occasionally strikes
blow that would not raise a blister on the
skin of child All his actions are based
upon the laws of kindness with "A firm de-
termination that all his orders must be
obeyed. Now he brings up single pair
as though yokcd together, then two yoke;
then three then he mls-matches all of
them as though about TO yoke the off OK
on the near side Then he changes pla-
ces and puts odd ones together; then he
unyOkes, if | may use the term when he
does not use yoke, all Of Il en- and
brings them up in line like a platoon of
soldiers, and with greater precision than
any awkward squad Then he trains
them around by t;"os and threes, or drops
out II single one and orders him to d rev
place by motion of his small whip, or
as it seemed to me, often by mere effort
OF his Will. that he desires a change Of
position. For an hour that | stood watch
ing there was pair of older steers stand
ing Just outside of the circle of his opera
tions, patiently waiting their turn, until
some one asked "can YOU handle eight as
well as six p Il could" he modestlv re
piled, " if my whip was little longer;
can reach the outside one, when in line,
with this short whip, but will try -
And he did so; and notwithstanding the
short whip, all were managed with the
utmost care, and all who saw were taught
lesson which none seemed to tire of
| learning. 1 hope they Will profit by it
viii those who read also pursue the same
course in trainin. all domestic animals
Teach your boys, toe, to yoke up the young
steers, to use them kindly with patient
perseverance,, to make them rs hidable as
this boy has these on exhibition. and then
they will make good and valuable oxen.
Year: 1861

IMPORTANT FROM SECRETARY CHASE
The Uorld has the following which con
taIns important news. which Will prove
cheering from its authenticity


Mr.. Chase addressed the meeting at
the American Exchange Bank in speech
of some length, and gave them very strong
and pointed assurances that the govern
ment now saw their way clearly to quell
this rebellion: that they had information
which warranted him in saying that tn q
public would soon hear glad tidines of
success, more startling and more effect
IKE IN their result than those from Port
Royal and the West; that neither the gov
ernment nor Gen. Mcclellan ever had the
least idea Of placing the army in winter
quarters, but. on the contrary. the militia
r. plans all contemplated regular. system
attic and energetic activity in pushing for
ward upon the rebels, as prudence and
judgment dictated that government had
ample funds to supply every liability un-
til February; that the expenses would
not Increase, put gradually become less,
owing to the stock Of many articles being
now complete, and also because the ma
chinery of the departments was working
into a more economical and satisfactory
state Of efficiency
Year: 1861

PRESENTLY - Never say YOU will do
presently what your reason or conscience
tells you should he done noac. No man
ever shaped his own destiny, or the dcsti-
MES Of others, wisely and well. who dealt
nuch in presentlies Look at Nature
she never postpones When the dime ar
riyes for the buds to open, they open Cor
the leaves to fall they fall Look upward :;
the shining worlds never put off their ri
sing or their settings. The comets even,
erratic as they are. keep their appoint
ments, and eclipses are always punctual to
the minute There are no DELAYS il any
of the movements of the universe which
have been predetermined bv the absolute
fiat OF the Creator. Procrastination among
the stars might involve the destruction of
lnnumerabIe systems; procrastina;ipp e
the operations Of Nature on this earth
might result IN famine pestilence, and the
blottlng out of the human race Man.
however, being free agent, can postpone
the performance Of his duty-and he does
So frequently, TO his own destruction
The drafts drawn by Incidence upon the
Future are pretty sure to he dishOnored.
Make Now your banker Do not say YOU
will economic presently, for presently
YOU may be bankrupt nor that YOU will
repent or make atonement presently, for
presently YOU may be Judged Bear in
mind the important fact. taught alike by
the history Of nations, rulers and private
individuals, that in at least three eases out
Of five, presently is TOO LATE.
Year: 1861

Coop SOLDIERS But BAD Lovers Since
the first frost the troops Of the Potomac
(it is rumored) have grown more and
more Indifferent to the girls they left be-
hind them Getting the mitten used
to be a source Of modification, but now
the more they get the better they seem to
ike it
Year: 1861

The jefferson City tysscorrespondcnts of the
Cincinnati Gazette was one of the t'press
gang not long since collected at the capital
Of Missouri to write the history of the Ere
mont campaign. They all lodged in one
room of the hotel, and occasionally diverted
themselves by a species of warfare which is
best described by the Gazette man as follows ::


" Happening to drop in the other night
found the representatives Of the Missouri Re
pabtican, the Cincinnati Commercial. the
New York World and Tribune, engaged in
a hot discussion upon matrimony, which e.
nally run into mctaphy sizes Now, it is not
to be supposed that people can long indulge
in metaphysical controversy without com


ing to blows. So finally the Republicap hay.
ing plumpiy disputed an abstrusc proposition
Of the Tribune, the latter seized an immense
bolster and brought it down with an cmpha


sis upon the glossy pate Of his antagonist -
This instantly broke up the debate in row


and a general melee commenced. The Re-


Publican grabbed up damp towel and doub-
ling it up, aimed a stunning blow at his as
sailant which missed him and brought up
against the nasal proturhance of Frank Les
lie. The eXasperatcd Frank dealt back a
pillow, followed by well packed knapSack
III return. men tilc MlSSOtlrl D6GlOfr0f sent
a coverlit, which lit upon and developed the
knowledge box of the Xerold, who repaid
the compliment with pondcrous pair of
saddle-bagS, which passed so close to the
GaSetfe's head that in lodging it he bumped
his phrenology against the bed post, and
raised quite respectable sized organ where
none existed before. simultaneously the
Commercial threw haversack, which hit
Harper in the bread basket, and doubled him
INTO folio, while, at the same instant the
Chicago Tribune pumped the New York


Times between the peppers with ragged
copy OF Ovid's Art Of Love, just as the latter
gave the Herala a heavy side swipe on the
mug with strapped up India rubber over
coat, which knocked him against the World


who that moment, caught a pillow on the
leg of chair, splitting it and scattering the
feathers through the snrging atmosphere, and
as these two worthless went down together,
they carried the table with them, spilline the
ink, scattering the literary contents, and put
ting the candles out, which brought the con
test TO a speedy close; and after considcra-
bic delay in feeling round for stray match,
which at last turned up, a light was struck
the combatants proceeded to adjust their
toilets and repair damages, and having lit
the ca!umets of peace, gently resigned them
selves to the soothing influence Of the weed"
Year: 1861

The fatal fondncss for Indulging n spirit OF
ridicule, and the injurious and irreparaIlc
consequences which sometimes attend the
too prompt reply, can never be too seriously
and too severely condemned Not to offend
is the first step toward pleasing. 70 give
pain is as much an offence against humanity
as against good breeding; and surely it is as
well to abstain from an action because it is
sinful as because it is impolite. A man Of
sense and breeding will sometimes join in the
laugh which has been raised at his expense
by an ll.natured repartce; but if it was very
cutting, aid of those shocking sorts of truths
which, as they can scarcely be parloncd even
in private, ought never to be uttered in pub
lie, he does not laugh because he is pleased,
but because he wishes to conceal how much
he is hunt. As the sarcasm was uttered by
a lady, so far from seeming to resent it, he
will be the first to commend it; but, not
withstanding that, he will remember it as a
trait of malice, when the whole company
shall have forgotten it as a stroke of wit
Women are so far from being privileged by
their sex to say unhandsome or cruel things,
that it is this very circumstance which rem
dcrs them more intolerabe When the ar
row is lodged in the heart, it is no relief for
him that is wounded to reflect that the hand
which shot it was a fair one.
Year: 1861

regiment in the service. OF the four hundred
at Hudson but few are fit for duty. OF those
here most are in good fighting condition I
understand that Gen. Prcntss, who is now
commanding in northern Missouri, claims us
In his brigade, so we may at any time be
ordered back to our old stamping ground to
inhalc fever and ague for $l3 per month
Unless something is done to recruit the rcgi-
rnent there will be none to recruit; all will
be unfit for duty.


The boys are now living on the big auger
system, all hands having received ten dollars
each iii part pay, few days since Trade
uncooked rations for board at young hotel
called the Temperance House, and with little
delicacies furnished by fractions of the ten
dollars, live like princes. No drill. no dress
parades, scarcely any guard duty, so the
time is occupied in reviewing the city and its
beauties, smoking our mcerschaums, 1--WE
haze meerSchaums), and, no very agreeable
picture, looking at our future through the
past. So passes the hours away, and we
can only hope that change may soon take
place, for any thing will better our condition
as regiment. But | must say that the
prospect is gloomy, unless our Colonel, who
is now suffering from the base charges of de-
signing men, shall soon return, his enemies
put to route, to take the regiment back to its
former good discipline, accuracy in drill, and
the men, through his cxertons, supplied
with sufficient clothing for their comfort.
Yours,
Year: 1861

a. EO. .SECORD, Proprietor, Main Street
NJ Cedar Falls The above Hotel has lately been
enlarged and newly furnished throughout and pre-
pared to attend to the wants Of all who mag favor me
WITH call have In connection with the above House
large and commodous Stable with good osters in attend
ance The Office of the Western Stage Company is at
this House. Stages leave daily for the East South and
West 1.sf
Year: 1861

the breasts OF many the suspicion that theIr
kindred In England wish them evil rather than
good; but the statesmen to whom the political
Interests Of these two great people are conAded
act upon higher responsibilities and with better
lights, and you may rest assured that an event
20 mutually disastrous az war between England
ana America cannot occur without some other
ana graver provocation than has yet been given
BY either nation.
Year: 1861

three or four months to get all which il
needs iron the earth in order TO mature its
growth.


But the surface must be finely pulyerired
in order to bury all the grain and seed 50
close that the air cannot operate upon 1t.
All seeds should DO in perfect darkness in
order toyegetate we'll. Alter the iron tooth
harrow has done Its duty and made the sur
face even and mellow, the seed may be sown.
Then the harrow must 90 again and again
lengthwise and crosswise, and diagonally.


Never mind il the surface gets to be hard.
Many farmers use roller after the harrow,
TO make the surface more compact. a brush
harrow always does good service alter grain
and grass are sown.


Many farmers choose 10 sow their grass
seed after the grain rs narrowed in and use a
brush harrow to bury the seed. In heavy
ground there is danger Of burying grass seed
too deep.


Spring wheat succeeds best when it is
scwn quite early-the sooner the better,
when the soil ia dry enough for the plow or
the harrow. Where the soil was in corn
last year (green sward) and it was thorough
ly titled, 50 that no weeds could trouble.
there may be no need Of plowing now at all
unless to split open the hills. The harrow
will do the rest. In such cases the ground
may DO worked and sown earlier than when
the old sod is to be turned up.


Wheat should always be washed clean be-
fore sowing, 50 as to destroy every particle
OF smut that may adhere to it. Lime and
water, or salt and water may be used for the
purpose. But the wheat should not be per-
mitted to swell much before sowing. as the
earth swells il best.
Year: 1861

threw her arms round my neck and wept her
self quiet on my bosom. l felt the warmth
return to her chilled frame before l lay her
back on the pillows. Then l said, snow,
darling, ! will write for you"


There was q momentary struggle in her
face, but kept my hand on her forehead and
my eyes on hers.


"Ycs, write, dear Ruth" and she kissed
me like child. "Direct to my father,
Judge Condnt of B."
Year: 1861

l., DECEMBER IL, Is


DEAR HoRTENsE.-Do not worry for me,
poor child. You know how strong / am,
and how well always. And this is just the
discipline needed. shall come out Of the
fire, tried but purified, by-and-by, darling,
shall come home aud take the old mansion
house, while you will be gone to make an
other home happy. am learning to live
without you now. So shall not miss you
SO much then.


Write often-yery, very often-Hortense.
Your letters are all the companionship
have. | CANNOT make friends of those
around me. Sometimes | am lonely, but
then you know used TO be sad at times in
our own dear home, so what else could l ex-
pect among strangers?


But must tell you OF a girl whose loom
is next to mine and while she is weaving
cloth out of Southern cotton, you may weave,
my little poetess, her story all out of your
wonderful Imagination, for there MUST be
something strange in the story of her young
life.


Iwish you could see her face. II is one
Of those that one always fancics corresponds
to an alto voice. Ii is oval, pale, with
pale straightened lips that tell plainly Of
constant struggling and suffering restrained,
beautiful chin and throat. She has q
great deal of dark hair, waving into gold,
which she puts up in heavy rolls under a
lOose-meshed net Of blue. But her eyes,
Hortense-they are perfect-deep, full, heav-
lily shaded, and heavily browed, the lids,
dead-whitc and dropping, and she seems Oft
encr to be looking array of than anywhere
else. | don't know whether they are grey
or brown, and they may be blue the pupils
grow so large, and the lashes are so long,
besides, you only look and wonder at the cx-
preston, and never think of the color.


Her name is Adelaide COnant. She goes
and comes-gocs and comes-day after day,
and never q smile, never glow, never
spring in her weary walk, and the eye lids
grow deader white each day. Ask mother
dear Hortense, and ask her il the young and
pure ever suffer so, and whence tho strength
to bear it so long comes, too.


o Hortensc. do SO long TO comfort her,
but she will not; Rachael mourning for her
children You thought that my cross was
heavy one when lcft home, but hers must
be heavy indeed. Do you remember that
picture we saw in Florence, over the altar of
the peasants chapel-Christ bent almost to
the ground with the weight OF his cross? l
know it is irreyercnt, but she always reminds
me of ii.


had some little tea roses tho other day,
and gave them TO her. She thanked me
sweetly, with tears in her beautiful eyes
and she carried them about with her all day
did not know how to tell her Of my SYM
pathy in words, but we both understood the
flowers.


would sometimes read her your
loving, cheering letters, but am afraid she
has a sister from whom she may not hear,
whose heart is sealed towards her and it would
remind her so painfully-you know. They
say she has never spoken of home, father nor
mother since she has been here.


l need not say remember me, but like to
write it. Remember is a sweet word to
write or think when one is away from home.
And you know that no one loves you better
than SISTER Rurn.
Year: 1861

DEAR HoRrENsE.-l am sorry you have
been so sick. II had only been to homo to
tend you Who could smooth your pillows,
bathe your aching head, bind back your
heavy hair but sister Ruth?


But gu'd-t-R as we used tosay to Monsieur
Radaux, what matters it, darling, If | come
home to tend the roses in your checks next
summer.


l want you to practise as soon as you get
strong enough, our dear old organ-melodcon
1t could only have come from Germany,
could it, Hortcnse Who do you suppose
will play when we are grown old. Perhaps
another Hortense.


Dear sister, here Is q letter from Adelaide
l know it will interest you.
Year: 1861

New CITY ON THE SOUTHERN CoAsT.-A
company Of capitalists are about forming, we
learn, for the laying out new city in San Luis
Obispo county, to connect with the wagon road,
the franchise of which was given to ex-Gov.
McDougal by the last Legislature. 1t is claimed
that when the road is completed, both goods
and passengers from Visalia and the Coso
mineral region can be conveyed thereon to the
coast by direct route, and Of course a shorter
one than either that by way of Stockton or
Alviso.-[ Alta.