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Year: 1862

a night at the present site of Towanda, and al
ludes to Sugar Creek, as the one at the head
of which he found the Iudiaus living on the
juice of the maple tree, They had no provis-
10 to furnish his party, but he gave them
abundance of maple sugar. From the best iu-
formation can gather, Os coLUwA is the In
dian name of your nelghborhood.


Your friend,


THOMAS MAXWELL.
Year: 1862




N ding for the collection of the City property tax.
The Trustees Of the CiyQf Nerada do ordain Olloes
SECTIoN J. There shall be, and is hereby levied,
upon all assessed and taxable property within the
corporate limits of the City of Nevada, for the fiscal
year ending May LIST, 1862, tax of fifty cents for
general city purposes and of twenty cents for fire
purposes upon each hundred dollars of assessed
value


SEC 2. 1t shall be, and is hereby made the duty of
the City Marsha his Deputy, TO collect said taxes
said Collector shall forthwith give notice, by publi
cation in some newspaper, published in this city,
that the city taxes due and payable and the time
and place at which he will receive the same also,
that the law in regard to their collection will be
strictly enforced.


SEC. 2. Upon the second Monday in February
1862 at the close of the business hours for that day
the tax collector shall enter upon the tax list,
assessment roll, statement, that he has made a
levy upon all the property assessed in said roll and
upon which the taxes have not been paid. On or
before the third Monday of February, 1862 the tax
collector shall complete list of all persons and pro-
perty then owing taxes, and the tax collector in ad
dition to the tax levied, shall collect upon each de-
nquent, the sum of one dollar as costs inc urred in
preparing and publishing the delinquent list


SEC. 4. On or before the first day of March, 1862
the tax collector shall cause the delinquen- tax list
to be published, giving the name of the Of all
real estate and all Improvements on the same, to-
gether with such condensed description OF the pro-
perty, that ii may be easily known, and also SINH
lar condensed description of any real estate i'm
provements assessed to unknown owners; and also
opposite each name or description, the amount of
taxes, including costs, due from each delinquent per-
son or property such list with the levy thereon as
heretofore provided shall be published for three sue
cessive weeks in some newspaper, or supplement to
newspaper published in the city of Nevada Such
publication shall also designate the time and place
of the SALE which shall not be less than twentyone
or more than twenty eight days from the first ap-
pearance of the publication. All real estate shall be
sold in front of the Court House door, and all sales
shall be made by the Marshal or his deputies.


SEC 5. The provisions of the Act entitled an Act
TO provide for tie support of the Government
of this State approved April 29th 1851 from Sec. 16
to Sec. 2S inclusive of said act shall control direct
and regulate the SALE issuance of certificate record
and all further proceedings of the tax collector under
the foregoing ordinance.


Passed January Tth, A. D.. 1862.


CHAS. KENT, President.
JAS. MONROE Clerk pro tem
Year: 1862

Trip lightly over trouble,


Trip lightly over wrong;
We only make grief double


BY dwelling on 1t long.
Why clasp woes hand so tightlyE
Why sigh Ger blossoms dead "
Why cling to forms unsightly


Why not seek joys insteadl
Trip lightly over sorrow,


Though this day may be dark,
The sun may shine tomorrow,


And gaily sing the lark;
Fair Hope has not departed,


Though roses may have aedi
Then never be down-hearted,


But look for JOY instead
Year: 1862

French Revolution. The present trial will de-
Yelope, therefore, whether this is properly In
cluaed In the war power Of the Government,
and as Pierce Butler Is a man Of wealth and
determination, he will spare no effort in the
thoroughness with which bis suit will be
Prosecuted. It is already lntimated that other
similar suits are to follow, certainly it success
atteudR this first one.
Year: 1862

~ The Broadway concert saloons have
come to IN end. The law just passed by the
Legislature looks to their complete ann1hila-
ton, and this law the police are beginning to
enforce. The saloon keepers used lots OF
money and no little "female influence" at
Albany. but with no success.
Year: 1862

A BREEzE.-D. R. Ashley, State Treasu-
rer, recently attempted to pay sixty-three
thousand dollars. due from this State to the
United States, in Treasury notes to that
amount. The Sub Treasurer of the United
States refused to receive it, without instruc-
tions from Washington. The fact of this
tender being made is exciting some little
comment and feeling among the newspapers
of the State. Though on its face it does seem
that the State Treasurer has been guilty of a
very equivocal act, to say the very least, it
would be we'll for the public to suspend its
opinion, at any rate in part, until he offers
some explanation. The standing of Mr..
Ashley as man of honesty, as well as for
business capacity, is second to nobody s.
Wherefore it is presumable that the fact of
this matter is not exactly as it is stated by
the papers
Year: 1862

ScRAPING LINT-The ladies of this place


have organized, or are about to organize an


association for the purpose of scraping lint


and preparing bandages for the nations
sick and wounded We understand that they
will have meeting this afternoon (Satur-
day. at Excelsior Hall, for the purpose of
giving the organization start. They will
show the State that this town does not intend
to be outdone in any parti u arrespecting the
performance Of patriotic duty. This is a
work at which the ladies and children can
assist, snd we know of no other lesson so use.
full to the young, as this can be made to be.
BE assured that child who in this day pre-
pares either lint or bandages, will never be.
come traitor to his country, or fail in any
nation duty. Hereafter they can and will
boast that . was too young to fight then,
but I helped all | could, and used to prepare
dress ng for the wounds of those who were
hurt in fighting" HAPPY these things may
be said to their offspring and thus the
meritorious and patriotic example of the Ia
dies will have a direct bearing and influence,
which can even new be measured.
Year: 1862

A SUGGESTION Yreka Journal re-
commends that some kind of military Or
ganization be started at that place, for the
purpose of learning to drill. We learn from
the same paper that selling liquor to Indians
is carried on in that place to great extent.
Also that the patriotic ladies of Yreka held
a meeting on the Sth inst, and organized a
Lint Association.
Year: 1862

CAsTKRRURr.-It will be seen by their adver-
tlsement that the managers of the Canterbury
Hall open this week Odd Fellows Hall with
their excellent company. Ladies' will be sd-
mitted, and the entertainment will be of
character to please and crafty all without Of
Tending any.
Year: 1862

Sowing Spring Wheat In Nebraska.


Some experiments that have been
made the past season, and in fact for 4
number of years in Minnesota and Wis.
consin, in regard to the time and manner
of sowing spring wheat. prove conclusive
ly that very early, or winter sowing, is
much the best to insure a good crop. A
friend Of mine in Minnesota. who for
years has sown spring wheati in Febrt ary
or early in March, has never failed ic
raise good crop. And in this county
the past season, there was an extra yielr
produced by this early sowing mode. W.
have witnessed its success on old ground
as well as sod or new broken land. =
Take one hushel and a half per acre
measure your land as we'll as your grain;
SOW this upon sod broken last summer,
without blowing or narrowing beforehand;
then 90 over it both with apd across the
breaking, with a good heavy draw or har-
row until your grain IS covered. This
should be done in February, IL there is
sufficient thaw 10 admit; or, if not then,
certainly in March very early. The
frost that may enter the ground after
that, is all benefit to the grain; while
The moisture retained about the kernel.
as sPring opens, will push j, forth rapidly.
It then gets that length of straw which it
could net in a dry season otherwise.


Farmers, try a small piece in the
spring. Experimental farming viii pay,


R. o, THoNPsoN,
Year: 1862

toned energy and tact at adaptation,
we should in that branch exceed our
best hopes. But the cultivation of
Sorghum next year will absorb many
fields heretofore devoted to corn
For instance, one farm near Lodi, will
put in 500 acres, and pledge 500 more
by his immediate neighbors. The soil
is good, and this one thousand acres
may be Set downas good for a quarter
of a million gallons Of syrup.


But we are not yet passed the period
of experimenting. We do not kaOw
hOo0 to clarity the syrup at home. The
best clarified we have seen has taste
of the extraneous vegetable matter
which comes from the cane with the
juice. We want this taken out of the
juice before it is brought to the boiling
point, and not boiled in. ''Boiling it
in makes it thicker" as a lubberly
farmer said the other day; but taking
it outmakes it purer, healthier, clearer,
and every way better. How shall it
be done?


Do but give US this secret, and let
US know how to clarity and sufficiently
refine the crude syrups at the farms
orvillages where the juice is expressed
and the Northwest is good for all the
syrups that the whole Yankee nation
can consume. We can then sell a
good article at 35 cents per gallon,
and make double from land and labor
what we could at corn, oats, or wheat.


Another thing, give us the key to
the secret of bringing the crystalliza-
BILE sugar to perfection in the plant
the time and manner of cutting for
this purpose-and we can also in a
year or two, meet any demand for
sugar. C. T. c.


Chicago, Jan. Z, 1862.
Year: 1862




4 writer in the Cincinnati Gazette
throws out some good hints in regard to
this crop as follows:


DETERIoRATIoN OF soRGUM.


There is still something to be learned
by a great many on the subject. It is
well asceralned that the plant is liable
to detoriate from various causes. The
Juice this year was much inferior 10 that
of last. Then the average was 9 sacch0-
romenter while this it was 6 only two
thirds as sweet At first it was difficult
to attribute this TO any sufficient cause
1t was thought the fact of cold spring
and late planting the drought afterwards
almost firing the cane and then the rain
after harvest producing rapid growth,
making large amount of water IN the
plant, would explain 1t.


IMPURE sEED-HXBRIDIzATIo


But whatever influence these causes
may have had, there is another which,
probably, has had more to do with the
deterioration, viz the impurity of the
seed. In large number of instances,
occasional stalks of clear broom.corn we're
found, and the mixed character Of the
tops and seed showed evidently that it
had hybridized. In some specimens, the
Juice only indicated 2 sacCharometer. .-----
Seed from such cane ought never to be
planted. Pure unadulterated seed should
only be used at whatever cost. This Is
easily obtained in abundance; and in or
der to avoid failure and Disappointment,
none should be sed but such as is known
to be pure.


SOIL AND EARLY PLANTING,


Another important thing to be under
stood is that il requires good soil and
early planting. Some writer's have rec
commeded it 10 be planted on clay soil,
and their advice has been literally fol-
lowed by planting where there was moth
ing but clay. Instead of having fine
crop of cane, they had crop of fine cane.
One mans cane was so very fine that
three common wagon-loads was all he
raised on an acre, whereas he ought ID
have had at least dozen. It is proba-
bly, true that clay sub-soil yields the
sweetest JUICE, but then 1t must have some
rich loan on the surface.


WILL IT PAYl


/ Give your cane the best ground yot
have, such as you know will produce fifty
/ or sixty bushels of corn per acre, ant
you may look for it to pay. An acre o.
good cane will yield from 100 to 200 gal
Ions, which, at 40 cents per gallon, al
average price, will be $40 to $50. Now
an average acre of corn is worth SI2
and the labor of gathering and hauling Il
market is about equal to gathering tht
cane and making the syrup. Besides
the seed of the cane is as good or better
than so many bushels of oats for any pur
pose to which oats are applied, while tht
fodder is worth double that of corn.


Having had some experience in the cul
ture of Sorghum and Imphee. we say &
word on the difference. Sorghum is tht
best for general culture, as it will grow
and ripen earlier. The Imphee require;
a warmer and richer soil. Those wht
have warm and sandy loom will succeed
well with the Imphee.-PrGiris Farmer
Year: 1862

The Coon 0LD TNE.-Living was cheap
enough 10 the oIden times. Socrates was sup
posed to have lived upon an iLcome of seven
ty iEe dollars bat he lived worse than a
slave. His coat was shabby, and be wore the
same garment winter and summer he went
barefooted his chief food was bread and wa
ter and as he engaged in go business to mend
bis estates or income, it is not wonderful that
his wife scolned. Demosthenes, bis sister aud
their mother, paid for their board $l05 q year
and provided the house in the bargain
Year: 1862

THE HoLY LASo.-It is said that the Su'-
tan of Turkey is encouraging the emigration Of
the Jews to Palestine, AID he offered to sell
them as much lard as they choose to buy, and
that be even hints al willingness to dispose
Of the Mosque of Omar, which stands secoad
only to Macca as q sacred shrine.


All this seems almost Incredible, but his ma
jesty IS hard up, and is wiling to part with
anything that he has for the ready cash. He
has lead particularly fast life, and he has
been thoroughly plncked by his favOrites of ev-
cry description Whilest he and other oppres-
sors Of the chosen people have been growing
poor, the children of Israel have been beeom-
ing rich. They hold the purse strings of Eu-
rope, and are able to buy all Jarusalem when.
ever the owners are disposed to sell. Can it
be possible that the Turk will sell out, d
that men of this generation will live to see the
Restoration of Israel to the Holy Land
Year: 1862

The Charlctton Courier says that all the suf-
tcrcrs by the great fire in that city, who were
in straitcned circumstances at the time they
were burned out, are now much better off than
they were then, by the liberal approations
distributed among them from the relief fund.-
Year: 1862

for the nation into war for the negro, or
whether il remains as now a war for the
American Union, let no man dare to desc
crate one grave on all the fields where our
dead lie side by side, with any monumental
stone 20 tell the falsehood that they fought
for the men of Africa, and the freedom of
the negro race. Rather, if The future be in
store for US, which God forbid, that these
men gain their way and make the war
negro war, rather let the dead lie in un-
known graves, and be coumed where the
Union they fought for will Their be counted,
among the glories of the past,-Journat Of
Commerce,
Year: 1862

W. have not yet received an authentic
report of this battle. We re-publish adj
ditional information from the Knoxville
Register, relieving it somewhat of the dis
astrOu5 character which the first reports
gave il. When the whole truth is known
we doabt not, t will be found even a less
serious defeat than it yet appears to be.


We give below the Federal account from
the louisville Democrat. 1t will be noted
that it susfains the report furnished as by
private Morris, of McNairy's battalion of
cavalry, that the advance of our forces was
ordered upon information that the enemy's
force was only Eve or six thousand This
was the strength of Gen. Thomas who was
in command of the advance, but it was re-
enforced by 5000 more, who, by a forced
march during the night, arrived to partici-
pate in the battle and Illustrate the pI ans of
our Generals. But for this reinforcement
aud The death of Gen. Zollicofer, the battle
would have been won by the Confederate
troops. The question is, was it wise and
prudent IN Gen. Crittendea to leave his
enrenChments and attack the Eve thousand
that composed the enemy's advance. If he
felt assured after reliable reconnaissance
that there was only that number, and that
be could destroy them before relief could
be sent 10 tier and, surely 1t was both wise
and prudent. Had he won, it would have
been regarded az a brilliant stroke of policy
But he lost


The reliable gentleman who came.
passenger on the ears yesterday, reported
that Price had whipped the Feds in battle
at Springfield a few days ago. the very
reliable gentleman reported that Floyd
had given the Feds. particular jessie near
Russellville; and the " thoroughly reliable
gentlemen reported that England and
France had recognized the independence OF
the Confederate States On the strength of
these reports there was a rise in the demand
for whisky.
Year: 1862

THE EVANSVILLE JOURNAL is now IN the 9th
year of its existence. During all that period 1t
has sought to be in every respect faithful chroni
oler Of the times. the people and the country"
The circulation of the JOURNAL is q gratifying
evidence that our Iabors are appreciated. Never
before newspaper more necessary than at
present. Ne man fill to understand the i'm
poltance Of keeping up with the stormy times
in which we live. he who does not read now, and
keep informed on the current events of the day,
will have the failure to do 80 for a lifetime
regret.
Year: 1862

THE NoICE OF THE PEoPLE.-The pestilent
radical co oworkers with the Southern rebels
over-persuaded the President, partly by pro
mlses. partly by threats, to issue in an illstar-
red hour his unfortunate proclamation. Be
lieving that they could command a majority of
the people, they organized for the late elections,
nominated their candidates upon party plat
form. and denounced as enemies of the Govern.
ment and of the war those who refused TO act
with them. All conservatism they stamped as
treason. They set all good counsel and all
patriotic appeals at naught. They struck for
a revelation only less heiuous than that con-
templaied by the great rebellion. The result
is before the world The architects of ruin are
vauqnished. They are beaten back They
are overthrown. And now, deeply humbled
aud righteouslv rebuked, it is TO be hoped that
they will go back to the ground they occupied
in company with their fellow-citizens during
the first months of the rebellion, and in good
faith unite with US in the energetic prosecution
of the war, with sole view to the speediest
possible restoration of the Union, the Union
as it was


President Lincoln can breathe free again
We trust he feels the lifting of heavy weight
from his bosom. The men who have insisted
upon the right to prescribe his policy are made
to realize their position. Those who have as
snmed to dictate to him find themselves dicta
ted to by power they dare not resist The
would be rulers are ruled the nsolent rebukers
rehake3. Let the President DO his whole duty
to the Constitution and to the country, and he
will be sustained. no. perhaps by the fauatica
reckless radical, impracticable spirits that
have hitherto attempted, not all unSuccessfuly,
to hold him in dureSS. but by the vast conser-
vatve strength of the nation. The great mass
OF the people stand ready to accord to him q
most liberal support upon broad and Just prin-
clples, giving men and money for the quick
suppression of the rebellion as freely as q gush-
ing fountain gives forth its waters


Louisville Journal
Year: 1862

HAVE a care OF evil thoughts D, the mis-
chief they have done in the world Bad
thoughts come first. bad words follow after,
and bad deeds bring up the close. Strive
against them Watch against them. They
prepare the way of the enemy.
Year: 1862

. A STRANGE SToRY-A RLAsPuEMER STRUCK
DUMB.-A startling instance of terrible pun
ishmcnt for a thoughtless oath is thus relat-
ed by correspondent of the Salem (Ohio)
Republican, writing from the l04th Ohio
Regiment: @


Quite strange affair occurred in Company
K, q few days ago. One of the boys got out
Of humor because he had to prepare for dress
parade. He swore about it good deal, and
declared he wouldn't go out; he hoped God
would never let him speak another word if he
went out on dress parade. lie went out on
dress parade, and the next morning was at
terly unable to speak. The poor fellow cried
bitterly, but it was too late. He had prayed
and was answered. Some said bis language
was, s'I hope Jesus Christ will strike me
dumb, if Igo on another dress parade or bat
talon drill.'' Some say he did not 90 out
that evening. But all accounts agree on the
main point, that is, he. wished to be made
mute, and is now mute.
Year: 1862

W There is remnant of a race of In
dams in New Mexico who are entirely differ
rent from any other tribe on the continent,
and are supposed to be descended from the
roltees, who preceded the Aztecs They are
small have peculiar conformation of skull
and face, are Of peaceful habits, and live by
agriculture. They weave cloth, build with
tools made of stone, and build towns Of stone
and mortar, with walls. They have now seven
small towns, but the ruins of their ancient
cities show that they were once inhabited
By millions.
Year: 1862

A death attended with extraor-
dinary circumstances has just taken
place at Cesena (Romagna), in the
person of resident of that towr,
the Countess Cornelia, who had
reached the age of so without aby
kind of infrmity. One night her
attendants observed that, contrary
to her usual habits, she appeared
rather heavy and sleepy immSsii-
ately after supper; but she never
theless sat up three hours talking
with her maid, and then said her
prayers and went to bed. The
next morning the maid, alarmed at
not being summoned by the Coun-
tess long after the ordinary hour,
entered her chamber and called to
her. Hearing no answer, and fear
ing something had happened, she
opened the shutters, and was hor-
ror-stricken at seeing the body Of
he" mistress in the state we are
about to describe Not more than
a yard from the bed was u heap of
ashes in which lay two olegS--entire
from the foot to the knee-and
two arms. The head was between
the legs. All the rest Of the body
had been converted into ashes,
which when touched left a greasy
and fetid humidity on the fingers.
On the floor was a small lamp
without oil, and on the table stood
two candlesticks, the candles of
which had lost all their tallow, but
the wicks remained unburnt. The
bed was uninjured, the clothes
lying as they usually do when a
person has risen; all the hangings
of the bed were covered with a
grayish SCOT, which had even pen.
etrated into some drawers and soil,
ed the linen they contained. This
SCOT had also found its way into an
adjoining kitchen, and covered the
walls, furniture, and utensils. The
bread in the safe was also covered
with it, and when offered to seve-
raj dogs they would not touch it.
In the chamber over the Countess S
room the lower part of'sthe win
dows was soiled with a fatty, yellow
fluid. The whole atmosphere a.
round was impregnated with an
indescribable and most disagreeable
smell, and the floor of the chamber
was coated with a thick, clammy,
and extremely adhesive moisture.
The Countess had evidently been
consumed by an internal fire. DIR.
Bianchi, a physician Of the town,
who had published a pamphlet on
the case, thinks that the fire began
in the lungs, and was developed
during sleep; that the Countess,
being awakened by the dreadful
pain, had no doubt risen to get air,
perhaps intending to open the
window, but had only been able to
leave her bed when she sank under
the fire that was devourng her.
The Marquis Scipio Matfei, who
has also written on the same sub
Iject, says that the Countess was in
the habit of rubbing her body with
camphorated spirits Of wine, which
she used frequently, and he think:
that the frequent use of that liquit
was one of the causes of her death
London Times.