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Year: 1861

The Reuie,0 of Saturday, in its leader,
acknowledges that the great statesmen who
framed this Government regarded slavery as
an evil which Providence would cause to pass
away, but says the idea is fundamentally


wrong, as it rests on the assumption of the
equality of the races. 1t expresses firm
belief that African slavery, as it exists IN
fifteen States of North America, is the proper
status of the negro in our form of civilization.
This is precisely the ground taken by A. H.
Stephens, Vice President Of the Southern
Confederacy, in his late speech at Savannah
The leaders of the Democratic party here at
the North have been accustomed to tell US
that Shey were ''as much opposed to slavery
q anybody" but, since the discovery has
been made at the South that the strong have
. right to enslave the weak, they accept the
monstrous dogma as law and gospel. We
have no hesitancy in saying that the free and
intelligent people Of the North will never
endorse it. The writer in the Reriep will


find that the adoption Of the fundamental
principle of the Southern Constitution by the
Democratic party, so far from reinvigorating
the party, will sweep it from existence in
every State north of Mason and Dixon's line
Year: 1861

Com IN THE COUNTRY. - The banks and
Sub Treasures of New York, Philadelphia
and Boston now hold the enormous amount
of fitty-fve millions in coin, of which forty
millions is held in New York and the flow
of coin from Europe, now amounting to
about twenty millions since the middle OF
December last, is likely to continue for some
time to come.
Year: 1861

Antelope" the New York correspondent
of the New Orleans Picoy1sne, had lock at
President Lincoln while he was there, and
concludes that while there is genialty and
marited worth speaking vividly from that
face, there is at the same time an iron cast
presented, and an indotnitable will. Indeed,
at first glance be reminded me Of
one Of my sledge-hammers with which l
break rocks at home. His BODY is slender
like the handle, but topped off with head
all solidily- all firm endurance-all irou.-
His hands, too are all muscle, and strong
grip from them must be like the grasp of a
vice."
Year: 1861

t The Postmaster General is now sending
orders to the mail contractors in the seeded
States to collect the quarterly revenue from
the Postmasters. He expects, judging from
their past behavior, that they will pay up
pretty well. At the end Of the last quarter,
there were only one hundred delinquent
Postmasters in all the seeded States, while
in New York alone there were forty. The
Southern Census Marshals are complaining
of not receiving their pay, but they are in
formed that they will get it if the holders Of
the distracted funds in their own section will
receipt orders from the United States.
Year: 1861

The farmers Of Iowa and Illinois, who are
the worst sufferers by the miserable banking
system OF Illinois aud Wisconsin, have the
remedy for the evil in their own hands Let
them utterly refuse to take anything for their
produce except lo,Sa money or good EIstdrn
funds. This plan has been adopted by The
farmers about Pittsburgh, and it must have
the desired effect. Produce buyers can get
good money if they make the effort, and they
Willdos ifthe farmers will llaccept tnothingelse.
We hope to see the farmers of Iowa take
stand unitedly against all irresponsible and
irredeemable currency, and then we may
expect soon to get rid Of it.
Year: 1861

"TnE SNEAKING TRAITORS OF THE NORTH"
The New York atlas, one of the ablest Old
Line Democratic papers in the North, has a
strong article with the foregoing heading,
and though stronger in language than we can
approve, yet doubtless. in its facts, substan-
TALLY true. 1t calls things by their right
names, and it may be the only way to meet a
"class of persons who, under thin veneering
of pretended love for the Union, are pro-
found,y stepped in treason" 1t says:


"They talk of patriotism, and at the same
time are chuckling at the hum,liating position
in which the Administration is placed by
being obliged to give up Fort Sumter, and to
tolerate other acts of the secessionists which
weaken our Government at home and render
it contemplate abroad. These Northern
secessionists, in their disguise, are the very
men that the Southern secessionists rely
upon for encouragement and assistance in
their resistance to the General Government
They are cunningly poisoning the public
mind, and are continually informing the
people of the South that the North will be
divided in the csse of collision between the
seeessionists and the General Government"
Year: 1861

The following is an extract Of a letter,
which was written by Napoleon Bonaparte,
in 1897, when about to depart for Egypt, to a
young American, with whom he had pre-
Viously formed an acquaintance, and who
was soon to leave France for the United
States. The letter, which was published as
authentic in the newspapers of that period,
is curious, as exhibiting his ideas of the
United States at that time:


You soon depart for the Western and I for
the Eastern Hemisphere. A new career of
to unite my name with new and great events,
and with the unrivaled greatness of the re-
public; you 60 to unite yourself once more
with people among whom behold at once
the simple manners of the first ages of
Rome, and the luxury of her decline; where
l see the taste, the sensibility and science of
Athens, with her faction, and the valor of
Sparta without her discipline.


AS citizen of the world, would address
your country in the following language
"Every man and every nation is ambitious,
and ambition grows with power, as the blaze
of a vertical sun is the most fierce. Cherish,
therefore, a national strength; strengthen
your political nstitutions-remember that
armies and navies are of the same use in the
world as the police in London or Paris, and
soldiers are not made like potters vessels in
a minute cultivate union, or your empire
,ciH be like a colossus of gold fallen on earth,
broken in pieces, and the prey of foreign and
domestic Sdrdcens. If you are wise, your re-
public will be permanent and perhaps
Washington will be hailed as the founder OF
a glorious and happy empire, when the name
of Bonaparte shall be obscured by succeed
ing revolutions"
Year: 1861

A REBEL EMIssARY IN EEGLAND.-We get
this bit of news from the London Star of
October 29


1t is matter of notoriety that there has
been for some time past in England Con-
federate emissary, who has been striving to
gain adherents to the cause of his employers
by other agencies than simple argument
How far he has succeeded we know not but
his activity has been ceaseless, and there are
always some who are ready to run into the
trap in which there is golden bait. But by
far the greater number of those who have
been either openly advocating or suggesting
by crafty innuendo the breaking of the
blockade have been simply animated by bit.
ter hatred for democratic institutions. Their
antipsthy to liberal principles naturally in
duces them to ally themselves with those
who would build up their nationality upon
the basis of the 'arlstocracy of color, and,
moreover, they we'll know that their vaunts
concerning the bursting Of the Republican
bubble can only be verified by the forcible
retention of slavery as federal institution.
But their hopes are vain, for the firm and
laudable declaration of Earl Russell has
proved that the government will not be
duped by their specious arguments. The
game is played out, leaving the plotters with
the contempt of their countrymen for their
sole reward.
Year: 1861

A late New Orleans paper states that the
stock of cotton on hand in that city is l 1907
bales. So far this season 1889 bales had
been received Flour was quoted, at whole
sale, as high as $40 Is per barrel corn,
81 IL per bushel. Only four barrels of
whisky had been received in the city during
the previous week. Not barrel of pork
had been received for several weeks, and the
receipts of beef were very small. w
Year: 1861

The flint stone was probably one Of the
frst missiles that one enemy launched at
another; the ingenious savage then turned it
into an arrow head; and the more ingenious
warrior afterward planted it in the lock of a
musket. Three times it has changed its
adaptation, but still retains its place in the
hearts of those who love war for its own
ooka
Year: 1861

An improvement in street lanterns has
Just been introduced in Brussels. The in
ventor, who has been granted a patent for
his invention, places a series of metallic
mirrors in the upper part of the lantern, at
such an angle as to reflect downward upon
the street the light which before went up
ward into the sky. This is a very obvious
method of economizing the light in the street
lamns
Year: 1861

The planet Venus is now a most beautiful
object in the southwest for an hour or two
after sunset. 1t is now near the tropic Of
Capricorn, and, of course, will soon turn and
move east by north, shining with.a brilliant
light in the higher consultations during the
winter and spring. #.r-
Year: 1861

A volunteer who prides himself upon the
domestic arts he has learned during camp
life, writes home to advise the girls not to be
in a hurry to marry, for the boys will be
home in short time, and they can get at
good husbands that can cook, wash and iron,
and do general house work, or work in the
garden, or run erraDds for their wives.
Year: 1861

often been said, very tru'hiully, that our troops
are more apt in the handling OF arms than their
enemies this is very true, owing partly to the
fact that our boys have been Injured to the chase
from childhood. But in other respects touching
the requisite qualities of the soldier, they are
equally superior. AS an illustration, we give the
following extract from the Richmond Dispatch:


Equest7ianshlo-To ride a horse without saddle
or bride, at tuil speed, Is generally esteemed a
very good feat: hui add TO that the throwing of
the person of the rider completely under the horse 8
belly, (merey holding by The left Lego and pick
ing up a pistol which lay 9pon the ground aud
shooring it under the animals neck is something
which we think very few Yankees could do. Such
feat we saw yesterday performed by Texas
Ranger.
Year: 1861

The following letters remain in the Post
Office. 10 this city, held for postage. and II not
called for. will be cent to the Dead Letter
Office after the expiration of three days from
this date:
Year: 1861

UNRuLY.-Somc of jailor Ackley's s
boarders are getting very uneasy and ugly OF
late. The bird Higgins and another named
Moore have been put in close confinement
for their disorderly conduct. They seem 10
have an idea that they are not going to stay
in their boarding house. We are Of the orin-
Ion that they will not leave until they are
drafted to go to Fort Madison.
Year: 1861

Under the administration of dIstIn-
guished physicians, SANDS SARsAPARILLA has been
tested for twenty years in the public Hospitals
well as in their private practice, with such complete
success as to have acquired the unqualified approval
of the medical faculty, and is held in the highest
esteem and is universally used.
Year: 1861

Purify the Blood Strengthen the


System
The GREAT MEDICINAL DRINK OF THE


AGE!


CROOKES'S
Invigorating Aromatic Vegetable
StonacAe Bstters, ,
For RESTORING & PRESERVING
HEALTH.
Prepared from Aromatic Bitter Herbs
UNDER THE USPICLES or AN
EMINENT PHYSICIAN.
Are an agreeable and palatablt
Ipvigorating Tonic, prepared from
Aiomatic Bitter Vegetables, com
bined with Pure Spirit, improved
and perfected by one of our venera-
BILE and eminent physicians during a
practice of thirty years, in the latter
part of which he used those Bite,
Herbs, with unparalleled success, in
the treatment Of internal diseases and
for purifying the blood.


They stimulate and regulate the
functions of digestion; impart' vigor
and tone to the stomach; strengthen
the system, and are unequalled as a
purifier of the blood. By continuing
the use of a wine glass full morning
and evening, and before meals, for a
few weeks, they will afford convin-
cling proofs of their great medicinal
properties, and under the influence of
their health-restoring qualities, that
physical condition necessary to the
enjoyment Of sound body and mind
will soon be attained.


From their purifying influence,
the skin becomes steadily smooth and
bright, and they will gradually re-
move every trace of eruption or in
fa1fmation from the face or body as
they progress in the publication Of the
blood.


Viewing them simply as bever-
age, they equal in richness and deli
cacy of flavor the finer grades of
choice Champagne Wines-the Bit
ter principle being only perceptible
when felt in the good work Of purify
ing and invigorating.


For the use Of old and young of
both sexes they are admirably adap-
ted, being grateful to the taste; of al
delicate Aavor-imparting
to the palate a soothing aromatic ef-
feet, equalled only by its purity and
richness.


The following letter regarding the
purity and quality Of this Celebrated
Tonic, from the eminent
and gifted physician and chemist,
Victor E. Canning, so long and ia
known in connection with
he French Academy of Science,
speaks for itself:
ChemicazLubratory Vest Broadwoy,


New York, February 6, 1860.


Mr.. II. NJ. Crookes: Deor SIR
In accordance with your request of
he 10th ultimo, / have subjected
sample of your Invigorating Aroma
ic Vegetable Stomach Bitters to a
careful analysis and find them to be
of the essence of Aromatic
Bitter Vegetables of ancient fame in
he medical world: yet | have never
before seen them so well blended or
'endered SO pleasing to the sense of
astc.


The Spirit used in their prepara-
ion l found to be perfectly pure, and
IS free from deleterious element as
hat procured from the natural juice
# the grape.


You doubtless had the assistance of
medical skill in perfect
ny so excellent a combination, as it
arcly occurs that the bitter princi-
Year: 1861




l. The executive power shall be vested in Presi-
deut OF the Confederate States of America He and the
wee president shall hold their offices for the Of
SIX years; but the President shall not be eligible
Ine Pr sdent and Vice President shall be elected
legislature thereof may direct number of electors
equal 70 the whole number OF Senators and Represen
taiiyes to which the State be entitled in the Con-
gress but no Senator or Representative, or person
holding anohce of trust profit under the Confeder
ate states, shall be appointed eleetor. ssgx z y


The electors shall meet in their respective States
and vote by ballot for President and Vice President
one Of whom, at least, shall be an inhsbitant of
the same state with themselves; they shall name In
tner ballots the person voted for President, and IN
ballots the person voted for Vice President
ana tney sha make distinct lists Of all pereons voted
President, and Of the number Of votes for each which
list they shall sign and certify and transmit sealed
70 the government OF the Confederate States directed
Senate SHALL in the of the Senate and House
OF Representatives, open all the certificates and the
Year: 1861

l. The judicial power of the Confederate States
shall be vested in one Superior Court, and in such
Inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to
time order and establish. The judges, both of the
Supreme and Inferier Courts, shall hold their Offices
during good behavior and SHALL at stated times,
ceiye for their services compensation which shall
not be diminished duringtheir Continuance in Office
Year: 1861

We, the people OF the Confederate ststes each State
acting in its sovereign and independent character in
order To form permanent federal government estab-
lish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure
the blessings Of liberty ourselves and our posteri-
ty-invoking the favor and guidance Of Almighty God
do ordain and establish this Constitution for the
Confederate States of America. 49, - .
Year: 1861

l. Treason against the Confederate States shall
consf3 only in levying war against them, in ad.
herring to their enemies, giving them aid and COM
fort No person shall be convicted of treason unless
the testimony of two witnesses to the overt
act, or on confession in open court.


2. The Congress shall have power to declare the
punishment of treason, but attainder Of treason
shall work corruption Of blood, Forfeiture except
during the life of the person attainted. asE slz3
Year: 1861

i SOUTHERN VIEW OF THE AMAZING IN
THE NoRTH.-Th3 Albany Statesman copies
the following from the Louisville Daily Jour
naz But few men understand the power 0
the North better than Mr.. Prentice:


GO No one can read the intelligence from the
non-slaveholding States without seeing that war
confagratiou, which nothing less than the waters
Of the ocean could extinguish, is raging all
through their borders. The U. 5. Government, if
it chooses will soon have at its command millions
Of men and many millions of money"
Year: 1861

The appearance and character Of the Green
Mountain Regiment, now encamped in the
Park, elected yesterday the undivided admi-
ration Of cur citizens. In every particular
this corps is equal to the best of the fine
regiments from other States which have pre-
ceded it. Physically, its members nobly
maintain the renown of their native State for
the production of stalwart men. Few are
less than feet 10 inches in h ight-yery
many more than feet, and all are hardy
and capable of any amount of endurance. A
few days since, and while in camp at Rutland,
the first ten men in one of the companies
took q fancy to see how much ground they
could cover. They accordingly formed a
continuous line upon the earth, and meas
ured silty-Alcen feet and sil inches.


But the crowning glory of the regiment is
its moral power. 1t has no mere machines. It's
men are men. They comprehend the crisis
know how it arose, what it means, and what is
their duty in the premises. They 20 into the
campaign fully realizing why they go, and
they 20 III sober earnest to do their work
Very many Of them are men of liberal educa-
and culture. There can be no fears rs to the
account which such volunteers will render
OF themselves. la the hottest conflict which
may ensue, Vermont will add fresh color to
the laurels she won in the days of '76.
Year: 1861

The lower pond near Fifty ninth viii he opened
10 the public, part OF the space be for curling
Sc., the remainder to be given up TO the skaters who
may find IL inconvenent to walk To the upper pond AS
the space there very limited the mass OF tbe yisers
Will still resort TO the old spot the Rambe There
VIII not be separate Ia lies pond this season, but learn
ers can Hse the little rond north OF bridge No 4.


Every accommodation for ladies and gentlemen have
II eady been erected that when the sport commences
there viii be nothing annoying to detract from the fun
OF H.
Year: 1861

The BRAZIL SQUADRON.-A letter from the Bra
zil squadron reports the health OF the officers and
good. The steam gunboat Seminole, which
everybody considered failure is most efficient as
messenger sloOp. The orders recalling the fleet
had not been received from the United States
The flagship Congress had no sick-list which is
rare for ship with five hundred men in South
America.
Year: 1861

we the people of the Confederate States each State
acting sovereign and independent character in
order to form permanent federal government estab-
lish JUSTICE insure domestic tranquility, and secure
the blessings of liberty ourselves and our posteri
ty-nvoking the faver and guidance of Almighty God
do ordain and establish this Constitution for the
Confederafe States of America.
Year: 1861

Sick HeadacAe-A correspondent
Of the Prairie Farmer says: Two
teaspoons full of finely powdered
charcoal, drunk in half tumbler OF
water, will relieve person with a
headache, when it is caused, as it
often is, by superabuudance Of acid in
the stomach.
Year: 1861

CURE FOR HOG CHOLERA.--An
exchange recommends the following
cure for this disease upon the sug-
gestion Of planter who has tried it
with success Take a table spoon
full Of soda, dissolve in cup of
water, and drench the hog. If it
does not stop it soon, give second
dose, which will certainly effect a
cure. Try it.
Year: 1861

RECEIPT FOR DYsENTERy AND
FLUx-We have the following from
Mrs. z. c. Jennings. of Oxford (says
the Confederacy.) She is a highly
intellig gent lady-well known to us,
and we place every confidence in her
recommendation: Take sweet gum
bark and make a tea; to one quart
add one gill Of brandy and an ounce
vial of laudanum, with little sugar
to make it palatable. Take u tea
spoonful until the disease abates. !
have known one dose to effect an i'm
mediate cure OF the worst case | ever
saw, and l know it to be a never fail
ing remedy.
Year: 1861

We observe that The Herald, with bitter mahg'
ntv and scurrilous language, attacks the candi-
date of the Republicans and Unionists in the
With Assembly District This ought to strengthen
the chances of Mr.. RAyMOND's election. All
,aen of real ability and character naturally pro-
woke the malice aud animosity of The Herald, and
its assaults are usually equivalent to the apprOba
ton and esteem of honest and impartial men.
We are confident that the voters of the With
District viii show tomorrow that they appreciate
at their value the qualities which have already
given Mr.. Raymond legislative distinction. Let
them see to it that his majority is not merely suf-
cient but overwhelming
Year: 1861

The Saturday Rseier briefly sums up the
more general English view OF the American
question as follows: g.


Tbs gar between tho Northern snd Southern States
sa,ts Of no legitimate adhesion to the cause Of either
bessrent The COniederstes fighting for Slavery and
thsr enses are fighting for abolition but for conquest


partisan have definite wish though he may be una
he 10 proaots s accomplishment, but dipsssionse Tor


,per plating the American struggle is at loss even
for result which be fairly consider desirable The tn
ppph Of the South would for the time tend to establish more
srmly the morsrous system which slaveholdng soPhs''
have developed from accident into permanent soai
law On the other hand the most complete victory "hea
the Free States could achieve would Lord Russell oO
served only revive together with the Union the old ana "
soluble problem Of Slavery"


The mistake here is in the idea that the tri-
uroph of the Union cause would leave Inc
Slavery contest just as it was before the war
began.
Year: 1861

In army recruiting matters there is nothing new to
report. The business done during the week was
confined to the enlistment Of three men, aud the
sending Of few boys TO Governors Island to learn
music.


The Junista and Oneida will probably be launched
in the course of ten days. The launching ways for
the Oneida are nearly ready.


The names of the eunboats already launched are:
Year: 1861

have been authorized TO raise a Regiment to
rendezvous at Goshen for the vice ofthe United
States during the


appeal to you rs friends of the Union snd our
common country to aid me in the undertaking.
Mos: especially I call upon the young of this
district TO remember how and by whom the liberties
of this great nation were won and its government
established; and invoke them by the memories Of
he past to rally round her flag and the Flag Of
their Fathers in this the day Of her triIation ard
distress They should regard it rs glorious privi
lege:-it is a high and solemn duty which true al.
legiapce will do we'll TO heed


Fifty ears ago Kentucky at Tippecsnoe saved
the inf mt Territory Of Indiana from the mercless
tomahawk of the savage and the bones of her sons
now repose upon that bloody field. Our State
since then has grown prosperous and great and
Kentucky is nov invaded by an organized army
Of rebels and parricides, remor less and cruel as
their prototypes of the wilderness. She asks lndi
ana to come to her rescue-the debt is Of hon
or and must be paid. The soil you tread was won
by her rrowess and valor you do less than
protect her Let the answer be worthy of your
lineage and of your country.


NORMAN EDDY.


n. B.-No compani of volunteers will be
ceived from the Tenth Congressional Distr ct until
notice to that effect. N.EDDY.


Papers il this district. please copy.