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Year: 1861

of Scott, of Clay and of Lincoln in former
times. You have taken Mr. Underwood, the
nominee of the republican party, and MIR
Thurston the nominee Of the convention on
the 9th of July. This was what he called
a Union ticket, and let US now 20 for the
whole country and lay aside all party strife.
\ convention of the people is now a great
fact. The two kings were cotton and slavery
on one side, and abolition on the other side );
but parties have proved failure, and the
people must now say what shall be DONE
Let Us study history We want the wisdom
ard energy of every man, and We must call
out every man in every position, for the coun-
try must have them. Let US rub out old is
sues and have 10 question but the country.
We have now vital question, and We must
meet it with united front. He said the a
merican people are going to school, and had
great lessons to learn; and quoted the doc
triue of MIR Calhoun in the notification con-
ven.on Of South Carolina, claiming the In
ion as a mere compact or agreement; and
and said that is the question we have now to
meet We will never allow such declara-
ton to be received as the policy of this gov
ernment We never can allow it to be 50
understood. This country never was made
6, i
one people.


lie disliked to talk about the South, for we
were always one people, and ought to know
no North, no South, no East and no West,
but secession had forced upon US the fact
that there is South plotting against the
government, and now they must be taught
that there is not only North, an East, a
West, but an element even in the South that
must be respected. lie had but one hope
and one desire, and that was his countrv-
lie did not wish to see his country broken
fragment of petty states, nor the glorious flag
spit upon by the cpaulets that bore the marks
of Legitimacy. We must forget differences :;
We were all to blame, but as said Mr. Cr,ten-
den, the South has produced causeles, war,
AID It must be put down. He hoped that
Mr. lIo.brook would decline the nomination
Of the former convention, and consent 10
forego for the time the pleasure OF being gov
ernor Of Vermont, and give his vote to Mr
Tracy on TIE frs, Tuesday Of Septc,nbcr.-
The people have nominated Mr. Tracy, and
he hoped he would be elected


Mr. Colby then moved that this Conven-
ton unanimous y concur in the nominttioo
of Hon Andrew Tracy, and the motion was
declared by rising vote


The Convention then adjourned with three
cheers fox the ticket
Year: 1861

must enter the ranks Of the army for sub
sistence. All things are dear, except the
raw material of food, at present. For an or
binary black silk hat was charged at New
Orleans Il 6s. Cd: for making flannel shirts
paid 9s. sd. apiece, and the flannel alone
was as dear as the best shirt in London
Common cotton socks are sold at IS. I'D. a
pair; Others are dear in proportion. Butter
and wheat -four will be things Of the past on
many city tables. As to the sugar planters,
ruin seems certain if they can find no market
for their produce. They say they would not
sell it to the North and West even if they
could, and the South cannot consume it ALL
and if the South does, it cannot pay the pro-
ducers except in coin or currency which
may not be readily convertible at the end OF
the year. If the design attributed to the mil
itary authorities of the United States to move
down the Mississippi be ever carried out
there is no amount Of misery which may not
be inflicted on the seeding '.2tes."
Year: 1861

HONE COURTEsIES.-A correspondent
gives us this experience 81 am one of those
whose lot in life has been to go out into an
uneriendly world at an early age; and Of
nearly twenty families in which | made nv
home in the course Of about nine years,
there were only three or four that could be
properly designated as happy families, and
the source of trouble was not SO much the
lack Of love as the lack of care to manifest
it, The closing words of this sentence give
US the fruitful source of family alterations
of heartaches innumerable, of sad faces and
gloomy home-circles. Not SO much the
lack of love as lack of care to NANTES. it,
What world of misery is suggested by this
brief remark! Not over three or four happy
homes in twenty, and the cause SO
manifest and SO easily remedied. An,
In the small, sweet courtesies of life," what
power resides. In look, a word, a tone,
how much Of happines, or disquietude may
be communicated. Think of il, readers, and
take the lesson home with you.
Year: 1861




But for the iudjgnity which would be
offered his constituents thereby, the mem
bers Of the next Congress might properly
box up Mr. Crittenden in glass case, and
hand him down to other generations, as
specimen Of the Compromises Of 1861
His days Of usefulness are gone, if any
such he ever had; and nothing but the
stubborn vanity and malignity Of old age
low remains. We shan be mistaken If in
the Congress about to assemble he does not
make himself more wickedly mischievous
than in that which lately adjourned. For
the dubious position Of the Border Slave
States, ind that bastard loyalty, as wide
spread Gs it is detestablc, which exacts
conditions not nominated in the bond, as
lis reward for fealty, he is mainly respon-
Eiblc. His position in the Senate, his age
and lis undeseryed reputation with the
people, made him powerful for good or
evil; and he used his advantages only to
inf1ict deadly stabs upon the country that
he au the while pro1essed to love. The
historian Of the period, writing when the
passions OF this day hsye passed off, will
be at loss. to find the key to the disloyalty Of
which he was all winter guilty. Whether
10 say that he was in his dotage and failed
to grasp the facts Of the situation, OF that,
reeing his duty, he. was impalled n disre--
gard il by that maggot Of his brain, = de-
Eire for the Presidency, will puzzle him
Rho will sit in Judgment upon his psrt
in the great drama.


We hear that he has new Compromise
ready, and that he is prepared to press it
by all the means in his power. Is the man
demeated2
Year: 1861

Are composed Of Vegetable ingredients exclusively ly
as can be ascertained by chemical tests. TLei


prominent qualities are those of an active and
searching, though perfectly mild and agreeable de


teIgent aperient; of a gentle suporihc, promoting
the insensible perspiratiOn Of pleasant durotic
invigorating the kidneys and bladder; and Of
delightful tonic cardiac. exciting appetite by the
demands of active digestion, and cheering the MIND
with that grateful Of renovated health which


Is of the most felcitous feelings Of our nature
Year: 1861

Enlisting goes bravely on, and Kent will send her full share of a Co. from the l7th Senatorial District.

 Our young people have organized Reading Circle to continue through the winter, and expect to store their minds with an abundance of useful knowledge.

 We regret to state that there is an organiz alton in Kent which meets weekly for the purpose of sewing forthe Soldiers and 6asting the Towns People. These respectable females would i'm prove by perusing the Short Sermon" in last weeks ENQUIRER anent "Gossips" apropos to such individuals. When will the dear creatures learn to control that organ and thus do greater work and wonder than the taking of Beaufort?
Year: 1861

SPRINGFIELD, jan 16, 1861.
The Democratic Convention numerously attended,
although but about half Of the counties OF tho State
were represented The 1owcr OF the Douglas democracy
was in attendance Considerable dignity added 70
the proceedings by the participation Of Chief Justice
Cation his two associates and the United States District
Judge Some members from the extreme south OF the
were prevented from embodying their sentiments in the
resolutions by the Union majority.


The speeches all had strong Union flavor The reso.
lutons show that the democracy Of Illinois follows
wherever Douglas goes The following the most I'm
portant Of the re solutions adopted in full


Third That we deny the constitutional right of any
State or any portion Of the people thereof TO secede from
tho Cniop and that arc equally opposed 10 nu'lica
ton NJ The North And tssoh at the south @ violations
OF the constitution of the United States


Fourth Resolved That in the opinion OF this Conven
ton the employment Of military force by the federal
government to the submission OF the srcedng
states will inevitably plunge the country in civil
and entirely extpgush all hopes Of settlement OF the
fearful pending before the country we there
fore earnestly entreat well the federal government
as the seccdug states TO withhold and stay the arm o
military power and on pretcxt whatever 10 bring on
the nation the horrors of civil until the people them
selves can take such action troubles demand.


Fifth. That recognize the power and duty OF the
federal government protect the property OF the Cnied
states and recognize and declare II 10 be the duty
within the jurisdiction Of the States 70 enforce all laws
passed in pursuance Of the constitutions but distinct
iy deny that the federal government has any consrn
onal power call out the military to execute those
laws within the limiIs and jurisdiction OF any State
except in aid Of the civil authorities.
Year: 1861

RALEIGH, Jan. 16, 1861.
There was vote taken on the Convention bill in
either House to-day.
Ancoercion resolutions passed to second read
ing In the House last night and win be considered again
to morrow.


The resolutions strong against coercion and pledge
the whole power Of the State to resist any attempt by
the government to coerce seeding State.
Tho Convention bill s being debated in the Hous
tonight.
Year: 1861

more or less from northeast to south west, and gives strong confirmation to the opinion former ly expressed, that the course of this vein de- mands detailed geological survey; both to de- termine the precise cource and ramifcation of the vein, and to ascertain its promise of produc- tiveness.

 The argentiferous galena from this mine has been analyzed and cupeled, with the foll, ng results:

 "The average yield of lead, 75, per cent

 This lead cupelled, yielded in proportion to g 1a ounces of silver to the ton of lead"

 The qualities of argentterous galena are very various in this vein, and no doubt, there are portions of the ore, that would yield a much higher percentage of silver.

 As there was no one at the mine, or in the neighborhood who could give me any reliable information regarding the work that had been done in former times on thiS vein, 1 addressed letter to Richard w. Belah now residing in Texas, one of the principal owners, and the person who had conducted most of the work, in order to obtain some statistics.

 He writes, that there were three principal shafts sunk, two of which were thirty feet deep, the other seventeen feet. The ore he consider ed to be in continuous vein, increasing in thickness as far down as he went. Several other shafts were sunk from six to twelve feet deep, and he reports the ore to be continuous also in them. Mir. Bellah coud not give the exact amount of ore raised; but he Is of opinion that it was five tons or perhaps more

 Hesstates, also, that there Were not as much of the green and blue corbonates and sulphurets of copper after going sixteen feet, as appeared near the surface of the ground He sent DOT ton of it to Liverpool, England, to be tested, and received a statement in return to the effect that the ore yielded 73 per cent. of lead and LIS ounces of silver to the ton

 Although Mr. Bellah had to abandon he mine, and move to Texas, he seems to put high value upon the property, as he says: '' am not will ing to lease the mines; but 1 will sell for req sonable price, provided my brother and sister will sell at the same time, which I have no doubt they will. l have put price upon the mines, and value it altogether at $lO,OO0.

 There are 46O acres of land in our claim, the title of which is perfectly good.'
Year: 1861

1t will still require au immense army to hold them in subjecton If. on the other hand the Union be patched up again, abolitionists again will immediately commence their agitation, and there will be in short period, a reenactment of all the present troubles. But if, in the third place, the South is successful in her resistance, of which we have no doubt, the North will have expended her blood and treasure merely for the sake of creating hating and hated rival
Year: 1861

Z - Owners Of coal oil wells who want
to do their work BY steam, can purchase a
tiP-top boiler, exactly suitable for that kind
Of work, at low price. It is in all respects
as good as new, and is large enough to run
a hve horsepower engine. Inquire at LEADER
Counting Room IL
Year: 1861

An unusually light vote was polled in this city
yesterday, much smaller in fact, than was generally
expected, the total not exceeding Thousands,
entirely absorbed by the war, were quite indifferent
as to the result, and did not vote at all There was
no excitement or disturbance whatever attending the
election, and, but for the knots of men gathered
about the polling booths, one would not have sup
posed that State and County contest was being
waged. Upon the local tickets there was good
deal of contention, and an indefinite amount OF
scratching and trading. How well the compact
between the Republican and Union organizations
was observed the votes will show. 1t Is currently
charged that many Republicans voted for Lynch, in
order to defea, Mr. Brown, but we are not prepared
to believe 30 badly Of them. The Police arrange.
ments were all that could be desired to insure good
order but we have not heard Of solitary instance


in which anybody attempted to break head, swear


in an illegal VOTE or otherwise render himself amena-
bic to arrest. Owing to the complex combinations
on the local tickets the canvass was very much de-
layed considering tho ghtness of the vote. Below
we present our readers with returns as complete as
we have been able TO make them, collected from all
the Districts, by our own reporters expressly Tor
THg TRIBUNE:
Year: 1861

PECULIAR MODE OF PRINTING IN CHINA.-A
Pekin letter says;


The treaty has been signed by the Emperor,
and is being printed in Chinese, for distribu-
tiOn over the Empire. The way of printing
1t is very peculiar. 1t is first written on thin
paper, which is pasted on board about four
feet square, then all the paper and film of
the board are cut away, leaving the letters
standing in low bas relief; then two tables,
the size Of the board, are placed about foot
apart; on one is the paper to be printed on,
eightfeet by four; half of it is heavily weighted
to prevent its moving; the other half is
doubled over on the firsS the board 10 fixed
on the second table, two men stand opposite
each other, set the type with Indian ink, and
then, taking each corner of sheet OF
paper, stretch it from the first table over the
type, and let it fall upon them, rub the sheet
over with q rather hard fiat-brush, and it re-
ceives the impression; the sheet is then lifted
by the corners again, and let fall between the
tNo tables.
Year: 1861

The HoNK MEMBER OF TIE ACADEMY
The Paris Figaro amuses its readers with the
supposed speeches to be made on the oc-
caSion of the reception Of the famous Able
La Oordaire into the French Academy.
Gnizot win deliver the address of welcome.
La Cordaire is said TO be the first monk to
whom the Academy ever opened its doors,
Year: 1861

HIGH COMPLIMENT TO OoLERIDsE.-Bayne
the essayist, says: "If were asked what to
me individually appears the most sublime
piece of poetical description with which
ever met, in any writer ancient or modern,
British or foreign, should point to these
lines in The Rims Of the Ancient Mariner:


still as a slave before his lord,
Year: 1861

INpUsTRY.-People may talk to you 0!
your being unfit for some peculiar occu-
pations in life but heed them not what
ever employ you follow with perseverance
and assdui;y, will be found fl for you ,
it will be your support in youth and com
fort in age. In learning the useful part
of any profession very moderate abilities
will suffice great abilities are generally y
injurious to the posessors. Life has been
compared to race tut the alusion
still Improves by observing that tie mos:
swift are ever the most apt to stray from
the course.
Year: 1861

| was buying newspaper IN front oi


Wizards to keep me company over my


breakfast, when the boy who was giving


me change sang out in ragamuffin blurt


over lis shoulder, ''the comes another


ambulance, Bob another Teller dead T.


And as my eyes followed the toss of the


varlet's ragged cap. l saw squad o


eight or ten soldiers approaching on the


read from Alexandria, with reversed arms


followed by one Of the two wheeled We
hicles which serves as both litter and


hearse and the polite name of which has


now become universal. The moment after
came the sound Of the mutfled drum, the
single tap making the more prolonged
measure Of the funeral march, and slow
| ly and thoughtfully the little phaanx oi
I mourners came along. And so the dead
soldier went past the crowded hotel, on
his way to the cemetery beyonI-his
feasting and fighting all overland, OF
the hundreds lounging about that crowd
I'd thoroughfare, scarcely Que lifted bis
! eye TO observe street spectacle now so
common. The nearest approach to even
a passing identification OF the dead, was,
the number OF his regiment painted on
the side of the ambulance which boro his
body, and the little newsboy's "another
feller dead !'' was probably his whole ep
itaph and biography.


repeat, that these regiment marked
funerals-the drum muff1ed and arms
reversed, for but the number of the laid
off knapsack are, to me, very touching.
cannot take a walk in VI ashington
without seeing from one to half dozen
Of them. OF course to everyone there is
a mother who should be there-a sweet
heart who should have loak at the pale
face before it is covered up forever


Perhaps a brother or father, a sister or
friend, whose tears might have kept
time to that dram beat. Should there


not be a chroncler at least who would


make fot these far away mourners some


record of the burial--tr asure 1p some


heresay of the last look or word ? Liza,


BILE as soldering is to his death on un-


watched pillows. and nameless burial by


unsympathising hands-the boy most be


loved at home, and most reluctantly sen,


to the wars, being as liable to it as the
most worthless Of bis comrades, should
there not be some regard made to The


distant heart followers on their far-away
march-some diary kept by chaplain o.


hospital nurse, which could be consulted
ted afterwards by the mourners Of tn


unreturning With the colors Of ever,


regiment might there not lie regularl,
t provided blankbook Tor the records @


sickness and burial--a place in whic


should be preserved faithfully and sa
credly, the tlifles on which grief loves t
dwen.--.N p. WiUs.


1NpUsTRY.-People may talk to you c
your being unfit for some peculiar occu
pations in life but heed them not what
ever mploy you follow with perseverance


and assiduity, will be found fl for you
| it will be your support in youth and com
II, T,,1
Year: 1861

No FRONT TEETH.-A musician recent
ly undertook to trade cows with certain
neighbor H, but after some banter
ing, H told the musician that his old
cow s:was not worth song" she was Sc
old she had no front teeth in her upper
Jaw, and couldn't, therefore, eat young
grass. Singing friend laughed, looked
wise and went eff whistling. But the
remark of H had preyed 90 bis
mind, and he accordingly went and exam
ined old brindle's mouth, and to his hor-
ror and surprise, he found that she was
entirely destitute of upper front teeth
Infuriated, he drove old briudle two miles
to the house Of the man he had bought
her o through driving rain storm, with
mud Up to his knees, and after berating
the surprised farmer for selling him such
a COW, demanded his money back at once.
As soon as he could get a word IN edge
wavs the farmer told The angry man tina
COWS never wore such t, eth on the uppei
Jaw, and to convince him, took him ou


to the barn yard. wnen, after opening the
mouths Of a dozen or SO cattle, young
and old, the singing man drove old brin


die into the road, and trudged home be-


hind her, sadder aud wiser man.
Year: 1861




gained anything by drawing the corners
of his mouth when clouds came over the
sun. or letting his head drop like dead
| weight into his shoes when misfortune
came upon him Why, man, if the
world knock you down and jostles past
you in its great race, don't sit whining
under peoples feet, but get up, rub your
elbows, and begin again. There are some
people whom, even to look at, is worse
than a dose of camomile tea. What if
you are a little puzzled on the dollar and
cent question ?--others beside you ex-
actly in the same spot, and struggled
brayely out of it, and you are neither
halt, lame, or bird, that you cannot do
likewise The weather may be dark
and rainy very well--laugh between
the drops, and think cheeringly of the
blue sky and sunshine that will surely
come 10 morrow Business nay be dull,
make the best of what you have, and
!. Ok forward to something mere hopeful.
If you catch fall, don't lament your
bruises. but be thankful that no bones
are broken. II you can't afford roast
beef and plumb pudding, eat your cod
| fish joytuly, and thank your stars for the
indigestion and Dyspepsia y on thereby
escape But the moment you begin to
groan over your troubles aud count up
the calamities, you may as well throw
yourself over the dock and have done
with it. The ucklest fellow that ever
lived, might have woes enough, if he had
set himself seriously to work lcoking
them up. They are like invisible specks
Of dust--you don't see 'em till you put
on your spectacles. But then, is it worth
while 10 put on your spectacles to dis
cover what is a great deal better let alone


Don't gel discouraged little wife Lifc
is not long enough to spend in infaming
your eyes and reddening your nose be-
cause The pudding ont bake, and your
husband says the new shirt you worked
over SO long, .'sets like a meal bag"
Make another pudding-begin the shirt
anew Don't feel edo wn IN the mouth -
because dust will settle, and clothes will
wear out, and crockery get broked.--
Being woman don't procure you an ex-
empiion from trouble and care you have
got to f ght the battle of life as we'll as
your husband, and it will nev er do to give
it up without a bold struggle. Take
things as they come, good aud bad to-
gether, and whenever you feel inclined TO
cry, just change your mind and laugh =
Keep the horrors at arms length never
turn bl ssing round to see if it has a
dark side to it, and always take it for
granted that things are blessings until
they prove to be something else.


Never allow yourself to get discour-
aged, and you will find the world a pret-
ty comfortable sort of place after all.
Year: 1861

Who has not heard OF sands Sarsa-
parillai How many have cause to be thankful that
it has cured their ailments, raised them ON bed
of sickness to the enjoyment Of health and strength
We wish every one to benefit by it--but caution Is
required-the very success Of the article is turned
against it by the cuPidty Of Others, and numerous
preparations Of sO-caled Sarsaparilla" are in the
market. The original and genuine article prepared
BY Sands being in universal use is sold almost ev.
erywhere. Ask for thatand take no other