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Year: 1861

1t is stated that JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
remarked, when fourscore years old, that
he bad no recollection of ever retiring for
the night without repeating the simple
lines which bis mother taught him when
he was a very little child, and which go
many mothers besides her taught their
children


"Now lay me down to sleep,


! pray the Lord my soul to keep,


II 4 should die before wake.
lprsy the Lord my soul to take"


At home and abroad, on the sea and on
the land, 10 the Presidential mansion and
in bis own private dwelling, wherever be
laid himself down for rest, be closed no,
his eyes in sleep till be had repeated these
lines.


This fact reveals the character Of The
man. He never hesitated to acknowledge
his belief in Supreme Being, and iu bis
own dependence upon Him for guidance
and protection. He commenced the day
with reading the Scriptures, and closed it
with the words Of prayer, throug II all the
scenes of his varied and protracted life.
This fact also reveals to US the greatness
Of mothers influence, and the permaueu-
cy Of her early instructions. He was IA
yorcd with one Of the best Of mothers, and
she spared no pains in teaching him his
duties, both to God and man; and his
firm adherence to whs, he believed to be
right, and the fearless advocacy Of it, were
the fruits Of her instruction. And the Of
fering up Of that simple prayer at night,
for SO many years, be traced to the same
source.


Bu, was thinking Of others, who had
learned this prayer, and who have often
repeated it, and if they should "die before
they wake" see but little ground for hope
respecting them. l speak not now Of
natural sleep, but that spiritual sleep into
which SO many prOfessed Christians have
fallen. remember many men, and few
women, who once thought they were con-
verted, and others thought SO, for they
gave signs Of spiritual life and activity.
There was every indication that their ac-
tions we're in harmony with the words they
uttered.


3u. ceasing all further effort, and dis
missing all care about spiritual things, to
sleep they went, and they are asleep still
Some of these we're members Of our church
Our minister tells them often, "Now it j:
high time that ye wake out of Sleep
they partially wake, but they want 50 little
more slumber," aud SO they commence
again that everlasting lullaby Snow !
lay me down to sleep" l suppose there
are many of this class, besides those whom
have known. 1t has been intimated
that there are some such in al our church.
es. l hope it is not SO, but possibly i!
Christian Herald.
Year: 1861

The case is SO simple that Jerusha
Ann can have but very little doubt how
to act. The first thing she has to do, is
to "resume her original sovereignty" The
next, is to refuse to obey orders-and
then, to take possession of her husbands
pantaloons, boots, and other property stu
ated within her jurisdiction. If he takes
steps to recover bis property and re-estab-
lish his authority, be is clearly "making
war" on bis wife and there is nothing in
the original compact to warrant any such
proceeding. On the contrary, it was
plainly the intent Of the parties at the out
set that the union should be one Of sffec


ton, and not Of force. When things have
reached this point, if he is a reasonable
man, be can certainly be made to see the
improperly and the extreme danger OF
any such action on bis part; and thus the
whole matter will be comfortably and
peacefully arranged. We take it for gran
ted, in giving Jerusha this advice, that she
has taken good care to secure handsome
allowance from her husband in advance
that she has a good home to 60 to, With
plenty of friends to protect and support
ber-and that che has no reason to fear
any sort of annoyance from her husband,
strangers, freedom-lovers, old enemies, or
the rest of mankind. These little matters
are liable to be overlooked BY persons in
her frame of miud-but they are impor-
tan. enough to be worth thinking about.
Two or three petulaut and uneasy females,
We happen to know, are in some danger Of
getting into serious trouble from neglect
ing them. EDITOR.
Year: 1861

INDIANAPOLIS, April IS Governor Morton de.
iivered his message to the Legislature this after.
noon. He recommends the appropriation Of one
million Of dollars for the Purchase of arms and
munitions Of war and for the organization Of such
portion of the militia as may be deemed necessary
In the present emergency


He recommends the enactment of law def nipp
and punishiDg treason against the State


In aliuding to the present troubles he says we
sbail approach the present crisis not as partsans
but as patriots who cast aside every selfish consd-
Grafton. When danger threatens the country the
voice OF party should be hushed and forgotten
Let us rise above these paltry considerations and
inangurate an era when there shall be but one
party and that for our country. The struggle is
pne into w hich We enter with the deepest reluct-
ance We are bound to the people of the seeded
States by the dearest ties They are our brothers,
but II they regard not those tender relations and
put themselves In attitude Of public enemies they
must bear the responsibilities. But while we de-
piore deeply the character Of the contest we are
engaged In, we shall meet 1t az men To osr
sister state OF Kentucky we turn with hope and
admiration. appeal to bere by the ties OF COM
mon kindred to maintain the Constitution and the
Union. "


The Legislature o-day appropriated 500 600
FOR present exigencies.
Year: 1861

EWING A ROAD AND POLL TAX,
and providing for the collection Of the same for
the year ending May. 1862


The Trustees Of the City Of NerGdG OrddtR as tOiloiOs


SECTION /. A Road Tax of four dollars is hereby
levied upon every able bodied inhabant of the City
of Nevada between the ages Oftwenty'on and fifty
years.


collect the Road Tax, and for this purpose he is mere
bv invested with the same authority as Is conferred
upon Road 0verseers by the act of the Legislature OF
1860 entitled IAN act concerning roads and highways
in Nevada county. and the tax shall be collected IN
the manner presci bed in sald act.


SE g. The Clerk Of the Board shall prepare and
deliver to the Marshal a sufficient number of blank
receipts which shall be numbered and signed by the
Clerk Said receipts shall be countersigned by the
Marshal and delivered to persons paying the roadta
and the Marshal shall specify in each receipt so de
livered whether the tax is paid in labor or money


SEc. 4. The Marshal shall keep correct list OF
the names of all persons paving their road tax in
cash and the names Of those paying In labor, snd
shall report the same to the Board on the first OF
each month All monies collected on the road tax,
less his commission. the Marshal shall pay over to
the City Treasurer to be used under the direction Of
the Board Of Trustees foI road purposes


SIC s There shall be and is hereby levied upon
every male inhabitant of the City, Of twenty-one
years of age and upwards, poll tax of one dollar,
for the year ending May 1862 and it is hereby made
the duty of the Marshal TO collect the same.


SEC. 6. The Clerk OF the Board shall prepare and



which shall be numbered and signed by the Clerk.
Upon the payment of each and every poll tax the
Marshal shall deliver Of said receipts. counter
signed by himself to the person so paying.


SEC. Z. To enforce the collection Of the poll tax,
the Marshal may seize so much Of any and every
species of property owned claimed bv any person
liable TO and refusing to pay said poll tax, az will be
sufficient to pay the same and costs Of seizure, and
may sell the same any time or place, within the
CITY limits upon giving verbal notice one hour pre-
vous to such sale; delivery OF the possession of the
property by the Marshal to any purchaser shall be
deemed a sufficient title in the purchaser After hay
ing deducted the poll tax for which such property
was sold and the necessary fees and costs Of sale
the Marshal shall return the surplus money, ifany
there be- TO the owner of such property. Any per-
son indebted to another liable to poll tax and neg
leeting refusing to pay the same, shall be liable
10 pay the after service upon HIM, by the City
Marshal, of notice in writing stating the name or
names Of the person persons 50 liable, and owing
such poll tax. and may deduct the amsnnt thereof
from such Indebtedness.


SEC. The Marshal shall keep recorded list Of
the OF all persons paying their poll tax and
shall report the same to the Board ON the Hrst Of
sRch month.


Passed May 2sth, 1851.


CHAs. KENT, PrsH't.
H.H. FI.AaG, Clerk.
Year: 1861

II respect Of property is required from pu-
pills. The rights of all must be respected
This is the grand principle that extends through
out the whole theory OF civil governme nt.--
Our laws aim at the protection of all our citizens,
together with their rights. Civil government
finds its end in the establishment and conserva-
ton OF public freedom. Although the pupils may
not strictly be considered citizens, yet they are
under the direct authority and control OF state
government, and the same respect for the laws
of our country will be required from them, as
from the legal citizens of the country.


Natural laws have the penalties for their in
fringement affixed. No law OF nature can be
transgressed without the subject incurring the
penalty affixed thereto. He who would act the
gormandizer and use bis stomach as sort OF
curiosity pouch, must submit to the result, and
be dysPeptic. The transgression of a civil
law, too, is met with punishment. Obedience
then TO both natural and civil laws is required for
our personal good. There is, however, no.
bier reason for obedience TO law than the fear
of the penalty thereby incurred; We should O.
bey laws because 1t is right for us TO do so be-
cause it is duty. The same principles upon
which the rectitude of state authority is based,
underlie the whole theory OF school government,
and obedience to those laws aud principles
should in both cases be because it Is a duty, be-
cause II is a moral requirement.


Pupils should be made TO understand that
they have no authority whatever TO violate The
rights and property OF others; that each ones
rights must be preserved inviolate. All their
proPenslties for mischief or pleasure must be re-
strained when those propensities in any way in
terfere with the rights of the community, or
with the rights and privileges of any particular
portion OF it. 1t is evident that such must be
the case liz order that the ultimate end of civil
government may be subserVed.


KAPPA.
Year: 1861

The grand problem OF educators seems 10 be-,
how best to train the mind, soul, and body at
the same time. An intellectually educated
man. without corresponding degree of moral
culture, is likely TO degrade bis mental acquire
ments. A man well trained in morality and
plety, can accomplish far less in weak and
diseased body, than IN strong and healthy
one. A man, if he be physically educated, and
be so deficient in mental and moral requisites,
as to use his physical powers for the mere pur-
pose of peIting ant knocking the breath out of
every antagonist he meets, is of but little use TO
society. The whole man must be educated,
that our intelligent men may not be infdels
our moralists and dIyines, not such as are Too
feeble to do good, our physical and muscular
men, not bullies and prize fighters.


The great fault of our present system of
education seems to be, that mind, soul, and bo-
dy are each trained separately. The teacher
too often thinks he performs his whole duty,
when he merely trains the mind, the divine,
when he presents food for The soul, and the
gymnast, when he prepares his student for the
prize ring.


The great want of common schools, as well
as higher institutions of learning, Is system of
physical culture, to be united with mental and
moral training. 1t is a significant fact, that as
our school terms and other educational advan-
tagNs gradually increase, so also does the num-
Der of curved spines, consumptives, and prema-
ture graves. The midnight student is not the
one who makes his mark in the world, for the
reason that be becomes so worn down by con-
tinual study and so little physical training, that
he never lives long enough. 1t would De nom
sense to suppose that this is caused by too much
brain work. II is the legitimate result ofa neg
lect to properly train the physical powers in
connection with the mental attributes and NOR
al propensities. When study and active exer-
else are Interningled, the result is benefciaI
and wholesome but when this is not the case,
the one faculty, by preponderance Of culture,
must overbalance and overturn the good of the
other. Heretofore the body seems to have been
very much neglected, and the whole attention
of the teacher seems TO have been turned TO the
culture of the mind. AS a consequence, our
race has become celebrated for its number of
delicate, chalk-cheeked ladies, and for its thin
fingered, feeble, feminine specimens of the male
portion of humanity. Visit our cemetrIes and
the cold, silent tombstones tell you but too
plainly that the great number OF those who
sleep the long, majestic sleep of death were
consigned 10 their cold and narrow beds of earth
long before the middle watch OF the night of
mans sojourn upon the earth.


PHYSICAL
Year: 1861

10 The moon like certain politicians, chan
ges every thirty days, when she looks at things
in general with quite new face. II fact
were wanting to determine the sex OF the moon
it would be found IN the obstinacy about her
age. Like most ladies, she Is never day old
er than thirty.
Year: 1861

AN ACT requiring the state treasurer to make


out and forward to the county treasurers


certain lists of school, university and swamp


lands.


The People of the State Of Wisconsin represented


in Senate and A&&e1s51y DO enact as .to1oecs:


SEC. l. The state treasurer shall forward
quarterly to the treasurcrs in each coanty
in this state, list of all school, university and
swamp lands, and lands mortgaged to the state
located in such counties respectively, on which
the taxes and interest on the taxes shall have
been collected and paid into the state treas
urv as provided in section five of chapter three
hundred and six of the general laws OF 1860,
said lists shall state the amount OF taxes and
interest paid on each separate tract of land
contained therein, which said amount of taxes
and interest thereon, when paid into the state
treasury shall be placed to the credit of the
proper county


SIC. . Said list shall designate separately
each lot or tract of land on which such tax and
interest has been collected, specifying the sec
ton. township and range in which the same is
embraced


SEC. g. Immediately upon the receipt of
said list by any county treasurer he shaIl as
certain the aggregate amount of such tax and
interest collected as aforesaid on such lands
in each Of the organized towns in his county,
and shall credit to the proper towns respective
lv the full amount of the taxes and interest
collected as aforesaid on lands embraced with
in such towns Proyidcd, the amount of said
taxes and interest shall have been paid over to
such county trea ;urer, or shall have been cred
tied to such county by the state treasurer, as
provided in section five of chapter three-hun-
dred and six of the act aforesaid


SEC. j. This act shall take effect from and
after its passage.


Approved March %, 1861.
Year: 1861

general laws of 1860, is hereby amended so as
to read as follows: "Upon an order made by
a circuit court or by circuit Judge in anv ac-
ton now pending or hereafter commenced dis
charging an attachment, or denying, dissolv-
ing, vacating, or modifying an Injunction, the
party interested in continuing an attachment
or IN procuring continuing the Injunction
may give immediate notice Of appeal to the op-
positc party and may within three days there
after tender to such opposite party a written
undertaking with sufficiear surety in such sum
as the court or Judge shall direct conditioned
to pay all costs and damages which may be
sustained by such party in case the appeal
shall be decided i'll his favor, and thereu )on
the court or judge shall make an order coatin-
ulng the attachment, and in its discretion NAV
make an order granting the injunction asked
tor, or continuing it as orig ginally granted until
the decision of the appeal, unless the opposite
party shall at any time pending such appeal
give a written undertaking with sufficient sure
ty IN an amount to be fixed by the court OF Judge
to abide and perform thejudgment in the action
if it shall be in favor of the appellant, Provid-
ed, that the court shall discharge such last
mentioned order, if it shall appear at any time
that such appeal is not diligently prosecuted :;
and such want of diligence shall be deemed
P''eo1a facie evidence of breach of the condi-
tlonS of the appellants undertaking, and pro-
05tled 1artter, that on notice Of appeal being
given, all proceedings under and in pursuance
OF the order appealed from, shall be stayed
until the time allowed to the appellant to ten
der his undertaking to the opposite party shall
have expired, or such undertaking shall have
been rendered"


SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after is passage and publca-
tion


Approved, March %, 1861.
Year: 1861

He took the Bible, opened it's pages
at random, and placed bis finger on a
verse.


There was silence. The Continen-
tai soldier, who had sworn to avenge
his brothers death, stood with diIating
eyes and parted lips. The culprit
kneeling upon the floor, with his face
like discolored clay, felt his heart leap
to his throat.


Then III a clear, bold voice, the wild
oW read this line from the Old Tesla
ment. It was short, yet terrible:


"7Tat a7a0,a shall dier'


Look! the brother springs forward
to plunge a knife into the murderer's
heart, but the Tory, pinioned as he is,
cllngs to the widows knee. He begs
that one more trial may be made by
the little girl, that child of five years
old with the golden hair and laughing
eyes.


The widow consents. There is an
awful pause. With smile in her eye,
the little girl opens the Bible as it lay
on her mothers knee; she turned her
face away and placed her finger upon
line


The awful silence grows deeper
The drawn breaths of the brother, and
broken gasp Of the murderer, alone dis
turb the stiffness; the widow and dark
haired boy were breathless; her face
turned aside, and her tiny finger rest
ing on the line Of life and death.


At length gathering courage, the
widow bent her eye upon the page and
read: it was a line from the New testa-
ment.


"LoUe your enemies :"


Oh, book Of terrible majesty and
chiId-like love-of sublimity that crush
es the heart with rapture, you never
shone more strongly than there in that
lonely cot OF the Wissahickon when
you saved the murderer's heart.


Now look how wonderful are the
ways Of Heaven. That very night as
the widow sat by her freside-sat
there with q crushed heart and hot
eve-liis, thinking of her husband who
now lay mouldering on the drenched
soil Of Paoli, there was a tap at the
door. She opened it, and that husband
living though covered with wounds,
was in her arnns.


lie had fallen at Paoli, but not in
death, he was alive, and his wife lay
painting on his bosom.


That night there was prayer il the
wood embowered cottage OF Eissa-
hickon.
Year: 1861

Charles Matthews used to tell
a story of a gentleman who was as
huge, though notso witty, as Falstaf. 1t
was his custom when he Travelled to
book two places, and thus secure him
self seat room enough. He one day
sent his servant to book him for Bath.
The man returned with the following
pleasing news:


"Sir, I have booked you, there were
not two places inside left, SO l booked
YOU one in and one out"
Year: 1861

We never respect persons who aim
simply to amuse us. There is vast
difference between amusing men and
those we denominate entertaining; we
laugh with the former, and reflect with
the latter
Year: 1861

tablished on falsehood and deception Mary.
land should be the last to subscribe to the doc
trine OF q dissolution, as her interests and pros
perity are more closely connected with, and
dependent upon, its preservation than those of
any OF her sister States. This whole scheme of a
dissolution Of the Union originates in the design
of reckless politicians to maintain their power
by the overthrow of all the great interests of
the country, and in defiance of the will of the
masses.


Maryland has sympathy with the South, but
it should be extended to those oppressed and
disiranchised citizens whose voice has been
suppressed, and their liberty and property de.
stroyed, by political tyrants who seek their own
advancement over the ruin Of the people. If
Mr.. Breckenridge had been elected in place Of
Mr.. Lincoln, would that have justified the North
in dissolving the Union? Your answer to this
question will certainly be in the negative. But
how can you, on auy principle of justice or fair.
ness, deny to others a right which you claim for
yourselves? 1t is notorious fact that the fr.
gitive slave law has been more effectually and
quietly enforced under this Administration than
any previous one and until some oppressive
and unjust violation of the Constitution shall be
attempted it does not become us to offer any
resistance to those who are sworn to support
the Union, the Constitution and the enforce.
ment of the laws; but, on the contrary, it is our
imperative duty to assist in handing down those
blessings unimpaired to our posterity.


With these views leave the matter in your
hands, and shall be satisfied, whatever your de
cision may be.


Very respectfully, your obedient servant,


CHARLES B. CALVERT.
Year: 1861

Bd- The Star man has been to see General
Scott, to consult about the occupation of Vir-
ginia. He is certain that announcement Of
the movement of Tuesday night was premature
They don't do anything at headquarters now
until they consult the Star.
Year: 1861

pdr As it seems to be the general impression
that another requisition for troops will shortly
be made, we deem it proper to state that no
such requistion is at present contemplated by
the Administration.
Year: 1861

The TROoPs FROM THE STATEs.-Some of
the regiments are miserably cared for by the
authorities of the States from which they come
The soldiers have not money enough, in in
stances of whole companies, to buy their to.
bacco; and this, when their pay is still due
them from the State up to the period that they
were mustered into the service of the United
States
Year: 1861

Gentlemen Permit an old lady, who has
been constant reader of your paper for half
century past, to say lew words in regard to
the question now disturbing the peace Of the
country. do not intend to aSk any favors OF
the North. Iwant nothing from their trcasu-
rv, no advantage of them. offer them the
olive branch and the white flag If they ac-
cept these, all will be well. If they reject
them, must tell them what we have donc.-
When We have been smittcn on one check. we
haze turned the other We have appealed to
law, and have been treated with scorn, and
ONLY because we desire them to let us alone,
and let us enjoy what belongs to US by the
Inv of God and man. The Bible says, when
YOU buy bondmen and bondmaids, do not bny
them of your brethren, but buy them Of the
heather, and they shall be to you and your
children forever" The Constitution says they
are our property, and shall be protected
Now we want the liberty to hold and carry our
property wherever We please, without n'oesta'
ton. We ask no more and We must have It.
Therefore We are compelled 10 Withdraw from
people who deny US what We are entitled TO-
We do not wish TO follow after, to fight you'
bat we advise you not to put u coal OF hTe OF
the turtles back. Ifyou do, we will hoio OF,
till death 1t is dangerous to drive ce"aro
to the wall, and you had better not attempt
the experiment on brave people. BeWare'