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Year: 1861

The store of Mr. Lewis Catlin took ire 1roh' a spittoon near the stove,; last week Menday night, and was not discovered until early Tues day morning, as Mir. Catlin went to the s'oie earlier than usual to make out the morning mall

 The fire had burned hole through the noor about one foot in size whom it was discovered and easily extinguished. The store standing as i. does surrounded by buildings on three sides, would, if burned, burn nearly one half of the village.

 On the same night the blacksmith's shop in the east part of the village took fire near the anvil, burning about one half of the anvil-block down to the floor fortunately the shop being tight the air did not communicate with the fire. The fire was not discovered until Mr. Roe, the present occupant, opened the shop in the morn ing for work: The shop is near the house of Samuel Wilson, and if burnt would greatly en- danger nearly all of the buildings in that part of the village.
Year: 1861

While all the towns of our County have done SD we'll, it would seem almost invidious to par ticularize the action of the patriotic people oc any one town, but we cannot restrain a feeling of pride, nor refrain from expressing our hearty congratulation at what the good old mother town of Litchfeld has done in the great and noble work of sending out and sustaining her sons in the struggle for the Union.

 It is safe to say that the enlistments from t is town, for the war, amount to nearly or quite one Hundred men. Of this number, seventy are at present in the Connecticut Regiments, and all but about ten already in the field. The remain ing thirty are in the Conn. Cavalry now in camp, and in Regiments from New York, Massaehu- sets, Iowa, Ohio, Wisconsin, and one or two other Western States.

 Ltchfeld presents roll of which her citizens here and abroad may be justly proud, and to which, in after times, she shall point with as much pride, as she does now to that long roll of heroes and martyrs of the Revolution who served their country on the fold and on the deck in the urst great slruSSle lor rreeuon anu tne ConSti- tuition on this continent.

 And there is still another glory, which Litch field shares to-day, in common with her sister towns, and with her glorious reputation of the past and this the glory of her noble women!- L. With no more devotion to the sacred cause, with no more energy and heartiness and concert did the women of Litchfeld employ their cunning andsduring the first Revolution, than are all our women engaged to day in affording aid and com fort to our brave men who have gone to fight the second great war for their Country.

 Not now is it necessary to run leaden bullets from tory statues but warm blankets, and socks and mittens, and hospital comforts are provided and sent on for our troops by those at home vho willingly work day after day in circles and in so litude for those who will best appreciate their la bors.

 Few towns have done as wel--none have done better in this struggle than has patriotic ole Litchfeld. She stands bright example for al her daughter-towns to follow, and we'll they fol low it! All honor to her and to the gloriou galaxy of towns she gives the title of her nam, and glory to!
Year: 1861

MR. EDITOR Your Correspondent from Kent in last weeks ENQUIRER, in "regretting that there is an organization which meets weekly for the purpose of sewing for the Soldiers and bast- ing the Towns people," we think has shown an uncalled for public demonstration of the latter practice; and while our forbearance will pass unnoticed any discredit of the former laudable exercise we cannot perhaps better improve the occasion than by like reference of your Cor respondent to that properly suggestive "shor Sermon which he quotes, we hope for our mu- tual improvement:

 His fears of 6 that organ of the dear Great ures. .' may have been melted or aroused by q too frequent recurrence of that disaereeable monosyllable No, to fully appreciate ilc good ness and beauty of those who as frequently bless by saying Yes.

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Year: 1861

wIt is considered very probable that
m extra session of Congress will be held
.rhere !, an immense amount Of business
crowding on the end of the session, which il
seems impossible to dispose of, besides it ii
difficult to say in these times what the cen
d;t;on re affairs will be.
Year: 1861

Such is the anodss opsrandi Of carrying on


a commerce which is a disgrace to human-
ity. And yet when it is known that the


secession movement at the South has for Its


principal object the legalizing of this brutal


traffic, men are found even in this enlight-
ened land to sympathize with that movement.
Year: 1861

Since the postage law has been amended
so as to allow the transmission Of buds and
gratis by mail at cheap rate, many more
than formerly will he forwarded in this way.
| The question is often asked, GLOW far can
you send buds safely by mail ~ The an
swer must depend greatly on circumstances.
II cut and put up quite early in the sum
mer, while in green and succulent state,
they will scarcely keep in good condition
more than day or two. IT, on the other
hand, the shoots are well ripened, they may
be kept week, or even fortnight. There
are some kinds Of trees which cease grow
ing by midsummer, form their terminal
buds, and rpen their wood; and on high,
dry and hard soil, not cultivated, some trees
will have matured shoots q month or two
sooner than the same kinds on richer and
more highly cultivated grounds From
such early riPening trees, the buds may be
cut and sent at once.


There are two ways Of putting them up
one in oil.silk cases, made by making a
water tight covering Of the oil silk, by
wrapping it around the sides and ends. and
closing every crack by passing fine thread
many times around, until no mnisture can
escape from within. They cannot therefore
dry, end they remain fresh and plump. II
dipped in wafer just before wrapping up,
there will he about enough moisture to spare,
to saturate within. Without this precau.
tiOn some moisture will escape to the con.
fined air, and the shoots may become
slightly shriveled. Not rore than dozen
shoots should be placed within each oil silk
case, as q larger number cannot be securely
wrapped. Any number Of these cases may
he placed in one package, not exceeding
eight ounces, and sent by mail for one cent
per ounce under 1900 miles, and two cents
over that distance.


The other mode Of packing is in damp
moss, safer mode, but more expensive. as
the moss in which they are imbehIei should
weigh nearly as much as the shoots. The
best'mode Of all is to fill all the interstices
Of the shonts with finely pulverizcd damp
m0ss, and then encase the whole in the oil
cloth. The moss retains the moisture, and
protects the shoots from bruising, and the
oilcloth prevents the exterior portions from
drying.
Year: 1861

TRASsPLAxTNG.-Seedlings may be safely
transplanted, In hot and dry weather, Il
shaded for few days by common flower
pot. The hole al the bottom serves as q
chimney. Towards evening take off the
pot, and replace it in the morning. Raise
the side BY stone placed under, as the plant
becomes established, and finally remove il
altogether. Thepot keeps the ground moist,
and Is much better than watering.
Year: 1861

TEE MORTAR FLEEr.-Commodore Porters
morar neet will be ready to sail the latter part of
this month. The schooIers and brigs twenty in
number, are now receiving extra timbers at New
York ship yards. The mortar bed-plates, upon
which the ponderous ordnance will rest are now
In process Of manufacture at New York iron
works. Each vessel will carry one mortar Of the
largest dimensions, supplied by the Government
The draught Of the vessels, equipped, will range
from nine to twelve feet especially adapting them
for service In shallow waters The destination In
known only to the Government.
Year: 1861

THs BLACK FLAo The Memphis Avalanche
aayocates the "Black Flag" idea In the follow.
Ing ferocious language:


We unhesitating ly say<hat the cause Of justice,
that the cause Of humanity itself, demand that
the black flag shall be unfurled on every field
that determination and death shall be proclaimed
aga INST the hellish mlscreants who persist In pol
luting our soil with their crimes. We will stop
the efnsion Of blood, we will arrest the horrors
Of war, by terrible slaughte Of the foe, by exam
Piles Of overwhelming and unsparing vengeance.
When Oliver Cromwell massacred the garrison of
Drogheda suffering not man 70 escape, he JUS
tined this ground, that his object was to bring
the war 10 close-to stop the efusion Of blood
and that IL was, therefore, merciful act on his
part. The South can AFFORD no longer 10 uihe-
she must strike the most fearful bs0ws-the war
cry of exiermination must be raised.
Year: 1861

ORDINANCE LEVYING AND PRO
"A vIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF THE CITY
PROPERTY TAN.


The Trustees of the City of Nevada do Ordain as
follows


SECTION /. There shall be, and is hereby levied
upon all assessed and taxable property within the
corporate limits Of tho city of Nevada, for the fiscal
year ending May 1861 tax OF fifty cents upon each
one hundred dollars Of assessed value.


SEC. 2. 1t shall be, and is hereby made the duty
of the City Marshal or his Deputy, to collect said
taxes said Collector shall forthwith give notice, by
publication in some newspaper, published in this
CITY, that the city taxes are 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.


SIC. 3. Upon the first Monday in January 1851,
at the close of the business hours for that day the
tax collector shall enter upon the tax list or assess
ment roll statement that he has made levy upon
all the property assessed in said roll and upon winch
the taxes have not been paid On or before the third
Monday of January 1861 the tax collector shall com
plee list of all persons and property then owing
taxes and the tax collector in addition to the tax
levied shall collect upon each delinquent, the sum
Of one dollar costs incurred in preparing and pub
fishing the delinquent list.


SEC 4. On or before the first day OF February,
1851 the tax collector shall the delnqu tax
list to be published, giving the name of the owner
Of all real estate and all improvements the same,
together with such condensed description Of the
property, that ii may be easily known, and also
similar condensed description Of any real estate
Improvements assessed 10 unknown owners ana 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
heretofore provided shalt be published for three
cessve weeks, in some newspaper, or supplement 10
a newspaper, published in the city Of Nevada. Such
publication shall also designate the time and place o
the sale which shall not be less than twenty
more than twenty eight days from the first appear.
ance 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. 3. The provisions the Act ehttled an Act
to provide for the support of the Government
of this State approved April 29th 1851 from Sec l6
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 November 2Sth 1860.


JOHN WILLIAMS. President


7. Fl. RoLFE Clerk.-nOv29
Year: 1861

Great excitement was occasioned In New
York recently by the issue Of a bogus extra
by some unprincipled scamp, giving the
news of the eannonading Of Fort Moultrie
by Major Anderson, and the taking Of the
Fort, The burning of Castle Pinckney, and
other startling stories
Year: 1861

OlCkneSS mas come, ana the tlme IOr
watching. and weariness, and prayer
The child who had lived long enough to
be the music and light of your dwelling,
twining itself around your living selfe,
and associated with every h ope and hap
piness Of your life, is now in fearful peril.
Its hot and hecktic cheek lies against
your own, as you pace the room at the
dead of night, bearing it to and fro in its
suiferings and patience. In those hours
of suspense and pain, the seed is dropping
fast for future harvesting-if your child
should live in love and tenderness and
happiness and sympathy; should IL die,
bosom full OF memories and great
thoughts, too great for words, clustering
about this one belief, that should you act
Alright, you will meet in Heaven bright
spirit, who will call you father.


see in your dwelling little coffin,
and within form exquisitely moulded,
the ring let's parted on its white forehead
An unopened bud lies on its bosom. and
were it not for that marble coldness. you
might take it for sleeping angel. And
there you stand the tears raining down
y our cheeks as the raindrops from the
boughs after shower. Tell US now, does
the thought ever occur to you to wish
that the child had never been given to
you? Would your purchase exemption
from all this grief at the price of forget
fullness Would you, if you could over-
step all this anguish, and be again as you
were before that child had existence p
Never. That brief scene of expressed
sorrow is more faithful in all things be-
longing to soul harvest, than scores of
years passed in cold and unpublished pros
perty; and from the small grave you
will reap many sheaf of blended mem
ories, and gentle affections every year. till
you are yourself laid by it,


ssThe good are better made by i'll,


As odors crushed, are sw eeter STILL"
II is said that one of our most distin-
guished Senators, who was bereaved of a
little child, months after-ward when his
eyes rested on small wcrsted shoe--re-
calling, as few things can, more vividly,
the bright thing which has fied--put it
into his bosom, where, as was known, be
carried it next to his manly heart. The
heart had a calmer pulse, geutler SYM
pathy, richer sensibility, truer great
ness, because of contact with that small
mem orial of domestic sorrow.-- Rev. W.
ADAMS.
Year: 1861

A SfsTER's INFLUENcE.-s'I was drunk
once" said young man to US the other
~, and I shall never forget it. In CONS
pany with several other jovial young fell
lows, was induced to drink pretty free
ly. and by the time got home. scarce
ly knew where I was, or what was doing
l was put to bed, and how long I lay there
I don't know; but when I awoke, my sis
ter was sitting by my bed, engaged in
sewing. The moment her eyes fell on
my face she burst into tears, and wept as
If her heart would break. Overwhelmed
with shame for my conduct. then form
ed a resolution never to get drunk again;
have adhered to that resolution for some
years and mean to keep it"
Year: 1861

There are dark hours that mark the
history of the brightest years. For not
a whole month in many Of the millions of
the past, perhaps, has the sun shole blil


lianly all the time There have been cold
and stormy days every year. And yet
the mist and shadow of the darkest hour
disappeared and fled heedlessly. The most
cruel ice fstters have been broken and dis


solved, and the most furious storm loses
its power to harm. And what a parable
is this human life-of our inside world,
where the heart works at its shadowing
the dark hour, and many cold blast
chills the heart to its core. But what
matters it? Man is born hero, and it
is only in the dsrkness and storm that he
roism gains its greatest development, and
the storm bears it on the more rapidly to
its destiny. Despair not, then. Neither
give up; while one good power is yours,
use it. Disappointment will never be real
lied. Notifying failure may attend this
effort and that one-but only be honest
and struggle on, and it will work well.
Year: 1861

A schoolmaster who had an intolerable
habit of talking to himself, was asked by
neighbor what motive he could have in
talking to himself? Jonathan replied that
he had two good and substantial reasons
"In the first place he liked to talk to
sensible man; in the second place he lik-
ed to hear a sensible man talk"
Year: 1861

Gy- Learning it is said may be an in
strumeut Of fraud, SO may bread, II dis
CHARGED from the mouth of cannon, be
an instrument of death. Each may be
equally an effective foe and do great evil.
Year: 1861

To PREVENT SHIPPERS IN HANS
In a communication to the Cotton
Planter, Mr.. W. Melville says:


"There is, according to my expert
ence, nothing easier than to avoid the
skipper and all worms and bugs that
usually infest and often destroy so much
bacon. 1t is simply to keep your
smoke house dark, and the moth that
deposits the egg will never enter it.
For the past twenty-five years, l have
attended to this, and never have had
my bacon troubled with any insect. 1
have now hanging in my smoke-house,
hams one, two and three years old, and
the oldest are as free from insects as
when first hung up. am not aware
of other causes for the exemption OF
my bacon from insects, but simply the
fact that my smoke-house is always
kept dark. Before adopting this plan,
l bad tried my experiment, but always
either without success or with injury to
the favor of my bacon. l smoke with
green hickory-this is important, as the
favor OF bacon is often utterly des-
troyed by smoking it with improper
wood.
Year: 1861

FATHER AND DAUGHTER.-There is
no prettier picture in life than that of a
daughter reading to an aged father.--
The old man, while listening to her
silvery notes, goes back to other times
when another sat by his side and
whispered words he will never hear
again; nor does he wish to; for, in soft
evening light. be sees her image reAec-
ted in her child, and as one by one
gentle emotions steal over him, he
wells his face, and the daughter, think
ing him asleep, goes noiselessly in
search of other employment. Virgin
innocence watching over the cares and
little wants of old age. is a spectacle fit
for angles. 1t is one of the links
between earth and heaven, and takes
from the face of the necessarily hard
and selfish world many of its harshest
features.
Year: 1861

LITTLE LIsrENERs.-If we stopped to
think how every word spoken in the
presence Of a little child effects its
future, for good or evil, we would al
be far more considerate in our speech.
1t is astonishing how, for days, child
rem will ponder over a careless word OF
sentence which no one supposed they
had even heard, and at some critical
moment use it themselves, with a most
startling and horifying effect. How an
impatient. petulent word shocks us
coming second-hsnded from those in
nocent lips! Then, alasl We see and
deplore its real deformity, and realize
how potent is our influence over these
observant innocents, not only at all
times, but at every moment Of time in
which they are in our presence.
Year: 1861

DTsPEPsIA.-The American Agricul-
turist publishes the following valuable
recipe for the cure of dyspepsia. We
opine that in ninety nine cases out of a
hundred it will prove infallible:


Take a new axe, put white hickory
handle in it, bore hole in the top of the
handle; eli the whole with gum cam
phor, and seal it up. Then take the
axe and cut cord wood at fifty cents a
cord, until the heat of the handle dis
solves the camphor. Dose to be taken
daily.
Year: 1861

T An irruption of Yankees is
threatened at Beaufort. The first
these South Carolinians will know the
town will be laid out into corner lots,
Seward street crossing on Lincoln
avenue, and both bordering on Cam
eron square. There will be a news
paper and a patent medicine store, and
steam ferry, and Henry Ward Beech
er will be advertised to give lecture
on the relations of freedom and slave
nv to civilization.
Year: 1861

AN ORIGINAL LETTER FROM DANIEL
BooNE.--The following is given as a
genuine letter from Daniel Boone, the
original of which is in possession of the
Cashier of the Danville Branch, Ken
lucky State Bank. The road which
the 'woodman" claims the privilege Of
marking out, is the one from Mount
Vernon to Camp Wildcat, over which
our troops lately made so disastrous a
retreat:


FEBRUARY THE 11th, 1896.


SIR: After my best respects to your
excelancy and family 1 wish to inform
you that had sum intention of under
taking this new RODE that is to be
Cut through the Wilderness, and /
think My Self Untitled to that ofer Of
the Bisness as l first Marked out that
Rode in March, l775 and Never Reed
anything for my truble and sepose / am
no statesman l am a Woodman and
think My self as Capable of Marking
and Cutting that Rode as any other
man Sir if you think with me l would
thank you to wright me Line By the
post the first opportunity and he Will
Lodge it at Mr. John Milers on kink-
stons fork as wish to know where and
when it is to be Leaf that 1 may attend
at the time l am dear sir your very
umble servant. DANIEL BOONE.


To his Excelancy Governor Shelby.
Year: 1861

A PRAcrGcAL PEACE-S -SEcEsLIoNlsT.-T The
Louisville journal cf the ID inst, relates the
following incident:


A large secession flag not less than twen-
ty or twenty-five feet in length was brought
to us yesterday. 1t was torn down from the
house Of Secessionst on the Burdstown


ranch of the Nashville railroad 10y order of
the gallant Colonel at the head of the Indi-
ana Tenth The proprietor of the house had
often sworn that none could take down his
flag without walking over his dead body but
upon the first indication of the approach of
the troops, he fled cross lots, leaving his wife
to protect the flag and herself. The wife, as
ifto make amends for the flight of her man,
showed considerable spunk, but when the
gallant soldiers, after taking down the seces-
sion flag, put better one, the star spangled
banner, in its place the frown passed from
her brow, the word Of anger died upon her
lips, and she absolutely smiled.
Year: 1861

SACRAMENTO, Oct. 24-E4O p. NJ.
To Abraham Lincoln, the President of the
United States:


In the temporary absence of the Governor
of the State, am requested to send to you
the first message which will be transmitted
over the wires of the telegraph line which
connects the Pacific with the Atlantic States.
The people of California desire to congratu
late you upon the completion of the great
work. They believe that it will be the
means of strengthening the attachment which
binds both the East and the West to the
Union, and they desire in this-the first
message across the continent-to express
their loyalty to that Union, and their deter
mination to stand by its Government in this
its day of trial. They regard that Govern
ment with affection, and will adhere to it
under all fortunes. STEPHEN j. FIELD,


Chief Justice of California.
Year: 1861

The Sacramento Daily Union sends con-
gratuIations to the Atlantic press upon the
completion of line photograph from the At
antic to the Pacific, and hopes to enjoy the
pleasure of daily intercourse hereafter. The
people on the Pacific and on the Atlantic can
now shake hands, and, to a greater extent
than ever before, consider themselves one.


Those who designed and executed this
great work merit the grateful thanks of the
country. 1t is the fruit of that American en-
terprse and energy which, after the sup
preston of rebellion, will eliminate in the
completion of Pacific ard Atlantic Rail
road
Year: 1861

EARLY INFLuENcEs.-Therc can be no
greater blessing than to be born in the
light air cf = cheerful, loving home.
It not only ensures happy child
hood-;f there be health and a good
constitution--but it almost makes sure
q virtuous aud happy manhood, and a
fresh young heart in old age. l think
it every parents duty to try to make
their chifdren's childhood full of love
and Of childhood's proper joyousness !;
and I never see children destitute of
them, through the poverty, faulty tenn
psrs, or wrong notions of their parents,
Mithsut q heartAche. Not that all the
appliances which wealth can buy are
necessary to the free and happy unfold
lug Of childhood in body, mind, or
Aeart-quits otherwise, God be thanked;
but children must at least have love in
side the house, and fresh air and good
play and some good companionship out
side; otherwise young life runs the
greatest danger in the world of wither.
ing or growing stunted, or sour and
wrong, or, at best prematurely old and
turned inward on itself.