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Year: 1861

Prince Jerome Napoleon has written Sc
veral letters TO Paris journal upon the
condition of affairs in the United Starcs
We extract the following from translation
of his third letter, which is mostly devoted
to sketches of the two armies and their
commanders:


1t is incOntestible that there IL much
more passion and ardor among the officers
of the Southern than among those of the
Northern army. 1t is insisted in the Secess-
ion camp that this ardor, this disinterested
devotion TO the common cause, are shared
by the soldiers that in the South they serve
through honor and conviction that among
the Federals the soldier knows no other al
lurement than pay, no other impulse than
that of want-the best recruiting officer
among the populations of The large cities.
Certainly it is going to far too generalize
fact which may be true 10 some extent.
Individual bravery is incontestahly super
ior in the Confederate camp but the Union
army makes up for this disadvantage by q
more advanced military organization and
knowledge. at least among the soldiers so
that matters being almost equally balan-
eed, it is difficult enough to foresee towards
which side the fortune OF war will incline.
1t is true the victory of Bull Run is of ma
ture to excite TO the highest pitch the con-
fidence aud enthusiasm of the Southern men;
but ind it impossible to see in the result
of that battle one of those solemn judgments
without appeal, which condemn one side TO
bow the head beneath the irresistible asccn-
dancy of the victor. These men, after oil,
are nearly of the same race, or the same
mixed races. and, despite the divergence Of
opinions, they have common fund Of ideas,
manners and feelings, which does not per-
nit line to be drawn through the thirtieth
degree Of latitude, and TO have it said
All that is north of this line is inferior to
all that is south of IL.


To estimate the event Of July 21, we must
leave wide margin for the local incidents,
the chance and unexpected encounters on
the field of battle. the unforeseen events
which take hold of the imaginations Of the
masses-all secondary causes which operate
on the war by SO much the more as the
armies have less experience, discipline and
knowledge.
Year: 1861

The New STATE OF kANAwHA-Every
county of Western Virginia within the linn
its Of the proposed new State of Kanawa.
has, so far as heard from, given large ma
iority. and indeed large vote, in favor of the
proposition. Some of the returns are quite
surprising in their unanimity. Thus. Pres.
ton county, which was only little while ago
under a rebel reign of terror. and where the
county Sheriff and his minions announced
that they would hang any person voting for
the new State, has given l,164 votes in favor
and only nine against; and this vote is only
some two hundred below the largest total
vote ever polled in that county. The same
result is true of other counties along the
border, disenthralled by the visit of Gen.
Kelly at the head of his troops, and by the
breaking up of the ders of Secessionists at
Romnev. Delegates have been elected in all
these counties. with the same unanimity, to
the Constitutional Convention that is to meet
Mt Wheeling next month. The delega'es are
from the best men of Western Virginia. and
are largely composed of the pioneers in the
movement for division of the State; Thus
far the success of the movement has been
most gratifying. The consent of the people
is not a tacit acquiescence, but the full and
spontaneous ratification of the masses and
it viii be found when the full vote is made
up. which is now only reported piecemeal,
that nearly the entire voting population have
spoken in favor of new State. The volun-
teers under arms, some FIVE or six thousand
already. should be added to the calculation.
Sufficient returns also have been received to
show that Blair has been elected to Congress
in Carlile's district.
Year: 1861

Coon USE FOR CHAFF.---Nearly all the ex-
pense and trouble of grubbing stumps may
be avoided by a very simple contrivance.


Round each stump a trench should be dug,
six or eight inches wide. and eight or ten in
ches deep. This is filled with wheat -chaf.
into which a fire stick is inserted Nothing
else is necessary. The chaff shoulders away,
burning out the entire stump to the depth OF
the trench, quite beyond the reach of the
coal behind. 1t is said that charcoal could
be made in any quantity. by covering the
logs with chaff. and inserting a frecoal.
Excellent lime has also been made in the
some manner. 1t is hardly necessary to
mention that these operations must be per-
formed during the heat of summer. when
the wood or limestone is dry, and that q


calm day must be chosen, in order that the
chag may not be blown away by the wind.
Year: 1861

The Red Bluff Independent says: q Far
mers double your diligence-an extra de-
mand viii be made upon you for the produc
tions of your farms; and not only will the
Government call for your products, but Eu-
rope depends upon America for bread. The
demand from England and France for wheat
the coming year will exceed. by many mil
lion bushels, that of any previous year. The
prospect for the farmer the coming year is
certainly encouraging, for, with the demand,
prices will advance: and the farmer should
be prepared to take advantage of the circum-
stances eff the times. The exports of this
country, which already greatly exceed our
imports, and increasing daily, together with
the large amount of money put in circulation
by the Government for the productions of the
country. will make money plenty, and we
shall experience easier times, and a greater
prosperity than the country has known for
several years past.
Year: 1861

Before trust my fate to thee,
Or place Hay hand in thine,
Before let thy Future give
Color and form to mine,
Before peril all for thee, question thy soul to-


night for me.
/ break all slighter bonds, nor feel
A shadow of regret
Is there one link within the Past
That holds thy spirit yet;
Or is thy faith as clear and free that which l


can pledge to thee?
Does there within thy dimrncst dreams
A possible future shine,
Wherein thy life could henccforth breathe,
Untouched, unshared by thine!
If so at any pain cost, oh, tell me before all is


lost.
Look deeper still If thou canst feel,
Within thy inmost soul,
That thou hast kept portion back,
While l have staked the whole;
Let no false pity spare the blow, but in true mer-


cy tell me
Is there within thy heart need
That mine cannot fulfill
One chord that any other hand
Could better wake or still
Speak now-lest at some future day my whole


life wither and decay.
Lives there within thy nature hid
The demon spirit Change,
Shedding a passing glory still
On all things new and strange?
1t may not be my fault alone-but shield my


heart against thy own.
Could'st thou withdraw thy hand one day
And answer to my claim,
That Fate, and that to-day's mistake,
Not thou-had heen IN hame
Some soothe their conscience thus thou, o, sure


ly, thou wilt warn now.
Nay, answer mott dare not hear,
The words would come too late;
Yet would spare thee all remorse,
So, comfort thee my fate;
Whatever my heart would fall-remember, l


acoRld risk it all.
Year: 1861

THE HERoIsM OF EcoNoMY.-It takes he
roinc to be economical, saidMiss Muloch-
For, will she not rather run in debt for a
bonnet, than wear her old one year behind
the modeP give ball and stint the family
for month after? take a large house, and
furnish handsome reception rooms, while her
household huddle together anyhow in untidv
attic bed chambers, and her servants swelter
on shake downs beside the kitchen fire? She
prefers this hundred times to stating plain
ly, by word or manner: my income is so
much year-I don't care who knows tit
will not allow me to live beyond certain
rate: it will not keep comfortable both my
family and aequaintances; therefore, excuse
my preferring the comfort of my family to
the entertainment of my acquaintances. And
society, if you choose to look in upon US, you
must just take us as we are, without any
pretenses of any kind; or you may shut the
door, and-good byln
Year: 1861




We are now living in tbe age Of REBEL
ion. The South, not content with having
had the control of our Government almost
entirely ever since the formation of the Con
stitutiOn, are now endeavoring to break up
our glorious Union, merely because for once
the power is taken out Of her hands. Overt
acts and hostility have already been com
menced against the Federal authorities, and
where it will end, no man knows.


If there ever was a time when every man
should take good newspaper, which viii
keep him posted in regard to the news Of the
day, now is that time. Such newspaper
is the LEADEs.


In addition to the important matters oc-
curing in our own country, the news from
Europe, for at least the year to come, viii be
of stirring interest. The heroic and patriotic
Garibaldi in struggling to build up liberal
and united government in Italy; old thrones
are crumbrng into ruin-society is in a
transition state.


The great advantages in taking a Home
paper, like the Leader, over the Eastern
Weeklies are these:


Owing to our great Telegraphic arrange
ments, We are enabled to give news three to
five days earlier than can possibly be deliv-
cred by Eastern papers. The LEADER gives
more home news, both political and current,
than can be done by Eastern contemporaries.
The postageloh the LEADER Is I3 to rs cents
less a year, than on Eastern papers. The
columns of the LEADER will be enriched by
the efusions of correspondents from all parts
of the Union.


There is one service that we solicit from
our Republican Friends, and that is, to lend
their aid in getting up Clubs for the coming
year. Let it be remembered that we need
just the kind of assistance that can only be
derived from friends scattered through the
country, and if each one will feel that he
ought to act, and take hold with a will, we
can commence the new year with subscrip-
ton list greater than we ever had


One hour in twenty-four spent in reading,
and ONE DOLLAR per year, will give the
running history, as it transpires, of two con-
tinents, besides vast amount of information
on every subject and in every department OF
knowledge. There is no man who is not
able to spare the dollar and devote the time
for such a return.


After presenting the above, we hope our
friends will exert themselves to back US in
our enterprise.


TERMS OF THE WEEKLY LEADER.


~ Hereafter we shall write the name Of every
subscriber on each paper sent "a
Year: 1861

WILL BE OPENED AUGUST Ist, 1851.


The undersigned having leased the above House
for term of years, and having had the same fitted
up with great and expense. would respectfully
announce to the citizens of Evansville and vicini
tv and the travelling public generally, that said
cry respect and in every department..


It is our intention to keep said house as a first
class Hotel, and In such manner will give gen.
eral satisfaction TO all who may favor with their
patronage. In fact, such house as Evansville has
for many years stood greatly in need of, and we
respectfully soicit the patronage of all in
taking.


The American House is situated on the bank of
the river, at the corner ar Water and Sycamore
Landing. The guests Of the house are favored with
q full view OF eight or ten miles Of the beautiful
Ohio, aud also with continual cool and refreshing
breeze from tie river during the summer months
These considerations render it by far the mo st
pleasant and desirable location for Hotel in the
city.


4 street watch will be kept day and night for
ON nibus will run TO and from the American to gil
passenger trains en- this e. Il O. r. Z.


Our rooms will at all times be kept clean and In
excellent order, and furnished With good and clean
beds.


Our table will ct all times be furnished With the
best the market affords, and plenty OF it, and we
shall use every exerton in power to render the
AMERICAN HOUSE a home to all who may favor
us with call.


We hope, BY strict attention TO business and to
the wants Of the public, to obtain lBrge portion
Of the public patronage, OF which shall eudeA-
vor to render ourselves worthy.
W. 81. BOICoURT, formerly Of City Hotel.
! ~. PILLSBUBY, foEmeriy ofSeeaner Masonic
&eaa. juIFeO-tf
Year: 1861

rB- A well regulated and Proportionato quantity
Of bile npon the stomach, is always requisite for
the promotion Of sound nealtn--it stimulates d.
gestion and keeps the intestinal canal free from all
obstructions. When there is deficiency Of bile
the bO5y is constantly costiye. On the other hand
an over abundance Of bile causes frequent nausea
In the stomach and often promotes very severe at
tacks of disease which sometimes end N death.
Year: 1861

There seems to be a studied effort to misrep


resent our State. This is the case not only


with influential papers in Philadelphia anC


New YOrk-whose designs in so doing we are


at loss to divine-but with correspondent


purporting to reside in our towns, (Which il


very doubtfuD who are either grossly ignorant


OF what is going on around them, or have o


malignant desire to entail some evil upon as


This is particularly the case in regard TO long


letter in the Philadelphia Sunday Transcript


dated Dover, Del. May 9Th, and which the ed
itOr heads with the following PREDATORY note
We have this week the following interesting
and valuable letter from the capital of the State
of Delaware. 1t opens upa condition oftreason
in that petty State TO which the Government
should long ago have attended"


The writer commences by speaking of the
condition of things in the State; is unable to
decide which predominates, the Union or Sc
cession faction; accuses Jas.A. Bayard ofpIedg.
ing and trying to carry Delaware over to the
Southern COnfederacy thinks the State would
have been fortunate if he had been killed by
the mob in Philadelphia; tells them not to
place implicit confidence in Delaware-she is
not TO be trusted; has no confidence in Gov
Burton or Senator Saulsbury's professed pa
triotism says goods, contraband, and supplies
for the rebellious Virginians pass daily over
the Delaware railroad; says the arms in the
hands of the "IIome Guards" are smugged
down the road by the friends of Senator Bay
ard; says Newark, Middletown. Smyrna, Mil
ford, all the towns in Sussex, and most of tho
towns on the Eastern Shore are filled with Sc.
cessionists, and winds up with the following:


Let me close with an appeal for aid from
the North. We need arms here to make our
cause good. The enemy are working against
US increasingly let US have troops quartered
along the line of the road, or, if necessary, let
the rails be torn up."


With our people it is unnecessary for US to
say that such statements as the above were
read with scorn and indignation, as they are
known to be in most every case fasehoods of
the worst character, and written to gratfy
some personal malice Delaware has given
every evidence of her loyalty, not only in the
popular demonstrations of her people, and the
Of raising troop, but in every act
of her Leg slature and State officers We do
not know of a single demonstration in the
whole State in favor of the Southern Confed-
eracy. nor have we heard Of the contributing
Of cent, or the giving OF aid in anything.
there are differences OF opinion in regard to
how our national difficulties should be settled,
ment is that secession is no remedy for the
exi listing evils and under such Union as we
have hitherto had, peace and prosperity will
be enjoyed such as cannot be vouchsafed by
anyother government.
Year: 1861

The Philadelphia and New York papersseem
much concerned about Delaware, and believe
all the silly rumors and vagaries of nervously
excited writer's, that are put aAoat. They need
have no fear for our little State. She is big
enough to take care of herself if they will but
keep their distance. and take care Of their own
traitors. A gentleman remarked in our hear
ing yesterday that he believed there were more
disunionists in Philadelphia than the whole
State of Delaware, if they dare express their
sentiments-a remark, perhaps, not far from
the truth.
Year: 1861

The Baltimore Patriot in speaking of the
new steam gun captured by Gen. Butler near
that city, says it was represented as pabe OF
making three hundred discharges of red hot
shot in a minute, and to be capable of dealing
out devastation to every thing in it's way, such
was the value of the instrument in the hands
of it's friends. Yesterday, however, after it
was captured. we were assured that it was
considerable worse than nothing for defence
that it requires 6ty men to work it, that it
shoots behind and before and all around that
it will certainly kill the fifty men employed
in working it, besides dealing out it's death
strokes to thousands of those in whose defence
it is employed. Truly the relative value OF
that extraordinary specimen of military Ordi'
nance must be OF doubtful Significance.
Year: 1861

THE following, from the Lancaster Erpress,
is we'll timed:


May we not implore the hundreds and
thousands of young men who are enIisling un-
der the bright and beautiful flag of their coun-
try to beware of the enemy Of appetite, a. well
as the foes of the natioR. The battle in which
you are about to engage, ye noble sons OF a
Commonwealth that loves you, is full of hope
and glory, of high renown and enduring iame
You 20 forth to fight for your country. You
have thrown yourselves in the breach to res
cue your nationality. For the noble Efforts
and sacrifices future generations will live to
praise and bless your memories. But if you
dim your glory by the damning influence Of
rum-if you allow rum to run riot in your So
cial intercourse outside the limits of the camp
farewell to fame-farewel to peace-farewell
to all the glores of victory-and farewell to
the proud heritage of the soldier, his country s
NEED of praise, and the dearer, more elevating
applause of an approving conscience.
Year: 1861

In reference to an extra session of the Leg
slature the Gazette says:


We are, of the opinion that some action on
the part of the State. will be necessary, soon.
1t is said that there is necessity for funds 10
support the men now mustered into the service
of the Government that are now in this city.
Certain it is that our city should not bear the
whole burden. Although the volunteers are
mustered into the service of the Government,
the Regiment has never been accepted by the
War Department, and il is not known whether
it will be or not. We are told on good author
ity that it will not be accepted, unless it is for
three years or during the war.
Year: 1861




zens, consecrating our lives to God and our
Country. s a


1t was but the other day we gathered
around the bier of the illustrious lamcnted
dead, learning in the generous hour of grief,
how fimsy were the barriers that divided
our hearts. Let not the kindly feelings Of
that hour be dissipated in an unseemly
wrangle for the spoils Of partisan conflict.
Let us support the Constitution in all its
parts, oppose the usurpation or exercise Of
powers not found in that Instrument. Let
us be the advocates Of law and order, not
to-day alone, but also to- morrow. Let US
stand ready to breast the wild torrent Of
reaction and radicalism that will perhaps
come rushing down upon us, threatening
by and by to sweep before it Law, Order,
Religion and even Civilization itself. With
these sentiments alive in every breast, We
may look forward to the future with hope
and welcoming the time when


''No more shall nation against nation rise,


Nor ardent warriors meet with hateful eyes.


Nor fields with cleaning steel be covered DER,


The brazen trumpet kinde rage more


But eeSs lances into scythes shall bend,


And the broad fachion in the pleughshare end.


When returning Justice lifts aloft her scale,


Peace o 'er the world her olive wand extend,


And white robed Innocence from Heaven dssesDd.
Year: 1861

R]7y- The removal of our office to new To- cation on the East side of Lyon Street, will prevent our issuing any paper next week. Extras containing the telegraphic news will be issued every day.
Year: 1861

The New York Journal Of Commerce puts it
thus strongly to the white feathered Aboltionists
who have no faith in white men putting down the
rebellion, and are shouting for an alliance with
the blacks


"There is at length party in the country
righteously belongs and their frightened allies,
who are shouting that the armies of the North, a
half million strong, with Mcclellan at their head,
can not conquer the rebels, and who demaud an
alliance. offensive and defensive. with the slaves
OF the South to assist our feeble forces! This
weakness has at length run into absolute coward
ice. They are turned fairly with their backs to
the enemy. They stand, trembling in absolute
fright, and begging for the emancipation and
arming of the negroes. as the last hope of the
Union
Year: 1861

mean those who are regarded rich here. They
are cut off frcm all the world, and consider every
one else as outside barbarians.


The Peninsula has sea side, center and bay
side road. We are advancing by the center, but
part of the army may occupy one of the sides, as
they near by.


For several months all mail communications
have been cut of. and the people are in utter ig-
norance of anything going on among the barba
raRs. They can't get supplies of anything. and
their little stores are as empty as when first
finished. 1t should be to them jubilee that we
are here, because trade will now be opened, and
we are scattering money among them freely,
which is the first they have seen for good while,
and they understand charging well for any
thing We get. The soldiers pick up their chickens
and geese, and where one is taken they report
ten, and get their pay from the commander OF our
forces


There will be more poultry and pigs paid for
while we are on the Peninsula than they have
raised IN ten years. But "such is life South
ern chiyalry, Southern linerality, and Southern
beauty among the women, will be matters of
home fre-side talk among themselves. The
charm is all lost to the North, and forever here
after will be regarded as a tale that is told


have been little particular in much that |
have said because no Hoosier would ever get the
knowledge from personal inspection, unless he
comes on the errand of your correspondent X.
Year: 1861

There is no greater every day virtue
than cheerfulness. This quality in man
among men is like sunshine to the day,
or gentle, renewing moisture 10 the
parched herbs. The light Of q cheerful
face ditfuses itself, and communicates the
happy spirit that inspires it. The sourest
temper must sweeteu in the atmosphere
Of continuous good bumor. As well
might fog and cloud. and vspor, hope to
cling 10 the sun illuminated landscape, as
the blues and moroseness 10 combat
jovial speech aud exhilarating laughter
Be cheerful always. There is no path
but will be easier travelled. no load but
will be lighter, no shadow on heart or
brain but will lift sooner in the presence OF
determined cheerfulness. 1t may some
times seem difficult for the happiest tenn
pered TO keep the counteEance Of peace
and content; but the difficulty will vanish,
when we truly consider that sullen gloom
and passionate despair do nothing but
multiply thorns and lbicken sorrows. Ill
comes TO us as providentially as good,
and is as good il we righifully apply its
lessons who will not then Cheerfully ac-





cept the i'll and blunt It's apparent sting =?


Cheerfulness ought TO be the fruit OF
philosophy and Christianity. What is
gained by peevishness. BY perverse sad
ness and sullenness If we are i'll. let US
be cheered By the trust that we shall soon
be in health il misfortune befall US. let
us be eheered by hopeful visions of better
fortune: if death rob us Of dear ones. let
us be cbeered by the thought that they
are only gone before 10 the blissful
bowers where we shall all meet to part nc
more forever. Cultivate cheerfulness il
only fol- personal profit. 1t will be your
passport and commentator in society,"
You will be more sought after, more
trusted and esteemed for your steady
eheerfulness.