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Year: 1861

w The ma, al affair at New Orleans, seems
to have been Bull Run disaster on the water


The Federal fleet, even according to the re


port of its commander, Capt. Pope, retreateo
in the panic from the little tug with an iror
nose, commanded by Hollins, while the latter
was so disabled by its performances as to be
obliged to retire to New Orleans and there GO
into dock for repairs. Thus each side was
retreating from the other, which alone ac'
counts for the fact that the Vincennes, when
grounded, was not made prize by the reb-
Year: 1861

Col. Forney writes to the Philadelphia
Press:


Gen. Mcclellan does not seem to have lost
any of his confidence and energy since the
affair a: Balls Bluff. lie is in the highest
spirits, and learn, from the best authority,
that the army under HIS command is equal to
one hundred and fifty thousand well seasoned
troops, and ready to be led to the attack at
any moment Although this affair was un-
doubtedly a disaster, and, under ordinary
circumstances, might produce delay, yet in
contrast with the enormous army under his
control, and his long prepared programme, it
may be regarded as matter of comparatively
subordinate importance 1t ought to be bore
in mind that, in our advance inio Virginia, we
are contending against a foe that knows his
ground, and against the influence of secret
enemies, who convey every item of ofintelligence
to the rebel leaders do not doubt that in
very short time you will receive good news,
and that the men so long painting for an op-
portUnity to meet the traitors to our country
in an open field will be gratified.
Year: 1861

The NAVAL ExPED1TIoN-It is hinted that
the Southern Expedition is not to confne its
operations to single point, but is to strike
with force and rapidity at various points along
the rebel coast, in manner to carry conster-
nation to the very heart of the rebel army. 1t
is intimated that one of these points is Port
Royal, a moderately well defended rebel po-
sition about midway between Charleston and
Savannah.
Year: 1861

H No business just now pays so we'll as
soldering. Few men in the professional walks
oflife nett salary equivalent to that of a
colonel, while the pay of private is actually
more than that of most mechanics. r
Year: 1861

MAJOR ZAGoNL-Ma]or Zagoni, whose
brilliant cavalry charge at the head of Ere
mont's body guard upon the rebels at Spring
field, we announced the other day, was
formerly an officer under General Garibaldi.-
While in his service he was brevetted captain
of artillery by the pledmontese Government
and decorations, which he habitually wears,
testify to the brave deeds which he achieved
before coming to this country. In person
Major Zagoni is tall and very fine looking
and his appearance would indicate that he is
about 35 years of age
Year: 1861

You viii please bear in mind, that
next Monday is the day fixed by law for
the election Of Directors also to deter
mine whether they desire any funds ra's-
cd by tax to erect. repair lease or furnish
a school house in said sub.dlstrI"t, or for
the lease or purchase Of grounds for the
same. and the amount for each purpose.
let every friend Of education be pu"ctu-
al and active and see that every neces-
sary provision is made.


j McCLUNG, Go. Supt.
Year: 1861

At the last Cedar County Teachers
Association, the Executive Committee
was required to solicit column in each
Of the county papers for educational pur.
poses aud if the request was granted,
that the Committee prepare the matter
for, and edit such columns The request
having met with kind response, aud the
columns granted for such purpose; We
hope the teachers, esp clally, will pour in
their contributions 1t an early day.


This being our first attempt at the ed
itor's table, We hope will be a sufficient
excuse for any imperfections; and that
We may not be too severely csnsurcd for
auy discrepancies. We believe that it
would be well for every county paper to
contain, at least one column Of education
al matter and We augur revival in the
cause of education in this county, in con.
sequence, heretofore unprecedented -
We hope every friend Of humanity will
avail himself Of the opportunity aud use
this column as a lever to raise the stan-
dard of education.
Year: 1861

The. city of Richmond is full of the vii
est licentiousness. Among all the loath-
some vices imported into it by the harpies
who prey upon the army, that Of gambl-
ing has become so prominent and brazen


as to defy public decency as well as law,
intruding its allurements on the most
freguented parts of our most public
streets. This infraction of the law and
abuse of public decency appears to be
easily winked at in the license and cor


ruption Of the times, to which an ineffi-
cient police does all in its power to con-
tribute. The painted dens of San Fran
cisco and "hells" of the old Federal city


were not whit more diabolical than the


saloons" on Main street, Richmond
These resorts are presided over by elegant
gambling adventurers who may be seen


any day on our street corners in the
dainty affectation of semi-military cos
tune, staring ladies out of countehance,
or enticing young men into their COM
pany. There is said to be now IN this
city sufficient number of gamblers to
form regiment. 1t would be en- excel
lent idea to impress these "soldiers OF
fortune" giving them the alternative Of
the war or the Penitentiary.--Richmo'd
Dtspatch r..
Year: 1861

The Macon Journal and Messenger
says:-The South is constantly devoting
more attention TO fruit raising. We hope
this spirit of improvement will continue
to increase until we shall be entirely in
dependent of importations from abroad.
In no department Of horticulture has
more interest been manifested than in
grape growing. A little attention and ex-
pense would enable almost every family
to sip the pure juice of this delicious and
healthful fruit under their own vine and
fg-tree." Indeed, we hope to see more
attention bestowed upon the culture of all
the various fruits which flourish in this
climate. 1t will save many pounds of
meat and be conducive to general health.
Year: 1861

Az OoSAhOss


To make difficulties is not the way to
meet difficulties. A new government to
operate upon twelve millions Of people
and eleven States. comprising an area OF
100000 square miles, cannot reasonably
be expected towork smoothly in all parts
of the machinery at its start. 1t would be
a miracle il it did. How long did it take
the infant government that was nurtured
in the cradle of the Revolution to acquire
that vigor and harmony of action neces-
sary for its perfect development? How
many and great were the endorsements
and obstacles which impeded its progress.
and how formidable the drawback to its
efficiency? 1t was born in commissions
and reared, in the first stage of its exis-
tence, amidst the scenes of tronble and
perplexitv in every way unfavorable TO
the exercise Of its functions. From l1775
to 1888 it was anything hut a compact.
regular and stable structure. Yet in that
time the republic achieved and secured its
independence, and the sketch framework
OF its institutions which was then put to-
eether gradually became instinct with n
glorious vitality, and in lISS, by happy
transition, it was embodied in the form Of
q constitutional Union. And how long
was il before this latter organization at
tanned those methodcal, harmonious and
effective movements in its nicely adjusted
powers which alone could enable it to
dispense the national blessings with which
it was fraught? 1t was certainly seven
years before it gave full assurance that it
would prove itself worthy of the peoples
hone and the worlds confidence.


These remarks have been elected by
! some very harsh structures which have
recently appeared in the columns Of some
Southern Journals upon the Confederate
Government for supposed inefiiciency and
incompetency. At a time like this, wher
the young republic is in the throes of 4
struggle equally MS formidable as was that
of the Colonies in 177G, we are prepared
to make every allowance in behalf Of the
Executive for anv error or short coming
1t is no less difficult now to steer the shi,
of State through the boisterous water
which are dashing around her than it wa


in the first period of our history that triec
mems souls. 1t is absurd, under existing
circumstances. to expect the Confederate
Government to be blest all at once with


perfect Administration, ard its wheel
Year: 1861

To Cure DYsPErsIA.--Take new axe,
put white hickory handle in il, bore a
hole in the top Of the handle, fill the
hole with gum camphor, and seal it up
Then take the axe and cut cord wood at
so cents cord, until the heat of the han.
die dssolyes the camphor.
Year: 1861

Poor Houston has gone under. He made
an effort to resist the Secession movement
in Texas, Just enough to show that he was
dragged into it; and then plunged in his
whole length. What better should he ex-
pected of militay hero, whose military
fame was created BY battle into which be
was dragged by his men against his will,
and on plain threat that if he did not
choose to take part, the battle would 90
on without him For that he is called the
Hero of San JacintO."


What beggars' opera is this Texas Sc
eession! The Government plunged into a
war to protect her annexation. Then it
paid her Sl0,0000OO for lands IN New
Mexico, to which she had 10 more claim
than she had to lands in the m Jon; claim
which we created entirely by fraudulently
setting it up as against Mexico; and the
land was worthless. She has three of four
military posts on her borders garrisoned by
United States troops, to protect her from
the Indians. Within the last year her cries
of distress for protection have alarmed the
whole country, and during this very session
bill has, VIC think, passed the House, to
raise new regiment to protect her from
the Indians.


Now she has resumed her independence,
and is seizing the United States arms and
such property as she can lay her hands on.
and even talks of taking the military posts
which protect her from the Indians and
Greasers, who have kept her in panic for
the last two years. Texas is little too
green in the United States, to perform these
sovereign antics. with impunity. If SIZE
withdraws, she owes US a settlement. We
would not have her coerced to remain in
the Union. We would follow the plan of
honest "Dogberry," and thank God we are
rid Of a pestilent knave.


But there is that ten millions which we
paid her for nothing. and the cost Of her
defense since, and part of the expenses of
the war We undertook on her account, that
we must have back; besides pay for the
property which she steals now. Let the
account be opened, and fair adjustment
made; and in the meantime let the troops
6e Withdrawn from her border, and the
Indians let in; and if they resume their
original sovereignty, we shall have for
tunate exchange. and a much more respee-
table State to take into the Union again.
There is no tribe of Indians in America that
could possibly send 50 mean a specimen as
WigfalL-C Cincinnati Gazette. $3.50
Year: 1861

The manufacture of artificial flowers a.
broad differs somewhat in its various pro-
cesses. though perhaps not essentially,
from the manufacture in this country. A
broad, the material of which the flowers
are made is, first and best, French cam.
brio, but a great quantity of Scotch CAM
brio, jaconet, and even fine calico. are also
used. For some description of flowers,
clear muslin, Grape and gauze are wanted;
and for some very thick petals, satin and
velvet are necessary. These materials are
provided in various colors, as well as in
white, but fresh tiDts have frequently to
be given. These are laid on with a sponge,
or camel hair pencil, or the petal is
dipped in color, and a quantity of green
taffeta is always at hand for leaves. The
coloring matters used in dyeing the mate
rial for the petals are various. Thus. for
rcd, in its various shades, Brazil wood is
largely used. also carmine, lake and cur
thamus. The best way of treating Brazil
wood is to macerate it cold in alcohol for
several days; a little salt of tartar, potash
or soap will make this color pass inte pur-
pie, a little alum gives it a fine crimson
red and an acid will make it pass into
yellow, of which the shade is deeper, ac-
cording to tie quantity employed. Blue
colors are prepared by means of Indigo, or
Prussian blue Yellow colors are given
by turmeric dissolved in spirits of wine,
by saffron, chrome yellow, etc. Green col
ors are obtained By mixtures of blue and
yellow; violets by mixtures of red and blue.
and by orchil and blue bath; lilacs by
orchil only.
Year: 1861

It is common for moralists to warn men
from vicious courses by the consideration
of the shortness of life. Perhaps an ar
gument equally effective could be drawn
from its length.


1t is terrible to think, that an erroneous
opinion, or a bad habit, formed in youth,
may continue to work evil upon the char
acter and fortunes of the individual for ff-
ty years-subtracting something from eve
ry days happiness and efficiency, and ad-
ding something to every days burthen and
peril. 1t is, also, an inspiring considera-
tiOn, that good principle, a noble i'm
pulse, a piece of valuable knowledge well
implanted in the soul, will 90 on produ-
cling a revenue Of good deeds and inward
joy while memeory holds her seat.


If we we're to evertake young man in
the moment of temptation, we should be
little disposed to speak to him of the short
ness of life. until we had exhausted all the
arguments founded on its duration!S We
should rather say to him: Young friend,
life is LOngl The deed you mediate may
be done in an hour, but it will write an IN
efaceable record on your memcry, upon
your character, upon your countenanee.-
You can never in this world outlive its
consequences. You will never be able to
forget it. Ponder well the awful length
of life. What prodigious stretch of time
is the thing We call year. What an in
terminable and intolerable procession of
griefs and miseries may be its twelve slow
ly revolving monthsl And fifty such
years have been the result of single act
of shame.


This tremendous fact of the length of
life occurs to the mind with great force,
when We observe how readily parents sac
rifce the future good of their children in
order to silence the clamorous desire of the
moment They forget that the body which
they are debilitating is the body which
their child may have to inhabit for three
quarters of century. They forget that
the character which they terminating is
that which their child will have to confront
the world. years and years after they have
gone to their account. They forget, in
word, that life is long.
Year: 1861

SECESSION AND sUICIDR.-The Tribnle'S S
correspondent at Washington says 1t is
very evident from information received
here that attempted secession in Maryland,
Missouri. Delaware and other border Slave
States, will be inevitably followed by civil
war within those States among their own
people, in every county and every town.
Judge Catron of the Supreme Court docs not
hesitate to declare that this result will GER
tainly take place in Tennessee. And 9th
er testimony equally emphatic is abundant
in regard to that and all the other border
Slavs States. Like a pig swimming a
river. Secession will thus cut its own throat
if left to itself Our cOmpromisers are the
only men who are redeeming it from the
disasterous consequences of its infamous dis
loyalty.
Year: 1861

PRESIDENT BUCHANAN does net5appcar
to challenge admiration abroad. A Man.
chester (England) paper speaking OF his o
course in our present national difficulties
saws that whatever he does is wrOng-fer
the simple reason that he does it exactly
at the wrong time. Some men are born
to render powerful assistance in building
UP great States. Mr. Buchanan is likely
to shine in history among those who have
q talent for destroying thera. . a.t
Year: 1861

Mr.. Benjamin visited Governor Floyd,
and expOstulated with him about this swim
die. Two days afterwards Mr.. Benjamin
received note from him informing him
that he was obliged for the frank state
ment he had made to him, and that upon
reflection he had determined he would ac-
Year: 1861

e. The reports and speculations by
telegraph are 20 uniformly to the efec: that
Mason and Sliden are to be given up to
England, intesspersed with ru,nors that
they were even to be sent forward by the
steamer from Boston to-day-tfat We HAY
as well take the warning and be prepared
fo1 such conclusion when it comes. It
may not he Just yet, indeed it is certain
thu, i; will not be to-day; but that it viii
I've seems foregone, for these newspaper zu-
1nors arc usually launched upon the public
some weeks in advance, to prepare the way
1nr the more authoritative declaration.
But if they are given up, we feel assured it
will only be upon the found that England
sl1;lll hencctorth herself recognize the invi-
o1abiiity Of the hag-conceaing principle
which We have maintained for half cen
tury against the world, and in this view
the seizure and surrender are probably
worth Ill they shall have cost of feeling on
both sides the Atlantic. It certainly will
not crush US though it may for q moment
wound our pride. Nations are eternal.
We avert the present threatened danger,
''ut may yet remember against England
'llc Lack Of sympathy she has manifested
in this hour OF OUT national tria1
Year: 1861

ArcH1soN, Kansas, Dec. 24-Orders have
been given to several agents Of the Overland
Mail Company TO take no more express freight
from any source until further orders. This is
in consequence Of the company having been
fined by the Government for reported neglect
Of mail matter
Year: 1861

Coon 1DEA.-A dealer in musical instru-
ments informs the Showhegan Clarion how
he avoided poor customer. A man wrote
to him, requesting the rent Of musical
instrument. The dealer concluded to write
to the paper in which the applicant saw the
advertisement, to see if the proposed cus-
toner paid for his newspapers. He was
informed that man of the same name was
indebted 70 that office to the amount of Sl3
and so he wisely concluded not to trust the
applicant. Let all newspaper delin9uents
take warning.
Year: 1861

Send your little child to bed happy
Whatever cares press. give it warm
good night kiss. as it goes to its pillow -
The memory of this, in the stormy years
which fate may have in store for the little
one will be like Betblehem's star to the
bewildered shepherds. My fatber-my
mother loved me = Fate cannot take away
that blessed balm. Lips parehed with the
worlds: fever will become dewy again at
this thrill of youthful memories. Kiss
your little child before il goes to sleep.
Year: 1861

A lady officer, if she wished to give word
halt to her troops, would do it somewhat
in this wise: You soldiers, all of you,
now mind order you, as soon as l have
finished speaking. to stand still every one
of you, on the spot where you may happen
to be; don't you hear me halt, ! say, all of
your
Year: 1861

A correspondent of the American Agyi-
culturist, at Union Springs, Ind, relates a
tough story" of dog at that place. A
large number Of sheep had been killed in
the neighbOrhood, and an apparently worth
less cur, kept at a grocery, was suspected
of the crime, though for a long time no
proof could be brought sgainst him. But
murder will out" and one day farmer
and his neighbor saw the dog besmeared
with blood, in the act of tearing sheep,
which was still alive. As soon as the dog
saw be war discovered, he ran to a wood
lot about fifty rods north of the spot, and
the men at once proceeded to the grocery,
which stood half mile distant in a SOUTH
west direction, to inform the owner. To
their surprise, on entering the store, they
saw there the very animal they had come
to complain of, lying on the floor, apparent>
ly asleep. as though nothing had happened,
and as clean as though just washed. But
on examination they found him very warm,
and very wet. be having undoubtedly
washed himself in hurry, and run for life
to his master. But the evidence was too
strong against him. Pity that a dog of
such intelligence should not have met a
better fate.
Year: 1861

CRuELTIEs OF OUT ANcEsToRs.-The true
JustihcatIOn Of palliatiOn of these crueIties
Is found in the vast difference which exist
ed between the habits and customs and
tone OF feeling of those days and those of
our own time. The days Of chivalry were
iron days. When a prince like Edward,
would 90 to far distant hostile country.
on q perilous crusade, his gentle Eleanor
must needs accompany him. When he
would fight battle, as at FalkIrk he sleeps
all the previous night, with his shield for
his pillow on Scottish moor. The very
sports OF those days were terrible Sir
Patrick Graham, a Scottish knight, having
arrived from Paris, was invited to supper /:
and, IN the midst Of the feast, An English
knight, turning to him, courteously asked
him to run with him three courses Next
morning, in the first course, Graham
struck the English knight through the har
ness with mortal wound, SO thut he died
on the spot.


Such were the fierce pastimes Of those
days. And, naturally enough, men did not
think OF the mutilatiOn of human BODY,
10 or after death, with those feelings of
horror with which we regard it. Robert
Bruce, when dying ordered his heart to be
taken out of his body, and carried to the
Holy Land. IF ever q husband loved a
wife, surely Edward loved his Eleanor, vet
his directions after her death were to place
her bowels in Lincoln Minister, her heart
in the church of the Blackfriar., London.
and the rest of her body in Westminster
Abbey. After the battle of Gresham, as
we have already seen. the bloody head Of
Earl Simon was deemed fitting present
to be sent to the home of noble lady
How can we, then apply to the deeds Of
those times the feelings or prejuGices which
are current in the nineteenth century.
Year: 1861

The Southern papers have full accounts
of the constant departure of the flower of
the troops which are Fastening northward
An incOrrigible fellow suggests that when
there is so large an expectation Of -four
there must be shoots and bran left at
home!
Year: 1861

The Vicksburg Whig is the most cheer
fui under the privations ofsecession rule Of
any paper wo have seen:


" We may be bad of for whiskey, but
Mississippi river water, diluted with a chew
Of tobacco and a grain OF strychnine, is a
very good substitute for the CincInati arti-
Gle, of which we have been deprived"
Year: 1861

There was great rejoicing in many places
last week, in consequence of a telegraphic
dispatch that the d-l was dead but their
rejoicings were turned to grief upon seeing
it contradicted in the Chicago Tribune, his
organ.
Year: 1861

from which mankind suffer over a Large part or the globe, is the consequence of diseased action in the system, induced by the poisonous miasm d vegetable decay. This exhalation is evolved hv fife aetioa of solar heat on wet soil, and rises win the waterv vapor from it. While the sun is below the horizon this vapor fingers near the earths sur face. and the virus is taken with 1t through h, lungs into the blood. There it acts as an irritating poison on the internal viscera and excretmg organs of the body. The liver becomes torpid and fails to secrete not only this virus, but also the bile from the blood. Both the virus aad tho bile accumulate in the circulation, and produce violent constitu. tional disorder. The spleen, the kidneys, and the stomach sympathize with the liver. and become disordered also Finally, the instinct of our Or ganism as if in an attempt to expel the noxous infusion, concentrates the whole blood of the body in the ilSerna excretories to force them to casth out. The blood leaves the surface, and rushes the central organs with congestive violence. This is the CHILL. But in this effort 1t fails. Then the FEVER follows, in which the blood leaves the cen tral organs and rushes to the surface, as if mI another effort to expe the irritating poison through that other great excretory-7th skin. In this also it fails, and the system abandons the attemp exhausted, and waits for the recovery of strength to repeat the hopeless effort another day. These are the fits or paroxysms of FEVER AND AGuE Such constitutional disorder will of course under mine the health if 1t is not removed.

 We have labored to find, and have found, an antidofe