Year: 1861

,..oo DruucRAr:-A few words again
e.n1ndiana Ranch. We are going to have a
rourtb of July-we are. We expect speech
tr Of patriotism from some one OF our
Norvsyille friends-to us, as yet, the great
,,,romed-but whom we will, i'll due time,
,orold TO the world as the champion of the
1o,, in the forensic line. We are also to
have a grand, old-fashioned, out-ot-doors
Fourth of July Dinner. We have sent for a
g. deen-toned dog of war;" and with his dog
shin will do some shooting. We have a
,oiIitary band and will have music. We will
read the Declaration of Independence and the
Constitution of the United States-documents
that should always be read in public on that
day.


In the evening, we will have a display OF
Fireworks, that we solemnIy promise shall ex
ceed in extent and grandenr any ever before
cotten up in the mountains. What | mean
is, that rockets shall go higher, sciss louder
and burn longer; that orr wheels shall go
(aster volcanoes send forth more fire, flower
pots smell sweeter, and shippers scare the
ladies more than any other set purchased this
gear Wont you come? No? Well, here
goes again. We are to have the biggest,
best and livelest ball in the State on that
auspicious occasionl | know yen have men,
tally promised yourself the pleasure of being
with us, and l offer you the hosptalities Of
Indiana Ranch.


Secessionists hereabout have at last arrived
at wise conclusion. They seem to think
now that perhaps the Judge don't mean all
the Union he talks, and that they had better
fall into the line with the majority of their
felOwctizens. As far as their party goes,
they are acting as though they were convinced
that


"He who neer fights but runs away


VIII live to fight another day.


for instead of crying out, " Poor jeff Davis !
Crttenden's Compromise is the only remedy
that will cure him." they now talk as though
the Administration should be sustained
They were never very bad or unruly with
us-ony one has ever dared to threaten he
said that he would, on a certain occasion,
run up Palmetto flag. He was told that if
he did he would follow it in its upward mo-
tion, aud that the only difference between him
and his flag would be that his flag woud be
on an endless rope, while he should be ON one
that had an end, and that that end would be
rather an uncomfortable addition to his swal-
lowing apparatus. He craw -fSked At all
events, the time set for fhe exploit has long
since passed, and the flag did not go up.


| see that the Union Club at Timbuctoo
has proposed a plan for the union of the
Union men of this county, if no where else.
Individually, this meets my appreciation, and
the members of the Union Club here gener-
ally seem to favor it, but desire TO see what
will be done by other and larger Clubs, in
other parts Of the county We will be Mar,
if it wns-if it don't, we'll be clear-tlat is
"playing safety" at any rate. | tried to get
an immediate action in favor of the PROPOSE
lion, but as some mcmbers felt ,cary on the
subject, did not press it. But one thing is
certain, the Union men here favor and viii
support that or any other measure that will
test tend to secure perfect union of the
people. We know no party, and We have
pledged ourselves TO stand by this position
hence, if during the coming canvass candi-
dates find that they have been mistaken as to
how the vote Of this precinct would be east,
they need not be surprised, for if there be a
perfect Union party established we will vote
it-and with two cr three exceptions, vote il
TO ;nan-while on the contrary. if there be
regular party tickets, there will be no way OF
calculating the vote. 1t will possibly, and
even probably be cast as unit but what
party-or whether any party will receive it,
will be decided by Us, We d Co., on our own
hook


have learned that a very prominent
Breckimridge man in this neighborhood has
been etfectually converted from the error OF
his ways 10y repeated allopathic doses of the
Express, which he has daily crqmmed down
his mental throat for the past year Finally
his stomach would no longer retain the nau-
seous compound of lies, misrepresentation
and villianies, for he was heard to declare
THAT his time for the thing was up, and the
man that left another at his house would sci
up in the boot business" Should we not tbc
thankful that,


"WhiIe yet the lamp of life holds out to burn


The vllest sinner may return"


Yea Verify


am sorry that the Express cannot be dis
tributed in this community "free gratis" foi
with the limited circulation the poor thing
can get, (two) know now Of two hopeful
converts it has made to the cause of decemcX
1t is mighty dirty tool to use, but flight
The ID with his own weapons if you want
TO whip him."


Next Saturday our Union Club meets at
VIM. Edgar's Hotel, at Oregon Hill The
Douglas Union State Convention primary
election for this township will be held there
also at the same time We expect to have q
good time, talking about the good old shiF
that has carried us through many stormy
sea, and in planning for her welfare and safe
ty, now that she is in sore distress.


Great political excitements, as well as re.
iiglous ones, sometimes produce in communi-
dies almost mania. The only thing the peo-
pie talk of here is Union. But one case ha,
yet occurred in which any one has been car.
ried away 10y the excitement of the times
got word yesterday morning from Marysvile
Al Al