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Year: 1861

The London Economist of the 10th ult. has
it ''tbe most notable contrivsnoe for impov-
erishing at once the revenue and the citizen
that could have been devised by the wit of
man." The Economist further speculates
upon the probable effects of the prohibitory
enactments on the States of the West, and
adds:


If this law continues we may look for
third, or North. western Federation within
year-or it may be a junction with British
North America. But speculation may go
even further than this, and yet in no way
trench on the improbable. Win New York
remain in a federation whose first act is TO
strike fatal blow at her prosperity And
| if New York State would submit to this,
| what will New York City dc2 How long
will her merchants be willing TO heave their
profits curtailed, their expenses increased,
their taxes doubled and their commercial
enterprise hampeIed, dwarfed, distanced in
the race, without one single equivalent ad-
vantage being offered them in compensation Z
! Finally, what win the Border States say
/ OF dO-those States whom il is 80 peculiarly
desirable for the North to retain in their
/ Union, and whose allegiance Is at the pres
/ ent moment SO PrecariOus. The decision OF
Kentucky and Virginia is just trembling in
the balance; are they likely to be conciliated
by proposal that the cost of clothing their
slaves shall be increased, and impediments
thrown in the way OF the entrance ofthe ar
ticleg by which they are to be paid for their
| tobaccO2


1t is impossible to believe that so absurd
and mischievous MEASURE, even If il ha:
not been vetoed by the outgoing President
can remain long on the ststute-book or b,
suffered 10 come into general operation
When the new President and the new Cabi
net are made aware that this mad tariff car
not really ever be enforced; that the mere
endeavor 10 enforce it will empty their ex
chequer, will disgust and drive away thu
grain States and the Border States, and will
divert commerce from New York to Canada
and that If il could by any possibility be en-
forced and maintained, it would cramp thei
trade, impoverish their customers, and re
duce their shipping to inacton and decay
it will surely be repealed by common aGoia
nation.
Year: 1861

hands Of the flibusters the only lever by
which they wove any sympathy out Of the
slayeholding States. She strikes a blow at
her enemies while she favors her friends and
natural allies in the Union, and she at the
same time takes the measure beet calculated
TO promote the prosperity of Cuba and in
erease the products Of her rents. .


The political atmosphere of Spain herself
is heavily charged at this moment Our
representative ought TO be well Informed how
and when the storm is coming, land whittier
it is tending; but these and similar argu-
guments urged at the proper time, in the
right way, and with the right men, are GER
tain of success.
Year: 1861

Below will be found tables showing the
total imports and exports at the port Of
Chicago during the year 1851, as shown by
the books Of entries at the Custom House.
As an exhibition Of one channel only of.
the trade and commerce Of our city, it can
rot but prove Of vast interest to our read
CTS, Of all classes, whether they are engaged
III mercantile, professional OF commercial
pursuits It must be borne N mind, how
ever, that large as the commerce Of the
past year has been, it was limited to the
carrying capacity Of our lake marine,
which was altogether insufficient for the
demands Of the Northwest, as the exorbi-
tant rates Of freight paid during the season
f1I11y attest.
Year: 1861




Much depends upon what kind Of soil the
garden is composed Of. III il is still clay, we
would manure in the fall. with sand and
wood ashes, and in the winter, we would dig
in a good coating Of stable manure, or guano.
Guano may be used to advantage in the gar
den it it is applied early, and there is any
thing in the soil for il to assimiate with. In
light, sandy lands It should have vegetable
matter 10 some form, muck from the swamps,
surface mould from the woods, OF something
of the kind to mix with il. The great adj
vantage Of guano over other manures is, that
Il Immediately becomes soluble in water,
and all iood Of plants must be in solution
before it can be taken up. Whatever ma
nures are applied to the garden, should be
well tur0ed under. Coarse manures may be
used il applied in the winter. Butthere can
be no doubt upon the mind Of any thorough
experimentalist, that old. well rotted stable
manure is the very best fertilizer for gar
den, as il contains all the requisite food oi
plants, and, when well rotted. there is little
danger OF using too much. The manure OF
the COW lot may be used on the garden with
out fear Of burning it IS not as stimulating
as horse manure, but i, safer. The manure
from the chicken-house i good garden ma
nure, il should be well pulyerised, and il the
garden be dry, motsiened beiOre 1t is used.
Year: 1861

DEATH OF A LAD FROM DRUNKEY-
HEss-A lad about years Of age, was
recently taken to the 5,h precinct station
house in brooklyn, n. Y, by a citizen
who had found him in a vacant lot stupid
ly drunk. A flask Of ot-gut was found
By his side, from which be drank till he
was insensible 1t was ascertained that
his name was John Smith. He was ac-
cordiugly removed TO his home, ard efforts
were made to bring him to bis senses, but
unavailingly. He remained in drunken
stupor till late in the night when be died


He was a boy of previous good habits, and
was never known to drink Intoxicating
liquors. 1t is supposed be procured this
liquor at some Gistillery and drank it to
ascertain how it would feel TO be drunk.
Year: 1861

reports state that school mistress in
Pownal was pursued by the same strange
object, clothed in rags, and making ma
MAC motions. Sixteen men put after him,
and one of them overtakipg him was so
paralyzed at the sight as to keep him from
attempting his capture. 1t is also said
that small cave has been found, thought
to be the abode of the creature, and bones
found thereabouts arc to be sent to AM
herst and Williams Colleges for examina-
tion. Quite number Of sheep are mis-
sing in the mountain pastures, and some
farmers say their cows have been MIXED
in the night time by some unknown per-
son.


Many treat it as humbug, but it is
impossible for SO great number of per-
sons as testify, to tell the same lie with
such accuracy, and we are inclined to
treat it with seriousness. Whatever it is
it demands an immediate investigation,
and will doubtless receive it.-Benning-
ton Banner. .t-
Year: 1861

The golden sea its mirror spreads
Beneath the golden skies,
And but narrow strip between
Of land and shadow lies
The cloud-like rocks, the rock-like clouds
Dissolved in glory float,
And midway of the radiant food,
Hangs silently the boat.
The sea is but another sky,
The sky sea as well,
And which is earth and which the heavens
The eye can scarcely tell,
So when for US lfe's evening hour
Soft fading shall descend,
NAV glory born of earth and heaven,
The earth and heaven blend.
Flooded with peace the spirit float,
With silent rapture glow,
Till where earth ends and heaven begins,
The soul shall scarcely know.


LONG FELLOW.
Year: 1861

situated on the Franklin Turnpike, within nan nle
~ the city and oppsite the residence of the late Jo


seph W Horton This Is, perhaps, the most command
ing site in the vicinity OF Nashville ana IS most oe


-1-..tIe country residence The house viii be sold
with IL or 10 acres OF land as the purchaser may
Year: 1861

does Cri5tadoro's Excelsior Dye present stronger
claims to public confidence than any other Hair Dye
in existence


BECAUSE
It is the only one that has ever been anayzed and
publicly approved by the highest Chemical authority


ALSO
or the reason that no other dye has ever been subec
ted to chemical analysis at all


MOREOVER
besides being free from every poisonous ingredient, il
confers a finer black or brown and in shorter space
Of time than any other dye in the World. Sold every
where, and applied by all Hair Dressers. CKsTADoEo,
No. 8 Astor House New York. mhl6
Year: 1861

The SERVICES OF EDiroRs.-We received a
modest request yesterday to pitch into
party and give him "lIail Columbia" and
that the bill for SO doing would he settled ON
presentation. We have concluded that the
request asks more than legitimately belongs
to the duties of proprietors and editors of
newspapers. And now, unless there should
be some misunderstanding about the matter,
we desire to say we pitch into" nobody un-
less they give us cause to do SO. We are
eminenily a peace establishment and we
fight no mans battles. The little fighting
that we are disposed to do is in behalf of
something superior to personal and individ-
ual matters, say principle or some sort of
thing like that. We therefore present cur
respects to our distinguished friend and de-
sire to decline the proposition SO nagpif-
Gently made.-PoYtiaud AdvertiSeY.
Year: 1861

INGENIOUS ATrEMPT TO Poison OUR Troop
We have just been informed by an officer Of the
army, that when our soldiers reached the brick
house near Falls Church, they found hog jns
slaughtered, nicely dressed, and hidden away
Just enough to be sure to have 1t discovered
Experience had taught our men to be cautiOu;
about eating rebel food, and before venturing tG
eat the swine before them, they called surgeon
who examined the carcase, and pronounced it
to be poisoned. further examination proved
that the hog had been poisoned with strychnine
to such degree that mouthml Of the flesh
would have been sufficient TO kill II man; and
when this fact became patent, the soldiers
burned the-house.
Year: 1861

RETURNING POsTAGF STAMPS -DrTIEs OF PCsr-
xasrERs-It not unfrequently occurs that pack
ages of postage stanpssent by the Post Office De-
partmsnt to postmasters throughout the country,
become damaged while in transit, so o. to be
unfit for use. Under such circumstances, it is
proper for the postmaster to whom the stamps
are sent, to return them to the Department, in
order that he may receive the proper credit
In all such cases it is the duty Of the post
master to proue the act Of mailing the stamps bs
a disinterested ,oitness. His own oath to thai
effect is not sufficient. We understand that
the negligence of postmasters in this matter
is often the occasion Of serious lost to them
and of unnecessary inconvenience and labor
to the Post Office Department, as we'll as 10
the office of the Auditor of the Treasury fol
that Department


On the 2Sth Of September, 1857 the At
torney General of the United States gave an
opinion on the point in question, wherein ht
held as follows:


"If the postmaster asserts that he returned
stamps to the Department, which never came
there, and proves that he mailed them, he en-
titles himself TO credit for In sending then
he does bis duty, AID the subsequent loss o
them Is not his fault But he should be helC
to strict proof Of this by something stronger
than his own oath. He can easily get wit
ness to the act Of mailing them"
Year: 1861

EXTENSIVE CORRESPONDENTS. 49, During the
third quarter ending on the 3Oth ultimo, thirty
thousand three hundred and eighty letters were
received at the office of the Auditor ol the
Treasury for the Post Office Department; and
during the same period, nineteen thousand
seven hundred and forty five letters were pre-
pared and mailed by that Office. This is a
pretty heavy correspondence, but it gives only
a faint idea Of the immense amount Of labor per
formed in that bureau of the Treasury Depart
msnt
Year: 1861

THE TRAITOR, CAPT. McNAB, u. S. A
highly respectable officer Of the army write;
us that the arch traitor, John McNab, late
captain 10 the tenth United States infantry
and commanding officer at Fort Laramie during
the months Of May and June, 1861, and while
holding this responsible and honorable po
sition, not only expressed, but committed
treason to the Government and flag he had
sworn to support, by tsmpering with some ol
the enlisted men under his command, for which
infamous conduct he was dismissed from the
army of the United States but, strange as it
may appear, he is still at FCrt Laramie, eating
drinking, and being sheltered at the expense
of the Government he endeavored to over
throw This fact is very severely commented
upon by the men at Fort Laramie, who are
highly indignant at the fact that convicted
traitor should be harbored in their midst.


We are requested to ask the authorities here
to pay some attention to this matter.
Year: 1861




The Della states thai the Notifications above
Carrollton are going on finely, and will be
completed in two weeks. They are repre-.
sented as sufficiently strong to prevent the in
vasion of the city from that direction by any
force, however large. The Crescent is appre
hcnsive, however, that a visit from Uncle Sam &
men will find the city uuprepared, and in lis
fear cries out as follows:


'In our humble opinion, the time has come
when every resident Of this city should come
forward aud give evidence that he Is willing to
take up arms in Its defence. The day is past
when excuses of business, dislike to empty
show and Sunday soldering, should be held as
valid Those who really intend standing up
in the hour of need, and not shirking their
duty should show their hands. They should
be preparing themselves by earnest training to
do good service. Companies, battalions, and
armies are not formed in day. A crowd OF
inexperienced and undrilled men cannot de-
fend themselves against regularly organized
attack"
Year: 1861

CAMP ADVANCE VA, Oct. s, 1861.
N.ssrs Editors Of the Free Press


Last night We experienced the severest storm
we have met since leaving Vermont. For some
ten days previous it had been quito warm and
very dry. About five o'clock yesterday afternoon
it began to come down in torrents and continued
by intervals through the night, attended by hail.
So great was its violence that the cutters around
our tents were soon filled with quicksand and in
poured the water in spite Of all effort to clear the
cutters. To add to our discomfort the water beat
through from above, dripping on bed and books
and paper. Despairing of keeping the water out
we were compelled to wrap ourselves in rubber
coats and blankets, and make the most Of cheer
less night To-day has been much cooler, and to-
night, while write my fingers are quite stifened
with cold. Large brush fires are kept up all about
the camp to prevent the fog settling, as much as
possible.


These fogs are the baneful feature Of the eli
mate here. Scarcely a night is entirely free from
tn om. And when there is no fog the dew is so
heavy that water may be wrung from ones cloth
ing who is out in it very long. Owing to this
circumstance the nights are invariably cool, how
ever warm the days.


Our sick list is now very large, owing in great
part to our immense picket details. Constant
night exposure in this climate can hardly fail to
compel the strongest constitution to yield to fever
in some form, or rheumatism. There are over
two hundred on the sick list Several of these are
very low with typhoid fever. Of two, Joshua 0.
Service of the Calais Company, and George w.
Garvin of the Lamoillc Company, there is very
little hope of recovery. Oscar Woodward of the
latter Company, died some weeks ago Of The same
disease.


Our sick are necessarily very much scattered.
The hospital tent accommodates about twenty
FIVE. As fast as this overruns they are sent 10
Georgetown, and from thence when they get con-
valescent they arc sent to Baltimore or Annapo
lis. After few weeks they find their way back to
camp. 1t is great cross to them to be sent away
| from camp, and doubt not they are better cared
for here than elsewhere. Surgeon james is inde'
fatigable in his efforts for the welfare Of the reg
mcnt. His hospital ia model of neatness and
good order. And the care bestowed by tbs
nurses, Messrs. P. P. E. Strong and F. E. Hodge
is unremitting. l have heard men who had beer
in the hospital speak in the most decided term
of the unwearied attention they had there re
| ceved.


hope the 4th and 5th, which you are awar,
are now encsmped beside us, will soon be able I,
relieve US of a part Of this picket guard burden
They are eager 10 do so now, but will soon find i
more work than play.


We were paid of few days ago, up to Sep
tsmber lst. Most Of the regiment have sent hom'
Year: 1861

1t IS the nature of some animals to howl.


Wolves howl, sometimes singly, sometimes


IN packs. In this way they heighten their


own ierocity, and chill the energies of the


victims whose blood they are in pursuit of.


There are wolves among the newspaper wri-


ters of these days-wolves always on the


scent for prey. Generally, they hunt in


packs, like wolves of the forest, often snap
ping at each other as they run, but all raw
enous for the blood of nobler animals than
themselves. IF one escapes them, they take
up the chase for another. For while they
howled after President Lincoln and Senator
Seward then they hOwled on the track of
General Scott. Not being able to pull them
down they started after the Secretaries Of
War and the Navy. In that pursuit their
eyes were fairly blood-shot with eagerness
They felt sure that they should have their
teeth in their launches within a few leaps
more. But here, too, their intended vic.
tins got out of their reach. For sometime
past the pack have been howling louder than
ever alter General Fremont, and if he shall
escape their fangs, as we trust he will, pro-
badly they will turn on General Mcclellan.
or try their speed and fury again on Secreta-
ry Cameron or President Lincoln. Hunt
and howl they will, for it is their nature
The chief home of these blood thirsty wolves
IS in the large cities, New York in particu-
lar; and the mischief they do, IN disturbing
the public mind and thus helping the rebels,
is incalculable.


Those more ferocious and dangerous packs
have their imitatOrs in the cOuntry,-petty
barkers who take up the howls which their
more ferocious and powerful congeners
send abroad on the wind, and repeat them,
feebly, to be sure, but as ably as they can.
If they have not the power to harm, and
therefore disturb nobody, they show their
They would be real wolves if
they could.


We do not know as there is any way to
put an end to this practice Of warning ferO-
ciously on public Oficers-especially those
charged with the heaviest and most respon-
sible duties in the conduct of our military
affairs. We doubt whether the world ever
saw its like before. Certainly there never
was time before in this country when the
practice could do hundredth part of the
mischief which it now does.
Year: 1861

A CASE OF CoNscIEScE.-An extensive
coal dealer in West Troy was recently con-
verted. He Joined the church. The effect
is shown by the following Among the coal
Dealers customers is gentleman whom no
had been in the habit of furnishing about
fourteen tons year. The other day the
dealer asked his customer for permission TO
put in seme to make up for previous short
weight, which he confessed was as q usual
thing 800 pounds to the ton. OF course the
permission was granted, and as the result
of conscience, the customer had unexpected-
ly got about four tons of coal, to open the
winter campaign with, and it is supposed
that other former customers will be served
in the same way.-Iroy Budget.
Year: 1861

and House OF Representatives.


la retiring from the arduous duties of the
political year now closing, desire to express
through you, to the citizens of Vermont, NY
high appreciation of their confidence and
patriotic cooperation IN carrying into execu-
ton the important measures required by the
acts of the special session, and to assure you
that shall carry with me into private life
sacred devotion to the interests OF the State
and to the cause of our common Country.


You, gentlemen, are called to deliberate
upon measures more important and vital to
the interests of the State, and the Country.
than any which has ever before occupied the
attention OF the General Assembly; requir-
ing your patient, careful and dispassionate
deliberation.


Nay an all-wise Providence guide you
and may our Heavenly Father interp0sc to
deliver our beloved Country from its present
calamity, and from the perils which threaten
1t, ana restore to it again the blessings Of
peace, union and prosperity.


ERASrUS FAIRBANKS
Year: 1861

had his company all in readiness to take a
part In the Inauguration ceremonies but
through some mistake they were not called
on.


Of the progress OF Legislation, yod will
be kept fully posted
Year: 1861

THE SEA-CoAsT VULNERABLE.-Souther
journals are waking up to the possible fact
that the United States Government may
think an expedition against some of the sea-
coast towns in the rebellious States may be
one of the means most certain of killing the
rebellion. They are, therefore, calling for
an organized defense of the whole coast, as
there are many places where it is possible to
land and do them much mischief. Beaufort
District, opposite to Savannah, has several
fine ports and inlets, nayigable for large
vessels, wholly unprotected. Several other
inlets are pointed out as equally liable to
operations by an invading force. They sug-
gest that the infantry and guerrillas at home
be organized and divided, 80 that there will
be no necessity to Withdraw any of the force
assembled in Virginia. They expect that
the Government will be ready in about two
months to pay them visit, and hence urge
immediate action. These fears indicate the
weakness of the rebels in that quarter, and
the hint ought not to be lost upon the Gov
| ernment. A touch or two of the war upon
| the hitherto secure seaport OF the rebel
| States would tend to impress them with q
| liyelier sense of the inconveniences OF re.
bellion, and foil their selfish effort to keep II
confined entirely to the border States. With
the naval and military force the Government


would soon have at its command, joint ex'


pedition in that quarter which might be very
successful in its operations, and serve Y


widely distribute the rebels and render th'


operations in Virginia more easy Fh'!adsE
Phta Ledger.
Year: 1861

W-M May not the controversy with refer
ence to the seizure of Messrs. Slidell and Ma
son on board the British steamer Trent, re-
solve itself into this question Was she a
public or private vessel? If the former,
the act was positively unauthorized if the
latter, it was clearly justi6able. Nearly oil
authorities on International Law are agreed
that belligerent has the right to seize and
even confiscate private ship carrying the
agents or dispatches of an army.


The Trent was one of line Of steamers
running between England, Havana, Vera
Cruz, &C., &c. While owned bya private
company, she was in certain sense under the
patronage of the Government. She carried
Her Majesty's mails and was the recipient of
a subsidy. Her commander, too, we pre-
sumo, was Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.
Is it not barely possible that this fact will be
made the basis Off claim that she is public
vessel ?" Certain it is that if England shall
make up her mind tc consider the arrest of
and ''lnsult to her flag" she must trump up
some such subterfuge as this.-Albany Ecen
ing Journal
Year: 1861

JUDGE DOUGLAS CnILDREN.-The Cincin-
natl EmQuirsr's Washington correspondent
has the following under date of the Nth
inst:


Douglas two children by his first wife are
still here. They are heirs to large property
in Southern State The confederates threat
en- to con6scatc this property as belonging to
Unionists. A few days since Southern
agent of the kindred OF these children arrived
here to take them to their friends in the rebel
State, that their property might thus be saved
from confscati,n. Mrs. Douglas refused to
let them go, it being the dying request of her
husband that they should live with her, and
that she should train them up to virtue and
usefulness and especially to love and defend
the constitution and flag of their country.