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Year: 1861

In an article on slavery as affecte by
the present contest, tn York Post has
the following, which is ri sht to the point.
It says


We can see no reason why We take
mans ships and goods from him becaus
Of his treason. and yet return him hi,
slaves we see no reasons why a negro
standing in the way of our advance
should rot be blown to pieces with Il cam
non ball as readily as a white man; We
see NO reason, in saort why the Slave
= institutions" Of certain States are more
to be respected than the free institutions
of other States. If one suceumbs to the
cxiacncics of the war, so must the other.
/ If the men of the North are expected to
sacrifice their houses and lands, yea, their
best blood and the best blood OF their
SONS, to maintain their country, the men
of the South must be expected to saeri-
fee at least their slaves. Loyal men cy-
crywhcre are submitting to fearful losses
on account OF the war. aud the loyal men
Of the South must take their share, in
whatever shape it GENES.


We can see 20 reason why slave prop
erty should be exempt from the usual lia-
bilities Of war; but we can see Il reason
why, if any determinations are to be
made, that property should be the chief
to suffer- Disguise it as we may, it is
still evident that the rebellion has grown
altogether out OF the existence OF that
property. Our society would be perfect
! ly homogeneous throughout but for slavery,
No other cause of war has existed, or
can exist, on th. continent. Nothing
else separates tie North and South. 1t
was that which broke up the Democratic
party. To extend its area has been the
main purpose of Southern politicians
Because they could not extend it they de-
cared war. Wherever slavery exists,
there secession is rampant. Where slav-
cry has died out, as in the border States,
secession has but a puny vitality. Where
there is no slavery, the people to a man
are enthusiastically devoted to the Union.
Such facts cannot be overlooked"
Year: 1861

not the least idea OF recognizing the Confederate Sates
that /, would not do so before our government had
acknowledged them or until it had become demonstrated
that there was no hope possibility of the federal
government supprcssing the rebellion The idea in any
event. Of dsrcSardng the blockade Of the ports Of tho
rebel States was dscaaed in equally positive man
ner.


You may rely confidently the accuracy and correct
ness OF this statement If were namo my authority
for IT thcre could be doubt upon tho sub
ject but. for motives which you appreciate refrain
from doing so.


hope that those two reliable expositons Of theyews
OF ho British Cabinet IN reference to their policy the
subject OF the great American rebellion will DO deemed
entirely satisfactory on your side Of the Atlantic win
asuage the pretended fears Of your astuto Secretary Of
State, will dspel all apprehension of such character
from the public mind and viii enable the government to
devote its whole energies powers and resources 10 the
crushing out Of the rebellion As tho Post truly says,
"the only enemies which they have to contend with
those already before them.n
Year: 1861

1t is said that an illustrious per
sonage recently wrote the follow
ing in the album Of fashionable
lady: 'There are two eventful per-
iods in the life Of a woman; one
when she wonders who she will
have, the other when she wonders
who will have her. He deserved
hanging.
Year: 1861

A good story is told concerning
the writing Of q railroad manager.
Tie had written to Il man on the
route, notifying him that he must
remove barn, which in some
manner incommodcd the road, un-
der penalty of prosecution. The
threatened individual was unable
to read any part If his letter but
the signature, but took it. TO be
q free pass on the road, and uaed
it for a couple Of years as such,
mono Of the conductors being able
to dispute his Interpretation.
Year: 1861




At seventeen years of age I was
more of a man than l ever have
been since. I wore long-tailed coat
and boots, Ito which an appurtenance
of spurs was generally added)
moustache was quite visible on my
upper lip, and consciousness OF ripe
maturity never left my mind. l was
studying for the legal profession, but
at the time of which / write, was
spending my summer vacation at my
fathers house in the country.


Though so manly, (almost soldier
like, as I fancied,) in my appearance,
my inner was by no means as stern as
my outer man. I loved my mother
with childish tenderness, and sooner
than pain her pious heart. L unmur-
muringly accompanied her every
Sunday to the village church to listen
to long sermons of which | could not
hear a word, for the tremulous accents
of the very aged minister who con-
Quoted the services, were so faint as to
be inaudible where we sat. Though
melted by love and duty to subject
myself to this weekly penance, (wcll
deserved by my weekly sins) my con-
science yet did not prevent me from
willing eway the time by such amuse-
ments as lay at hand--namely, that OF
observation and speculation on the
countenances of my neighbors, an
occupation of which [ was fond.


The physiognomy which interested
me more than all others was that of q
young girl who sat not far from us,
and who was accompanied by an aged
lady, probably her grandmother--the
object of her ever watchful care. This
girls face, from first ehciting my care
less admiration, gradually absorbed
my whole attention. 1t was very
beautiful, but apart from that it pos
sessed the greatest possible interest
for me. Never had I seen a counte-
nance which denoted so much sensi-
bility :. each motion of her mind was
plainly written upon it, by its quick
delicate changes; nothing was wanted
but the key of a corresponding degree
of sonsibiIity in the beholder' to read
her tender, innocent soul, like an open
book.


For hours I gazed, and speculated on
that fair young face-I thought how
sad would be the lot of so sensitive a
being, should fate unite her to one who
would not know how to read Alright
what was so delicately written, to whom
the varying expression of that sweet
countenance would be but a blank-who
should be able to see in it only the
ooarser part-beauty of feature. There
was no end to the many reveries into
which those bushes led me.


Sometimes, by chance, the fair object
of my busy fancies would catch my
eye, or without looking at me, seem
! instinotively to know or feel that
Year: 1861

None now dan make n shortened cake,
So good as could my mother,
And l think know why it's SO.


AS we'll any other.
Because, since then some wicked men,
With kind Of apparatus,


And called it Saleratus.
Don't ask us why so many die


That some should live surprising
Since now our food is made Of wood.
And salt is used for "rising.'
I hope the cooks with their good iooks1
Will not exterminate us
With cake and pie mixed up with lie,
Reduced to Saleratus.
May every pot in which they've got
The stuff be burnt to atom;
May every tin in which it's been


BE minus top and bottom.
May every store on sea and shore


(What else could more elate us 7?
BY fire or food, or in the mud,


Lose all its Saleratus.
And now ye fair, little care


What else may be the dict,
Though made of ryo and hard and dry.
The old brown loaf, I'll try it.
With cabbage billed and turnips piled,
You're welcome to come ut us,
Yes, anything but poisoning


With blasted Saleratus.
Year: 1861

Extraordinary Discovery Of an -An-
Gent Printing Press IN India.--When
Warren Hastings was Governor Gen
eral of India, he observed that in the
district of Benares, little below the
surface of the earth, is to be found a
Stratum of kind of fibrous woody
substance, of various thickness in
horizontal layer.


Maj. Roebuck, informed of this,
went out to spot where al excavation
had been made, displaying this singu-
lar phenomenon. In digging some
what deeper, for the purpose of further
research, they laid open vault, which,
on examination, proved to be Of some
size, and to their infinite astonishment
they found kind of printing press,
set up in the vault, and on it moveable
types, placed as if ready for printing.
Every inquiry was set on foot to as
certain the probable period at which
such an instrument could have been
placed there, for it was evidently not
Of modern origin, and from all the Ma
ior could collect, it appeared probable
that the place had remained in the state
in which it was found for nt least one
thousand English Paper.
Year: 1861

Some courteous angel guard my pen
While ! deecrbc n EARmER's wife,
In her the poor do find IL friend


TO guide them through this life.
Before tho King of day doth riso


To journey round tho earth,
Before the stars fade from the skies,


She quits her downy berth
Then with q joyful lovely song


She to her labor goes,
She never joins the idle throng


That seek their own repose.
Her mind is strong and noble too.


She judges all things right;
She is surpassed by few


She's courteous and polite
She seeks not to adorn with gold,


But looks upon the mind,
There nobler beauties doth behold


Than she in gold can find.
Year: 1861

my eyes.


One Sunday, happened, in coming
out of church, to be close to my lovely
eighbor-immediate behind her
her hand actually touched her uncon-
scious garments I felt an irresistible
desire to force her in some way to
notice me-to speakto her-to occasion
one of those charming blushes-any-
thing-I knew not what. In short, like
an impertinent coxcomb as [ was, l
stopped forward, and with an insutfe-
rabls insolence, which ] blush now to
remember, [ whispered in her ear,


You are very pretty


Never was I more surprised, than
when she calmly replied,


[ know it =


I was absolutely startled. [ had
expected a silent conscious blush-an
indignant glance-anything rather than
this very cool, Il know it


1 was puzzled, but had plenty of
time to turn the matter in my mind, for,
in few days I returned to college,. L
can truly say it was the one problena,
which throughout the term, gave me
most trouble to solve and cost me most
thought.


Another year elapsed ere 1 returned
home, and again sat in the little village
church. My personal appearance was
meanwhile somewhat altered. | still
wore my moustache, it is true, but my
coat-tails were not, or did not seem,
quite SO long, and [ had left off my
spurs.


My mother and I were early seated
in our pew, and L impatiently waited
the arrival Of my lovely enigma. |
tried to prepare myself for bitter disap-
pointment. L have been thinking and
dreaming about an IDEAL I said to
myself doubtless when the young
lady herself appears, all my fine imag
inings will vanish-there can be no
doubt my fancy has been playing
tricks with me, investing a mere coun-
try maiden with transcendant grace6
and charms.' While thus reasoning
with myself, the young lady appeared,
leading her old relative with tender
care.


Worshipping an 'ideal,' indeed my
most charming remembrance did not
begin to do justice to the beautiful
reality. A soul full of tenderness and
sensibility seemed to have found a
fitting home in a person of perfect
grace and lovelincss.


She blushed, when, looking around,
she chanced to see me, and again the
play Of expression on her features,
which had so Interested me formerly,
charmed me.


The more l studied her face, the
more l seemed to see into the pure
depths of her soul. Icould have staked
my life on her noble purity of thought
and deed.


As we returned home, / described
nay fair neighbor and asked my mother
who she was.


Her name my mother said, is
Grace Denny; and she is the lovelicst,
the most superior young woman | have
ever in my whole life met with. it is
too soon to think Of such things yet, ;
she continued smiling, but some years
hence it would make me happy to see
my dear son married to just such a
woman


Not quite so fast, mother said !
laughing a good deal to hide little
boyish embarrassment, which l was
most anxious to conceal.


| found that Grace had become a
constant visitor at my mothers, and
did not fail to improve the opportunity
of becoming better acquainted with
her.


She was indeed gifted creature,
endowed with all natures best She
Year: 1861

HOPEFUL SIGSs.-By the annual report of
the resident Physician it appears that the in
crease cf patients in the Insane Asylum last
year was fifty less than the year before, while
gain of ten per cent. took place in the cures
effected in that institution
Year: 1861

yleted at Colusa on Wednesday of stealing aud
sslaughterlng and partially consuming large
lat steer were by order OF the Court whipped
by the Sheriff in the Jail yard, receiving ten
Iashes each. Their Digger brethren were
hllghly indignant thereat, it being alleged that
the steer was found in a swamp where it would
have perished, being unable to extricate itself.
Year: 1861

CONCENTRATION OF TRooPs.-The Oregon
Yesterday brought down from Portland one
hundred and sixty soldiers who were at once
marched to the Preside. 1t is whispered in
official circles that all the troops of this De
partment are to be sent East, to be present
during the early crisis of Lincolns adminstra-
ton, and to support the Government with
force of arms if need be.
Year: 1861

BSy~ The following items are from the cores
pondence of the New Y York Tribune:


The news telegraphed from New Orleans
that truce has been concluded between Lieu
tenant Slemmer and the State forces at Pensa-
cola is false. The revolutionists have simply
backed out They have not dared to attack
Fort Pickens, and they will not dare to attack
Fort Sumpter.


None of the Southern Judges Oh the bench
of the Supreme Court have proposed resigning
except Judge Campbell aud he may be Undue
ed TO reconsider hasty committal. Seces-
sionists have labored hard to induce them to
withdraw, in order to strengthen their move
ment


The secesaonists are already well sickened
Of their bargain everywhere, and the medicine
of firm treatment is all that is demanded to land
them in disgraceful discontinue As a leading
Republican observed to day, they will all be
running from the country directly to avoid
hanging.
Year: 1861

NOT REsPEcrED.-A correspondent of the
Alta says the first attempt of a vessel to enter
a foreign port under the flag of the " Indepen-
dent Republic of South Carolina. was made
at Havana by brigantine from Charleston
She sailed in past the Moro Castle with her
" Palmetto . flying aloft But Immediately,
by order of the officer in command of the for
tress, she was brought to anchor under its
guns, and kept there until the flag of the Uni
ted States was displayed at her masthead,
when she was permitted to proceed up the
harbor. We wonder what they are going to
do in Palmettodom about this outrage upon
their flag in foreign port. This insult ought
to be avenged forthwith. A newborn nation
ality cannot afford to permit its emblematic
ensign to be thus dishonored.
Year: 1861

Nnrch-The March of the present season is
performed in the style of forcible but un-
skilled orchestra, with discordant wind in
struments. Its outset was peaceful and very
like Il lamb, which soon, however, became an
unmanageable tcsfher and then the buster
ing raiier at the head of the band swellad out
his cheeks and blew such q blast that all


ture was chilled, and the unfolding buds and
blossoms shrank from the rude encounter,


while the spring birds flew back to their nests
from whence the sunbeams had mpted them,


and set tied down AS snug as u bug in rug


Not satisfied with such an Internal demon


stration, the Maestro Boreas sounded the call


for the return of win ter and the strong mind


ed old women froLl the North, who are said
to pass the icy months in the refined
occupat ton of picking geese, sent down n
shower of those feathers of which the grim
frost-king makes his bed, and the gusty
thieves had a fresh blow out ON the occasion
The visit, however, was of brief duration.
The snow scattered itself about with a loose
ness on Thursday night, but the morning
found only n few patches here and there, ra-
pidIy dissolving into mud. Thus has March
so far deported itself with its usual warlike
characteristics. Whether it will depart like
unto lion or a lamb, remains yet to be de-
yeloped
Year: 1861

Oataous.-Oar Union friends believe In
omens. They conceived that the hand Of Pro-
yidence was visible in the swapping of nax-
staff down town, last week. We want TO ask
them about the flag over the Convention Hall.
which came down TO half mast Ia the gale Of
yes ter,iay, and so remained during the session
Was that ominoasa We think not. But .
spectator inquired if anybody was dead with
in and the reply was that the signal Of dis
tress was displayed in consequence OF thu
lack Of vitality in the Conventional body.
Year: 1861

Up Agdia.-The secession nag raised re-
Gently by the young ladies of the Baptist Fe-
male Institute, and which was taken down
by the Professor Ia charge, WAS again set up
yesterday by the determined young Misses,
who seem resolved to show their position on
the question of Southern Rights.
Year: 1861

We hare heard ii suggested, that under.
drainage would effectually prevent the now
of any water during rains from the Capitol
Square on the pavement, on the North side Of
Bank street, which water often prevents the
passage of pedestrians. If ii does not cost too
much il ought to be tried
Year: 1861

INDIAN CHASE AFTER MAIL CoAcH-Tha


Mesilla Valley Times of the I'd records numer-


Gus depredations of the Navajo Indians all


along the border, among which is the follow


ing account of a chase after mail coach:


The fact that the Indians had but three
horses, and were entirely destitute of fire
arms, was the only thing that proven ted the
stage from being cut off and the inmates mas
sacred. Inc Indians, to the number of seven
ty, were discovered approaching the road from
a pass in the mountains, with the evident in
tention of getting ahead of the stage. The
driver crowded the mules to their utmost, q nd
succeeded in making sucn rapid head way rs
to avoid an attack from the whole party at
once. lot more than twenty Indians succeed
ed in reaching the stage at the same time, and
for most of the way the attack was kept up by
| only from nine to twelve They would come
up, three upon each horse, and dismount,
| leaving the animals hitched to the bushes, to
| be mounted IN turn by others on foot. BY
| these delays they succeeded in keeping party
| OF fresh men const family around the coach.
This running fight was kept up for more
| than nine miles, and the Indians succeeded
twice in stopping the stage, and ran it ont OF
| the road several times. They wounded the
side driver in the thigh with an arrow, but
| not seriously, and also one OF the mules in the
head. There Were five men in the stage-three
| passengers, the conductor and driver. All
We're armed with reyoIvers, but there was
| only one gun among the party. They kept up
| Il constant fire while the Indians were in
| range and are confident they killed three, be
| sides wounding many more.
Year: 1861

A correspondent of Southern paper makes the following suggestions as to the diet of our army.

 It is a we'll known fact that health depends greatly upon diet, and every undertaking of life upon health. We should, therefore, make every effort possible to supply our soldiers with that diet which Is most wholesome and most condu cive of strength and energy. In the face ol this plain duty, however, with all of our burning patriotism, with all of our love for those who are fighting our battles, with all of our hopes and anticipatons ot success, against an enemy who would enslave Us, We are furnishing our soldiers with d ct which has proven more destructive to their ranks than the sword of the enemy.

 Our Southern men have been in the habit of eating Indian corn bread with large propor- ton of vegetables; but when they enter the army they are confined almost entirely to super6ne four bread aud meat

 So great and so sudden change in diet can not be made even at home, under the most favorable circumstances, without serious in ury to health. What then must be the consequences where the circumstances are 50 unfaYOrable as in tho army3

 But the nature of this diet IS exceptionable. It is too concentrated for the human digestive powers. It lies heavy upon the stomach, clog, the bowels, produces constipation, assersive thirst and inward levers. Indeed, 1t would be impossible to select diet more aggl awaiting to the levers which always accompany campl.e and which are the soldier's worst enemy. It is high time that we were asking ourselves the question. can we not furnish our soldiers a more wholesome diet?

 Our first attention should be directed to bread. the staff of life. Good bread Is essential to good health The flour furnished our soldiers Is ob iectionable in several respects.

 lst. It IS ground 80 fue that much of its nu- triment Is destroyed.

 2d. It is entirely separated from the bran, and when baked, becomes compact tough and diff cult of digestion and invariably produces dys- pepsia and constipation.

 3d. It makes more costly bread than any other.

 Now, if, instead of converting our wheat into superfne flour. we grind it into meal just as We do Indian corn, it will make bread in every respect superior to the fine flour bread. It is sweeter lighter, more nutritive, and preferable without grease, as a seasoning. The bran Il contains aids digestion, cleans and invigorates the digestive system, and supplies, to some ex tent. the place of vegetables. It Is we'll known as cure for dyspepsia, and should be better known as general preserver of health. For humanity's sake 1t should take the place of the bread now furnished our soldiers.

 Will not some of our leading men consider the matter? Every other subject which relates to our welfare IS continually before the people.