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Year: 1862

She regretted, she said, that her cap, could
not haze been washed before going out to so
large an assenbly-the idea cf having two
never entered her mind. Her dress was Of
striped linsey woolsey, and a travel worn
thing It was. She asked me if it looked well
enough. It certainly did not, so asked her
II she had another with her. She answered
that she had not-wliat did she want of two
dresses at time? Such thing as trans
porting two dresses round the world was not
to be thought Of. I. therefore. told her that
people undoubtedly wished to see her, not
her dress, and thought it would have to
do. The following morning called at her
hotel, and she showed me the treasures Of
her carpet bag. There vas one clean hand
kerchief in it, and small comb wrapped up
in piece Of paper. Those, she said, were
needful for person to have on a journey !;
then came the treasures. She poured tn m
all out promiscuously upon the he'd, and
such sight I trust shall never behold
again--snake skins, filled up'with little dried
bugs, and small reptiles, precious bugs, and
worms of various species, in vials of alcohok
Here is charming specimen" said she,
swinging horrible snake.skn directly un.
der my eyes. started and screamed with
unfeigned horror. She was greatly amused
with my want of appreciation of her valua-
BILE collection. She said she had herself
slipped that snake out Of his skin only the
week before; beautiful creature he was she
caught him with her own hand, but she
could never get him to Vienna in life, so she
had to do the best she could, and take him
in that manner. Her son, for whom she
was gathering these treasures, was proprie.
tor Of a museum in Vienna There was
small bundle of manuscript notes, rolled up
as tightly as possible, and tied together with
a string Of welting- cord. These were por-
ton Of the material of her ''Second Jour-
ney Round the World" She was going
away in the evening stage, and would take
s"S "o"s tuc ucAI ody he All OfpSCuFe StattO0
further north. wished to remain with
her unit! she left but she peremptorily for
bade it, and she would not bid me good-by.
She said that she had her reason for not do
ing so. What was my surprise, on the
evening of the same day, to see Madame
Pfeiffer enter my room, carpet bag in hand,
with "There. am gone--I have gone off in
the stage, and now will make youa visit"
She remained two days. The question 81
having the cap washed was freely discussed.
| offered to have it done with the greatest
possible dispatch; at times she was almost
persuaded to consent, but finally concluded
that It was better to wait unit! her arrival in
New York. She also thought she should
have new dress IN New York. There were
several other articles of apparel she intended
to purchase there too.
Year: 1862

The operation of fir ing the mortars, is in
tsrestiag. The charge is from fifteen to
twenty two pounds. The shell weighs $50
pounds, and is thirteen inches in diameter.
For familiar illustration it is about the size
of a large soup-plate. The boat is moored
alongside the shore, so as to Withstand the
shock firmly, and the men go ashore when
the mortar is to be fired. A pull of the
string does the work, and the whole vicinity
is shaken with the concussion. The report
is deafening, and the most enthusiastic per-
sons gets enough oft with one or two dis
charges. There is no sound from TIE shell
at this point of observation, and no indice-
tion to mark the course it is taking, but in q
few seconds the attentive observer with a
good glass. will see the cloud of smoke that
follows sits explosion, and then the re-
port comes back with a dull boom. IF it
has done execution the enemy may be seen
carrying off their killed and wounded.
Year: 1862

They should remember that, as Hood says,
when bread is dear, flesh and blood is cheap


Mrs. Nettleton WINGED visibly through her
triple armor of pride, parsilnony and ohtuse-
ness; and her husband, who never directly
opposed her, contented himself with resolving
to make it up to her victims in some way,
if he did not forget it.
Year: 1862

Certainly win, " replied the other "But
/ am knocked up with walking, and it is long


way to Lanereost. I see you ride a good


beast. Will you sell her '''


After some hard bargaining, terms were


agreed upon, the purchase money was paid


down on the spot, and Dickey and the farmer


separated the latter to seek his stolen oxen,


actually from the very owner Of the stolen


mare he was himself riding; whilst Dickey


proceeded "where he listed "


The next day the farmer reached Lanercost,


and, of course, a. once recognized his own


oxen grazing in the field. He forthwith rode
up to an elderly man standing near, whom he
judged to be the owner of the field, and ex-
claimed


al say, friend, those are my oxen in your
field How may you have come by them?"
And I'll be ID" replied the other,
(after taking long astonished look at the ami.
NAL on which his questioner was mounted,) ''if
that's not my mare you are riding How may
you have come by her, pray?"


Each Of course described the person from
whom he had respectively purchased the oxen
and the mare and when this was done, they
discovered that they had indeed been 'sold y
by rogue Of no common order.


So laughsble, however, did the joke appear
even to those who had to ''pay the pipe"
IN the afair-that neither party could prevent
breaking Into peal of merriment when the
particulars were fully disclosed.
1t was now clear that the only way to settle


the affair, was for each party to take back bis
own property. Mr.. Musgrave was Of course
oVerjoyed at the recovery Of his favorite mare;
and the Denton Burn farmer, being equally
delighted at the recovery of his favorite oxen
it fell out that, in the general burst of re-
joicing, Dickey was allowed to pocket the sale
money of both mare and oxen.


whether Dickey ultimately came to an un-
timely end, or whether he reformed his ways


and died, duly "shrived," in his own bed


history telleth not.


Certain it is, however, that to this day his


deeds are "hOusehold words in many parts Of


Northumberland, and the mention of his name


amongst the peasantry is considered synony.
Year: 1862

IL The New York public favor the suggestion
that the splendid police corps, now employed in
doing little or nothing on Manhattan island,


numbering not far from 2OO0 men, should at once


be rendered to the Government at the first Offering


Of the Em pire City to the President, under the
new call for reinforcemenu. These men have
all been well drilled; every man Of them is able
bodied, and In every re,pect, admirably adapted
TO Immediate military service.
Year: 1862

It must not be forgotten by the people Of
this State that the magnanimous offer
of the general Government viii not always
be open. It still requires Congressional
action. If not accepted now; If action on
our part be deferred until the 4th of March,
it is hardly probable that q Democratic
Congress viii fulfill the pledges made. On
that point, we are willing to accept the
central organ of the Illinois Democracy
(the State Register) as an authority. Il be-
comes, therefore, ofyital Importance 10 us
that We act at once, Now is the accepted
time. II this golden opportunity for com
Pensation is Suffered 10 pass unimproved
and slave property in Missouri becomes an
utter loss to its oWners, they can only
blame their own folly Any efforts which
look toward the removal of slavery, even
by the act Of the slave owners themselves,
is sure 70 incur the Condemnation and op-
position Of that party which loves slavery
better than peace and Union. We must
act during the present Congress or We can
not act % Rll.7s - Ices -2a .rlI G
Year: 1862




Missouri has certainly elected to the
next House of national Representatives,
out of her delegation of nine, five members
who are openly and unmistakably pied
ged to the thorough enforcement of the
Presidents proclamation of freedom, and
are radical supporters of the principles
upon which that policy is founded. They
are Knox, Blow, Boyd, McCIurg and
Loan. and possibly one other, viz: Green.
She has, in addition to that, chosen an
Emancipation legislature, which will send
two good and true men to the United
States Senate, and so shape the legisla-
tion of the State as to bring it in harmony
with the accommodation of the President,
and by freeing herso from the presence Of
slavery, relieve it also from the curse of
rebellion. s-'i' ,At


Whatever may be the verdict of the
people of the North upon the policy the
President has seen fit to inaugurate by his
noble message of liberty to four millions
of enslaved men, in the great work of
suppressing the rebellion, the result we
have stated is the answeu of Missouri, a
slave State, and the first to speak in res
ponse. If any have INDUCED the belief
that the presidents proclamation was
calculated to ALLEVIATE the hearts of the
people of those slave States, which have
so far remained true to the Government,
they may now dismiss it and dismiss it
forever. r, -..------
We have, for ourselves, ever since the
first announcement of the proclamation,
freely signifed our belief that the loyal
people of the slave States would be much
less surprised at its promulgatiOn, and
were much more ready and better prepa-
red to receive it, than the people of the
non-slayeholding States, The people of
the slave States have been forced to reap
the bitter fruits of slavery, in the rebel
lion. They have learned from experience
the cause of the war. They have been
taught the value Of peace, even if it must
be purchased at the expense of their
cherished institution of slavery. Their
blighted fields and desolated homes call
aloud for a vigorous policy and the men
who have suffered are not the ones to
spurn the prospect Of deliverance, at the
bidding ofprejudice, however old or howe
yer strong. When the proclamation ap-
peared, more honest souls in Missouri
shouted HGod bless Abraham Lincoln .
in proportion to the number of her people
than in any other part of the nation and
when they came to vote, their acts veri-
fed their sincerity. The President may
now rest assured, that Whatever may be
the extent of opposition his policy of libe-
ration may receive from other parts of
the nation, however many degenerate sons
of the free North may demean themselves
in the work of fighting the battles of sla-
very in the national councils, his hands,
in the good work Of putting down this
rebellion, and with it the cause which
gave it birth, win be upheld by amajority
of the delegation from Missouri slave
State now, but striving earnestly to be
free.


And st. Louis, the Queen City Of the
Great West, let the president know, has
declared in favor Of the policy of his pro-
clamations ina voice. winch none san fail
| ~ understand 80 90 8 ieEaass fasi y
Year: 1862




n ding for tue collection of the City property tax.
The Trustees Of CuyQf Nerddd do ordaia as fo0Us:
SECTION l. There shall be. and is hereby levied,
upon all assessed and taxable property within the
corporate limits of the City Of Nevada for the fiscal
year ending May 1st 1862 tax of fifty cents for
general city purposes, and of twenty cents for fire
purposes, upon each hundred dollars of assessed
value.


SEC 2. 1t shall be, and is hereby made the duty of
the City Marshal or his Deputy 10 collect said taxes;
said Collector shall forthwith give notice, by publi-
cation in some newspaper, published in this city,
that the city taxes are due and payable and the time
and place at which he will receive the same; also.
that the law in regard to their collection, will be
strictly enforced.


SEC. q Upon the second Monday in February.
1862 at the close of the business hours for that day
the tax collector shall enter upon the tax list or
assessment roll, n statement, that he has made a
levy upon all the property assessed in said roll and
upon which the taxes have not been paid. On or
before the third Monday Of February, 1862 the tax
collector shall complete list of all persons and pro-
perty then owing taxes and the tax collector in ad-
diton TO the tax levied shall collect upon each de-
hnquent, the sum of one dollar costs inc urred in
preparing and publishing the delinquent list.
E SEC. 4. On before the first day of March 1862
the tax collector shall cause the delinquent tax list
to be published, giving the of the owner of all
real estate and all improvements on the same, to-
gether with such condensed description Of the pro-
perty that il may be easily known, and also a SINH
lar condensed description Of any real estate or i'm
provements assessed to unknown owners: and also
opposite each name or description, the amount OF
taxes, including costs due from each delinquent per
son or property; such list with the levy thereon as
heretofore provided shall be published for three sue
cessive weeks in some newspaper or supplement to
a newspaper published in the city of Nevada Such
publication shall also designate the time and place
OF the SALE which shall not be less than twentv-one
or more than twenty-eight days from the first ap-
peaIance of the publication. All real estate shall be
sold in front of the Court House door, and all sales
shall be made by the Marshal or his deputies.


SEC. 8. The provisions of the Act entitled an Act
to provide for the support of the Government
of this State approved April 29th 1857 from Sec l6
to Sec % inclusive, of said act shalcontrol direct
and regulate the SALE issuance Of certificate record
and all further proceedings Of the tax collector under
the foregoing ordinance.


Passed January 7th, A. D.. 1862.


CHAS KENT, President.


JAS. MONROE. Clerk pro tenn
Year: 1862

EMrGRANTs ARRIvING.-Somet twenty
Ave or thirty emigrant wagons have ar
rivedin this valley during the week and
we learn from those who have come in that
there is large number of wagons on the
road bound for Walla Walla. At Powder
they are arriving at the rate of about one
hundred per day. Both emigrants and
stock arrive in fine condition.
Year: 1862

Use not reproachful language against
any one, neither curses, revilings


Be not too hasty 10 believe flying re-
ports to the disparagement OF any one.


In your apparel be modest, and endeav'
or to accommodate nature rather than to
procure admiration.


Associate yourself only with men of
good quality, if you esteem your reputa-
ton, for it is better to lie alone than in
bad company.


Let your conversation be without NAL
ice or envy; for it is the sign of tracta-
BILE and commendable spirit; and in case
of passion admit reason to govern.


Use not base and frivolous things against
grown and learned men, nor very difficult
questions or subjects among the ignorant,
nor things hard to be believed.


Speak not of doleful things in time
of ninth, nor at the table, nor of melan-
choly things, as death or wounds, and if
others mention them, change, if you can,
the discourse.


Break not jest when none take pleas
ure in mirth. Laugh not loud, nor at all
without occasion. Deride no mans mis-
fortune though there seems to be some
cause.


Go not thither, when you know not
whether you will be welcomed or not.
Year: 1862

naming, we were shown an obligation
and informed that if we would take that
we should be released Ii was TO this cr
feet Wo were to support the Constitu-
tion and laws (Which they had villain
ously violated in our arrest and imp,ison-
ment, J and not TO go into, or have com
munication with persons in any Of the
States now in rebellion, without rermis.
sion Of the Secretary of War; and, fur.
ther, that we would not cause or com.
mence a suit against any of the Fedora !
or State Officers who caused our arrest
And the taking Of this obligation was
the only condition upon which we could
obtain our release. We knew that it
bore on its face the admission of the guilt
OF the officers in question, and that it was
OF non effect lcgally,-that it was pre-.
scnted to us MS the highwayman presents
his pistol and demands ones money or
life and secrecy after as to the party who
commits the deed but it was nevertheless
humiliating to an American citizen to
take an obligation not to attempt redress
for the wrongs that had been heaped upon
him. But, as we have before said, we
took no obligation not to seek, and if
possible, obtain satisfaction in some 9th
er manner.


A beautiful example these men set be.
fore the world. A dangerous precedent
they have established one that may at no
distant period rccoil with ten foM force up.
on their own heads. They rob man fthe
rights Of an American citzen--trample
upon the Constitution and set law at de
liance in these arbi:ary arrests, and then
force the wrong Il man to swear as an
only condition Of his release that he will
not prosecute them for what they have
done.


Was there ever more base, despica-
blc act committed anywhere ? What
page of history leaves so foul stain up.
on the eScutchcon of any nation? Would
Turk or Arab-would the savage, or even
the more degraded African, be guilty of
such deeds and yet expect the world to
smile upon them and call them honor.
able No, It's let for Abolitionism-
for fanatical bisots of once free and hap,
py America to do and applaud such acts.


"Sic semper tyronniS," should be the
political shiboleth of every American
from this hour henccforth; and the ballot
box should be resorted to whenever the
opportunity is offered to accomplish the
object so devoutly wished for by those
who love the Union as it was" and
desire the "Consttution as it is" and the
Government as ii should be-"
Year: 1862

The continental Monthly for October,
in an article on London Fogs and Lon
don Poor, has the following on the hard
situation of the poor afflicted in the great
Babel of the British Kingdom. 1t is
Strange that such helIish neglect should
occur right under the nose of the guar
dians of civilization, while they snuff up
far less crimes, to cant and whine over,
three thousand miles away from the loath-
some scene we now refer to.


In the streets of London have seen
women and children contending for bone
drawn from the slush of the kennel, I
have seen boys fight and bruise each 9TH
er for crust of bread dropped upon the
pavement, and covered with wet mud or
even unsightlier filth. have entered the
abode of this desperate poverty, led thith-
er by children, who clamored at my side
for aims, and found such misery as am
incompetent to express by words. have
seen the living unable to raise from sick
ness, in the same bed with the dying and
the dead. | have known an instance
where living man, in strong health, un-
der the exhausting effects of privation
and sorrow, has been compelled to seek
repo,e in the straw beside the body OF his
dead wife, his children occupying the floor
and there being in the room neither chair
upon which he could seat himself nor table
upon which he could stretch himself for
rest. | have seen an infant crawl for
nourishment to its dead mothers breast,
and there was not in all the house the
value of cent to buy it food


have seen a wife, in following her hus-
bands body to the grave, drop in the read
and die, before medical assistance could be
procured. a post mortem examination
proved that she died from hunger.
Year: 1862

"IF a word or two will render man
happy" said a Frenchmau, he must be
q wretch indeed who will not give it
1t is like lighting another mans candle
with your own. which loses none of its
briliancy by what the other gains" II
all men acted upon that principle the
world would be much happier than it is.
Year: 1862

Our government should dejeruine 70 give the
enemy battle at once beth ia Virginia snd on the
Tennessee border We should assail Banks
column with fOIco sufficient to defeat and
crush him. 1t can be done, and ought to Be
done quickly Then the whole concentrated
armies Of Virginia c7Uld be dashed agsinst Nc
Clsllan and his Yankee army be whipped Eom
the sacred soil of yorktown The whole tide Of
war would then be changed, snd would roll
back on the North with overwhelming force


These little sEirmishes and small battles
amount 20 just nothing They are a waste Of
ammunition and human life They determine
no advantage and contribute nothing to the gen
eral results Of the great struggle We must fight
big battles and fght them at once We must
give up our cities along the sea coast from New
Orleans to Edenton, aud concentrate our forces
at some leading points Of the euemy's line
Then we should succeed and not before. Viz
glnia Is the heart Of the shuggle-the head and
front OF the Conie3eIacy-snd e decisive blow
struck within her borders Will tell with trepeu-
dous sct.-Lyach6uzg Rsg.8licau.
Year: 1862

The FEDERAL ARMY IN THE WEST.-The
Savannah Republican, says that the position of
the Federal army in the West, as set forth by
the Secretary of War at Washington, is e mat
ter worthy Of special attention. He announces
that it viii be impossible for the army to enter
upon any further aggressive movements in the
enemy's territory, until q full complement of
transportation shall have been supplied This
Is tantsrrcunt TO = cessation Of hOstih&es On sAe
line of the Tennessee, for weeks, if not months
to come, if not indefinitely twill be difficult
20 supply those facilities before the navigating
season on the river is closed by low water for
the summer, An attack from Besuregsrd, then,
on such Of their forces as shall venture beyond
the range of their gUnbosts, is likely to be the
principal fighting ground TO be dOOe Tor time
10 CONS.
Year: 1862

n The Charleston Courier of April 23d con
cludcs an article on q Yankee Bulletins with
the following very Just remarks:


We respectfully urge on the stsenJion OF those
in authority that our FIRST interests as citizens
and the true interests of the ssme-ws claim
nothing specially f T the PTess-demsnd some
efficient measures for the prevention OF false and
exaggerated reports, and we know nc plan of
prevention which can be more efficient than the
prompt communication Of the truth whenever it
cen be published without detrimsnt, and when
ever its suppression would only give occasion
for reports worse than the truth.


Something is due to the intrinsic claims of
truth, but, waving that high ground, we may
place cur demands on Considerations Of exps-
diency and policy and interest.


Were truth and falsehood matters Of difference
ethicaIly, we would prefer truth, if for 40 other
reason, because our enemies make and love a
lie rather than the truth.
Year: 1862

W-W-W Cream !-To-morrow morning
Brandenburg will have supply of the cee.
btated VOLTS Ice Cream Candy--first of the
season Every thing nice for Thanksgiving
next door to the Post Office
Year: 1862

A VISIT TO FAsmoNABLE STORE on
FoURrH STREET, CrNcINYATI.-A few days ago
while in Cincinnati we called at the fashion
able store rooms of DeLand (formerly DeLand,
Gossage q Cuyler,) and were surprised to find
some twenty Clerks all busily engaged in
waiting upon lady customers. 1t surprised
us to see with what eagerness the ladies waited
for an opportunity to purchase rich goods at
this time of high prices. They evinced con-
siderable impatience for an opportunity to
purchase as the store was densey crowded, but
the courteous proprietor entertained them
until they had a chance to supply themselves.
What caused such rush we were unable to
comprehend until informed DeLand had a
large stock of goods which he purchased be-
fore the rise. Another reason why DeLand
has built up such large establishment and
obtained so many fashionable customers is,
that he understands the benefit of advertis-
ing. When he commenced business he was
not unmindful Of the power of the press, and
he has paid literally to keep that power in
motion. The consequence is that be has
built up one of the most magnificent establish.
msnts in the West, and is making princely
fortune He is now the Stewart of Cincinnati;
and we shall soon see him in a marble palace.