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Year: 1861

drew $1,000 salary and in violation Of section
10 of the act of 1857, which says he shall hold
no other Office, nearly 81 200 more as Deputy
City Inspector, beside maintaining his horse by
drawing 81 50 a day for his groom, under pre-
tense Of distributing Corporation ordinances.
Ald. Peck is said to have pensioned his father at
81 a day as Inspector of Street improvements
although he was nonresident of the City,
County, and State. We have heard OF Brooklyn
butchers who, being so fortunate as to have
brctl ers in the New-York Common Council, were
put ON the pay-rolls as distributors of Corpora
ton ordinances at 81 day, although the only
service they ever rendered was to draw their
salaries Enough of the corrupt system is shown
to warrant the public in demanding full and
rigid investigation of the salary question. The
suggestion of our correspondent that the monthly
pay rolls ought to be published in detail certainly
ought TO be adopted.
Year: 1861

Tie telegraph reports the Hon. Mr. Herman of
Utica as saying, in the Assembly at Albany yes
terday, that he disapproyed and condemned
&" the war spirit prevalent at the North"


We are not aware that such spirit is
prevalent. What the people are determined on
is to preserve the Constitution, to maintain the
Union, and TO enforce the Laws. If to that end
it becomes necessary to can out pretty large
posse comitatus and to put arms in their hands,
the necessity will be deplored but the duty will
be done And when it comes to that, We are
confident that Mr. Herman viii not shrink from
performing all his obligations as a citizen.
Year: 1861

The Journal Of Commerce says that if President
Lincoln stands, and means TO stand, on the plat.
form of the Constitution, the Union, and the
Enforcement of the Laws, "he may as well
" declare war at once"


Very well: it will be his official duty to
resist to the last extremity all who seek to de-
stroy the Constitution, TO overthrow the Uni IN,
and to trample on the Laws. For this end he
was elected; to do this, he will bind himself by a
most solemn oath; and we cherish the confident
hope that all obdurate and unrepentant traitors
VIII 6ud that he does not bear the sword in
vain. He will have no occasion to declare war,
but he will maintain the Constitution, aud prove
that this great Government Of the People is not
a creature of the fancy, but a Reality instinct
with power, and terrible to those traitors who
recklessly attempt its subyersion.
Year: 1861

However it may be with some Republican
Senators and Representatives in Congress, we
are sure that the great mass Of the people who
voted for Lincoln and Hamlin understood pre-
cisely what they were doing when they cast their
vote; that so far from feeling they committed
any wrong in so doing they are confident that
If was one Of the most righteous acts they ever
performed; that they are prepared to stand by
and stand up to all the legitimate consequences
of the deed; that they are settled in the cOnyic-
ton that neither duty, expediency, self.respect,
nor the good OF the country requires that one
iota of our victory in November should be COM
promised away; and that they will hold to
strict account any public servant of theirs who
presmcs to barter any part of that triumph in
the political shaInbles at Washington.
Year: 1861

recognized the separate existence of the seeding States
and Withdrawn the troops from the forts.


As to Virginia he could say il any attempt should be
made to use the public force under the policy Of


ting the laws or of taking possession of the forts
mails or any other property ani if the President should
march hostile army for such purposes Virginia, will
by the unanimous consent of her people, become party
to the war when the first guns red In further discus
sion Mr. Mason argued that Mr.. Lincoln regards the Chi
cago platform law.


Mr. Douglas in rtoinder TO such parts Of Mr. Masons
sneech NJ referred to him. said that the simple
why an attempt would not be made to reinforce Fort
Sumter was that il was impossible. Whilst he had
knowledge Of the view Of body connected with the
government having control of the question to Fort
Sumter he took il for granted that army large
would be REQUIRED could not be got together for some
months ss the raising of it would require session OF
Congress


Mr. Mason What would you do with tie forts


Mr. Douglas If the Senator bad voted right last No.
yember would tell him what is to be done. ! must
refer him to those who have the control of constitutional
duies The revenue could not be collected without fur
ther legislation and this Mr. Douglas proceeded TO show
and he said 1t was evidently not des gned TO do so by
military force After the arrival of the President elect
the force bills were not pressed vote in Congress-
and this for patriotic purpose. Congress which could
have passed them withheld the power TO do these very
things even if the President had desired to possess it,


He had no doubt not only that the President s in favor
of pacific policy but also the republican party, believing
that such policy under present circumstances would be
the best If the administration anticipate the use OF
arms we shall soon see proclamation for extra ses
sion of Congress in order that laws may be passed for
increasing the regular forces and calling volunteers into
the ID 10 such an extent as the military authority may
estimate to be necessary.


Without further aston the Senate adjourned.
Year: 1861

May God grant that this Union and Constitution may
be perpetual (Applause)


close by repeating the sentiments OF my heart God
grant that the Constitution and the Union may be per-
peuA and continue shield of protection TO ourselves
and our children forever.
Year: 1861

AN IMPROVEMENT Postmaster General
has issued orders for supply OF letter paper, to
he cut, gummed and embossed, with a three e-cent
postage stamp, combining in one both letter sheet
and envelope. This sheet will be about half the
size OF the old fashioned letter paper, SO folded
and cut as to furnish a neat and convenient pre-
paid letter of only about half the weight of those
now in use with an envelope. Orders have also
been sent for similar sheets, letter size The use
of envelopes have often been objected to by legal
gentlemen, as the post office stamp is often tue
only conclusive evidence OF the time when let
ter may have been mailed. There can be but
little doubt that the new system vii! supercede
the old, so far as business letters are concerned.
Year: 1861

THE SOUTHERN PEOPLE AND THEIR WRoNGs.-l
There is no democracy in the action of the Sonlti1
ern olgarehs. The people were rushed ont of the
Union without the privilege of being heard at
the polls and in Georgia the idea of the people
having the right in the last resort to shape their
own destinies was sneered at by Cobb and
Toombs. Such things cannot endure revul-
sion will take place sooner or later, which Will
vindicate the majesty and power of the people
and sweep the oigarchs from the face OF the
ear th.-RaIeigh (.N CD Standard.
Year: 1861

Tnn BouSDARY LINE.-We suppose from the
tenor of late eastern news, that the boundary
Commission has been abandoned for the present I;
consequently the appointment of Col. Forman
will not amount to anything unless the Legisla-
ture see fit to let him have q regular annual sal
airy for doing nothing.
Year: 1861

A BEAUTIFUL PICrURE.-The man who stands
upon his own Soil-whO feels that by the laws Of
the land in which he lives-by the laws of civil


lied natious-he is the rightful and the exclusive
owner Of the laud which he tils, is 10y the const-
tuition of our nature under a wholesome influence,
not easily imbibed by any other source. He feels,
other things being equal, more strongly than
another, the character OF a man who is the lord
OF an iuanimate world. OF this great and won
derfu sphere, which fashioned by the hand of
God, and upheld by his power, is rolling through
the heavens a part of his-hs form the center to
the sky. 1t is the space on which the generation
before him moved in its round of duties, aud he
feels himself connected by visible link with
those who follow him, and to whom he is to trans
nit home. Perhaps his farm has come down to
him from his fathers. They have gone to their
last home; but he can trace their last footsteps
over the scenes of his daily lab0rs. The Ioot
which shelteres him was reared by those to whom
he owes his being Some interesting domestic
tradition is connected with every inclosure. The
tavorite fruit tree was planted by his fathers
hand. He sportcd in boyhood beside the brook
which still winds through the meadows. Through
the fields lie the path to the village school Of
earlier days. He still hears from his window the
voice of the Sabbath bell which called his father
to the house of God near at hand is the spot
where his parents laid down to rest, and where,
when his time has come, he shall be laidby his
children. These are the feelings OF the owners
of the soil Words can not paint them gold
can not buy them they flow out of the deepest
fountains of the heart they are the life-spring5
of u fresh, healthy, and generous national char
acter- Edteard EpereH
Year: 1861

MUsIU.-The power of music is never better
felt than when some old ballad, forgotten for
years is heard again, aud host OF souvenirs
rush in upon the memory. 1t is then, as one lit
tie song evokes these recolections of the past,
that we feel that music is indeed mighty aud
an almost omnipotent magician.
Year: 1861

A GERMAN newspaper contains the following
advertisement "A girl of good educatlon' OF
strict morals being extremely handsome and OF
enticing manners conversant with the keeping OF
hotel and tavern accounts aud apt at serving at
table or behind the bar, wishes situation as
barmaid or waitress in a railway or reireshment
room. N. B.-She can cut 225 pieces OF bread and
butter, of satisfactory appearance, out OF one
pound of bread aud two ounces OF butter"
Year: 1861

IcE SroRrs IN THE SIXTEENTH CENrURy-In
Stoves Survey of London, published in 1895,
we have the following quaint account OF how the
subjects of Queen Elizabeth amused themselves
on the ice


When that great moor which wosheth Mooraed
at the north wall Of the city, is frozen over
great companies OF young men go to sport upon
the ice then fetching run. aud setting their
feet at II distance, and placing their bodies side
ways, they Sided great way Others take heaps
OF ice as ii 1t were great mill stones, aud make
seats many going before draw him that sits
thereon, holding one another by the hand in go-
ing so fast; some slipping with their teet all fall
down together some are better prHctced On the
iGe aud bind to their shoes bones, as the legs of
some beast, aud hold stakes in their hand headed
with sharp iron, which sometimes they strike
against the ice aud these men 90 with speed rs
doth bird in the air, or darts shot from some
warlke engine sometimes two men set them
selves at II distance, and run one against another,
rs ii were u tilt with these stakes, wherewlth one
or both parties are thrown, not without some
hurt to their bodies aud after their fall, 10y rea
son OF the violent motion, are carried good dis
tance from one another and wheresoeyer the
ice doth touch the head, it rubs OH all the skin
aud lays it bare; and If one fall upon leg arm,
it IS usually broken bat young men greedy of
honor aud dosrous OF victory, do thus exercise
themselves in counterteitng battles, that they
may bear the brunt more strongly when they
come to it in good earnest.


PHYsoGN0MY. Nature is honest. Every iv-
ing creature on the globe Is compelled to carry
its charuct ter at its mast head There Is no mis-
print in tho book Of Nature. Her language is
unmistakeable. Every creature has its own
pecuiarites, by which its characteristics and
habits may be determined Behold the differ.
ente in the fowls of heaven and the beasts of the
earth. Here is the eagle, wi its savage beak
or talons, aud the gentle cooling dove The ter
rble lion and the tmd hare. The immense
elephant and the tiny quadruped Who can fail
to read their various characters stamped thus
indelibly upon them! And when we come to
man, we find that the more he resembles any
species or class Of the lower creation, the more
his character approximates to theirs Every
thought and emotion leaves its impress alike on
the soul aud face. There can be no evasion of
the law"


The bloated sot, and the upright man, the guo-
ramus and the man Of thought, the sturdy yeo-
man and the delicate lemalc--all present them
selves in proof OF this theory. a little attention
to this science, would save many an honest
citizen from the sly, designing, and selfish viii
lain, aud give men u better understanding of
each other.
Year: 1861

And thus, looking over the lie. Of the
lost, are our eyes axei and our hearts pain
Cd to see among the dead those Of our
name, and friends and companions Of
youthful days, But they fell boldly stri-
wing FOR the right.
Year: 1861

30 A well regulated and Proportionate quantity
OF bile upon the stomach, is always requisite fai
gestion and keeps the intestinal canal free from al
obstructions When there is a deficiency Of bile
the body is constantly costive On the other hand
an over abundance Of bile causes frequent nausea
in the stomach and often promotes very severe at
tacks Of disease, which sometimes end ia DEATH


DR.. Mofat's Life Medicines
Year: 1861

We Feel for Her.-The Lincoln
order to search the trunks and bag
gage at the Nashville depot has not
yet been withdrawn. Yesterday, a
lady's trunk was about to be exam
iued, but the key was lost or mislaid,
causing some delay, when the lady
remarked that she was really very
Year: 1861

That times very hard. and money very tght,
That the people have not Ork, and IN bad plight
And that for Carpets and Crockey they pay high
And that. for all extras, they must pass them by
Of this and other matters the people they complain.
And makes me feel sad to their faces filled with


pain =
And II by selling cheap-if this will make them SMILE
Therefore, have concluded without regard to cost to


sell
All OF my Kitchen Goods. Cutlery and Carpets as well:
Also my Crockery and Glass Ware at discount am


selling,
With Broons and Bru hes and everything, all cannot


be a telling.
Therefore ladies and gentlemen come Guy upon this


invitation,
For have full supply of House Furnishing Goods at


my POetical Station
1t located in the Bay State Block at the Poets



Here have good Stock of Goods and as CHEAP as any


upon my honor.
Now cnme one and ALI buy your goods, and times


for better will change,
And your money is little 1t will hold if you buy


the POetical Exchange.
And should my capital at the end of the war he light
Why then here is energy and ambiOn, wich is in lor the


fight,
Forlife is battle field, and if do right my customers


will rally.
And can put flight hard times, with one vigorous


sally.
And, in conclusion my customers thank for the tavors


that are past;
Also for those which receiving in the way of pat


ronage-may it always last.
B.-The people are respectfully invited to call at
the Poetical Exchange, and examine my Goods which
and of the latest pattern.
ieIe dtf oRsoN N HEATH.
Year: 1861

HOr SHoT.-Col. Scott, in his able militsrv
dictionary gives the following account of the
OF using hot shot, and the peculiar de.
structiveness Of this missile:


"Ino charges for hot shot are from one
quarter to one-sixth the weight of the shot.
with small velocities the shot splits and splip.
ters the wood so as to render IL favorable for
burning. With great velocity the ball sinks
deep into the wood, is deprived of air by closu Q
Of the hole, and chars instead of burning the
surrounding wood. II should not penetrate
deeper than ten to twelve inches Red hot
balls do not set fire to the wood until some time
after their penetration. They retain sufficient
heat to ignite the wood after having made sew
ersl ricochets upon water. The wads are made
OF clay or hay. Clay wads should consist of
pure clay, or fuller's earth, free from sand or
gravel, we'll kneaded, with just enough mois-
ture to work well. They are cylindrical and
one calibre in length. Hay wads should re- ain
in the tub to soak at least ten or fifteen
minutes. Before being used, the water Is
pressed out of them. When hay wads are used,
Vapor may be seen escaping from the vent on
the insertion OF the ball; bur as this is the only
the effect of the heat of the ball on the water
contained in the wad no danger need be ap-
pretended from it. With proper precautions
In loading, the ball may be permitted to cool
In the gun without igniting the charge The
piece, however, should be fred with as little
delay as possible, as the vapor would diminish
the strength of the powder. Furnaces for
heating shot are erected at the forts on the sea
coast. These furnaces hold sixty or more shot.
The shot being plated and tho furnace cold, it
requires one hour and fifteen minutes TO heat
them to red heat; but after the furnace is
once heated, 24-pOunder shot is brought to
red heat In twenty-five minutes; a 80 -poundcr
and 42-pounder require few minutes longer.
Three men are required to attend the furnace:
one takes out the Aot shot and places them on
the stand to be scraped another scrapes them
and puts them in the ladle; and the third SUP.
plies cold shot ard fuel
Year: 1861

The Assembly Special Committee, appoint
cd TO ascertain If there were any official
census returns in the Office Of the Secretary
of State, upon which an apportionment
could be made, reported on Tuesday last
The report states that upon application to
the Secretary Of State, the Committee were
1860, which purported TO be complete, with
the exception of four townships in Placer
county, from which no returns appeared to
have been made According to the returns
furnished the Committee, the total popula-
ton of the State is 75,O42-some 5000
less than the population as furnished by
the Census Bureau at Washington. In ac-
cordance with the recommendation Of the
Committee, resolution was adopted APP
pointing a Special COMMITTEE of one from
each Senatorial district to report bill for
apportionment, upon the basis Of the alb
stract referred to, for Congressional, Sena-
torlal and Assembly districts.


As the returns in the Office of the Secre-
tary Of State we're believed TO be incorrect,
a resolution was adopted early in the ses-
sion, applying to the Census Bureau for a
correct abstract, and if that is received in
time 1t will, Of course, be made the basis
for the apportlonment.


There is reason to believe that frauds
we're perpetrated by the census agents of
some of the southern counties--that in San
Diego, San Bernardino, Tulare, and other
counties, the population is not as large as
reported-but we presume the Legislature
will be compelled to make the apporLion-
ment on the basis of the official returns,
although some Of them may be fraudulent.


AS Congressmen under the new appOr-
tionment will not be elected until the fall
of 1868, it is not necessary that the present
Legislature should divide the State into
Congressional districts.
Year: 1861

The intelligence by the last Pony con-
firms the report previously received, that
the propriety of abandoning Fort Sumter
was being seriously debated in Lincoln's
Cabinet. 1t does not appear that any de-
cision had been arrived at up to the 10th
inst, but it was generally supposed that Or
ders would be issued requiring Major Ander-
son and the force under bis command to
evacuate the fort. Gen. Scott strongly
urges this course as military necessity.
Major Anderson wrote on the 9th, that the
provisions on hand would last the troops
only fifteen days, and if supplies were not
furnished in that time he would be compell-
ed to surrender the fort. 1t is doubtful
whether the Government could organize a
sufficient force to ensure the sending Of sup.
plies and renforcements to Sumter in the
short time required, and to attempt it and
fail would be worse than to abandon the
fort.


The evacuation of Sumter would have no
effect on the Gulf States, for they are de-
termined on a final separation at all haz-
ards but it would have the effect to
strengthen the Union party in the Border
States, and the leading policy Of Lincoln's
Administration should be to retain the lat
ter States in the Union.


There is no reason to believe that the
Government has any intention Of ordering
the evacuation of Fort Pickens. This Fort
can be reinforced and supplies furnished
without endangering collision, and it will
undoubtedly be held until all efforts to ere
construct" the Union are abandoned.


There ARE two forts on the Southern
coast which the Government will never give
up on any consideration. These are Forts
Taylor and JeiIerson-the former at Key
West, the latter at the Tortugas Islands.
They cost over million dollars each, and
it is important that the Government should
retain them for the protection Of our COM
merce in the Gulf. They will also be OF
service should it become necessary to block
ade the mouth of the Mississippi, which will
surely be done unless The Louisiana author
tiles recede from their policy of closing the
river to the commerce of the States above.
Fort Taylor mounts lS5 guns, Fort Jetfer-
son, 29s, and ii properly garrisoned it
would require larger naval force to take
them than the Gulf States will ever be able
to equip. Measures have no doubt been
taken to supply these forts with men and
munitions sufficient to. secure them against
any attack.
Year: 1861

The OVERLAND MAIL--The Butter6eld
company have closed the contract for run
ming daily mail on the central route. The
schedule time from St. Joseph to Placerville
is sixteen days. The Pony express is to
run three times week, in eight days. The
contract commences on the 18th Of June.
The Southern mail is to be discontinued.
Year: 1861

Tue SACRAMENTo.-A dispatch received
this morning from Sacramento, states that
the river was falling at that point, aud no
fears are entertained of an overflow. The
heavy rise from the upper Sacramento prob
ably will not reach the city until after the
waters Of the American and Feather rivers
have gone down.
Year: 1861

gentleman ought not to have done me that
injustice, especially while he was speaking
by my courtesy. | do not know what Major
Anderson should have done. I will not
give my opinion on it until | SEE what the
facts were. I may say that my impulse
would have been to return the fire of Fort
Morris, or Fort Moultrie, or any other Fort,
or any other cannon that fired upon the
flag of the United States. But I did not
give any opinion on this point and certain
ly would not have required Major Ander-
son, in vindicating the honor of his flag, to-
have fired on the men, women, and children
of the city of Charleston. The very reso-
luton referred to by the gentleman from
Kentucky, an extract from which l have
now before me, expresses only those plain
axioms against which do not see how any
member could have voted My friend says
he weuld have voted for that part of the re-
solution approving the conduct OF Major An
derson, but that he could not vote for other
portions of it. What portions? Is it that
point in which we expr ess q our determin-
alton to maintain that fearless officer in his
present position, and in all constitutional
measures to enforce the laws and preserve
the Union2" Why could not the gentie-
man vote for that


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