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Year: 1861

4 CRY FULL OF GRAIN.--The total
amount of grain exclusive Of rye and bar
ley} in store at the present time in Chicago
is calculated at 3,900,S40 bushels. The
warehouses arc 80 full that they will hold no
more, and the current receipts have to be
put into vessels. All the railway compa-
MES excepting the Rock Island and Bur
lington} have given instructions TO their
agents not to receive any more grain in bulk
at their respective stations Tor the present
Year: 1861

CorroN FROM THE SoUTH.-Wuhin three days
last week eighteen thousand bales of cotton
have passed through Buffalo en- route for Boston.
The cost for transportation per bale from Mem
phis to Boston is 81 40. This is cheaper than it
can be shipped via New Orleans, and the differ
cnce in time is abont thirty days in favor Of tho
Northern route.
Year: 1861

RINGwoEM.-Thi is called o disease, al
though it does not seem to affect the general
health of person injected with it, Chill
dram appear to be it's subjects, and it is so
infectious that it has been known to rnn
through whole school. Itappears in cir
cular patches of little pustules, and destroys
the bulbs of the hair when it forms on tho
head. The proper treatment for it consists


in keeping it clean by frequent washing in
soap and water. 1t is more liable to attack
weakly than strong children, and although
dsagreeablo in appearance il is not danger
Gus. An ointment composed of vegetable
tar mixed with a little sulphate Of zinc,
ground to powder, will soon ,cmove it. Mer-
cu.ial ointment is sometimes used, but it
should seldom, if ever be employed. When
a riugworm appears on the face, an ointment
of honey mixed with little flour Of sui phur
is said to be an excellent remedy. Black
iok is sometimes employed as a lotion in this
disease with good effect; but solution of
sulphaie OF iron, or copperas, as it is gene
rally called will do equally well.
Year: 1861

One OF the most valuable of the small


fruits, and one that will grow and produce
well in almost any climate, is the cu.rant.-


In addition to this, it is oLo that is most ca.
silly raised Of any. The reason of This last
fact is, that some Of the varieties arc ind.
genous to our soil.


Currants are 80 tenacious Of life that thew
will grow equally as well from cuttings,
though not quite so quickly, as they will
from their roots. They like o good soil,
little moist, and 50 contented are they With
this, that any ont Of the way torncr will sat.
lsfy them, especially if they can have year
Iy dressing of chip.dung, muck, sawdust, or
spent tan, about their roots. With such a
chance they will flourish and bear abundant
y tor years. It is most natural for them to
grow up in the bush form--t throwing ap
suckers or new shoots from year to year, uil.
til what was u little stick carelessiy stuck
iuto the ground gets to be large clump'
OF bushes Its early fruit is always accept.
able, and every good housewife knows how to
work t.cm into 4 great variety Of dishes,
both palatablc and nutritious. They are casi.
ly preserved as we'll in The berry as in the
many kinds of jams and jellics They make
excellent vine and vinegar of the first quail
ty.


While on this subject, we would urge more
attention to the culture of the black currant.
Few people care about laving this variety
about them. 1t is struggling sort Of bush,
and its fruit is neither handsome or palata.
bic. Notwithstanding this, it is very use.
full fruit.


1t tproduccs one of the best wines for use
in certain eases OF debility, especially in sum.
mer complaints or diarrhea, that we have met
with. This shrub is not quite SO hardy az
the red variety. We do not mean that it sill
not endure our climate as well, but that it
does not accommodate itself quite so ,eadily
to the rough chances Of growth as the other
will.


There is one advantage in regard 10 its
fruit. 1t is not so Subj ct to the depreda-
tion Of garden thieves and fruit stealers as
is that of other sorts.


We hope that more attention will be paid
to the several varieties of currantsduling the
coming season. We know of some very
thrifty people who have not Sit gle bush Of
the Kind on their premises. Let every ono
put down only single twig or currant cut
ting every spring and the crop would very
soon be doubled and treblcd.


A row of cuttings may be stuck in tho
crevces of garden wall, and with g little
rich earth to give them start, they will
prevent the growth of small bushes which
are often complained Of as nuisance.


Currants arc we'll known to produce an ex.
cellent sauce, and a kind Of wine which is
more useful in cases of sickness than any
foreign wines which are now imported.


And yet many farmers are found who have
not currant bush in their gardens.
Year: 1861

q Ono of the .readiest roads to the head is
through the lungs. Yon may reach the brain


In Q minute with chloroform, for example, The


powerful this drug 10 something marvellous. =
When under its influence, man may hare HE
limb cut of without any sensation whatever;


and even when he fecovsrs from the artificial


trance helmsy still have neither pain nor uneasi.
have no remembrance Of anything done 70 them
during the Ct. During the epileptic paroxysm,


the brain is oil but completely torpid. The same
Year: 1861

ZoUAvB REG1MBNT.-Col. Lew Wallace's
regiment of Zouaves made their first ap-
pearance in their regimental organization
on our streets yesterday. They marched
down from their barracks, at the old car
shop, under the lead of the Colonel, to the
State House, where they were provided
with arms from the lot recently sent on by
the Government, and then marched back,
every man provided with his rife and
bayonet and looking a foot taller in the
consciousness of being at last able to fight
as we'll as talk of it. They are a superb
body of mens and far better drilled than we
should have thought possible in the little
time they have been drilling. Uniformed,
and properly equipped, they will make as
fine looking regiment as there is in the
nation. There is not email man in it and
hardly any one under five feet eight OR ten
inches iu hight, and all are stout, healthy,
vigorous men, Injured to labor, and ready
for any encounter.-Iiad'sJ Jolrnas, 9Th.
Year: 1861

.s-..THE WEST PolBEERs WANT TO FIGKT.-A
large majority Of the graduating class at
the West Point Military Academy have for
warded petition to the Secretary of War,
through the Superintendent, requested to be
commissioned instantly, and afforded an
immediate opportunity of manifesting their
patriotism and devotion to the Government.
Year: 1861

So denominated from their astonishing power of
creating new life and health, it were, from the
very ashes of the most dilapidated contributions
al e more strongly tonic and more Immediately in
gGg.orating than pills; containing the same choice
vegetable extracts rs the latter, in different mod
tcetion. Although really less oathartic than the
LIE Pills, they nevertheless begin to cleanse tine
alimeEtILTy canal much sooner; generally slightly
operating within three or four hours, and produc-
lug decided sense of relief TO the head and stom-
ach, and ezhilerating the mind oven in less time
than this
Year: 1861

A collision between two hog trains oc-
Cured before dayligh: Wednesday morning
at Lewisville. on the Central road. A way
train left indianapolis an hour in advance Of
the through hog train the evening before.


A. Lewisyille the way train stopped on the
bridge east of the town, aud run the loco
motive on the switch to bring up some cars
already loaded to attach them to the train.
The bridge is high ore-say thirty or
forty feet above the water. The engineer
of the through train saw the rear light OF
the stationary tram some distance of. but
suppo ed for time that it was in motion


Discovering that it was stationary when he
reached the down grade leading TO the
Eridge-a long descent. however.-he whis
tied down brakes. and reversed his engine


The brakemen were all asleep, and made no
response, and the train slid along at rapid
rate on the frosted rails. The fireman star
ted back to pu, the brakes down, but he
was only in time to get caught by one of
his legs between two cars when the coilis-
ion took place. The locomotive was badly


wrecked and thrown over on the timbers OF
the bridge, aud it is marvel she did not
go through. A number OF cars were bro


ken up and knocked crossways and every
way, and the track was torn up and spread
in places for a considerable distance. But
the worst accident was to the fireman,
whose leg was shockngly mangled in his
efforts to save the train. 1t was found nee
essary to cut away the timbers of the cars
to extricste him. The amoLnt Of damage


We have not learned. But few OF the hogs
we understand we're killed. The car in


which the owners of the hogs and the drow-
sy brakemen were sleeping. had both ends
stove in, but no one was hurt in it. The
passengers, Wednesday. had to pass under
The bridge from train to train, but we pre-
sumo the wreck will be Gle red away to-
day indianapolis Sentinel, Sd.
Year: 1861

sped on. until he came in sight Of the
Golden Bell, when he breathed more
freely; so he stepped on jauntily, strOde
across the threshold Of the tavern into
little parlur, and rOared, A cup Of mulled
sack, drawer
Year: 1861

~ A little boy knseling at his moth
er's knee to say his evening prayer, asked
leave to pray in his own words. and with
q child-like simplicity said: God bless
little Willie. and don't let the house bnru
up; God bless papa and mamma; God
bless me. and make my boots go on easy
in the morning"
Year: 1861

We the people of the Confederate States each State
acting in its sovereign and independent character, in
order form permanent federal government, estab
lish Justice insure domestic tranquility and
the blessings of liberty to ourselves and posteri
ty-invOking the aver and guidance of Almighty God
do ordain and establish this Constitution for the
Confederate States of America.
Year: 1861

COMING TO THEIR SENsEs.-We copy the
following from the Savannah Georgia. Re-
publican:


In times of great political excitement
great many stories are invented in both
sections with view Of adding TO the pub
lie irritation. OF this class is the statement
generally believed that il is unsafe for
citizen Of the Confederate States TO put his
feet on the soil of the enemy. This is not
true. Or course 1t is advisable aud best in
times like these for Southern men to remain
at home, but in cases where their families
are at the North, and they desire to bring
them home, or in any other urgent neces-
sity, we have no doubt Of their ability 10
20 aud return with perfect safety. The
only condition IL, to attend TO your own
business, and leave the affairs Of others
alone. We know a number of gentlemen
of this State-some of them of this city
who have recently gone North aud come
tack without the slightest moleslaIOn. We
yesterday saw letter from resident OF
Savannah, now in New York, in which be
expresses bis establishment at the respect
with which be is everywhere treated, after
all the blOodtbirsty stories he had read in
the newspapers.
Year: 1861

THE VOICE OF SENATOR DoU0LAs.-SenstO
McDOugal, in pronouncing eulogy upon
Senator Douglas, in the Senate chamber,
said:


But, as powerless for the moment TO resist
the tide OF emotions, bowed my head in silent
grief, it came to me that the Senator had lived
to witness the opening Of the present unholy
war upon our Government. That Witnessing Il
from the capital of his State, as his highest and
best position, he had sent forth war-ery wor-
thy Of that Douglas, who, as the ancient legends
tell, with the welcome Of the knightly AndRlu.
sian King was told.


"Take thou the leading Of the van,


And charge the Moors amaln;


There is not such lance as thine


In all the hosts Of SPAIN"


Those trumpet notes, with a continuous swell
are sounding still throughout all the borders Of
our land. heard them upon the mountains
and in the valleys Of the fair State from which
came. They have communicated strength
and faith to the millions. He lived TO witness
his great appeal TO a nation of fYeemen an
swered by unnumbercd legions of pattiotic men,
to feel and understand with confident ASST
rance that the mad assault made by misguided
men upon the integrity OF our Union, instead Of
resulting in disunion and anarchy, would estab-
ish our institutions upon deeper and hrmer
foundations, and leave certain guaranty OF
peace, liberty, and unity to our childfen to re-
mote generations. lie lived to have, BY the
power Of his last great effort, risen above the
reach OF malice or detraction, and to have Sc
cured for his memory the love and admiration
Of all men who love freedom here, everywhere
and forever. have ceased to grieye for Doug
las. The last voice Of the dead Douglas felt
to be stronger than the voices Of the multitude
of living men.
Year: 1861

NEXT year is the thOusandth anniversary
of the foundation Of the Russian empire
which they intend to celebrate with one Of
their grand national religious festivals The
spectacle al st. Petersburg and Moscow viii
probably be very magnificent; and The re-
cent manumissiOn of the serfs will give II a
Deeuliar signiicance.
Year: 1861

The New Orleans Crescent has been favored


with a copy Of the following letter from the
Secretary Of the Treasury, written in reply to
one suggesting differ ent form of engraving
and paper in the Confederate Treasury notes
Year: 1861

ANOTHER BR1GADIER GENERAL-John Sedg- wick. of Cornwall in this County, Colonel of the First United States Cavalry, has been appointed Brigadier- General.

 LoyA1rY OF NORTH CARoLINA.-Respectab gentlemen who arrived from North Carolina by 2 c;rcuitous route, say the Union prospects in that State are of the most encouraging charac- ter The acting Governor is a reliable Union man. Secret leagues of loyalty exist in every county, which are rapidly increasing in strength, and already number one half the voting popu- lation. A provisional state of government will be put into operation in few months. Two full brigades of loyal men have been enrolled. The leagues had made extended arrangements for electing member of Congress from every district. Four were known to have been elected on the 2lst of August.

 The latest news is that the entire eight were elected, each having received large vote. They are among the best men in the State, and who will insist upon a vigorous prosecution of the war. Their certificates of election will bear the signature of the Governor, and the broad seal of the state.

 Since the engagement at Hatteras Inlet the North Carolina troops have been withdrawn from Virginia. Many of them are dissatisfied with the war, and those who entered the service for a short term refuse to continue in the confederate employment.

 The Southern report of .he capture of the two rebel forts at Hattcras Inet differs materially from the official account rend tered to the Govern ment by General Butler. Here are the figures ss given in each report of the number of men engaged, and the amount of ammunition iu the fffApt thaU for
Year: 1861

Bayard Taylor gives the following ac-
count of the effect of extreme cold upon man


"But there is still degree ofcold beyond
that, which have not described 1t is
when there is a strong wind blowing from
the North at temperature Of forty or fifty
degrees below zero. The sensation with
which you endure, can only characterize
rs continued struggle for life. Then you
not OILY feel the cold, but you actually see
it. The air is hazy with the frozen moist
ure. The sky is like a vault of solid steel,
so hard and pale does it appear. And the
wind is like blast out ofthat fabulous fro
zen hill of the Scandiuayians. The touch
cf it on the face is like cutting with an OK
ceedipgly dull and jagged knife. 1 endur-
ed this weather during two days oftravel in
an open sleigh, but very fortunately it was
blowing on my buck, or | would have been
obliged to give up the battle. Every man
l met who was travelling against the wind
had face either already frozen or just in
the act offreezing. Those purple faces sur.
rounded with rings of ice did not seem to be.
lODS w huuI"h OSlhSo' Di' ANahO uOSSilo'
ed to me his sensations upon being exposed
for two days to storm at a temperature OF
47o below zero. Although the physical eff
feet was not particular painful, yet the men
tai effect was such as to make him and hi:
men dolirious for some days afterwards
The physical effect of an extremely low tenn
perature-perhaps the lowest which the hu



man frame is capable of feeling-is sor
ofslow, penetrating, deadly chill, rather thar
an acute and painful sensation. But afteI
the battle is over, on entering a warm room
then a curious counterpart of this on the
African desert. During the warm hours o
MONDAY with the air like the blast of fur
mace, l did not suffer any feeling ofintenst
heat; but after sunset, when the tempera
turc fell rapidly, then began to burn anC
glow through and through like live coal
1t would seem from that, that the absorp
ton of either heat or cold into the body i
much less sensibly felt that the giving i
out again"
Year: 1861

SOUTHERN INFATUATIoN CONCERNING
ENeLAND.-Tbe London Economist ridi-
cules the infatuation of the Southern reb-
els, who think that England will support
them on account of the cotton they raise,
and which England needs 1t says:


eve AZ least bound in the name CT the mercantile
classes of England 10 tell them that any proposal TO in
tervene their behalf in the struggle against the FEEDER
al Government OF the Union would be secuted nowhere
with and indignation than in those districts
Of England which would benefit most by free trade with
the United States" rf
Year: 1861

ANYBODY on the train or expected 10 be sent
or the particulars how all this false alarm orgnat
cd we could not learn the train stopped at the Ferry
but rtIe while We shall doubtless know more by TO-
morrow.
Year: 1861

NASHVILLE Jan. Z, 1861
Tho Legislature assembled today. Tho Governors
message recommends that the question Of calling con-
venton be left to the people, and says the remedy for
the present evils exists only in constitutional amend
ments on the refusal whereof Tennessee should maintain
her equality in or independence out of the Union He re-
commends the organization Of the militia and the pur
chase of He leaves the bank suspension penalties
to the discretion Of the Leg gisIature.
Year: 1861

INDIANAFULE, Ihd Jan. Z, 1851.
The anniversary Of the battle Of New Orleans cele
brated by fine military parade here today TheGover
elect, who welcomed the military, made short but
patriotic speech. He claims from them devotion TO the
Onion and constitution and vgant enforcement Of the
laws somo he sad wished 70 live under the protection
Of Tag of one STAR but he knew other flag than that
Of his country under it he would lead them to battle
under it be would live and die. He said is time TO lay
aside all partisan strife and cherish feelings Of common
brotherhood.


national salute was fred in honor Of Major Anderson.
Year: 1861

AN ACT to provide for the temporary in


crease of the Navy. aaas aa


Be it enacted By the Seadte and House OF
Representatives Of the United States Of Amer
lea in Congress assembled, That for and du-
ring the present Instruction the Secretary
of the Navy shall be and he is hereby author
ICED to hire, purchase, or contract for such
vessels as may be necessary for the tempo
rary increase of the navy of the United
Year: 1861

sD- we'll regulated aud proportionate quantity
of bile upon the stomach, is always requisite for
the promotion of sound healtn-it stimulates d.
Sestion and Keeps the Intestinal canal free from all
obgtructions. When there is 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 in DEATH
Year: 1861

A SINGULAR CmCuMsANCE.-A friend Of
ours in this city received a letter. not long
ago, from an acquaintance in the State ofNew
York, relating an occurrence ofthe most sin
gular character. A man was found dead, IL
the snow, out in the woods, with his body
lying on his rifle, face downwards, and
bullet-hole in his side 1t was thought that
he had been murdered. An inquest was
held, and on examination, the following facts
were apparent He had shot at "A squirrel
in a beach tree, and had killed it, for the
squirrel was lying dead at the root--thc ball
had struck the tree and bounded TO another
and thence come back TO the man, striking
him in the side, and lodging in his heart rs
was demonstrated by post mortem cXamina-
tior. There were no human tracks in the
snow for a long distance around, and no evi-
donce whatever of the mans having been
killed but in the way described There was
the print of the ball on the beach tree, the
print of the rebound OF another, and the fiat
tened bullet itself in the mans heart. OF
course the jury returned a verdict according
ly. We have never heard of an occurrence
parallel to this.
Year: 1861

The FRUIr CEors,-The fruit trees in the
gardens about the city are in full blossom
presenting a most promising appearance for a
large crop of fruit The warm weather of
the past few weeks has developed the bios
SONS to an extent which will enable them to
Withstand the effects Of "cold snap
Should no geyy heavy frosts intervene, the
present will be one Of the most successful fruit
State