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Year: 1861

from which mankind suffer over a large part of the globe, is the consequence of diseased action in the system, induced by the poisonous miasm of vegetable decay. This exhalation is evolved by the action of solar heat wet soil, and rises with the watery vapor from 1t. While the sun is below the horizon this vapor fingers the earths sur face, and the virus is taken with it through the lungs into the blood There it acts an irritating poison on the internal vscera and exoretng organs of the body The liver becomes torpid and fails to secrete not only this virus but also the bile from the blood. Both the virus and the bile accumulate in the circuation and produce violent constitu- tional disorder. The spleen, the kidneys, and the stomach sympathize with the liver, and become disortlered also. Finally the instinct of our or ganism, as if in an attempt to expel the noxlous infusion concentrates the whole blood of the body in the internal excretores to force them to cast 1t out. The blood leaves the surface, and rushes to the central organs with congestive violence. This is the GRILL Bys in this effort it fails. Then the FEVER follows in which the blood leaves the cen tral organs and rushes to the surface, as if in another effort to expe the irritating poison through that other great excretory-the skin. In this also it fails, and the system abandons the attempt exhausted, and waits for the recovery of strength to repeat the hopeless effort another day. These are the fits or paroxysrns of FEVER AND AGUB. Such constitutional disorder will of course under mine the health if it is not removed.

 We have labored to find, and have found, an ant1ote
Year: 1861

' AM offering my entire stock of DRY \ GOODS at cost and ten per cent. Everybody is invited to call and see for themselves My goods are inferior to off at cost and carriage is to enable me to re- plenish with stock which will be bought exclusively with cash.

 augl If LEVIN HARRISON.
Year: 1861

Who is a Traitor?-If there is any
delicate nerved Southern gentleman, who
is disposed to shudder or to grow angry at
the epithet of traitor" applied to those
who have raised the armed hand of rebel
lion against government which never in
jured them, We beg him to apply to his la
eerated feelings the following salve from a
Southerner and a STAKEHOLDER:


elf he r. B. Rhet0 pronounced a SEN
timent attributed to him, raising the stan
dard of disunion and of resistance to the
common Government, whatever has been,
if he follows up that declaration by cores
ponding overt acts, HE WILL BE A
TRAITOR, AND l HOPE lie WILL
MEET THE FATE OF A TkAIT0R!"


These words were spoken by Henry Clay
in the Senate of the United States.
Year: 1861

He had brought the gold which he had
spent his young life in earning for the two al
home. One had no need Of gold now; the
other had no wish for It, but the dust was
hers; and when the weeks had gone in which
they had sweetened his receding with the
breath of love, leaving him at last where flow
ers grown upon living stalks, and chains and
clusters cut in snowy marble, made his last
home beautiful, It flowed from her own and
her husbands hands in channels which glad.
dcned many poor girls life and made the
sister and her noble self happier for the JOY
Of thus making his lost life bloom in many a
relighted eye and rekindled cheek. -
Year: 1861

TIE New WPoLIoE-Meesrs. Kohn & Bros.


well known firm On Lake Street clothiers
are getting up The new Police uniform. 1tis
to consist of blue frock cost, with silver but
tons, and grey paataloons with stripe down
the seam. The police are to be cut in full fix
Year: 1861

Madison, WS, Jan. l0.--The Wisconsin
Legislature met and organized to- day, and Gov.
ernor Randalrs message was delivered. IL
commends the subject Of military affairs to the
wisdom aud discretio, Of the Legislature, and
says the signs Of the times indicate that there
may arise contingency in the conditio of the
Government when it will become necessary to
respond to the call Of the National Government
for men and means to maintain the integrity of
the Union and thwart the designs of men en-.
gagged in organized treason. On the subject Of
secession, he says this is not league of states,
but Government Of the people. Slavery can
not 60 into free territory under the Constitution;
neither can it exist outside oflocal law; there
fore the personal liberty laws are found, or
should be, upon the statutes in every State. Every
living human being has the right to legal test,
whether he is a free man or slave. Should
the Legislature think the personal liberty bill
Of Wisconsin in conflict with the United States
Constitution, then it should be made to conform
herewith, but no fear and no hope Of q reward
should induce free people to break down the
walls Of their protection.
Year: 1861

we people of the Confederate States, each State
acting its sovereign and independent character, in
order to form permanent federal government, estab
lish Justice insure domestic tranquility, and secure
the blessings of liberty ourselves and poster


ty-invokng the favsr and guidance of Almighty God
do ordain and establish this Constitution for the
OF u
Year: 1861

The New York Tribune, of Thursday morning. says


The stock market very firm yesterday, and had an
upward tendency throughout, except for two Of
the border slave States which continue drag along
heavily under the aint of secession Missouris We're
better on account of the Union demonstration in that
State and Virginias also little better Federal
stocks continue strong with fair investment demand
In shares the dealings not important but there was
brisk inquiry for cash stock the part the shorts
and but scanty supply Offering. The is rather
moe hopeful in the street in regard to national affairs
but the speculation is still confined almost exclusively to
the veteran operators of the Board street between
whom there is steady conflict. The money market is
comparatively quiet Call loans may he quoted at a6
per cent with great deal of money Offering The rates
oil paper, however are unchanged, ruling 7a9 per
cent Tor really prime signatures and from up
to one to four per cent. per month.


There was not much movement in foreign Exchange
Tor the Boston steamers of yesterday and rates
were observed although for rstcass bankers bills loo a
iooH was obtained The supply of mercantile bills will
De very large II the expectations of Brea Pro-
VISIONS are continued the scale of last week beng
nearly one million and one half dollars value than
IN the corresponding week Of last year The later news


nom Europe indicates that troubles will not probably
emharass the market for in London although the
demand had Increased ut the bank and
higher rates were paid in the street.


The statements OF the Philadelphia banks for past
fT TNr.al lp E.I1a.
Year: 1861

The REMAINS OF WAsHIEGToN.-A correspondent
of the Lynchburg Republican, writing from Cul-
pepper county, May 18th, says:


81 was told to-day that report bavinq raaobed
the Nlrglnlans that the tomb of Gen WASHINGTON
was going to be violated by the Republicans his
remains and those of his family were promptly re-
moved TO more central spot in the State, where
they will be out of harms way. If this be true
what commentary on the North ~


The Alexandria papers do not notice the report,
but the Washington Star of last evening discredits
the story. That paper says:


We do not believe that the story we published
yesterday ( as a rumOr) that the grave of Wash
ington had been divested of the remains of the
Father of his Country is true; for we have been
unable to find any who knows it to be true,
after digent inquiry.


WESTERN VIRGIN1A.-We find the following par
agraph in an article on the Wheeling Convention,
in the New York World of yesterday:
We learn from credible source that the seces-
sion feeling is more prevalent and powerful in
Western Virginia than the representatives of so
many counties in the Wheeling Convention would
lead us to suppose. There are probably in the
Convention itself actual secessonists, who wonld
nevertheless, be willing to take advantage of the
present troubles to extort from the Eastern mar
of the State redress of old grievances. and who
are willing to wear temporary Union mask fn,
the further purpose of protecting their mart NJ
the state from the troops which could he so aas;v
poured into it from Ohio. There are. of conrss
sincere onlon men in the Convention; but tber,
Is aso suihclent infusion of sympathizers witt
secession 10 prevent any action which will materi
aiy steugthen the Union sentiment of that par
of the State From the tenor of the proceedings
crastination,
Year: 1861

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, say the New
York Tribune has requested the Government TO
take possession of that line, and make it a military
road, as was the case between Annapolis and the
Junction. ~
Year: 1861

The South Carolinians and Georeians have had
an abundance Ofstrawberries for some weeks. How
men can feast upon strawberries and cream and yet
be so bloOdy-minded we are unable to conceive.
Year: 1861

The New York agent of the associated press in
forms US that the telegraph will hereafter be kept
open Tor the use of the press until A NJ if ne
cessary. he also states that the wires are to be re-
newed and reinsuated, with the prospect of max
ing the line reliable in all weather. The latter is
ga aconsummatioumost devoutly to be wished.''-
Boston Adrerfiser
Year: 1861

COMBINATION TO PRoLoNG THE WAR
The Cincinnati Commercial states that a
conspiracy has been entered into by Cows
ernment contractors, and others. VINO
prosper from the present civil war, to Use
all their power in making it long one,
and thus filing their own pockets at the
expense of the people at large. The inn
mense power that can be Welded by a
heavy moneyed interest is notorious, and
will be felt by the Federal Government.
Year: 1861

Morning again.! and the weary, was
ted invalid lifted his head from the pill
low and looked pitifully over the dim
room. oh that the night had been
longer! To the wretched, sleep is dear.
My poor, poor wife-my darling babies
must they freeze and starve!' And
with tears gushing from his eyes, the
pale man buried his head in the scanty
covering and groaned aloud.


1t was no wonder that he was out of
heart on that cold, dark December day.
At best, he had a hard struggle to get
food, and for the past six months the
struggle had been almost desperate, for
his wife had been unable to assist him in
the least, being confined to her bed with
a slow wasting disease. His little daugh-
ter Marie, pretty child Of twelve, kept
the room tidy, and herself and two lit
tie brothers like wax. By the aid of her
mothers whispered directions she also
managed to..cook the scanty meals, and
also managed to do up the weekly
washing and ironing. ....


My little angel the father fondly
called her, while the mother would say,
in her low sweet tones, our angel


One night the young housekeeper
waited until it was pitch dark for her fa-
ther to come home to his frugal supper,
and then, with fearful forebodings at her
heart, undressed the little boys and put
them to bed, and tied on her cloak and
hood to 60 for him. A crowd met her
at the very threshold. With a wild cry
she rushed towards the lnanimatc form
they carried upon board. 1t was her
father brought home to them with a
broken leg.


A week had passed since this misfor-
tune. By the sale of their few pieces Of
furniture. the wolf had been kept from
the door. But now nothing remained
save tbs coarse bed on which the distres-
sed ones slept. No coal for the little
CRATE; no tea for the feverish lips; no
crust for the famished children What
should be done?


1t was question little Marie asked
herself again and again, as they lay
there watching the few palessunbeams
that struggled through the window. And
she asked it oftener after she had risen
and dressed herself and brothers, and
smoothed the two beds. Bread they
must have that day. They were all
faint even now, and the boys clamor-
ing for their breakfast.


Suddenly bright thought came to
the little daughter. She remembered
having seen in the coffee houses, young
girls, no taller than she, waiting npon
the customers. Perhaps they would
try her. If they only would she muir
INJURED softly. 4 am handy, quick and
patient, and would try so hard to
oblige.' I am pretty, too, she might
truly have added, had there been a
Year: 1861

AN ECCENTRIC TRAVELLER - We have
heard of an Englishman who went abroad,
with the design of taking an extensive tour,
on the continent, but who was diverted from
his purpose by finding himself so comforta-
BILE on board certain canal boat in Belgium
that he went no further, preferring to be a
daily passenger in the boat, which went and
returned between certain limits on alternate
days. There is more than one version of
this story, which we believe TO be founded on
fact. 1t seems to be agreed that the gentle
man started on this Intended tour in 1915,
the year of the battle of Waterloo; that he
landed at Ostend with the design Of pushing
on to Brussels, and that the canal boat which
arrested his progress was one that piled be-
tween Bruges and Ghent, starting one day
at Client and the other at Bruges.


According to one account which we have
heard, the individual in question went abroad
not merely to see foreign lands, but in the
hope of meeting with illustrious personages
and distinguished characters, which will ac-
count for his making for Brussels in 1875
Finding, however, that on board the boat he
not only fell in with many persons worth
meeting, but had the opportunity Of sitting
down with them to the table dhOte, he thought
he could do no better, and went backward
and forward, never getting further than
Ghent.
Year: 1861

BEAUTY AND BRDs.--Nlle. Vandermeersch
is the lady with the wonderful birds She
never exhibits in public, but at the house
Of the sculptor Thorneycraft, in London,
not long since, she entertained an artistic
and literary circle. The marvel about the
lady and her birds is that there is an intel
lectual sympathy between them. They in
terchange thought. The little birds answer
questions put to them by the company, not,
of course, by vocal bursts and sweet dis
tinguishable notes, but by picking out the
right combinations of letters, numerals,
phrases, and words from pack of cards


One instance we will mention in which a
superior mode of calculation seemed 10
triumph over mere mechanical process.
One of the birds had TO tell the time from a
watch which pointed to one minute past.
A little pause occurred in the search for a
card, and, when the figure three was turned
up instead of one, it was perceived that the
time by the watch was three minutes past
nine. In that lapse Of two minutes, halt
anticipating the result, we narrowly watched
for some communication between the bird
and his mistress, and are quite sure that
there was none so that really the conclu-
sion was forced upon us that the bird took
into account the loss of time in finding the
| card. ...
Year: 1861

agricultural festival was celebrated in all the
Haytien Provinces, and many patriotic
speeches had been pronounced, declaring the
necessity of keeping the island free from any
foreign occupation. AT the same time Presi-
dent Geffrard had issued a proclamation re-
commedding to his fellow-citizens the culti-
walton of cotton and the growth of grain
adding that, in order TO encourage the taste
for agriculture, be had just appointed several
inspectors with missions TO ascertain the
wants of the agricultural population and to
report on that question.
Year: 1861

BEAUREsARD PARTIAL TO BRIGADIER CIVIL
IANs. = General Schenck's remarkable
achievement at Vienna is thus noticed by
the Washington correspondent of an Eastern
journal;


As is apparently the rule, the commander
skirmished with locomotive, with tender
and g platoon of cars for advanced scouts
and so with full head of steam ran full
upon the rebel battery. In view of the
brilliant capacity TO command exhibited by
our brigadier-generals, it is understood thai
Beauregard has issued orders to his sharp
shooters not to hit the men with epaulets-
thus reversing the usual order of fighting
The rebels had rather encounter two or three
of our brigadiers than one private.
Year: 1861

General Scott and his military advisers
met the President and Cabinet to. day, when
the plans of the campaign were fully de-
veloped and discussed. All that can be
diVulged in relation to it is that the Union
forces are ready, and the blow will soon be
struck. ~ ni le5r4


/ am happy to be able to state from the
highest authority, that there is not the
slightest intention on the part of the Gov
ernment to treat with the rebels, from JEFF.
Davis down to the meanest private among
them. On the contrary, it was settled this
very day to press down on them speedily,
and prosecute the war with such numbers
and vigor as 10 leave no chance for doubt in
| the minds of violators of good Government
! that the Administration and the loyal peo
pie who support it are in earnest. y


A spirit is being aroused that will result
in placing the man who shall dare offer q
proposition TO compromise with traitors in
the same category, and to hang both. The
feeling against any thing OF the kind here il
1 SO intense at the present time, that II Is be-
4 lieYed that the man who would openly pro


pose to settle with the Southern rebels bl
compromising, woald be hung as soon a


found.
Year: 1861

TIE FUNERAL MASS ovRR AMoDIo.-A solemn
requiem mass was offered at st Stephen g
Church, New York, on Sunday last, for the
took part in the ceremony. After the mass
the Rev. DR. Cummings made q few remarks.
in which he took occasion IN say good word
for the players He alluded to the Ill reputa
in which the profession OF the stage is held by
many, hut declared that he had known mem :
hers of that profession innocent OF any vice,
and in every way estimable.


He thought the world should treat them
more kindly, and that they themselves should
strive to merit a better recognition than they
ordinarily receive. The reference to Arnodio
was slight, the clergyman declaring that the
departed player had left for those who had
known bim or his performance only memory,
that his frailties were to be judged by his
Maker alone.
Year: 1861

A BAsH AND WILFUL LIAR.-The Dayton
(Ohio) Journal, under the head of " Increase
the army" declared that =


." By an act of Congress and proclamation of
the President, eleven new reg iments, one OF
artillery, one of cavalry, nine OF infantry of
$500 men each, have beeni iadded to the United
states army


Never was more false statement put forth
than by the declaration that by an act of
Congress +" the regular army has been in
creased, and the editor of the Journal knew it
to be a lie when he penned it The increase
of the army is one OF the Presidents usurpa-
tions-a deliberate and wilful violation Of his
oath to support the Constitution Congress
has passed no such actin fact, has not been
in session since the inauguration of Abraham
Lincoln. The increase was made in direct
violation of the laws of Congress. This act
alone should and would, in other times, cost
the President his official head. What can be
thought Of a paper that will deliberately at
tempt to pawn upon the public such an un-
mitigated falsehood as ruth.-Dayton Empire
Year: 1861

Coop SHOOTING We have at our once, for
the inspection of the curious, a broad axe
which has been deeply linden ted in many pla-
ces, and a large portion of the edge carried
away and a hole through one portion of 1t, all
done by Minnie ball from State rife at q
distance Of sixty yards This will give some
idea of the force Of these projectiles. s.-Chdrlss.
ton rs & FelpS.
Year: 1861

Building.- considering the prscariousness
Of the tunes, considerable business Ia being
done in the way of building A number Of
houses are being erected, and there Is every
indication that nothing but tho uncertainty Of
the times represses the energies Of the poo
MA
Year: 1861

Corrscsion.-JosephV Vernon, the young man


recognized by the Mayor on Friday last to ap-


pear before the Hastings Court on the I'd Mon
day in August next, was sent on by him slm.
ply to answer an Indictment fr making an as


sault on Augustus Longinotti, on Union street,
near tho Central Apot and not, as stated by


US On Saturday, for shooting L,pginot'i. The


wound was proved to have been inflicted by
Vernon's striking L with the pistol after the


latter had snapped 1t twice at him. The difd-


Guilty bad its origin in dispute about pie
Our former statement is corrected because in
Justice might thereby be done to Vernon, who
is represented as quot and industrious man,
and who relies for his support on his work, aud
| his character as citizen. We have no dis
position to stop the one or asperse the other by
an Internationally erroneous statement.
Year: 1861

IMPoRrANT.-By the official report of the
Secretary of the Interior, to the Governor of
California, our State-under the new appor.
tionment based upon the census of lS60-is
entitled to three representatives in Congress,
and this is fixed by the Act of Congress of
1890 without further legislation 10 regard to
the matter the report of the Secretary of the
Interior being conclusive. The call for the
meeting of the Union Democratic State Central
Committee we publish to-day This important
matter will come before them, as it is their
duty to make nomination to complete our
delegation. Let every member of the CON-
mittee be present on the 18th inst
Year: 1861

THE BATTLE AT Bulls RuN.-As the
smoke of the great battle at Bulls Run
which resulted so unfavorably to the Federal
arms-clears away, and we are enabled to
glance at the true state of affairs, it is shorn
of the appalling feature attributed to it by the
first reports. The panic appears to have
reached but a small portion Of the army,
while the main body retreated deliberately
and in order-that the whole affair amounts to
about the same thing as drawn battle is evil
dent, from the fact that the rebels were con-
tent with simply remaining upon the battle
field, without attempting anything like gen.
eral pursuit. We are inclined to believe that
the rebels experienced enough in that day s
events to convince them that men who will
coolly and deliberately face battery of rifed
cannon, who will storm and carry an entrench-
ment at the point of the bayonet, through a
seet of iron hail, with odds in number two to
one against them, are not such consummate
towards as they have been wont to believe
Although we regret the reverse which our
arms sustained, regret the loss of the brave
men who fell in defense of their country, vet
we believe il will fually result in the nations
good. The wild, fanatical frenzy prevalent in
the North for speedy forward movement, is
thereby cooled down to a firm, cool and un-
yieldy determination. Military men will be
allowed to devise and perfect their plans, unin
auenced BY an excited populace, and the grand
army will soon again advance. slow and eau
tious, sure and victorious.
Year: 1861

SHoE.-As we go to press rumor is cur.
rent that man named Ashley was shot in
morning, by man whose name we are unable
to learn. Ashley was riding, in company
with Dr. Buffum, when the man appeared and
made the attack. The first shot took effect in
the breast of his horse; the second shot took
effect in his abdomen several shots were then
fired at him with pistol. We are unable to
ascertain the extent of his injuries, or the
cause Of the attack. He was alive at last
accounts.
Year: 1861

IL PURSUIT OF PLEAsuRE--Two of our
prominent citizens, on last Thursday morning,
drew reins over the backs of span from the
stable of our friend jack" heading course
towards --, where, barring accidents, they
intended that evening TO pay their devoir to
beauty, at the shrine of Terpsichore Our
friends got along very WELL keeping correct
bearing, till arriving a short distance beyond


where by some unavoidable accident,
they were emitted from the buggy, and forced
by that immutable law of nature, gravitation,
to make ground connection. The last known
of our friends, their whereabouts discernable
by cloud of dust, they were in hot pursuit,
one hauling the buggy, the other riding, of
one Of the horses that seeded at the time of
the catastrophe.