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Year: 1861

That Paixhan Democratic sheet, the s. F.
Her'sii, thus discourses about the N. Y. Tri
bur III sheets of that stripe which precipi
n =, the country the recent disaster al


The Republicans are greatly chagrined be.
cause Of the universal condemnation which
the Administration receives for the late ter
rible disaster near Manassas Junction. The
Administration and its organs and advisers
are undoubtedly to blame for the result, and
the fact that they cannot shift the RESPONSE
bility from their shoulders, covers the whole
party with confusion. Who does not remem-
Der the continual howlings of the New York
Tribune, and other Abolition sheets of the
North, week after week, and month after
month, about the dilatorincss of Gen. Scott
and the delay of the Government in advanc-
ing upon the South? They knew more than
Gen. Scott and all the military leaders in the
world They had an idea that one Abolition
tract read at the head of the armies, or one
of Greeleys old almanacs, would do more for
the success of the Federal armies than all the
discipline and all the skill that could be
brought into the field. They had an idea
that the laws of nature and of cause and eff
feet would be suspended in behalf of the sup
porters of the Government, and that it was
not necessary at all to consult reason and
common sense in an onslaught upon rebels.
They have found out their mistake, and are
now ready, We presume, to acknowledge that
military experience and the art of war
amount to something in the pendant scales
of battle


This same class of non combatant advisers
and volunteer hmrah-ers for battle were loud
in their denunciations of this same great
chieftain, Gen. Scott, during his magnificent
campaign in Mexico. They were impatient
of his long delays-his slow and steady
movements long training and discipline
of newly arrived regiments-his practising
Of the artillery, and, finally, of his cautious
and well prepared advances upon the enemy
But they saw, at last, what they never would
have seen, had their mad will prevailed, the
American flag waving over the battered walls
of Vera Cruz, the grand victory of the field
of Cerro Gordo, and the triumphant march
of the American army into the City of Mex
leo. Gen. Scott knew then what he was
about and he knows now. He has been
driven from his better Judgment by the pres
sure of public sentiment created by men
quite fit to bring a country into trouble, but
not to relieve it afterwards. 1t seems now
that the determination is to allow the old
Chieftain hereafter to take his own course.
The country may safely offer congratulations
on the event.
Year: 1861

COL CoRcoRAN-This officer is prisoner
in the hands of the Confederates, and was at
last accounts in Richmond. As the leader of
the gallant 69th he eminently distinguished
himself at Bulls Run, and the regiment that
he commas has had the satisfaction Of
doing their whole duty to the country OF
their adoption. The loss to the public service
of this officer is very great, and an effort is
being made by Hon. B. Wood to proceed to
Richmond and obtain his release and that of
Mr.. Ely, who was also captured on the occa-
sion. We hope the effort will be successful,
though from last accounts we infer that no
exchange of prisoners will be made.
Year: 1861

THE SOUTHERN COMMISSIONERS IN EUROPE.
The Paris correspondent of the New York
Times, in his letter of June 25th, says: II
have just been informed that the agents of
the Southern Confederacy at Paris have for
mally made a proposition in writingto young
Captain Bonaparte, formerly of Baltimore,
to accept the position of Military Dictator to
the Southern Confoderacy, with crown at
his disposal whenever he may think it neces-
sary to assume the dignity. If anything
were wanting to prove the moral and politi-
cal degradation into which the politicians of
the slave States have fallen, surely this last
effort furnishes the coup de grace. When any
considerable portion of great country has
fallen as low as this in the scale of morality,
a little of the purifying influence ofthe sword,
independed of any question of secession or
slavery, will do no harm. Fortunately for
him, Captain Bonaparte (as well as his
grandmother, Madam Patterson Bonaparte)
goes for the Union, and the Captain refused
the unclean and unnatural proposition in the
most decided way.
Year: 1861

BETTER than no reason, was the one given
by a German friend of ours, the other day,
for liking Conness. He was conversing with a
Confed. and closed in about these words:


g was always Democrat; and mean to
always be one have sworn to sustain the
Constitution, and it says the States shall all
respect it. Some States refuse to do that,
and you say they have a right to. The 4th
of July Convention says the law must be en-
forced in all the States. believe that is
right. Conncss says it is right, and shall
vote for him. didn't like him much, till
saw how you secessionists hate him. think
now he must be a good man. l can support
him without being afraid of violating my
oath of allegiance to the Government"


Naturalized citizens give the secessionists
some heavy shots.
Year: 1861

A HUMOROUS divine, visiting gentleman
whose wife was none of the most amiable,
overheard his friend say: If it was not for
the stranger in the next room | would kick
you out Of DOORS" Upon which the clergy
man stepped in and said: Pray. sir, make
no stranger Of me-
Year: 1861

MILITARY men have discovered a new
remedy for intoxication, which, we believe,
is not down on the books. tits nothing more
than raw potatoes, which are cut up in slices
and eaten without salt. An ordinary ''mur-
ply" it is said, will cure the most obstinate
case in half an hour
Year: 1861

The BULLETIN Shows THE CLovEN FooT-
The Bulletin lays out plan by which JEFF.
Davis can take Washington, and indicates
very satisfactorily to the mind of every seces
sionist where his strong points are. No par
ties more competent than the editors of the
Bulletin to throw ridicule and contempt on
Northern men can be found. Many persons
thought that they could see an exultant tone
in the manner in which that sheet yesterday
evening spoke of the secession victory at
Bulls Run, and set it down as conclusive that
the sympathies of the Bulletin are with the
South in this contests. f. Herald.
Year: 1861

At seasons like the present, and in local
tiles like California, too much zeal cannot
be exercised in the God like work of pre-.
serving harmony. Reasonable and fair men
cannot but remember that in the opinions
upon the exciting questions of the day, their
neiyhbors, equally conscientious with them
selves, may think entirely different from
themselves. "Do rs YOU would be done BY"
is a very old motto, but none the less ex
cellent. Let those who are, or suppose
themselves to be, in the majority in this
State, calmly consider the position in which
their opponents are situated, put themselves
in imagination in their places, and then de
Iiberale upon what they wonld then say or
think in reference to the matters now upon
the political carpet. Let them ask them
selves what they would say, do or think, if
they were natives of the States which are
now involved in the political trouble on the
Atlantic shores. 1t is easy for those whose
birth place is far away from the scene of
the late difficulties to talk of blood and ven
geance, hu: would they if they claimed the
States where they occurred, rs Their birth
place, refuse to sympathize with their kins-
men and former cHmpatriots. No man of
character or spirit would hesitate to do this.
1t is against human nature. We of Califor.
MIA are, as we have before remarked, unfor
tunately situated at the present time. There
is in our community men from every section
of the Union. men from States where law.
less acts are ame st daily committed such
acts being provoked by equally lawless
movements elsewhere.


The on y way to avoid unpleasant feeling
At this time, is TO avoid political discussion
everywhere, where i, can be 90, rid Of We
are, to use a familiar expression, ''out of The
ring" 1t is true that we shall find this a
very difficult operation. but it is an expert
ment well worth trying. Above all, good
citizens should try to cultivate a feeling of
friendship, avoid all irritating topics in the r
conversations with their neighhors who do
not agree with them in political sentiment,
and sr rive to remember the fact that all
good and true men cannot and do not think
alike upon all subjects. Above all, we hope
to see these exciting pc litiral subjects kep
out Of the lecture room and the social cir.
Gle. N" good WAS ever accomplished by in.
troduring them there, and much harm may
be done by SO doing


San joaquin Republican.
Year: 1861

AS soon as the Insane Asylum officers and the
Boundary Commissioner are disposed OF, Legisla-
ton will proceed and not till then. What is to
be done about State apportionment is matter
beyond the Information of your correspondent
Perhaps it will go over This matter, the Schooi
Fair appropriations the State Fair appropriation,
if taken up in the Legislature, will occupy time
and little discussion.


Yours respectfully, MORE ANON.
Year: 1861

SpRlNa TRADE AND TRAvEL.-We notice
the present week numerous freight teams
passing through town for the upper country.
This is an indication that the Spring trade
is about to commence, and that business will
soon revive.
Year: 1861

The speech of Senator Trumbull in the United


States Senate, which we published on Friday,


introducing his bill for the conlscation OF all the
property OF rebels, including slaves, has some
features in it which are deserving Of commenda-
ton such as his assertion of the following
principlcs:-That the war for the restoration of
the Union ought to be conducted strictly within
the limits of the constitution: that il it is
conducted otherwise there is no difference be-
tween the guilt Of the United States govern
mcnt and that OF the Insurgents that the con
stiiution, with consummate wisdom, amply
provides for every emergency: that if it may
be transcended by the Executive on the plea of
necessity, which is always the tyrant's plea. il
is of no value whatever, and consequently the
object for which our armies are fighting
would be lost: that the military power in war
is not superior TO the civil power, but subor-
dinate to it, and that Congress is the war
making power, and can control the army and
It's operations, tho Chief Magistrate. as Com
manderin-Chief. having only the right to carry
out the will Of Congress, unless in such in
stances as he is left to his own discretion. and
where the laws of Congress and the constitution
do not restrict him: and, lastly, that martha,
law cannot override civil law. on even exist in


districts of the country where there is no
| insurrection


| This is all true as far as ii goes: but the
! speech of the Senator from Illinois is sinrular|v


inconsistent self contradictory. and like all the


speeches of the radical aboltioniss. is visionary


and impracticable He proposes TO carry ON
| the war strictly within the bounds of the con
stitGton and yet his own bill violates it in tbc
| most hagrant manner. For instance. he saws II
| is constitutional to establish martial law for
| civilians who are citizens of the United Stotes
in the insurrcctionary districts We shonld
| like TO know whore he finds this in the consti-


tuition? II he will look into il carefully he
viii find, on the contrary. that martial law is
expressly barred. even in the case OF citizens
guilty Of treason. and can be only applied to
when in active service.


The amendments to the constitution are the
bill of rights adopted by the people in addition
TO that Instrument, to "make assurance doubly
sure. and take bond OF fate that ther liberties
should never be troddcn down under any pre-
tence Article fifth Of those amendments de-
clares:-"No person shall be held to answer for
capital or otherwise infamous crime unless
on presentment or indictment Of grand jury,
except in cases arising IN the land or narul forces
or IN the militia when in actual service in time of
war or public danger; nor be de-
Year: 1861

hint in the message of Governor Pickens that
democracy was q failure, and the declarations
OF some Of The other chiefs Of the rebellion that
If all failed, they would place the Confederate
States under The protectoratc Of England rather
than suffer their snbjugation by the federal go
vernmcnt
Year: 1861

TnE NATURE OF Mason AND SLIDEGLs MESSAGE
To EyGIAND.-It will be recolcctcd by our
readers that in long and elaborate article we
published from the Charleston Nac0y, written
before tho arrest Of Mason and Slidell, the
character of their mission was referred to as
one Of small Importance. But now that they
are safely Gagged in Fort Warren the same paper.
as may have been seen by an extract we pub
lished yesterday, declares the very contrary.
1t says they were the bearers of probably
the most magnificent offers of friendly and lu-
crative intercourse which have ever passed
from another people to England" Just so;
and this proves the Importance Of the arrest by
Captain Wilkes. II is quite in keeping with the
Year: 1861

which are produced glass and porcelain.


Whether the distiller's wort stops at


the alcoholic fermentation or passes into
the acetoas, is chemical question on


which hangs his profit or loss, and the


brewer, if his business is sufficiently


large, finds it pay to keep chemist on
his premises. Glance through a work
on technology, and it becomes at once
apparent that there is now scarcely any
process in the arts or manufactures
over some part of which chemistry does
uot preside. And then, lastly, We
come to the fact that in these times,
agriculture, to be proftably carried on,
must have like guidance. The analysis
of manures and soils; their adaptations


to each other; the use Of gypsum OR


other substance for fixing ammonia: the
utilization of coprolites; the production
of artificial manures-all these are
boons of chemistry which it behoves the


farmer to acquaint himself with: Be
it in the lucifer match, or in disinfected
sewage, or in photographs-in bread
made without fermentation, or perfumes
extracted from refuse, we may perceive
that chemistry affects all our industries
and that, by consequence, knowledge OF
it concerns every one who is directly or
indirectly connected with our industries.
Year: 1861

INAUGURATION OF OFFICERS .-F7ags, csc-This
morning, the LIST of May, the appontees Of the
Administration for the respective Government
ofhces Will assume the control of public affairs In
their respective departments OF course there Is
good deal OF concern amongst certain parties
with respect to the subordinate offices which arc
to be distributed within the next few days


1t has been announced that the United States
Dag will be hoisted on the public buildings to-
day, In honor of the occasion; and strangely
enough there Is talk" among the people Of some
demonstration, but we presume only talk The
but lunatic would trouble his head about it.


Under the municipality the display of any flag
is prohibited at present by ordinance and procla.
nation; but CT course this does not relate TO the
Government properiy.-BaE. Sua of his morn
Year: 1861

u Extract Of letter Of the 10Th instant. from
memphis, Tenn, to gentleman In St Louis -
:" Yesterday, over two thousand persons left for
the North, and es many more will leave this eve
ming: This drain will be much felt In the coming
conflict | have no idea of leaving but will site
it out as long as possible
Year: 1861

PUBLIC WORKS OF VIReINIA.-The Board of
Public Works Of Virginia have ordered the sus-
state. They have also concluded 10 put no more
State bonds In the market whilst they are sixty
per cent. below par. All the resources and credit
OF the State are 10 be reserved for the exgencies
of yrar
Year: 1861

A PATRIOTIC COLLECTOR IN New YoRK-A
gentleman who has been making efforts to get a
young friend into the New York Custom house
told MT. Barney, on Wednesday, that the young
man whose papers he had left with him for an
once bad enlisted and gone to Washington
- Has he, said Mr.. Barney, " well. write to
MIN that the place shall be kept open for him
and let him nominate friend to All the place lf
be falls, and will give Il 70 him
Year: 1861

The EHtsRIgsHcsr quotes from q speech OF Henry
Clay to show that the south could have secured
all their rights by peaceeble political action In
the Unicn without the secession Of n single state


The RspKbIicaH urges the impolfcv OF giving
up the 6nlf ststcs and thinks that they should
be prevented by force of arms from establishing
any nationality whatever separate from the United
States
Year: 1861

GREAT DlscovERY.-AmoDg the most important Of a
the great medical discoveries efths age may be consid
cred the system Of vaccination for protection from Small
Pox, the Cephalic Pill foi relief OF Headache and tbt
use OF Quinne for the prevention Of Fevers either OF
which Is sue specific whose benefits will be elpeIenc
ed BY suffering humanity long after ther di-coyeIers
forgotten.
Year: 1861

| account pure, beautiful, intelli-
gent, and wcll-bred woman, the most
attractive object of vision and con-
temptation in the world. AS mother,
sister, and wife, such a woman is an
angel Of grace and goodness, and
makes heaven of the home which is
sanctiiied and gloritied by her pres
ence. AS an element of society, she
invites into finest demonstrations all
that is good in the heart, and shames
into secresy and silence all that is un-
becoming and despicable. There may
be more of greatness and Of glory in
the higher developments of manhood,
but, surely, in womanhood God most
delights to show the beauty of the no.
illness and the sweetness of the love
of which he is the infinite source. 1t
is for this reason that a silly young
man or vicious old one makes me


sigh and shudder. 1t is for this rea-
son that pray that l may write wor-
thily of young women.-1imOthy TIT
comb.
Year: 1861

In spite of the blind put forth in
the Southern press about the dctermi-
nation to commission no privateers till
after the meeting Of the Confederate
Congress, piratical ships are at
this moment anoat. Northern YES
sells are every day seized in South
ern ports and fitted up for the nefari-
Gus pursuit and those on their way
thither from all parts of the world,
will fall an easy prey to these wreck
ers " on a large scale. 1t is because
they hope to drive sharp business in
this line for the next fortnight that the
lying paragraph above referred to was
put in circulation. Now the North
can block that game at once, and for
good. We have an abundance of
strong, swift, light draft vessels lying
unemployed at the wharves, and we
can cover their decks, at a days no.
tice, with crews unmatched in the
wide world for daring and endurance


All along the coast of Maine there is
population of this kind who have no
other way Of serving their country


and who only want permission to en-


gage in this. We have no doubt thai



the enterprising ship owners of Port


land, and the entire New England
Coast will, with alacrity, cooperate II
this movement. if Boston and New
York will take hold of it in earnest
Year: 1861

The man of principle needs not the
restriction Of seal or signature, or any
legal instrument. He deals in soli-
tude as in public, at midnight as in
the sunshine. His grasped hand is as
good as bond, and his promise as
sterling as gold. The complicated
interests of men, which so often jar
and conflict, are reconciled in him
with beautiful harmony. He is him
self the embodiment of justice, the
symbol of perfect society. His
charities are not the droppings Of a
formal pity, but the ointment Of a
yearning love. In his soul there is a
fountain of humor, and close by. a
fountain of tears. His spirit is an in
strument strung to every proper mood,
touched by the light graccs OF the
passing hour, or swept by solemn
thoughts that wander through etcrni-
tyr
Year: 1861

We trust that this misunderstanding
phrase will no longer be heard from
the lips of any man of common sense
and patriotism. When the secession
lists of Norfolk and Portsmouth ap-
piled to the Commander of the Navy
Yard to know wat he intended to do,
he told them that he should simply act
on the defensive. The result was the
destruction cf our ships and the sac
rifce Of public property worth mil,
lions. Acting on the defensive now
means nothing else than the sacrifice
of the strong and the true to the weak
and the faithlcss.
Year: 1861

God IS revcrcd by the services
which multitudcs pay him, and delight
to pay him. on the Sabbath, as they
take an offering and come into his
courts. We look upon these Sabbath
gatherings over all the land, as the
evidence Of a deep.seatcd, far-reach-
ing piety, which clings to the arm OF
God as the nations only fortress and
refngc. They are the exponent of a
devotional sentiment which the world
cannot smother or reprcss. They are
a hopeful sign of good, present and
future, springing from the liberal hand
of Father who loves to pour bcne
factions down in answer to the adora
tions Of beseeching souls. And sc
long as the Sabbath is observed in its
integrity. we will not tremble for the
safety Of the ark either of our relig
ious or civil liberties.
Year: 1861

In crisis like this the people are
impatient Of routine, and indignant at
every approach to rcd-tapeism. The
people, solemnly in earnest, do not
want any bargains-the trade of pol
iticians-carried on now, or to have a
moment occupied by the Administra-
ton in any other less important work
than the work of saving the Republic
and putting down treason. 1t does
not suit the temper of the people to
have consultations about a right of
way to the Capital going on between
the Cabinet at Washington and the
Governor of Maryland or the Mayor
of Baltimore. They have rushed to
arms at the first call. They are ready
to respond to any extent to demands
for men and money. All they ask
now is to have the Government COM
prchcnd the crisis and their willing
ness to meet it, and be up and doing.


The people are satisfied that time
enough has been given to rebellion for
repentance, that loss enough has been
incurred in trying conciliatory meas
ures. The patience of our country
has been exhausted by the fruitlcss
inaction, that has been waiting for
treason to convert itself. Trade and
commerce have suffered long enough.
The nation has been disgraccd and dis
turbed long enough. 1t desires now
to conquer peace, and retrieve the
disgrace of the past with the strong
arm of force. Let every free man in
the land-every press that supports
the Constitution and believes in the
enforcement Of the laws, speak out
from the North, the East, and the
West, and tell the Administration that
all the people ask now, is action,
prompt, rcsolute action, to make the
motto of the New York Ccrro Gordo
Legion a fact, and hoist "Me Stars
am Stripes from erery fog-stcF from
Maine TO Icras."
Year: 1861

There is long correspondence in a
Memphis paper between a young lady
and the Colonel of regiment. The
former, with a flourish of boarding
school rhetoric, proposes to give to
the secession rebellion one bracelet
from one arm, and recommends her
secession sisters each to give at least
one of their golden ornaments. The
mothers in the loyal States are giving
up jewels of another sort to the cause
of Liberty and Law.