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Year: 1861

The proclamation OF the MAJOR General
Of the West, declaring the State of Mis-
souri, under Martial law, con6scating the
property and freeing the slaves of rebels
in arms against the government, hits the
mind of the people in precisely the right
spot. Missouri is overrun with insur-
gents, who are daily killing people and
destroying property, while the old State
government has fed and the new one is
unequal to the emergency. Founding
his action upon the law OF August 9th,
passed by the recent Congress, Fremont
steps in to settle the difficulty. He is
resolved that the friends of the Union
shall be protected (; he is resolved to visit
upon the malcontents the extreme penal
ties of the law; and he is further resolv-
ed, that if the shareholders who abet the
rebellion use their slaves to assist the
assassins and traitors in their attempts
against the life of the nation, they shall
forfeit that species of property.


Mr.. Fremont has done what the gov
ernment ought to have done from the be-
ginning. War is war. 1t has certain
necessities which cannot be overlooked.
When the owners Of slaves use their mus
cles to build eEtrenehments against US
when they arm them, as they have done
in certain cases, to cut the throats of free
men when they boast that all the white
population of the South may go to battle.
leaving the slaves to raise supplies in
their absence-it is our right and our
duty to deprive them of SO formidable a
resource. 1t is our right and duty to
strike a public enemy in his weakest
point. Slavery is the weakest point of
the rebels, and when we declare their
Year: 1861

slaves exempt from obligations to serve
them, we only act in self-defence.


Without the express authorization
which Gen. Fremont receives from the
act of Congress, he would still have a
right to proclaim the emancipation of the
negroes of the enemy. The war power,
in times of actual hostility, may supercede
the municipal law. AS John Quincy
Adams long ago stated in the House of
Representatives, "when country is in
vaded, and two hostile armies are set in
hostile array, the commanders of both
armies have power to emancipate all the
slaves in the invaded country" The
same speaker showed that this was no
theoretic statement, but a practice fire.
quently resorted to by military command
ers, The exigencies of the occasion over
ride the usual institutions of society. and
the General must judge, from his know
ledge of the circumstances, whether such
an exigency exists.


That it does exist in Missouri no one
can doubt. A majority of the people of
that State are attached to the Union. BY
their votes and by their daring feats of
arms they have shown that they have no
mind to be dragooned into the service of
the Southern Confederacy. With the
state government strongly against them
at the outset, and with fifty or sixty thou
sand armed marauders committing havoc
in many counties, they have yet made a
vigorous fight for their rights. But they
are likely to be overpowered by reinforce
ments which are daily pouring into the
State. All the ra seals of the border, and
even the wild savages of the West, are
banded together for their overthrow.
These are assisted by some of their own
citizens, who not only furnish the foe
with supplies, hut join them in taking up
arms. At the battle of Wilson's Creek
several of the regiments were composed
of recreant Missourians. 1t is against
such as these that Fremont means to use
the strongest weapons in his power. He
has no idea that they shall ravage the
homes of peaceful citizens, all the while
that they draw their support from the
labor of the negroes. He discharges the
latter from the bonds by which they are
made the instruments of treachery. IF
you work for the rebels, he says, you must
work of your own accord and not under
force.


These stringent measures, we are glad
to learn, as we do by our telegraphic de-
spatches, are warmly approved by the
loyal part of the community.-NYPost
Year: 1861

The burning heats of Summer are Civ
ing place to the cool bracing air of Au-
tumn. The summer harVests are gath
cred, the barns are full of hay and grain,
and the overhowing abundance stands In
stacks and ricks, upon the meadow. The
hard pressing work of the season is over,
and we begin to take things little leis-
urely. The corn has attained It's growth,
and the kernels are beginning to glaze.
The potatoes, if full grown, keep safely
in the hill. The apples are turning red
and yellow upon the trees, and the lower
bending Of the limbs shows that every
day is adding to the weight of the fruit.
There is rather gain than loss in delaying
for few days, the work that must be
done. There is now time to attend to the
little jobs that have had to lie over dur
ing Summer; to make fences, to ditch,
and drain. to dig muck, and make com
post-pro6table work always on hand
upon the farm. Those not driven by
wheat sowing have time to review the
seasons tolls, to project improvements,
and to enjoy life


There is perhaps no class in the COM
munity that suffer so little in the present
troubled times, as the farmers. Outside
of the immediate theater of the war, life
moves on in its usual channels upon the
Year: 1861

Bag A gentlemen tells this story of a
little drummer boy. He went on the
ship to Fortress Monroe, with his regi-
ment, and just at evening, overcome with
the fatigues of the day, he had laid down
upon the deck, and had fallen asleep.
The dews were falling The Colonel
came along and shook him by the shoul-
der, and told him he would take cold if
he continued to lie there, and advised
him to 60 below and 60 to his rest for the
night. As he was getting up, his Bible
fell from his pocket upon the deck. He
picked it up and replaced it. Some kind
hand-perhaps mother or Sunday
school teacher-had given him that Bible
He went below and prepared himself for
his bed. When ready, he keeled down
many loud talking men standing around
put his hands together in the attitude
of prayer, aud poured out his heart 81
lently to God He needed not the noise
around him. In moment all was hushed; /;
the company being overawed by the con-
duct of the boy, reverently stood silent
until he had finished his prayer.
Year: 1861

The Boston Plot of June Is, 1861,
publishes the annexed question, prd.
pounded to the editors of the Cincinnati
Catholic Telegraph, together with the
response of Bishop Purcell, one of the ed
itors of that paper. AS many of the
adopted citizens of the country do not
take either the Boston Pilot or the Ciu-
cinnati Catholic Telegraph, it has been
deemed proper to submit it to them in this
form for general edi6cation


THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.


VERY Rev. AND Rev. EpIToRs: I
would wish to know whether,i in your opin-
ion, naturalized citizen, even in the
South, can take part with the Southern
Confederacy without the guilt Of perjury?
In becoming citizen he swore fealty, not
to any State, but to the United States.
Does that oath mean anything7 If not,
to take it was sin. If so, it must bind
to fidelity to the constitutionaly elected
President and Congress.


CONSCIENCE.


REPLY.


An oath binds man, under penalty of
perjury, to do what he consclentiously
considered his words to promise. Apart
from ignorance, prejudice, or false repre-
Isentation, we believe that every naturals
lied citizen has, according to the intent
of the form of naturalization, sworn to
support the legally constituted Govern
ment at Washington. Many poor man
may have been taught, however, that his
obligations were not of this character,
and may, therefore, without being willing
to perjure himself, be carried away by
the wave of public opinion about him to
the wrong side.-Eds. Telegraph.


We clip the above from the Cincinnati
Catholic Telegraph and Advocate of
May 28th.


We may add to the very just answer
of the distinguished and learned editors
of the Telegraph, that it becomes the
duty of every clergyman in the seeded
States to abstain from any aetiee act that
may lead their people to believe that they
are released from the obligation of their
oath of allegiance. The appointment to
a chaplaincy in rebel regiment does not
imply that the chaplain sanctions the VII
olation of the oath. He only lends his
services to reconcile with God dying
soldier who may have been guilty of pers
jury.-Boston Pilot.
Year: 1861

BIIf riches increase, set not your
heart upon them, because they are liable
to decrease as we'll as they increased be-
cause they cannot satisfy the boundless
desires of the immortal soul; because
their possession is connected with new
anxieties and responsibilities; because
their possessor is subjected to peculiar
and injurious temptations; because they
must all be left at death, and death may
come at any hour and because the good
things of the present life are of insignif-
cant value, when compared with the treas
ures of heaven, which he forever forfcitg
who makes worldly wealth his supreme
good.
Year: 1861

eve are inclined to believe that
a large majority of the people, both
North and South, are convinced
that a division of the Union is not
only desirable but necessary-that
it is the true and only safe solution
of the present difficulties. > Gin.
Press.
Year: 1861

enuBLIC attention is respectfully invited
i t0'this establishment, in the assurance
that ample satisfaction will be given as re
CARDS Typography, Press work and charges
those who may require
Year: 1861

The terrible maady known as the FEVER
AND AGUE has smitten hundreds of thousands
of persons throughout the world every year, and
has never till now been met by successful medical
treatment that has not produced severe
Year: 1861

WHAT SENATOR CRIrTEYDEy SAYS OF THE
USIoN.-After the serenadc of Senator Pugh in
Washington, Senator Crittendcn was called out
for speech. He said:


have now, rs | have ever had from nv natal
hour, love and admiration for my country. I
love it fer the blessings it has showered upon
us, and want to preserve it. 1t is not too large
for me. want to travel North and South. East
and West. until | am tired. and still be upon nv
own country's soil, and offer my hand to nv
own countrymen. Loud cheers1 L don't know
why we cannot. We have lived in peace toreth-
er; we have fought battles together and slept
together on the battlefield; we hava Sc N bat
ties fought by men of the North and South. side
by side; and now, fellow citizens, we want them
to be so again. As far there is any power in
me l shall exert it to this end, and heartily We
come those who with me now. whether he
be from the North. South. East or West. Iet
us stand for tue Union of our country. This
very city, the seat of government, established
by Washington, is dear to my heart, and min
gled in my heart as part of it are its memories.
and be whose name it bears [ venerate STILL
am Kentuckian, and AN proud of it. More
than that, L am citizen of the United States :;
you are my fellow citizens, and 1 invite you to
lend your voices for the preservation of the
Union. Here in this country political liberty
has thirty millions of people that worship her.
Here she stands in our great MANSION. and
want to keep her there in possession of this
great mansion. Excessive cheering1 L should
be ashamed to show my face in my home if 1
could not say that was a citizen of the United
States We are born to that flag, and we will
not desert it. Cling 10 it as your country's hon
or when Government calls. and let our heart
swell with that great point, know little Of dis
union-the breaking of it up lightly into frag
ments" If you do you are not worthy the ex-
istence which you have.
Year: 1861

OPINIONS IN WESTERN VIRGINIA.-The New
York World has a correspondent in Richmond
who writes thus:


al had long interview last evening with
distinguished gentleman Of the trans-Alleghany
region of Virginia, who served as Democratic
elector in the late Presidential canvass, and
much to my surprise he represented his section
of the State as utterly opposed to secession. He
avowed himself strong Union mana strange
circumstance in view of the influence that led to
his appointment to the electorship. He was
chosen through the agency of Gov. Wise's
that gentleman. He expressed the fullest assu-
rance that the tone of the State Convention
which will assemble in Virginia, will be emf
nently conservative, SO far as his section of the
State can affect it. He was sure that in no event
would the people of Western Virginia consent to
a union with the Cotton States. If forced into
secession, they prefer to form central confede-
racy, to be composed of the border slave States,
with such of the free States as would choose to
join in. lie stated that most of Gov. Wise's
oSep iiiOhuS idf VI tudt PoiiOy, tAls WI
be the last resort with them, their great object
being to secure continuance of the present
Union by every means in their power.


90 The prevalence of this sentiment in the west
forebodcs far better result in the state than 1
had anticipated. 1t indicates that the Union
sentiment p:edominatos in Virginia. and if
faithfully reflected in the convention, a triumph
for the cause of conservatism and union is GER
tain to follow. Gov. Letcher has do doubt care
fully canvassed the public sentiment of the State
and in taking stong conservative grounds in his
message, he is reported to have done he is
acting in full view of the popular preferences of
Virginia.


"To person living beyond the limits of Vir-
ginia, the Indifference with which the passage of
the secession ordinance by South Carolina is re-
garded, would be incredible. Hopes that she
would never return were the chief sentiments
given utterauce to upon the announcement of the
event What ever enthusiasm it excited was but
of very short duration. Even those who in
dulged this feeling dsapprove of her precipi-
fancy, for whatever of disunion sentiment pre-
walls in Virginia differs materially in degree from
that entertained farther south. Separate state
action is utterly condemned even by the seces-
sion element"
Year: 1861

Moon AND WEATHER.-Professor Marcel, of
Geneva, has lately examined series of meteor
logical observations from 1900 to 1850 with ref
erence to the influence of the mon on the
weather He finds that its influence on the rain
fall may be regarded as nothing. On the ques-
tion of changes of weather, he finds by calcula-
tions that the average probability of change
of weather on any day is l20, that the prob
ability of a change of weather the day of
full muen is 121, and new moon l25; for the
day after the new moon 0 las. Both at new
and full moon those changes have been from
fair TO foul rs times. The celebrated rule of
Marshall Bugeaud was this: Eleven times out
twelve, the weather during the whole moon fol-
lows the weather of the fth days of the moon,
if on the sixth day it remains as it was on the
fifth; and nine times out of twelve it follows the
fourth day. if on the sixth day it follows the four
tn Mr.. Harrison has long since shown the dis
solving action o f the moon on the clouds,
Year: 1861

New PAPER MILL AT SAN LoRESzo.-The
first lot of paper from the new mill lately erected
at San Lorenzo, Santa Cruz county, has arrived
at San Francisco. The mill is designed to make
straw paper most of the time, but can make eth
er Manila or printing paper if desired. Of
straw paper they will manufacture about fifty
tons a month. which will supply the market or
nearly so, thus saving some $5o,O0S to the State


instead of sending it away. The mill gives en-
poyment to fifteen or eighteen men all the time.
Year: 1861

Oh what will become Vf that flag when we part
Shall it drop o'er the tomb of our national fame
Shall it stream o'er the wreck when each hope of


the heart


Has abandoned the wreck to oblivion and shame? ?
When the banner of glory for ever is furled,


Shall each gem be reset and translated afar ?
Shall the bright constellation that lighted world
Be replaced by distant and desolate star?
Rather heap proud trophies, and over them cast
This all our honor-this shroud of our shame;
Fire the pile! fling the ashes abroad on the blast
1t was born amid storm-let it perish in flame? /?
Year: 1861




The Nashville Banner, of the 18th, has
the following paragraph in regard to
the vote on Convention:


Why tie People Voted Dooa tic Conren-
tion,-The question is easily answered,
and no one need be misled. The disun-
ionists were for secession by the 4th of
March, and opposed to submitting the
action of the Convention to the people.
The States already seeded had been
rushed out without giving the people a
chance to think or vote. The people of
Tennessee, seeing the action of the other
State Conventions, were distrustful of any
hundred men, and unwilling 70 trust
their destinies in the hands of a Conven-
tion at a time when madness and passion
ruled in other States. There was no con-
certed effort made to induce them to
vote against the Convention On the
other hand, tho prcponderance of effort
was on the other side. Tho majority oil
the people voted their honest sentiments
unnhucnced by partisan appeals, and al
though there are many reasons why
we should have been glad to see Con.
vention assemble, we waive them all be.
fore the verdict of the people.
Year: 1861

: A NEw CorroS GROWER Peru is ma
king her appearance as a Cotton growing
country She recently sent 1900 bales OF
Eer Cot across the isthmus, but the
greater portion went to, Europe.
Year: 1861

the work at a small target FIVE hundred
yards of, in order to try rycochet fire, was
by no means bad, and would have speedily
sunk boat in the line of fire. Whenever
steamer is made out approaching Cairo, a
gun is fired from one or other of the ports.
The steamer then gives the private signal
agreed upon, and if she does not answer, is
fired upon and brought to by round shot.


In the evening, as l was walking up and
down the levee after day of exhausting
heat, an extraordinary tumult attracted my
attention, and, on running to the hotel,
whence the noise proceeded, | discovered a
whole regiment drawn up, two deep, with
out arms, and shouting out 10 chorus "Wa-
ter! water! water!' The officer were
powerless, but presently General Prentiss
came round the corner and, mounting on a
railing, proceeded to address the soldiery in
energetic terms but in substance his re-
mOnstrance would have been considered, in
French or Erglish army, as much breach
of discipline as the act it had censured.
These men had broken out of barracks after
hours, forced their officers and sentries, and
came up shouting to the headquarters of
their general to complain OF deficiency of
water. The general addressed them as gentle
men. 1t was not his fault they wanted water.
1t was their officers who were to blame, not
he. He would see they had water, and
would punish the contractor, but they must
not come disturbing him by their outcries
at night. Their conduct was demoraliziDg
to themselves and to their comrades. Hav-
ing rated the gentlemen" soundly, he Or
dered them back to their quarters. They
gave three cheers for the General and retir-
ed in regular line of march with their Off
GERS. The fact was that the men on return
ing from hot and thirsty drill, found the
water barrels, which ought to haye been
filled by the contractor, empty, and-not for
the first time, and so they took the quarter
masters business into their own hands.
Their officers did not wish to be very
strict, aud why =? The term of the
mems voluntary service is nearly over,
they have not yet been enrolled for
the service OF the State; therefore if they
were aggrieved they might be disposed to
dlsband and not renew their engagements,
and so the officers would be left without
any regiment to offer to the State. But
they went off in an orderly manner, and
General Prentiss, though much annoyed by
the occurrence, understands volunteers bet
ter than we do. There is no doubt but
that the quartermaster's department is in
bad condition in both armies. Mr.. Fors-
tall has poposed to the Southern authori-
ties to hang any contractor who may be
detected cheating. There would probably
be few contractors LETT if the process were
carried into effect in the North. The me
dica department is better in the Northern
than in the Southern armies. But even
here there is not an ambulance, cacolet,
or q mule litter.
Year: 1861

10 Thee, 0 God we yield our dead,
Who in sacred cause has bled;
whom Thon from stife unto Thy breastss
Has folded in eternal rest.
Our eyes with bursting tears are dim;
How many hopes have sci with him
Who sleeps in death Oh. Father give
Balm to our hearts that bleed and live.
Unto Thy sovereign will we yield
That smOte him on the battle field;
Thy purpose now we may not tell;
We know Thou doest all things well.
Thou holdest in Thy mighty hand,
The brave defenders of our land;
We mourn them when they sink in blood
We praise Thee-ThOu art wise and good
Now let the tomb's dark portal close
Above our warriors sweet repose:
Sweet, that in death the brave shall be
Remembered lovingly by Thee.


IN. Y. Erening Post.
Year: 1861

we the people of the Confederate States each State
acting in 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-i1voking the faver and guidance of Almighty God
do ordain and establish this Constitution for the
Conf O America
Year: 1861

Subscribers who do not give express notice to
the contrary are considered us wishing TO contin-
uc their subscription.


If subscribers order their papers discontinued,
publishers may continue them until all charges are
paid.


If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their pa
per from the office or place where it was sent,
thev are responsible until they settle the bill and
give notice to discontinue.


If subscribers move TO other places without in
forming the publisher, and the paper is sent to the
former direction. they are held responsible. No
ticc Of remov Il should always be given.


The courts have decided that refusing to take a
paper or periodical from the Office. or removing
and leaving it uncalcd for is prima facis evidence
of intentional fraud.


The published rates of advertising govern in all
cases. except where special contracts have been
made previous to insertion The courts have re-
ucatcdIy so decided,
Year: 1861

@- Nothing was SO much dreaded
in our schoolboy days Us to be pun
ishcd by sitting between two girls. All;
the force Of education In after years
we learn to submit to such things with
out shedding u tear.
Year: 1861

KKMUvAL.-The editorial and count
ing room Of the DExocaAr AND NKws will be
found hereafter in the second story Of Grigg's
block. Perry street The entrance 10 st the
m.in doorway Office 1T the head Of the
flight, fret door on the left.
Year: 1861

PERpLExING.-The telegraphic ar
rangemeuts Of late have become anything but
agreeable. The line between this city and CHI
cago is iu such q miserable condition that 1t
cant BE worked during 3 storm Of any hind
We suggcst to the company that it Try and get
into better order Or sell out to somebody that