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Year: 1861

Now is the time for our citizens to
be making up their minds as to the
proper persons to represent them tor
the first time as people of a new
Confederacy. Let the choice be that
of known States rights men, who
are fully capable and willing to repre-
sent us in the legislative halls as we
deserve to be. We want men to
advance the prosperity of this section
of Louisiana, in the way OF internal
improvements, aud to leave no stone
unturned to accomplish this end
Men who will dare maintain theirrights
if assailed; they must be determined
and unflinching, and be at their post in
business hours to take an active part
in the proceedings Of the body, and
not be mnmmies. Let US endeavor
to elect the men who have the interest
of Caddo parish foremostin their minds
and the prosperity Of the city OF
Shreveport at heart.


In the columns Of our paper under
the proper head, will be found the
names of several of our prominent
! citizens, who desire representing us
in the next Legislature. These gen
tleman are well known to every voter


who has resided in this Parish for


any length of time, and therefore


any eulogy from ourselves would be


out of place. however, we will say


that any of them will make a good


and faithful representative, though we


are utterly ignorant as regards their


political feeling. If they belong to


the Jeffersonian school we are with


them.
Year: 1861

AS often as we have alluded to the
propriety of home manufacture we
have heard of some grand project on
foot, and in a few days We hear no
more of Independence. Is this the
way that we contemplate being rid of
foreign manufacture Is this the
way we build our new Confederacy ?
We are but to fearful it is. Let the
blood of shame tinge your countenan-
ces, and hide your faces, oh, ye boast


full people. Why are we such lag
CARDS about building up in our midst
manufactures, the main prop of every
country in the world. The lack of
means and talent is not the drawback.
In our humble opinion it is this, and
we are sorry to own it, the Southern
people, unlike the Northern, look ON
all attempts to establish anything
among themselves as e.rtra haSardous
and therefore have no confidence in
each other. Heretofore, (and mark
us it will be the same again) what
ever was manufactured in the South
was pronounced inferior, and the pre-
ference given to the Northern make,
though there would actually be nc
difference. The establishment of q
literary paper has been ventured time


and again in the South, but with nc


success. Manufactures innumerable


have from time to been attempted, but


for want OF proper patronage had te


cease operations, making bankrupts
OF the patriotic persons engaged i,


them. In the course of our travels il


the Southern country, we have otter


been saddened to see the ruins O


some once great undertaking. Th,
New Orleans people talk of establish
E ing a paper mill, why did they not kee]
the one in operation which they ono
had? the crumbling ruins are still
visible.
Southerners to your duty! LIE
there be manufactures erected, an


do not permit them to cease opera


tions for want of patronage, and tn
: way to do this, is to extend all you
: orders only to Zone institutions.


7 The Shreveport Rebels, Capt. E
Hunsicker, have joined the 18th RI


giment, and will proceed to Virgins
Year: 1861

% We learn from private let
ter from New Orleans, that a Wig
lance Committee has been formed in
that city, whose object is pa rticularly
to prevent remittances to the North,
and to punish treason summarily.
Year: 1861

Again we are called upon to record the fall
of another patriot soldier in the great cause of
the people in their herculean efforts to prove
their capacity for selfgovernment.


Col. Baker fell in the conflict at Edwards
Ferry, in Virginia, on Monday, the 2lst ult.,
after fighting all day against such odds as
would appal any one but an enthusiastic hero ;
such was Baker but his enthusiasm was of
that order which keeps a cool brain, quick
perception, an eagle eye, an activity of mind
and body, vigilance for the safety of his men,
and the bravery of Marco Bozzarus.


As the teltale lightning sped over the land,
bearing the mournful message, and broke the
news, the great heart Of the people swelled up
to almost bursting grief for one whom they re-
cognized and followed as a leader. Foreign
born, he became an American citizen by
choice AS he came to manhood, he learned
to admire and revere the institutions of the
Government, and nourished lauGable ambi-
tion to serve the Republic in the Councils OF
the nation and when that great end was ac
compished, and he was serving as a Senator,
he beheld the monster of rebellion and secession
raise its bloody hands against the most benefi
cent Government on earth, his martial spirit
and devotion to the land of his adoption
all his talents and energies, in staying the ad
vancing column and crushing out the treason
He obtained permission to raise regiment
and, at his call, hundreds came to bis standard
The East and West filled his compliment, and
the martial band took the field, and when the
dread struggle came, and Greek met Greek
they proved how valiant they and their leader
were where danger was the greatest. Let il
not be said that Col. Baker disobeyed orders
he was too old a soldier for that, and nothing
in the world would urge him to do so, but the
direst necessity, and imminent danger to his
men. Necessity knows no law, in war, and
the long military experiene of Col Baker
should be sufficient guarantee, that his po,
sition required the battle in which he yielded
up his life to his country.


Thus, one by one, the great leading spirit:
are struck down in an unprovoked war.


The subject of this article was shining
light in our land and the Pacific coast has the
deepest grief in the circle of national mourning
As lawyer, Col. Baker ranked high as an
advocate, at the Bar, he had few equals as
politician he was acute, but LIBERAL as q
popular orator, he had no equal among US, anG
as a soldier and patriot, he was a hero and is
entitled to niche in the temple of fame.


He fought well the battle of life; died in q
his loss.
Year: 1861

Andrew johnson, of Tennessee, said in his
speech at Columbus recently, referring to a
visit to Camp Dick Robinson;


The other day, when | stood in the presence
of two thousand Tennesseeans, exiled like my
self from their homes of comfort and the fami-
lies of their love, found that my manhood and
sternness of mind were all nothing, and that
was only child. There they were, my friends
and fellow citizens of nv beloved State ga
thered upon the friendly soil of Kentucky, from
the tender STRIPPING of sixteen to the gray
haired father OF sixty. all mourning the evil
that has bafallen our land and our homes, but
all seeking for arms wherevith to go back and
drive the invader from our fields and bearth-
stones. l essayed to speak to them words OF
counsel and encouragement but speech was
denied me- | stood before them as one who
vas dumb. If it be true that out of the fulness
of the heart the mouth speaketh it is also true
that the heart may be too full for the utterance
of speech And such were ours-two thousand
of US exiled Tennesseeans, and all silent ST.
lent as the city of the dead But there was
no torpor there. There were the bounding
heart and throbbing brain; there were the
burning cheek and the blazing eye, all more
eloquent than ever were the utterings OF human
speech. Each of that throng of exiles, who
had wandered among the mountains, and hid
in their caverns, who had slept in the forest
and squeezed themselves one by one, through
the pickets of the invader, each was now Of
ferng comfort and pedging fidelity to the
other. Youth and age were banding together
in holy alliance that will never yield till our
institutions are bathed in the sunlight of peace,
and consecrated by the baptism of patriotic
blood. There were their homes, and there, too,
is mine, right over there. An yet we were
homeless exled And why? Was it for
crime !? Had we violated any law? Had we
offended the majesty of our Government, or
done wrong to any human being? Nay, none
OF these. Our fault, and our only fault, was
loving our country too well to permit its be-
trayal. And for this the remerseess agent OF
that "sum of all villainies," Secession, drove
US from our families and fresides and made us
exlles and wanderers But the time shall soon
come when we wanderers will go home De-
pend upon it my friends, this monstrous iniquity
cannot long subsist. Some bolt Of heavens S
righteous vengeance, "red with uncommon
wrath, will blast the traitors in their high es-
tate But whatever they may do-though
they may ravage our State and make desolate
our homes, though they convert the caves Of
our mountains into sepulchses, and turn our
valleys and plains into grave-yards, there is
still one thing they cannot do-they never can,
while God reigns, make East Tennessee a
land Of slaves
Year: 1861

This number of the RECORD closes our
eighth volnme. The RECORD pioneered into
Butte County in the Fall of 1853, and issued
as a weekly, until the removal of the county
seat to Oroville, when the flush times of the
new county seat required daily issue. This
continued until the headlong impetus of our
town-progress began to find its equilibrium,
and the steady pace of substantial improve
ment began to assume its sway in the town,
when our paper fell back gracefully to her
former position, and week by week since has
never failed in its issue. The political COM
plexion of our paper from its first issue to the
present time has never changed, and although
it has been assailed by the enemies of the
National Democracy with all the bitterness Of
private spite and political rancor, it has proved
a rock, upon which the waves of their spleen
have been dashed back like the foam upon a
rock-tossed bilow, aud thorugh all the varied
and trying changes Of years we have prospered,
by the aid of generous and an appreciating
public, to an extent of which we should not
complain 1t has been, as it shall hereafter be,
our endeavor to make our paper'a useful and
welcome visitor to every family in our county,
and to every citizen who feels any interest in the
successful progress of our thriving people and
we wish hereafter to keep our people and the
State al large, better posted upon our county
affairs, for when our rail communication with
tide water shall be accomplished, which now
bids fair, our central and accessible position to
large mining and agricultural region, will
develope the growing Importance of our posi-
ton. and call the attention of thrifty commerce
to our doors. To this end shall our energies
be bent, and our establishment and office now
possessing all the facilities to accommodate
every want of our people in the printing line,
shall keep pace with the growing requirements
of our patrons. Hoping to merit liberal
patronage for the future, we close our eighth
volume.
Year: 1861

quiet, noffenSlve German, an emplOye at
the Brewery of Mr.. Refs, named Peter Nelson,
was shot and killed on Saturday night last,
near the Democrat office, on Montgomery
street. From all the circumstances connected
with this melancholy affair, the murder appears
to have been more an act of criminal careless
ness, than OF deliberate intent The cellar,
under the Democrat office, has been used for
months past as lager beer saloon, and hurdy-
gurdy dance house, disturbing the quiet of that
portion Of the town, with Bacchanalan revel-
ries and the disordant music peculiar to insti>
tutions of like character.


On Saturday night last, a crowd, under the
influence of lightning whisky and bad lager,
congregated therein, and after causing a stam-
pede of the hurdy-gurdy girls, commenced
and, as we are informed pretty effectually de-
molished all of the furniture and fixtures of
the saloon and destroyed what liquors, ETC.,
they could not drink. About u o'clock, the
work of devastation being accomplished, the
lights were blown out and a general rush en-
sued for the door. As the crowd reached the
sidewalk, some one in it drew and fred off a
pistol, and another person Immediately stepped
from the sidewalk into the street and fired
his pistol directly up the street. From the
position in which the body of deceased was
found-some twenty or thirty feet from the
scene of the shooting-it is thought that, upon
hearing the first shot fred, he turned, to ascer-
tain the cause, and received the ball from the
second pistol fired, in his left temple. The
deceased was Immediately taken to the office
of DR.. O'Brien, who dressed the wound and
gave every requisite attention, but to no pur-
pose, as death ensued about six O'clock next
morning. He did not speak, ncr was he con-
scious of anything, after being picked up
Coroner Cotton took the body in charge and
held an inquest, but, without eliciting facts
sufficient to enable the jury to determine who
fired the fatal shot. There can be DO question
but what there are those who can, if they
would, reveal the name and unerringly point
out the person who committed the deed and.
if there is no other way of compelling them to
do so, they should be arrested and tried, as ac-
cessaries to the murder. That it was uninten-
tional or careessly done, although it might al
leviate the punishment, does not remove the
criminal guilt from the party committing the
crime, nor should it shield him from merited
punishment. We trust that justice will yet
overtake the offender.
Year: 1861

FREEMAsoNRY AT FORTRESS MoNRoE-Free-
masonry prevails to great extent among the
officers and men Of our army. They have
established lodge at this post. A dispensa-
ton to work in the three degrees of Masonry
has been granted by the Grand Lodge of the
State of New York, and for several weeks
they have been 10 active service. A lodge
room has been fitted up, and the regalia and
working tools of the lodge will outrank many
lodges that have better facilities for their la
bors. Several candidates have been put
through. The lodge is well attended, some of
the most distinguished officers here being
among the members and regular ATTENDANTS
Cor. Philadelphia Inquirer.
Year: 1861

FEATHER RIVER BRIDGE.-We have heard


nothing lately regarding the bridge or bridges,
which we were assured early last Spring,
would be speedily built across Feather river
at this point. What is the matter, gentlemen
Year: 1861




STocK FOR THE EAsT-We are Informed
that parties are making arrangements to drive
stock across the plains next Spring, to Wis,
consin and Iowa, where cattle will bring more
than they do here. This accounts for every
body rushing into good business and overdo-
ing it.


DEADwooD.-This mining town is fast build
ing up, with true California energy. and it will
not be long before every vestige of the late fire
is covered.


ORo FINo.-The flats at Orc Fino are said
to be prospecting very good as high as IS
per day to the hand is realized and several
claims are being staked out. Some four or
five new cabins have been put up


FROZEN OvER.-Yreka Creek was found
frozen over with ice au eighth of an inch thick,
on Tuesday morning


A NUMBER of new recruits for Capt. Jo.
Smiths company left here on Monday morning
for Camp Union, Sacramento.
Year: 1861

Court HOUSE REPAIRs.-It is expected that
the repairing now under process of execution
at the Court House, will be completed in time
for the meeting of Court on Monday, but from
all appearance the mechanics will have some
lively work to do, to accomplish it in season.
Year: 1861

To PERSONS WHOSE HEALTH is BROKEN Down
Every disease might unquestionably be prevented
if nature were assisted to rally with that most
wonderful of all invigorators,


DR.. HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERs.
When the fame of life wanes and quivers from ex
haustion, administer this famous restorative. If
will once more become steady and strong In the
debility which follows violent fever: in diarrhoea
dysentery, dyspeptic complaints and cholc; in the
weakness consequent upon natural decay or result
ng from free living over exertion and also in
those painful and too much neglected ailments to
which ladies excessively subject the Bitters never
fail to give permanent relief. Sold by all Druggists
and dealers everywhere. o26
Year: 1861

MARROW ESCAPE FROM FIRE-Our town
narrowly escaped the clutches of the devourng
element on Tuesday evening last. The bar
keeper at the Union Saloon built a fire in the
stove with light combustible material, from
which the blaze ascended through the pipe,
and ignied the roof of the building. Fortu-
nately, it was put out without serious damage
Year: 1861

To be educated, is the nalicnable
right of every child in the State. 1t
is written on his soul by the finger Of
God-and time nor change cannot
wash it out-and it should be rc-writ-
ten in the Constitution and Laws of
every State or country. The child OF
the poor man is not less immortal
than the child of the rich man. His re-
sponsibilitics as thinking, intelligent
being, are the same. Each is follow
inc y path which leads to the same
future state of rewards or punish
mcnts. As the State is bound to feed
and clothc the bodies Of the helpless
and dependent children within her
borders, so is she equally bound to
educate their minds, and prepare them
for the duties and responsibilities OF
after years.


Education for the masses must be
universal. Schools cannot be univcr'
sal unless they arc free. Therefore,
all schools for the education OF the
masses must be free schools. Hence,
the correct doctrine is, "the property
of the State should educate its chit
dren :" and this is the fundamental
doctrine of the new school system of
Iowa, Reason, experience, and COM
mon Justice, all favor free schools, and
they should be universally established


affording to every child an opportuni
ty to obtain thorough, practical cd
Year: 1861

some presence, after their States have


f1agrantly risen in armed rebellion, be
arrested for high treason, and i'm
prisoned as spies and traitors. Then
let the Southern mob be warned, by
solemn proclamation of the Federal
Government, to lay down their arms
and return the forts, etc, stolen by
them. If this has no effect, the brave
soldiers of the Republic will manage
the rest.


Let the President call upon the Free
States for money and men, and he
shall have an army of million of
thoroughly equipped Union soldiers
in less than three months, and enough
money to buy everybody, SOUL and
inch of ground south of Mason & Dix
on's line, at round prices. We do not
fear trcachery at home. We have
scurvy traitors among US but we
know how to deal with them while
fence posts are numerous and hemp
reasonably cheap. If we hare any
general Government, let it act at
once or it must fall into such con-
tempt that the long enduring people
will take the business into their own
hands, and show the world, that if
thousands Of traitors rise in arms
against the noble Union, founded by
George Washington and preserved by
Andrew jackson, millions Of loyal men
and true, will be found to hang them.
Year: 1861

1t is high time that our statesmen
and Government recognized the glar.
ing fact, that they have nothing more
reasonable or dignified than brutal
mob to deal with. Tens of thousands
of loyal union men can be found in
the South to-day but they are over
awed by drunken mob, and will new.
or dare to speak their real sentiments
until the presence of an armed Fcde-
raj force secures them against the
blind fury of the lawlcss miscreants
about them. Only a few days ago, a
pack Of beggarly dcsperadocs dclib-
eratcly took possession of United
States fort in North Carolina, without
waiting even for the approval of their
own pro-slavcry Governor. Ii this
does not mean rampant mob.law, we
should like to know what it does mean.


Half the South is at this moment
under the control of God.defying
throat-cut mob, and there is good rea-
son to believe that the other half-bor-
der States and all-wil soon be re-
duced to the same degraded position.
There the black tide must be stopped,
or the rhole country will fall into the
hands of q dcmcnteL rabble.


Now, what is the established GUS
tom of dealing with mobs? Why,
they arc warned through the Riot
Act to dispersc pcaceably or prepare
to be troddcn down and shot down by
government troops. In his Special
Message President Buchanan threw
the whole responsibility of settling
these troubles Oh Congress. There.
fore to Congress we look for effective
and immediate action. Let tho trai.
torous Senators who persist in disgra.
Icing Washington with their loatll-
Year: 1861

We fear there is too much truth in


the reports that the Administration


has again changed its policy in deal


ing with secession and is falling back


upon inaction. From the first Prcsi.


dent Buchanan has shown an indeci-


sion, a weakness and an incompetent


cy which would have subjected him to


impeachment if the Vice President, by


whom he would have been succeeded,


had not been in full communion with


the sccessionists. The fear that we


might substitute King Stork for King


Log has saved the "Old Public Func-
tionary" from the richly merited dis
grace of impeachment.


\ week or two ago the country had
hopes that vigorous policy would
thereafter be pursued-that treason
had been tolerated long cnough-that
the government property would be de-
Tended and the revenue laws enforced.
But we are doomed to disappointment.
1t would seem that this policy was
adopted in spite of, rather than with
the concurrence of Buchanan. Taking
advantage of a half assent given by
the trembling old man, the Star of the
West was dispatched with reinforce
mcnts and provisions for Fort Sump-
ter, but she was driven off. There the
vigorous policy ceased An unarmcd
merchant vessel, bearing the flag of
our country, with supplies for ma
tional fortress, was fired upon and ig-
unanimously forced to relinquish her
mission. The Administration, instead
of ordering her back, with sufficient
force for her protection, pockets the
insult, relinquishes the attempt to re-
licve Fort Sumptcr, and practically
acknowledges that this great nation,
with its immense resources, has not
the power to resist for day a rebel
lion in the weakest State in the Union
The nation is disgraccd before the
whole world by the weakness and i'm
potency of those who administer its
government.


Again the national honor is compro-
missed by another of the aggressions
of South Carolina. The Collector of
the port of Gcorgctown has been ar
rested for treason against that State
for continuing to fulfill his duties to
the federal government, to which he
owes his appointment, and the consti-
tuition and laws of which he has taken
the oath to support. Here is a case
which calls for the prompt interposi-
tion of the federal government to pro-
tcct its officials who arc faithful to
their trusts, yet we do not learn that
any notice has been taken of this out
rage. The honor of the government
is involved in sustaining and protect
ing this official, and if the ordinary
forms of law are insufficient fDr this
purpose, the sooner the fact of an in
surrcction is recognized and the force
of the government is brought into
requisition to redress its own grievan-
ces, the better will it be for the ma
tion.
Year: 1861

ucation. And, repeat, this univer-
sal establishment of free common
schools, is the grand object contem-
plated by our new common school
system. But further than this it is
not only right that the children of the
State be educated, but it is necessary
that it should be done, and that the
means for its accomplishment be
speedily adopted d-LoUa Instructor.
Year: 1861

CORNER OF EAST WATER / DETROIT STREETS,


NIL Wa UKEE


This House is located in the business part of
the City, convenient to the Cars and Boats
f." Omnibus and Baggage Wagon always
on hand to convey Passengers and Baggage to
and from the Boats and Cars free of charge
Year: 1861

MUsIc'-A correspondent complains Of con
struction, at the Office Of the Adjutant General,
which excludes the bands of the regular army
from the benefits OF the recent act of Congress
upon that subject and says that many band.
masters will resign in consequence of it