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Year: 1861

COMMUNICATED.
Hon. John Perkamss II. @


The people of North La. are much
pleased that this gentleman has con-
sented to be a Candidate for re-elec-
rtion. .svvzr.


Among the great statesmen Of this
age he stands pre-eminent for never
! having sought Office. .e
Now, only man in the prime of
life, he has filled the highest Offices
in the gift of the State; and it is a
matter Of pride to his friends, as it is
prestige of his future influence to
the Southern Confederacy, that
these have been "thrust upon him.
Educated for the Bar, he hardly had
time to take the high position to
which his superior abilities entitled
him, when he was called to preside
as Judge OF the 10th District of Lou
isiana. At that time other men of
distinguished talents sought the pro-
motion; but when his name was
brought forward "competition fled


Since then he has been member
of the Disunion Convention Of the
State and q marked and distinguish
ed member of the Congress of the
Confederacy.


How he has conducted himself let
the history of the country say. The
impartial reader will accord TO him
the high mind OF bong one Of the
founders of this Government. Should
it last, as a hermitage for our chill
dren. his name will be preserved i'll
the annals of the country, as one
among the great patriots.


No man in the South has a clearer
head and better heart His urbanl-
tv of manners will win all with whom
he may come i'll contact, while his
varied attainments will ever lend Il
charm to his conversation that but
few can impart.


A man of such high scholastic at
tainments might serve the government
abroad as minister with marked dis
tinction. This consideration shigh-
toned by the fact ofhis having travel
ed through foreign countries. and his
acquaintance with the languages
usually spoken at the principal
Courts in the East. Should th..
Hon. Legislature elect him to the SEN
ate it would be but Il compliment 70
his great merit, and an acknowledge
ment on their part, Of a disposition
to serve the State. DIR.


70 A bomb has been invented in
Cincinnati which continues explosive
shells, and these inner shells contain
each number of explosive bullcts.-
1t is said to be the most destructive
and death dealing article Of war which
has Yet been tried.


SiCkleS and His RuiI'ianS.
TIE ,1uurincinled and dpprai.d
Year: 1861

leave this kind Of department to the greenhorn IN
military life who puffed up by his rank, conscious
Of his ignorance and iuselessness, and anxious TO
hide it thinks that by bluyter, rudersss and noise
he can make the world believe he il Ture9ne Of
Wellington Rich Erdminer.
Year: 1861

For twenty-tbree years old Jake Will
lard has cultivated the soil OF Baldwin
county and drawn therefrom support for
self and wife. He is childless. Not long
since Jake left the house in search of a
missing cow. His course lay through an
old worn. out patch of clay land of about
six acres in length, in the center Of which
was a well, twenty-five or thirty feet
deep. that at sometime, probably, had
furnished the inmates of dilapidated
house near by with water. In passing by
this spot an il! wind drifted Jake's tile''
from his head, and maliciously waited it
to the edge Of the well and in it tumbled


Now the old gentleman had always
practised.the virtue of economy, and be
Immediately set about recovering the
lost hat. He ran to the we'll and finding
it was dry at the bottom, he uncoiled the
ro pc which he had brought for capturing
the truant COW, and after several attempts
to catch the hat with moose, he conclud-
ed to save the time by getting down into
the well himself To accomplish this, he
fast one end of the rope to a stump hard
bp, and was soon on his way down the
well.


1t was a fact, of which Jake was no
less obvious than the reader hereof, that
Ned Wells was in the dilapidated old
building aforesaid, and that an old blind
horse, with bell on his neck, who had
been turned out to die, was lazily gra-
zing within a short distance Of the well.


The devil himself or some other wick
ed spirit, put it into Ned's Uranium to
have little fun; SO he quietly slipped up
to the horse and unbuckling the bell
strap. approached with slow and steady
"ting ling to the edge OF the well.


Dang that old blind horse!" said the
man at the bottom Of the well, "he',
coming this way. sure, aud amt got any
more sense than to fall in here. Whoa
Bill p But the continued approach o
the " ting ling" said just as plainly a
words that Bill wouldn't whoa. Besides
Jake was at the bottom, resting befor
trying to shin it up the rope.


Great Jerusalem!' said he. "th,
old cuss will be atop of me before cal
say Jack Robinson. Whoa, dang it
! Whoa!''


Just then Ned drew up to the edge Q
Year: 1861

When the sunbcams shine and the free winds
heross the fertile plain,
With suubrowned cheek goes the farmer forth
To scatter the yellow grain;
Sowing the seed that. blessed by dews
And cheered by the smiling sun,
Shall clothe the fields with golden garb
Ere the summer days be done.
Shall waken the millwheel'e CHEEKY claek,
And spread the swelling sail
That speeds with its freight of human food
Before the favoring gale;
Shall feed the myriad streams of life,
The wheels of Commerce speed.
And make thousand bless the day


When tie farmer sowod the seed
Unframed by the breeze, in a silent room,
EWhere sunbeams rarely fall,
There's another sower busy at work,
Though shut in by the roof and wall.
Be the weather foul or the weather fair.
To this sower it matters not,
For the grain he scatters are leaden types,
| And his field is the field of Thought.

He sows the seed of the Good and True,
| And though the storm may pour,
The Lightning Hash of Malice scorch,


Or Falls hoods thunder roar
Though stump and rock be scattered found,


And weeds possess the soil,
The crop will grow and the harvest come


To reward the laborer's toll
He sows the seed of Human rights,


And though years may first be past,
The germ will quicken, and bursting its tomb


Spring into life at last
The tyrant's heel may crush the soil,


And bayonets pierce the sod,
But the field is watered with hopeful tears,


And warmed by the smile of God
He sows the seed Of purer Faith,


And Supersttion's clod
Is shattered to dust by the piercing graia


That atupward points to God.
The stems grow; strong and the head fills out


Needless of tempest strife,
And million fainting souls are fed
With the saving Bread of Life.
He sows the seed Bile sed Peace


Mid steal, and fire, and blood,
Planting the grains with trustful heart,


Even where the cannon stood;
Dropping them into the gaping rift.


Plowed by the death-winged ball,
Scattering them with lavish hand


Over the frowing wall.
Moistened by the blood of the brave who fell,


And tears by the living shed,
The quickning seed sends up its shoots,


Hiding tho CORY dead,
Twining around the rusty gun,


Smoothing the rugged scene,
Clothing the walls of suen stone


With mantle of living green.
Where Vice and Ignorance faint the air


This sower takes his stand,
And the seeds Of knowledge, STEPPED in Love


He scatters with lavish hand
Barren the soil and rough with thorns,


But the plant shoots up to light;
knowledge thrives, whilst Tgnorence dies,


Aud wrong gives place to Right.
BY night, by day, on land on sea,


He scatters the precious grain;
Trusting to God for the smiling sun


And the quickening kiss of rain.
Be the wealth er foul or be the weather fair,


To this sower it matters not,
For the grain he scatters are leadsn types,


And his field is the field of Thought.
Year: 1861

Respectfully says to the public that he has fitted
up suit of rooms a doors east of the Post Office,
in fine style, and is prepared to furnish The people
in handsome manner, refreshments of all kinds


such as
Year: 1861

By night, by day, on land on sea,


He scatters the precious grain;
Trusting to God for the smiling sun


And the quickening kiss Of rain.
Be the wealth er foul or be the weather fair,
To this sower it matters not,
For the grain he scatters are leadsn types,


And his field is the field Of Thought.
Year: 1861

BIZ The vote Of the majority would do
very well if you could ALWAYS get the
majority vote to he the expression Of the
majority good sense; but il SO happens
sometimes that the minority ha. more real
good sense than the majority. lut because
the majority has the power the minority
has to Succomb.
Year: 1861

Mobile, March 2O.-Advices here from Little
Rock say that great excitement followed the
announcement that the State Convention had
voted down the ordinance of secession. A
compromise was subsequently made that the
people should vote for secession or coopera-
ton, and delegates were to be sent to the
Border State Convention, who we're to report to
an adjourned meeting OF the Convention on the
third Monday of August, to which date the
Convention adjourned.


Another dispatch via the Western line, dated
Memphis, says the Arkansas Convention ad-
journed after taking vote for submitting an
ordinance for secession or cooperation to a
vote of the people. Conciliatory manifesto
tions were exhibited on both sides.
Year: 1861




cit was strange providence, the new
conner said. that overlook me with
snow-storm on the prairie, and forced me
an hour ago TO take refus in YOUR smoke
house, nearly dead with cold. .


Nlllly acknowledged the truth of the
remark, and she knelt and thanked her
rather N Heaven for her delivarence.


The next day AlliIy's husband came
home, and when he had been told all he
remarked This fellow was in the tav-
ern at the time sold my produce. 1t
Will teach me lessou-ncvcr to let stran-
gers know when money is plenty with me.
lest they shall be tempted to crime and
bring ruin on me and mine" E


That day some sixty or seventy men
gathered at the house OF Nr. Dean. The
robber was recognized as notorious horse
:hef who bad long in 'ested that neighbor-
E'od. There was a summary tlial, and
then IN logged silence the wretch who
would have burned a harmless infant and
murdered faithful aud gentle woman,
submitted to his inevitable fete. A rude
ly constructed gallows, and stout rope
ended his existence So on the thinly-set.
tied frontiers of the West do they mcte
out Justice to offenders against property


About sevcntcen hundred dollars in
bills were found on the pcrs: Of the rob
Der, besides the gold he had taken from
Mrs. Dean As there were no claimants
for the bills, at the suggestion of the stran-
ger, whose life had been saved from the
anger OF the winter storm by the shelter he
found in the smoke house, thousand dol
lars Of the seventeen hundred were presen-
ted to Milly in consideration of what she
bad passed through, and the remainder
was divided round.


On that very spot there is now thri-
wing town, and one of the finest residences
in the place is that where dwells Milly
Dean and her husband.
Year: 1861

INTERESTING DECIsIoN.-In full bench of the Su


preme Judicial Court of Massachusetts,, last week
City Council for an exhibition of fireworks on the
AIN OF July was not purpose which came within
the power or authority of city or town, under
the statutes OF that Commonwealth granting cities
decision was given in the case of the c;tv ~ Ivnn
the City Council of which in 1857 appropriated
$500 for an exhibition of fireworks on the 4th of
July, and in which some of the citizens, believing
1t to be illegal, applied to the Supreme Court for
an injunction. The case was commenced merely to
test the legality of the action of the City Council
Year: 1861

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FEDERAL RELATIONS


81. LOUIS, March 10.-After some unimportant
proceedings in the Convention yesterday, Judge
Gamble, chairman of the Committee on Federal
Relations, presented the report of that committee
The report is long and carefully written, and makes
faithful exposition of all the circumstances sur
rounding the position affecting the interests of
Missouri. 1t recounts the evils OF which the South
may rightiully complaiu admonishes the North
that the hostile fanatica feelings towards Southern
institutions manifested by large number of the
people of that section are productive only of evil,
and expresses the hope that better knowledge of
the subject will remove their prejudices. The re-
port does not assume threatening attitude towards
either section of the country, but points out the
errors of both, and concludes with the following
resolutions, which are reproduction of the main
features of the report:


ReSolred That at present there is adequate cause
to mpel Missouri to dissolve her connection with the
Federal union but on the contrary she will labor for
Year: 1861

Z.


The attention of those interested is respectfully
called to sewing machine made in this city, to be
seen at the India rubber store, 279 King street.
This machine was made with the hope of establish
ing mandatory of them here. An examination
Is all that necessary to be convinced of its utility
and merit.
Year: 1861

1t is proposed that instead of extra session of
Congress, Honest Old Abe should immediately call
together the members of the Chicago Convention,
to consult upon the affairs of the country As the
new President has announced that the Chicago
platform is now the law of the land, he should ac-
knowledge the body that framed it the lawmaking
power.
Year: 1861

A PARK FALLING lE.-Last fall the city of Rox-
bury purchased lot Of marsh land on Ruggles
street, to fill up and lay out as a park. While fill
ing it up, however, with gravel, it was found in
certain part all the gravel which was carried on
Immediately sunk, and though for several days it
has been brought at the rate of 800 or 700 loads
a day, nearly all has disappeared from sipht.
Year: 1861

advance of the departure OF the feet may have very in
furious consequences-not that the journals themselves
would be apt under any circumstances to find their way
into the Southern States but that the rebel sympathzes
will have been have forwarded them on this occa
sion.


We may state, in general terms that this is the most
powerful expedition that has been fitted out on this
contincnt and that results corresponding in magnitude
may reasonably be expected from it, consists of no
less than eighty vessels Of them first class menof
war and all armed, manned and furnished to the very
highest point Of efficiency On these vessels are en-
barked from twenty thousand to thirty thousand picked
troops with all the munitions and supplies necessary
campaign.


Saturday broke amid great activity and excitement
in Hampton Roads, inasmuch it was clearly to be seen
that the fleet would positively sail that day The
taking in OF coal, water and provisions was actively
prosecuted all night, and the anxiousy awaited Colonel
Bouele of the Coast Survey having arrived and joined
the flagship Wabash nothing was then left but the
general order to weigh anchor and proceed on the ex
pedton. The officers leave Of absence and on shore
had been ordered to join their various commands and
the squadron under full sail for its destination


The magnitude Of the expedition only be apprecia
ted by bchodng the feet anchored the roadsead
The ponderous Wabash with her double tiers OF bull dogs
on SIDE down to the skimmng little schooners acting
as tenders the larger crafts represented in this
monstrous enterprise The originator Of the expedition
Genera sherman certainly deserves the greatest need
of praise in planning 1t; and the Navy Department for
carrying out the plans, are not by any means TO
be overlooked, as them the most important
duties viii devolve in paving way for foohold
to troops II the expedition is succossful--of
which the boldest croaker does not venture
to utter the slightest doubtbe Of General Thomas
W. Sherman and of Commodore Samuel r Dupont will live
the pages Of future history and remain forever bright
spot in the Incidents Of the present rebellion The arrange
mens for brilliant issue complete science only
can dictate and all that remains be done is the
urn Of dispatches and lapse of few days unsea
our lips as regards its destination.


The troops engaged in the expedition have been care
Year: 1861

fully selected and apportoned into brgndes under trusy
and experienced officers The entire control, however of
their actions devolves Major Cen Sherman This officer
has had carte blanche from the War Department, and has
made his arrangements only skill and experience could
dictate He takes with him full staff Of signal officers
whose duties however only extend to the land service
All the signazng on board ship dcvolvc upon the signal
officers Of the Navy under control Of Flag oicer Dupont
The feet getting under way at FIVE O'Clock in tho
afternoon, the "blue Peer having been flying from the
Wabash since noon and by Sunday night the entire feet
had sailed in the order given below The bands on board
the transports and gate played martial airs and the
excitement the wharf at the fortress intense All
the officers who were on shore recalled and nn-
cutters were plying the bay led with those re-
joining their vessels


Tho following is the


ORDER OF SAILING
or this great expedition to sail at and half cables
length apart
Year: 1861

The great naval and military expedition which has been
h OF preparation for the last two three months


sailed from Hampton Roads Saturday afternoon
last, the 26th inst, on It's mission, and may
look at moment for intelligence of its earliest opera


tons 1t cannot therefore, be out of place to give
those particulars OF the enterprise which have had


oumuating for some time past but which declined, in
the interest Of the service and from desire not supply
information 70 the enemy, to give to the public Nor
would we even make public all the facts, if it
not that the expedition must have been yesterday
must be- at all events today in position to
active operations against whatever point has been
selected for it's first attack II was the request
Of General Mcclellan to all the presses in the loyal staos


to refrain from every ausion even to the preparations
that were being made. With that request which was


in fact an incumbent duty, we faithfully complied 1t
to be feared however that the premature and criminal
publication made by journals in this city, even IN
Year: 1861

There is one necessity for our gaIlanttroops
which shou d net be neglected, and the value
of which has been tested by actual expert
ence. Every man should have rubber ban-
ket to lay under his WOODEN blanket al
ways. in camping ou., use thick WOODEN
blanket, coated with rubber on one de but
this. although !, would do lor the officers, is
TOO heavy for the privates. They must have
one made very light and thin, not weighing
over two pounds, that can be folded Up small
and packed in the knapsacA. Our Northern
men can face all the troops Of Secessondonn
but their fevers are more dangerous. They
must not be exposed to the wet and the dead


ly dews. An OLD CAMFMGNER.
Year: 1861

DREAMS OF THE DIsuSIoxIsrs.- Ken
dali in late letter on the secession move
ment says:


ALREADY the men who expect to lead in
the Southern Confederacy have declared
themselves in favor of re-opening the Afri-
can slave trade. They have no hope of the
accomplishment of that object so long as their
respective States constitute a portion of the
present Confederacy. But should new
Contederacy composed of the cotton States
be established, undoubtedly one of their first
acts would be to legalize the African slave
trade. Its immediate effect would be to de-
pricate the value of slaves more than fifty
per cent. throughout all the slaveholding
States; for while the cost of a good hand
from Virginia in the cotton States is not less
than $1,000 able hands brought direct from
Africa under an unrestricted lave trade can
soon be purchased for 5000. And if the
Southern Confederacy should then conquer
Mexico and annex Cuba, what a magnificent
empire it will become"
Year: 1861

MELoDEoN.-Still are fun and jollity the
order of the day, or rather the night at the
Theater. Momus and Comus were both pres
ent, last evening, and TerpsyOhore was in
her glory. Miss Adella, of the sager troupe
is a sweet-yoiced singer, and has sort of
quiet popularity which is none the less strong
for the lack of a vociferous demonstrative-
ness. Everything went off well, and To-
night it will no doubt be ditto
Year: 1861

WooD.-A couple of horses, drawing load
of wood. arriving opposite DR.. Thompsons
office on D street, refused to bulge any
further. All efforts to make them proceed
were unavailing. Whether they thought Dr.
Thompson was entitled to the load of wood
and they were determined he should have it,
or whether they got disgusted with pulling
through the mud of d street, Just at that
point, we can't say. Finally they broke
like couple of devils, with alternate Jerks,
and got loose from the wagon. AS soon as
this was dene they stopped, and what was
the final result we don't know for, just at
that moment we left.
Year: 1861

A CoMET.-Our Devil and Fritz, Of the Tre-
mont saloon, inform us that they saw at II
o'clock, Monday night, comet blazing along
from the East to the West, with a great long
tail behind, and a star shining at the end of
it. They watched it, about a quarter of an
hour, and then let it slide. No doubt it
kept on its course.
Year: 1861

The Troy Whig of Saturday says it was
publicly stated in that city day or two ago
that Major General Wool had written Secre-
tary Cass patriotic and able letter, in which
he took advantage of his many years of
friendship to offer some advice in reference
to the present crisis Gen. Wool is an open,
undisguised opponent of secession, and it is
understood that he advised Gen. Cass that
the first duty of the Government was the
arming of Fort Moultrie.
Year: 1861

A LETTER from Charleston published in the
New York World, says that the table upon
which the Declaration of the Independence Of
the United States was signed, is now in the
possession of lady in that city, On Decem-
Der goth, she was urged by the sOeessionists
to permit them to use it for the signing Of
their declaration. The lady told the Com
mittee, who made the request, that rather
than have the Ordinance of Secession signed
thereon, she would burn the table to ashes.
Year: 1861

Washington, ID. c.


Congress is disposing of business rapid
ly as its importance will permit. To-day the
House passed the great bill AZ tic session l
mean the tax bill It was easy to vote men
and money TO any amount, authorizing the
Secretary Of the Treasury to raise the money
by loans and treasury notes. But loans can
not be had, and treasury notes will not be
good, unless public credit is yreserved. That
is the key of the arch II it fails, money can
not be had, the troops cannot be maintained,
and the government and the country must fall
into ruin. That is the picture Congress had
to contemplate, and the contingency against
which it was to guard. There was but one
way to preserve public credit, and that was to
raise money to pay the ordinary expenses and
meet the interest on the loans and treasury
notes. To do this, additional duties were
imposed on tea, coffee, and various other ar
toes. But still there was not enough
Thirty millions more, at least must be secur-
ed. It has been done by direct tax of twen-
ty millions on real estate. and taxes on watch
es carriages, liquors, &c. and by an income
t1r All incomes over 5000 per year are to
be taxed per cent. Vermont however, if
she will assume the collection, will, like 9TH
er States, save fifteen per cent. of the amount
Of the tax. Of all things, Congress was most
reluctant to adopt this measure but it was
Indispensable.
Year: 1861

BAD FOR THE REPoRTERs.--All informa-
ton in regard to the movements of the army
is to be hereafter kept most strictly private.
Any reporter hereafter found in the lines, no
matter how he is disguised, is to be most
summarily dealt with. Civilians who are
anxious to witness the next battle should also
bear in mind that ii will be necessary for
them, in order to crafty their curiosity, to
join one of the forward regiments and shoul-
er a musket.
Year: 1861

1t is rumored among the secessionists that
the Maryland Legislature will attempt to pass
an ordinance Of secession in secret session
The legislature, however, is closely watched
by Gen. Dix. who holds command at Fort Nd
Henry with sufficient force to suppress any
overt act Of treason.