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Year: 1861

It was reported and believed that Brigham Young had seeded, but the report did the Nor mons too much credit How cordially Young hated the old union is known by the fact that he was removed from the governorship and an army sent to Utah to control him. But the rump government suits him exactly and he gives in his adhesion with energy. Indeed, Lincoln- dom would not be com plete in it's fanaticism without the sensual Thugs of Utah.
Year: 1861

time disclosed We were told that the
hasfy legislation which resulted in the
Morrill, tariff would be modified al the next
session The result Of the next session is
before us; and the Morrill, tariff has been
modified with a vengeance by adding ten
pes cent. 10 the already eXhoibi,ani prices,
specific tax upon almost the whole free
list, thus showing that class Of legislation
for the benefit Of the manufacturing inter
ests at the expense of the agricultural in'
terests Of the Northwest. is the ruling
policy Of the party in power. Our coun-
try now presents the singular spectacle OF
almost entire non intercourse with the
commercial world. All cur Southern ports
for We claim them s.i.l--are block AIDED
by our fleets, and all our Northern ports
more eifectually still by taria, aud China
and Japan were never more completely cut
off from the worlds commerce by their
intercourse policy than we are at this
day. Ale these not matters TO be correct.
ed, and can We not be patriots and condemn
the authors of this great wrong? Aud
shall we fear to speak lest we may be mis-
understood and mlsre presented? expect
to be maigned, msrepresened and abused
by base and malicious men, but that shall
not turn me aside from the pathway which

my honest convictions have marked out
for me. Strong In the knowledge ,ha;
have never entertained sentiment Of DIS
loyalty to r"y Government, | continue 10
condemn the wrong and sustain the right
until the time shall come, il ever, when
we can repeat the eloquent and patriotic


language of the President: i've are not
enemies, but friends We must not be
enemies. Though passion may have
strained, it must not break our bonds Of
affection. The mystic cord of memory.
stretching from every battlefield and patriot
grave. to every loving heart and hearth
stone all over this broad land will yet
swell the chorus OF the Union, when
touched as surely they will be, By the bet
ter angels of our nature" May the hetter
angels who were tugging at the heart
strings Of the President wher lie breaLed
forth Ibis patriotic sentiment. soon visit US
all, North, South. East and West, until
leach loving heart ana neaithsione all over
this broad land" shall once more be lii up
with the flame Of brotherlv love, the cho-
rus of the Union be again sung through
all our broad land, is nay petition now aud
at all times


Ny friends you have my thanks for your
attention.
Year: 1861

The accounts from Missouri prove that
the men whom morning paper of !his
city nsed civilly to style voting cattle"
have covered themselves with glory Ia lie
cause Of the Union. Mull.an's lri h
Biigade justify the reputation Which their
native countrymen have won in every CIV
ilized nation Tor loyalty AID high military
courage. We don't fatler them when
we saw that they deserve 10 be ranked
with the gallan. New York Six'y Ninth
the regiment Of Meagher and Corc"r,n.
and which, as well as themselves, e,ince
what the country may expect nhen lie
gallant Shields leads his brigade into the
field.


We cannot refrain here from pointing a
political moral, though with no intention
of exciting political bitterness. The nat
uralized citizens of this country have
been as patriotic and self sacrificing in the
war as the naive born. They have given
TO the nation not only fighting men. but
leaders. in proof of which We need only
mention Corcoran and Sisel. We hope
that this lesson will never be lost-that
the American heart Will treasure it in
memory forever, and that it will eradicate
the last lingering remnants of proscrip-
ton. - Chicago Times.
Year: 1861

We have seen statement Of the recent oiicia
trial IN one fthe principal counties in this State,
oil twenty-five Grain and Stock scales They were
the ordinary outdoor wagon scales, and were tes-
t'd just as they were found in common use, thus
making It enc of the best possible practical tests.
Sixteen of them were of Fairbanks make and
nine OF various other kinds, including some which
have lately been claimed as superior to Fairbanks
The result showed a remarkable degree of accu-
racy in those of Fairbanks make, while all others
were condemned as not sufficiently accurate for
use The importance Of this fact will be apprecia-
ted without comment. We pebi-h it because it
Is one in which the public are intereste..-Chicago
Tribune.
Year: 1861

A morn of hopeful victor.
Awake, my countrymen, with me.
Redeem the honor which you lost,
With any blood, at any cost 4.
l ask not how the war began,
Nor how the quarrel branched and ran
To this dread height The wrong or right
Stands clear before Gods faultless sight.
| only feel the shameful blow,
| only see the scornful foe,
And vengeance burns in every vein
To die, or wipe away the stain.
The war-wse hero of the West,
Wearing his glories as a crest
OF trophies gathered in your sight,
Is arming for the coming fight.
Full well his wisdom apprehends
The duty and its mighty ends;
The great OCCASION Of the hour,
That never lay in human power
Since over Y orktown's tented plain
The red cross fell, nor ruse again.
My humble pledge of faith | lay,
Dear comrade of my schoolboy day,
Before thee, IN the nation 5 view
And if thy prophet prove untrue,
And from our country's grasp be thrown
The sceptre and the starry crown,
And thou and all thv marshalled host
Be baffled, and in ruin lost.
Oh . let me not outlive the blow
Tina seals my country's overthrow
And, lest this woful end come true,
Men of the North, turn to you.
Display your vaunted flag once more,
Southward your eager columns pour
Sound trump and fife and rallying drum
From every hill and valley come.
Old men, yield up your treasured gold;
Can liberty be priced and sold7
Fair matrons. maids, and tender brides,
Gird weapons to your lOverr' sides:
And, though your hearts break at the deed,
Give the,l our blessing and God speed
Then point them to the field of fame,
" :th words like those OF Sparta's dame.
And when the ranks are full and strong,
a vast result of care and skill,
Obedicnt to the masters will
And your young hero draws the sword,
And gives the last commanding word
That hurls your strength upon the foe
Oh let them need no second blow.
Strike, as your fathers struck of old,
Through summers heat and winters cold
Through pain. disaster, and defeat;
Through marches tracked with bloody feet;
Through every ill that could befall
The holy cause that bound EN- all
Strike as they struck for liberty
Strike as they struck to make you free /.
Strike for the crown of victory


GEORGE II. BOXER
philadelphia North American.
Year: 1861

Never complain of your birth, your employ
ment, your hardships; never fancy that you
could be something, if you only had different
lot and sphere assigned you. God understands
his own plan, and he knows what you want a
good deal better than you do. The very things
you most deprecate as fatal limitations or OBJ
structions. are probably what you most want
What you call hinderances, obstacles, discour-
agements, are probably God opportunities and
it is nothing new that the patient should dislike
medicines or any certain proof that they are poi
sons. No! truce to all such impatience.-
Choke that envy which gnaws at your heart be-
cause you are not in the same lot with others
bring down your soul, or rather bring it up to
receive Gods will, and do his work in your lot,
in your sphere, under your cloud of obscurity,
against your temptations, and then you shall
find that your good but consisteth with it,
DIR. BUSHNELL ~,
Year: 1861

GREATNESS. AL greatness consists in tbis-in
being alive to what is going on around one; in
living actually; in giving voice to the thought
OF humanity; in saying To one's fellows what
they want to hear, or need to hear at that mo-
ment; in being the concretion, the result of the
Influences of the present world. In no other
way can oEe affect the world than in responding
thus to its needs, In embodying thus to its ideas
You will see, in looking to history, that all great
men have been piece of their times; take them
ont and place them elsewhere and they will not
tit SO well; they were made for their day and
generation, The literature which has left any
mark which has been worthy of the name, has
always mirrored what was doing around it.; not
necessarily dageurreotyping the mere inside, but
at least rejecting the inside-the thoughts, if
not the action of men-their feelings and senti-
ments, even if it treated Of apparently far off
themes.
Year: 1861

There is nothing under the sun but is full, not
of vanity only, but also of vexation. Why, then,
should we not be well contented to be without
that thing which we cannot have without much
vanity and some vexation,
Year: 1861

The fountain of content must spring up in the
mind: and he that has so little knowledge of
human nature as to sesk happiness by changing
anything but his own disposition, will waste his
life in truitless efforts and multiply the griefs
which he purposes to remove. 9L5iesa SO *
Year: 1861

A green one, who had crossed the Atlantic,
told story OF storm when the rain poured down
in such torrents, that the ocean rose six inches.
There's no mistake, said he, because the cap
Year: 1861

A Printer desiring to kiss his "lady lover
addressed her in the following delicate language:
Miss BERTIE, will you allow me the exquisite
pleasure OF placing my imprint on your bill ~
Year: 1861

AS gold is found but here and there upon the
earth, so it is with love IN human life. We meet
1t little in the hearts OF children and in our
households; but it is here and there q scale of
gold and whole continent OF dirt. iHasu v11
Year: 1861

GRANNY SANDERS is still terribly dis
tressed on account of the late currency extra.
We are sorry that We can't afford her any COM
fort She objects to informing the public Of
the suspicious condition Of any banks, choosing
rather to let tho people find it out themselves.
The assertion that the extra was made up BY
US from a vague street rumor" is simply falae,
as the copy We have in hand will fally show
As for the statement contained in the extra,
thst it was based upon a certain dispatch, we
can q 40 prove But that makes no difference
When We are informed on as good authority ,as
we were in that instance of the depreciation
and probable throwing out Of any banks, We
shall lose no time to inform the people con-
cerning it. II upon information they choose to
60 off and sacrifice their funds, they can do 60.
though We should advice nothing VI the Mud.
But the extras may be looked for at all times
when there is the least indication that there is
any chance for depreciation in any fund, and
especially may they be looked FIR when we
have such strong grounds fnr furnishing them,
as we had on the occasion alluded to. Has our
neighbor any serious objections? II go, he
might as we'll keep them TO himself We have
rot been known to pay much attention to any
such Ribberish.
Year: 1861

SHARP PRACTlCE.-TO make long
story short, some two months since man
named Price came here from Psnnsyvanis
with some patent right which he was engaged
in selling, and report says. got on little
stare with Doc Morrow. Price had money
fellows we'll met, Price saw fit to let Morrow
have little to get along with through the ex-
isting crisis. But by some means, hocus pocus
or not. we cant tell, Doc. got hold OF some
thing like hundred dollars Of Prices funds
In the morning. he counted his pile, and
found too much secession in tAe each acco mt.
He Investigated, and finally had Sheriff
Thorington 60 and hold a caucus with Morrow.
Sheriff found some ten or twelve dollars, if
we remember rightly, and advised all parties
to let the thing pass. as, under the peculiar
circumstances, it would not do much good to
attempt a coercion policy. So it went by. 1t
appears that Price Afterwards sold out his in
terest in the patent to a gentleman named
Goff, who was to have certain percentage Of
the lost money in case he could get hold Of it.


On Friday last Golf came TO Davenport,
and ascertaining that Morrow was in Jail. went
to see him for the purpose, II possible, Of get
ting some clue to the lost money. It has
been ascertained where some twenty six dol
lars OF it had gone. bu; there was one fifty dol
lar bill yet unaccounted for. Well, after some
figuring . bargain was struck. Yesterday Goff
agreed to furnish Morrow with bail until the
next term Of court. provided NJ orrow would tell
him where the fifty dollars were secrsted.
Morrow agreed to it, and tod Gof where he
could find the said bill-in . box of ashes
somewhere about his former premises. Goff
put hundred dollars into Morrow's hands and
went to look for the hidden treasure.


While Gof was gone. Morrow found out that
the hundred dollars was bogus. and Goff found
out that he could find neither the ashes nor
the fifty dollars The matter didn't get any
better Golf went hack and got his bogus
bile. which he carrie d for the purpose Of
playing sharp. He pr obably would not have
got the funds had they been current 81 the
matter rested yesterday. How much further
1t will 90 We cant say, but We hope Gof will
succeed 10 finding the fifty dollar note. Ithas
probably been emptieei into the street or some
where else, long before this time.


After writing the above. we learn that Sher
III Thornton allowed Morrow 10 be taken by
two deputies to the place where he said the
money was concealed, in order to find it After
looking about for scms time and poking among
the ashes without finding anything. Morrow
proposed 70 look souasw here el.e, but instead
Of being permitted to do so. he was taken to
jail. There \ rests at present
Year: 1861

WADswoRrH is opening new and
beautiful goods daily. He has the finest and
best stock Of Fancy and Staple Dry Goods IN
the city. and to say he sells them at low prices
is only saying what every one knows who is
in the habit Of dealing with him. He has
many real bargains to offer his friends this
Year: 1861

That FIRE BELL.-That big fire bell
was taken down and shipped back to the foun


dry at Cincinnati yesterday. That is seneibie
to say the least. We don't want any more
em be ellishments Of that kind about this corpor-
Year: 1861

VERY Mucn LIKE WAR--Our dis
patches to-day. look very much as though
bloody work were intended down IN The
vicinity Of Fort Sumter. We should not be
surprised at any day or hour to hear of an
engageru ent between the Government and the
seceders
Year: 1861

The gallant 5th South Carolina Regiment
behaved with bravery and determination
which entities them to one of the brightest
pages in the history of the battle of Ma
uassas. Though exposed to as hot fire as
any seen that day in other portions of the
field, they stood unwavering under the con-
slant rain of shell and shot, which the enc.
my poured necessarily upon them; and had
the occasion required, or even permitted,
would I am confident, have charged with.
out hesitation upon the immensely superior
forces of the enemy, which occupied such
an advantageous position on the hill. The
name of the gallant Col. Jenkins is one
which has become dear to every one under
his command, and respected by those who
have had occasion to judge Of his high mill
tary requirements, as we'll as his unainching
courage upon the battlefield. Under such
officers as him, men will always march,
probably to victory, but certainly to honor.
Believe me ever yours, truly, G.
Year: 1861

An alchemist, who knew that Leo Xth was
agreat encourager of the arts and sciences
addressed him on a discovery he had made
of turning other metals into gold. The Pope
read his address with great attention. While
the philosopher was gaping after his remu
neration from his Holiness, he received from
him very large empty purse, with these
words, "You can fill it p'
Year: 1861

The Irish shop-keeper, who was lately
cheated by an old woman stealing jar of
whisky and leaving a jar of water in its
place, described her as speaking a strange
dialect, neither Irish nor English. A pun
ster said be had reason to complain of the
jar gon.
Year: 1861

VLAZIEH AND PAINTER " .
Would respectfully announce shat he is ready
to attend to jobs of glazing, painting and
vanishing at short notice. Lettering and
= Sign painting in the best style of the art.
Shop 3 doors west of the Eagle Exchange.
Year: 1861

Respectfully annonnce that they have 4


formed a copartnership in the Black q q
smithing business at New Oregon, W
where they may Mt all times he found ready
to attend to all jobs in their line. MA SGT
Year: 1861

PROFESSOR MoCoY's LEcruRE.-Mr. Editor
was happy to be informed, few days ago
that there was an almost universal wish ex,
pressed to have Professor Mccoy repeat his
most admirable aud entertaining address, de,
livered on the l7th instant, at the Thirteenth
Street Baptist Church, on the subject Of " the
adoption Of the Constitution of the United
States and English Toryism" Certainly, no one
who heard that address would fail to hear II
repeated, even at price. For beauty Of sty le
and excellence Of delivery Professor Mccoy is
excelled but by few, to say nothing Of the
original ideas with which he treated his hear,
ere, and bursts of true eloquence which again
and again brought down the house." Every
patriot should hear this address, and, unless the
fires of patriotism have quite died out, he must
feel the fame rising and burning under it.


ONE WHO HEARD THE ADDRESS.
Year: 1861

The Baltimore Patriot says:


Our fellow citizens OF tho state
and city Of Baltimore may bo as
sured OF their protection and securi-
ty in the occupancy OF the city and
places adjacent by the troops of the
federal government, which may take
place in few days. As o Q OF the
states OF the Union, and loyal to the
federal government, We arc, Of
course, under its protection as well
rs it's federal authority, and, notwith-
standing the efforts that have been
made to place us in false position,
the revelations OF time haye dis
closed. and will continue to disclose,
the f'ct that in loyalty and honesty
our character is uncompromised and
our condition safe one. The as
surance Of government thus exhibit
ed is worth all the ideas and utopian
speculations that Committees oil
Safety could invent, We shall long
regret the inactivity Of our state and
city authorities in the repair of dam
ages which they have themselves
occasioned. Although done in hast,
and under circumstances of alarm
and apparent danger, there has beer
sufficient time for just appreciation
of the circumstances, and tue ame NJ


required for the obstruction OF trAve


and trade, and the injury sustaine,


by both state and city.
Year: 1861

WE BEG TO ASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT


w the we'll known reputation Of these Machines
for RELIABILITY will he fully sustained and
in oar rapidly increasing business the same car"
will be faithfully exercised in every department
o their manufactures. Every Machine sold by lis
is WARRANTED IN LIVERY RESPECT.
Year: 1861

The following are selected from voumnious
accumulation of testimonials of the Press # the
United States. and from eminent Professors of
our institutions whore the practice of medicine
Year: 1861

From the Boston Medical Journal.


Although we are opposed to the system of ad-
vertisng. for good and sufficient reasons, still we
deem it but justice to say that DR.. Young is one
of the mostiudustriousand indefatigable vOtar.
les of the medical science in the United States
Year: 1861

In the days Of old, long before the deep
solitudes of the West were disturbed bv
white men, it was the custom of Indian war,
riors of the forest to assemble at the Great
Cataract and offer human sacrifice to the
Spirit OF the Falls. The Offering consisted
of a white canoe full of ripe fruits and
blooming flowers, which was padded over
the cliff by the tairest girl of the tribe who
had Just arrived at the age of womanhood.
1t was counted an honor by the tribe to
whose lot it fell to make the sacrifice: snd
even the doomed maiden deemed it high
compliment to be selected to guide the white
canoe over the falls. The only daughter Of
a chief Of the Seneca Indians was once
chosen as a sacrificial offering to the Spirit
of Niagara. Her mother had been slain by
a hostile tribe. Her father was the brsvest
among his warriors and when the lot fell to
his fair child no symptom of feeling cros-
sed his countenance. At length the day
arrived; it faded into night as the savage
festivities and rejoicing proceeded; then the
moon arose and sivered the cloud of mist
that rose above the turmoil of Niagara: and
now the white canoe, laden with its precious
freight, gliled from the bank and swept out
into the dread rapid from which escape was
hopeless. The young girl calmly steered
her tinv bark towards the centre of the
stream, while frantic yells and shouts arose
from the shores. Suddenly another canoe
shot forth upon the stream. aud, under the
powerful impulse of the Seneca chief flew
like an arrow to destruction. 1t overlook
the first; the eyes of the father and child me-


IN one last gaze oflove, and then they pluug


ed together over the laundering cataract.
Year: 1861

Portions of jhe Atlantic cable recovered
show not the slightest symptoms OF decay
or deterioration in the gutta percha. 1t has
been subjected to severe electrical tests, and,
on comparison with the tests as it left the
gutta percha works three years ago, it is
found that there has been An actual improve
ment in its condition since it was laid down.
In Trinity Bay, the iron wires were found
partially coated in many places with copper
known to exist under water off the New
foun dlan9 cossA
Year: 1861

If the people OF seven or eight contiguous
States shall pretty unanimously resolve to
cede and set up for themselves. we think they
would do so, and that 1t Wou1d be most unrisc
to undertake to resist such secession by federal
force. Why is it that those who want y confute
this doctrine. always make their attack on some
thing else Tribune, Dec 10.
Year: 1861

u. S. SENAToR.-The Legislature still refuses
to go into Joint convention, to elect L. S. Sen
ator, to fill the vacancy occurring on the 4th of
March, by the expiration Of Gwin's term. Well,
gentlemen of the Legislature, we hope that eve
ry mothers son Of you who persist in staving off
the election of a Senator, may meet the just
rebuke you will so richly merit, when you return
to your constituents. The interests Of California
demand the immediate election of U. S. Sena-
tor-our State should be fully represented in the
event Of an extra session Of Congress, and that
event is about as sure to occur as that Abraham
Lincoln will be inaugurated-at least all the in
dcatons are, that Congress will agree upon no
plan of ad djustment before the 4th of March, and


in that case the President will be compelled to
convene the National Legislature. The Pacific
Railroad Bill has been killed in the Senate in
the general compromise about to be made, and
which is TO more strongly bind this Union togeth-
er the California delegation in Congress should
insist upon the construction of that road as
great national measure the most eltrc tual com
promise that can be made to bind the Atlantic
and Pacific States in bond of common feeling
and interest To do this eilectually, we cannot
afford to be only haJ represented in the U. S.
Senate we want the very best practical talent
in the State-a man whose ability and patriotism
is above question. But if the Legislature cannot
agree upon such a man, elect somebody ; if he is
Il man that will command no influence, nor much
respect, he can at least vOte aud that will count
something for our interests.
Year: 1861

On how shall get out Of this Y cried horse drown
ing in the river. Take hold Of my tail, answered
mouse upon the shore.


Perhaps South Carolina thinks that Kentucky involved
In all the horrors of revolution and border war might find
safety in taking hold Of her tall.--rIGSueK