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Year: 1861

The London Daily Nesrs, Of the 9th In
staff, has this sharp criticism Of JEFF.
Davis & Company


"The Southern agitators have q keen
sense Of the feebleness OF their position
As long as the excitement Of secession
lasted they were tolerably sure Of their
ground. But now it is over, and the
people are asking what next, they per-
ceive their danger. For, what have they
done ? They have, as far as acts are
worth anything, voluntarily cut of their
States from the only connection which
gave them political dignity or credit. As
long as they were confounded in the
grand total of American nationality, they
shared the high and noble place which its
vigor, freedom aud enlightenment secured
it in the regard of the world. All this the
South has lost. 1t has not only isolated
itself, but in the madness Of fanaticism
has founded its constitution on that very
social feature which is most odious in the
eyes Of the civilized world.


II has abused the name Of Republic 70
set up Confederation Which men are
already calling NeW Ddhomey, ,oiA a
Mississippi rspudiotor for its chief and q
band Of piotsssed duelists, adVeuturers.
sharks and public plunderers for its leaders.
Bad as the South is proved to be by the
fact Of its slavery, we may be quite sure
that the Wigfalls, Slidells, Yanceys and
Benjamins cannot fairly represent either
its morality or statesmanship. These men
only condescend to lead the South be-
cause they are not permitted TO loot the
North any longer, and, if TINE is given
them. they will exhaust and disgust the
slave states just as they have wearied and
angered the free. Their names aud
antecedents are pledge that while
they are st the bead OF affairs the
career of the Confederacy viii be one Of
turbulence. bad faith and intrigue, or con-
ques! for the extension of slavery. Their
language is that Of men who feel that the
very principle of their associations cuts
them off from noble future. From being
part OF glorious nation they have be-
come joint stock corporation for uphold-
ing and extending the enslayement Of
their fellow man."
Year: 1861

To me. the progress OF society consists
in nothing more than to bring out the in
dividual, in giving him consciousness Of
his own being. and in quickening him to
elevate and strengthen his own mind
CAannin0.
Year: 1861

THE POWER OF HEARTY LArGHTBR.--The fol :
lowing incident comes to us thoroughly au-
thenticated, although we are not ut liberty TO
publish any names:


A short time since two individuals in this
city were lying in one room very sick, one
with brain fever, and the other with an aggra-
waited case of mumps. They were so low that
watchers Were needed every night, and 1t was
thought doubtful If the one sick of fever re-
covered. A gentleman was engaged 10 watch
one night, his duty being TO wake the nurse
whenever it became necessary to take the
medicine. In the course OF the night both
watchers and nurse fell asleep The man
with the mnmps lay watching the clock, and
saw that it was time to give the fever patient
his potion. He was unable TO speak aloud or
to move any portion of his body except his
arms, but, seizing pillow, he managed TO
; strike the watcher in the face with il. Sud
denly awakened, the watcher sprang from his
seat, falling to the foor and awakening both
the nurse and fever patient. The incident
struck both the sick men rs very lndierous,
and they laughed most heartily att for fifteen
or twenty minutes. When the doctor came in
the morning he found his patients vastly i'm
he had never known SO sudden a
turn for the better they are no W both
ont aud we'll. Who rays laughter is not the
lssI of medicines f-4.xeD Harfa Palladium.
Year: 1861

immensely by the present distracted state of
inc country. Hundreds of honest men whose
daily bread came from their daily toll are ont
=, employment, as but little is doing in the
Navy-Iard. If "Old Abe" were TO mass
through this region, every man, woman and
ehiid could assure him of his mistake and
teach him that everybody is '.hurt"


Inc ocean House at which am stopping, is
an immense building, and Is worthy of the
very generous patronage with which ii has
been favored.
Year: 1861

Ihe Gorernor yesterday conamnted the pun.
ishment OF Save, named Melinda who WAS
sentenced by the Caroline County Court TO be
hung for arson. She will be put TO Labor on
some of the works of internal Improvement
in which the State is Interested
Year: 1861

CTATE OF MICHIGAN-County of Cass.-ss.
y At session of the Probate Court for the
County of Cass, holden at the Probate Office, in
Cassapolis, ON Wednesday the seventeenth day of
April, in the year one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-one. Present, Clifford Shanahan Judge
of Probate. In the matter of the estate of Harlin
Loomis, deceased On reading and filing the
petition duly verified, of Charlotte Loomis praying
for proof of will of said deceased and for letters
of Administration.


Thereupon it is ordered, that Saturday, the
eighteenth day of May next, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon, be assigned for the hearing of said pc
ttion and that the heirs at law of said deceased,
and all other persons interested in said estate,
required to appear at session of said court, then
to be holden at the Probate Office in Cassapolis,
and show cause, if any there be, why the prayer OF
the petitioner should not be granted.


And it is further ordered, that said petitioner
give notice to the persons interested in said estate
of the pendency Of said petition and the hearing
thereof by causing copy of this order to be pub
lished in the Cass County Republican, a newspaper
printed and circulating in said County of Cass for
three successive weeks previous to said day OF
hearing e. SHANAHAN,


IA true copy1 Judge of Probate.


April IT. 1861 ap25-v41w3
Year: 1861

1T is a singular fact that a woman cannot
look from precipice of any magnitude
without becoming dizzy. But what is stll
more singular, the dizziness departs the
very moment somebody puts his arm
around her wiast TO keep her from falling.
Queer, isn't it
Year: 1861

WANTED About $40 good looking young
men 10 stand in front of our churches and
stare the young ladies out of countenance,
as they pass out of church. Those wish
ing an engagement should apply immedi-
alely al the station house.
Year: 1861

THE papers are Dragging of an invention
by which leather can be tanned in ten min-
ules We have seen the human hide, how
ever, tanned in FIVE. Our schoolmasteT
used 10 do il occasionally in two.
Year: 1861

A Lawyer on his death bed wiled all his
property TO lunatic asylum, Stain as his
reason for so doing tha. he wished his prop
cry TO return TO the liberal class of people
who had palronzed him.
Year: 1861

How AND WHAT TO READ.-Read much, hut
not many works. For what purpose, with
what intqnt do we read We read not for the
sake of rfadng, but we read to the end what
we may hink. Reading is valuable only as
it may SUPPLY the materials which the mind
itself elahorates. AS it is not the largest
amount Of food taken into the stomach that
couduces 10 health, but such quantity of such
kind as can be digested and so it is not the
greatest compliment of any kind of informa-
tion that improves the mind, but such kind
as determines the intellect to most vigorous
energy. Ghe only profitable kind of reading
is that in which We are compelled TO think in
tensely; whereas that readiRg that serves only
to dissipate and divert our thoughts is either
positively hurtful, or useful only as an occa-
sioual relaxation from severe exertion. But
the amount of vigorous thinking is usaaly in
the inverse ratio OF muitifarioCS reading Mul.
tifarious reading is agreeable, but as habit:
it is, in its way. as destructive to the mental as
dram drinking is to the bodily health "OuP
age" says Horder, " is the reading age" and
he adds, +" 1t would have been better in nv
opinion, for the world and for science, ifinStead
of the multitude of books which now overlay
US, we possessed bat a few works good and
sterling. and which, as few, would be therefore
diligently and profoundly studied"


RG- Lock ont for paint as the girl said
when the fellow went to kiss her
Year: 1861

H3~ We again call attention of directors to
the law requiring them to forward their annu-
al report by the first Monday in Dune That
time is now past, and still thirteen OF the dis
triets are behind. They are needed by the
State Superintendent at an early day. II Is
from these annual reports that lie must obtain
the statistics which he is fequired to present
to the legislature at the commencementof Of each
regular session. In order to have this impor-
tant document prepared,in time, it is necessary
that the date from which it is made be in his
hands as early as the day fixed by the law
for the directors to report which is the first
Monday of June in each year. We hope that
we shall not be obliged TO call attention to
this subject again The forfeiture for non
compliance of this requesition is the loss of the
State appropriation for the next year.


RuLLs Fer TIE TEACHER One of the most
successful teachers of the past generation, who
had upwards of thirty years experience in cen
Quoting female seminary, sets down the fol-
lowing items, as having been instrumental in
his success:


l. UnremittiDg labor, from the beginning
to the present time. .


2. Never being so satisfied with past or
present success, as to indulge tendency to
inactivity.


3. Beginning every term with the same
strong desire to make some additional improve
ment, as | at first felt for success itself.


A. Adopting every real Improvement in edu-
cation, whether it was demanded by public
sentiment or not.


s. Rejecting everything that did not ap-
prove itself to my judgment after examination
and trial, though it might be demanded by
public sentiment


6. Never allowing the public TO become bet
ter acquainted than myself with educational
interests, especially such as related to The edu-
cation Of young ladies,


I. Daily seeking the special aid Of Heaven.
ly wisdom and guidance
Year: 1861

WE BEG TO ASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT


w the we'll known reputation of these Machines
for RELIABILITY will be fully sustained and
in our rapidly increasing business the same care
will be faithfully exercised in every department
o their manufacture. Every Machine sold by US
is WARRANTED IN EVERY RESPECT.
Year: 1861

THE ONO RrvER.--lf the Ohio river were
straight it would not be navigable. The
length Of the river, including all its present
winnings, is 948 miles, yet the distance
from its source to its mouth, in a straight
line, is only GA miles. The river now de-
cends five inches in a mile, which declivity,
slight as it is, is sufficient to cause a current
so raHid, that at some seasons Of the year
steamboats, can scarcely force their way
gainst it. At all times the ascent of the
Ohio is a very different thing from the decent
Straighten out all the bends, and the river
would rush along at rate that would render
it worse than useless for he purposes Of man.
1t would be a torrent. The same ia true Of
the Mississippi and all other great Western
rivers all of which resemble the Ohio in
what may be termed the uniform irregulari-
ty of their course.
Year: 1861

From Tie Boston Medical Journal.


Although we are opposed to the system of ad-
vertsing. 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

Inc hlcnmonQ wa. E1dmaneT says:


The presence of jefferson Davis in Rich
mond would be worth an army of fifty thou
sand men. He is the man for this hour. He
would be ,obeyed. He could inspire conf
depce and order, and energy every-whe re.
With others, our troops will fight, and per-
haps win the battle, but with him the vic
tory would be sure, and chance become GER
tainty.


We need a revolutionary Government and
a revolutionary leader. When the absolute
ruin of the entire population and the death
or exile of all that is best and bravest in a
nation, are the stakes in the great game of
civil war, legal forms. and calculating econ
omy, are simply idiotic. Energy that cares
for nothing but the States safety is now the
greatest of human virtues in Government.
| We hope that we have il here.


But what is most of all needed is a great
military chief able TO control and WELD and
summon from the woods and mountains and
the broad plains of Virginia, the vast arm
bearing and brave, but irregular population
that they contain. We have, it is true,
several generals and many excellent officers
of the regular army, who are supposed to
know the science of war as we'll as President
Davis. But their lives have been spent
amid the machinery of an old, complete and
nearly perfect organization, where every
thing was in apple pie order, and always
under their control.


These would be strange exceptions to the
common nature Of men If they were capable
of leading revolution or using with salts.
faction the tremendous but rude and uncer
| tain force that springs from it; and none oi
them hold that peculiar position that secures
| to them absolute control over all the mass
Davis has this position, and understands the
convulsion that created him. He is the mar
we want; and the cannon that announces
his arrival will be the most joyful music thai
ever reached the ear. g..
Year: 1861

arastras erected and set in operation, which
yielded a good return Of the precious metal
The company also leased portions Of the lode
to Mexicans, who gave one-fourth of the
gross proceeds, as rent to the mine prorric-
tors The Mexicans worked in their own
rude style, with mule arastras, and did well.
The amount they paid in as rent, formed q
nucleus, around which the wealth Of the COM
pany has gathered from that time until the
present.


During subsequent years the company en-
larged their works, and raised the dam SO as
to increase the supply of water; and building
another mill, commenced to run a system of
Chile wheels, which for speed were decided
improvement upon the arastra. Again this
was discovered to be too slow n method, and
another addition was made to the dam, and
the water was raised to a considerable height
above IFS natural bed-increasing the circum.
ference of the lake TO almost double its former
Dimensions. A third mill was erected, fur
ther down the Rayine, in which they have a
battery Of sixteen well arranged and smooth
| ly working stamps. The mills are situated
on the ravinc, one below the other, and the
water as it runs from one wheel is economised
upon the other. AT the present time they
are running Swenty-eight stamps, besides the
Chile wheels, and are reducing about forty
five tons of rock per day. The rock is con-
veyed from the mine to the mills "a distance
of halfa mile, or more) upon railroad with
a strong deccnding grade, requiring couple
of stout mules to draw the empty car back
again to the mine


BY the gentlemanly courtesy of Mr. John
IIavell, WHO is the mine superintendent, |
was enabled to spend couple of hours in
passing through its various galleries and
slopes. The lode has a dip of about sixty
degrees toward the west, and is about twelve
feet in thickness,3nly about half of which is
taken out for reduction. The other portion
being allowed to remain, forms an excellent
cap rock to protect the mine. Pillars of the
rock are left at distant intervals to support
this cap, and keep everything secure Stand
ing in some portions of the mine, you have
an uninterrupted view through the eXcaya
ton for several hundred feet-for the cavity
already worked is near six hundred feet in
length, by over three hundred in depth. !
Most Of the rock at the present time being
taken from below the lever of the railroad |
tunnel and elevated to it upon an inclined
plane, by horse whim. BY tunncling from





the Jamison Greek side of The mountain, tho
Eureka Company can drain their mine to
depth of thousand feet below their present
operations furnishing an amount Of ore which
will last a generation, and turning out the
precious metal in such quantities. as to re
quire in its representation an array Of fig
ures truly sublime. Yours,


AMoTH
Year: 1861

JAMIsoN City, May lGth 1861,


EDITOR DEMocRAr:-In this letter, l in
tended to have given you description of
this town, the diggings upon the Greek, and
the farming settlements in lIumLug, Mohawk
and Sulphur Spring Valleys, But as the
earlier settlements upon this stream were
predicated upon the quartz, which has been
in the mountain above here, in such a beauti-
full manner, and the works upon which are
entitled to more than passing notice at my
hands, have concluded TO give you a sketch
of the works of each Company, taking them
up in the order Of discovery and giving a
history of each from that, until the present
time.


said those works were entitled to more
than passing notice, because, if my poor
efforts at correspondence have found sulii-
cient favor to warrant place in your CO.
umns while writing Of more distant localities
they will at lest find equal favor, while de-
scribng scenes much nearer home, in a coun-
ty adjoining your own, and whose trade con-
tributes directly to the commercial prosperity
and wealth of your goodly city.


Early in the Spring Of 1851, party Of
prosPectors, nine in number, after crossing
the deep SHOWS of the Sierra, arrived on the
waters flowing into this Creek, and formed a
camp on piece Of ground which had so far
Yielded TO the influence Of the vernal sun as
to begin to put forth its verdant covering
For the purpose Of learning the geography
and topography Of the surrounding country.
several of them ascended the high mountain
peak at the foot of which their camp
was situated and on their descent discovered
a large quartz lead protruding from the mass
Of granite of which the mountain was COM
posed. Its immense size attracted their az
tenton and they began breaking of Jumps
from its most prominent parts, and IN many
instances discovered gold On returning to
camp they communicated the information of
the discovery to their companions, who also
visited the place, and whose eyes were also
gladdened by a sight of the precious metal
They then gave information to their friends
at a distance, who focked in to the number
of about forty, and they Immediately took
measures for working the rock. But dis
covery Of SO important nature could not
long remain secret, and soon the news of a
rich strike flew to all the mining camps on
Nelson, Slate, and Canon Greeks, and the
miners from those sections, pick in hand and
blankets on back, were upon the way to the
new excitement.


Assembled in considerable numbers upon
the lead, the miners concluded to enact a
code of laws for the better government Of the
district, awarding to each miner claim Of
twenty feet, and giving the original company
the choice of claims. They selected their
ground according TO the laws thus enacted,
styling themselves the Eureka Quartz Mining
Company, and took possession also Of Il lake,
covering near a hundred acres, intending to
econouIise the water for mill purposes, a
! dam was thrown across the outlet, and some
Year: 1861

The sun does not shine always, nor is it
always hidden in clouds. Life is alternate
light and shadows, and the JOY and sorrow
of this world are about equally distTi-
buted. For those who have large capa-
city of suffering have correspondent ca
pacity of enjoyment.
Year: 1861

contagion could possibly have existed in
that instance. Baton felt the matter
deeply. But he is now at peace. He died
death that might atone for q thousand
errors-a glorious death upon the noble
field OF Sabraon
Year: 1861

aerA company of fifty Sharp shooters
will be organized to each Of the Indiana
regiments now in the field. They will be
armed with the best rifle now in use, and
are 10 be drilled In target shooting, to act as
advance guard and skirmishers. This Is
q good move, and !, is strongly urged by the
military men Of the State.
Year: 1861

VITANTED, a permanent situation IN an Exchange or
w Insurance Office objection a Commission o.
Hardware house Can loan employer four or nye thou
saad dollars Good reference gwen and required Ae
dress j.. P


6eI-3w Care Of Worshsm House.
Year: 1861

Usually kept in Dry Goods store. more desirable
stock cannot be found in the city.


NV partner having been in the army for six months,
andleaviug the entire busino upon me 10 attend to,
cannot therefore, leave home without great saeit
flee to him and myself which prevents me from going
into tine army take this method of informing my
friends and the public that am desire to sell out and
invite You to call and get bargains


v b MARTIN,
se33lyv 2jj Main street.
Year: 1861

PUBLIC LANDs.-In commendatory notice
of the report of the Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land Office, the National lnteligencer
remarks ''It is not perhaps generally known
that the public lands of the United States en-
brace an area of nearly three times their
tent at the ratification of the defintive treaty
of peace in 1888 with Great Britain, and more
than two-thirds the geographical extent Of
whole country. The Department which mana
geS this immense territory, with the multitu-
dinous interest it involves, is one of the most
important in the Government, and requires
the highest executive abilities. What an in
calculable labor is the mere survey of billion
of acres of land, extending over every variety
of surface-of hill, swamp, plain, and valley
constituting our present wide spread public
domain, and which, with all our industry, is
only as yet partly completed. a forcesof not
less than six hundred men is now engaged,
day after day, and through every season of the
year, in carrying forward to its completion
this indispensable part of the public service;
and that these officials prosecute their task
with energy is evident from the fact that dur
ing the last year alone nearly ten million acres
were surveyed and prepared for market"
Year: 1861

HEAR HENRY CLAY.-The words of Henry
Clay, copied below, will be found to have al
most prophetic emphasis and application
They occur in his speech in the Senate, FeL-
ruary 5, 1880, and may be found in the Con-
gressional Globe (Appendix) Thirty-frst
Congress, first session, page III:


But if. unhoppily, We should be involved
in civil war, between the two parts of this
Confederacy, in which the effort upon the
one side should be to restrain the introduc-
tion Of slavery into the new Territories, and
upon the other side to force its introduction
there, what a spectacle should we present to
the astonshment of mankind in an effort, not
to propagate rights, butt must say it,
though trust it will be understood to be
said with NO design to excite feeling-a war
to propagate WroHgs in the Territories thus
acquired from Mexico. 1t would be a
war in which we should have no sympathies,
no good wishes: in which all mankind would
be against us; in which our own history it.
self would be against us; for, from the COM
mencement of the Revolution down to the
present time, we have constantly reproached
our British ancestors for the introduction of
slavery into this country.
Year: 1861

THE Mass Meeting SATURDAY NIGnr. We
earnestly eXhort all true Union men, who in
tend to support the nominees of the Fourth
of July State Convention, to leave their
business and attend the Mass Meeting at the
Court House on Saturday evening, when
delegates are to be chosen. Strong efforts
may be made to elect delegates who can be
traded to benefit individual aepirants. No
man should go as delegate who is not his
own master, and who will not oppose the
nomination Of any anti coercionst or fusion
ist. The Secessionists would gladly lend a
hand to help distract our party. They hope
to get unsound men into it, with a view to q
bolt. Beware oftrading politicians, and sent
men known to be earnest and intelliget.