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Year: 1861

A gentleman from one Of the extreme
Southern cities was on the cars from Col.
umbus to this city. the night after ii c
Democratic State Convention. lie hap.
sened to be seated in the vicinity of a par
eel of the Valiandigham delegates, and he
saws that never before was he so com
pletely astonished. lie had expected to
find the people of the North unanimous
in sustaining the government, but heard
delegates just returning from a great con.
vention talking. as he said, with as much
contempt of. and animosity to the gov
ernment. a the most rabid men i'm ex
treme Southern States. He was perfect
" confounded TO hear men declaring that
the South was the wronged party in the
war, aud that the government should
make peace with the rebellion. He saws
that whatever else VIC have, we certainly
have freedom OF speech in the North
In the South, the man who talks against
the Confederate Government is banished

or killed. The Southern gentleman was
almost alarmed to hear such talk as salu-
ted his ears. 1t was so unthought- of as to
be confounding, and he did not know but
they were talking treason in order to draw
him out. lie says if he had used such
language as he heard, he should have ex
pected that the train would be stopped
long enough to have him suspended by
the neck.


The people cannot fail to understand
the bad effects that will be produced in the
South by the intelligence which will be
circulated through that section, with all
the exaggerations, OF a division of senti
ment in the North.--ICincinnati Com
mercial.
Year: 1861

WAsHNGToN, Aug li.-General Ander-
son, though advised by his physicians to
refrain from active duty, has determined
at once to take the field. When warned
that he might break down, he answered
that the Union men of Kentucky were
calling on him to lead them, and that be
must and would make the attempt, and If
he failed he would fail in most glorious
cause.
Year: 1861

lead us into this dangerous situation,
then, in the attempt to make a har-
Dor, stranded among. breakers which,
before the sun Of the next morning
rose, swept her and her whole crew,
with the exception of single indi-
vidual, into eternity. Il is very mourn
full anywhere, and at any time, to listen
to sounds which attest the distress and
agony of our fellow creatures-it is
so amidst the dying on the field Of
battle, or the deck Of a ship, as
know from experience, fer / have
seen both but far more terrific and
appalling is the sound IL signal can
non, heard at sea in the pauses Of
the midnight tempest. l cannot tell
you what shuddering it Greatest in
your whole frame as it comes BOOM.
ing through the darkness. / can
have no conception Of anythingto
equal it for solemn and awful ma
jesty. The first clod thrown upon
the coffin Of an aged man, who has
died with the prospect Of a happy
rising, sends,a thrill Of awe through
the soul !; aud the notes Of muf-
fed drum mourning for patriot
warrior, and the tolling Of the dis
tant bell at midnight-tor instance,
a convent bell among the mountains
of Spain and Italy-have much sub
Unity in them ;. but they are nothing
compared to the sound which ira
wells from the deep-throated can
non, to announce the scath and peril
of the mariner. l have heard it
several times, may never hear it
again.


But the Being who presides over
the elements, and gives to the life Of
man its metes and bounds, preserved
us through this dreadful night. To-
wards morning the thunder ceased.
though it still continued to blow hard
and the rain to pour down in tor
rents. he wind had veered--norti.-
wardiy we supposed, for the sea was
less agitated than it had been which
we attributed 70 the wind blowing


CuNTINUED IN OUR NEXT.


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Year: 1861

WHAT THE RELIGIOUS Press 1nINKs.-The
New York Exmaniner thus remarks on the
Southern Confederacy:


1t is also singular fact that this new Gov
ernment in the South neitheris, nor profess es
to be, identified with any interest, necessity
or hope of mankind. Nowhere on earth, be-
yond its own domain, will it be hailed with
the slightest token of Joy or approval. By
no portion of the world can it be regarded as
a triumph of freedom and right. 1t is no step
in advance in the march of civilization, and
it does not even pretend to furnish any new
application of Christian truth or political
philosophy to the regulation of human affairs.
Rather is it the reverse of each and all of
these. SO far as it eXerts any influence, it
will eXtinguish the hopes that have glowed
in millions of human hearts. 1t will cloud
with gloom and despair the fairest prospects
of happiness and freedom that have ever
been opened to man. 1t will turn back the
course of civilization, as no other event of
the nineteenth century has ever done.


The st. Louis Advocate pleads for peace;


Men will entertain different views. 1t can
not be otherwise while men are us they are !;
while they retain more or less of the weak
nesses and infrmities of the flesh but they





and Christian men should give the example.
They by their teachings and especially by
their acts, should inculcate the idea, that al
though ;1sen differ in opinion, and were, per-
haps, not made to think alike, they were
made to feel alike to love God supremely,
and each other honestly; and that it is re-
qnired Of us all ito do justly, to love mercy,
and to walk humbly with Cod" In the pres
ent agitated state of our country, therefore,
we insist that the religious element make it
self to be felt, and felt, if ia no other way, in
allaying acerbity of feeling, preventing strife,
and promoting love and friendship. To this
work let every Christian man address him
self in his own vicinity, among his neigh
bors; and if all engage, and engage heartily,
and persist in it faithfully, the work will be
done. II our Government, or our Union, is
saved, it can be better saved without quar-
reling than with it.
Year: 1861

RAnEY AS a PuILosoPHER.-Some of Ra.
rey's sayings are maxims of wisdom. For in
stance: Mature never lies The horse i;
honest The mind of horse governs q
horse, as the mind Of a man governs a man.
If you wish, therefore, to get control of the
horses body, first learn to direct his mind.
The gentle touch Is more powerful than
blows. Women are better drivers than men,
because they have a gentler touch. Firm
ness and kindness are all the magic there is
in my method Fear or anger in the mind
of his driver is almost instantly known to the
horse"
Year: 1861

Some Of 1he Republicans around hero say
that Old Abe is playing possum-lying low
and keeping his eye skinned for the main
chance. When the seeding States think
cartair1y, they have him dead and go alcng
about their business, he will be up and NOV
ing. After playing possum awhile. they say
he is then going to play the lion. and, when
he roars, the country will quake.


To drop metaphor, they declare vehement
" that he is playing a very deep game-that
he is scheming to get the Southern Confede
racy Off their guard, in order that he may
organize strong military array, by land aud
sea, replenish the Treasury, surround himself
with means and resources, secure the friend
ship of foreign powers, and finally launch his
legions upon the South and make the whole
country a subject section of the Union. They
say that behind his apparent present timidl-
ty he has an iron will and Jacksonan char
acter, and that lie will be President of the
United States or die in the attempt. Seward
may quail, they cay, but Lincoln never.
They think he will prove himself one of those
great men. who in the history of important
periods have been equal to the crises which
they were to meet and who have moulded to
their'purpose the circumstances and the events
events Of the age in which lived. They say
that he is calculating the relative strength OF
the North and the South-the amount OF
money which the North can command the
number Of men available for military and
naval service, after leaving sufficient force
at home to attend TO agricultural. mechan-
cal and business pursuits-in short estimat
ing carefully all the chances upon either side
and laying deep his plans for the future.
His object, they say, is to have peace on
terms which shall be deemed reasonable by
the Republican party. If these are not ac-
ceded to, that then he is for wa to the knife,
and the knife to the handle.


1t is very certain that. if there is any OF
the quality of a Cromwell, William Prince
Of Orange or Napoleon about him, he will
make good his opportunity to enroll his name
high up in the lists of fame


We do not believe he is any such man, and
our opinion is that The revolution in the
South is complete, although we shall be
pleased to find that we are no true prophet
Year: 1861

be able to give you this, because ot tn

 need of large and increased expenditures II

 the support of our army. Elevated am

 purified by the sacred cause, they maintain

 our fellow citizens of every condition O

 life, exhibit the most self-sacriticing de

 votion They manifest a laudable pride il

 upholding their independence, unaided by any resources, other than their own. The

 immense wealth which the fertilized anu genial climate and soil have accumulated in this Coniederacy, could not be more strongly displayed than in the large revenues which with eagerness agriculturalists have contributed to the call of their country. In the single article of cotton, the subscription to the loan proposed by the government can not fall short of fifty millions of dollars, and will probably exceed that sum. Scarce ly an article required for the consumption of the army is provided otherwise than by subscription of produce to the loan so hap oily devised by your wisdom.

 The secretary of the treasury has re- port to be submitted to you, which will give you the amplest details connected with that branch of the public service. But it is not alone by their prompt pecuniary con- tributions, that the noble race of freemen who inhabit these States, evince how worthy they are of the liberties which they so we'll know how to defend. In numbers far exceeding those authorized by your laws, they have pressed the tender of their services against the enemy. Their attitude of calm, sublime devotion to their country, and the cool confident courage with which they are already preparing to meet the in- vasion, whatever proportions 1t may as- sume, give the assurance that their sacri- fees and their services will be renewed from year to year, with unfailing purpose, until they have made good to the uttermost their rights to selfgovernment. The al most unequivocal confidence which they display in their government during the pending struggle, all combine to present a spectacle such as the world has rarely, if ever seen. To speak of subjugating such people, so united and determined, is to speak in language incomprehensible to them. To resist an attack on their rights | or their liberties is with them an instinct. | this war shall last one or fifty l years, is problem they leave to be solved by the enemy alone. It will last till the enemy shall have withdrawn from their borders-till their political rights, their al tars and homes are freed from invasion- hen and then only will they rest from -his struggle to enjoy that peace-the blessings of which with the favor of Pro- 7idence they have secured by the aid of heir own strong hearts and sturdy arms.

 JEFFERSON DAVIS,
Year: 1861



 Look at the prospect of the farmers, so long as the war continues and the ports are blockaded and all trade stopped. With the prospect of harvest more bountiful than was ever known before, there Is no market and can be none until this war ceases, and each day lessens the ability of home consu- mcrs to buy at all. In this market pota- toes cannot be given away at cents per bushel; corn of the new crop will go down to 10 cents, if 1t can be sold at all; oats will be worth nothing; hay will be drug, and wheat will not, in all probability, com mand over thirty to thirt-yfve cents. So of every thing else. How do the farmers like the prospect? Will the war pay them for this sacrifice of the fruits of their labor for the poverty which it is sure to bring upon them and their children? Will it pay that double and triple taxes to the State, made necessary by the millions of money already loaned to get ready for the war and the direct taxes now for the first time in nearly fifty years about to be levied by the national government? If this IS to be the effect upon the farming interest, what will it be upon the manufacturing, mercan- tile, mechanical, trading, and real estate in terests all over, the country? Is it not time for the people to rise up and take this bus mess out of the hands of the politicians and the knaves who are managing it, and then go to work and make peace? Do they want to wait until they are aU ruined be- fore they do it?-l&. Louis Republican.
Year: 1861

FANNY FERN oS CAPT. WnsoN.-Fanny
Fern while on her western tour last summer
made a trip on the Lady Egin. She gives
loose to her grief at the fate Of the brave com.
nader thus:


Poor Captain Jack Wilson, with his man
ly, sunshiny face, chory voice and maply
ways! How little thought there should be
no next summer for him, when he so kind
ly helped me up on the hurricane deck, aud
into the cosy little pilot house, to look about (;
who was always sending word for me TO come
forward or aft because he knew how much
enjoyed seeing all beautiful things; who was
all goodness, all kindness,and yet few hours
after We left him, found a grave in that cruel
,o-f H.. .r.o,.ron Of The I"y s"id our
Goodbye to him, on the Chicago pier, we
had taken q carriage to drive round the city ,
and relied up at the draw for the boat 10
pass through. 1t was the Lady Elgin, going
through to meet her doom. We kissed our
hand gaily TO her in the bright sunshine for
'auld lang syne, and that night, as We slept
safely in our beds at the hotel, that brave
heart, with wailing babe pressed to it, had
only that trcacherous raft between him and
eternity. The poor Captain: How can we
give him up3 AS his strong arm sustained
the helpless on that fearful night, may God
support his own gentle ones, for whom oul
hearts ache, in this their direst need.
Year: 1861

The first sensation of drowsiness is ma


lures call for sleep. Walking shows the


body ia rested. After the degree o.
strength of which the state of the system
Is capable is restored by sleep, longer stay
In bed only re.aies. He perverts reason
who by habit OF artificial excitement
keeps awake SO late that he is not ready
to rise By daybreak--nature's uudoub.od
signal for quitting reposo, obonence 10
which secures desire to rest at the ft
hour. Some people close their shutters
against it. George III, consulted, his
household physicians teparately, as to the
modaS Of life conducive to health and lon
gevity; as to the Importance of early ri
sing there was full coincidence. nld peo>
pie, examined es to the cause of their lon-
gevity, all agree that they have been in
the habit of going to bed early, and rising
early In dcblitatod people, degree of
fever, er something resembling it, comes
on toward evening" going very early TO
bed IS OF great consequence to them, Ri
sing an hour or two earlier than usual Of
ten gives vigor which nothing else can
produce. Many people, at waking feel
disposition to rise; they loose it by indul-
ging in lethargic state, or lolling awhile.
We lose vigor by lying in bed in health,
longer than for sleep the mind is less
tranquil the body is less disposed for re-
freshins sleepj appetite and digestion are
lcssened. After long or late mental exer-
ton, sleep is watch the thoughts con-
tinue themselves, effecting useless fatigue.
Some people cannot 60 to sleep they hope
to find refreshment in an additional nap
anothnr aud another leaves them more
languid they fancy themselves unfit for
oxertion until they have taken a breakfast
which they make no effort to merit. Moth.
ing breaks up the strength sooner than
want of sleep at the hour nature obviously
designed for reposo, marked, as well by
the regular return Of day and night, as BY
our own feelings, if not prevented by ar
tifcial habits. Labor which is light in the
day, is burthensome in the night. The
accumulated st'ns~H Of the day are suif.
ciont for the temporary exhaustion of the
system; the rest Of the night is requisite
to recruit us for each successive day.
Year: 1861

tie, burned with increased luslre, while hi:
clear and steady veice, heard above the
turmoil of strife, was worth more than o
thousand trumpets of cheer on his follow.
ers' AT length length seeing knot Of
Russian soldiers that for long time kept
a devouring fire on his men, he wheeled
his horse and drove in full gallop upon
their leveled muskets. A few of his guards
that never allowed that white plume to
leave their sight, charged after him.
Without waiting to count his foes, he sei-
zed his bride in his teeth, and with his
pistol in one hand, and his drawn sword
in the other, burst in headlong fury upon
them, and scattered them as if hurricane
had swept by. Murat was a thunderbolt
on that doy, and the deeds that we're
wrought by him will furnish themes for the
poet and the painter.
Year: 1861

raj station houses. They make their ap


pearance at the bar wearing an air of in
jured dignity, and in a consequential ton,


demand the cause of their arrest. Habit


uated to seeking the station-house as Q
lodglng-place, they are under the impress
ion that they went there the night previou.
of choice, and Indignantly repel the charge
of being found drunk and asleep on a eel.
lar door. They listen atlentively to the
testimony Of the officer who arrested them
at the conclusion of which they look into
the officers face, and remark, you're a
perjured man. or perhaps, 10 less chasto
language, assure the witness that be has
sworn to lie. To the magistrate, in in
dignant words, the Bummer protests his
innocence, but on finding that it is the de-
termination Of the Justice to send him
over the falls for fortnight, his demean-
or changes, he acknowledges the justnoss
OF the charge, and boseechsngly begs for
mercy. Over he goes, however. The
cells of the third and fourth corridors of
the prison are set apart for the accommo-
dation Of Bummers, and generally they
are well filled. Not unfrequently more
than half the prisoners confined ere ofthis
class.


a visitor to the Jail, in passing along
these corridors, is stopped at every cell
door by the occupant, who begs chew of
tobacco, and if the visitor is not addicted
to the use of the weed, he is blessed with
curse, and told to get out of this Tn.
less committed as vagrant the Bummer's
term of mprisonment is over in two weeks
As rapid as his feet will carry him, he
hurries from the Jail to his haunt, where
few more days are spent in wretchcd and
woetul dissipation, and he again finds
quarters in prison. This life is continued,
with occasional, but brief, lapses into So
briefly by the survivors, when the coroner
checks their downward career for a few
days by holding an inquest over the body
of one who did not wake from his drunken
sleep, or who, staggering along the dark
ness of night, stepped ito the dock and
found death in an element which he had
scrupulOu sly avoided the use of for years.
Year: 1861

Ia my comments upon the lamented Col
Baker, | stated that, in addition to his
many other intellectual gifts, he was a fine
poet-a remark that was received by many
with surprise. am permitted to publish
one OF his fugitive pieces, written by him
twelve years ago, and now in possession
OF an intimate friend in this city. Observe
how the last verse applies to his fate


TO "A WAVE.
pOst thou seek star with thy swelling crest
Oh wave that leave,tt thy mothers breaWl
pSss III ou leap from the prisoned depths below
In ssorn Of their calm and constant aovy
Or art thou seeking come distant lard
To die In murmer upon the strand
Has thou tales TO tell Of the pearl.lit deep
Where the wave'whelmed mariner rocks in seep'
Canst thou speak Of navies that sunk in pride
EEet roll Of their thunder in echo died ?
What trophies, what banners are floating free
in the shadowy depths Of that silent seal
itwere vain to ask, as thou rollast afar.
Or banner, or mariner, ship or spai:
II were vain oscck in thy stormy face
Some tale Of the sorrowful past tu trace
Thou art swelling high, thou art fla shing free
How vain are the questions We ask Of lh.ul
too am a wave on a stormy sea
too am wandeter driven like thee;
J 100 am seeking distant land
10 be lost and gone erO | reach the strand;
For the land seek is wayclcgs shore
And thsy who once reach it shall wander 10 more
Year: 1861

BI- " Fellow Citizens !" said a stump
orator, eve have the best country in the
world, and the best government What
people en- the face of the globe enjoy more
privileges than we do? Here we have
liberty to speak and liberty of the press,
without onerOuS despotism, What, fellow
citizens, is more desirable than this. Do
you want anything more, my country
men! - eyes, sir ee !" sung out red
faced loafer, this is dry work. l want a
suck out of that ere flask sticking out of
your pocket"
Year: 1861

Oh, the sweet woman 1t is almost in.
credulous' He must have dealt in magic
1t was perfect blessing to be near him
to catch the light and heat of the thousand
glances which fell upon him, and of which
you caught few stray ones, though only
by accident Lovely women fell into his
mouth like ripe plums. lie had Clusters
OF them They all loved him, and ho
loved them all. His soul was as huge as
St. Peters.
Year: 1861

wALAcxs T1uArRx-To-night will be given at this
house she stoops to Conquer" tho first Of the series
standard comedies which Is proposed to revive thore
The cast powerful one, and We have no doubt that
tho merits OF this nne play will be done the fullest JUS
ko
Year: 1861

DIR. ADAM CLARKE, who had strong
aversion to pork, was called upon to say
grace at a dinner, where the principal
dish was a roast pig. He is reported to
have said 90 Lord, if thou canst bless
under the gospel what thou didst curse
under the law, bless the pig
Year: 1861

"The State can no moro legally throw
off the allegiance of its people to the ma
ton, than the nation can legally absolvc
the allegiance due by the people of the
State to the State they live in. Either at
tempt, considered in any legal, constitu-
tional or historical light, is pure mad
noss.n
Year: 1861

Yg1ERMS CASlf-From this date, offer goods
1 only for cash, and respectfully request that
be not asked to dcviates from rulo which the
times and my necessities compel me to adopt


have advanced the price of nothing, and will
sell much of tho stock ut cost