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Year: 1863

SHIPBUILDING ON A NEW PRINCTPLE.-A
vessel has been lsuneaed- from one OF the
Liverpool docks, in the construction o


which somewhat novel principle Of ship


building has been introduced The vessel
draws about two and one hall feet Of water,
is designed to 60 to sea without any bal
last and to take the ground with perfect
safety She has the peculiarly of being
almost fat bottomed: and from this and
other things she is expected TO be capable
of carrying very large quantity of cargo
in proportion to her tonnage. Her bilge
will take the ground al the same time as
her keel, which is planked Of wood two
inches in thickness. Her dimensions are
length one hundred feet; breadth, twenty
two feet; depth, twelve feet and three inch


es: and will carry four hundred and forty
tons dead weight, at draught of about
eleven feet. She is to be rugged as brig
antinc, With wire rope, but the maiDsail will
not have any 'gaff,' the head Of the main
sail hosting up to the head Of the main


mast. and gaff topsail from the head of the


main topmast to the end of the main boom,
which it is considered viii be an improve
ment, and add to the vessels sailing powers.
Year: 1863

During his last years Of his President
ship, | had frequent opportunities of seein
! General Jacksonin private, and received


very favorable impression Of his individua


character. It was impossible to rccogniz


in him the slightesttrace of the imaginar.


being whom theopposition newspapers wer


daily holding up to the contempt and de


testation of the people. His habits of in


tercourse exemplifed, in an agreeable de


gree, the union of firmness of purpose ant


suavity of manner, which has been recon-


mended as the perfection of practical wis


dom. He combin the frank and open af


liability that is natural to the military


character, with uncommon gentleness. Ht


was indefatigable in his attention to bust


ness, and took a more direct and efficient


concern in the affairs that came before the


Executive Department Of the Government


than any one of his predecessors.


Though his habits were entirely practi
cal, and quite remote from those of mere
student. have been assured on the high
est authority, that he daily read and wrote,


in examining papers and preparing answers
to them, as..much as any individual ut tn e


seat of Government. The state papers
which issued from his Cabinet, during his
administration, and which are remarkable
for their ability, were either written by
himself or prepared from copious notes in
his own hand The most conspicuous trait
in his character, was the energy which he
exhibited so frequently and with such sig
nal succe in his military career, and his
practical errors. such as they were arose
from occasional excess of this quality
He displayed it inciviI not less than in
military affairs, and it carried him triumph.
antly through his contest with South Caro-
lima, the French Government, and the
Bank. In him, however, this preeminent
quality was combined with another not less
valuable, and which is not very often con-
nected with it in high degree-that of sa-
gacity. His discernment in selecting the
means aud the persons to be employed in
his END, was almost unerring.
This union OF sagacity and force is the true
secret Of practical greatness.


Many persons of superior intellect fail in
their purposes for want of the decision
which would enable them to seize the favo-
rable moment. and turn it to account be-
fore it passes Other men of great power
and iron will have made shipwreck for want
Of sufficient infusion Of practical skill
Such was the fate of Napoleon, whose dis
perhaps, originally not less con-
spicious than his energy, was clouded in
his later period by the intoxication Of long
success. General Jackson, by
combining these two qualities in very
high degree, and then retaining them un-
impaired to the last, became, perhaps, the
most remarkable character within his
sphere of action, and even extended his in
fluence very far beyond it. His immense
was the tribute which the public
mind instinctively pays to real greatness
The general voice long ago proclaimed him
the hero of New Orleans and his trium
phant political career has enrolled his
name permanently among those of the
great men of the age.-A. H. EVERETT.
Year: 1863

A YANGEE GosrRTANcE.-Thero Is \
cont7iyapce cf the soldiers. at Baton Rouge,
for carrying water tQ the canips that dis


plays considerable ingenuity An ordinary
barrel has fitted TO the head block OF
wood, with pivot like the wheel Of wheel


barrow, and rod Of iron like the lounge Of
buggy, that forks near the barrel, to draw
like garden roller, the barrel revolving
like n wheel Two men will draw barrel
Of water up the levee with tolerable ease. -
A negro lookingo on at tho performance said
"Well, for God, what can't white man do2''
Year: 1863

MR. EDIreR:--Please, as friend to the People,
publish in your paper the accompanying article from
the Lynchhurs Republican, and request all your
fraternity to copy who have not taken the other side
Of the Price" question for the purpose OF leading the
masses to fanaticism and crime, and the Government
to become robbers Of the hases and false friends
the. have nots.' We also request that prayer be
made for the bad or ignorant men who have Taught
otherwise. Yours,
Year: 1863

The following advice to the people VIC
clip from the Farewell Address Of the Fa-
thcr Of his Country" The warning voice
OF the greatest patriot the world ever pro-
duced, should be hcarkenei to by all:


Indignantly irorn upon the first daw-
nlnG Of every attempt to ALLEVIATE any por-
t!ou Of our country from the rest or to
enleeble the sacred ties which now link
together the various parts.


Resist with care the spirit cfinnova:ion
upon Its principles, however specious the
pretext.


The spirit Of encroachment tends to
consolidate the power Of all departments
into one, and thus create, whatever the
form ofgoyernnent, real despotism.


Let there te no change by usurpation;
for though tbs in one instance may be the
instrument OF good, it is the customary
weapon by which free governments ale
DESTROYED"
Year: 1863

in his speech at Lancaster, the other
day, as reported in the Cincinnati Com
mercial JOHN BRouGH said:


"Slavery must be put down, rooted out
if every wife has to be made widow, and
every child to be made fathcrless"


A contemporary says: join BRoUGn
is the representative of Ohio fanatics and
is elected to the high Office Of Governor
The above is q Lteial at well as forciblc
expression Of their purpose as to every
body but themselves. They want to WELD
the whole power Of the State and Federal
Governments in order to force every man
but themselves into the Lincoln slaughter
pen, until every wife is made widow
land every child fatherless,' except the
wives and children Of those who can
pay three hundred dollars whenever draft
is ordered! They stay at home, talk about
loyalty, and make money, and have all the
three hundred Communication of themselves
and the rest of mankind come back into
their burses in profits on croatracts and
Offices, except so far as it is cxpendc to
pay for making negroes free Every man
who wants this to go on in this State. will
vote the Abolition Republican ticket.


''In Ohio, not the people, but the patron


i 4


endorse this policy, although the abolition
organs seem to be in doubt whether the
election endorses anything or nothips'--
S.R. s-.tr1
Year: 1863

Thus nearly two millions of men have
been called out, making number equal to
about two thirds the total vote east Ill
1860 for President in the northern and
free States. The men who have gone IN
to the service under these several calls
constitute, or did constitute, the flower OF
the country-men in the first prornse, CT
in the prime of we'll developed and glorious
manhood. But large portion Of those
who have gone into the field in Obedience
to those repeated calls-how large rog-
ton no one can tcll-have been lost to their
friends, the country and the world forever.


And for what has this great waste of
life been made? Each answers, iorwhat :
Are we to have restored Union, aud the
return of order, peace, and harmony, as of
old? There is, under the present radical
policy that conducts the war. no prospect
of this, but Of disunion, anarchy and IN
terminable war and bloodshcd instead
That policy is to overrun territory, eXtcr-
inmate the VIII te inhabitants. Tut not to
re store single foot ofsoil to the Union We
had before the war Nothing has been
really accomplished in that direction by al
the waste of human life that has already
been made, and nothing will be by the
unscrupulous disunion radical party now
in power Ohio Statesman
Year: 1863

The Now York World hits in tic white
when it says: The point decided Ly the
late elections is that the war will be pro-
tracted until LATTER the Presidential election. y
Certainly it Will. 1t !; the hobby upon
which prominent politicians wish TO aid
into power. and no matter who may lie hurt
they intend to ride It.
Year: 1863

REDUCTION oE FlHE-Io-day the Grand
Trunk Railway Of Canada have reduced their
fares to Boston and Buffalo, four dollars less
to the former and two dollars less to the latter
place, than over any other road. East
ward bound travellers can purchase tickets to
those and intermediate points, at q proper
tionate saving at their Office, Sc Dearborn
street.
Year: 1863

The Brown Trial The trial Of Brown
for the murder of Mr.. Bollmeyer oi this city
is still in progress at Troy. The argument
in the case will open perhaps on tomorrow
The speeches, which will be made will exhibit,
no doubt, very considerable ability, as the case
is quite an interesting one, calculated to call
forth the finest points of legal acumen.
Year: 1863

The LAND OFFICERs-The Register of
the land Office has written to Mr. W. W
Johnson, County Surveyor, stating that th :
Register and Receiver will leave Vancouver
so as to arrive here on the 4th of July, and
will remain two weeks, to give the people
settled on surveyed land in this valley an
opportunity to prove up under the Pre-em-
ton or Homestead laws The Land Off
GERS, by this remove, will make a saving to
the farmers of from ten to fifteen thousand
dollars, and we have no doubt they will
meet with hearty welcome.
Year: 1863

A MEAN DEMoCRAT.-Rev. 10 Ray
nor claimed fe weeks ago to be a Jack
son Democrat He turned into the abe =
ltion ranks for the sake of getting Office
the delegateship Of all the mean
things imaginable, these old democrats
newly converted to the abolition faith, are
the most disgustingly-most inefably
mean We dare say that 10 Raynor is
now mean enough to think that there is
not niger in the United States but what
is better man than he is; and we think
so too, and MEAN it.
Year: 1863

TAKES IT TO TAsK-The Washington
Standard very afectionately takes the Ore
gOniaa to task for its first notice Of Geo.
E. Cole, upon his receiving the nomination
for delegateship, wherein the Oregonan
declared that in the event of Mr. Coles
election it would claim it as 'Union tri-
umph.' To allay the itching, which the
Standard man no doubt thinks he has oc-
casioned the editor of the Oregonian, he
proceeds to plaster him over in the follow
ing silly style;


"We knew the Oregonian would be able
to straighten up matters in the end, and
patiently awaited as some of the reporters
say ''lor future development" We vere
not disappointed Mondays issue of that
paper shows conclusively that its editor
was too hasty in endorsing the Democrat
ic'' nominee, and having seated himself {
few hours on the stool of repentance, he is
enabled to see more clearly the hidden tao
tics of the enemy"


Wheugh Gabriel can blow his horn
now But Holbrook should have his re-
venge, and we will quote for him the
Standards first notice of Rev 10. Here
it is Amory; just throw yourself into one
of your sentimental moods and pitch it
back at him: (but in alludine to the fact
that the Standard man has wormed himself
on to the same ''stool Of repentance" with
yourself, touch lightly and make no men
ton of the matter that the reasons for his
doing so was because he had not got hold
at the time of all the 'hidden tactics" of
the Union" Convention, wherein Raynor
agreed to support the emancipation policy
and not to in terfere with any of Old Hen
rvs appointments for here Rayncr's des-
tiny hung, so far as the Standard ~as con-
cerned, and to speak it out in meetin'
would only occasion unnecessary disruption
in the parity


"It appea that J o. Raynor is the
nominee of the Convention for Delegate to
Congress We have not yet found person
in this vicinity who is acquainted with the
candidate, but this will be an advantage
that few candidates possess"
Year: 1863

A TRA1ToR-JO ltayn 7 turned a short
time ago from jackson" democrat to an
abolitionist He is a traitor, and accord
ing to abolition rule ought to be banished
or hung. However, as he is going up Salt
river shortly we think that will be banish-
ment enough
Year: 1863

NEW YORK, Aug. 17.-Gen. Dix has is
sued an address to the citizens setting forth
the necessity and legality of draft, and
the maintenance Of order and obedience to
the laws, and the quiet pursuit of their
accustomed business while the draft is in
progress. He says should his suggestions
be disregarded, and an attempt be made to
defeat the execution OF the laws which it
is his duty to enforce, he warns all such
that ample preparation has been made to
vindicate the authority of the Government,
and the first exhibition Of disorder or vio-
lence will be met by prompt and vigorous
measures for it's suppression.


General Fry publicly announces by an
order to the Provost Marshal Foren to
proceed with the draft. The draft will be
commenced Wednesday at 1Oa. m.
Year: 1863

The Governor of California reports that


the crop of wool in that State is increasing
immensely, and that in 1870 he expects tito


be equal to the entire production of the
country according to the last census.
Year: 1863

JOIN G. DowsEY says, in his address 4" No
State is more loyal and devoted to the American
Union than California of which is true. But
is there man in the State who believes that such
would be the case if John 6. bowney and his sup
porters we're placed in power? We think not
1t is not he nor his supporters who have made her
so. but the party he is opposing, and which they
have said in this county it was political and
military necessity to put down.
Year: 1863

The CoNsrocK COPPER LEDGE-On Mon
day last the com pany at work on the Com-
stock Copper claim near Trinity Center had
the good fortune of striking we'll defined
lode of ore which assays 624 per cent copper
This lode is composed of red oxide of copper,
and we have seen float peices which assay 20
per cent. We are informed that there is a
plenty of rock found that will yield at least
Go per cent. of copper, aud thatthe company
have engaged a skilled workman, who is
row opening the claim preparatory to exten.
dcd Operations for shipping the ore
Year: 1863

We would request contemporaries, and others
wh' m it may concern, to take notice that the pub
Usher and proprietor of the COURIER is also its real
editor. He alone is responsible for everything ap-
pearing in its columns.
Year: 1863

If it in anywise grati6es you to see all par
ties to a trade satisfied, look in at Houston,
Hastings Co.'S celebrated clothing store,
when next you visit San Francisco. These
gentlemen rejoice in the largest trade in their
line, and we have yet to meet one of their
customers who is displeased with his pur
chasa
Year: 1863

Thus it will be seen that each volunteer
will have the right to cast his vote for any
candidate, as freely, and without any dicta-
ton on the part of the officers of his sregiment
or company, as he would have, if he should
cast his vote at the polls in any precinct in
the county. And the return of his vote will
voted for, as it would be were it returned by
any of the officers of election within the coun-
Year: 1863

SAVE Us FROM OUR FRIENDS.


Contemplate for an instant the spectacle
Of Democratic Mayor and Committee
chosen by q Democratic Council speeding
post haste to Springfield to ask Repub-
lican Governor 10 save them and the city
from their friends There is limit even
to thepatience Of Copperheads With one an
other, and Hore-in Sherman himself found
in the Gridiron railroad scheme q bit Of
cookery decidedly overdone. The case will
probably come before the invincible Club,
and little Fuller be made to take back
seat hcnceforth, while special guard will
I've set over the Alderman from the Third
ward. There has been no such stir made
in the Copre1head camp for long time.
Say Il Wabash" to any Of them, and hear
them growl. There is day of heavy
reckoning for these junior members when
the happy family get together.
Year: 1863

death Of the Legislature left it intestate as
to this bill, and to an immense mass ofhke
rubbish. There will be probably no OBJ
lection offered to the corporators in the
Wabash (Horse) Railroad going down and
bringing home the bill to be sold for waste
paper. It is all there is left Of the assets
Of the company.
Year: 1863

psl We have yet to hear of the first
rebel sympathizer in the loyal States who
does not vote the Democratic ticket We
have yet to hear of the first outspoken
opponent of that party who has ever been
suspicioned of entertaining rebel sympa-
thies.
Year: 1863

B1~ Has anybody ever heard of a
Union soldier getting into fight with
a Union citizen about the war? How
does it happen that these difficulties al
ways occur with Vallandigham Demo
Gratis?
Year: 1863

equalled by one of Lees victories in
Virginia.


The President and Gen. Johnston
both visited Gen. p in December last.
They approved of his plans Of defense
then-I think they ID now. 1t is all
idle for the people to give credence to,
and circulate the stories they hear
about our commanding generals
Grerson, the robbor, denounced PEN.
berton in his raid in Mississippi as q
traitor to our cause--that they had
bought him up-paid tho money, &c
that Mississippi would soon be do,
livered up, &c, &c. We have some
weak minded people among us who
give currency to such anders, coming
from a highway robber, rs they do. |
am sorry to say it. Soldiers in the ar
my, don't let such carping and fault
finding get a lodgmcnt in your breast
Act as the crisis demands Of you, like
men-sustain your officers and trown
down every attempt to create u breach
between you and them am satisfied
that Gen. Pomberton is doing every
thing he can to defend our State and
river, and they must be defended at
every hazard He has as game Off,
GERS under him to lead YOU rs ever
drew a sword Stand by each other,
nerve your arms for the conflict and
you will yet fill the measure of your
country's glory. Victory will perch on
your standard and we will be free
Year: 1863

ations which he has recci, ed on ac.
count of his courage and ability, he


has been thus far neglected and mis-.
treated. We are hopeful, however,
that should herccover from the wounds
which he received at fredericksburg,
and DC able to take the field again, that
justice should be done his patriotism
in his speedy promotion. This brig
ade, with all other Tennesseeans, fee
Interested in him as the leading spirit
otourState in this sanguinary struggle.
Possessing, as he does, the highest
order OF talent, Of tried courage and
mshakea fidelity to the cause, no one
could be selected for position in the
field or in the councils of the nation,
who would do more honor to tho State
or good to the country.
Year: 1863

Among other things Of reformation
in our new order Of things, there is
no subject which should receive more
especial attention than the inaugura-
ton Of somc healthlul system of ap.
premiership. If We arc to be truly
independent, We must educate and
train mechanics from the youths of
the country; and this education and
training can never be efficient and at
tain excellence under the present loose
system Of apprenticeship which pre-.
walls at the South. There ought to be
established certain terms OF appren-
ticoship, sufficient to make those learn.
ing trades masters of thci" various
arts, instead of turning them out upon
the world jackleg workmen, who know
nothing of what they profess


In our own business, that of print
ing, wo do not find one good printer
in five Of all who travel masters Of the
art. Most of them have acquired an
inkIing or insight into the business by
working a short while and then start
ing out, in defiance Of all obligations
to their prcccptors and their own best
interests, as journeymen-imagining
that, as soon as they can set up four
or FIVE thousand ems of reprint, that
they are competent workmen, and
must, therefore, in justice to themselves,
command tho wages due pro6cionts in
the art. We have been greatly annoy.
ed by such workmen. In all candor.
we believe that the old English rule Of
demanding pay for learning boys the
pripter's trade, instead Of paying them
for their Indifferent services, is good
ono, and would be tho means Of turn.
ing ont bettor and more intelligent
class Of printors.


We have given our own trade ae an
illustration Of the ipperiectiou OF the
mechanic arts at the South as impaired
under the loose and very Objectionable
system prevailing among US. Itwould
be TO the general welfare, not only Of
mechanics themselves, but to the
country, if such a.system of appren.
ticeship were enforced by special acts
Of our Legislature as would make it
legally obligatory on the part Of mas
ters aud apprentices to serve q suffici.
ent number of years as would ensure
proficiency and expertness in the
various arts and trades chosen by the
youths Of the country.


We throw ont these brief hints with
the hope that abIer pens than ours
may take up the subject and do fuller
Justice to it than we are capable Of be
stowing-La Grange Reporter.


oxn Gov Andrnus of Massarhu
Year: 1863

WHEN You find x before your name on
your paper please renew your subscription.
az " IS notice that the time for which it
has been paid will expire in a few days.


Articles OF much length, intended for publi-
cation, mgst be handed in in the forenoon to
insure publication next day.
Year: 1863

CHRONIC DIARRuGA AND DYSENTE
RY.-We are assured that the following
recipe has been used by soldiers return
ed from the army, in a state cf great
feebleness, with entire success, rcstor.
ing them to health when ordinary med
ical treatment seemed of little avail
Ths remedy is simple: To one quarter
of a pound hops add two quarts water,
simmer down to about a quart, strain it
upon one pound loaf sugar. When cold
add one pint genuine old Jamaica rum


1T must be pure. Bottle it and take
wincglassfull three times day. II
the case be severe and of long standing
a medicated pad should be worn on the
bowels made of flannel and filed with
6gs, raisins, pulverized cloves, allspice
cinnamon and other spices, kept moist
with spirits.


ANOTHER,--Soak some rice in water
an hour, strain it aud put two teaspoon
fulls of the rice into quart of milk
simmer till it will pulp through sieve
then put the pulp and milk into sauce
pan with some bruised cloves and bi
of white sugar. Simmer ten minutes
and if too thick add spoonful or two
Of milk and serve with thin toast.
Year: 1863

Ivy POIsoN.--Those in The woods, al
this season, liable to be poisoned by our
native ivy, may he glad to larn a cure
for it. Plunge the part affected in wa
ter-as hot as can he born holding il
there some tine. The unpleasant itch
ing and burning sensation will be re
moved, and two or three applications
are a sure cure
Year: 1863

BAKED RICE PUDDING - Boil the rice
until it becomes perfectly soft; then add
to it a half a pound of butter, the
same quantity of sugar, one nutmeg,
and as much wine and nutmeg as you
prefer. Beat in also four eggs. Bake
in a dish. :.