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Year: 1861

ARTICLES TO BE IMPORTED FREE OF DUrY IN CUBA.-
The Diario de la Marina saws The Citv Couroils
ask of the Government as means to provide for
the scarcity of the articles of food to allow the free
importation of -four and corn meal, rice and lard,
without distinction OF country or vessels The
Didrio SAYS that some important measures have
likewise been proposed to the Government in order
to make some changes in the tariff, and particular
ly in regard to the aboshing of import and export
duties productions from and to Spain and ali the
Spanish possessions. The .Governmenti is disposed
to decide Immediately on the first part of the recon-
mendations from the City Council, and to submit
the other portion of it to the Government in Mad
rid,
Year: 1861

Photographic pictures have lately been taken in
London with Ways electric light. 1t is scarcely
possible to detect portraits so taken from those at
tanned with sunlight. Such pictures are sharp in
outline, and the toning is said to be excellent
Year: 1861

Congress, il is believed. will adjourn at the
close of the present week. The direct ia x bill,
which passed the House yesterday, will fail in
Senate. That body is not likely to go farther
than an income tax. 1t was obliged to adjourn
TOR want of quorum, in consequence Of the
absence of Republican Senators.
Year: 1861

Al persons IN any way indebted to me are
positively desired to call and settle the same
by The lst OF August. or their bills will be put
In other Lands f"T collection. No credit Will
be given after that date. In excuse will saw
that want OF funds compels this course.


Jyll J. Il. WILLIAMSON.
Year: 1861

The people whose instincts are unerring, neeC
not apprehend that the apparent division of sesti
ment among the members of the Cabinet, developed
at FOrney's dinner to Geo. Prentice an account oi
which is in our special dispatches, will have any
serious results, or exercise any considerable iE1u
ence on the conduct Of the war. The inexorable
logic of events is convincing than any form OF
words, and Mr. SIN tn, and those who think with
him, will be compelled in due time to recognize and
act upon the fact that either slavery or the Union
must be destroyed; and when they get that insight
into the true significance OF the contest they will
not, if they are loyal men, hesitate in accepting
and doing the task before them, with the energy
and thoroughness that may atone for their present
lack of comprehension. The march is onward,
and there is no power in the President and Cabi
net to prevent IT, Secretary Smith win know this
BY and by.
Year: 1861

Pom the St. Louis Republican, Nov. -.


Secretary Chase. in the course of some remarks
addressed to the New York Bar kers last week
according to the New York World = gives strong
and pointed assurances that the Government now
ssw their way clearly to quell the rebellion; that
they had information which warranted him in say
ing that the public would hear glad tidings of
success more startling and more effective in their
results than those from Port Royal and the West;
that neither the Government nor Gen. Mcclellan
ever had the least idea of placing the army in win
ter quarters but on the contrary the military plans
all Contemplated regular, systematic and energetic
activity in pushing forward upon the rebels pru-
dence and judgment dic.atee-that Government had
ample funds to supply every liability until Februs-
ry l. and thst all the machinery Of the Department
was gradually working into q very satisfactory
state Of efficiency.


From the St louis Democrat, Nov %.


The Fortress Monroe correspondent Of the New
York Herald, writing on the 18th says: Major
General John E. Wool in answer to an application
for furlough today stated in reply that be would
not give an cfieer or private leave of absence for
the next three weeks, ss the campaign then would
be ever From these remarks you may draw your
own inference What is going to be done / am not
at liberty to cay; bat you may look for some i'm
portant movements in this department in short
time"


The British Fleet in American Waters.


From the Cincinnati Enquirer, Nov. %.


The Bermuda Royal Gazette, Britiah Government
Year: 1861

NEW YORK, August 1.-THE counsel for
the Baltimore Police Commissioners have
given notice Of an intention to Apply for Al
attachment against the Sheriff for not Using
writ against Col. Burke-he having pove1 to
call ant the militia
Year: 1861

The present number of the HYDRAULIC
PREss completes it's third volume. An oc-
casion is presented for a retrospect, which
we shall not indulge. The paper has spoken
for itself; giving pleasure to some, and dis
pleasure to others. Those who reprobated
its opinions, have in most instances with
drawn their support. This was privilege
of which We have not attempted to deprive
them. Those who approved, in many in
stances, have doubled and quadrupled their
patronage. The prescription of the one
class was to. have been expected; the gen.
erosity of the other is source of encour-
agement which meets with our thankful ap-
probation.


There are at least hundred persons in
and around San Juan who never have taken
the paper, who possess the ability to do so,
and who experience many Indirect benefits
from it's publication. There can be no doubt
if the paper ceased to exist for want of sup
port, that real estate would depreciate from
80 to SO per cent. on the dollar. Experience
in other localities has established this fact.
/, is therefore matter of self-interest to
sustain it, even on the part of those who
cannot agree with all its sentiments.


This much we deem it no boast to say !:
No newspaper in the State has been better
printed than the Press during the last year !;
no country paper has uniformly contained
more original matter. The editor has been
thrown upon his own resources to supply
this requirement; from a knowledge, that to
copy to any great extent, was to serve his
patrons with information already obtained
through other sources.


Finally, while the Press has been prompt
ia making it appearance, it has not, as many
suppose, been Oy any means profitable con-
cern. It's circulation is local and limited,
and would not, if every dollar of subscrip-
tion were promptly received, pay for the
labor-to say nothing of rent, paper, ink and
interest on the investment. Our main de-
pendence for support has been upon job
work and advertising and these have never
enabled us to do more than make both ends
meet, by stretching them to their fullest tension


We ask the patronage of those who believe
paper essential to the prosperity of the
place; and shall make bold to say this to
the public--that whatever may be its short
comings; however much they may differ
with its views; let it once 60 down, and they
never will be able to replace it. Few men
would be willing to use the same amount of
industry that we have DONE at so slavish
and thankless business, without realising
greater profits for their talents and labor.
Year: 1861

| We never recollect having been on the eve OF
an election, when the candidates of the different
parties-no matter how many opposing ones in
the feld-were not each and all confident of sue
cess. The present canvass forms no exception
to that rule. Three parties are represented, and
although at least one of the number, has hardly
been heretofore considered Gin the ring" we
cannot see that it abates one jot of its working
energy, or feels the least intimidated by the
gloomy prospects ahead. Certainly an approved
mode of achieving triumph is, to inspire its fol-
the use Of the proper effort.


The Republicans assert that the Douglas party
will be third in the race. They profess to regard
that as foregone conclusion; and thus concede
to the Breckenridge secession party strength
which some of the leaders were not disposed to
claim. AS an offset to this, we have been as
sured by several of the Douglas Democratic cam
didatss, that the prospects for victory on their
side, never looked brighter nor more encour-
aging.


1t is useless to conceal the fact, that the nom-
ination of Mr.. Mcconnell has caused both Re
publieans and Douglasites some uneasiness.





Not that either thinks his election within the
range of possibility, but that each believes he
will poll larger vote than, under the peculiar
circumstances of the case, they would like him
to receive. Mr.. Mcconnell is known to be
speaker of great ability-one who argues logic
ally from false premises-and in the sophisms of
his eloquence, makes impressions on uninformed
minds which are not easily eradicated. This
will cause him to lead his ticket, and makes him
formidable as political rival.


From this expression of hope and apprehen-
sion as variously INDUCED, we can discover argu-
ment to fortify the position we have always
maintained, to-wit: that the dividing of the
Union strength was an act of suicidal policy. If
Mcconnell should chance to be elected man
who openly proclaims paramount allegiance to
the State of his nativity over that of his adop-
ton and the Federal Union, what would be the
future condition of loyal California? Who could
doubt re-enactment of some Of the bloody
scenes which have disgraced the soil of Mary
land and Missouri? God deliver us, from any
such great calamity!
Year: 1861

uBEN AVERY, of the Marysville Appeal,
has been on visit to the Summit, over the Hen


ness Pass route. We publish an article to-day
from his pen relating to that route. The awak-
ening attention of the public to the subject is
our only apology for placing before the reader
matter which most of them have already perused.
Year: 1861

Some person borrowed from this Office some
time ago, the bound volume Of the DELAWARE
Journal for the year 1913. As this is our ouly
file of that year, and as we do not now remem-
her who the person was that we thus accommo-
dated, we are compelled to take this method Of
requesting that he will please return said volume
at once to us, as we arc now very much in need
OF II for certain references.
Year: 1861

The TRAIroR's FEAsT.-That must
have been a ghastly feast Of the Seces-
sionists in Baltimore at which Breckin-
ridge and Vallandighan were the
honored guests. The fact that such q
feast was held is the most strikingly
significant indication we have yet seen
Of the depth of dishonor to which en-
nifty to the Government and the Union
has carried men. All the circum-
stances of the time are inexpressibly
painful to every right-minded man. yet
the Baltimore sympathizers with rebel
lion make an entertainment as their
champions yet in Congress pass through


the city-an .entertainment at which
the blood Of thousands Of their own
madmen slain must be present in the
CLEAN OF the wine. Who among as
who love the Union would tolerate the
thought Of a dinner TO- members Of
Congress OF generals from the army?-
Not one. To all honorable citizens the
Year: 1861

who rush forth to make havoc Of all
that is good, beautiful, pure, and truth
ful on earth, who


Tread out empires and who quench the stars. ;
and let us teach them that here their
desolating footsteps must and shall be
stayed.
Year: 1861

=
in the proper place. do not think any one sue
ceed well in preserving in this climate. the sweet
potato What then is the proper mode Of construct
ing cellar?


First, Dig out cellar under your kitchen, the
depth of which must be governed by the location
OF the kitchen If 1t be in place where wa
ter will rise, you will have to dig shallow


II not dig the cellar about seven eight feet deep,
and the full size of the kitchen wall it from bot
tom to top with hard burned brick. Lay the floor
also with brick as this will make the cellar rat
proof. Do not have the cracks in the upper door
too close Leave them so that the steam escape.
Have dsor in the South-side of your kitchen, and
near TO this door, have q trap door in your cellar,
where your potatoes are to be put. In the month
of December cover them three or four inches with
wheat chat, to protect them from the steam that
rises in falling back upon the potatoes it causes the
top ones to rot. 1t is necessary that you should
keep the temperature in your cellar as near the
same thing as possible through the winter; to do
this, you must open the trap door, when you find
too much steam in the cellar, you can know this by
the dampness ofthe potatoes This little trouble,
for you can soon learn your cook when necessary
that the trap should be open. This process of ven
hation should be kept up through the winter,
when necessary by strictly observing the foregoing
rule. ANY one can have potatoes winter and sum
mer. l have adopted this mode, and have never
failed in keeping my potatoes Isucceeded in preser
wing them in 1861, when almost every other
person failed


Tokeep your potatoes during the summer is this:
When you select your potatoes for planting, take
out those intended for eating and put them in some
dry place, susceptible Of ventilation and they will


keep perfectly sound all summer.
Year: 1861

GoUBER PEA CULTURE.-A gentleman residing in
this city has favored with the privilege of read
ing a letter he has just received from kindsfnan
in Hickman county, Tenn. The writer of the letter
states that last year he had put in about thirty
acres from which he received yield of one thous-
and and eight hundred bushels. Over one-half OF
this crop had been disposed of at 81 per bushel
and the other half at IS cents per bushel He gives
as his mode of cutivating this exceedingly produc-
tive crop that similar to cotton the ground being
thrown into ridges the seed droped from twelve to
fourteen inches apart and covered with harrow
This gentleman has for several years past put in
large number of acres of these peas, and always
realized large returns. But a year or two since
he made single shipment of over twelve hundred
bushels, through firm in Memphis. to other parts
of the country.-Pe Petersburg ESpresS.
Year: 1861

We live in hut on q vacant lot,


Father, and mother, and L;
'Tis awayup town, and dreary spot,


With old stone quarries hard by
Father is lazy, and mother drinks,


And am ragged and thin,
And look like thief, for It's hard to be pure


When circled around with sin.
'Tis a desperate place, this vacant lot,


a reign of famine and woe
The laborers found strangled child


In the quarres not long ago.
And father is sometimes out all DAYS.


And comes staggering home at night
With money and things that he hides away,


For he never came by them right.
Mother is always at me TO steal,


And urges her plea with a curse
She tells me to sneak through the city crowds


And pocket watch or purse;
And father beats me because say


That I'd rather any day die;
| never have robbed and never will rob,


And III tell you the reason why.
There came to our hovel three years ago


A man with a sweet mild face,
And he held holy book in his hand.


That he tried to read in our place.
But mother swore at the mild faced man,


And drove him out of our den,
And tcld him never as long as he lived


To darkcn her door again.
But something made INC follow the man,


think he beckoncd to me,
And he led me down to a uuarry's cleft
Where none Of my people could see;
And he read to me things from the holy book
That | never had heard before,
And somehow peace came over my heart,
And it didn't feel so sore.
They may curse and beat me as much as they


like,


know what they don't know,
know that things in the end come right
For those that suffer below.
No matter how ragged and hungry am,
With no one to like or to love,
know there's vacant lot for me
In the beautiful land above.
Year: 1861

1t was the epoch of the Congress of
Vienna, when the fate of half Europe was
decided amidst pomps and festivities
without rival in modern history. Tour
naments, carousals, masked balls, thea
tres, and operas, horse racing and gam
ing, regattas and illuminations, fire e-works,
everything which the imagination could
devise, was employed for the amusement
of these kings taking holiday" Amid
the programme of festivities prepared by
the Imperial Committee, there figured a
stag hunt, and the woods in the neigh
borhood of Schenbrunn were gay with
the vast crowd assembled to witness or
participate in the sport. One person
alone, elegantly dressed, and mounted on
a highbred steed, took no part in the
amusement of the day. His eyes were
intently fixed on Sir James Rally an
Englishman, noted for his wealth, his &C.
centricities, and his passion for play he
followed him wherever he went, and
seemed to wish to attract his attention.


What does this mean p said Sir
James TO himself. Twice my eyes have
encountered this young man, he has
made the same mysterious gesture. |
cannot be deceived it is intended for
me > and be turned his horses head to-
ward the stranger The latter seeing the
movement, advanced to meet him.


Sir said he, bowing low, have
had the honor to meet you before.


Yes replied the Englishman, who
was yainly interrogating his memory
yes, your face is creditor which tor
ments me, and which cannot satisfy by
giving him the name he is asking for


You have never known my name. We
met at Moscow


In society .


No; at the hotel Sans Souci and in
public places. Pardon me if, with only
this tide to your notice, have ventured
to accost you at SO inopportune an hour.
The importance of the motive will. /
hope, be some excuse to mind so gen
erous rs yours


What can do for you . said Rally.
in tone Of extreme courtesy, yielding to
the sympathetic interest which the plea
sing face and manners of the young man
had inspired.


i have come TO ask for liberty


.Of me q


'Of you


Are you not mistaken - asked Sir
James with some hesitation, not knowing
exactly what TO make of this singular de-
mand. i am Sir James Rally, an En-
g!shman by birth, remarkable for no
thing but love of play


And for success in it, cried the
young man. 1t is my only hope. If /
should tell you, sir, that il is perhaps re
served for you to rescue fellow man
from an opprobious condition, 10 efface
from his brow mark which devotes him
TO humiliation and scorn, what would you
reply %


/ You embarrass me, for do not see
what such an hypothesis can have to do
with a gentleman like Yourself
Year: 1861




The experience Of the farmers of England,
and other portions Of Europe, in the seed Of
small grain, has long since established the
advantages of this method Of seeding. In
deed, the English farmers are not satisfied
with the great advantages Of the drill over
broadcasl sowing, but they even go 10 the
still greater expense Of dibbling in the seed
by hand, in order to secure greater Uniform
ity in the depth and manner Of depositing
the seed. But in our country the low price
Of land, and the scarcity Of labor require
that we should adopt some more expeditions
method Of seeding, and at the same time Sc.
cure the greatest possible benefits, over the
primitive method Of scattering the seed pro-
miscuously over the land, without regard TO
depth or distance.


In broadcast sowing, one-eighth to one
quarter Of the seed is lost by being either
covered too deep. or by not being covered at
all, and liable TO be picked up and deyoured
by birds, &C., before it begins TO yegetate.
Seed deposited SO irreguiarly, exposes the
plants to injury from drought, as well as to
the action Of frost in heaying the roots out
in winter. The various improvements made
in the grain drill have rendered il quite per.
feet, SO much SO that any required quantity
Of seed may be dropped upon an acre. and
at the same time at a uniform depth. The
action Of the drill upon the land leaves the
ground in the best possible condition to pro-
tect the crop during winter from the washing
rains and the injurious action Of frost. Run
ming the drills north aud south, when practi-
cable, secures another great advantage in
giving free access Of sun and air, aud thus
in great degree checking the tendency to
rust.


Besides the saving in the amount Of seed
sown, IL has been ascertained that on most
lands the drilled wheat will yield from three
TO five and more bushels per acre over that
which is sowed broadcast in similar soil.
Take the number Of acres OF land sown to
wheat in any one State, and estimate the gain
BY this method Of seeding, and il will amount
Y TO millions Of dollars annually, enough tC
] purchase a drill for every farmer in the
State, and then leave a large surplus besides
i Among the many improvements recently
made ln The grain drill, we cannot recon
mend one over another. Bnt il is better I,
! buy good one, at almost any cost, than 4
+ receive poor one as gilt, and SO Oi any
other implement or machine. We nigh
4 have said IN order TO use the drill, with sue
cess, the land must be we'll preplred, and al
the weeds aud rubbish must be turned un
der. below the action OF the drills. A thor
ough preparation Of this kind more than pay
for the labor bestowed, in other respects.


Every farmer who has ten acres Of land /,
Sna. would d. well 10 secure a good drill IN
time Tor the coming Fall. Valley Farmer.
Year: 1861

The Great Eastern arrlved at Farther
Point Saturday, bringing three and half
regiments Of Briteh troops for the protec-
lion Of the Canadas. It appears that a
discussion has taken place in Parliament
on she propriety Of this movement at the
present ju2cture in America affairs. We
beg tle noble lords and right honorable
ge1uemen to give themselves no uneasi-
ness The movement is not regarded as
good, bad or Indifferent on this side of the
line. I. is not regarded at all. When the
armed force in the Canadas is increased to
fifty or one hundred thousand men, it may
be worth our while to inquire what it is
there for. Until then, the case presents no
feature which can produce the slightest
poaeible concern among tile people Of the
United States
Year: 1861

There are some men who proclaim them
selves great friends Of Temperance-wE ac-
knowledge the benefits that have resulted to
society from the spread of our Order-who
advise others 20 become Sons Of Temperance,
but excuse themselves from joining our So
ciety, on the ground that they are temper
ate and consequently cannot be benefited
To such we would put one question: Doyou
only live for yourselvesS do you not regard
the welfare Of your fellow men the prosper
ity of your countryS If you can advance
the interests Of society, and aid forward any
great cause Of good by throwing your inhu-
ence in It's favor, are you not morally bound
to do itl Does man deserve to enjoy the
blessings Of society, when he will not make
single sacrifice TO promote its prosperity
The brute only lives for selfgfatifcation
hut mans destiny is nobler and higher; he
lives for the benefit of all mankind. You
need not tell us you are destitute Of inhu-
ence, and therefore can be Of no advantage tc
us. Every grain Of sand might for an equal
ly good reason, refuse to.form component
part Of the earth, because it could not make
of itself one half Of the globe. Every indi
vidual is an assistance to us. Let us be able
to band together the good and the noble, and
we have no fears for the result, Intemper.
ance is casting moral gloom over society
it is destroying the comfort Of families, and
threatening your country with awful conse
quences. VIII you not as good citizens
raise a hand to put down the evllE The
voice Of patriotism, which speaks from the
battlefield Of the revolution, answers yes
The voice Of philanthropy, cmblazoned by
your past action, answers yes. We appea
TO you for your influence Shall our appea
be in vain?
Year: 1861

T SELL MY GOODS FOR CASH! / DON'T DO
i Credit business Theefore SAope every person
that sees this Advertisement VIII not ask me for
fCREDIT-beeause am not able to do a credit hnsi
ness; and have to pay CASH MYSELF


have called on every person that owes me a DOL
LAR ana have not been able to collect the fret CENT


wish you would cafon some that is able to cred
IT,. j. B. FRANKLIN.
Year: 1861

~ 1t is stated that orders have been re
ceiyed by the collector at New York to collect
duties on foreign goods coming from the Con-
fedcrate States, in all cases where evidence of
previous payment is not forthcoming.


PENSsYLvANIA.-The Governor asks the
Legislature TO appropriate a million for the
purchase of arms. A Republican caucus will
be held on the subject,