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Year: 1861

We notice from our exchanges that in our
western towns gold is already beginning to make
its appearance to fill up the vacuum created by
the Withdrawal Of the wild cat currency. From
the Buffalo Courier we clip the following an
nouncement; se.


The conclusion which the holders of produce
In Chicago arrived at few days ago. to sell pro-
duce for specie, had . marked effect on the mo
ney market here yesterday. Dealers in produce
were applying for gold in large quantities TO
send west, and demand was thus created
which our bankers could not supply.


Thus we aud that "dealers In produce" are
compelled to meet the requisition made by our
people, and are demanding "large quantities of
| gold to send out West" This should begin 10
open the eyes Of our people to the fact which
has been so long ignored BY them-that is, that
gold, like ell things else, will obey the laws Of
"supply and demand;" and that II they will on


ly stand firm and let the world know that they
must and will have gold for the necessaries Of
life which they supply, It will inevitably come
at the demand. A little time is all that Is re-
quired. Doubtless It will be difficult, for some
weeks yet, for eastern purchasers to procure the
full amount Of gold required TO pay for the grain
they desire; but part can be paid in gold, and
eastern exchange furnished for the balance
This exchange can be had BY placing their own
enrrent funds into their banks, and drawingin
our favor for the amounts required. This ex-
change will be the same to us as gold. as We
have eastern debts to pay which It will liqui.
date. Thus it is that our people have It In
their power, by a moments patience and reso.
luton, b pay their eastern Indebtedness with
out having to lose dollar In the purchase of
exchange, and to have home circulation Of
gold and silver. We repeat that little time,
resolution and atience Is all that is required to
give us permanently sound currency -ChieggO
Times t" .IH
Year: 1861

has won for itself such a renown for the cure Of
every variety of Throat and Lung Complaint, that
1t Is entirely unnecessary for US to recount the
evidence of its virtues, wherever 1t has been en-.
ployed; AS, it has long been in constant use
throughout this section, we need not do more than
assure the people its quality is kept up to the best
1t ever has been, and that it may be relied on to
do for their relief all it has ever been found to do
Year: 1861

EUROPEAN PRoTEcToRATE.-Ifth the report by
telegraph be true, that Mason and Slidell have
carried propositions to secure European pro-
tectorate, it is pretty commentary npon the
clamor of the leading rebels for independence
Unwilling to yield obedience to Constitution
their fathers made, and which in a regular way
they might amend, il oppressive, they propose
themselves as willing subjects to foreign
power, which, from the very nature of things,
could have no sympathy with them. We can
not believe that this movement, if made, has
the sanction of any considerable portion of the
Southern people, and think that as soon as it
is known, the old love for the Union their fa-
theirs made will show itself, and they will leave
the rotten hulk of secession.-Ffeepon (M)
Bulletin
Year: 1861

COMPARATIVE Cosr OF THE WAR.-Senator
Dixon. in a speech at Hartford, compared the
expenses of this war with those of England il
hers with Napoleon. He estimated that, viii
less than eighteen millions of people she spent
for thirteen years an average of 81 100000 pei
day while for three months before the battle
of Waterloo she spent millions per day, Oar
one million today is paltry affair by the side
of such vast expenditure. The money paid
out by England also was expended to a great
extent upon the continent, much Of it going il
the shape of subsidies to other powers, and
thus being lost altogether to the British people
The amount of our expenditure that goes out
Of the country is but triling fraction.
Year: 1861

THERE are frequent accounts from the East
of young ladies cutting their hair short, and
going to war as soldiers Almost every ex>
change relates something of the kind. 1t Is
supposed that they are not ln pursuit of an er-
emy, but, per-sua. are after a friend. Some of
these heroines are so completely disguised that
the task of discovering what manner of man
they are, is au exceedingly difficult and delicate
one Iisaila Delln
Year: 1861

How Col BAKER WAS SLAIS.-Au Eastern
correspondent writes that Col. Baker was
killed by horseman who rode close to him
and fred FIVE shots from revolver, they all
taking effect. The slayer was at once brought
down in turn by Captain Derrill. The same
brave man recovered the body of Col. Baker,
leading charge of his company for that pur-
Year: 1861

PRINCE HUMBRRT ON HIS TRAvELs.-P Prince
Hnmbert, the heir to the Kingdom of United
are only surpassed by those of the young
heir TO the British crown, has been passing
with younger brother the recent carnival
at Florence, mingling with the people freely.
A Florence correspondent writes that the
"peeple seem to have been pleased with this
visit of the children of their, new sovereign,
although they were not able to discover any
promise of intellectual superiority, or manly
beauty, which would make them feel proud
of them. Prince Humbert, who is now abou
eighteen is undoubtedly sufficiently good
face is likely to become, in few years, ever
coarser and uglier than his fathers"
Year: 1861

This crack company of citizen soldier.
paid our city q visit on Tuesday last, and
went through variety Of military evolu-
tions. showing that in drill and soldiery
bearing. they were equal. if not superior. to
older companies.


Fort Smith may well be proud of her Ri
ae company. We hope to again see Capt.
Sparks and his company in our city.
Year: 1861

r. We regret to announce, that our
friends of the Fort Smith Times, are COM
PEELED. by force of circumstances. to again
suspend the publication of their paper, un-
til rise in the river takes place. Fort
Smith, we are informed, is now without a
newspaper of any kind. This should not
be So
Year: 1861

% The City Council. We learn. have
made An appropriation for tho purchase Of
Rifles. which they will lend to the volun-
tesr Rife Company. recently formed in this
city. until such time - the State will fur
nish them with arms. for which they have
made An application.
Year: 1861

The Concert given by the Van Burcn
Brass Band. on last Tuesday night was
we'll attended, and passed of well, as does
every thing which they attempt to do. The
Band is one of the institutions of Van Bu-
ren. and they are always sure of q full
house at their public exhibitions.
Year: 1861

By reference to our telegraphic columns
it will be seen that perhaps already bloody
and distressing civil war has commenced
The first gun has been fired. Madness
rules the hour :" the times are tronblous /;
events are being rapidly precipitated and
no man knows what may be the result
That the horrors of civil war may be aver
ted from our country is our sincere prayer
but at tho came time let us prepare for what
is to follow-for war with all its attendant
evils, if it must come
Year: 1861

From private letter from cur coadutor, G.


W. H." In Texas, under date Of April 81, we
copy the following interesting account of his
success in treating the bite OF a rattlesnake.


lt may furnish useful hint for future improve.


ment:-N. o Pieayune.


"Before forget it, let me inform you that
the medicine chest arrived Ia due season, and
that just as opened it had pressing use for
one OF the articles IL contained. was looking
over the bottles, when one of my men came run
ming In, saying he had been bitten by rattle
snake. He was holding fast his left wrist
while two streams Of blood were running from
one Of his fingers, where the fangs of the snake
had entered. AZ the man did not use tobacco,


told him to fill bis mouth with salt. and suck


as hard as he could at his wounds. next


kept rag well sa urated with hartshorn on


the wounds to counteract the poison. then
put thirty drops of hartshorn In teacupful of
whisky and poured IL down his throat. In Eve
minutes repeated this dose, and in Eve min
utes more gave him another Just like Il. By
this time had given him full quart OF
strong whisky and ninety drops of hartshorn,
and thought the load was sufficient. The man
was an Irishman, an old soldier, and took the
matter quite coolly. Il was great satisfac-
tior to him to know that another man had
killed the snake, which was coiled under rail
he was moving. In the yard, not ten steps from
the house. For three quarters Of an hour he
sat quietly, and talked soberly and coolly,
while kept renewing the hartshorn to the two
wounds where the fangs Of the snake had en-
tered his finger. He said 1t was too bad to die
from the bite Of "pisen sarpint." while was
astonishsd he should keep 60 sober with such a
load Of new whisky on his stomach. In aboat
an hour he commenced to laugh, then to whis-
tie, next to sing, and finally tried TO dance.
had him all right then; knew that the whisky
had got ahead of the poison, and had reached
bis vitals fret. In Eve minutes more he was as
drunk as Bacchus, sprawled out on the floor, slept
half a day. and next morning was at work as we'll
ss ever. So much for the frst cise ever cured
with the contents of the medicine-chest. The
,artshorn, combined with the whisky. effected
tho thing.
Year: 1861

He 10 SO accomplished llDguist that you
would inwardly confess he speaks your own Ian
guage better than you do yourself. All Lam
guages, indeed, seem TO come natural and easy
to him. Then he is traveller, and such q trav-
eller! He speaks with equal familiarity about
the North Pole end the Tropics. He tellsyou
precisely whatyou wish to know. In o few pun
gent sentences he raises q picture In your mind
Of any place OF person-s picture Of such finished
and perfect accuracy, that time will try In vair
% s6acs u. He 10 certainly not o literary man
Year: 1861

A foreign correspondent thus describes 8
fight which he witnessed between a boa con-
strictor and crocodile in Java:


1t was one morning that stood beside q
small lake, fed by one of the rills from the
mountains. The waters were as clear as crys-
tai, and everything could be seen TO the very
bottom Stretching its limbs close over this
pond, was gigantic teak tree, and in its thick,
shining evergreen leaves, lay huge boa, in
all easy coil, taking his morning nap. Above
him was q powerful ape, of the baboon species,
a leering race OF scampS, always bent on mis-
chief. Now the ape from his position saw
crocodile in the water, rising to the top exact
" beneath the coil Of the serpent. Quick as
thought, he jumped plump upon the snake,
which fell with splash into the jaws OF the
crocodile. The ape saved himself by clinging
to limb of tree, but battle royal imme-
diately commenced inIthe water. The serpent,
graSped in the middle by the crocodile made
the waters boil by his furious contortions.-
Winding his folds round and round the body
of his antagonist, he disabled his two hinder
legs, and by his contractions made the scales
of the monster crack The water was speedily
tinged with the blood of both combatants, yet
neither was disposed to yield They rolled
over and over, neither being able to obtain a
decided advantage. All this time the cause
of the mischief was in state of the highest
ecstacy He leaped up and down the branch
es of the tree, came several times close to the
scene of fight shook the limbs of the tree,
uttered a yell, and again friSked about. At
the end of ten minutes a silence came over the
scene. The folds of the serpent began to be
relaxed, and though they were trembling along
the back, the head hung lifeleSs in the water.
The crocodile was also STILL and though only
the spineS of his back were visible it was evi-
dent that he was dead. The monkey now
perched himself on the lower limbs of the
t.ee, close to the dead bodies, and amused
himself for ten minutes in making all sorts Of
faces at them. This seemed to be adding in
suit to injury. One of my companions was
standing at q short distance, and taking a
stone from the edge of the lake, hurled it at
the ape He was totally unprepared, and as
it struck him on the side Of the head he was
instantly toppleG over and fell upon the croco
die A few bounds however brought him
ashore, and taking to the tree, he speedily dis
appeared among the thick branches
Year: 1861

meeting the relief" as they defe out from
the shed, the leaders gay with tassels and the
bright plated rings.


All right is the cry the ribbons are
in hand two sharp notes upon the horn the
woman in the green celash comes out again ;
the coach door goes to with q bang the whip
is whirled off with a whistle, and, by some
slight of hand, explodes exactly between the
off leaders two ears; and away they go, while
clouds of dust roll up behind the dusty boot
and hide the small boy towed by the straps
like small boat aStern.


The L" Columbian Star and letter for the
lawyer are taken out of the bag the tailors
needle is flashing again through the seam
the sparks begin to fly at the door of the
Blacksmith landlord lies stretched at
length on the bunk, and the world has gone
by for day


Happy village Would that the Rip Van
Wrinkles of the valley might awake from their
long, long sleep but not the stage horns
herald note nor yet the voice of the steed
whose neck is clothed with iron. with thunder,
can disturb their dreamess repose for no
sound can reach them where they le.-AuJurn
Democrat
Year: 1861

DevoutIy inclined persons frequently imagine
that the suggestions Of their own human na-
ture are the iutimations and directions of
God.


They love to be guided by Him. and they
love to think that their pleasant desires aud
purposes are inspired by Him; thus they
easily deceive themselves. An amusing in
stance of this took place at certain confer
ence. Among the attendants was very
beautiful, intelligent looking young lady, who
drew the admiring gaze of many eyes, par
tcularly eyes masculine, always on the look
out for pretty feminine faces.


During the intermission, at noon, spruce
young minister stepped up to the presiding
elder, and said, with an air of secrecy


odd you observe the young lady who sat
by the first pillar on the left p


Yes" said the elder, "what Of her ?"


why" said the young man, q | feel i'm.
pressed that the Lord desires me to take that
lady for my wife. l think that she will make
q good companion and helpnate in the work
of the ministry"


The good elder had nothing to object.


But in a few moments another youthful
candidate for the ministerial efforts and honors,
and for the name of husband, came confidently
to make known to the elder like impression
in regard to the same young lady.


"You had better wait awhile. 1t is not
best to be hasty in determining the source of
such impressions" said the prudent elder.


And he had well said, for hardly were the
steps of the second youth cold at his side, ere
a third approached with the same story, and
while the worthy confident marVeled, fourth
drew near with the OnpSt ion


did you notice the fine, noble looking wo-
man sitting near your left !"


Yes" cried the swelling elder.


"Wel, sir" went on the fourth victim of
that one unsuspcious girl, ait is strongly
born in upon my mind, that it is the will Of
the Lord that | should make proposals of
marriage to that lady. He has impressed me
that she is to be my wife"


The elder could hold in no longer.


"Impossble Impossible !" he exclaimed
in all excited tone The Lord nerer could
haze intended that four men should marry that
one lc0maa"
Year: 1861

Extract from report made by Hon. J. T NORTON on the


schools OF Pennington, CT. to the Legislature, May


Is45l


The chief advantages Of a continuance Of
the same teachers are uniformity of discipline.
and systematic arrangement of studies. 1t is
as reasonable to expect child will be trained
when placed every six months under the
charge Of new guardian to exercise parental
control, as that cur children will be we'll dis
ciplined under a constant change of teachers
1t usually takes teacher, particularly good
one, half a season to get bis pupils well train
ed in his harness while an experienced teach
er in the same school will have them all ready
at once for their work.


But the chief objection to a change of
teachers is a constant change of studies, and
methods of study, which have an effect to dis
sipate the mind and render the scholars super
fetal. A new teacher cannot know the state
of scholars mind or his qualifications to en-
ter particular study, as he wishes to exhibit
to the parents great improvements in his pu-
pills. he puts them into new studies or new
methods of study, and pushes them forward,
so that they may appear to have learned q
great deal. However successful he may have
been in his undertakings, his scholars can only
have begun to acquire perfect knowledge Of
their studies or peculiar methods of study,
when another teacher comes in with different
studies and methods, aud those of the previous
teacher are laid aside unprotected. Some
few scholars have sufficient talent aud indus.
try to break through with the difficulties and
become proGcients but as a general thing,
much of their knowledge is superficial. Go
into such a school and question scholar of
IL as to his studies - Have you studied
grammar p Yes, two winters" Question
him, and he understands not one principle.


Have you stndied geography? Yes, four
years" How far have You studied ?" "To
Europe why have you got no further ?"
" Because every teacher puts me to the begin
ming" And so on in arithmetic, history, &c,
and still worse in writing. Now our schools
with permanent teachers have as regular q
sy stem of studies as they have in college and
when q scholar has thoroughly completed one,
ne goes into another. And little valuable can
be acquired in any other way. 1t is true, this
slow and sure method of improvement may
not be so striking 70 parent but its utility is
very obvious to the school visitor. Aud while
be may hear some parents suggest, that all
Improvement may be made in this or that by
change of teachers, he may reply, it is true
some things might be improved, no teacher 10
perfect in all thugs but you will not find one
teacher in hundred, who, all things consid-
cred, will do as well in your school as the one
you now have. | would therefore advise you
by all means to continue him.


AS q general fact, competent efficient fe.
male teacher in a summer school, will, if con.
tinued in the same school make better teach.
er for the winter school, than any male teacher
in her place.
Year: 1861

Beside an unfrequented road,


The rustic school house stood
It's modest front and moss grown roof
Hall hidden by the wood.
Around its latticed windows clung
Sweet flowers and fragrant vines,
And just In front-like sentinels-
Grew two protecting pines.
Few traY1ers ever passsd that spot,
But stopped awhile to gaze
Upon scene that brought TO mind
Their happy school-boy days.
And none e'er turned away but left
A blessing and a prayer,
For both the Teacher and the taught
Who daily gathered there.
1t was my lot one summer morn,
To journey Ger this road,
And there for full au hour or mora
rested with my load
One after one across the fields,
The tidy children ran,
Ambitious to secure their seats
Before the school began.
4 score Of faces, bright and clean.
Soon gathered at the door
4 happier group I've seen not since
And never saw before.
The merry shout-the ringing laugh.
With music filed the air
And my sad heart forgot its griOfs.
The sin ess gIee TO share.
But soon q watchfuI child proclaimed
The mistress near at hand,
And murmurs of delight were -breathed
Throughout the little band.
I'll 'er forget that lovely face
sec it yet in dreams
And ever TO my spirits eye


An angel face it seems.
As rapidly she pressed the turf
And passed the easy stiles,
Her glowing cheeks and rosy lips
Were wreathed with radiant smiles.
Amid her charge she stood at last
Each answered to her call:
Her usual greeting then l saw
\ kiss for one and all.
This DER she led them in and soon
Low murmurs filed the air;
listened breathless and in awe,
To her inpassioned prayer.
The sweet " amen the children said
And then a hymn they sung
And then heard the studiOus hum
From every busy tongue.
trust was better man


When l resumed my way,
And never shall my heart forget
The lesson of that day.
o God ! on that young Teachers head
Let thy best gifts descend ;
IS she to those young sinless souls,
Be thou TO her, 4 friend.
Year: 1861

A FRENCH paper says that by an accident
charcoal has been discovered to be a cure for
burns. BY laying a piece of cold charcoal
upon burn, the pain subsidies Immediately
BY leaving the charcoal on one hour the
wound is healed as has been demonstrated
on several occasions The remedy is simple,
and certainly deserves a trial.
Year: 1861

Could the World lawyers who pronounced
the Common Law Of England the Perfection OF
Reason revisit the glimpscs OF the moon, or tho
dusty twilight of the Courts Of Law, they
would scarcely believe that they were in the
halls OF British Thenis. but lean to the opinion
that another Norman Conquest had substituted
the customs Of France for those Of England. It
were almost enough to make Lord Eldon and
Lord EllenborOugh burst their cerements could
the changes which the last few years have
brought about in the practice OF the law be- made TO
pierce the duh, cold ear of death. The good old
rule of law which assumed that no man could be
trusted to tell the truth in his own case, and
that the month of the one who must necessarily
know more of the matter in dispute than any
bod else must be Theoretically sealed, has been
expunged, and parties in civil cases permitted
to testify on the one side and the other. Wives,
even are encouraged TO tell what they know
for or against their husbands. Nay, wives are
protected in their separate property. aud the
legal fiction which merged tue woman in the
man ia given to the winds. The Doctors
Commons is q tale of yesterday, and their pleas
ant monopoly Of divorces harshly destroyed.
From being luxury OF the Iich, Divorce has
been vulgarized down within the reach OF the
middEug classes, and woman has nearly the
same rights of redress for matrimonial wrongs
az man mighty mutation, indeed


But not satisfied with all these inroads into
tho once quiet domain of the law, in which he
had borne his full share, Lord Brougham, the
other day, intimated his readiness to make yet
another foray therein, and lay waste yet more Of
what remained untouched On July 18th, his
lordship expressed his intention OF proposing to
extend the privilege now accorded to parties IN
civil cases. to persons accused Of iniictable
offences. He would not make 1t compulsory,
but pernssive, SO that one charged with crime
could submit himself to examination and cross
examination, if he thought best. This would be
even more radical change than the one ad-
mittDg parties to civil suits to give evidence in
their own cases. Hitherto, the course OF the
administration of criminal justice has always
been to advice one charged with crime to make
no admissions which could criininate himself, and
Judges have been often known 10 expostulate
with criminals on their indscreet candor IN
pleading guilty. On preliminary examination
the accused is questioned, but not under OATH
and warned that any admissions he may make
will be used against himself. Consequently ne
very seldom chooses to say anything, inasmuch
as what he says in his own favor goes Tor
nothing. Ii permitted to testify under oatn' his
evidence must go to the jury, like that OF any
other witness--they judging Of his credibnity'
Year: 1861

A letter from an editor in Florida states that
the Rebel Congress at Richmond has resolved
unanimously that no articles of Southern growth
shall be shipped from Southern ports to aDy
foreign country that has not recognized the indie
pendence of the Confederate States. This is a
terrible blow at the world; but strange to say,
the old planet still reyOlyes on its axis.
Year: 1861

We shall issue en- edition of The TRIBUNE tomorrow
morning for circulation the Pacific Coast Gan,
fornia and Oregon. 1t will contain the latest war ana
other important news Copies can be procured at the
desk in the Coming Room.