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Year: 1861

4 dozen or more Nag. of the Southern Con-
federacy were raised in this city yesterday
The feeling of Unionism has given place 10
The South against the North is now the cry.
This is not unnatural, seeing as we do that AL
classes at the North have raised this cry be-
fore us. "Let the best man win" We have
no fears Of the result. Thrice Is he armed
who hath his quarrel just.
Year: 1861

The True Spirit.-A warm hearted South
erner and gentleman of wealth has intimated
to us that he will be one of a hundred to raise
Sl00, 200 for the purpose OF putting In proper
trim these of our citizens who may be- called
to the tented field. This is the spirit that
shonld animate every man among US Let
our citizens who have the means TO do SO,
emulate it. 1T this be done, all our hghting
men will at once be put on war footing -
Money will bring the materials of war. Let il
be forthcoming. EEs ai
Year: 1861

The SOLDIERS WIFB.-Under the heading of


"stray TOPICS the New York Express says


it Is impossible yet to realize that we are in the


midst of a civil war; that the disasters and


horrors we have been wont to read of in our


spared from. are to come 10 us that brothers


in By ood are to fight on different sides; that


those we have called our dearest friends are


become our national enemies that the strug-


giles of patriotism with domestic feelings are TO


10 be made familiar to our dresides. Yet ins


cideuts like one that we read of in the CORES


pondeuce Of contemporary must soon be


common :intermarriages between the North


and south have been so usual that some OF us


have as many connexions in one part OF the


country as in the other. g There is young


merchan in Charleston, who has beautiful


wife. born 1T the North, but who believes, as


all good wives should do, that whateyer her


lord does is right. When the seven twelve
pounders doomed forth, and he was torn from


her lingering embrace, she bade her little boy,
with a cheerful face, tell his papa goodbye,
aud go with "A brave heart to Morris Island,
and not to come back with shot in his back.
She parted from him with a stoieal caimne SO
with her child in her arms, but when he had
left she swooned away. and remained in a
fainting condition all night. The first ques-
ton in the morning was - Did he see me
tremble or hesitate when / bade him fare
well9'" There will be plenty Of opportunity
for heroism in wives and daughters ana SIS
tays as we'll as in husbands and fathers and
brothers, before our present troubles are past
Year: 1861

We extract the following from recent
article in the London Times


"ln one respect all boasts Of the North
are justified by the facts. TIE energy
the Free States have displayed, the grea,
number Of men they have raised, and the
good material OF which their army is com
posed, are beyond all praise. II is easy Ia
see that great deal Of their irri,ability
towards England arises from feeling
that justice has not been done to their
patriotic spirit by public opinion here.
Looking, as every American does, to the
opinion OF England, they have been NOR.
tilted at finding that an effort which they
fee' to be worthy Of all admiration has
been received by us with GOODNESS, for
geful as they are that we are bound 20
refraiL from enthusiasm Tor their military
ardor when the object is to crush those
with whom we are as much in relation as
with themselves. Northerners are natur-
ally elated at their own capacity for war,
and the proof they have given that, how
ever long suffering and however yielding
10 Southern assumption they have hereto
fore shown themselves. they have still the
energy 10 uphold their constitutional
rights. But. though having very great
force on foot, and being desirous OF bring
ing their opponents to terms as shortly as
possible, we can not think that any large
plan of campaign will be marked out for
the summer months. Not until the cool
of October admits Of long and continuous
marches, and discipline Of new levies has
been perfected, will that advance take
place which, if the schemes of the North
erners be well carried out, is TO restore
Virginia TO the Union. and allow the
whole force of the invaders to be concen-
tra,ed on the conquest Of South Carolina,
which event will. in their opinion, bring
back all her seduced sisters 10 the old
Confederacy.
Year: 1861

The following note accom- panied irag.
ments Of a bombshel sent 10 the editor OF
the Boston 7ronscript, as taken from the
citadel Of Messina after its bombardment
and capture by the forces Of Victor Eman.
uel:


"Two pieces OF bombshells, which
brought from the citadel Of Messina after
the bombardment had ceased. The larger
piece found in the centre Of the fort, and
know nothing remarkable connected with
its history. The smaller piece | found in
the fortress known by The name Of Don
Biasco. The company attached to this
point were driven TO their quarters "A
large arched apartment in the basement
by the tirst FIRE Of the enemy.


The shell Of which this small piece is a
part, came in al the corner Of a window,
tearing away the easement and portion
OF the wall, passed across the room and
entered the opposite wall, which was o.
brick and mortar to the depth OF thirty.
three inches, where il exploded, tearing
away the whole Of the wall upon one sid,
Of the point Of entrance and leaving
half section Of the hole il cut still remain
ing smooth in the wall, into which in
serted my cane and took The measure
given above with tape measure.


This shell also caused the death OF five
men, as one Of the company informed me
and taking me across the apartment to a
bench, he direrted my attention to the
blood where the inen were all laid. He
assured me that no other lives were lost
at the citadel during the bombardment
Looking at the mass of brick and mortar
which this shell scattered about, it seemed
remarkable that out OF whole company
in the apartment al the moment only five
were killed.


The damage done TO the citadel, by
twelve mortars and ffty-one rifed cannon
in Eve hours and quarter, is perfectI,
incredible. Had they kept up such worl
for eight and forty hours, the whole in
s,ituiion would, think, have been de
molished. and the threat OF Cinaldi-'qc
blow them into another world"-fulflled
Year: 1861

Bsl. Women who insist on the privileges
should exhibit the qualities of their sex. She
who shows the impudence of the rowdy has no
right to expect the Difference which is due to a
lady. In short, if a woman forgets the delicaey
of her sex, no gentleman is bound to remember
it for her.
Year: 1861

OUrRAGEoUs.-The officers Of the de-
tachment of troops that went to Oregon
last week, in quest Of Jayhswkers. visit
ed the Union men confined there in Jail.
From them we learn that they found q
most miserable state of affairs in that es.
tablishment. Some eight or ten prison
ers were confined in one room. and were
forced to use that as an eating and sleep
ing room and privy! The excrements
were standing about in buckets and on
the floor, and the stencil was sufficient
to sicken any white man in three min
utes' time. Such is the treatment be-
slowed upon Union men by that misera-
bic secession whelp, Sheriff Emerson.
The officers said they meant either to re-
lease the prisoners upon their return to
Oregon, or remove them to st. Joseph.
# they would hang the Sheriff. and then
confine some of the Union men Of Oregon
in the nasty hole for about ten days, for
permitting such an outrage in their midst,
It would be but doing justice. If the
prisoners are removed. we suggest that
Wash. Kelly head another secession gang
to catch Union men to occupy quarters in
the Guano Household Emerson, pro.
prietor. The business appears to suit
him.
Year: 1861

SH The troops who are securing Holt
County, say they cannot find man who
can tell them anything Of the whereabouts
Of secession traitors whom it is desirable to
arrest; but every one can inform on some
Union man who ought to be arrested as
a troublesome character
Year: 1861

~ Jim Lane has been making a
speech at Lcavenworth, in which he han
dies Gov. Robinson and Major Prince
without gloves. He charges that, out of
enmity toward him, they are conspiring
to break up the Kansas Brigade, the
only thing that has saved Kansas, and
that they are endeavoring to send men to
New Mexico, who should be in his Brig
ade. There is not much poetry in his
speech, but we are inclined to think there
is mighty sight of truth in it. The
people are taking the matter in hand, and
the result will not be Aattering to Robin
son and Prince.
Year: 1861

i|GooD Dick Leach, a Forest City
traitor, (born in Massachusetts, last
week mounted an old codger upon his
horse. and sent him to White Cloud, as
a spy upon the Jsyhawkers. They nab
bed both spy and horse-kept the latter.
and sent the former back home on foot.
They were inclined to let him keep the
horse. under the impression that it was
his property; but at that juncture soft
shell Union man from Forest City stuck
in his shovel, and interceded for the re-
lease Of the animal, upon the ground that
it belonged to Leach That was q reve-
lation, and decided the fate of the "crit-
ter" IfJayhawkers would always per-
form such righteous deeds as the above,
we would not have word to say against
them.
Year: 1861

~ The new editor of the Atchison
Champion sets out in his labors by sueer-
ing at the courage Of the people of the
Western Reserve, in Ohio. We doubt
whether such an ardent and radical Re-
publican as John A. Martin will fancy
the idea Of his paper being made We
hicle for the worn-out Democratic slang
against the Western Reserve Yankees.
Nor do we think he desires to come home
from the wars and find his paper ''run into
the ground.''
Year: 1861




For several years We have made a tsn gal
lon keg Of currsnt wine, which is Of as good
quality as any We have tasted, and is gener-
ally 30 pronounced by those who have had an
opportunity to judge. The mode of maRufac.
ture is simple, and can be easily followed by
any family having the currants and the dispo-
sitiOn to make the wine. Fer general in
formation, as well as in reply to private in
quiries, We give the receipt after which we
make it, and cordially recommend it,


The currants should be fully ripe whom
picked; put them into large tub, in which
they may remain a day or two; then crush
them with the hands, unless you have a small
patent cider-press, in which they should not
be pressed too much, or the stems will be
bruised and impart . disas sreeabls taste to the
juice II the hands are used, put the crushed
fruit, after the juice has been poured of, in a
cloth or sack and press out the remaining
juice. Put the juice back in the tub after
cleansing it, where it should remain about
three days, until the first stages of fermenta-
tlon are over, and removing once or twice a
day the scum copiously arising to the top.
Then put the juice into a vessel-a demjohn,
keg or barrel-of q size to suit the quantity to
be made, and to each quart Of juice, add three
pounds Of the best double refined sugar, and
water sufficient to make gallon.


Thus, ten quarts Of juice and thirty pounds
Of sugar, will give you ten gallons of wine.
ohu ~ Oh III tnat pTopOrtlOu IDOse VINO 90
not like very sweet wine can reduce the guam
tity OF sugar to p or lbs. per gallon.


The cask must be full, and the bung or stop
per left of until fermentation ceases, which
will be in twelve or fifteen days. Meartime
the cask must be filed up daily with water,
as fermentation throws out the impure mat
ter. When fermentation ceases, rack the wine
of carefully, either from q spiggot or by
a syphon, and keep running all the time.
Cleanse the cask thoroughly with boiling
water, then return the wine, bung up tightly,
and let stand for four or five months, when it
will be fit to drink, and can be bottled if de-
sired.


All the vessels, casks, &c, should be per-
tectly sweet, and the whole operation should
be done with an eye to cleanliness. In such
event, every drop Of brandy or other spirit
GUS liquors added will detrsot from the flavor
OF the wine, and will not in the least degree
increase its keeping qualities. Currant wine
made In this way will keep for an age, unless
il is-ITank -IIsy syn1ufofuu TsIs1TanL
Year: 1861

A FIERY ADVENTURE IN THE CARs.-A few
nights since, a young gentleman Of this city
was returning home on the night express
Most of the passengers were sleeping; and
half awake and half asleep, he leaned back in
his seat, and serenely contemplated sputter-
ing candle burning low in its socket, just over
the heads Of two young ladies peacefully slum
bering in their seats. He gaEed dresmily, and
unconsciousy sank into dreamland. Suddenly
q dash Of light startled him. He jumped from
his seat TO find that the last bit Of candle had
dropped from its socket into the lap of one OF
the young ladies, and her light travelling dress
was in flames He grssped her dress very
promptly and energeticslly-rather boldly fol
stranger and an unmarried young gentleman
and instantly extinguished the flames. She
awoke with little scream and q great start
and thanked him warmly for saving her from
the flames? Not a bit of it. But, under q
confused misapprehension of the facts, seemed
to have the idea that he had produced the con.
migration. The young gentleman, seeing that
both the lady and the FIRE were "put out, II
withdrew.-HorffordP Pres
Year: 1861

The attack by the Harriet Lane on the Pigs


Point Battery, June 9th, lasted thee quarters Of
an hour. According to letter written on board
the Harriet Lane, she received one round shot
near the lorg 50 FOUNDER. 1t struck the tub.


making great scatteration of splinters and shot,
and wounding five of the men-three Of them
severely and passing entirely through the vessel
Another round shot passed through the :ore rig
ging and grazing the forernast went ont through
the starboard bulwark rs6 ~
Year: 1861

We have been requested to ahviteth Ladies
Of Staunton tom this tfuesday) evening at
5 o'clock in the basement story of the Lutheran
Church, for the purpose of adopting, ways and


means, by concerted and systematic action, to
provide for the relief and comfort Of the sick
soldiers now in this place. Too much praise can.
not be awarded to the ladies of Staunton for the
noble efforts which they have made and ARE
continuing to make for the comfort Of the, sold
iers. We have no doubt this meeting will be
well attended, though the notice issovery short


The watchful care Of the ladies is taxed to COM
pensate for the remissness of those whose duty il


is to have the comforts of the soldiers properly
provided for.i This would be sad and dreary
world without the presence of woman. Dog :
Year: 1861

ers. Sir you may depend upon it, the old
Union men who are no1o the strong Soathern
men, are ready to do it. There is a smothered
feeling OF indignant resentment throughout the
land; and when an EpgIjshraan and al Irjshnep,e
are to be placed at the head Of the Executive
organ in North Carolina. and they are allowed
{without rebuke) to assail the patrjotism,
statesmanship and integrity Of two such mer
as Coz. Graham and Hon. Bedford Brown, and
hold them up as unsafe to he trusted, (eVen as
electors, that feeling cannot be smothered any
longer it Will burst out.


repeat sir, | ati1 glad that you have given
the warning if it is unheeded the consequen-
ecs will not rest with you. We look TO you as
an able and fearless defender of our patriotism,
our honour, and our just rights; and let the
consequences be weat they may, am With
you to the end


DEMOCRATIC CONFEDERATE.
Year: 1861

HONEY LAKE VALLEY.-This summit val
ley is said by the Territorial Enterprise to
be approaching the character of old settle
ments. The people are fencing and i'm
proving their land, and building comfort.
able dwellings 10 place of the old cabins
Peach trees do well there, and were in bloom
several weeks ago. This is an evidence of
the superiority Of the Honey Lake route for
a winter railway. Apple trees have been
numerously planted this spring. The town
Of Susanville If growing apace, and brisk
trade with Northern California is springing
up.
Year: 1861

TIE first Official act of Rabe, the new
United States Marshal for the Northern
District Of California, was to clear that Of.
fee of the traitorOus nag that aoated there
from the miniature ship JEFF. Davis.
Year: 1861

THAT's JUST Ny LUCK.-A Mena-
gcrie WAS engaged to exhibit for q
specified number Of nights at Convent
Garden or Dury Lane Theatre, Lon
don, [ have forgotten which. Among
other extraordinary performances, a
man attached to the menagerie every
night thrust his head into o Hons mouth
to the delight O. Of the audience. It
was observed that an eccentric looking
individual every night occupied one
particular seat in the pit Of the theatre,
and that he never made disappearance
until Just about time for the man to
ram his head into the lions mouth the
individual would sit and earnestly and
attentiVely watch every movement of
the lion as we'll as the man, until the
head Of the latter was safe for {: one
night more'' he would then leave his
seat and so he continued night after
night for weeks. It SO happened, how
ever, that one night his seat was seen
70 be vacant, but when the man put
his head in the mouth Of the wild beast
the lion closed his jaws, in seeming an
ger, and bjtthe poor .fe1Ioao's head off,
which he shook it from his jaws, and
it came rolling down to the foot lights
to the apparent delight q Of some,
and to the evident horror Of others Of
the audience. TIE next day one of
the ha5itues Of the theatre happened
to meet the individual whom he had
missed at the play house the night be-
fore and ao9osted him thus -s'My
friend, YOU were not at the theatre last
EVENING""


The reply was simple, ssNo.''


"Well - continued the other, "the
lion mashed the mans head last
night!''


"The devil he did. That's Just ,n.l
Year: 1861

was running q night express train,
and had q train of ten cars--eight pas
senger and two baggage cars-and all
were we'll loaded. | was behind time,
and was very anxious to make a cer-
tain point; thus I was using every ex-
ertion, and putting the engine to the
utmost speed to which she was capa-
bic. [ was on the section of the road
usually considered the best running
ground on the line, and was endeavor-
ing to make the most of it, when con-
viction struck me that must stop.
A something seemed to tell me that
to go ahead was dangerous, and that /
must stop if I would save my life. I
looked back at my train, and it was all
right [ strained my eyes and peered
into the darkness, and could see no
signal Of danger nor anything betoken-
ing danger, and there | could see five
miles in the daytime. l listened to the
workings of my engine, tried the water,
looked at the gauge, and all was right.
| tired to laugh myself out Of what /
then considered childish fear; but,
like Banquo's ghost, it would not go
at my bidding, but grew stronger in
its hold upon me.


thought of the ridicuIe I would have
heaped upon me if / did stop; but it
was Of no avail. The conyiction-for
by this time it had ripened into a con-
viction-that I must stop grew still
stronger, and shut off and blew the
whistle accordingly. I came to dead
halt, got off, and went ahead little
way, without saying anything to any
body what the matter was. I had a
lamp in my hand, and had gone about
sixty feet, when | saw what convinced
me that premonitions are sometimes
possible. [ dropped the lantern from
my nerveless grasp, and sat down on
the track, utterly unable to stand for
there was q switch, the thought of
which had never entered my mind, as
it had never been used since I had
been on tho road, and was known to
be spiked, but was open to lead me off
the track. This switch led into a stone
quarry, whence stone for bridge pur-
poses had been quarried, and the
switch was left there in case stone
should be needed at any time, but it
was always locked and the rail spiked
Yet there it was wide open, and had
not obeyed my premonition-warning
-call it what you will should have
run into it, and, at the end of the track,
only about ten rods long, my heavy
engine and train, moving at the rate
Of 80 miles per hour, would have come
into collision with solid wall of rock,
eighteen feet high. The consequences,
had done so, can neither be imagined
nor described; but they could by no
possibility, have been otherwise than
fatally horrid.


This is my experience in getting
warnings from source that I know
not, and cannot divine. It is a mys-
terry to me--a mystery for which [ am
very thankful, however, although dare
not attempt to explain it, nor whence
It came.
Year: 1861

CATAMOUNT kILLED.--Mr. Wm. L. Stevens,
young man living at Webber's Bridge, shot a
large sized catamount, on Saturday last, while
on cunning excursion, near the South Yuba
He first saw the animal in tree, and draw
ing "bead" on it with his rifle, fired and
broughtitto the ground with mortal wound
AS soon as the animal fell it commenced a
fight with the dog, and Stevens seeing the
latter was likely to get the worst Of the bat
tie, ran to the rescue, when the catamount
turned on him, and with one grab tore off
his vest. He then fell back and the animal
soon died from the effect of the wound. 1t
measured little over four feet in length,
weighed twenty pounds, and in a fair fight
would evidently have been more than a
match for five times its weight of dog flesh.
Democrat.
Year: 1861

How THE APpoRTIoNMENT OF MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS Is MADE When the census Of the
United States is fully complete, it is the
duty Of the Secretary of the Interior to di-
vide the whole number of free persons, with
three ffths Of the slaTes, By 233, the present
number of members and the product shall
be the ratio Of one member. The Sec
retary of the Interior shall then proceed in
the same manner to ascertain the repre-
sentative population ofeach State by the
ratio already determined by him as above
shown, and the result of this last division
shall be the number of Representatives ap-
pointed to each State. The loss in the num-
ber Of members caused by the fractions
remaining in the several States shall be
compensated for by assigning to so many
States having the largest fractions an ad-
ditional member each for the fractions as
may be necessary to make the number of
Representatives two hundred and thirty
three.
Year: 1861

D6y- The chief feature Of the proposition for
an amendment of the Constitution, submitted,
to the House on Friday by Judge Kellogg, of
Illinois, is the prohibition of slavery north of
36o 3O>, and as to the present territory south
of that parallel, provision that :" neither Con.
gress nor any Territorial Legislature shall him
der or prevent the emigration to said territory
of persons held to service from any State Of this
Union, where such relation exists by virtue Of
any law or usage Of such State, while it shall
remain in q territorial condition"
Year: 1861

The regular monthly meeting Of the company
will be held on Monday evening, the 4th instant,
at their hall on Seventeenth street. Each mem
Der is requested to be present, the roll win be
called, and any member who shall fail to be
present for three consecutive meeting nights, his
name shall be stricken from the roll. .9rr


By order of the company. feb At b
Year: 1861

TENNESSEE. - We conversed on Saturday
evening with a most intelligent gentleman just
arrived from Nashville. He confirms the ad.
vices from other sources, that the Union men
are in the majority, and what is still more i'm.
portant that they are gaining ground. They
have taken the stump, the thing is being dis
cussed, and the secession fever is yielding to
reason. 1t must be SO everywhere, where time
is allowed for consideration. 1t is because the
conspirators know this that they rushed mat,
ters through in the extreme South. They saw
that even the cotton States could be thrown
into revolution" only by being "precipitated"
into it.


Whatever may be the complexion of the
Convention chosen to day in Virginia, if the
people only require the final decision of the
question of secession to be referred back to
themselves, a safe decision may be counted
upon. 1t is only time which is wanted, to col
lapse this bubble of secession.