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Year: 1861

This ill has just been completed, and is ready ID
supply LUMBER of all kinds and in any quantity. at
short notice Having the very best of Timber and all
the modern improvements in machiuery, we can give
entire satisfaction TO those who may favor us with
their patronage.


Dec. s, 1860 CLARK CO.
Year: 1861

Stock animals would be materially i'm
proved by being kept up, says Western
journal. because their number is much too
large ior the range, and, in consequence
they live, or rather prey, TO large exter',
on the property of others. To this there
was no objection so long as there was pas
ture enough on our uninclosed lands, but
since, in very many sections of the North.
west, the INST of the land has been inclosed,
our stock Of domestic animals has degerer-
ated in the same degree that their cunning
for jumping and breaking the fences has in
creased. Many farmers keep up their stock,
while the stock Of their neighbofs pasture on
their timber and unimproved land, and
break into their fields when grass becomes
scarce.


So long as cattle range in timbered lands,
trees cannot come up, because in the spring
and fall, when other food is scarce, the young
trees are trOdden down and crippled, il not
killed. A person can usually buy three
cows accustomed to shift for themselves and
live on what they can find, for about forty
dollars. These three cows will give from
three to FIVE gallons of milk. Now If you own
COW that gives five gallons Of milk per day,
you cannot sell her for forty dollars, although
that one COW can be kept in good order with
one-hali the food the three require, and will
be just as profitable as al three together;
yet many persons would prefer to have three
poor cows than one good one, because the
one must be fed, but the others will pro.
vide for themselves. It would be a great
advantage to every farmer if he would keep
his cattle upon pasture. Cows which are
so kept will give FIVE gallons Of milk and
often more per day. For this purpose he
onght always to keep one field of his farm
in clover, which he might change every two
years. On this pasture ground his cattle
would prosper for two years, and in the two
years next following he would raise as
much grain on that field as he could have
raised in four years if il had not been in
clover. Ia this way we will become more
and more Of a stock.raising community, our
stock will be improved, and, at the same
time, the fertility Of our soil will be in.
creased, and we will not be so dependent
upon one crop.


The only objection to be made against
such law is, that It would be hard on poor
people In depriving them Of q cheap aid to
their living. A COW which is kept up and
properly fed, will furnish more milk to .
poor family than three or four which run
at large and starve along the roadside on un.
enclosed lands. Il would be happy thing
for US if we could dispense with fences here
in the West. Many persons think this i'm
possible. They forget that in almost the
whole Of Europe fences are unknown, ex.
eept around gardens; yet stock is raised
there as well as here. The Usage Orange
is, without doubt, destined to come into
universal use throughout the western States.
Experience has proved that Il succeeds well
on open ground, and makes an excellent
fence II properly cultivated.
Year: 1861

Very bad symptoms, which, if not corrected may tend
to some serious disorders Of The heart or other vital
oranH Eat moderately Of solids take x Pills nightly
for some little time take plenty Of fresh air with mod
crate exercise, and the human machinery will be quickly
restored to health and vgof. Try this but for three
only, and the result will Be marvellous.
Year: 1861

Bes- OVER EXCITEMENT, and the mental care
and anxiety incident to close attention to bus-
ness or study, are among the numerous causes
Of Nervous Headache The disordered state of
mind and body incident to this distressing com.
plant is fatal blow to oil energy and ambition.
Sufferers by this disorder can always obtain
speedy relief from these distressing attacks by
using one of tho Cephalic Pills whenever the
symptoms appear 1t quiets the overtasked
brain and soothes the strained and jarring
nerves, and relaxes the tension of the stomach 4
which always accompanies and aggrayates the
disordered condition Of the brain.
Year: 1861

it, is both rebel and anarchist, and re-
nOunces the protection of the laws


If there be any who are deluded BY
this talk shout peace into . mcsnentasy
inclination to yield, there Is one con-
sideraiion which the instant it occurs
to their minds, should decide them to
remain firm for the Constitution. In
that broad highland region which
stretches from Western Virginia to
Western Georgia and Northern Ala
bama. there is a large population de-
votcdly attached to the Union, and al
most everywhere else in the Slave
States are citizens loyal at heart, though
perhaps compelled by the despotism
which holds forcible possession of that
region to conceal their sentiments.
One OF the strongest reasons for resist
ing the demands of the rebels was that
we might obtain for these people the
opportunity of freely expressing their
sentiments by their voices and suffrages.
If we yield to the demands Of those
who have conspired to subvert the
Constitution by force of arms, we
shall shamefully abandon these men,
who are now looking to us for present
protection aud future liberty. All who
have been openly friendly to the Union
we shall abandon to the relentless des-
potism which now seals their lips. We
shall leave the 10000 men, the flower
Of East Tennessee, who are now ready
to take up arms in defense of the Un-
ion, to the mercy of those who bayonet
the wounded and fallen as they lie help
less on the field of battle. We shall be
guilty of an act of cold-blooded and
cowardly, selfishness, which will hand
down our name with disgrace to the la
test ages.-N. Y. Post.
Year: 1861

THE SECESSION QUESTION TO BE TESTED
N CoTRT-Thc ST. Louis Democrat has
been furnished with an extract from an an
swer about to be fled in the Circuit Court Of
that county at the suit of a well known New
Orleans Bank against prominent city banker
Of ST Louis, to recover large sum


The defendants state IN their answer that
the plaintiffs are an association Of persons.
citizens of the State of Louisiana. domicied
and doing business therein. and acknowledge
ing allegiance thereto. and have abjured all
allegiance to the United States Of America .
that said State of Louisiana has seeded from
and revolted against the United States of
America and is at war with the same; that
the plaintiffs, and all other persons who are
citizens Of said State and domiciled therein
and acknowledging allegiance thereto. are
alien enemies of the United States of Ameri-
ca, and Of the State Of Missouri. and have
no right to maintain any suit in the Courts
Of the State Of Missouri


This defence. if persisted in to the last re-
sort, would carry the question Of the right Of
a State to secede to the Supreme Court Of the
United States for settlement. Its prosecution
opens the door to a variety Of legal questions
Year: 1861

TIE STORY OF RELEASED PRISONER.


A communication in the Quebec CJironi-
Gle, from person who has been released
from Fort Lafayette, but who does not give
his name, gives this account of life in the
fort:


On my reaching the fort was required
to surrender all the money and blank paper
l had on my person, at the same time being
informed that by applying to the command
ing officer would receive writing materials,
and all my letters would be examined by
him, and if found to contain nothing objec-
tionable, they would be forwarded to their
destination; that my money would be subject
to my checks, but must account satisfactor-
lily for its disposition before l should receive
any. So strict were they at first respecting
paper that l was required to account for
every sheet; subsequently,, however, the
prisoners were permitted to supply them
selves with writing materials according to
their wants. The rules of the fort are rigid
as to the character of the correspondence of
prisoners. l was we'll satisfied if l received
an answer to my letter in three or four days
from New York, only seven miles in dis
tance. My quarters were in casemate
some twenty-six feet long by fourteen feet
in width, hight of roof eight feet; in this
from eight to eleven persons were locked up
at sundowp. At first there was but little
comfort in the shape ofa bed but afterward
iron bedsteads were furnished and arranged
in hospital order. The prisoners were ex-
pected to wait on themselves, and to have the
casemate in order by guard-mounting in the
morning; as TO myself, was fortunately sit
uated compared to the members of the Mary
land Legislature, &C., who were in one room
in which thirty-eight were packed, together
with the guns; in another room were from
twenty. five to thirty, from all grades of So
ciety-from the newspaper-selling boy to
the Ex-Minster TO France.


Those who had funds arranged q mess
provided with two meals day, by the SER
geants wife, for which they paid one dol
lar; others, however, and by far the largest
number of my fellow-suferers, entirely de-
pended on soldiers rations, viz: For break
fast, fat pork, four ounces of bread, and a
cup of something called coffee; dinner four
ounces of bread, q cup Of pork or beef soup,
three ounces of over-boiled and indigestble
beef and a quantity of water. The above
bill of fare is invariable. All little things
were at first forbidden admission to add to
the comfort of our less fortunate prisoners,
but there was an individual in the neigh
borhood whose name will never be forgotten
by any prisoner in the garrison, whose char
liable hand was ready to give aid,
and did send such meals daily at her own
expense thrt gave great relief to the poor
prisoners who had to subsist on such food
as they were not accustomed to.


At first newspapers were positively for
hidden, but at later date such papers as
were published in New York were allowed
This privilege was great comfort and
why it was so long delayed l really can not
divine, in this age of newspaper reading
Year: 1861

Here is pretty experiment for our lady
friends who are fond of flowers. We copy
from little work called The PHlor Gar
dner, published by ]. E. Tilton s. Co.;


Having made your choice among the
shades of blue, red and yellow, you must
give your greatest care to charming ex-
pertinent which will be the source Of very
agreeable amusement for you all the winter.
You can procure, at very small expense,
two vases of plain, clear, uncolored glass ;
both of the same form, except that one has
no bottom, and is little smaller than the
other. They are to be used as follows: Put
into the one that is opened at both ends of
the finest of your hyacinth roots; suppose
you take one of fine red-a sultan Soliman
for instance; place this bulb in position
inverse to its natural position, that is, with
the top up, and the top, from which the leaves
and flowers are TO come, downward, even
with the orifce at the bottom of the vase.
Then you must crumble a mixture of good
garden earth and leaf mold over the bulb
until the vase is three-quarters full. A
second bulb with flower in strong con-
trast to the first, say blue if the flower of
the first is red, and Uice UerSa, must be next
placed in the vase, so that the top shall be
even with the upper orifce. You have
nothing more to do than to place the vase
thus prepared upon the first vase full of
water.


Two similar couples look very well placed
upon the two ends of the mantel-piece of n
rom in which people habitually sit, and
where, consequently, fire is constantly made
while the cold season lasts. The earth in
the upper vase should be moderately
watered as soon as the bulbs are placed in
it, and then kept constantly moist, avoiding
excess, by renewed watering whenever you
perceive that the earth is getting dry.
At the end of two days, the crowns of the
/ two bulbs will send out straight, white
roots those of the reversed bulb turn down
in curves, but do not fulfill their functions
worse for that. Very soon the two bulbs
placed in a contrary position to each other
| put forth leaves-the one into the air the
! other in the water; then you will see ap.
pear in the midst of the transparent liquid
the buds on the floral stalk, and finally the
| flowers, as beautiful, as well formed, of a:
rich a color, surrounded by leaves of as fine
O green as the corresponding parts possess
of the other flower planted in the ordinary
manner and vegetating and developing il
the air, its natural element. 1t is true tha
time is necessary for all this to be accom-
! plished bulbs planted in October will
flower fully in February or March; but il
it not pleasure to watch day by day thu
phases of their development, above all tina
| Of the hyacinth which ends by blooming il
the water, head downward2
Year: 1861

LETTERs TO THE SOUTH MUST BE BRIEF.-A
correspondent of the New York Herald, from
Fortress Monroe, November 2S, says:


In previous letter I spoke about tho prac-
tice of sending letters SOuh, the correspond
ence generally extending to three or four pages
of manuscript. AAt first the request of Major
General Wool seemed to have some effect and
letters were limited to one page. But latterly
numerous epistles have arrived at headquar
ters, the correspondence in most cases bsipg of
unusual length and of a desultory character.
The gentlemen who have charge of reading the
Southern letters have as much as they eau pos
sibly attend to, without being able to do any
thing else. There is at present a whole bushel
full of Southern letters lying ready for the next
flag of truce.


The General again requests me to announce
to the public and those interested in correspond
eDce with Southern people, that they must
limit their letters to one page, and all letters
con aiming no improper reading matter will be
forwarded at once by a flag of truce. Letters
to Richmond must be prepaid with FIVE cents,
and those going outside of Virginia demand
ten cents postage.


Those who have friends in the South will
therefore make note of it, that their letters
must be left unsealed, and must be plainly
written on one side or page Of the paper. The
shorter the better.
Year: 1861




96AeT The New Orleans Picdyine, in its issue
of the 17th of November, has an article upon
Great Britain and the Southern blockade. 1t
says:


"The effectiveness or not Of blockade being
q question Of many facts, and the course to be
taken question with aspects of varying expe-
diency, the determination Of q government
would take the form Of deliberate national
act 1t would be very unusual, even if the de
termination should be reached that the block
ade is unlawful, for one government to take
measure for what in fact constitutes war against
another government with which its relations
are those Of amity, without diplomatic G;tem pit
to avoid the necessity of rupture. The re-
moval of unlawful distractions from commercs
would be first requested, and even in the event
that such request should be refused, formal
notice world uDquestionably be given of The
of DatioDs would be observed in all their strict
ness before the making up of so very grave an
j. sue as the disregard through all its length OF
a blockade of three thousand miles of coa9t,
supported by an array of armed vessels which
may not be numerous enough to close all the
ports completely, but are formidable enough to
make the undertaking to encounter them a Sc
Iious ua'ional question.


"Tbls is all recognized in the communication
of the British Secretary to the cotton shippers
The governms Mt will not disregard an 'effsc-
tive blockade, nor authorize others to disrs-
gard any blockade at their discretion. He
carefully reserves the question whether this one
is effective and what the government will do
If it be decided not 70 do so.'
Year: 1861

A New York fashion writer says the most
charming toilette of the Academy last Mon
day night consisted Of very light gray silk
dress, a white opera cloak, lined and
trimmed with rose color, and deliealely fit
ting Tose-eolored kid gloves.
Year: 1861

One Of the Oldest journals in Boston, the
Courier, raises its voice in Oppost ion TO the
prosecution OF the war to the bitter end. From
an editorial in a late number Of the Courier We
quote the following:


If one were to state the rightful objects Of
this war to be the preservation Of the cspital
Of the United States, and the vindicaiioD OF the
authority OF the Union against the doctrine of
state secession, no reasonable man could dis
sent from the proposition. The Vindicalion Of
that authority, and the restoration Of the Sc
eeded states to the Uaion are one and thesame
thing.


If there is a reasonable probability that war
will do il, the means are appropriate to the
end, and the end itself is right one. IL the
military subjsetion Of the South is not proba
bic, or II, being probable, it is not likely to be
followed bya state Of things whicL will again
ms Ike such system as the American Union
practicable government, then the means are
not appropriate 10 the end, and the end should
be sought 10 some other mode


With regard to the first OF these conditions
the probability Of The military coercion of
the Soutt-0pinioHs may differ The public
mind has been so poisoned with deliberate in
cuicatiOn Of contempt for our adversarfes and
their resources, that even the government has
been driven to the sacrifice of lives which the
public could lily spare, and whose private loss





iy, In sheer delusi0n as to the power of the en-
emy; for there was certainly but one inpor-
tant man in office in the nation, and be the
very man on whose judgment both the govern
ment and the people should have implicitly re.
lied, who is now known no5 20 have shared
that delu5ion. Whether the North can ulti-
mate!y reduce the South to submission ia
military question, on which il would ia be-
come mere civilians to express a confident
rrfn In al Hf.a
the supsriors in courage and in military ca
pacIty, the inhabitants Of the two sections
are probably equal. But resources, courage.
and military skill are not all that are needed
10 overTun and hold in subisction so vast
country as the seeded Sta es, il the psople Of
tia. country are united and determined. That
they have become united and determined is sp-
parent; and it is only encouraging mis-
chieyous and fatal delusion to pretend the con
Year: 1861

CT The Cincinnati Gazette gives currency
to the following as a good item, and sound
Lincoln doctrine:


GIN. CAss ON THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY.
Gen. Cass, in a recent conversation with Pres
ident FaircAild, Of Hi'lsdale College, Mich,
said that though he had always been hereto
fore opposed to abolition, yet this was the
only way to successfully and permanently end
the contest. Without abolition, if we had
peace to-day we should have war TO morrow.
This is saying considerable, for one who has
always been so conservative as the great
Michigan statesman.
Year: 1861

yThey have awful muddy times
in St. Louis according to report. 1t is
said that a man went into a hardware
store the other day, and enqaired tor
some strong graphing hooks. lie
said he had lost a horse in the mud be-
low Almond street, and he wished, If
possible, to recover the harness. He
never expected to see the horse again,
but as matter Of curiosity, intended
to see how far the horse had sunk pc
low the gas pipes.
Year: 1861

H ~


TERRIBLE EXPLOIT OF A RIFIED CANNON
BALL.-The Boston Courier publishes let
ter of a correspondent on board the United
States steamer Massachusetts, off Ship Is
land, October 26th, giving an account of the
affair between the vessels and a rebel steam
er, in which the following extraordinary ex-
plot at rifle cannon ball is chronicledx w


"During the action think we hit her four
times, and know she hit us once with 6s
pound rifled shell THAT is the way we got the
exact size Of her rifcd gum. The shell en-
tered on our starboard quarter, Just above
the iron part Of the hull; it came through
the side angling aft, (as we were little abaft
his beam when it struck us), and took the
deck in the passage way, between two state
rooms, and completely cut off eighteen of the
deck plank, and then struck beam, which
canted it up a little, so that it took the steam
heating pipes undcr,our dining table, cutting
off five of them, and tearing our dining table
all to- picces-thcn went through the state
room bulk head and ceiling of the ship on
the opposite side, and struck one of the out
side timbers and broke every outside plank
abreast Of it short OFF, from the spar to the
gun-deck; it then fell down on the cabin
deck and exploded, knocking four state
rooms into one, breaking all the glass and
crockery ware, shattering the cabin yery
badly, breaking up the furniture, and setting
lire to the ship; but we had three streams
OF water upon the fire at very short notice,
and put it out before it did any damage
keeping up our chase as though nothing
had happened.
Year: 1861

a In the days Of old long before the
deep solitudes of the West were dis
turbed by white men, it was tho custom
Iof the Indian warriors of tho forest to
assemble nt the great cataract, and
offer a human sacrifice to tho Spirit Of
the Falls. The offering consisted OF a
white canoe full of ripe fruits and
blooming flowers, which was padded
over the terrible cliff by the fairest girl
of the tribe, who had just arrived ut
the age of womanhood. II was counted
an honor by the tribe to whose lot it
fell to make the costly sacrifice and
even the doomed maiden deemed it
high compliment to be selected to
guide the white canoe over tho falls
The only daughter OF chief of tho
Seneca Indians was once chosen as
sacrificial offering to the Spirit OF
Niarara. Her mother had been slain
Lva hestile tribe. Her father was the
brnycst among his warriors, and when
the lot fell on his fair child, no symp-
tom of feeling crossed his countenance


At length the day arrived; it faded
into night Us tho savage festivities and
rejoicing proceeded then the moon
arose and silvered the cloud of mist
that rose above the turmoil Of Niagara;
and now the white canoe, laden with its
precious freight, glided from the bank
and swept out into the dread rapid from
which escape was hopeless. The young
girl calmly streerod hor tiny bark
towards tho centre Of the stream
while frantic yclls and shouts arose
from the shores. Suddenly another
white canoe shot forth into the storm,
upon the powerful impulse of the Seneca
chief. flew like arrow to destruction. 1t
overlook the first ; the eyes of Father
and child met in one last gaze of love-
and then they plunged together over
the laundering cnteract.