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Year: 1861

The COMET. new visitor is at
tracting universal attention through the coun
try, though it has not yet been clearly decided
o. to which or whose comet it is Some savaus
claim that they expected it, while others feel
quite sure that it came without being expect
cd. We hope they will have the matter salts.
factorily settled before the stranger takes its
leave
Year: 1861

The Secretary of the Interior has decided
recently, that the assignment of land warrants
IN blank arc not valid, and that the names of
The asslgnors, to render them legal, must be
written thereon, at the time of the transfer.
Year: 1861

True ENoUGH.-In Jewish legend, a story
Is told of Jew at the court of Ptolemy Phi
lopater, who, being told to put off a journey
on account of some evil omen connected with
the flight of bird, killed it on the spot, with
the remark


How can that miserable bird predict my
destiny when it could not foresee its own ?"
Year: 1861

SKETCH OF Moderation,
decorum and neatness, distinguish the gentle
man he is at all times afable, diffident and
studious to please Intelligent and polite, his
behaviour is pleasant and graceful. When he
enters the dwelling Of an inferior, he endeavors
to hide if possible, the difference between their
rank in life: ever willing to assist those around
him, he is neither unkind, naughty nor over
bearing. In the mansions Of the great, the
correctness of his mind induces him to bend to
etiquette, but not to stoop to adulation cor
rect principle cautions him to avoid the ga
ming table, inebriety or any other foible that
could occasion him selfreproach. Pleased
with the pleasures of reflection, he rejoices to
see the gayeties of society. and is fastidious
upon no point of little import. Appear only
to be gentleman, and its shadow will bring
upon you contempt; be a gentleman, and its
honors viii remain even after you are dead.
Year: 1861

cable. A circular motion of the pins was
produced, and, connection being effected
with the usual chains attached to the rudder
and temporary wheel rugged up below the
deck, a shift was made once more to proceed,
but the screw of the vessel upon which the
locomotion now depended-hardly vestige
of the paddles remaining-soon stopped,
it being fonled by the rudder, by which
the rudder was prevented from veerng more
than was necessary to steer the ship All
of Friday was occupied with these arrange
ments. The ship had drifted up the west
coast of Ireland, out Of the ordinary track,
on Saturday night. Sunday, at two o'clock,
the Great Eastern got under way, the rud-
der was found to act, and the vessel proceed
ed nine knots an hour with the screw alone,
and managed to put into Cork
Year: 1861

THE "WoLF ToorH."-We were shown,
Yesterday, small tooth taken out of the
upper jaw of a fine horse, just in front of the
grinder. 1t is called by the above name,
and is not much larger than the tooth of
child. When found in the horse, it is grown
Immediately over the nerve which connects
with the eye, and if not removed, the horse
losses the sight of that eye. Should there
be tooth upon both sides. the animal would
become perfectly blind unless the teeth were
removed. This is nothing new, perhaps, to
horse men, but there are many who do not
know of the annoyance.


s. j. Republican.
Year: 1861

COMBINATION OF CONTRACTORS TO PRo


LONG THE WAR.-The Cincinnati Connaer.
ciul states that conspiracy has b en- enter
ed into by Government contractors, and 9TH
ers who prosper from the present civil war,
to use all their power in making it a long
one, and thus filling their own pockets at the
expense of the people at large. The inn
mense power that can be welded by a
heavy moneyed interest is notorious, and
will be felt by the Federal Government.
Year: 1861

That sterling democratic paper, the Marys.
vile Express, in an article, in the issue Of
the 7th inst. thus states the position of that.
paper:


because we did not believe that the
Union could he preserved bv fighting. we
have been denounced rs in favor Of seces
sion and against the Union. Such charges
are baseless and unmanly We Weld to
none in our devotion to the Union. and out
Of our attachment for our country has grown
our opposition to war. But the great troub-
le is we differ with the Republicans as to the
best mode of preserving it. They profess
to believe that the South can be forced into
submission by bayonets and cannon balls;
we are satisfied that the use of such means
will insure the permanent dsmemberm.nt
of the country. We opposed the war be-
cause we believe it must end in disunion:
they favor it for the avowed reason that they
think it will prevent separation. We differ
widely as to the best means of accomplish
ing the same desired end On account of
this difference of opinion they denounce US
as traitors, because their bigotry, sefishness
and intolerance will not permit those to &C
N"o"o"So l"O "o"cSty VI patriotism Ot
them who disagree with them. We verify
believe that the term traitor could with
more propriety be applied to them, because
we are satisfied that the means employed by
them to save the Union will destroy it.
But we are willing to admit that they are
sincere and that, if the result proves dsas-
trous, it will be on account of a woful de-
feet of judgment, blinded, it may be, by
prejudice and passion.





With reference to the war, our opinion is
this: 1t was unwse and impolitic to inaugur-
ate it, and had the Republicans adopted the
Cr'ttenden compromise, instead of hard
ening their hearts and stiffening their
necks against the South, there would have
been no occasion for it. But, since war is
resolved upon, we wish to see it prosecuted
as becomes great and powerful people
with wisdom, energy and spirit, always car.
rying the olive branch with the sword, and
extending it whether in victory or defeat
Then, if the worst comes, we will have the
satisfaction OF knowing thatswe have done
our duty and maintained the honor OF our
country. We are for acting on the princi-
pie of making the best of bad job" 1t
is humiliatng, however, to see the reluctance
with which the Republicans in this State,
who talk so loudly about the glorious war,
come up to the captains office and offer
their services. Where are the fifty five
thousand9
Year: 1861

SUBMARINE SPRING.-Between Ruad and
the coast of Syria the Greeks used to water
their ships at submarine fountain. Anoth.
er has been discovered recently by Mr.. VIM.
A. Booth off the coast of Florida. 1t is a
boiling fresh water spring, twelve miles
North by East from St. Augustine and eight
miles off the Shore The water boils up
with such great force that it can be seen at
distance of two miles. When first seen,
it has the appearance of breaker, and it is
consequently greatly avoided, but there are
five fathoms of water between it and the
shore. Ten fathoms of water are found to
the seaward, but no bottom is found at the
spring itself with thirty fathoms of line.
The water in the spring is fresh and by no
means unpalatable. When the St. John
river is high, this spring bos up from six to
eight feet above the level Of the sea, and it
has been many times reported as a rock with
water breaking over it.
Year: 1861

CHA1RA1Gx, Dec. 70, 1861.


at the outgoing Of the year Is proper time
to take retrospect Of its results and to lay
plans for the future. If ne have committed
errors in selection of crops or in our mode of
culture, now while t W'ubject is fresh before
us, Is Of al occasion3 le most appropriate to
investigate the cause and make record Of the
fact.


The Tar has brought Us new condition Of
things, and the consequence is that q reEolu-
ton in the great agricultural staples Of the
State is now IN progress.
Year: 1861

Too MANY REPUBLIcs-O of the most
favorable symptoms we can find in the news
from the East, is in the multiplicity Of Re-
publics proposed to be erected from the frag-
ments of our glorious Confederation, when
the federal relations are entirely broken up
between the States Such lot Of
petty republics would be simply ridiculous !;
and the very instant the people see the folly
of tho system, and really reflect on the ulti-
mate results. they will return to the allegi-
anco all owe to the Government at Washing.
ton, and find within the Union their only
safeguard against domestic violence and for
eign aggression. - CaIaueras Chronicle.
Year: 1861

SUDDEN DEATH "A man named Robert
Pierson, Scotchman, aged about 40 years,
while sitting Monday evening on a bench up
on the outer edge of the sidewalk in front of
"Nicks Saloon" on the Levee, suddenly fell
from his seat and before he could be taken
into the saloon, expired. The deceased re-
Gently arrived in this city from Sonora.
where he had been an inmate of the hospital
for a year past with disease of the knee,
which resulted in the amputation of a leg
He had upon his person a certificate from his
physician attesting the circumstances attend
ing his sickness, together with sum of
money amounting to S22 He had been in
dulging freely in drink, and was intoxicated
at the time of his death-Stockton Arq1S.
Year: 1861

AT Ph@nixville, the other night, sitting in
Is tavern, was jovial corps of jokers, b.
among the rest, and each was endeavoring to
outdo the other in the heavy line. One OF
the crowd had the greatest father out. He
was so spry that he could balance forty foot
ladder on one end, run up one side of it, over
the top, and down the other side before it
would fall. II have seen my father" said
b., many time take forty-fo foot ladder.
run to the top of it, catch it by the top round.
whirl it up another length, and go over it the
same way before it would fall"
Year: 1861

FREAKS OF MEMoRY.-A British captain
whilst giving orders on the quarterback of
his ship at the battle of the Nile, was struck
on the head by a shot, and Immediately be-
came senseless. He was taken home and re-
moved to Greenwich Hospital, where, for l5
months, he evinced no sign of intelligence
He was then trephined; and Immediately up.
on the operation being performed, conscious
ness returned, and he Immediately began
busying himself to see the orders carried out
that he had given during the battle fifteen
months previously The clockwork of the
brain, unaware that it had stopped, upon be-
ing set going again, pointed to the exact
minute that it had left off. These sudden re.
vivals of lost intelligence almost rival in
their dramatic effect the consequence of the
princes advent in the palace of the Sleeping
Beauty, where, at the magic of a kiss, the
inmates of the royal household. who had
gone to sleep for hundred years, transixed
in their old attitudes, leapt suddenly into life
and motion, as though they had only for a
moment slept.-London Journal.
Year: 1861

A STRANGE SIGHT.-Not long since saw
father in one of our parks with a pallld, sick
ly baby in his arms, whose little attenuated
hand and wrist as 1t hung over its fathers
shoulder. looked more like little birds claw
than anything else. The child was going out
for the fresh air. This was well but it was
not well for the father to be putting a cigar
straight into the little creatures lungs The
strange picture has often occurred to me since,
accompanied by the thought how that selfish
father, confirmed in this bad habit, would
have repelled any insinuation that he did not
love that child. So it is that tobacco by de-
grees blunts the finer feelings, and counts
everything as nought, when weighed in the
balance against this slavish Indulgence
Fanny Fern.
Year: 1861

u NoTi ALLowED.--It is rumored that the
getters up of the Bear flag yesterday, inten-
ded to raise it on land in the city but the ex-
ctement created by it showed that such
procedure would not be allowed, and it was
concluded to hoist it on private property on
a vessel in the Slough. As it was, the hal
yards were soon cut, and boy was sent up
the mast to take it down. The Union feeling
exhibited itself in various ways at sight of
the flag. At first it was derided and laughed
at; but when the idea broke upon the minds
of our citizens that it might be considered
abroad as the work Of the people of Stockton
a feeling of Indignation was excited, that
showed there was danger in thus trihing
with the public feeling. that could not be
subdued. Stockton Democrat.
Year: 1861

A WORD FOR THE PooR WAsHERwoMEN.-


We have received a long communication.


signed by four washerwomen, detailing the


hardshlps and grievances of their class in this


city, and asking us to call upon the public to


AID IN amelioratirg their condition. This


document is not remarkable for its elegant
composition, its correct orthography, nor its


grammatical accuracy, but for depth of feel
ing and earnest expression, it has no equal in
the ephemeral literature of the dav. The
sum and substance of the washerwomen's
complaint is this They are compelled to toll
severely from "rosy morn to dewy eve," to
rub their fingers to the bone" for the pur-
pose of earning a bare subsistence for their
families, the young particles of which are
growing up without proper restraint and ed
ucation, running riot, in fact, like weeds in a
rich soil; incapable of, or unwilling TO assist
their toil-worn mothers, whose backs are
made to ache while earning for them bread,
and whose hearts are made to bleed while
brooding over the future of their untutored
offspring. Some of these women have hus-
bands who cannot procure employment in
the city, but who are anxious to work. and
would do so were employment offered them.
10 supply meat and bread for hungry off
spring and forced to-be-idle husbands draws
Ni~ i'iN- oiOOu ltOlu JHe veins OF the poor
'washerwomen. They, therefore, ask for re-
lief, and at the same time suggest the means.
They urge that in city like this, overcrowd-
ed with persons of their class it is impossi-
BILE for them to rear their children properly
because their labors prevent them from de-
voting the necessary attention to their off
spring They wish to get into the country,
where their husbands can do something, and
where their children will not be subjected to
improper influences and to this end they i'm.
plore the attention of the charitable. They
also, in their humble way, suggest that the
Rev. Thos Starr King deliver lecture, the
proceeds of which shall be appropriated to
furnishing to poor families the necessary out.
mt to enable them to settle, in a humble wav.
in the country. There is much food for
thought in this touching appeal of the wash
erwomen which we would gladly publish,
had we space,) exhibiting as 1t does the suf-
fering, want and struggles of the poor in our
midst.-Sdn Francisco Call.
Year: 1861

SOUTHERN ARMS VIcToRIoUs-In addition to the despatches in our columns which de- monstrate the splendid achievements and yic- tory of the Confederate troops, we learn through Northern despatches that the victory on our part was complete. It is estim ated that between eighty and ninety thousand federal Ists, and from fifty to sixty thousand South erners, participated immediately and remotely in the contest The estimates of killed and wounded make an aggregate of from eight to twelve thousand federalists, and from three to four thousand confederates. The names of BEAUREGARD, DAVIS and JOHNSTON stand foremost as the heroes of the great battle of Manassas. DAVIS seems to have turned the fortune of the day in our favor at time when 1t was doubtful to whom belonged the victory Again, as on previous occasions, has he proved himself "THE RIGHT MAN IN THE RIGHT PLACED

 But while we congratulate ourselves upon this glorious victory, we should not be un- mindful of the noble spirits who have yielded up their lives in defence of the South The vail of woe that will arise from many habi- tation for the loss of father, brother and son. should remind us that in many Southern home there will be sorrow and afTliction. Those who but few short months since left their homes with the smiles of love and hone. will no more return to gladden. the hearts of dear ones around the family hearth. All hon. or to the departed brave, may chapets of glory be woven to "blend 'round their fame.u

 Many of our contemporaries think this will De THE battle of the war, and that it will vir- tually destroy the Government at Washington. But we think differently. The federalists are not without their hope. Too much caution and prudence cannot be practiced by the South to hold the vantage ground she has obtained, But we have confidence in our leaders. They nave proved themselves men of might both in the held and in the cabinet. All honor to the leaders of the armies of the Southland to the hople and gallant soldiers under their command.
Year: 1861

The New York appropriation>o Of $780,
GOO for the relief of the KANSAS famine
was yesterday sisncd by the Governor, md
his therefore become q fixed fact. This
act is beyond the ordinary terms Of praise.
It is equal to the renown and greatness of
the Empire State. It noble and humane
and sacred: 1tis The laying up Of treas
tires in Heaven.
Year: 1861

THE Sons OF MALTA TO DAN RICE GREETING
By notice and correspondence in another column,
it will be perceived that the ancient, honorable
and august order of the Sons of Malta tender a
benefit to that incompatible professor Of droll,
cries, Dan Rice, and that Friday evening next is
fixed upon for the occasion. Half the dress circle,
it will be seen, is to be appropriated to members
of the order, who "will appear with appropriate
badges" which probably does not mean in full
regalia. Mr.. Rice is recognized as a member of
the order in high standing, and he acknowledges
this rare compliment in exceedingly appropriate
terms.
Year: 1861




Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated with extraor-
dinary honors night before last on Washington
Square, in the Third District. Upwards of thou
sand people were present, including not a few
ladies. ~


A decently- y-dressed and uncommonly well-built
life-size eigv of Lincoln (said to have been made
bv the lades) with face mask strongly re-
sembIing the phiz of the illustrious original was
escorted with due honor to the center OF the square,
and the crowd formed in o large ring around An
orator was appointed to address Lincoln, and did
so, in a manner polite and humorous: and as the
orator spoke, the ettigy (by means of little negro
n|aced behind it for Tie pnrpose) nodded its head,
as if it understood and highly gratifed at all
that said.


When the orator concluded his gratulhtory ad-
dress he informed Mr.. Lincoln that before taking
his seat as President, he would have to pass
through the ordeal known as " climbing the ladder
of famen Lincoln nodded his head politely in as
sent. ladder was then brought into the ring
and held up, and Lincoln attached to the rounds
at short elevation from the earth. The word
was given, and D negro boy with cowhide ap-
peared and gave the eifigy twenty lashes well
laid


Then the orator informed Lincoln that he would
have to ascend the ladder yet higher. Here an
executioner appeared, put q rope around his (or
its) neck, and sent it dangling to the top of the
ladder.


After hanging thus by the neck for proper period
the combustibles secreted inside the etfigy were
touched off; the head exploded in a flash OF flame,
with report almost like Il cannon shot-for 1t had
a large torpedo in it-and in q short time nothing
was left Of Honest Old Abeh save pile of glow
ing enlbers and ashes.


It was the oldest and most elaborate hanging in
e1igy we have yet heard Of.
Year: 1861

The fire at this hotel night before last, was not
much more than scorch in corner, and in no
manner interfered with the hotel, in its usual
capacity of receiving and sumptuously entertain
ing the permanent and travelling population. The
public will please heed this fact.
Year: 1861

ing the surface dry and loose. With tins
precaution we have had excellent success
in transplanting all kinds of plants in the
dryest weather at all hours of the day.


Most persons prefer evening for trans
planting. In practice we find the morn.
ing nearly as well. Perhaps the plant il
less exhausted of its juices In the morn
ing. and on this account bears the change
quite as well at that time.


1t is well, and often necessary, TO shield
plants from a hot sun for day or two af
ter removal, especially if the roots art
Year: 1861

In the month of September, choose the
small, white, round onions, take of The
brown skin, have stewpan Of boiling
water ready, and then throw IN as many
onions as viii cover the top; as soon as
they look clear on the outside, take ihem
up as quick as possible with a slice, and
lay them on a clean cloth, cover them.
close with another, and sCald some more,
and so on. Let them lie to be cold, then
put them in jar, or glass, or wide-mouth,
ed bottle, and pour over them the best
white picking vinegar, just hot, bat not
boiling. When cold cover them; should
the outer skin shrivel, peel it of. They
must look quite clear.
Year: 1861

As a general thing, too much water is
used in transplanting. A shower or
douche bath of cold, or even lukewarm
water, upon cabbage or other plant, not
only packs the soil and makes it bake, but
it chills the plant by its evaporation, and
puts back its growth. If the soil be damp,
and little care be taken to preserve the
fibrous roots unbroken, water is seldom
needed. If the ground be dry, little
lukewarm water should be poured into the
hole made, and dry soil be filed in, leav-
Year: 1861

much disturbed, or if they are carried
far. The most conenient and ready mode
of doing this is, to break off full leaved
small branches from trees or shrubbery
and stick one or more of them IN the
ground on the sun side Of the plants to be
protected. A few minutes labor will
snffice to thus shield a large plot Of cab


bage OF other plants.
Year: 1861

LAY ASIDE PARTY CREEps AND PLATFORMS.
In his late speech before the Illinois Leg
islature, Senator Douglas made use of the fol
lowing language upon the duty of every man
ito lay aside party creeds and party plat
FORMS"


Now permit me to say to the assembled
representatives and Senators of our good old
State. composed of men of both political par
ties. in my opinion it is your duty to lay aside
your party organizations and partisan ap-
peals; TO forget that you were ever divided
until you have rescued the Government and
the country from their assailants. Then re-
sumo your partisan positions according to
your own wishes Applause Give me a
country first. that my children may live in
peace, then we will have a theater for our
party organizations to operate upon