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Year: 1861

In olden times, the solid columns and


the desperate charge generally won the


battle; but light, active troops, spread
over an extended field with good rifles,
would soon slaughter the best drilled
columns in the world, armed with


smooth bored muskets and handled in


the old fashioned pasteboard style
Modern tactics require more extended
field for manouvering. hence greater care
is necessary in handling the soldiers,
and more intelligence on the part of the
soldiers, is necessary for taking up
proper positions, to save themselves and
harass the enemy to the greatest advan-
tage. Formerly the position of an army
could he approached within three hun
Year: 1861

course. And no matter what might be the result
oi the present struggle, they intended the same
state OF things to continue. Were the men who
advocate secession so strongly to see the effect
of these friendly re'ations-which were marri-
ages of the sexes Of each section with those of
the other-they might be brought to believe
that there was little or chance fer separation
The people on his side the river would rush to
the rescue if they heard of a slave insurrectiOn in
Kentucky, with the same zeal that they would fly
to snatch fr0G ruin the inmates of burning build
ing.--What greater evidence of fraternal feeling
could be desired than this ?--The people of his
State were for the preservation of the Union and
the enforcement of the laws at all hazards and at
any cost. Who does not know that the rights OF
the South dear to them as those of the North
were to them. But who was it that talked about
compromise the part of the North Who
it ? 1t was those who had stolen the property of
the United States. Those were the men. The
traitors who had insulted our flag and fired into
a vessel of the United States. 1t should be
recollected that the leading of the cotton
States spat upon and spurned the offers of
compromise. They had placed
the banks of the Mississippi river, and
obstructed the passage of commercial vessels down
to New Orleans. Why was petition presented to
the House this morning to change the name of
vessel from that of John G. Fremont? 1t was be-
cause under such name she could not run on the
Mississippi river, nor land at a Southern port. 1t
was time to stop the work of these traitors, and
force the law, and they should be put down by the
strong arm of federal pOwer.-Mr. HOLMAN rose
and read yolumni0us speech strongly advoca-
ting coercion, denying in toto the right of any
State to secede under any circumstances, and
closed with an eloquent euogy upon the Union
Mr.. MORRIS, of Illinois, followed in most
severe philippe against the present admins
tration. He said that the high cabinet officers
had robbed the treasury, and brought the
Union to bankruptcy, and then had plotted the
downfall of the very men by whose hands they had
been fed. The President had allowed men to stay
in office who dared to wear a secession cockade,
and then committed the double act of treason by
sending traitor (the Secretary of the Interor) to
negotiate with South Carolina. He now regretted
that he had not done what he intended to do, and
that was: impeach the President. After the close
of his speech the committee rose.--On motion of
Mr.. Harris, ofMary land, bill was passed extend
ing the act relating to the collection of tonnage
dues at the port of Baltimore, for the benefit of the
harbor, up to the year 1871. The present act
expires March, l861.--The House then ad-
81
Year: 1861

PRUsslAN TREATY WITH JAPAE.-The Berlin joar-
mails state that German merchant, writing from
Yokohama in Japan, confirms the fact that the ne
gotlations for treaty Of commerce between Japan
and Prussia, which had been commenced by Count
Eulenburg, had been embarrassed by a number of
difficulties raised by the japanese Government but
that the Count had declared that he would remain
near the island with his squadron for eight months
in the hone of remnYinp them.
Year: 1861

1t is said that movement is on foot at Albany
which is calculated to have a great effect on the
course Of the cotton trade, to the advantage of
New York and the North generally. law is to
be presented which shall exempt cotton in bales
from the payment Of any transportation the
New York canals. This measure will add greatly
to the amount of cotton transported over the in
Year: 1861

In discussion on acoustics il the Institution of
Architects, England, in eierence to the fat surface
behind speaker, it was stated that the Bishop of
Lincoln, preaching once in the open air. instead of
turning his back to the wall, faced about towards
it, and the result was that he was heard distinctly
by several hundred persons
Year: 1861

boy, thirteen wears old, was arrested in Phila-
delphia on Tuesday on the charge of drunkenness
His father, who was sent for, stated that in spite of
every precaution and counsel, the boy would by
some means, obtain money and get drunk every
day; in fact was habitual drunkard.
Year: 1861

The MEETING AT LEMosT.-A correction


should he made in the articles on the second


page with reference TO the meeting ut Lemont
on Friday evening They were prepared for
the issuc Of the following morning, and by in
adycrtcncc appcar in this issue without chungc
Year: 1861

sentiments as Aey have been embracsd and pro
mulgated throughout the canvass. think may
now safely say that such is to be the true re-
suit, after all the complications Of the last few
months. .. I.


1t will prove the best thiog for the country st
large and for the Government for the public
mind to settle down in the that ii is i'm,
possible to reorganze parties in the face Of rev
oluticn. To attempt it is to promote further dis
location Of our political system, and to demorsl-
ize the Government. If the Republican party
cannot administer the Government on its prinei-
Ples, then, when the proper tine comes, Let it
retire, and give place to some other party that
can. But let all be done in the interest of law
and order, and under the shelter and protectioa
of constitutional forms and guarantees. But, at
all events, let US have the experiment tried.
There is no genuine Republican who doabts its
success ....o, .SP.
Year: 1861

We suggest with Difference to our correspond
eat that the use of the epithet ''great' Is not
favorable to the notion that The Ho'td, news
paper, is meant in the passage, although possibly
other portions of the text may strongly lpuica'e
the correctness of our correspondents suggestion
However. Its of no consequences" let us dis
miss the subject.
Year: 1861

DrcH MATTERS IN TUoLUMNE.-Ths most
veXatious subject, which we had been led to
believe was in a fair way of being omicaLly
settled, is as far from settlement as ever
The Committee elected by the people to con-
fer with the parties concerned, to effect a
compromise if possible, have done all that
men could do, for that purpose; but it ap-
pears that their very commendable efforts
have been altogether fruitless. SO says the
Columbia Times.
Year: 1861

EFFECTS or THE SroEM-The wind last
Monday, says the Red Bluff Independent,
played curious antics with the awnings about
town, not very pleasing to the owners of real
estate, however Considerable repairing has
been going on since. The floods of rain
raised the Sacramento river nearly as high
as it was in the Spring Of '5S The creeks
north and south of oyerAowed their banks.
For two days we were without a mail from
below, and bat one from the north Taken
altogether it was an extremely huge old
storm.
Year: 1861

new phase is offered Of this theme, BY
a British journal, semi. official in its posi-
ton, and likely above all others, to be well
informed in military mstters-aThe Army
and Navy Gazette" o1a


"These regiments are not designed to
make demonstration, nor to be scattered
along the immense Southern frontier Of the
Colony. Few who are acquainted with
Canadians affairs, can be ign0rant Of the
height to which political discussions among
very powerful fractions Of this mixed pop
ulstion, are carried; and in the presence Of
8 furious War and while their sympathies
may incline towards one side rather than
another, it is absolutely impossible to fore
see what events may occur. We believe
that It is to guard against evehtuaities
that Government has decided TO Strengthen
the local authorities Of q young colony, by
means Of small nucleus Of we'll disoi-
pIined troops, around which the militia
and volunteers may rally, 80 that neither
hlibustsrs from abroad nor dssperadoes st
home can hope for q sudden chance that
would allow them to transform order and
prosperity into anarcy and chaos" 4
Year: 1861

The Painesville Telegraph publishes a
list Of the volunteers who have gone from
Lake County. The list is not complete by
twenty-five or thirty names, and yet il
counts up about four hundred and thirty
names. The quota Of little Lake is three
hundred and sighty-seven. She has there
fore sent from sixty to ssventy-ive more
good and true soldiers than she was called
upon to do. What other county has done
moss, and what do the Cincinnati papers
which have 50 often repeated the Islander
that ''the Western Reserve has done moth
ing think Of the spirit displayed in the
above contribution to the war;. Geauga
and Ashtabula have done nearly or quite
as we'll as Lake.
Year: 1861

We the people Of the Confederate States each State
acting in its sovereign and independent character
order N form permanent federal government esab-
lish justice Insure domestic tranquility, and secure
the blessings OF liberty ourselves and our poster
ty-nvoi1 the f4ver and guidance Of Ain ighty God
do ordain and establish this Constitution for the
Confederate States of America.
Year: 1861

MANAGEMENT OF HENs-TwO EGGS DAY.-A
writer in the Maine Farmer says Your cores
pondents have had good deal to say of late
about hen husbandry. Perhaps it will not be
amiss for me to state my experience.


And first, it is not good policy, even if practc
able, to keep your hens laying all winter. They
should have some time for rest. If you coax
your COW to give milk up to her calvng, it will
he at the expense of diminished quantity after
wards. Hens year old and more, usually moult
late in the fall, and it takes them the most of the
winter to regain their vigor. Hens should not be
kept more than two years; they should be worn
out in that time. Chickens hatched in April,
aud well fed through the summer, will lay by
the first of September, and prove your best layers
for the succeeding three months.
Year: 1861

SOME new and profound political maxims have
just been given to the world by Honest Old Abe:
Tariff is to government, what meat is TO a
family Lincoln.


In other words it may be said to stand in the
same relation to government that Sausages do to
d small family l-Hartford Times.
Year: 1861

BEEs-MOuNTAIN VS.. VAMEY-We have been
told by gentleman who has had some expert
ence in Bookkeeping in the valley, that in his
opinion, the honey bee will do much better ia the
mountains than in the valleys. The long drouths,
which prevail throughout the valley, will not
admit of much honey being made during their
continuance, while the cold fogs also keep this
little insect much at home. The snow of the
mountains, along the big timber belt are scarcely
more than an offset for either of the two above.
named hindrances in the valley. Take it all in
all, We incline TO the opinion that bee culture
will be found TO succeed best, in belt of country
along the mountain range, which may he repre-
scented in this county by the range extending
from five or six miles below Penn Valley to about
the same distance above Nevada.-NeUadd Dean.
Year: 1861

WHAT He MIGHT Do PRoFTTABLY. William
Y. Patch, late Tax Collector and editor OF
the Gazette, is one of the Californans who
went to Washington after an office and failed
to get one He is, we understand, in that
city at the present writing. We would sug-
gest that during the present political rent at
the Federal Capital, he employ his leisure
time in writing letters descriptive thereof
They might be published under the very APP
propriate title of Patch on the seat Of Gov
eminent s. f. CaU
Year: 1861

10 CLEAR Room OF Mosquitoes. Stake of
gum camphor piece about one-third the size
W o' an egg and evaporate it by placing it in a
Su u vessel and holding it over lamp or can
we taking care that it does not ignite The
smoke will soon Gil the room and eXpel the
,4 ,no'4 41itoes One night not long since, was
oerI'oiy annoyed by them when thought OF
"nu tried the above, after which | neither
n SOW nor heard them that night, the next
,,IIo'hlng there was not one to be found in
or. cIe room, though the window had been left
open all night.
Year: 1861

IIlNrs on FmING CANNoN.-Tha Columbia
Courier furnishes the folio wing sensible hints
on the subject Of firing cannon by ineXpcri-
encel persons. little care may prevent
serious results. There are SO many accidents
oeeurrng at public demonstrations 10y pre-
mature explosions, sc, that we should be
odmouishcd to use the utmost prccaution:


Above all things says the Courier, be as.
sured that 'the gun is perfectly clean, ard
provided with a proper sponge, which is
made Of Sleeps pelt sheared to about one
half of an inch of the hide; this is tackled
with copper nails to the staff, and should fit
the bore Of ihe gun nearly air tight and not
less than eight inches in length. The staff
should be about two feet longer than the
gun; the other end, which is used for ram
ming the charge, should, be about one-half
an inch less iu diameter Than the bore of the
gun; the cartridge should be made Of all wool
flannel, sewcd firmly, and of size, that when
filled, shool, down hard and tied close, they
will enter the gun snug


No more than five men should nave any
thing to do with the gun while firing salutes
viz; one to hand the cartridge, two to ram
and sponge, one to thum the vent and prime,
and one to ply the match. After the dis
charge, the vent should be tightly closed the
sponge entered by one of the ramers, pressed
down hard against the breech, turned around
once or twice then drawn out; the other
rammer then enters the cartridge, with the
tied end out and it is rammed home. While
forcing down the charge the gunners should
use but one hand each, the other resting on
the gun hear the muzle; they should not
stand forward of a line of the muzzle of the
gun. The man at the vent should, en- no ac-
count, remove his thumb, which should be
protected with buck skin, until the gunners
have drawn the staff and retired to the flank
Of the gun. There are always left in IA can
non after discharge, pieces ofthe cartridge
bag on fire, and if the sponge is passed down
the bore without closing the vent, draft OF
ar is created which fans the flame; but if the
vent be closed, the smoke is compressed
around the burning cloth and the fire is
smothered. Sometimes when firing in the
dark, man cannot find the vent until the
sponge is put in; then the flame will stream
from the vent, as if the gun was quite full OF
fire.
Year: 1861

A YOUNG lady recently remarked that she
could not understand "what her brother
George saw in the girls that he liked them SO
well and that for her part, she would not
give the company of one young man for that
OF twenty girls'S
Year: 1861

ILLINOIS MILITIA.-The Chicago Tribune
says: " We trust that Gov. Yates will not
omit to recommend to the Legislature re-
organization of the Illinois militia under the
provisions of the State Constitution-the
enrolment TO be commenced at the call of
the executive. It may not be necessary to
bring them into service it probably will
not be. But it is desirable to be in readi-
ness to respond to any call from the Presi-
dent of the United States 'to suppress in
surrection or repel INVASION" and it is es-
pecially desirable that all things be done
decently and in order.
Year: 1861

The advices from all points in theinterior
continue to report the packing behind last
year, and in Iowa we are informed that
there will be falling off in the number
packed as compared with last year. at
Muscatino, the packing will fall far short
of last year, and from Some points in ILL
nois we have similar advices. There seems
to be good ground for the conclusion that
there Will be no greater supply of pork
than there was last year, Notwithstanding
the increase in weight.


There has been good demand for the
hog product, chiefly for shipment to the
South, and prices generally advanced, but
at the close the feeling was weaker, with
more disposition to sell than to buy at our
quotations. The small speculative business
Year: 1861

doing the present season is very remarkab' 9
but shows how much all dread the future.
Hardly anything doing for future delivery
in the provision line.


In Groceries a good business has been
done in the regular way during the week
at full prices, though dealers buy sparingly J
and with reference to their present wants.
Still IN the aggregate there is quite large
quantity going into consumption, and much
reason to complain on the part of grocers.
Year: 1861

Ifa gentleman repeats something that he has
heard of another. and that other assures him that


it is untrue. he hastens to repair the injury he has
done by confessing every where and stringentIy
that he mistaken. and that the story is untrue
This is simple decency. The man who would de-
cline to act in this manner either believes that
the other lies, which is an account between them
else he is unutterahly mean rs to prefer that
the other should be injured by slander rather
than that his own reputation for nfallibity should
suffer.


Why should not a public journal behave with
similar prOprietyl fit say, "There was an earth
quake in Charleston yesterday" and it turns out
that it was misinformed, why not say so instantly
instead of muterinp Well. at anv rate there
was an earthquake in Lisbon during the last CEN
turv and our correspondents (anonymous) says he
did hear noise in his cellar" For such wretehed
equivocatiOn a man would be kicked out of decent
society.


\ There is nothing more comical than the news


per assumption of infallibility because it de-


lives nobody. When the morning paper comes,
We all know that it is Bobs who writes on the
Pacific Railroad, and Cobs who does the heavy
political thunder. and Dobs the sarcastic quizzipg
and FObs and GObs, who have supped with the
Prima Donna and the light comedian after the
play, who writes the eulogies of opera and drama
1t is all called The Gazette, or The Standard But
we recognize under the roar and the hairy name
ONLY SnOuI Lne TINKER. VINO. ike q g0Od fellow,
wants to be recognized and have the pudding of
praise as we'll as that of pay.


Well, now, when SnOut says what is not true
about somebody who lives in Portland or San Fran
cisco, we all know that he reports rumOr-that
is to say, he prints letter which he has received,
the substance of it, and in good faith. He says
Justly that he can not stop to verify every thing
he finds in his exchanges or in his customary cor
respondence. We all understand it. We all know
that he may make misstatements. He, Snout the
tinker, is a man like the rest of US. We hope,
also, that he is gentleman. The somebody about
whom he printed the rumor writes that it is un-
true. Now SHOUTS course is very plain. He may
say You lie, - and stick to his statement or he
may say :" We are very sorry to have reported an
untruth in regard to somebody in Portland -


If he say the first. he probably has his reasons.
If he say the last, he makes an honorable apology
But if he try to worm between the two-to wrig-
gle out sort of explanation which leaves, and is
intended to leave, the impression that it wasn't
exactly as he said, but the thing really so aft
er all, why, then, he betrays his dninus; he shows
that his wish was not to tell the TRUTH but to in
iure somebody in Portland and every body says
what a a-sneak Snout the tinker is l-Hdrper's
Weekly, August 20, 1859.
Year: 1861

A Curious PRAYER.-The Syracuse IN. W Star
is responsible for the following 90 In the State
Of Ohio there resided family consisting of an old
man BY the name of Beaver, and his three sons,
all of whom were hard nuts who had often
laughed to scorn the entreaties of pious though
very eccentric minister, who resided in the same
town. 1t happened one of the boys was bitten by
a rattlesnake and was expected to die. when the
minister sent for in great haste. On his ar
rival he found the young man very penitent and
anxious to be prayed with. The minister calling
the family, kneeled down and prayed in this
wise %, Lord, we thank thee for rattlesnakes;
we thank thee because rattlesnake has bit jim.
We pray thee to send a attlesnake to bite john
send one to bite Sam and, o, Lord send the
biggest kind Of rattlesnake to bite the old man,
for nothing but rattlesnakes will ever bring the
Beaver family to repentance
Year: 1861

ORDINANCES PROVISIONAL CONSTITUTION AND


GOVERNMENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES


We the people of South Carolina now met and sitting
Convention do hereby ordan That the provisional consu
tion for the Confederate States of affirmed and
agreed to by deputies the city of Montgomery the
State Of Alabama be- and II hereby is accepted and ratified
and that the government organized thereof Il
hereby confirmed and made valid according the and
limitations expressed in said constitution


11thBy order OF the Secretary OF War of the Sstth
confederacy demand made the surrender Of
Fort sumter Major Anderson replied that his Of
honor and his obligations 10 the government prevented
compliance
Year: 1861

HAPPY WoMEN.-A happy woman is not
she the very sparkle and sunshine of life? A
woman who is happy because she can't help it
whose smile even the coldest sprinkle of fmis-
fortune can not dampen. Men make teri


bic mistake when they marry for beauty, for
talent, for style the sweetest wives are those
who possess the magic secret of being conten.
ted under any circumstances. Rich or poor


high or low, it makes no difference; the bright
little fountain of joy bubbles up just as music


ally in their hearts. Do they live in cot
tagee the fire light that leaps up on its hum
bic hearth becomes brighter than the gilded
chandeliers in an Aladdin palace. Do they
eat brown bread OF drink cold water from the
we'll it affords them more solid satisfaction
than the miionaires pate de foie gras ard
iced champagne. Nothing ever goes wrong
with them no trouble SO serious for them, 60
calcmity so dark and deep, that the sunlight
of their smiles will not make the best of it,
Was ever the stream of light SO dark and un-
propitious that the sunshine Of happy face
falling across it's turbid tide would not awak-
en- an answering CLEAN ? Why, these joyous
tempered people don't know the good they do,