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Year: 1861

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Year: 1861

An old rag-picker died in Paris, in state
of the most abject poverty. His only rela-
tiOn was q niece, who lived as servant
with green grocer. The girl always as
sisted her uncle, as far as her slender means
would permit. When she learned of his
death, which took place suddenly, she was
on the point Of marriage with q jOurneyman
baker, to whom she had long been attached,
The nuptial day was fixed, but Susette had
not yet bought her wedding clothes. She
hastened TO tell her lover that their mar
riage must be deferred, as She wanted the
price of her bridal finery to lay her uncle
decently in the grave. Her mistress ridi-
culed the idea, and eXhorted her to leave
the old man to be buried by charity. Su-
settle refused, and the consequence was a
quarrel, in which the young woman lost her
place aud her lover, who sided with her
mistress She hastened TO the miserable
garret, where her uncle had expired, and
by the sacrifice not only Of her savings for
the wedding attire, but of all her slender
wardrobe, she had the old man decently in-
terred. Her pious task fulfilled, she sat
alone in her uncle's room, weeping bitterly
when the master of the iaithless lover, a
young, good-looking man, entered.


$50, my good Susette, find you have
lost your place." said he, "I am come to Of
fer you one for life-will you marry me?"


81, sir' exclaimed Susette, "you must be
joking"


"No, faith, l want wife, and I'm sure |
can't find a better"


"But every one would laugh at you for
marrying poor girl like me-"


30, If that is your only objection, we shall
soon get over it; come, come along, my
mother is prepared to receive you"


Susette hesitated no longer, but she wish
ed to take with her memorial of her de-
ceased uncle; II was cat that he had had
for many years. The old man was so fond
of the animal that he determined that even
her death should not separate them, for he
had the cat stuffed aud placed on the tester
of his bed. AS Susette took puss down, she
uttered an exclamation OF surprise at find
ing her so heavy. The lover FASTENED to
open the animal, when out fell shower of
gold. A thousand gold napoleOns were
concealed in the body of the cat and this
sum, which the old miser had starved him.
self to amass, became the just reward of the
noble girl and her disinterested lover, thus
proving the truth of the adage-"It's an i'll
wind that blows nobody any good"
Year: 1861

they chiefly counted to aid them in their spir'
itua work. They miss their young manly
faces in the Bible class, in the Sabbath school,
in the prayer-meeting. Let not the pastor,
then, lose their influence for good while they
are absent Let him keep up regular cor
rcspondence with them. He may be sure
that the reading of their letters in the weekly
prayer-meeting will more than compensate
for the time required"
Year: 1861

The YOUNG MEN OF THE ARMY.-The
Evangelist speaks a good word for our young
men in the field. 1t says:


The community has an interest in them.
Many will doubtless return again to their
former place of residence, and prove to be
virtuous or vicious citizens according to their
experience in the camp. A little thoughtful
ness for them now may prevent their return
ing to demoralize society hereafter Why,
them would it not be good idea in every
town or village which has sent out compa-
ny, to appoint committee to keep up cor
respondence with some member of ii, and
through him furnish them with suitable read
ing, and in this way lead them to feel that
their former friends and neighbors are still
interested in their welfare and conduct p
Would it not tend to make them, not only
better men, but braver soldiers? And would
it not more than pay for the time and money
it would cost to carry out such plan! We
ask the friends of soldiers to think of this,
and see what they can do to make the sug-
gestion practical and efficient. A word TO
our pastors. Many have parted with their
choicest young men--some, too, on whom
Year: 1861

What charm rests upon that en-
dearing word, home, by
domestic love, that golden key to all
human happiness. There father
welcomes with fond affection,-therc
"a brothers kind sympathics comfort
i'll the hour of distress,--there a pious
mother first taught infant lips to lisp
the name of Jesus, there low
ing sister dwclls, she the companion
of our early days. Truly, if there is
a place that is lovely here below, it is
home,-it is like the oasis of the des-
ert. The passing Of our days may be
painful, our path may be overrun with
sorrow and care, unkindness and
frowns may wither the joyousness of
the heart. may efface the happy smiles
from the brow and bedcw life's path
with tears yet when the memory
hovers over the past, there is no place
in which it so delights to linger as
around the scenes of childhood aud
home. 1t is the star of our existence.


What cheers the mariner when far
away from friends, in a foreign land,
or tossed upon the bounding pillows as
he PAGES the deck at midnight alone !?
What thoughts fill his breast He is
thinking of the loved ones far away
in his own dear home. In his mental
vision he sees the group OF friends
seated around the fircside, and in his
imagination he hears their voices uni
ted in singing the sweet songs which
he loves lie is anticipating the hour
when he shall return to his native
land and greet those absent friends SO
dear to his heart.


Why rests that deep shadow upon
Year: 1861

Below will be found an extract from
the forthcoming Report of the State
Agricultural Society relative to the
manufacture Of sugar and molasses
from Sorghum grown in this State
The fact has been demonstrated abun-
dainty that cane from the Sorghum
and lmphee seed can be maturcd even
in the Northernmost Counties in this
State, and that with ordinary care and
skill, the product Of the crop can be
made far more remunerative than the
ordinary grain crops. The chief diff
Guilty has thus far been that our far
mers have failed to obtain that purity
and flavor in the manufacture of the
cane,juice into sirup which is desira-
BILE. This is not the fault Of soil, eli
mate, or the cane product ; but results
simply from the inexperience or the
inattention of the manufacturers
Within the last week we have seen
sorghum sirup made in one of the
Southeastern counties of Iowa, equal
to the best sugar-house sirup. The
statements made below give an in
sight into the best modes of manIfac-
turc, and We republish them that eve-
ry cane grower may have the benefit
Of them.


Until the Pro-Slavery Rebellion shall
be ended and the Mississippi shall
again hear upon its broad surface the
products Of the old Sugar-Growing
States, it may become a matter of ne
Year: 1861

A SHORT TALK TO PARENrs.-It is
your duty to provide your children
with the proper text books for their
use. You should, also, send them to
school the first day, and not only the
first but every succeeding day. You
should take an interest in their lessons
and assist them il necessary. You
should frequently visit the school, in
order that you may know under what
influence they are placed. and that
you may become acquainted with
the teacher and his method of con-
ducting the school. Instruct your
children to obey the requirements of
the teacher, to be prompt and early at
school. and to study diligently while
there. If you do all this you will,
ordinarily, have but little occasion to
complain because yonr children are
not benefited by the school
Year: 1861




Lay down the axe, fling by the spade;
Leave i'm it's track the toiling pillow
The rifle and the bayonet blade


For arms like yours were filter now;
And let the hands that ply the pen
Quit the light task and learn to WELD
The horseman's crooked brand, and rein
The charger on the battle field.
Our country calls ; away, away


To where the blood stream blots the green.
Strike to defend the gentlest sway


That Time in all his course has seen.
See, from thousand coverts-sec


Spring the armed foes that haunt her track
They rush To smite her down, and we
Must beat the banded traitors back
Ho sturdy as the oaks We cleave.
And moved as soon to fear and fight,
Men Of the glade and forestl leave
Your woodcraft for the field Of fight
The arms that WELD the axe must pour
An iron tempest on the foe;
His serricd ranks shall reel before
The arm that lays the panther low.
And We who breast the mountain storm
BY grassy steep or highland lake,
Come for the land ye love to form


A bulwark that no foe can break.
Stand like your own gray cliffs that mock
The whirlwind, stand in her defence:
The blast as soon shall move the rock
As rushing squadrons bear ye thence
And We whose homes are by her grand
Swift rivers, rising far away,
Come from the depth of her green land
As mighty in your march as they
As terrible as when the rains


Have swelied them over bank and bourne,
With sudden floods to drown the plains
And sweep along the woods uptorn.
And We who throns beside the deep,
Her ports and hamlets of the strand,
in number like the waves that leap
On his long murmuring marge OF sand,
Come, like that deep, when DER his brim,
He rises, all his floods to pour.
And ilings the proudest barks that swim,
A helpless wreck against his shore
Few, few were they whose swords, of old,
Won the fair land in which we dwell
But We are many, we who hold


The grim resolve to guard it well.
Strike for that broad and goodly land,
Blow after blow, till men shall see
That mi sht and right move hand in hand,
And glorious must their triumph be.
Year: 1861

If women have one weakness more
marked than men, it is towards ven
GRAFTON. They are born worshipcrs-
makers Of silver shrines for some d.
vinity or other, which of course, they
always think fell straight down from
heaven. The first step towards their
falling in love with an ordinary NOR
tai is generally to dress him ont with
all manner OF real or fancicd superb
ority and, having made him up, they
worship him. Now, a truly great


man, man really grand and noble in
art and intellect, has this advantage
with women. that he is an idol ready
made to hand and so that very pains
taking and ingenious sex have less la
Dor in getting him up, and can be
ready to worship him on shorter no.
tice. In particular is this the case
where sacred profession and a moral
supremacy are added to the intellectu-
al. just think of the career of celc-
brated preachers and divines Of all
ages. Have they not stood like the
image of "Nebuchadnezzar the king
set up" and all womankind, coquettes
and tiirts not excepted, been ready to
fall down and worship, even before the
sound of cornet, flute, harp, sackbut,
and so forth. Is not the faithful Paula,
with her beautiful face. PROSTATE in
reverence, before poor, old, lean, hag-
gard, dying st. jerome, in the most
splendid painting of the world, an en-
blem and sign of woman's eternal
power of self-sacrifice to what she
deems noblest in man? Does not old
Richard Baxter tell us, with delightful
singlc-heartcdncss, how his wife fell
in love with him first, spite of his long,
pale face and how she confessed, dear
soul, after many years of married life,
that she had found him less sour and
bitter than she expected? The fact is,
women are hurdencd with fcalty, faith,
reverence, more than they know what
to do with they stand like hedge of
sweet peas, throwing out hnttering
tendrils every where for something
high and strong to climb up by, and
when they find it, be it ever SO rough
in the bark, they catch upon it. And
instances arc not wanting of those
who have turned away from the fiat
terry of admirers to PROSTATE them
selves at the feet Of a genuine hero,
who never wooed them, except by he
role deeds and the rhetoric of noble
life The Minister'S H,ooiaS.
Year: 1861

cessity as well as choice that the
Northwest shalt grow it's own sugar
as we'll as grain and meat That we
can do 1t, has been proved by the limit.
ed experience we have had. The on
ly point to be settled is, how soon we
shall produce molasses and sugar,
yell. This problem is one for every
Iowa farmer to solve for himself.
Year: 1861

The Atlantic Monthly has published many
fine lyrics, but we do not remember any no.
bier burst of song since the great national cri-
sis began than this chant which we find in the
September number. 1t is worthy to be re-
membercd with the stormy days through which
the Republic is now passing. Once read it
cannot be forgotten
Year: 1861

partpent at Washington, and It is not unlikely that
Ser may be ordered at once to Fort Lafayette which
will Jut stop further civil action to his person,
though not az to the conscaon Of the property found
in hia
Year: 1861

Took WATER.-The Elwood Free
Press. after having denounced the bogus
State ticket in the severest terms, sudden.
ly became converted, through the inilu.
euce Of "soap." or some other potent
agency. and in its dying issue advised the
public to vote the ticket, as it could do
no harm in any event, and would be an
expression of the feelings of the people.
State tickets were printed at the Free
Press Office, and distributed throughout
the County; but how far the advice to
vote them was followed. we are unable to
say. But the editor should have known
that every vote cast for the ticket would
be aiding and abetting the revolutionary
movement. and would be regarded by it's
originstors Is warrant from the people
to persevere in their mischievous scheme.
A pretty thing to die on.
Year: 1861

SOUTHERN REFINENENr.-The South
erners lay claim to all the refinement in
the country. As fair specimen, take
the names Of some of their localities.
About every third name you come across,
has Bull" attached to it. We read ol
the battle Of Bull Run, the affair at Boil
Creek. skirmish at Bulltown. q naval
expedition to Bull Bay. and any amount
Of other Bulls. to say nothing of Cowskin
Prairie. A very fair indication of Sou
thern taste.
Year: 1861

COLLECTING DEBr.-Some four year.
ago. man in this County did soms hard
work for q neighboring farmer. in th.
way Of breaking a quantity of prairie
amounting to considerable sum. Wher
the laborer came for his hire, the farme,
coolly told him that. if be wanted his pay
he must sue for it. Then it was found
that the fellows property was in such q
shape that the law could not reach it
So the debt remained, until few weeks
since; when.the laborer. having enlisted.
was on his way with bis company to St.
Joseph. In the vicinity of Wolf River,
who should they meet but the rascally
farmer on horseback (by the way. a
low, snesking secessionist.) He had just
been to st. Joseph and recovered the
horse from the Jayhawkers. by swearing
that he was . good Union man. Here
was chance not to be lost. The labor
ing man stepped up to him. saying :
I" See here. old fellow. you have rode
about enough; guess you'd better get
of, and let me ride awhile" The fellow
was not slow to obey. and the other
mounted, remarking: "This just squares
Us on that prairie breaking account !"
That was the last the fellow saw of his
horse. and he trudged his way home on
foot, with the melancholy knowledge that
one debt was paid!
Year: 1861

| BunR OAk.-The pSopls of Burr Oak
Township complained bitterly because
their candidate for the Legislature, last
Fall, was defeated by q few persons in
White Cloud voting for his opponent up
on grounds Of personal friendship. To
atone for this, the White Cloud delega-
tion, in the late Convention, voted and
worked for that same candidates. nomi-
nation for County Clerk. and succeeded.
when their preference was for smother in
dividusl. whom they knew to be as we'll
qualified for the Office as any man in the
County. Yet we learn that Burr Oak
gave the boiling candidate for Sheriff
some 80 majority over a White Cloud
man. who was the regular nominee-that
being the only Township that gave the
bolter . majority. This was not done BY
. few men scratching the ticket. but ap-
pears to have been . systematic thing.
The boiling candidate for Recorder came
within a few votes Of carrying the Town
ship. Hereafter, We trust we shall hear
no more complaints from Burr Oak on
the boiling question.
Year: 1861

Cor AN HoNoRABLE DISCHARGE. -
In the recent organisation OF Home
Guard on this side Of the river. . ono
horse preacher took an active part, and
ran for every Office. from Captain down
to Corporal. getting beaten every time
Failing in his aspirations. be determined
to break up the company. He accord
ingly went to st. Joseph. and obtained
authority to recruit for regiment form
ing there. Upon the following drill. day
Of the Hons Guard company, be made
his appearances in the Geld used as . pa
rade ground. and commenced tamperins
with the men. The Captain soon got
wind Of it. and made drive for the OF.
fender, who took to his heels. and was
hotly pursued BY the ireful Captain. who
overlook the fugitive just q he reached
the fence; and grabbing him BY the col.
lar of the coat and the seat Of the brooch.
es. he gave him q heave that sent him
three feet higher than the fence. and sew
eral yards on the other side. The last
seen of the "soldier Of the Cross" was
his feet disappearing over the fence and
among the tall weeds beyond. That's
the way the Captain Of that company
gives au houorable discharge y
Year: 1861

n THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SIDEWALK on
COMMERCIAL STREET.


The Trustees of the City of Nevada do Ordain as
follows:


SECTION l. 1t shall be the duty Of the property
holders on the northerly side of Commercial street
between Pine and Broad streets, ON or before the
10th day Of April A. D. 1861 to construct side
walk in front OF their property


SEC p Said Sidewalk shall be on the grade of the
street, of uniform width not to exceed eight feet
aud shall be constructed under the supervision and
direction of the City Marshal.


SEC B. Should any property holder on CONNER
cia street, between the termini specified in the first
section OF this ordinance neglect or refuse TO con-
struct the Sidewalk In front of his or her property
as required, II shall become the duty of the Marshal
to let out contract for having the work done and
the property along the line thereof shall be held re-
sponsible for the reasonable expense of the same
Passed March 9TH, 1861.


JOHN WILLIAMS President.
7. II. RoLyE, Clerk. maro.sw
Year: 1861

difference to death, the result of stern resolve
Each man fought for the honor of Carolina. Sew
eral companies were almost annihilated. Some
had not men enough left to bury their dead, or
bear their wounded to the ambuances The uni
forms of some of the officers were literally torn
from their persons the color bearers were shot
down, but the flag, bathed in their blood, was
always seized they fell and borne to the front.
Proudly it foated through the tempest of death
until the victory had been won, and then, all torn
and boodstained, it dropped over its own glorious
dead! The regiment entered the battle with 273,
rank and file, and when it was over it mustered
1869! 1t had no missing, its dead and wounded
made up the deficiency. Cadets of noble State,
sons of a sunny cline, branded by their country
traitors for defending the Constitution and their
rights from usurpation and outrage, yet dying
cheerfully for that country in foreign land the
their own homesteads and institutions, can never
be subduedw ...
Year: 1861

Hereafter all Provisions passing through this city,
intended for any Depot out of the bounds of the State
will be stopped here for the supply of the troops
centrated this point. The market price will be al
lowed for the Provisions stopped. Forwarding and
receiving Agents at the Railroad Depot will pay strict
attention to the execution of this order.


By order of the Governor, J. F. HOKE, Adjt Gen.
Year: 1861

particular as to the description of goods they seize
as sscontraband of war" Among other articles
recently stopped there, while in transit for the
South, was case of gas burners for a tradesman
of Charleston, and fne rosewood piano, for q
gentleman of Savannah. The latter was probably
conscated for the private use of some Of the lead
ers, as being altogether too good for 'rebels and
traitors"
Year: 1861

Ma VALLANDIGHAM, OF OHIo.-This gentle
man is the only public man we have yet heard of
in the free States who remains true to his profess
ions before the Proclamation. He deserves
immortal honor. He is the one righteous man in
the Heaven forsaken cities of our Western plains.
He stands where he has ever stood, and bids the
mob defiance As mobs are always cowardly, they
are glad to leave Mr. Vallandigham alone
Year: 1861

The New York correspondent Of the N. Orleans
Picayune says:


A, vast number of those who have gone forth to
meet their Southern kindred in q hostile strife,
are no more ft for the undertaking than infants
in their cradles. And more particularly is this
the case with scores of the volunteers which 1
have seen on their way to be equipped. Instead
OF being able bodied aud healthy, they have deep
lines of sickness firmly engraved upon them;
while as regards strength march of FIVE miles on
a warm day would wilt them almost beyond recov
cry. The most Of these, however, have enlisted,
because Of the want of better employment; they
had nothing to do and the feeling here so strong
that the South aciU be easily aoAipped, that the
risk OF life on the part Of the enlisters has been
thought to be small indeed.


In the regular companies that have gone, there
are also many totally unfit for the arduous duty be-
fore them. The enthusiasm of the hour. however,
and the belief in only short absence from home
has carried them off to the unholy strife. Now
mark my prediction. If these men are sent to
your soil to measure arms with you on your
territory not half of them will ever again be heard
from. Either as food for powder as victims to
the scorching heat of your latitude, these now
ardent defenders of their country" will pass
away to the unknown land, their death struggles
rendered douby keen by the thought that they
rashly left all that dear to them to make war
upon their countrymen.
Year: 1861

THE NEW CoMET-A new comet has been
discovered recently, which one of our exchanges
says is now plainly visible to the naked eye, and
locates it Sin the quadrangle of the Dipper,' in
the Great Bear, hazy star, near the brightest of
the four" 1t is said to be moving rapidly from
the Northeast, aud in few days will be quite
conspicuous.
Year: 1861

A SAD AccIDENr.-Mr Daniel Agner, young
man, and member of the Rowan Artillery, Of
this place, accidentally shot himself on Monday
18th, with pistol. He had his pistol out cock
ing it with the muzzel towards him, when his
thumb slipped off the cock causing the explosion.
The load was lodged in the lower part of the
breast. He lived about two hours after the fatal
accident happened. Salisbury Banner.