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Year: 1861

We have received cory of the ordinance
10 reorganize the militia reported to the Con-
yention by the Committee appointed for that
purpose. 1t divides the militia into two classes
denominated the active and reserue. All over
21 years of age and Under 81 years of age will
constitute the active class, all the rest the re-
serve


Musters and trainings of the reserve shall con-
tinue as heretofore. Those for the active class
shall be prescribed by the Governor. He may
furnish camp equipage to The active class, or such
portion of them as may be ordered into encamp-
ments for military exercises, and t. the reserve
when mustered into service.


When the militia are needed for active service
the Governor shall first call out the active class
or such portion of it as may be necessary, unless
the exigency is such as to require both the active
class and the reserve, but he need not call out
the entire active class before calling out any por-
ton of the reserve. In all cases where the re-
serve is called out it shall be relieved as speedily
as possible by the active class.


The term of service of the res rye shall be as
heretofore; that of the active class shall be as
follows: All under 26 years of age, four years
over 26 and under %, three years; over % and
under 80, two years; and the rest, one year.
Service as volunteer shall be estimated as ser.
vice in the active class, but shall not shorten the
aggregate service which would otherwise have
been due from such volunteer
Year: 1861

The Memphis appeal gives the following as an
extract from letter taken from the pocket of q
Yankee soldier killed in the battle near Columbus
KY. The letter is written by ''sister Jane" to
her ''dear brother" Its tone indicates more
clearly that among the masses of the North the
war is growing somewhat unpopular. The let
ter says:


"The excitement here is great with regard te
the treatment of Fremont. Mother says she is
getting to be almost segesh. She wishes thai
Washington would be destroyed and all the old
"grannies" that bear rule there She says she
would like to send Old Abe set of petticoats
with the request to put them on and retire to
private life. As for myself, my patriotism has
almost forsaken me. | read as little war news
as possible, and think as little of war as can'
Year: 1861

The Petersburg Express says that the Vanuai
Government at Washington conceived the ldea
that by sending huge naval expedition TO Tue
Southern coast they would compel the Confeder-
ates to abandon Manassas in order to defend the
coast This idea was very fondly clerished ano
a confident expectation was entertained OF the
complete success of the movement to which IL
ied That terrible rebel army on the Potomac,
which the Vandals dare not face, was to melt
away like frost work under the new and SUDDEN
exgency that was to befal it, and the road 10
Richmond was to be laid open to the invaders.
Well the costly expedition has reached It's desti
nation 1t has landed at Port Royal. 1t has
captured the rebel forts there. But Ais tor the
Rump Instead of the army at Manassas oelne
withdrawn or weakened, it has been increased
by thousands in tie last week. Regiment after
regiment has been sent to swell its numbers, and
they are still going. On the other hand, fresh
armies are rapidly gathering at Savannah aud
Charleston, and before the 1st of December there
will be 100000 men in the proximity OF Beau
fort painting for an opportunity Of meeting the
maraudiDg towards, should they dare to separate
from their vessels. Let them try the experiment
as soon as they please. If they do, not man OF
them will return.


So, the upshot of the grand expedition is a
grand f-ilure--so far, at least as the contempla.
ted and expected diversion of troops from Man
assas is concerned. The army there is more
powerful than ever, and is daily becoming q
greater and greater terror to the Rump. The
forts at Port Royal have been captured, but the
invaders are cooped up there by the Oonfederates
as they are at Arlington Heights. Their great
Cotton speculation has proved an abortion, for
we do not suppose that fifty bales have fallen OF
will fall into their hands.


And this is the return which they get for an
expenditure of at least fifty millions of dollars
upon the Armada! What splendid profit upon
their mammoth investment And such will be
their luck to the end of the chapter.
Year: 1861

W- Some of the Southern papers are sug-
-gesting the propriety of planting no cotton next
year unless the blockade is raised before the
planting season arrives. If the present crop can
not be shipped, there is no use in raising another
to be kept at home. There is Gotten enough on
hand now to supply Southern manufacturers for
several years, and without foreign market for
it, its production will be far less profitable than
that of meat and bread. The same remarks ap-
ply to tobacco, and the suggestion is worthy of
serious consideration
Year: 1861

~ We have received copy of the Report
OF the Select Committee on amendments to the
Constitution of which Hon. A. 81. II. Stuart was
chairman. We regret that we have not space for
its publication, as it is document of marked
ability and would be read with interest The
Convention would do we'll to adopt the wise
amendments recommended in this report. We
should adopt a conservative Constitution which
would stand the test of time. Too much radical


ism will prove destructive to any Government
Year: 1861

The Confederate States will not be without
sources of supply of this indispensable article as
the war progresses. The Government Powder
Mills, at Augusta, have not yet been completed,
but temporary works have been erected which
are now turning out three ,:undred pounds daily.
There are several other mills in the Oonfederacy
which are working to the full extent of their ca
Year: 1861

SOME OF WHICH RUN THE BLOCKADE IN


THE ssBERMUDA."


NV e are now receiving a nice little stock of
w sonable GOODS to which we invite the atten-
ton of the public. As we cannot any longer buy
goods on the usual time, but are compelled to pay
Cash for all we buy, this fact forces us upon the
necessity of selling for CASH with the special
derstanding to be paid in very short time We
really panied be driven to this course but in order
to carry on business have other way left but to
adopt the CASH system as possible We hope
our friends will see the reasonableness of the
and sustain in it. We promise to sell our Goods on
a reasonable advance.


PIPER & FUNKHOUSER,
Staunton, Nov %, 81. Opposite Va. Hotel.
Year: 1861

W The Auditor calls attention to the stri-
king fact that nearly third of the eaths in the
State are among children under one year of age,
,eghich does not appear to the same extent else
where
Year: 1861

The signs seem to indicate that the enemy pur-
pose making desperate effort in short time
to make serious impression upon our lines OF
defence. They are now threatening our forces
at all quarters from Missouri to the Eastern
shore, and all along our coast from Fortress
Monroe to New Orleans. They are menacing
US by land and by sea. The next month will be
fruitful of great events-at least the signs seem
to iLdcate that such will be the case
Year: 1861

The Oarksvile. Tenn) Chronicle says that it
is almost amusing to observe with what tenacity
some CT our people cling to the hope of an early
recognition of the Southern Confederacy by
England and France, and the confidence with
which they look forward to it as the immediate
precursor of peace. We think it time that we
had learned to rely upon our prowess for an in
dependence which will force its own recognition.
ard not to look to foreign powers for sympathy
or aid beyond the promptings of dire necessity


The sympathies of England and France go with
their interests, and whenever either shall ac-
knowledge our independence, it will be great
mistake 10 credit the act to the account of friend
ship, or sympathy with our cause. 1t will be the
result Cf close calculation Of dollars and cents,
and it will be our interest to treat it as mere
business notwithstanding no obligations
and demanding no grateful Acknowledgements.
Our true policy is to prosecute the war as if those
powers had no existence-indulging no idle hope,
and evincing no desire for aid in the accomplish
ment of great purpose for which our own
strength is amply sufficient. Should the neces-
stiles of England and France force them to inter-
fere, we may justly avail ourselves of the advan-


tages to be gained thereby, but let Us not mis-


take that interference fer an act OF sympathy and


thereupon fund debt of mistaken gratitude.
Year: 1861

DEAR SIR In accordance with your request
| send you the Recipe for curing bacon, and
will state that have been using il for 12 years.
1t requires bushel of salt to 1000 to $500 lbs
of Pork. prefer the bacon cured by this reci-
pc to any have ever eaten and the quality of
the bacon a, well as its economy must commend
it to all at the present time.
Year: 1861

and your attention Is invited to the recommen-
dations contained in the report OF the Head OF
that Department.


The condition of the Treasury will doubtless.
be subject OF anxious inquiry on your part
am happy to say that the financial system already
adopted las worked Well SO far, and promises
good results for the f1ture To the extent that
Treasury notes may be issued, the Government
Is enabled to borrow money without interest, and
thus facilitate the conduct oil the war; This ex-
tent is measured by the portion of the field OF
circulation which those notes can be made to
occupy. The proportion of the field thus occu-
pied depends again upon the amount OF the debts
for which they are receivable; and when dues.
not only to the Confederate and State Govern
ments, but also to corporations and individuals.
are payable In this medom, a large amount of it
may be circulated at per. There s every reason
to believe that the Confederate Treasury note is
fast becoming such medium The PROVISION
that these notes shall be convertible into Oonted-
crate stock bearing eight per cent interest. al
the pleasure OF the holder, ensures them against
| depreciation below the value of that stock. and
no considerable fall In that value need be feared
so long as the interest shall be puLctually paid
| The puuctual payment of this inte,est has been
secured by the act passed by You at the last ses.
sion, imposing such rate of taxation as must
! provide sufficient means Tor that purpose.


| For the successful prosecution Of this war. it
Is Indispensable that the means of Transporting
| troops and military supplies be furnished, as far
as possible, iu such manner as not to interrupt
the commercial intercourse between our peonle
nor place check On their productive energies.
10 this end the means of transportation from
one section of our country to the other must be
carefully guarded ard improved. And this
should be the object OF anxious care on the part
OF State and Confederate Governments, as far as
they may have power over the subject


We have already two main systems of through
transportation from the Nor to the Sortn-oDe
from Richmond, along the seaboard the other
through Western Virginia 10 New Orleans. A
third might be secured by completing link of
about forty miles between Danville, in Virginia,
Year: 1861




evidence to be collected which proves complete
ly the utter inefficiency Of the proclaimed block
ade of our coast, and shall direct it to be laid
before such Governments as shall afford us the
means of being heard. But, although we should
be benefited by the enforcement of this law SO
solemnly declared by the great powers of Eu-
rope, we are not dependent on that enforcement
for the successful prosecution of the war. AS
long as hostlities continue the. Confederate
States will exhibit steadily increasing Capacity
to furnish their troops with food, clothing and
arms. If they should be forced to undergo many
of the luxuries and some Of the comforts of life,
they will, at least, have the consolation of know
ing that they are thus daily becoming more and
more independent of the rest of the world. If.
in this process, labor in the Confederate States
should be gradually diverted from those great
Southern staples which have given life to so much
of the commerce of mankind into other channels.
so as to make them rival producers instead of
profitable customers, they will not be the only
or even the chief losers by this change in the d-
rection of their industry. Although it is true
that the cotton supply from the Southern States
could only be totally cut off by the subversion
of our social system, yet it is plain that long
continuance of this blockade might, by diver
sion of labor and an investment Of capital in 9th
er empoyments, so diminish the supply as to
bring ruin upon all those interests of foreign
countries which are dependent on that staple.-
For every laborer who is diverted from the cul-
ture of cotton in the South, perhaps four times
as many elsewhere, who have found subsistence
in the various employments growing out of it's
use, will be forced, also, to change their occupa-
ton.


While the war which is waged to take from us
the right of self-government can never attain that
end it remains to be seen how far it may work a
revolution in the industrial system of the world,
which may carry suffering to otter lands well
as to onr own In the meantime, we shall con-
tinue this struggle in humble dependence upon
Providence, from whose searching scrutiny we
cannot conceal the secrets Of our hearts, and to
whose rule we confidently submit our destinies
For the rest, we shall depend upon ourselves
Liberty is always won where there exists theun-
Year: 1861

CATHOLIC FAIR AND BALL.-The Fair for the
benefit if the new Catholic Church, just finished
VIII open on Monday next, 18th March, in Thomas
new Town Hall The Hall is being very taste
fully decorated and arranged for the occasion
Ihe Far will close on Thursday evening with a
Bal and supper. The object for which the Fair
ana Ban are gotten up is truly praiseworthy,
both,
Year: 1861

AcKNowLEDGMENT.-1h JoCRNAL editor takes
ts occasion to return thanks to the ladies of the
Catholic Church Committee for a complimentary
ticket to the coming Ball. Intends to be there.
Year: 1861

pressed so heavily upon them. When they
have had to resist for while, at their own ex.
pense, the incursions of hostile Indians, by
whom the State is surrounded, and, perhaps,
to carry their own mails over a vast and sparse.
ly settled territory, they may come to the con-
clusion that the intolerable grievance Of not
obtaining full recognition of a theoretical
right to carry slaves beyond their territorial
limits, when they have now but the smallest
fraction of the number necessary to cultivate
their own soil, and will not have enough for
half century, is hardly sufficient to justify
revolution and civil war. What the result OF
the present conflict in that State may be we
do not pretend to predict, but of one thing we
feel certain, that if it comes to the arbitrament
Of the sword, the old Governor will make good
fight of il. The elements Of resistance to the
despotism at Montgomery are at work all over
the Gulf States, and when time has been given
for this resistance to be organized and the
Union men to be assured Of their own strength
and cooperation, the consprators will find
enough to do at home without marching an
army upon Washington.
Year: 1861

The country was startled short time ago
had been regarded as a strong Union man and
opposed to the revolutionary movement at the
South, had authorized and taken an active part
in the seizure of the property of the United
States within the limits of Texas. The gen.
eral impression was, that he had yielded to the
popular current which he was unable to with,
stand, and, making a virtue Of necessity, had
gone into the movement, so that it should not
pass entirely beyond his CONTROL in the same
way that Mr.. Stephens is generally supposed to
have accepted the Vice Presidency of the Con.
federate States, with the view of giving a con-
servative character to secession, if he could not
prevent it.


1t seems, however, from accounts recently
received from that State, that the secessionists
are not likely to have everything their own
way. The Governor claims that the functions
of the Convention terminated with the submis-
sion of the secession ordinance to the people,
and that they were not elected to assume the
permanent control and government of the State,
and to supersede the constituted authorities.
The Convention continues in session; has
usurped permanent dominion and has passed
an ordinance claiming sovereign powers, and
promising to consummate the connection of
Texas with the Confederate States The Legis,
lature is to meet on the 18th, only to find its
occupation, and that of the Governor, virtually
gone. A conflict Of authorities is expected, as
the old hero of San Jacnto refuses to transfer
his allegiance to the Southern Confederacy, and
will resist, it is said, with military force, the
usurpation of the Convention. He is determ.
ined that the people of Texas shall have some
voice in regard to the future relations and des.
tiny of the State.


1t is well known that no full and fair expires.
sion of the popular will has been had upon the
question of secession, though the forma Of its
submission to popular vote have been gone
through with, which was not the case in any
other of the seeding States. Mob rule, how.
ever, has been in the ascendency and all free
dom Of opinion ard action crushed out 1t
may be that the Governor is of opinion that il
the State does not come under the rule Of the
oligarchy at Montgomery and retains her sep
arate independence, the people will in time,
wake up to the folly of a separation from the
Federal Government, from which they have re.
ceived only benefits, and been relieved from
the burdens, which would otherwise have
Year: 1861




The opinion of the United States Supreme
Court, upon the application of the Common
wealth of Kentucky for mandamus to compel
the Governor of Ohio to surrender fugitive
from justice, is one Of especial interest. The
mandsmus was denied on the ground that the
case was one Of original jurisdiction, in effect,
of one State upon another, and that the consti-
tutional provision on this subject was left solely
to the good faith of the several States for its
honest observance. In giving this decision, the
court, as in the Dred Scott case, delivered an
opinion upon the merits Of the controversy. 1t
says that the duty of the Governor, upon an ap-
plication for the rendition Of such fugitive, is
simply MINISTERIAL and that, upon satisfactory
evidence being furnished that the offence
charged is crime in the State which makes
the demand, the fugitive is to be delivered up,
whether or not the act alleged to have been
committed was crime under the laws of the
State upon which the demand was made.


The analogy of this case to the celebrated
Anderson case will at once attract attention |;
and the opinion Of the English court upon the
principles which govern the Interpretation Of
treaties Of extradition will be compared with
that of the Supreme Court upon the constitu
tional provision referred to, which has generally
been regarded in the light of an extraditior
treaty between the States.
Year: 1861

to Bellair. About three clock in the afternoon,
he was seen sitting on fence near the railroad
track, about half mile above Bellair, by a
man passing by, who saw him quietly whiting
a stick but observed nothing singular in his
manner. In few moments this person heard
the report of pistol, but thinking McLain was
playing with the weapon, and had discharged it
in sport, he took no notice Of the circumstance,
and did not turn round. Directly afterwards,
three other persons came up and found him ly,
ing in corner of the fence, dead. He had
proceeded deliberately about the accomplish
ment of his purpose, having written his name,
"James McLain, of Wheeling" with lead
pencil, across the bosom of his shirt, in con.
spicuous manner, so that those finding his body
would have no difficulty in knowing him. Then
placing his revolver to his heart, he had taken
fatal aim, and ended his existence.
Year: 1861




pearance of stranger among them in the
shape of large catamount The following
is description of the deadly affray," as
given by one of the participants, which we
publish by particular request:


"A CatamOunt Hunt on the StanisIaus.


BY A. Q. CLEVELAND.


On one winters night, the weather being
cold and drear, the dogs began to bark
which made the people fear. So leaving
Usher and his wife behind, up the hill we all
did climb, and when to the spot we did ar
rive, armed with pistols, guns and rocks
Walker said it was only a California Fox
Then Toms drew up his gun and took deliL-
crate aim, but did not bring the game
Then Cleaveland, bound to show his skill.
drew his pistol with intent to kill, and away
1t went pop, pop, but did not bring the Fox
Then some proposed the tree to climb, but to
do SO, Condict said that he would have to
leave his boots behind, and to kick the dew
IL from the tree, with bare feet, wouldn't
with him agree. Then up spoke Lighthal,
the largest of us all, saying boys with rocks
we must make him fall. Then we rocked
him till he found it would not pay so down
he jumped and ran away; but he soon found
out that running with him did not agree, so
he took up another tree. To the tree we all
did run, and began to pelt him. golly was it
not fun. Then up the tree young Toms did
climb, to pull him down by the tail was in
his mind, but when he saw those roaring big
eyes it did him surprise and yelling, golly,
boys, it is young panther, hit a lick with
his club which We all thought would ans
wer, when from the tree he fell, we thought
that we had all done well, and got ourselves
into fix, so we brought him down and sold
him TO Wor Tex. The Chinaman was bound
the catamount to eat, so scaIt him all over
from head to feet, which caused the fur to
fly so fast that Wor Tex lost his two and a
half Now some may say that I've told
lie, and it is not so, and he measured Just
four feet and two inches from tip to toe


Now all a warning pray take by this, and
when in the mountains you chance to 60,
arm yourselves well with pistols, guns and
rocks, and look out for Walkers California
fox


DEAD Mans BAR, Dec. 23, 1860


We believe the above is the first instance
Of a catamount being killed in the county,
The description of its death is quite unique
-IWOJUD1Re Courier
Year: 1861

shall be fighting against God. The rebellion
is cherished by Slavery, and derives from
that system one great element of its power.
Slaves are now laboring to feed Southern ar.
mics, and rearing the Notifications for their
defense Slavery is the corner stone of the
Southern Contederacy; let that be removed,
and the immediate and perpetual triumph of
tne Government is secured, and while our
Government ignores this fact, they refuse to
lay the axe at the root of the tree Of evil.


If we would secure national safety and
peace, we must seek the pardoning mercy OF
God for our crying national SINS and bring
forth fruit meet for repentance. We must
break every yoke, and let the oppressed go
free. We must give to others the rights we
ask for ourselves. It is not in the sight of
God greater crime for the South to rule
over us, trampling upon all Of our national
and individual rights, than for them thus to
deal with one Of tho least Of those in South.
ern bondage, who believe in Hin.
Year: 1861

THE WLLrAnsBuRGH FERRIEs.-A good deal OF
dissatisfaction is again expressed at the management
of the Wiiliamsbureh Ferries, in consequence OF
greatly decreased accommodation. Most Of the new
boats that were built year o. TWO since have been
withdrawn, and the old boats th.d have been In use
for the pact ton fifteen years substituted Theu u'ps
are also much less frequent than tormNly.