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Year: 1861

But the economic effect, ON tho whole,
would be rather to slacken the swift
progress we have been making than TO
send MS backward or even bring us TO-
stand.siIl. Business once relieved
Of tho suspense which has been weighing
upon it like an incubus, and knowing
what to calculate upon, would soon adapt
itself to the condition Of things Amer
lean industry ofoll sorts has an irreprcs-
sible energy and versatility which will
not permit IL to be long kept down.
There is abundant capital in the North,
10 sound currency, little foreign dobt


inexhaustiblc natural resources, a great
and daily augmonting population, and a
power Co CommuHieata, Eu ,uo utmost
freedom, with all quarters Of the globe.
In spite of this mad rebellion Of the
South, if we are only true to ourselves
we cannot help prosperug. The war,
if it comes, will be deplorable. To is
hOrrid that brother should meet brother
in bloody strife and not for the world
would we say anything that should nit
igato the sense Of that, In its social
bearings it is terrible misfortune. We
simply deny that in its economic rela-
tions it is to work, or come any where
near working the ruin to the North
that some have pictured. We have
treated the case as if the whole South
were to Join the rebels, Of which there
is no probability and have thus presen-
ted it in its worst possible aspect.
Year: 1861




The natural faculties OF each child
are as plain to careful observation as
the sun at oOn-day; and it is only ne
cessary to know the mental bias of a
child to which his or her rpowors are best
adapted.


Let every father, every mother, and
all who hope to call themselves parents,
forever bear this in mind, Watch the
child at its play. Suffer 1t to play as It
will, and note what sport attracts 1t, and
wherein lies the CHIEF pleasure.


Away with those horrors, infant pho
nomena. Let nature alone, and doyou,
ignorant man, keep your great, coarse
finger out of the delicate machinery,
which, working by and through nature,
will at the proper moment indicate the
course to be pursued, the development
which is sought. Permit childhood to
guide you in the treatment thereof Ma
ture is a wise teacher.


At infancy the healthy body, inca.
pablo Of progressive motion, demands
rest; give then perfect quiet. Mans
early life is a mere vegetatvo existence;
the brain, gently puIsating beneath the
Uniformed bone, is not yet the seat Of
reason, but of instinct While Nature
then demands entire reposc, or at the
most, passive action, why should a bar
barous nurse and ignorant mother ar,
ray the little form in thick embroidery
display it to the admiring multitude
handle it with humping vibration, or
spin it like a boomerang in the air?-
Why seek the most noisy promenade Ia
confuse it with the uproar? Why pound
it up and down over hundreds Of miles
In the midst Of smoke, ellluvia, and all
the rattle, noise and screams incident
to railroad travel? Avoid those abomi
nations called cradles flee from the
rocking of the crib, and all those swim
ming motions which cannot fail to pro
duce, in minor degree, those very
agreeable sensations, that pleasant leth
argy, which seizes upon one when he il
taking his first lesson in drunkenness
What renown would that agricuturis
win for himself who should invent
patent, portable, double action
relf.rocking cradle for sucking calves
what an advantake to the bovine race


When by pure air and its natura
nOurishment, (the pure milk Of a COW
or a goat, is far better than that Of
feeble, passionate or drunken nurse
when the mother cannot nurse her of
spring. the child has become old enougI
to creep about, down on the floor wit
Year: 1861

The observatory at Valley Forge was
blown to the ground by a heavy gale Of
wind last week, 1t was erected many
years ago by Charles II Rogers, upon
the brow of Hill overlooking the camp
ing ground Of Gen. Washington and
his brave soldiers during the dreadful
winter Of 1861 The observatory
was about forty feet high, Of an octa.
gon form, with a spiral staircase inside
and an open gallery on top.
Year: 1861

They mean to raise tall students in Wiscon-
sin. An exchange says its Board Of Educa-
ton has resolved to erect building large
enough to accommodate five hundred students
three stories high
Year: 1861

WHAT WAR Is-War is game of science,
not question of courage. An army of one
hundred thousand men may overthrow to-day
an army of one hundred and fifty thousand. 1t
may kill and wound twenty thousand of the
foe, and lose but ten thousand men itself; yet
the one hundred and thirty thousand of the en-
emy, being demoralized and hors du combat,
will hardly venture, on the following day to re-
new the contest with the remaining ninety
thousand Of the victor. All nations are brave,
but history is full of instances where the brave
have laid down their arms The idea that any
people cannot be conquered is not even decent
nonsense. The notion that an army without
money, leather or lead without harbor or a
ship at sea without recognition or reputable
cause can defy the laws Of life ard strength,
and permanently withstand the mighty pres
sure of at least equal courage and continually
replenishing force, is preposterous. and nothing
else.
Year: 1861

A MARRIAGE occurred in this place on Sun
day last, says the Sonora Democrat, which is
deserving of more than ordinary mention.
The. couple had not known each other week,
and had never spoke marriage the ques-
tion was popped and accepted. 1t seems the
gentleman, who some three or four days be-
fore, had been introduced to the young lady
informed her on Saturday evening that he had
struck rich quartz vein and was going to
settle down all he wanted to make him hap
py was wife. She replied with some words
of encouragement as to herself, and he at once
proposed and was as promptly accepted. The
wedding followed on the ensuing day, and they
are now enjoying the honeymoon of double
blessedness Hurrah for California.
Year: 1861

Life is a continued battle, wherein defeat is
suffered more often than victory is won. Along
its finty path the footprints Of disaster are
everywhere seen, and by the wayside are thick
ly strewed with the graves of the fallen. Why
is it that so few succeeds Why is the hope
with which youth set out so often desolated,
and the goal of ambition so rarely reached p
The strife is often commenced witout prepara-
ton for the struggle. The young, impulsve,
and ardent, think they have but to reach forth
their hand to pluck the fruit that, like the ap-
pies of the Hesperides, is only to be gained
after the highest endurance and the most pa
tient perseverance. Seldom does genius give
the tongue of fame that secures distinction al
most without effort Toisome study and
persistent investigation, and patient experiment,
are the only modes of realizing power to
create, or even to recombine, so as to subdue
new elements to human use. Physical as well
as mental training is necessary for the accom-
plishment Of life victories. But when the
intellect is well cultivated, the bodily energies
are often uncultivated. The mind, like friction
on a machine not fabricated, wears out the
mechanism Of the body, and its growing weak
ness and disorder nullify the power it deyelopes.
How often blanched cheek emaciated limbs,
and feeble muscles, mark the successful student,
who droops into the grave when be is about to
reach the goal of his aspirations


We of America have much to learn on this
point. A system of intellectual forcing culture,
habit of putting boys to the business of men,
has produced a species of precocity, which,
however much it may awaken astonishment at
the wonderful Developments, will leave-nay,
has left-manifod evils. At the rate we are
now progressing, the time is not far distant
when such things as boys will be entirely un-
known. Now the lads of ten wear the manners
of maturity, and the girls of a lesser age are
often women in ali but physical development.
To the want of physical culture there is also to
be added neglect of moral lessons. What
school in America teaches the humanities" as
they should be. taught? Where is principle
laid down as the basis of all great efforts
honorable action, not in the received sense,
which is promptitude in resenting any conceiv-
ed insult or suspected affront, but honorable
action, meaning that squared upon the golden
rule, " do unto Others as you would they should
do unto you," inculcated as the highest guar
antee of noble results Our teaching is wrong
our example is wrong; our praise and our
censure are often wrong and the result is that
we see fewer of those men, selfmade, and
strong in rectitude as the eternal truth, firm
in principle as the living rock, pure in charac-
ter as the mountain stream, and vigorous in
mind and body as the sturdy oak, who shed
honor on our early history.
Year: 1861

A LAWYER made his will, leaving all his pro-
perty to the lunatic asylum. to the exclusion
of bis relatives On being asked why he did
so. he said am anxious that it should go
back TO the same class Of people from whom
obtained it."
Year: 1861




The PREsENTIMENT OF MURDERER.-A man
named McHugh was hanged in Cincinnati for
the murder of his wife, and the day before his
execution he told Mr.. Shockley, an officer of
the prison. that he had had presentiment of
the murder and his own death on the gallows
for thirty years. His remarkable hallucination
is related as follows; One day he was ascend
ing dark stairway to his room. He was sober
and in good health. Suddenly it seemed to
him as if his right arm was infused with
Samsonian strength. Just then he reached
the door, and he was tempted to test the newly
possessed strength upon it. He gave the door
what he supposed was slight tap, for he
scarcely felt the blow on his knucklCs The
door, however, quivered under its force, and
parts of the plastering on the wall fell down.
He looked to his arm to see if it had been in>
creased in size. Just then his head became
transfxed and he could move it neither one
way nor the other. While he was in that posi-
ton, strange voice spoke terrible words to
him. When the voice died away, his head be,
came movable. He looked up and around, but
no one was near him. Again be glanced at
his arm, again his head became transfxed, and
again were the terrible words spoken. As soon
as he regained power to move, he fed to his
room, and tried in vain to forget what had
passed, but the voice continued to ring in his
ears. Often, in after years,he heard it, "I'lf
not tell you what the words were," said be to
Mr.. Shockley, for they are to go with me to
my grave. You know what have done, and
what is my fate. Put the two together, and
you can conjecture the nature of the words"
Such was the vision that haunted this unfor>
tunate man through his whole manhood. Im>
pressed with the idea that fate had decreed
that be must kill his wife,and die for the crime.
he had perpetrated the atroeious deed, and
willingly surrendered himself to the gallows.


WATERLOO RELIcs-An individual who
owned small tavern near the eyentful field
was frequently questioned as to whether he did
not possess some relics of the battle, and as
invariably and as honestly answered in the
nevative But he was very poor, and one day
while lamentiDg to neighbor not only his
poverty, but the annoyance TO which travellers
subjected him, his friend cut him short with
Wen make one help the other Make some
relicsr ~ "But what can l do ?" inquired the
poor man. "Tell them that Napoleon or
Wellington entured your shop during the bat
tie, and sat down on that chair" Not long
after an English tourist entered, and inquiring
for relics, was told the chair story. The chair
was bought at an incredible price. The next
conner was informed that Wellington had taken
drink, and the " Wellington tumbler," was
accordingly sold. The third arrival gazed
with breathess wonder at the nail on which Bo-
napart q had hung his hat" The fourth pur-
chased the door posts between which he had
entered.


They mean to raise tall students in Wiscon-
sin. An exchange says its Board of Educa-
ton has resolved to erect building large
enough to accommodate five hundred students
three stories high.
Year: 1861

THE Stockton Independent remarks that
since the withdrawal of some ten thousand men
from our placer gold mines to fill up the de-
nand for labor in the silver mines of Western
Utah, and the taking away Of some six or seven
thou sand more for the army, we hear of al
most universal prosperity throughout the placer
mines,
Year: 1861

AN attempt was made to fire the town Of
Copperopolis. on Wednesday night of last
week. A tin can filed with powder, and
wrapped up in rags that had been saturated
in camphene, was discovered by some one
Who happened to be sitting up late.
Year: 1861

DoN'T ALL SPEAK AT ONcE.-As the mar riage ceremony was about to be performed in

 church in Troy, recently, the clergyman de- sired the parties wishing to be married to rise. A large number of ladies immediately arose, and in confusion all but one sat down quickly.
Year: 1861

ST LOUIS, MO-, lee. IL 1861


l. The suffering families, driven by rebels from South
western Mssour which have already arrived here have
been supplied by voluntary contributions made by union
men Others are on the way, to arrive in few days.
These must be supplied by the charity Of known 70
be hostile to the Union. list will be prepared Of the
names Of all persons OF this class who do not voluntarily
fun6h their quota and contribution will be levied
mem OF ten thousand dollars in clothing provisions and
quarters, or money in lieu thereof This levy will bs
adS upon the following classes Of persona In proportion
to the gui and property Of each indviduaGrst those
second those who have furnished pscuniary or other I'D
Year: 1861

cgate. He is man OF very sound iudg-
ment, clear, exact, and comprehensive, and
one who has given the subject Of organic
law much thought. No msn in our county
better understands the defects Of the pre-
sent Constitution, and the amendments
that it needs, to make it conform to the
wants Of the people. As Judicial reform
will be one Of the chef subjects for con
sideratiou, his experience on the Bench has
furnished him with peculiar opportunities
to observe the defects in the Judicial de-
partment of the present Constitution, and
to advise the proper amendments which
should be inserted. We presume he will
receive very general support in the South
District for Delegate to the Convention,
from men Of all parties.
Year: 1861

An Editor in Disguise-William
III. Clark. editor Of the Kendall en- J
Clarion, has got new suit of clothes,
and thus descibes the consequences ::
We have lately got new suit of
clothes, and no man could be more
effectually disguised. Upon first put
ting them on, we felt like a cat in n
strange garret, and for long time we
thought we had been swapped off
We Went to the house and scared the
baby into fits; onr wife asked if we
wanted to see Mr.. Clark, and told us
we would find him at the Office. Went
there, and pretty soon lone of our bus
tness men came in with a strip of pa
per in his hand. He asked if the ed


itor was in; told him we thought not
asked him if he wished to see him
particularly; said he wanted him to
pay that bill; told him we didn't
believe he would be in; business man
man left. Started for the house
again, met n couple Of young ladies,
and one of them asked the other,
wv hat handsome stranger is that!'
In this dilemma, We met a friend,
and told him who We were, we got
him to introduce us to our wife, who
is now as proud of us as can be I!
The next time we get Il new suit, we
shall let her know beforehand.
Year: 1861

| York Herald" The most refreshing
Of the many refreshing articles 1t
contained, is an elaborate account of
the funeral obsequies of that depart
ed upstart and gay boot-lick of Zou-
ave memory, Col. Ellsworth. AS we
anticipated, copious flood Of tears
was shed upon the occasion, and a
vast amount of wailing, and no little
gnashing of teeth INDUCED in. Doubt
less all this contributed much to ts,c
comfort of the mourners, and greatly
to the peace of the spirit Of the i'm
mortal det'unct.


His remains were laid in state in
the Governor S room of the City Hall.
Fantastic wreaths, embracing every
flower and sweet scented shrub known
to the science of botany, decorated
the corpse; the walls Of the apart
ment We're festooned with drapery of
mourning; the statue of Washington
too was there rugged up in the habili-
mcnts of woe; the stars and
stripes" cut their usual dash upon
the occasion; the avenging Brown
ell stood at the head Of the coffin and
received the congratulations of the
grief smitten crowd after the mode of
a Presidential levee; while Jackson's
secession flag, baptized in the blood
of the expired Acrobat was in at
" the death" pinned to the floor by
the ruthless bayonet ola Zouave.
But stand back my lords and let
the coffin pass Its sacred lids con-
tain tie bones OF one who died for
stealing. 1t is placed in the solemn
hearse, four black horses work in the
lead to transport all that is mortal of
Abraham's pet to the banks Of the
Stygian river. Old Charon is doubt
less tiere to receive the honorcd ghost
and hand it over divested Of its gild-
ed trapfings to the lospitable "Prince
Of the dark Plutonian shore" What
a pity! that one so gay in this world
should make his debut in the next so
ghastly and starchlcss!


But we digress from that interest
ing affair, the funeral cortege. Let
us hasten back. The first object tla,
meets our vision is that same Brown
ell. He marches in the rear of the
hcarse. SO great is the curiosity of
the countless thousands who line the
side walks to catch a glimpse Of this
heroic fellow. that the police are put
at defiance, and but for the timely
presence Of the Seventh regiment
guard that accompanies the remains,
a small row. a kind Of an Irish wake.
such as is indigenous to the New York
mobocrats might have enhanced the
gloom Of the occasion by blacking a
peepcr or two.


The remainder of the procession
was composed of amotely mixture of
fremen, soldiers and citizens.


We omitted to mention that u pri-
vate funeral service was had at the
Astor House, previous to the body Of
Ellsworth being taken to the City
Hall. There masses were said over
his soul by some pious minister of
grace, with the hope We suppose, of
preaching itinto the purifying realms
Of purgatory. Here too, the great
deep Of tender hearts Were bro
I a
Year: 1861

There are several steamers lying
at our wharf with the calculation of
carrying down the river large guam
titias Of cattle, they all speak as
though they contemplated getting at
least 500 head apiece.
Year: 1861

u In any of the above. or in other towns pay
ments may be made. when more convenient. to
the POstmasters thereof; or the amount NAV be
sent directly to this office; but we must insist ON
settlements every year.
Year: 1861

JrvESnE Loerc-Righton tie Calf cucstioa.
little girl had seen her brother PLAYING with
his burning glass, ard heard him talk about the
focus" Consulting the dictionary she found
that the focus was place where The Rays meet
1t dinner she announced that she knew The
meaning Of one hard word Her fa.hcr asked
her what it was, and she said it Was TIC word
focus and that it meant place where they
raised calves" This Of course raised a great
laugh; but she produced her dictionary in
proof There" she said tliumphartly, sscus,
a place where the rays meet. Calves are n.ea;,
and if they raise meat they sai.e calves, H.. -
am right amt faihsrgn
Year: 1861

WHERE STAND THE MAsoNs THE following
extract from an address by j. S. Kinney, before
the Grand Lodge of f. and A. Masons, at Plat ts
mouth, NebIaska on the 5th of June, pretty con
clusively shows how the Masons stand on the
national crisis :


ain this hour of our country's peril, what is
the duty of the entire Masonic fraternity Of the
country? Every true Mason has no difficulty in
answering this question. On entering the very
threshold of Masonry, you promise to be quiet
peaceful subject, true to your government and
just to your country You promise not to coun-
tenance disloyalty or rebellion, but patiently to
legal authority and conform with cheefulness to
the government of the country in which you live.
This obligation you cannot throw off loyalty to
your government is next in Importance to fdeli-
ty to your God. Both are taught aud should be
rigidly enforced by our Order. No Mason can
conscientiousy take up arms against his Govern
ment if he does, he forfets the friendship and
protection OF all good Masons. do not hesitate
to hazard the remark the large conservative ele-
ment of the Southern States is composed chiefly
of Masons, and OF the three hundred and fifty
thousand brethren in the Northern States, far
more than their proportion, according to their
population, have rushed to the defense OF our
glorious republic"
Year: 1861

Can we wonder at the general exclamation OF
horror which arose in England when il "as re-
ported that the Southern States of America were
about to let fly their privateers at the North, and
all without even special protest from England
on the folly and in humanity OF the act Any at.
tempt TO partly blockade a Southern port, aud
keep in her cotton, gland would not allow ;
but to let fly a swarm of pirate ships many OF
them chartered by the scum OF the North-men
who would dive into the Atlantic full OF blood to
plck out a dollar-s not even TO be protested
against We no longer poison bullets or STAB
prisoners yet we allow esazea ppS.1S because @


those pirates choose to hoist Southern 1ag aus
call themselves Southern privateers. Yet do not
think that iu future wars the toleratlon oil such
Year: 1861

The Marysville Express, chief organ of the Sc
cessionists processes to disbelief that there ar
any Knights of the Golden Circle in this State
The profession OF that belief is part OF the Ee
press business.
Year: 1861

We the people of the Confederate States each State
acting in its sovereign and independent Character
order to form permanent federal government estab-
ish Justice insure domestic tranquility, and secure
the blessings liberty ourselves and posteri-
ty-inyokng the faver and guidance of Almighty God
do ordain and establish this Constitution for the
Confederate States of America
Year: 1861

l. The Senator's and Representatives shall receive a
compensation for their services to be scertaned by
law, and paid out of the treasury of the Confederate
States They shall in all cases. except treason and
breach ef the peace be privileged from during
their attendance at the session of their respective
Houses, and in going to and returning from the same
and for any speech debate in either House, they
shall not be questioned any other place. D


2 No Senator or Representative shall, during the
time for which he elected, be appointed 10 any
civil office under the authority of the Confederate
States, which shall have been created, the emolu-
whereof shall have been increased during such
time and person holding any office under the Con-
federate States shall be a member Of either House
during his continuance in office. But Congress may
by law grant to the principal officer in each Of the Ex
ecutive Departments seat upon the floor of either
House. with the privilege of discussing any measures
appertainng 20 his department. -l
Year: 1861

l. Each House shall be the judge OF the elections,
returns and qualifications of its members, and
majority of each shall constitute quorum do bust
ness but smaller number may adjourn from day to
day and may be authorized to compel the attendance
of absent members, in such manner aud under such
penalties each House may provide -.


2. Each House may determine the rules Of its pro-
ceedings punish is members for dsOrderly behavior,
and with the concurrence Of twOthrds of the whole
number, expel member.


8. Each House shall keep a journal of its proceed
Egs and from time to time publish the same excepting
such parts may in their judgment require secrecy,
and the yeas and nays of the members of either
House, any question, shall the desire of fifth
Of those present. by entered on the journal


4. Neither House, during the session of Congress,
SHALL without the consent of the other, adjourn for
than three days. any other place than that
in which the two Houses shall be sitting.