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Year: 1861

The devil came up to the earth one day,
And into courthouse wended his way,
Just rs an attorney with very grave face,
Was proceeding to argue the points in the case"
Now a lawyer his majesty never had seen,
For to his dominions none ever had been,
And he felt very anxious the reason to know
Why none had been sent to the regions below.
Twas the fault of his agents his majesty thought
That none of these lawyers had ever been caught,
And for his own pleasure he felt desire
To come 10 the earth and the reason inquire.
VIII, this lawyer who rose with visagc so grave,
Made out his opponent a consummate knave,
And the devil was really greatly amused
To hear the attorney so soundy abused.
But soon as the speaker had come to a close
The counsel opposing then fercely arose,
And heaped such abuse on the head Of the first,
As made him villain-or all men the worst.
Thus they quarrced, contended, and argued so


long,
Twas hard to determine which Of them was


wrong;
And concluded he'd heard quite enough of the


''fuss,'
Old Nick turned away and soliloquized thus:
If all they have said of each other be true,
The devil has surely been robbed Of his due;
But I'm satisfied now that its I'LL very we'll
For these lawyers would ruin the morals OF hell!
"They have puzzled the court with their villain


GUS cavil
And I'm free to confess they have puzzled the


devil;


My agents are right 20 let lawyers alone-
If l had them they'd swndlc me out OF my


throne"
Year: 1861

No one denies that it is wise to make q


provision for old age, but We are not all
agreed as to the kind Of provision it is best
to lay in. Certainly we shall want little
money; for destitute old man is a sorry
sight. Yes, save money by all means.
But an old man needs just that particular
kind Of strength which men are most apt to
waste. Many holiday be spends an
amount of nervous energy which he will
feel the want of till he is seventy and then
how much be will want it! 1t is curious,
but true, that bottle of champagne at
twenty may intensity the rheumatism Of
three-score. 1t is fact, that everlasting
the eyes at fourteen may necessitate the
aid of spectacles at forty, instead of eighty.
We advise our young readers to be saving
of health for their old age, for the maxim
holds good with regard 10 health as to
money; waste not, want not 1t is the
greatest mistake to suppose that any viola
lion of the laws of health can escape its
penalty. Nature forgives no sin, no error.
She lets off the offender for fifty years
sometimes, but she catches him at last, and
inflicts the punishmentjust when, just where
just how he feels it most. Save up for old
age, but save more than money: save
health, save honor, save knowledge, save
the recollection of good deeds and innocent
pleasures. save pure thoughts, save friends,
save love.-Save rich stores of that kind of
wealth which time cannot diminish, nor
death take AWAY. -. - -.
Year: 1861

No. "a AN. ACT


To amend section twelve of an act en-


titled "an act for the better regulation


of the public schools in cities, towns,


&c.," passed February 81, 1859:


SECTION l. Be it enacted By the Gen
erol assembly Of the State of Ohio. That
section twelve of said act be so amended as to
read as follows:


SECTION l2. It shall be the duty of said board
to keep said schools in operation not less than
thirty nor more than forty four weeks of each
year, to determine the amount of the annual tax
to be raised for the purpose aforesaid including
all the necessary expenses of said schools, except
for the erection of school houses and the pur-
chase of sites and on or before the first day Of
July of each year, to make known the amount OF
such tax to the auditor of the county III which
said district is situate and thereupon it shall be
the duty of said auditor to assess the same upon
the taxable property of the said district as the
same appears on the grand list in his Office, and
the said tax shall be collected by the county treas
urer in the same manner and at the same time
with the state and county taxes, and when col
ected shall be paid over to the treasurer of id
board Provided, however, that the tax to be as
sessed under this section shall not exceed four
mills on the dollar upon the taxable property of
oiSsifSs, "S thS SnihC dppTdfS ulOtt
list: Prouided, further that in case the amount so
authorized to be raised, together with the other
school moneys Of said district shall be insufficient
to support said schools for the portion of the year
mentioned in this section, that said board of edu
cation may require such sum as may be necessa.
~ to support the for the residue of said time,
to be charged, at the discretion of said board.
upon the tuition of the pupils attending such schools
PROVIDED, however. that The children of INDECENT
parents, or orphants who are unable to pay such
charges, shall not be excluded from said schools
for the non-payment of the same, and it shall be
the further duty of said board to keep an accu-
rate account of their proceedings and of their re-
ceipts and disbursements for school purposes, and
and at the annual meeting for the choice of d.
rectors in said district to make report of such
ceipts, and the sources from which the same were
derived and of said disbursements and the objects
to which the same were applied and they shall
also make report at the same time of s1ch other
matters relating to said schools as they may deem
the interest of the same 20 require.


SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, that said
section twelve be and the same is hereby repealed


Sec. 3. This act to take effect from and after
its passage.


RICHARD G. PARSONS,


Speaker Of House of Representatives.


ROBERT G. KIRK,


President of the Senate.


Passed March 6, 1861. --
Year: 1861




The tribunal of the Correctional Police of
Gannat, France, has been occupied with
strange affair. young man named Roux,
employed in mill, on awaking in the
morning found his face covered with blood,
which came from cut above the eve. This
cut had been inflicted while he was asleep,
but by whom could not be discovered. The
next evening Servant girl, employed in the
family, having gone into the cellar for wine,
cried out that the door was opened, that the
cock of the casks had been turned, and that
wine was flowing from it. That afterward,
on entering her chamber, the same girl ex-
claimed that various articles of linen had
been stolen, and they were subsequently
seen lying near a river at some little dis
tance. These circumstances were cOnsid-
cred very extraordinary, and the only way
by which they could be accounted for by
the people of the mill was that the place
was haunted-a belief which the girl did
her best to confirm.


The next night, after she had retired to
rest, she raised loud cries, and when some
persons went to see her, she was found with
several cuts on her face, and with blood
flowing from them She stated that she had
been attacked by some men who had en-
tered the mill to steal but that was consid-
cred probable and she was vigorously ques-
toned. She then, after some hesitation,
made admissions which cleared up the whole
mystery. She had, it appeared conceived q
passion for young man named Lebel, en-
ployed in the mill, but had never told him
of it.


The foreman of the mill had threatened fol
some reason to dismiss Lebel, and this caused
her to entertain such animosity to the fore.
man, that she resolved TO be avenged. She
accordingly went to his chamber to stab
him, but it so happened that he had got up
in the middle of the night, and his place in
the bed was taken by Roux, who, conse-
quently, received the stab intended for him
What the girl did afterward-letting off the
wine in the cellar, taking her linen to the
river side, and intlicting cuts on her face
was to avert suspicion from her. In conse-
quence, she was tried by the tribunal for
cutting and Iwounding Roux, and was con-
demned to four months imprisonment.
Year: 1861

Thackeray warns us that this new story is
to be by no means of the sensation school,
He says of his hero, "Philip;"


He with whom we have mainly to do is a
gentleman of mature age now walking the
street with boys of his own. He is not going
toperish in the last chapter ofthese memoirs /;
to die of consumption, with his love weeping
by his bedside, or to blow his brains. out in
despair, because she has been married to his
rival, or killed out of gig, or otherwise
done for in the last chapter but one. No, no !;
we will have no dismal endings. Philip Fir
min is well and hearty at this minute, owes
no man shilling, and can enjoy his glass of
port in perfect comfort. So, my dear Miss,
ifyou want pulmonary romance, the present
won't suit you. So, young gentleman, if you
are for melancholy, despair and sardonic
satire, please to call at some other shop.
That Philip shall have his trials, is a matter
of eourse-may they be interesting, though
they do not end dismally! That he shall
fall and trip in his course some times, is
pretty certain. All, who does not upon this
life Journey of ours2 Is not our want the
occasion of our brothers charity, and thus
does not good come out of that evil? When
the traveller (of whom the Master spoke) fell
among the thieves, his mishap has contrived
to try many heart besides his own-the
knaves who robbed him, the Levites and
priests who passed him by as he lay bleeding,
the humble Samaritans whose hand poured
oil into his wound and held out his pittance
to relieve him.
Year: 1861

The NAVIGATION OF THE HEMIssissIPPI.-The act
passed by the Montgomery Convention entitled
NAn act to declare and establish the free naviga-
ton Of the Mississippi river" establishes the free
nayigation Of the MsssEppi to the citizens Of any
Of the States upon the borders or upon its tributa


posal at any point Of any portion Of their cargoes


IL 10 desired to enter the goods at any port upon
the river within the limits Of the Confederate
forms Vessels striving at the FIRST port of entry
In the Confederate States having on board goods
subject to the payment Of duties, are requ red to
deposit with the Collector manifest Of the cargo,
and said Collector may, IL he thinks II necessary
place an inspector the vessel TO accompany hef
to the first port Of entry TO which her cargo may
be consigned. failure TO furnish the manifesto
or 10 receive the inspector 10 to be visited with
penalty Of Ave hundred dollars.
Year: 1861

iD- DR.. Maillier states that he has cured a
baker, horribly burned by the hre Of the oven, by
keeping him In a bath Of cold water, In the open
air, during eighteen hours consecutively The
temperature Of the bath was kept very low by the
frequent addition Of winter from well The
patient fels no pain from the time Of his immer.
sion; when removed from the bath all trace Of the
burns had disappeared, and be was able to be Al
work again in i've days after the occurrence Of the
accident --------
Year: 1861

MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.
The attention Of the enter prng and industrious portion Of
be community is directed to the following statements and b
raj inducements offered them by the
Year: 1861




Its value, by the census Of 1850 at q very low
estimate. was S296,000,000. This wear, should
the corn months, July and August, be favorable,
it will be worth nearer q thousend millions than
two hundred and ninety-six millions. We would
say to farmers, stretch away upon the corn CROP
Give it the best cultivation you can in the present
trOublous times. II tempted to leave the corn
field for the field of battle, remember that feed
ing the country is first necessity. Full garners
are more important than full garrisOns. You
would make the very best of soldiers, at once the
most valiant and the most humane but your
home employment is of more consequence than
soldering. If the with weeds is less brilliant
than the slaughter of brothers, il is more benign.
In Heavens name, and in the name of human
charity, let the farmers stick to their calling
" Agriculture is the most healthy the most useful,
and the most n bic employment of man." So
said the Father of the Country, and his words are
doubly true this year. The farmer, who wars Oh
weeds and grows food most successfully this sum.
mer, will win most honor in the sight of God and
in the retrospections of his own conscience. The
enormous wastes and distractions of civil war, to.
gether with the certainty of an unusually large
fo.egn demand. render it imperious Oh the farm
crs Of this country to produce much bread and
meat as possible. A popular writer has said -
Sc Vigorous growth in the earlier stages OF plant
is most likely to be followed by generous fruit
ing" This is pre- emiL emily the case with Indian
corn. See that it has no obstruction. If it fails
OF joyful expansion by the Goth of June, drop a
little of some quickly acting fertilizer the hill.
Let it see the iis. day of Jul; growing rampantiy,
and you are all but certain of crop. Clean
fields and fair growth by that time are nine
tenths of the battle. And thon, if the fields are
clean of weeds at the last of JULY it is very little
trouble TO scatter few turnip seeds between the
rows, to cultivate il in, md without further
BILE get a thousand bushe of turnip. from a field
of half dozen acres. The greatest danger is
that of sowing to thick. If any try it, let them
be cautious of this. To avoid the labor of tkin-
ring, yOu can hardly SOW too little seed. A Sec
ond crop on the same field is rat er hard usage for
the land. 1t s,vors too much of the skInning
process, and could hardly be recommended as a
general practice but may be wise this year when
there is moral certainty that the farmer may
command good price for his corn, and for all
the meat and dairy products which the and
turnps will make. Somewhere between 500 and
1000 millions is the aggregate hope and ex-
pect the farmers of the country will this year re-
a.ize from their fields and for this they can
afford to tend them with extra labor and care
1t will assuredly not be an unpaid service that the
country asks at their hands
Year: 1861

edent that those who carry an election can only
save the government from immediate destruction
by giving up the main point upon which the people
gave the election. The people themselves, and
not their servants, can safely reverse their own
deliberate decision


As private citizen, the Executive could not
have consented that these institutions shall perish;
much less could he, in betrayal of so vast and so
sacred a trust these free people had confded to
him. He felt that he had no moral right to shrink
or even count the chance of his own life in what
may follow. In full view of his great responsible
ity, he has far done what he has, deeming il his
duty Will you not, according to your judgment,
perform yours He sincerely hopes that your
views and actions may accord with his as to
assure all faithful citizens who have been deprived
of their rights of certain and speedy restoration
to them under the constitution and laws. And
having, in this. chosen our course without guilt,
and with pure purpose, let trust in
God, and go forward without fear and with manly
hearts.


ABRAHAM LINCOLN.


Washington, July 4, 1861.
Year: 1861

Lay him gently to his rest
Fold his pale hands upon his breast;


From his brow
Oh how cold and marble fair
Softly part the tangled hair:


Look upon HIM now!
As weary child he lies,
With the quiet, dreamless eyes.
Ger which the lashes darkly sweep,
And on his lip the quiet smile
The soul. adieu to earthly strife,
And on his face the deep repose
We never saw in life.
Peaceful be his rest, and deep;
Let him sleep.


No fears for him-he needs them not;
Along life 3 drear and toilscme road
Firmly his manly footstep strobe,
Striving to bear its weary lot.
With such pride upon his brow.
With such pain within his heart,
The firmness of the manly will
Yelling the secret smart.
oh 1T is well that the strife is Ger,
That thus SO peacefully he lies,
Unheeding now the bitter words,
The cold, Implying eyes,
Fold his mantle Ger his breast
Peaceful be his sleep and blest;
Let him rest.


No sigh to breathe above his bier,
No tear to stain the marble brow.
Only with tender, pitying love,
Only with faith that looks above.
We gaze upon him now.
No thought of toll and suffering past
Butioy 70 think the task is done,
The heavy cross at last laid down,
The crown Of glory won.
Oh .bear him gently 20 his rest
Oh gently heap the fiowery sod
And leave his body to the dust,
His spirit to his God.
Year: 1861

by them it viii secure to the United States
troops base Of operations along the whole
Gulf coast, and keep open road right
into the heart of the South, which cannot
be obstructed by any fixed Notifications,
once within the gates of the harbor and
an army could be disembarked at any
point on The wide bay which it might Sc
icct' 1t could run up beyond the Escam.
o'a river an1 land many hours ahead OF
any opposing force which might be at Pens
sacola' besides placing wide river between
u and the latter-or even two rivers, the
Escambia and the Black Water by going
lar enough up. Hence, with start of al
least iorty-eight hours, il could march into
interior Alabama. An enemy holding Fort
Pickens could rendezvous a naval force
there and keep up a blockade Of all the
ports on the Gull. unless it could be met
on the sea. The fort is only approachable
by land on one side. Owing to the open-
ness of the country. which is but barren
bed OF sand. party attacking from thai
quarter woull be very much exposed
Ihe federal forces now in garrison at Fort
flckens consist Of about two hundred and
city men, under the command of Lieut.
Siemmer. If FORT Pickens be taken by the
secessionists, Pensacola will be the great
naval debt of the Southern Confederacy,
from which no doubt privateers will be
htted out for the purpose Of proving upon
the commerce in the Gulf Of Mexico and
the Caribbean sea.
Year: 1861

(tHILDREN of any age can now have their pictures
" taken perfect, as We have built Room expressly
Tor their use. Groups of Children also taken
tion of second, IN clear weather Mothers need not
now have the trouble to take them 70 Gallery dozen
times, and at last put up with caricature, if they
will but go al to


feb1S-tf HUGHES PREMIUM GALLERY.
Year: 1861

tions.


NO people, ana especially none situated as
we are, with all our ports blockaded can
raise by a system of taxation I'll g arnonnt OF
money that will be needed in n state of war
Loans then become Indispensable The deb,
accruing in war times must be POSTPONED tn
posterity. 1t cannot be otherwise. Those
who do the fighting cannot furnish the money
too. When they have won new lease ia
their property, and established their title 70
It, they can set about making money to pay
the debt incurred through this necessity


This principle applies with peculiar force
IN our case, where property worth thousands
Of millions, and our whole social system are
all IN Ieopardy. We must have money then
and should adopt the policy which not only
affords the readisst means of procuring il, but
promises also to avert the coming financial
storm
Year: 1861

Much misunderstanding seems to exist
among the volunteer forces called into the
service of the Confederate States, in rela.
ton to the subject Of clothes and clothing
and yet the law of Congress controlling the
question is quite clear, and admits of nc
two constructions. Many Volunteer Com.
panies and Battalions and Regiments en-
tered the Confederate service with the idea
that the War Department would supply all
deficiencies of clothing among them, and
would moreover be prepared with future
supplies to meet the accruing wants of the
soldiers and, consequently, are now suffer
ing in this respect because of the want of
proper information in the beginning, which
their officers and the State authorities should
have given The law of Congress, as set
forth in the ''act to provide for the public
defence, reads as follows:


"Said volunteers shall furnish their own clothes
When called into active service and while remain
ing therein instead of clothing, every non-commis-
stoned officer and private in any company shall be
entitled to money, IN equal to the cost Of cloth
ing non-commssioned officer or private in the reg
usr army Of the Confederate States"


By this lap polunteers proUide, at all time,
their own clothing, and rsceipe therefor com.
mutation in money, and in the passage Of
the law, Congress evidently had in view
those public exigencies that required large
forces to be thrown into the field while YET
the Governmentwasi in its infancy and stood
provided with no regular Quarter Master
Organization.


We have been thus explicit because it is
highly desirable the matter should be
thoroughly understood, as well among
these troops already in service, as among
those who are daily expecting to be called
into service. And we think it would bs
we'll for the newspaper press generally, to
set forth, as we have done, the subject in
the light of the law, and the reason of the
law.-Montgomery Adeertiser.
Year: 1861

How TO MAKE BALL OATRIDaEs,--Pre-
pare stick four inches long, perfectly
round and alittls smaller than the ball
cut small slices Of paper, an inch and hall
long, and wide enough to 90 one and a
half times round the stick prepare mu-
cilage of water and gumarabic; roll the
paper on the stick one time. then put on


the mucilags and press it firmly by roll.
ing it then trim the stick one eighth Of
an inch and put mucilsge in the end OF
the paper, insert the ball and stand it on
the noinl In a cup Of nower or fine dir
Year: 1861

From the Nashville Union & Americana


The following nominations of officers provided for
by the military awof the late extra session, were
sent to the Legislature by the Governor yesterday,
and were all confirmed
Year: 1861

The New York Journal of Commerce says that it
is singular TACT indicative of the divided state OF


public sentimentin this city, that when the sur
render of Fort Sumter was announced on the public
bulletins, loud cheers were given by the crowds
assembed-no doubt, expressive of qualification
blood,
Year: 1861

NORFOLK, April l6.-A salute of one hundred
guns fired here yesterday in honor of the sur
render of Fort Sumter. There great rejOicings
among the secessionists.


An order has been received here to fit out the
steamer Merrimac Immediately and to tow out all
the war vessels in that mort
Year: 1861

AT half-past O'Clock last night, there was some
thing of stampedea at the ladies' fair in Odd Eel
lows Hall. Many Of the ladies flew on account of
smoke from defective fue in the basement Sew
erai eng es ran there but didn't play, finding only
smoke, and happily remembering that it wouldn't
be fair play to play on fair. The ladies who
flew, returned when the 1ue quit smoking the fire.
men went home; and the fair went on, as brightly
and hannilp as eyer ..-.
Year: 1861

LEMON JUICE AND BLOOD. - Orange or lemon
juice left upon knife or other piece of iron will.
in few days, produce stain so nearly resemb-
ling that caused by blood as to deceive the most
careful observer, and many years ago, in Paris,
man was nearly convicted of murder, owing to
knife being found in his possession with what was
pronounced by several witnesses to be blood, but
afterward discovered to be lime Juice.
Year: 1861

WISCONSIN ON SuMTER.-The Governor of Wis
consin has written to q friend in Washington that
the evacuation of Fort Sumter, at this time, will
tend to disrupt the Republican party in that State
and divide the entire Northwest. He says the peo
pie of that section are, almost without distinction
of party, opposed to the policy Of abandonment,
and rather than see it adopted, would prefer to
sink every man-ofwar in the Navy. The Governors
letter is very decided in tone, and only one of many
received there recently of the same character.
Year: 1861

The Second Company of the Chasseurs are to
have their new flag consecrated on next Sunday
morning, at st. Louis Cathedral. We acknowledge
a polite invitation from Captain Meieur to be
present