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Year: 1861

DIFFERENCES OF OPINIoN.-The debate in
the Breckiridge State Convention, in regard
to the admission of certain delegates to
their Seats developes the fact that there is
considerable contrariety of opinion in the
ranks Of that party on the question of seces-
sion, and the policy Of crushing out the
rebellion. While the leaders and managers
Of the party, with Union sentiments on their
lips, have been encouraging the secession
movement, and are now bitterly and sense
lessly denouncing every effort Of the Gov
ernment to preserve its own existence,
there is evidently q strong feeling among
the rank and file of the party in favor of
maintaining the integrity of the nation, and
Of putting down the rebellion at any cost.
The managers, however, have so stocked
the Convention, that the unconditional
Union delegates will have DO show in that
body, aud must either submit in silence to
the programme Of the secession oligarchy,
OR be spurned from the Convention as
Black Republicans. 1t is evident that no
one can be nominated by the Convention,
who is not secretly or openly, Supporter
of secession.
Year: 1861

s'ahd thero never can be peace until tn.
= question Is settled, and that it cannot b
, settled except 10y amendment to the Con


stitutiOn. The President stands pledged
to let the people decide on the mode O


amendment lie will not interfere; II.


will not oppose it. If the people say tha,


Congress shall protect slavery everywhere


the President is pledged not TO oppose it


and SO, if the people say that slavery shal


not be protected everywhere. If the,


shall incorporate the Crittenden PROPOSE


ton, he will not oppose it. He is in favor


of such amendments as will settle the
| question forever by express provisions oi
the Constitution, leaving to the people 10
| decide what amendments shall be mado,


and will accept them cheeriully. Taking
! this to be the meaning Of the proposition,
he Douglas found in it much cause for


encouragement. In the first place it was
| peaceful, not aggressive. The President
| will do no act OF aggression; but all his
conduct will be with view Of peaceful
solution. In the second place. as the diff


Guilty is owing to the absence of an express


provision on the slavery question in the


Territories, he will advocate that the peo


pie change that instrument by express


provision. Whatever departure Mr.. Lin
coin has made from his party platform


should be taken as an act of patriotism,
and not as an act of infdelity. If he I'M
derstood him, Mr.. Lincoln had sunk the
partlzan in the patriot, and was entitled
for this to the thanks of all conservative
men. He did not want it TO be inferred
that he sympathized with the administra-
ton, or in any contingency that he and
the President would be associated He
expected to oppose lis administration OH
those great principles which separated the
parties in former times, but on questions
looking TO TIE preservation Of the Union
by peaccable means, and the settlement of
the subject OF slavery by amendment to
the Constitution, if he understood tho
Presidents true meaning, lie was with
him. lie believed he had put a proper
construction upon these parts OF the inau-
Cural. He believed the President is going
10 live up to ii. He would not surrender
this opinion until there should be reasons
to change it. The Union cannot be pre-
served by war cannot be maintained by
blood 1t can only be done by peaceabIe
means, and future difficulties can be pre-
vented only by constitutional amendments
to settle the slavery question by express
provisions These tWO remedies are clear I
~ marked out by the President in his in I
aULuca. he would ask the adniuisira-
ton TO live up to the line Of policy here /
indicated. ~ far from taking any politi-
c;.l advantage he would commend the act
as one OF high patriotism, while he dis
scu:ed from the President and would
his own opposition on al other
questions
Year: 1861

MARVELLOUS PRINTING MAcHISE-A cor
respondent of the London Daily Idcyrgph,
youches for the following:


new and valuable invention has been
put into practice here. 1t is a printing
machine, dispensing with the use Of other
assistance save that of mechanical apara-
tus. No person is required to feed it with
paper, or to remove the printed sheets,
both processes being accomplished through
the agency of the machine itself The
paper for this purpose is supplied in rolls
many hundred yards in length. The ma
chine first cuts a sheet the required size,
then prints, and finally throws it oil a
regular newspaper ready for the reader
All that manual labor is required to do is
to bring forward fresh rolls and take away
the printed sheets. Thus in the Vienna
State printing Office, ten presses are at
tended to by one man only.
Year: 1861

1t can be made very cheaply, and
when the luxury of ice in Summer is
once enjoyed, it will not be readily
given up. If no better structure can
be erected, build an ice room in one
corner of the wood house, or any shed
where room can be spared. The n.
E. corner is the best. Set a row Of
upright posts one foot from the inner
sides Of a building, and two rows of
posts foot apart, for the other two
sides Of the room; make the enelOs-
ure say eight or ten feet square
Cover these with rough boards or slabs
and fill the space between with saw
dust. Lay down loose floor and COW
er foot deep with straw. When ice
is formed. select that which is pure,
clear and hard, cut it into pieces of
convenient size, and pack it closely
in the room. Leave six inches space
between the ice and the sides Of the
room, and FIJI this with sawdust. Also
cover with sawdust a foot thick, and
fll up to the roof with straw. Pack
ed in this way, ice enough to supply
a family of average size has been kept
safely, the season through.-AgrieRI-
turist.
Year: 1861

A correspondent of the VALLEY Farmer
truly remarks that there are few things
more aggravating than to be in hurry
to 90 to some place, and have great
trouble to catch a horse. l have some
made the assertion that a horse that l
raise Will never be hard to catch unless
some one spoils him. The way l man
age Is to keep them gentle from colts,
handling them as often as convenient
When young horses are running TO grass,
give them salt occasionally, and let them
fondle about you, making as little show
of trying to get bold of them as possible.
There is nothing surer to spoil a horse
forever than to run as if trying to hem
him in, and yelling to him authoritative
ly, or scolding, when he can see, just as
we'll as you know, that he is out of your
reach. To put On the cap sheet, whip
him severely for causing trouble, and my
word for it, the next time you want to
catch him he ''will not listen to the voice
of your charming, charm you never so
wisely"


Horses learn a great deal by signs
In beginning to teach them to be caught,
go towards them on the near side, slowly
and cautiously, making no demonstra-
tons at all. If the animal begins to
walk off, stop and whistle, or otherwise
manifest Indifference, until he becomes
quiet again, then approach as before
When you are so close as to be confident
he will not escape you. speak kindly, and
hold out one hand ready to touch aim on
the withers, aud thence pass it along the
neck until you can get gold of his head j.,
but do not seize him with grab, as this
tends to excite fear afterwards. By
practing this coure, using the sign, viz. +,
holding up the hand when you are a lit
tie further away each time, horse may
be taught to stop and be caught, even
when in considerable glee (playlng,)
simply by holding up the hand and using
some familiar phrase, such as whoa boy,
sc.


By way of caution, however, watch his
actions and Intentions closely during his
tutoring, and if at any time or from any
cause you see that he is going TO run, do
not by any means say anything or hold
up your hand, as the sign given and DISC
beyed few times will almost inevitably
prevent your making anything out Of it
In future.
Year: 1861

If you would add lustre too all your ac-
cOmplishments, study modest behavior.
To excel in anything valuable is great
but to be above conceit on account Of one 5
accomplishments is greater Consider,
if you have rich natural gifts, you owe
them to the divine bounty. If you have
improved your understandin, and studied
virtue, you have only done your duty
And thus there seems little ground LEFT
for vanity.
Year: 1861

No man need fear that he will exhaust
his substance of thought, if he will only
draw his inspiration from actual human
life. There the inexhaustible God pours
depths and endless varieties of truth
and the true thinker is but shorthand
writer endeavoring to report the discourse
of God. Shall child on the banks Of
the Amazon fear lest he should drink up
the stream.
Year: 1861

There is more In the movements of the
driver of an OK team and in carrying the
whip, than most farmers think, says tie
Ohio Farmer. Oxen, however quick in
their movements, or upright in their walk
when in yoke, soon become dull, and get
the practice of showing" or hauling. I"
in consequence of the driver Tagging
along, or as is often the practice, going
ahead Of his team. and from time to time
stepping back and whipping them. A
driver of an OK team should walk directly
opposite the yoke, walk straight, and car
ry his whip upright as soldier would
his gan. Use a whipslock with short
lash, and touch the cattle only with the
lash, and never strike them Oh the nose
or over the eyes.
Year: 1861

BANKRUPTCY OF New ORIEANs-The city
government of New Orleans is bankrupt, and
has suspended its public works and suspended
payment. The Delta, commenting on the
city's admitted bankruptcy, exposes another
source Of anxiety. 4 large number of tax
payers, it is said, are at the present time ut
terly destitute of the means necessary to pay
taxes on their small property" and should the
time for payment not be extended many will
be compelled to allow their homesteads to
pass under the hammer of the Sheriff."
Year: 1861

THE POPULAR VOTE IN LOUISIANA AGAINST
SECESSION New Orleans True Delta
of the 9Th, in response to a correspondent
who requested to be informed OF the ag-
gregate popular vote cast at the recent
election for delegates to the Convention,
and whether the majority was for or
against cooperation, says:


The popular vote OF the State in the
late election. so far as we could learn, has
not been published. At the meeting OF
the Convention, it will be recollected that
the names of the delegates only who
were elected were sent to that body, with
out the popular vote Of the different par
ishes, so that it was then impossible to
make a classification. Whether or not
such course was adopted to subserve the
interests of the separate State Secession
lists, we cannot say, though sucl- is the ge
neral impression. In fact, it is, and has
been, boasted of on the streets by outside
blowers OF the separate State secessionists
that the publication of the popular vote
of the State was withheld until the Ordi
nance of secession passed the Convention
We speak by the card when we tell Oul
correspondent, Enquirer, that the pop
ular vote OF the State in the late election
went for cooperation by a majority O
from t,ro hundred and fifty 10 three hun
dred votes, and if the voters of this city
| in favor Of cooperation, had went to the
polls, the majority could have been count
| ed by thousands. This is point that th'
co-operation members of the Convention
don't seem to appreciate, judging by thei
actions 1t is well, however, that the pee
pie here and elsewhere should under
stand it.
Year: 1861

II Did you ever have the Sick Headache? Do you
remember the throbbng temples the feveed brow, tho
loathing and dgust at the sight of food. How toaly
unfit you for pleasure conversation or study One
of the Cephalc Pills would have relieved you from al
the suffering which you then experienced For ths snt
other purposes you should always have box Of them
hand to use occasion requires.
Year: 1861

GREAT DIscovERY.-Among the most important Of al
cred the system of vaccination for protection from Sma
Pox the Cephalic Pill for relief OF Headache and the
use OF Qunine for the prevention of Fevers either o.
which is sure specific, whose benefits will be experienc
ed by suffering humanity long after their discoverers
forgotten.
Year: 1861

Accounts from Constantinop!e Of May u give a
sad picture Of the financial condition of that citv


Paper money was very low there and the place bad
exhausted itself TO procure for 0mer Pacha the
funds necessary for his mission. The Sultan had
also been seriously i'll, and Journey had been re-
was doubtful ifit could be accomplished for lack of
Year: 1861

iTNHIS wonderful Machine is remarkable for the
following properties which Il is warranted t0
possess. 1t does not wear the clothes. and peyes
bresks button. 1t cleanses thoroughly the na,st
| pie. very strong and durable and can harIly ge,
out Of repair. 1t is light and portable. and when
hot il use takes more than the common
! wash tubs. A common hand can with ease and
reret safety to the clothing. wash faster aud bet
ter than four washerwomen can by hand
This machine has been greatly improved since
1859 and Ia now perfect. 1t now operates much
more easily, and weighs only between 60 and ~
pounds, all put up, ami when taken down-which
can be done in one fourth of . minute-s SO light
that's ehil IL years Of age can move It about
Wky all other .kachines Fail


is becAuse they rub only the surfaces If the cloth
taking it for granted that the clothes soied
ly upon the surface and that the dirt .ust he rub
Sed off as one would clean a board.


Walking by Hlnd IS Wrong.


because the rubbing Of the surface of the cloth is
wholly unnecessary and is great waste Of strength
as well as great injury to the fabric.


OBSERVE e that the cloth soiled is always soiletl
through and shr,sh. and that it cannot be cleans
Ell without being washed Through and through.


The Reason phy the Metropolitan Succeeds
is because it forces the water powerfully through,
the fabric. between the pestles and the action OF
the water displaced by the FOUNDER carries the
clothes from the outside to the centre Of the tub
presenting continuous fresh surface Of clothes to
the action OF the FOUNDER, thus washing every
portion Of the clothes thoroughly and equally.


The Time and Labor Sdve1


is more than one-half. Washings which require
all day by hand by this N ,chine generally
lone in less than one-h half dav. The clean
sing process is done in fourth the time Tn.
cleansing. rinsing and wringng aud hanging out
taken together require less than one-half The time
and no person can possibly rinse well by hand
as with this Machine. Very many persons say
hat fl,a srDrfI.
alone


Tile Durability Of this Machine.
is very great. don't see why it should not last
for ten twenty years. witt, only repairs of poun
der and rope. which would be very trihing. The
whole cost Of rersairs upon all the several hund-
red machines have sold in the last two years
taken together. don amount to two dollars ana
many of them have been in constant use in large
families.


For sale by WARD 4 SOUTHMAYD.
Year: 1861

has won for itself such q renown for the cure of
every variety Of Throat and IMng Complaint, that
h Is entirely unnecessary for us to recount the
pleyed. As il has long been in constant uss
throughout this section, Ne need not do more than
assure the people its quality b kept up to the best
4 even has been. and that Il may Be relied On to
do Sog their relief al i has evex been found to do
Year: 1861

curing the penalties prescribed by the banking
code Of the last session.


| It is asserted, and supposed truly, iha, the
condition OF the banks was such as not to make
suspension necessary on their own account; that
by the adoption on purely selfish policy they
could have weathered the storm and Sustained
themselves but to have done so they mbst have cut
of all discounts & enforced the collection of their
debts from The people, which would have increased
the general distress, II is also Urged with great
earnestness by very large number Of the people
thar you should pass laws for relief and In order
to enable the banks to afordihe greatest possible
assistance to the people until another crop can
be made that the penalties incurred by the
suspension Of the banks should be released.


While am confident in the opinion that the
suspension Of specie payment BY the banks is
wrong in principle and tends to deprceiate The
currency and unsettle the standard OF valtie
am equally, confident that the policy Of relief
laws, to which this general pecuniary distress
has driven the public mind, is, to say the least
Of il, Of doubtful policy, and generally injurious
to their ultimate effects upon the community. The
idea o. freeing people from pecuniary dist, ess
by legislation is, TO my mind, an impossbility
Yet so universal is the anxiety expressed and
so confident the hope Of relief from the adoption
of the policy suggested that while canot conctiI
in the truth Of the argua5nt, or recommend the
adoption of the pociy do not feel at liberty
70 Sihuu DeiWeeu tnc people OF tnt
Sta'e and their chosen representatives to prevent
the adoption Of such LEGISLATION connected with
these questins as they may think will promote
their interest aud general welfare.


! therefore submit to your consideration thest
que tions for such action rs you in your discre
ton may see proper 10 Jake with regard to them
am aware thH thsfe are many questions Of
general character with regard to which the con
stituiuents of many Of you desire legislation
but having convened you in extraordinary ses
sion, upon what conceived to he an extraordi
mary occasion in the history of the country, anC
feeling the necessity Of prompt aud immediat,
action upon the absorbing questions connected
with the political crisis ofthe day, have in
ientionally avoided submitting any others thar
those to which have especially called attention
trusting that no material interest will fer b,
being postponed until the nextreguar session 0
the General Assembly.


With the earnest hope that your session may
| he short and agreeable, aud devoutly trusting
that an All Wise Providence may watch owe
YOUR deliberations and guide and direct you il
the adop ;on of such measures as will redount
to the general welfare, peace, prosperity, ant
gtory of our state and country the questions
fraught as they are with weighty responsibiltie
and feaifully important consequences are re
spectfully committed to your hands.


- lSllAM G. HARRIS.
Year: 1861

and struggle, ere shall be able to rely on the
perfect sincerity Of my professionl


" / read over once more the chapter had
read this morning with too little benefit, and
felt more and more ashamed and convinced
that there is no peace except where principle
and practice are in perfect accordance. How
peacefully and happily might have ended
this day, had acted up conscientiously to the
blessed doctrine proiessed. Dear Saviour
eend the Holy Spirit into this benighted heartl
Cleanse it from secret sin, and teach me 70
employ that which thou hast committed to my
my own salvation
Year: 1861

HIGH PRIoEs-WHAr ARE WE COMING
To?-Our citizens arc again complaining
that there are those in our midst buying
up whatever they can lay their hands
upon and shipping it at exhorbitant profits.
The unprecedented high price of provisions
in Charlotte is becoming truly alarming
We do not know what our people will do in
a few days more, unless they pull up stakes
and remove to some more favored locality.
The truth is, they cannot stand the present
exhorbitant prices. If there is no other
way to stop this nefarious practice, which
compels our citizens to pay double price
for all that they buy, We hope that they
will ferret out the blood suckers and tar
and feather them. This might have salu-
tary influence, and unless the thing is stop
ped Immediately, we hope this expedient
will be resorted to. We are no advocates
for mob law, but the burden of which we
complain, cannot be borne. Something
ought to be done, and thatquickly.-Char-
loae (N. CT Wing.
Year: 1861

making. About the last of the month,
that paper states, nearly all of the furnaces
will be in full blast. The late cool nights
and fine days have had a fine effect upon
the cane, and the sugar crop Of that parish
alone will be quite heavy, probably forty
thousand hogsheads. Consumers in Georgia
ought to purchase lightly till better times
come. The spectators in this article Of
prime necessity will yet be caught.
Year: 1861

SUGAR-BETTER TINES COMING
The Atlanta Mtelliyencer has the following
in regard to the probabilities of reduction
in the price of this very desirable article Of
home consumption. The concluding sen
tences we cordially recommend for the
adoption of our readers:


There is every indication that the price
of sugarmust soon come down to a living
rate. The large sale of this article which
takes place in Charleston on the 3lst in
slant, will help to reduce its value, while
the certainty that an abundant supply will
come from Louisiana before long, will also
influence the market We see it stated in
the Franklin Ua) Banner, that active
measures are now being adopted for sugar
Year: 1861

NEXT year is the thousandth anniversary of
the foundation OF the Russian Empire. which
they intend TO celebrate with one of their
grand nstional religious festivals. The spec
tacle at ST. Petersburg and Moscow will
probably be very magnificent and the recent
manumission of the serfs will give it a peculiar
significance.
Year: 1861

The Coal FIELD IN WAsHAoE.-It has re-


Gently been found that the coal indications
extend to the north and south of the origin.
al Whitman claim, distance of two OF
three miles, making the entire range over
which good signs are met with fully five
miles long, and about two and half wide.
Quite a number of claims have lately been
surv eyed for different parties along FL Do
rado canon, though we do not hear that any
genuine vein has yet been struck in that
vicinity. The heaviest deposit so far dis
covered is on Col. Whitman's grounds, tho
several other claims adjoining his on the
north promise equally well. The report
of coal having been found in the Flowery


DistricG, started short time since, seems


to lack confirmation though the Whitman
coal field evidently stretches that way, aHd
the article will probably yet be found in
that district, at greater depth than on the
elevated lands further south.-(Silver Age.
Year: 1861

MORAL SUAsION FOR REBELs.-We have
come to the conclusion that the COnfeder-
ates are in earnest about this rebellion, and
that, by process known to all fanatical peo-
pie, they have-that is, the most of them
convinced themselves they are in the right.
Let it be our duty to point out their error.
So they are now assailing the Union and
won't have peace, it will be becoming in us
to meet them in kind spirit, and win them
back by the moral suasion Of an overwhel.
ming military fOrce.-[ Missouri Repnbli-
can.
Year: 1861

During the past week, says the Contra
Costra Gazette, lot of cattle were offered
at public sale in our county. After due
notice of the time and place Of sale, forty
head Of American stock were bid of at So
IS per head. Their hides and tallow ought
to be worth more than this price.
Year: 1861

@S- A well regulated and Proportionate quantity
of bile upon the stomach, is always requisite for
the promotion of sound healtn-it stimulates de
gestion and keeps the intestinal canal free from ali
obstruCtiOns. When there is a deficiency of bile
the body is constantly costive. On the other hand
an over abundance of bile caufes frequent nausea
in the stomach and often promC toB very severe Of
tackg Of disease, which sometimes end In death