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Year: 1861

OCCUPATION OF THE AGRICULTURIsT.- No man is so high as to be independent of the success of this great interest; no man is so low as not to be effected by its prosperity or decline Agriculture feeds us; to . great extent it clothes us; without it we could not have manufactures, and we should not have commerce. These all stand together, but they stand together like pillars in cluster, the largest in the centre, and that largest is agriculture. We live in country of small farms and freehold tenements country in which men cultivate with their own fee sim pie acres, drawing not only their subsistence, but also their spirit of independence and manly y freedom from the ground they plow They are at once its owners, cultivators and defenders. The. cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of men. Man may be civilized in some degree, without great progress in manufactures, and with little commerce with his distant neighbors; but without cultivation of the earth, he is, in all countries a savage. When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization.

 TDanipl Webeter
Year: 1861

/. BRoILED STEAK.-Should be cut from a well-kept trump, and they are generally liked about three-quarters of an inch thick Most cooks beat them with rolling pin for ten minutes, but, if the meat Is of good quality and the rump has been wel-kept, there will be no necessity for this. Just before finish ing, rub a lump of butter over and lightly dredge with pepper and salt. Pickles and scraped horse-radish make good garnish and for sauce-suit your taste.
Year: 1861

PRESERVING GAMG-It is said that game may be kept perfectly fresh and sweet for several days by q sprinhling of ground coffee. Clean your game that is. wipe off the blood. cover the absorbent parts with paper, wrap up the heads and then sprinkle the ground coffee over or among the feathers or fur. as the case may be; pack up carefully, and the game will be preserved sweet and fresh in the most untayorablc weather. Game sent open and loose cannot, of course, be treated in this manner; but all game packed in boxes or hampers may be deodorized as described \ teaspoonful of coffee i> enough for brace of birds, and this proportion for more or lar ger game. New York Spirit.
Year: 1861

RACE BETWEEN A TRAIN OF CARS AND A BALLooN.-Mr Simmons an pronaut, who recently asccndcd from Baltimore found the evening passenger train of the Northern Gen. tral Railroad leaving the city at the same time; he kept vertically over the train for d distance of five miles; then, on rising to a greater attitude, he lost sight of it. Landing near Riders switch station, he had nearly com pletcd the packing of his balloon before the train, which he had outrun, arrived at the same station.
Year: 1861

ABsuRDIr1Es.-To attempt to borrow mon oy on the plea of extreme poverty.

 To judge of peoples piety by their attend mace at church.

 To keep your clerks on miserable salaries and wonder at them robbing you.

 To make servants tell lies for you, and after wards be angry with them because they lie for themselves

 To tell your own secrets, and believe other people will keep them
Year: 1861

HARD TIEEs IN MAssACHUsETTs-The Boston Traveller has letter from Nalick which says business was never before so dull there as it HOW is. Two shoe manufacturers have recently failed, having liabilities amount ing to Sl25.00O. Two or three hundred shoemakers arc out of employment and there is a prospect of d hard winter. The Hayer- hill correspondent of the same paper says that the shoe business is entirely flat at that place. Large numbers of workmen are idle, and those employed receive only very small wages.
Year: 1861

NEGRO MECHANICs-An article in a late number of De Bows Review, from the pen of Judge Hopkins of Mobile, directs atten- tion to the injury which the writer thinks is likely to be inflicted on the south by the system of instructn@ negroes in the mechan- ic arts, and employing them as mechanics. He says;

 If it be desirable to preserve the patriar- chal system of negro slavery now existing at the South is the very basis of social order and of moral and domestic integrity which none may doubt, who has evoked wisdom and virtue in p8rsuing the questions, shareholders should allay this antagonism in their midst, by agreeing through legislative action, to con fine the negro to the soil, thus to elevate and open the mechanic trades to the non-slayehoId- ing people around them. Dignity the trades to the level with the professions, in common acceptation, and idling, loaing, lounging, fox hunting, or in other words general dissi- patton of health. energy and time among the young men of the South would almost cease and in their place be substituted general busy industry. By confning the negro to the soil, the mechanic would be at once converted from all open or secret enemy of negro slavery, into its frmest advocate and supporter, because he would then feel himself lifted up ip the scale of social responsibility and maintained in that position by the subordinate negro confined exclusively to menial service. Before the law and community all white citizens should stand strictly on footing of equality, and be alone distinguished by courtesy and men in if v
Year: 1861

A WOMAN OF GooD AsTE.-'Ihe folow-
ing very happy and equally true sketch is
from the London Quarterly Review:


You see this lady turning q cold eye to
the assurance! CT shopmen and the recon-.
mendation of milllners. She cares not
how original n pattern may be, if it be ug-
ly, Or how recent shape, If it be aNk
ward. Whatever laws fashion dictates, she
follows \ law of her own, and is never be
hind it. She wears very beautiful things
which people generally suppose to be
fetched from Paris, or at least, nude by 4
French miIlner, but which rs often are
bought at the nearest town and made up
by her own maid. Not that her costume
i either rich or new on the contrary she
wears many cheap dress, but it IS al
ways pretty, and many an old one but it
is always good. She deals in no gaudy
confusion Of cOlors, nor does she affect n
studied sobriety but She either retreshcs
you with a spirited contrast, or compOseS
you with .judicious harmony. Not II
scrap Of tnsel or Uumpery appears upon
her. She puts no faith in velye! bands, or
gilt buttons, or twisted cOrdng. She Is
quite aware. however, Ihat the garnsh Is
as important as the dress al her inner
borders and headings are delicate and
fresh; and should anything peep out
which is not intended to be seen, it is
quite As much so as that which is. After
all, there is no great art either in her
fashions or her materials. The secret
simply consists in her knowing the three
grand unities of dress-her own station,
her own age, aud hei own points. And
no woman can dress well who does not,
After this we need not say that whoever
is attracted 10y he costume will not be
disappointed in the wearer. She may not
be handsome nor accomplished but we
will answer 'or her being even tempered
well informed, thoroughly sensible, and a
complete lady"
Year: 1861

A PORTRAIT OF COUNT CAvOUR. Count Ca
YOUR has so far recovered from his late attack
as TO be able to leave his bed and bedroom,
and is expected to transact business in his
manifold Office this very morning. His late
complaint, for which he has been twice bled,
was not of the apOplectic nature which had
somewhat alarmed his friends on former occa-
siOns. 1t was merely an Inflammation of the
digestive organs. These is no doubt, however,
that his strong health threatens to give way
before his intense incessant occupation, strong
appetite, luxurious living, plethoric habits,
and want of bodily exercise. He is always up
and at work at O'Clock in the morning From
y to o. In the afternoon he directs all the busi-
ness in his own departments, and takes gen.
ersl survey of those of his more helpless col
leagues. Then follows dinner, his only meal
believe, in "a hours, and, L am told none of
the lightest. He uses no carriage, but walk
from his private residence in the Via Cavour
to tho Ministerial Offices in the Piazza CASTILLO
is but poor relaxation. Sometimes 1 have met
him walking outside the porticoes along the
Via di Pc, evidently for breath of air, but he
has accustomed the world to too constant a de-
tendency on his master mind to allow himself
the indulgence even of quarter of an hours
constitutional. The activity Of the mans
mind is unreasonable. lie neglects nothing,
fOrgets nothing; no scheme of policy or diplO-
macy is too high, no mean detail or particular
is too commonplace for him. He has an eye
for everything; he trusts few men, and these
generally obscure but able individuals of his
own choice and creation. His writes most of
his letters with his own hand. He writes
plain and distinct round French hand with
lines wide apart-a hand Of which strength
and decision would not, on first inspection,
seem to be the most obvious characteristics A
French Photographic likeness, lately published
by Maggi, conveys the very mind and soul of
this greatest Of living statesmen. A whole
volume might be written about the expression
lurking beneath every line of the half good hu-
moredly. half sarcastically smiling mouth. 1t
is the smile Of the man who has early found
out "bOw little wisdom it takes to govern the
world" and whose noble heart has prompted
him to rule over it for its own greatest advan-
tage. May his hand long continue firmly to
WELD the destinies of his cOuntry.-THyin
Cor. OThe Times
Year: 1861




WE'VE Cor BABY.-Last Wednesday after
noon Ito US child was born but not son
was given. We feel proud of our baby-it is
90 pretty and sweet, so our better half says. 1t
Is girl, Of course-our wife wanted a girl, so
we gave up to her-the times being too hard
TO split the difference and have gill and boy
both at once. Our time will come next-see if
1t don't. Our baby weighs eight pounds, and
ell the ladies say that it is such pretty little
angel and looks just like its papa. of course
everybody will know it is pretty, when ii re-
semoles us. thas black eyes, dark hair, and
the sweetest little face, and the way it can cry
Is caution to Calliope-but then its little
voice is so charming, producing such a harmo-
we ever heard our bsby's voice, and what a
thrill Of happiness did that little sound send
through our bosom. But We are too happy to
express our feelings. We are at least two feet
taller than we were before baby was born and
and think Ourself good enough to become a
preacher. We pity every body that hasn' t got
baby. and as for old bachelors we entertain
a sovereign contempt for them, and intend to
lam the hrst one that presumes to have the ef-
frontery to speak to US. Poor old maids, from
the bottom Of our heart we feel sorry for them
Oh, that they could only realize the happiness
OF young mother with her first born. Young
men and young ladies too our advice to you is
's'go thou and do likewiSe"-it will make you
feel so happy TO have q baby. We warn every
body not to insult US, for we feel big enough
and strong enough to whip every one Of the Sc
cession States back into the Union and SIM
;cSs man wouldn't be a taste for US. We are
doubly sound on the Union issue now We
never intend to secede from our baby. Hurra
for hurra-we've got baby !-MfssoHri
AasTiedn.
Year: 1861

The FEELING IN EURoPE.-The European
correspondent of the New York Times writes
by the latest steamer as follows;


A good deal of hope seems now to be felt,
that Europe will get through the winter in
quiet, and the threatening explosion be de.
layed till spring. The late conversion of the
French Emperor to economy has given
strength to this hope, and the declaration of
NJ. Fould as TO the policy he means TO follow,
seems to be a sort of guarantee that the peace
shall not be broken. Nevertheless, do not
think that persons feel any confidence in the
forbearance of the Emperor toward the
United States. The attitude of England is
firm and we'll understood, and we may rely
with certainty on her retaining it at least
until the middle of February, when Parlia-
ment will meet to indorse or reverse the
policy of the Ministry. But who can say
what France will do, or how soon the EN-
peror may think it time to demand his cot
ton? There can be no certainty as to her
policy; and now that the Emperor is so hard
pressed at home, if his economical scheme
| fails to reassure the country, or if the old
| influences manage once more to drive out
| M. Fould, then all foreign nations had bet.
ter at once put on their war paint and
sharpen their tomahawks, fOE there will be
scalping TO do soon:
Year: 1861

The New Oreans Crescent says:


The great excitement all about tie city
on Monday, was followed Yesterday, on the
opening of business, by calmness and quiet
ness. The great manifesto from Washington
City, signed by Messrs. Lincoln and Seward
was considered the greatest joke Of the season
The risible faculties of the habitues of the
flags could not be suppressed when it was al.
luded to.


A rare good joke indeed. But not con
tent with it tho Crescent gets off a better
1t is in these words:


Then came along the thrilling account that
Memphis, the great commercial metropolis Of
Tennessee, had resolved to go ou. Of the
Union. Though at first view such proceed
ings may be sneercd at, yet such a movement
can and will be carried out; to which We may
add, that the entire western district of Teu.
nessee will follow. Nor should are be sur.
prised TO learn that tie city of New York
lad declared for independence TO go out Of tie
Union Of the Northern States.


When New York is heard from down there
the cotton factors, whose risible faculties have
lately been so exercised, will get their specs on
10 sec where the laugh comes in.
Year: 1861

Oh, say can you see by the dawns early light
What SO proudly we hailed at the twiights last


cleaning, .r...g ..
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through th,


perilous night


Der the mmPants We watched were SO gallantly


streaming,
And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in all
Gave proof through the night that the flag was


still there;
Oh, say, does the Star r-Spapgled banner still wav,
Der the lard ofthe free and the home Of the brave
On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the


deep,


Where the foes naughty host in dred silence reposes
What is that which the breeze, DER the towering
AS it ftfully blows; half eonceals, half discloses
Now 1t catches the CLEAN Of the mornings first


beam,


In full glory reflected now shines in the stream,
'Tis the StarSpangled banner, o, long may IL wave
Ger the land Of the free and the home of the brave
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore,
That the havoc Of war and the battles confusion,
A home and country shall leave us moreY-
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps


pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight the gloom of the grave;
And The star .spanged banner in triumph doth wave
Der the land of the free and the home Of the


brave!
o thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their lov'd home and the wars desola-


ton,
Blest with vict'ry and peace may the Heav'


ed land


Praise the Power that hath made and preserv'd


us a nation;
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is Just,
And this be our motto-"In God is our trust2"
And the star-spanged banner in triumph shall wave
Der the land of the free and the home Of the brave
Year: 1861

THE FIRST GUN is FIRED!


MAY God protect the right"
Let the free born sons of the North arise
In powers avenging might!
Shall the glorious Union our Fathers mado
By ruthless hands be sunderedp
And we of freedoni's sacred right.


BY trat'rous foes be plundercdf
Arise! Arise Arise!


And grid We for the fight!
And let our watchword ever be-


MAY Con PRoTEcT THE RIGHT"
TIE FIRST GuN is FIRED!


It's echoes thrill the land,
And with bounding hearts the patriot throng
Now firmly take their stand.
We will bow no more to the tyrant few
Who scorn our long forbearing,
But with Columbia's stars and stripes
Well quench their trat'rous daring
Arise, Arise Arise.


And gir1 ye for the fight,
And let our watchword ever be-


"MAY GoD PRoTEcT THE RIGHr"
The FIRST GuN is FIRED!


Oh! heed the signal well,
And the thundorto tone as it rolls along
Shall sound Oppressions knell,
For the arm of Freedom is mighty still,
Its strength shall fail us never,
That strength we'll give to our righteous cause
And our glorious land forever.
Arise Arise Arise!


And gird We for the fight,
And let our watchword ever be-


"MAY GoD PRoTEcT THE RIGHT!"
Year: 1861

A gentleman Is desirous to purchase small
n farm hicl,might contain from seventy five to
u hundred superficial arpents and small portion
Of which would he woodland The farm must not
be over three miles from Opelousas.


For further information apply Mt the Patriots
Office. March 10th, 1sBl-tf.
Year: 1861

The Intelligence published in yesterday s issue of this journal is confirmed to-day The blockade has been broken. It has been broken in the most complete and offensive man her that it could be broken. A large merchant vessel has traversed the ocean, and,entered part ofthe Southern Confederacy without let or hin. drance, laden with arms, ammunition and other articles, beyond all dispute, contraband of war. This vessel was English, and the entrance was effected after the distinct and formal warning ot the British minister at Washington and the precise declaration of the British premier in Parliament that the we'll authenticated passage of single vessel through the lines of the block ade of the southern coast would be considered cause for pronouncing 1t legally as welas prac tcally an ineffective and paper blockade, by which the commerce of no nation is bound, and over which every neutral flag must sail freely to and fro with the cargoes of enemies and of friends.

 When the news that the Alliance has safely entered the port of Beaufort, in North Carolina reaches the British government, it can scarcely
Year: 1861

Col SoLoN BoRLAND arrived on Sunday last, and is now in the city, to superntend and facili- tate the supply of clothing for that portion of our army under Gen. Hardee's command. He has conferred with the Military Board, and with Dr. Jordan, the agent for the Confederate States, and is cooperating with them in the important work of protecting our soldiers against the in element weather of the fall and winter now ra- pidly approaching. He is ready to confer with those of our citizens who desire to contribute to this necessary work, and give all desirable in formation and assistance in the way of making the joint abors of. all available for the greatest good.

 Col. Borland will within the next day or so, address the people in this city, and at other places in the surrounding country, on this sub iect; of which notice will be given, as to parti- cular time and place. In the meantime he may be seen and consulted at his residence on Rock street, or at the counting room of s. H. Tucker & Co.
Year: 1861

Bs.gn Gen. Pearce's command of four regiments was not mustered into the service of the State, but up to a late period were willing to go into the service of the Confederacy. The transfer made by the Military Board, trameled as it was with conditions, elections, and sending plumed and titled officers to do it up in style, was neg lected so long that the volunteers got home sick. Persons were there influencing and per suading them to disband; telling them all sorts of stories, and succeeded in creating dissatisfac- ton.

 We do not like to find fault, but there is 6 great wrong somewhere and time will develop how much blame is to attach and to whom. As some of these regiments had never been sworn in, of course the State authorities had no con- trol over them. A few patriotic men have en- deavored to neutralize the bad counsels of those who endeavored to break up the army What success they had, we do not know. The latent object of all this maneuvering is to keep up State army so as to provide for cer- tain would be great men.
Year: 1861

The following is an extract from 8 letter from friend in Dallas county:

 " am told the authorities at Rich mond have concluded to receive Senators elected by the legislatures of the States whether at regu lar session or not The legislature which will meet in November next under the proclamation of the Governor will have two Senators to elect and sincerely hope Bob Johnson will be one of them His long experience first as Representatives then as Senator, extending over period of fourteen years his intimate acquaintance with the wants of the South and the confidence reposed in him by all the leading men, point him out as the man for the place and the occaslOn."

 Another correspondent in Yell county pays him the following handsome compliment:

 Prompt, able and efficient he was always found at his post, upholding and battling for southern tights, southern honor and equality. Failing to secure these in the federal Congress he was one of the first well as one of the foremost to declare for separation and southern independence The convention, which until Lincoln's proclama- tion was largely Union ill sentiment, recognised his merits and capabilities for doing good and elec- ted him to the Provisional Congress"

 We have received other letters Of like tenor, but did not publish them for obvious reasons.- We knew that Mir. Johnson was tired of public life, and nothing but Q sense of duty would in duce him to serve again. At the same time, we knew his whole soul was embarked in the cause ofthe Southern Confederacy. In ordinary times no inducement could be made sufficiently strong to take him from private life, but in the present state of affairs he is at the service of his coun- try. His long experience, the weight of his personal character, his time and abilities will all be given to the service of the State. The call upon him to become candidate has been so pressing and so general that he does not feel at liberty to decline. We need some experienced men in the councils of the nation and we believe the general wish of the people is that R. W Johnson shall be one of our Senators in the next Confederate Congress.
Year: 1861

TONER WEAvER-Capt. Woodruff and the members of his artillery company who have re- turned home all speak in the highest terms oi young Weaver, who was killed at the battle of Oak Hill and lament his death. We knew him we'll as a gallant, brave young man-universal- ly beloved His body was brought to this city for interment and the funeral was the largest ever seen here.

 Young Harper, who was killed in the same battle, was another of the bravest most chival- rous and honorable young men we ever knew. Modest yet talented, brave yet quiet, and in all things a gentleman, he had the esteem of all who knew him.