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Year: 1861

D. E. GoRpoN-Dear Sir AN article is now
going the rounds of the press which would lead
the public 10 believe that am as fond Of human
blood as an Alderman is of turtle soup, and that
the sport of killing d-d Black Republicans
would to me be as gratifying pastime as would
spearing frogs with sharp stick to schoolboy.
desire to inform the public. through the me-
dium of your paper, that this is mistake. | am
not " on it," Few private letters will bear to be
scanned by the public eye, for as they may not
understand the spirit in which they are written,
they are liable to be misinterpreted.


At the time wrote to Craven Lee ! did not
believe be was going to join the Confederate
States army (although he boasted of it 10 his
letter. to the contrary was satisfied that he was
bound for Lower California, and think the edi-
tor of the Red Bluff Independent must have been
hard up for sensation item to publish only part
Of private letter for the purpose Of misleading
the press, for the mere sake of having the public
believe that treason was afoat. The fellow was
wise enough to play the fool, yet to do that well
be lacks certain kind Of wit.


Yours, respectfully,


r. T HoI NEG
Year: 1861

STILL ANOTHER MURDER BY INDIANs.-On
Sunday evening last an attack was made by In
dians on three men who were living in house
on Van Duzen creek AS we understand our in.
formant, the circumstances are about as follows


Messrs Coats, Bartlett and another man were
herdng stock on a ranch near the creek named
and occupied the house. A short time before
sunset, Goats went short distance from the
house where he was fred upon by Indians. Sew.
eral balls took effect causing almost instant
death. When the two men in the house heard
the firing, they caught their guns and rushed out
to the protection of Goats, who was not armed
The Indians fired upon them as they came out,
infoing flesh wounds on Bartlett. Their fire
was returned until the Indians retreated, leaving
one OF their number dead on the ground. There
were about twenty five Indians in the band
About halt OF them were armed with rifles, and
they were all tolerably we'll dressed in white
mems clothing.


We also bear that house was. burned at Lara
bees ranch on the same day, together with lot
of grain 10 the shock. The details of this affair
we have not heard.-Humtoidt Times.
Year: 1861

THE Patriotism OF New YoRK.-The Boston
Post . leading organ of the New England Demo
cracy thus speaks of the patriotic spirit which is
animating the people of the Empire State


But grand as is the patriotic spirit of Boston,
how can icy cold words tell of the national glory
that encrcles New York? Think of sixty or
seventy thousand troops from this single oity
This is not the boiling up Of a sudden fever /; it
is the steady tug of wonderful power-Of all the
bone and sinews of war-men and means The
description of the various fresh regiments going
forward with incredible energy that load the
columns of the New York press show a steady
fame of enthusiasm to protect the Government,
that we venture to say is quite unparalleled in
the history of cities. So much for the city. Now
look over that great State. 1t has the aspect Of
lion reused from its lair. Hundreds of cities
and of towns are, in proportion to their means,
as full of devotion TO the sacred cause of country
and the very soil trembes with the tread of the
armed hosts that are mastering to the sorrowful
work that must he done TO sustain the Constitu-
ton aud the Uuion.
Year: 1861

SLANDER.-The best defense against SANDER is
to refrain from retaliation in words, and govern
your acts so as to prove the falsehood through
your mode of living. Though the piercing sting
Of unkndIy expressions ranke in your bosom.
and cause The quickening pulses of your soul TO
weep though the eyes Of all around regard you
with contemptuous gances though the lips of
seorn are curled with icy cbillness, yet boldly
walk your upright course through ife and by a
mild and truthful, proud department in all things
WOO the genial smile of justice to your side, to
Danish from your future path the shadows OF dis
tfust
Year: 1861

THE FEELING IN KENTUCKY. -Advices received
from Kentucky represent that since the election,
there has been a great revolution of public SEN
timent in favor of decidedly aiding the Govern
ment to quel the rebellion, and that more Ken
tuckians Will be offered for the war than would


have been the quota of that State under the
Presidents Proclapatiops, It is represented that
the popular voice was SO decided that many who
formerly entertained animOsity to the Govern
ment have yielded their views, aud heartily unite
in an effort to make the war as brief as possible.
Year: 1861

PARsoN BROwNLow.-The traitors in Tennes.
see. finding that they could not intimidate Par
sion of bis office, the Knoxville Whig, and thus
silenced his thunders, He tells the people in his
last number that bis spirit is still mistaken, and
that his confidence in the American Union has
lost none of its force
Year: 1861

We the people of the Confederate States each State
acting in its sovereign and independent character In
order To form permanent federal government estab
lish justice insure domestic tranquility and secure
the blessings OF liberty ourselves and our posteri
ty-invokng the faver and guidance Of Almighty God
do ordain and establish this Constitution for the
Confederate States Of America.
Year: 1861

INTOXICATED HARss.- The Gazette of Cam
bray gives an amusing account of q party Of
intoxicated hares. Fifteen Of these crea-
lures are said to have entered the garden at
tached to distillery in the neighborhood of
Lille, and having eaten the bark of the
hops, or some other substance saturated
with alcohol, performed exceedingly fantas-
tic tricks. leaping, tumbling and screaming in
the most extraordinary manner. The work
men who were witnesses of the scene, broke
out into peals of laughter; but nothing
frightened the hares who had got their grog
on board, and were full of Dutch courage.
The whole of them were subsequently made
prisoners
Year: 1861

The Times correspondent writes from
Washington: There is very general feel
ing here that the defeat of Mr.. Greely for
the Senate will produce good effect upon
the present misunderstanding between the
North and South, because it is considered
repudiaion Of the ultra sentiments of which
he is the known champion.
Year: 1861

j. f. SPEED, ESQ: My Dear SIR: The
recent overwhelming vote in favor of the
Union in Kentucky has afforded unspeak-
able qualification to all true men through


the country. That vote indicates that
the people Of that gallant State have
been neither seduced by tho arts nor
terrified by the menaces Of the revolution.
lists in their midst, and that it is their


fixed purpose to remain faithful to .
Government which, for nearly seventy
years, has remained faithful to them
Still it cannot DO denied that there is in
the bosom of that State band Of agita-
tors, who, though few in number, are yet
powerful from the public confidence they
have enjoyed, and who have been, and


doubtless will continue to be, unceasing
in their cndeavors to force kentucky to
unite her fortunes with those Of the rebel
Confederacy Of the South. In view Of
this and Of the well known fact that sew
eral of the seeded States have by fraud
and violence been driven to occupy their
present false and fatal position, cannot
even with the encouragement Of her late
vote before me, look upon the political
future Of our native State without q
painful solictude. Never have the safety
and honor of her people required the ex.
ercise of 30 much vigilance and Of 80
much courage on their part. If true to
themselves, the stars and stripes, which,
like angels wings, have so long guarded
their homes from every oppression, will
still be theirs; but if, chasing the dreams
of mems ambition, they shall prove false,
the blackness Of darkness can but family
predict the gloom that awaits them
The Legislature, it seems, has determin.
ed by resolution that the State, pending
the present unhappy war, shall occupy
neutral ground. Imust say, in all frank
ness and without desiring to reflect upon
the course or sentiments Of any, that, in
this struggle for the existence of our
Government, l can neither practice nor
feel neutrality. would as soon think
of being neutral in contest between an
officer Of justice and an inoendiary ar.
rested in an attempt 10 fire the dwelling
over my head; for the Government whose
overthrow is sought is for me the shelter
not only of home, kindred, and friends,
but of every earthly blessing which can
hope to enjoy on this side Of the grave


If, however, from a natural horror ol
fratricidal strife, or from her intimate So


cial and business relations with the South


Kentucky shall determine to maintain
the neutral attitude assumed for her by
her Legislature, her position will still be
an honorable one, though falling far
short Of that full measure of loyalty
which her history has SO constantly illus.
trated. Her executive, ignoring, as
am happy to believe, alike the popular
and legislative sentiment of the State,
has, by proclamation, forbidden the Gov,
ernment Of the United States from
marching troops across her territory
This is, in no sense, q neutral step, but
Year: 1861

HINrs TO LADIEs.-It is a great mis-
take in female education to keep young
lady's time and attention devoted to only
tho fashionable literature of the day. II
you would qualify her for conversation
you must give her something to talk
abont, give her education with the actual
world and its transpiring events. Urge
her to read newspapers and become fami-
liar with the present character and i'm
provement Of our race. History is OF
some Importance but the past world is
dead, and we have little comparatively to
do with it. Our thoughts and our con-
Germs should be for the present world, to


know what it is and improve its condition.


Let her have an intelligent conversation
concerning the mental, political, and reli'
gious improvements Of our time. Let the
gilded ANNALS and poems on the centre.
table be kept part of the time covered
with journals. Let the family linen wo-
men and children-read the newspapers.
Year: 1861

The anamalous condition of this State is rap
idly assuming the form Of what Is known as
preciTitatioR. A recruiting Office for the
Southern CorIfetleraoy is opened in Louisville.
Arms aud provisions are constantly transported
over Kentucky soil to Tennessee. The rebels
seize and carry back to the insurgent regions
deserterg from their army. 1t would seem
that the Union men of Kentucky arc either
unable unwilling TO prevent these treason
able doings. II is a question whether a
prompt military occupation of Louisville
would not be a peaceful and prudent measure
for the United States to adopt. Troops must
soon be sent to the relief of East Tennessee.
They must go through Kentucky Shall they
go through hostile territory, or territory
friendly to the United Statesf The peaceful
neutrality of Kentucky Is but milder form


treason - S,.fe y1ayns'
Year: 1861

orr S-RiSGs IN CASApA.-In bering
for oil a few days since at Sombria,
Canada, on reaching down ffty-seven
feet, the gas rushed up with great. force
throwing up dry sand for An hour. It
then ceased, and the boring was resusn-
ed; but as soon as this was done, the
gas again rushed up with such violence
Is to throw the drill--a piece Of iron
one and half inches in diameter, eight
feet long, and weighing fifty pounds
clean out Of the hole; and it continued
to discharge gravel, water and stone
some Of tho latter weighing twenty-five
pounds up into the air : distance OF
one hundred feet. The stream widen.
I'd out to the diameter Of barrel, after
leaving the hole, and the quantity was
such as to raise the creek considerably
above the ordinary level, though it !,
here twenty five f.et wide. After ths


,ow Of water subsidized, the gas VA
fred, and an explosion took place
which shook the ground for half 4 mill
and then continued to scnd up shee


Of fame as high as the water had pre-


viously gone. The flame could b


seen for miles, and was ultimately e.


.inguished with great difficulty.
Year: 1861

If you want y ,ur spiritual life 70 be
more healthy and vigorous, you must
just come more boldly to the throne Of
grace. The secret Of your weakness Is
you little faith and little prayer. The
fountain is unse.led, but you only sip ;
few drops. The, bread Of life Is before
you, yet you only eat . few crumbs
The treasury Of heaven Is open, but you
oaly take few pence. @! man Of lit
lie faith, wherefore do you doubt p
Awake to know your privilegcs awake
and sleep NO longer. u ,h#


Tell me not Of spiritual hunger, and
thirst, and poverty, so long - the throne
Of grace is before you. Say rather you
are proud, and will not come to it as >
poor sinner; say rather you arc slothfnl
and will not::take pains to get more
Cast aside the. grave-clothcs Of pride
that still hang around you. Throw of
that Egyptian garment Of Incidence
which onght not to have been brought
through the Red Sea.


Away with that unbclief which ties
and par.lyses your tongue. You arc
not straitened in God, but in you self
Come boldly to the throne Of grace
where the Father is ever waiting to give
and Jesus stands by Him to intercede
Come boldly, for You may, all sinful .
you are, If you come in the name Of tn
great High Priest m
Come boldly and ask largely, ant


you shall have abundant answers mer
cy like river, and grace and strength
! like mighty stream. Come boldly, an
you shall have supplies exceeding a


You can ask or think. Hitherto yo'


have aksed nothing; ask and receive


that your Joy may be fnll-[J. {


Ryle.
Year: 1861

The Crittenden amendment has received
its quietus in Congress. We are glad OF it. If
our people once commence tinkering with the
Constitution there will be no end to 1t. Du-
ring the last Presidential canvass our pollt-
cal opponents stood on the platform, as was
asserted, of the "Constitution as II u.s." AL
though many Of them have deserted it and
are asking amendments so as to give ad-
ditional protection to slavery, we think it
the duty of every patriot to cling to the old
chart of our liberties and dresistall attempts to
change it. Itwas framed with the utmost care'
guarding jealousy the rights ofall sections,
and has been amply sufficient for our coun-
try during its existence. Especially should
the attempt to alter or change that noble
instrument be abandoned at this time, when
excitement and passion prevent that clear
headed perception which is necessary for
such delicate and important task. Let US
have no tinkering with the Constitution, but
let every man stand by it and defend it to
the last.
Year: 1861

The Rock Island Aryus says that the cars


now make daily trips between that city and


Port Byron, ON the Sterling and Rock Island


Railroad. This is an announcement of i'm


portance to Muscatine. Wehave never before


referred to the fact but it is nevertheless true
that sagacious railroad men have for some
time regarded the extension of the above road
to point opposite Muscatine as one of the
certainties of the no-distant future. The Rock
Island and Sterling Railroad connects at the
latter place with the Chicago and Fulton Air
Line Railroad, making almost an air line
between Chicago and Rock Island. The road
extended to Muscatine would make an air line
from Chicago TO this city, giving us railroad
connection with Chicago at least thirty miles
shorter than we now have.


OF course, it will be to the interest Of the
parties owning this road to extend it to Mus
catine, as it will give them an opportunity to
compete more successfully for the trade of
Central Iowa. We hope, however, that our
citizens will do all in their power to encourage
It's construction as soon as possible.
Year: 1861

SECESSION CooLlNG Down. - The latest
news from the South indicates more mod
Grafton on the part of Southern men. 1tis
believed that Georgia, the "Empire State Of
the SOUTH" Will remain true to the Union.
1t now appears that the forts and arsenals
taken possession of BY order Of the Govern
or of that State are held in trust for the
Federal Government, lest they should fall
into the hands Of lawiess and designing men,
bent on mischief.


We earnestly hope that a peaceful solution
Of our difficulties on grounds compatible with
the honor and rights Of both North and
South may be accomplished. We deprecate
war as o great calamity-next to the loss
of national honor and principle.
Year: 1861

FRIEND MAnlN:-I'send you letter from


another brother, who speaks free Republican


doctrines very much after my mind. L do


not think anything in his letter can be con-


strued to interfere with slavery in the States


where it exists. If thought it did, would


not approve it; for we are bound by the
Constitution aot to interfere. He formerly
lived for some years in South Carolina, and
on his return he was convinced that the
South were sure to rule our National affairs,
and to rule with stronger hand from time
to time, as opportunity offered. Such has
been true. lhe question now presents
itself Shall We again put ourselves under
the rule of the South by compromising ?
For my part, would as soon put myself
under the monarchy of Napoleon as under
the tyranny of the South. ALI our best
statesmen have warned us against civil
war. am for a peaceful division, by the
amendment Of the Constitution to that
effect. SUEL FosrRR.
Year: 1861

The Desmoines Commonwealth urges an
extra session of the Iowa Legislature to give
the expression of the State in favor Of the
Union. The Iowa City Reporter says efforts
are making in various directions to induce
the Governor to call the Legislature together.
1he Reporter is opposed to proposition. So
are we. Iowa is true to the Union, always
has been and always will be. Her position
cannot be construed as equivocal, and conse.
quently there is no necessity for her Repre-


sentatives to go to the trouble and expense
OF declaring what nobody doubts. The ex-
igencies Of the times do not now demand any
extraordinary action on our part, but when
such action is demanded our sister States
may rest assured that Iowa will be ready and
eager to do her part towards maintaining the
Union and the Constitution. Her people
and her presses have spoken with an almost
unanimous voice, and, in the language of the
sentiment contributed by Iowa to the Wash
ington monument, 'thc affections Of her
people, like her rivers, flow to inseperable


Union" --
Year: 1861

W There is no feature in the villainy of
secession, no treason so ''doubly distilled"
as that of F.orida-a vagrant, piratical strip
Of territory, abounding in swamps. Indians,
runaway negroes and alligators. Purchased
to prevent it from becoming resort and
receptacle for every description of marauders,
and reformed at an expense Of more than
thirty millions of dollars, it is now making
war upon the Government If there be virtue
in gunpowder and hemp, every Florida traitor
who escapes shooting should be hung.
Year: 1861

just shut your eyes and silence your
tongues, and still the warm beatings of your
heart, say the friends Of the Crittenden
measure, while we administer this potent dose
which shall cure your intestine disorder.
But no; men of sense and courage will prefer
to look around and about them-to inquire
into the probable effects of the medicine upon
other and vital organs-to inquire into the
credentials Of the doctors who prescribe
before swallowing the rrofered drug. We
counsel firmness and calmness. Let us be
counseled by our reason rather than our fears.
Year: 1861

secede peaceably? If God is for freedom,
He is not for slavery. God is not divided
against himself; is not on both sides; is not
approving ono as good as the other. There
fore, it is wise for freedom to retain the
goodwill Of God by letting slavery depart in
peace. Yours, A. FOSTER.
Year: 1861

MY BROTHER II send some thoughts Oh
on the true way of the nation in the present
attitude Of Freedom and Slavery One of the
three following measures must be adopted:


l. A peaceful separation; ......i
Year: 1861

After all the stories Of the taking Of the ff.
teen million loan of the bogus concern at Mont
gomrry, it is now admitted that none Of it has
been yet taken, and it is quite certain that none
of it will be, except by compusion and terror.


The Secretary of the Treasury, if Govern.
ment can be said to have treasury which
never had any money which it did not steal,
offers the stock to be issued on the 18th Of
April, in sums ranging from one thousand
down to fifty dollars, and adds that, in order to
enable all portions Of the people throughout
the Confederate States "to exhibit their com.
mon interest in raising funds for the common
defence, books of subscription will be opened at
the cities and principal interior towns


This phraseology shows, that nothing is ex.
pected from the operation, except as forced
loan. 1t is not to be transaction, in which
the lender looks to the security for his money
and the rate of interest, but, in which men are
called upon to manifest their "common inter.
est for the common Defence" Where an appeal
Of that kind is made, the reverse is implied,
that those who do not subscribe are to be re.
garQeu as nOStlle, or lnulutreut W tue eo""o'
interest,"" and to be so regarded, is risk which
few men will dare to run in revolutionary times.
1t is forced loan, to all intents and purposes,
not to be taken for the advantage of the lender,
or with any expectation on his part, that he
can dispose of the stock without ruinous if
not total loss, but taken to avoid prescription,
house burning, mobbing, or death.


When the first 100000 revolutionary loan
Of South Carolina was taken at par, principally
by the banks, it was stated in the Legislature
of that State that it would not sell in the open
market for fifty cents on the dollar. This Con.
federate loan will never sell for ten cents on
the dollar.


One scheme of making it available is that Of
Alabama, which has so altered her free bank.
ing law as to make it the basis Of banking, with
the right to issue two dollars in bank notes for
one in Confederate stocks deposited. This may
be called dluting moonshine.
Year: 1861

A WORD TO BUSINESS MEN.


This paper has now circulation in this city
larger than all the city papers combined, with
the exception Of one, and therefore affords q
most excellent advertising medium.
Year: 1861

The DISTRICT ApPoINTMENTs.-Itis is rumored
that the nomination for District Attorney will
be sent to the Senate to-day or tomorrow. The
other District appointments will be postponed
for some days, in order to give the President
time to thoroughly canvass the merits of the
numerous applicants for various Offices properly
belonging to the city.
Year: 1861

\ one armed man was asked by a woman how
he came to lose bis arm. He promised to tell her
if She would not ask another question. She agreed
and II" said it was bMea of. As she went away
she said size tytShed size E,teb tghat DH It or
Year: 1861

While Western Virginia north of the
Great Kanawha is thoroughly Union, the
people of the Southwestern corner Of the
State, between that river and North Caro-
lima, are almost as rabid secessionists as the
inhabitants of the sea coast. The Wheel
ing Intelligencer publishes letter from a
resident of Washington county, who says /:
In this part of the commonwealth, but
one opinion is now tolerated. Please give
me line Informing me whether you are
secure in your Union position in the North
west. / can not write TO you with freedom,
for reasons that you will understand
The intolerance of our revolutionary leade rs
equals that Of the French Revolution. The
violent few rule the order-loving many. l
am stakeholder, and identified with the
South by both interest and affection. My
children arc SoutherneFs ''to the manor
born" Yet if had voted against the
Ordinance Of Dansndtion, should to-day
be an exile or corpse. The vote through
out the State is worse than mockery; il is
an outrage.