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Year: 1863

When our relations with England were
of the equiVocal character which invited
belief IN the approach of war with that great
power, We had frequent occasion to point
out to Congress and to our readers the
defenseless condition of the lake cities, and
the incaleulable injury that hostile TO
tills on the lakes, Insignificant on the
ocean, might do to the resources Ct the Re-
public. The alarm in view of the possi-
bility CT the sending Of one vessel with
hostile intent, from Canada to Cleveland
or Buffalo, shows how well founded our
spprebensions have been, and how in the
mind of the country now go profoundly
sgitsted, the necessity for adopting 8 sys-
TEN Of lake defenses is rooted and fur
thermore, how satisfactory some speedy
aud comprehensive action Of Congress and
the Executive, in that direction would be
to the people.


We renew the warning note, and this
time, we call upon the President himself
who is familiar with the country to be
protected against hostile incursions, and
who knows the importance Of the sound
ness Of the West TO the health Of the
whole body pOlito, to give this its due
consideration, weight and prominence in
the message to Congress that he must now
be preparing. And in advance we entreat
Pennsylvania and New York to lend their
aid to any feasible and efficient plan that
| the authorities may adopt. Each one Of
these States has territory lying upon the
lake coast, liable to the ravRges Of the foe
who approaches us from the North; hence
our interest is their interest, and to them
the West looks for aid = Chicago Tribune


In connection with the above, we would
say that our city, with population of co.
900, which will bo increased to 100000
within ten yesrs,i is liable to be at the mercy
Of single gunbOat and it has no means Of
defense whatever. A gunboat can take 9
position on the lake in front of the city
and demand the payment of q heavy ran.
som, say three millions of dollars, and il
case Of refusal to pay, can lombard tht


city and burn it up, and this too will b.


in accordance with the laws Of war


Detroit and Buffalo have Notifications T.


protect them. Why should not Cleveland


be prOtectede It is fully as important


point as either Of those places can be. De
troit has q fortified work called For


Wayne. We see by the Free Press that nev
} works are being erected on Belle Isle abov
that city, and that 1000 laborers ar
wanted. We presume that this is Gov
J eminent enterprise.


I


We think it behoOvesOur citizens to tax
I steps in the matter and endeavor to get al
appropriation BY Congress for fortifyin
J our city.
Year: 1863

COUNTIES UNDER THE NEW CAI.-Though we do not expect the new levy will he filled for the sake of the liberal pay and bounty offered but by reason of patriotic willingness to serve the country and to fight in it's defense. yet it is proper that they who do go and reinqui sh that labor at home by which their families are supported, should be literally paid.

 The bounti,s offered by the government arc certainly liberal. In addition to the month s advance pay upon enlisting, the volunteer re- ceives from the United States, over and above his regular pay, bounty of $302. If veteran volunteers are included in this call they receive these sums whether they serve the whole three years or arp discharged by the termination of the war before the three years expire.

 In addition to these national bounties, the state of Connecticut pays every volunteer from this state $50 per year. If he is married the state gives six dollars per month to his wife two dollars per month for every child under fourteen years of age, and in case there shall be child or children and ID wife, then six dollars per montl to the younger child, and two dollars per month to each additional child under fourteen. provided tEe whole amount tc one family shall not exceed ten dollars per month.

 We hope to see organizations at once sci on foot in every town to assist in raising these troops They must be had, and they can be had easily if there is the proper public spirit about It. Let every man make 1t his individu al business.-Harttord Press.
Year: 1863

The Port Royal (South Carolina) New South of October leth, gives this account of the reb- els attempt to blow up the frigate Ironsidcs

 On Monday night last. while lying at her usual anchorage. the frigatc was approached by nondescript craft, evidently from the har bor of Charleston. The stranger was hailed by the officer of the deck, but no response was given. The stranger came crushing on and just before striking the frigate. fired voIey of musketry, which wounded the officer of the deck on duty. An instant afterwards she struck the frigtte's bow, and a tremendous explosion foowel. The torpedo which the strange craft had attached to her stern was evidently one of great magnitude, as the shock was fearful, and the column of water thrown up and displaced far greater than that which any other eontrivance has yet been able to lift. But iustesd of destroying the New Ironsides, the rebel craft was herself blown up and sunk through the very means by which s he had hoped to destroy the most elective vessel in our navy. Of the crew of the rebel vessel two Were captured-one Lieutenant and the other a seaman-and the rest were drowned. The damage to the noble frigate is said to be slight"
Year: 1863

about the centre, and the freight and gassen- ger cars were thrown into admirable confusion, most of them upside down. No passenger was very seriously hurt, and the conductor, ex- press-man and brakemen, though considerably bruised, are hot dangerously SO. The owner of the COW ought to pay well for his careless ness of human life; but he will probably sue the Railroad Company for damages!
Year: 1863

EIGHT CENTS POUND FOR CorToN.-The St. Louis Democrat publishes letter from Black River. Mississippi, from which we make the following extract:

 "We are getting great deal of cotton out of this country. Nearly all the farmers have saved much of their cotton by rolling it out in- to the cane and hiding it there. They come into camp now, sell it to us at eight cents per pound, and conduct our expeditions to the hi ding places. This trade is being carried on exclusively by government, through its regular quartermasters."
Year: 1863

The division of our Union into two or
more Confederacies would reopen in each
of those questions Of distribution of pow
er and relationship between States. which
were settled by our National Constitution.
Even now the Capitalization Of power
Year: 1863

OF description executed in the best style and
on reasonable &c, ms.


The FARMER has u larger ejaculation than any
ethcr paper in this sec ion Of the State 1t is now.
and has been for thirty six consecutive years the
official paper OF the county.
Year: 1863

Our civil war, closing in the nanumis-
sion of four million of slaves, to take equal
rank with six million Of enslavers, would
be but the prelude to servile war of ex-
termination. The advocates of this hybrid
policy know this, but they think the negro
so essential to tue selfish purposes of their
political ambition that, like Calhoun, they
are willing to make them, as we'll as those
who bold him in durance, the victim of
their policy. l advocate the Presidents
plan of saving both, and ministering to
their prosperity and to their elevation in
their respective spheres to power and
greatness as people. This may be done
by gradual segregation of the two races,
and assigning to each the regions on this
continent aHd adjacent isles congeuial to
their natures. The old Roman policy of
spreading their institutions and influence
abroad in the world, by providing homes
for new people drawn into their service,
and whom it was not polite and safe to
settle in Italy, should be adopted in favor
of the unhomogeneous dependent people
of African descent, whom this war will
throw upon the hands of the Government
as freedmen.


Many of them will enlist in the army
multitudes will be employed on the waste
land of the Government, in providing for
their own subsistence. All should be
drawn together in military camps, on the
Roman plan-put under the control of
public officers Instructed in the business of
Eselt-government, self.defense and selt-sup-
port, and when employed in the Govern.
ment service, amply compensated. Thus
they would be in state of probation, while
the Government would have an opportuni-
ty to provide for their settlement iu the
suitable regions to which they are invited
as colouists. By such means the process
of liberating four million of bondsmeu, and
then preparing them to assume the attitude
OF self governing nation, might be made
to secure to the United States forever their
Union, their domestic peace and immuni-
nifty from foreign invasion. mo-
Year: 1863

THE DEVOTION OF A CHILD An
officer of the army relates 10 the
editor. IF the Portsmouth (Va.)


Old Dominion an incident of the
conduct of one of DR.. Wright's
children, singularly expressive of
devoted filial attachment. A small
boy came to Lieutenant Roberts,
ard approaching him with a caress-
ing manner, and looking up into
his face, said, Scan I not die for
my father?" A small daughter
accompanied her mother to Old
Point or a visit to General Foster.
During the conference the little
girl elambered upon the knees Of
the General, and putting up her
sweet, innocent face, said with an
earnest pathos that went to his
very soul, Save my father, won't
you? The old veteran melted be-
meath the pathetic entreaty Of
guileless childhood. Emotion over
came him, and he bowed, his heart
too full for utterance. Where is
the man, the heart. the feeling, that
can witness, or listen to the narra-
tion of such scenes, and not teel a
sincere compassion for the family
thus plunged into an abyss of dis.
consulate SORROW.
Year: 1863

1t is said that the absconding and default
ing Treasurer of Sacramento destroyed his
reputation and fortune by an indulgence in
that vice which has ruined so many in this
State-gambling. Bird, who was a poor
player at best, acquired an irresistible pas
sion for the game called poker This game
it seems, is played extensively in Sacramen-
to by some of the most reputable and solid
men Of that place. 1t is one of those unob-
trusive, quiet games, that can be played as
we'll in a retired bed chamber as in a spacious
club-room and few hours sitting is fire.
quently sufficient to divest an unlucky wight
of the accumulation Of years of frugality and
toll. The most dangerous game of poker in
Sacramento is one which is confined to a
select circle of well known citizens. Not
being professionals their game is sought with
avidty, and it is considered quite aprivilege
to get hand in it. But wo to the man that
enters it without being first rate player
He stands about as much chance Of leaving
it winner as a cat escaping Tartarus without
claws BY this game the defaulting Treasu-
rer fell, and the public funds were robbed.
Bird, as we said, was very Indifferent play
er, and it is probable that, when he first was
-allured to it, he had no idea of becoming fas-
cinated But the game is played on large
scale, and bets on "full hands" frequently
ranging as high as two or three thousand
dollars at pop. Possibly, Bird had the
misfortune in bis frstsittting to hold 'a fulP'
against "fours," and lost few thousand on
the hand. 1t would not do to quitso much
loser, and, like many others, he played to
get even-resolving then to quit the game
for good But the oftener he INDUCED, the
deeper be became involved, until at length
he found the term of his office on the point
of expiring, with a deficit of S14, 1000 in his
accounts He had not the nerve to face the
music, nor the courage to confess to his
friends and to entreat them to save his honor,
so he fed, leaving behind him, heart-bro-
ken wife and several young children, all to
participate in the inefable disgrace which
he had wrought upon himself and them
This is only one of many instances of ruin at
respectable poker" in Sacramento. But
few of them ever reach the public eye; hun
dreds Of broken merchants, however, can
trace their ruin to that respectable game.
IS f. CALL
Year: 1863

Who ARE THE HAPPY.-Lord Byron
faid The mechanics and the working mer
who can maintain their families, are, in my
opinion the happiest of men. Poverty is
wretchedness, but even poverty is, perhaps,
to be preferred to the heartless, unmeaning
dissipation of the higher orders" Another
author says 81 have no propensity to envy
any one, least of all the rich and great; but
if l were disposed to this weakness, the sub
ject of my envy would be healthy young
man, in full possession of his strength and fac
mites, going forth in the morning to work
for his wife and children, or bringing them
home his wages at night"
Year: 1863

ELoPEMENT EXTRAORDINARILY last
Saturday, the worthy residents of Dayton
were somewhat startled by an apparition
which suddenly appeared in their midst, in
the shape of single horse, carrying youth
of sixteen years and fair damsel about two
years younger. Upon inquiry, it was found
that they were lovers and that their parents
were unwilling they should be married, be-
cause they were so young, and that they,
with heroic desperation, had both got
astride Of a horse belonging to the young
man, and had rode from the sink of Carson
to Dayton, distance of over fifty miles, de-
termined to be united in the holy bonds of
wedlock, as all true lovers should be. As
soon as the facts Of the case became known,
several sympathizing persons conducted
them to the Office of Justice Ward, where
they were speedily made man and wife, to
their evident satisfaction and delight. AS
soon as the nuptial knot was tied, rejecting
the kind solicitations of several ladies who
offered them the hospitalities of their house,
they mounted their solitary steed and wend-
ed their way back to their home, where they
will no doubt find as much happiness among
the sand hills and sage brush as if they
"dwelt in marble halls" Their names are
w. D. Winfrey and Roxy d. Guthrie
Virginia City Union.
Year: 1863

Mr.. Toombs, Of Georgia, says, that, when
all is lost to the rebel cause, he will unite
with those who have found honorable graves
on the battlefield. This is perfectly char
acteristic of him. He held command as a
General for some months in the rebel service
but resigned on account of some alleged dis
satisfaction and went home to a place of
safety. 1t seems that he now intends to go
back to the service when that service shall
be utterly hopeless and when he can there
fore do no good by joining it, but, till then,
he means to stay where he is. A valuable
champion of the rebel Confederacy, to be
sure.-L0u. Journal
Year: 1863

New instructions for the sale of the con
fscated lands in South Carolina have been
issued Certain portions of the lands are to
be reserved for school and benevolent pur-
poses, and the balance will be sold at auc-
ton, the maximum price fixed being 81 25
per acre. Twenty-acre lots are to be laid
out for the negroes to purchase, and the
balance of the land will be divided into farms
of not over 320 acres each. The town of
Beaufort is to be sold according the present
divisions of the town property. These sales
are to be made for cash, except to persons in
the naval and military service, who are enti-
tied to purchase, and who are to receive GER
tifcates upon paying a quarter of the pur-
chase money, and the residue in three years,
from the date of sale There will be good
chances for investment.
Year: 1863

CURRAN, when opposed to Lord Glare,
said that he reminded him of chimney
sweep, who had raised himself by dark and
dusty ways and then called aloud to his
neighbors to witness his dirty elevation.
Year: 1863

INDEL1BLE INK. ..Green persimmous say
~ of them, mash them, pour on water suf-
icient to cover them. Boil over slow fire
and do not boil them too much; add a small
piece of copperas. This Ink cannot be
rubbed or washed out, and will not change
color.
Year: 1863

paA- The people Of Franklin Centre
had an enthusiastic Fourth of July Cele-
bration, in which ell The good people of
the pisce. great aud small, engaged heart
ily. Rev I'll B Swift made the address
on the occasion, and stirred The patriotism
OF the crowd after the fashion Of the ear
lier snd better days of the Republic by
his eloquence.
Year: 1863

POISONED BrLLErs. According to the
Troy N. W Whig. the United States
Government is engaged in manufacturing
poisoned bullets. Mexico used similar
ones in her war with our country, and
she was severely ccnsured for it. We
are advancing rapidly in civilization, and
may soon boast Of equalling in humanity
the intelligent and refined Greascrs.-
Says the Whig:


We have before us some specimens oI
the MIME bullet now produced Mt the U.
IS. ArSenals. One of them is made fatal.
ly poisonous by the washing Of the linden
tai portion with solution of COPPER
Another is the Mimic ball in three sec
.tions. The heavy part is the pointed or
toward end this is evidently intcneded to
pehetrate farthest. Next to this is a
;waSher Of zinc. Behind this comes the
butt, with the cylinder on which are join
ed the three sections OF the bullet. Sup.
pose man to be struck By one Of these
bullets; the surgeon. on probing the
wound, wOnld he apt TO get at the light
butt and cylinder. The zinc washer
would still remain, causing inRamaiinn
and death. Should the victim survive the
extraction of the cylinder and washer, u
third operation would still remain for the
heavy part Of the bullet.
Year: 1863

" "PARsoN> | beg yOI will not mention
the unfortunate circumstance again, a>
the hen-pecked husband said when the
parson told him that he would be joined
to his wife in another word, never to be
separated from her.
Year: 1863

The MOUNTAIN VoYAGuERs.-On the way to
Trinity Center the other day. we noticed some
very peculiar footprints in the snow from where
the Minersville and Salmon trails intersect TO
Norwegian ranch. It was the track of the Sal
mon river expressman (ahd his comrade to the
summit Of the dividing range between Trinity
aud Klamaih) who makes weekly trips over that
perilous route. One wore shoes as large as
the bottom of modern clothes basket and very
much the same shape. The other wore the Nor
wegian snow shoe. four feet long, and as many
inches wide, turning up at the end like a sleigh
runner. The foot is dashed to the center OF the
shoe. and the wearer slides along very much as
one would travel on a pair OF skates. only the
tracks are directly parallel with each other,
never varying nom a direct course. Mr.. Hulse
is Salmon expressman. and when his load is too
heavy Louis Olson or some one else accompanies
him TO the summit Of Salmon mountain.
Year: 1863

TENPERAAes.--W We hear from Rev. Geo. B.
Taylor again through the Red Bluff Independent
Of Tuesday. lie left for Shasta on that day, and
may he here this friday evening As he may
come when least expected, those of our citizens
desirous of listening 10 the ablest Tempera nee
lecturer ever in the State should be ready to hear
him at a moments warning. His visits are always
attended with good results
Year: 1863

DisAPPoINTED.-We had intended to present
the first number Of the Eighth Volume of the
JOURNAL improved in appearance, but our new
material was detained on account of bad roads.
Next week the paper will be dressed up " with
new heading and otherwise improved. Send
on your subscriptions, and by all means let every
person who is able to do SO, send copy of it 10
friends in the old home.
Year: 1863

PROSPECT OF RoAD.-The best job in the way
OF road making done in these parts within our
knowledge, is visible on Main street, opposite
the Tbeater. The road has been filed up five
feet within week We submit that supervisor
Carr is justly entitled to new hat for that lob
Year: 1863

IT IS NOT A DIE


But restores gray hair to its original color BY 'upp
ing the capillary tubes with natural substances
by age or disease All nsananeoas dyes are composed o
lunar eauc destroying the vitality and beauty OF 'hs
hair and afford of themselves dressing Heimstreet'
Indomable Colorng not only restores hair to Its natural
calor by an easy process, but gives the hair q
Year: 1863

The Daily One OCIock .Ne,os has been In slight
circulation here some weeks. hear some talk
of starting Union daily paper, to be the cen
trial organ Of the party. The Herald, aspiring to
that now. is not considered strong enough be-
sides, it has bad odor from of old. The party
have not much confidence in it, and IL would not
be surprising if it were superseded IN the snr;ng
a Wool and Vine Register has been started at
Sacramento, but TO the general reader it is not
of much account.
Year: 1863

We now propose to show, from the
speeches and addresses OF lesser lights.
that all the teachings of this party and its
leaders have led to just the programme
laid down above As Garrison said, they
we're moulding public sentiment Tor
the dissolution OF the Union and abolition
of slavery" We ask every candid man TO
read the record and .hen say, if he can,
that they are not disuhionis,s We will
commence with
Year: 1863

The annual meeting of the Delaware State Association for
the relief of sick and wounded soldiers held Thursday
evening last in the Lecture of the Wilmington Institute
There large attendance of ladies' and much interest
manifested The following the reports of the proceedings
of the Executive Committee and Ladies' Committee for the
past year The officers of the past year reelected.
Year: 1863

The following order has just
oeen issued from the HeadquarI
ters of the army of the Potomac:


GENERAL ORDER No. 8O-First
For tho purpose of giving full
freedom of choice to this army in
the selection of newspapers, it is
ordered that any officer or enlisted
man wishing to purchase any daily
journal not now furnished by the
agent appointed under the provis-
ion of the circular of June 2, may
give notice thereof to the Provost
marshal of the command to which
he belongs, who shall forward the
same through the Provost Marshal
OF his corps to tho Provost Mar
shall General, who shall instruct
said agents to furnish the same
without delay, and a neglect on his
part to comply with such instruc-
tions, shall be held sufficient cause
for vacating his appointment"


That is honorable upon the part
of General MEADE. Will Genera
RosECRANs have the manliness tc
follow the example? In his army
nothing but abolition papers are
allowed the soldiers.
Year: 1863

How, then, we ask is the Press
to be sustained Here We have o
tdimlnishod circulation, and double
price to pay for food, clothing, ink
and paper. The Press does not
make as much money in one year
as would pay for ink, paper, and
one good printer for six months;
our books will prove this to be a -.
fact. We think we have found
money enough out of our own
pocket to support the cause of De-
mocracy in Preble county, and if
parties interested cannot, or will
not step forward and sustain us in
our disinterested struggle to keep
up the paper, they will in due time
discover that to sustain an organ of
their own in Preblc county, will
require four times the amount of
money ever yet subscribed by them.
We understand newspaper bust
ness as well as any of Cur readers,
and therefore we warn them in
time.


Notwithstandingall that we have
had to pass through and to suffer,
in the interest of Democracy in
Eaton, we have never yet received
one sympathizing or encouraging
word, to cheer US on in our thank,
less labors. But we have received
insults in abundance, and the words
-"If the Press does not support
you, why don't you give it up?"
This is rich, after we have spent
our own money to sustain it for the
good Of the Democratic cause =
But this is lot all we have been
lied upon, slandered, and even Ii.
beled, and threatened with death,
or expulsion from the county, if
not from America. 1t would have
been great gain to us, if the sons
of scandal, SANDER, pulpit falshoods
and smut sheet libels, had driven
us away eighteen months back.


One word more to some of our
readers, and we have done for the
present. As number of our sub
scribcrs appear to think it sin
and shame to pay for their paper,
and to exoncrate the hundreds who
have paid US so cheerfully and
honorably, we shall publish q list
of all real defaulters, in large let
ters, and hang it up in our Office,
that all who come in may see who
have and who have not paid US,