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Year: 1861

GIVE Me DRINK.-Mr. Mcleod, an English
writer, puts the following language into the
mouth of those who visit the rumseller's den =
ssThere's my money-give me drink There's
my clothing and food-give me drink There's
the clothing, food and fire of my wife and chill
dren-give me drink! There's the education OF
the family and the peace of the house-give me
drink There is the money have robbed from
the schoolmaster, and innumerable articles
have robbed from the storekeeper-give me
drink Pour me out drink, for more will pay
for it. There's my health of body and peace OF
mind-there's my character as man and my
profession as Christian will give up all
give me drink! More yet have to give. There
is nv heavenly Inheritance, and the everlasting
friendship of the redeemed-there is all hope of
salvation! l give up my Savior +! give up my
God! resign all All that is good, great and
glorious in the universe, / resign forever that
may be drunk ~
Year: 1861

The following from Fowler & Wells
Life Illustrated, is SO good, and to the
point, that we recommend it to our friends
without farther comment:


"We occasionally receive letters in
which the writer's express their determine
tion to stop their county or village paper
and take one Of our publications instead.
We always regret to receive such intima-
tions. We think man ought to support
his own paper first, and then if he can af.
ford to take paper from distance, let
him do so, and we shall be happy to fur
nish him with L;je Illustrated. The
country press is, in our opinion, the most
important in its effects on che onliehtcn.
noent Of the nation, It conveys IN ten
thousand r;:"..s, Intelligence to nearly every
hor:::s in the country. The country press
ought to receive cordialsupport Every
place should try to have for its paper just
such character that people could be
Justly proud of it. To this end let them
pay promptly, advertise literally, recon-
mend warmly, and in every way stand by
their editor, as long: .s they can consistent
w.
Year: 1861

BURNING OF HAMPTON Hampton
village, it will be remembered, was burned
about the latter part Of July. by order of
Gen. Magruder, of the Confederate forces
though it was reported in the South that the
place vas burned by Federal troops. A
Richmond correspondent of a Memphis pa
per, thus refers to the act of vandalism:


l begin to despair of getting at the truth of
anything. 1t turns out that Newport News has
not been evacuated. The Yankees are still
there and manifest no purpose of retiring. More
than this, all my indignation against the van
dalism of the enemy in burning Hampton would
seem to have been gratuitOus, for it is nowpos-
itively stated that the torch was applied and the
town laid in ashes by the Virginians themselves.
Some of the more loyal of the citizens who had
remained there after the first exodus, under the
authority and with the sanction of Gen. Ma
gruder, determined to make of il a Moscow,
and the place was fred that it might no longer
afford shelter to the minions Of Butler against
the burning sun Of Virginia August, or serve
as a rendezvous for negroes induced by the en-
emy to run away from their masters. | shall
next expect to hear that Hampton has not been
burned at all, and that what was taken by the
people of Norfolk for general conhagration
was nothing more than the burning Of a few
whisky barrels.
Year: 1861

ANOTHER PONY,-The Pony Express,
which should have dates from ST. Louis to
August 3lst, arrived at the outer station at
five o'clock yesterday afternoon. From
some cause the dispatch was not telegraphed
over the wires last night, consequently, we
are not able to give the news in to-day s
Democrat The Union will probably issue
An extra this afternoon, and we shall pub
lish the Intelligence this evening, ii we can
get the dispatch by telegraph.
Year: 1861




6aIoWlar RngIIsh Tribute to the North.


In Once Week we find this glowing
tribute to the patriotism and self sacrifice
Of the North


Open, manifest, indisputable above eve
rything, is the noble spirit Of the people at
large, now that the first burst Of enthusiasm
would have been over II it had not been
genuine, and at the moment when the
whole Significance Of the war is disclosed.
They know now what loss or ruin Of for
tune most of them must incur; they have
felt something Of the toll and priVation of
military service; and the amount Of need
less, Wanton, exssperating slaughter might
we'll sicken the general heart Yet there
is no finching. The Presidents call for
400 900 men is met as eagerly as his prior
call for 10000. When he asks whether
they will raise es0, ,0OO 600 for the national
service, they say so yes" IS If he asked
for $4,000. When the old family tombs Of
the forefathers are opened, 10 admit the
coffin Of some gallant representative Of
each, tne next brother starts off for the
battlefield, as the Amen" is said over the
grave. Ir5H Tau u.2


The betrothed girl waves her handker-
chief with smile, as he who should have
been her husband next week marches past
for the South, and faints away when ne Il
past the corner. The aged mother PAGES
her room fol hours, when she is weary Of
making lint, and finds her Bible brings the
tears too fast. Except very few towards
traitors, and sordid trimmeFs, who try to
raise q call for compromise, there seems to
be no detection from this splendor Of pstri-
otism. This is the broadest plainest
veiehsiest, and most brillisnt fact Of al
that strikes the eye.
Year: 1861

Altar ell the sender care We have given
The Repnblssan party, We dislike to give 4
up ct time when Il gave promise Of use
fulness for the advancement Of measures
and principles that We hold dear. But the
course Of events appears to point in an
other direction, and II seems that an ami
cable union Of men who have heretofore
opposed each other in politics, is now like
ly 10 lake place, and 8 party 70 be organ.
iIed for the purpose Of sustaining the Gov
ernment in putting down Rebellion, and q
vigorous prosecution Of the War. AS We
are for these measures We can so far unto
in this enterprise. Il does not propose eli
that we would propose; but when q move
ment promises any immediate usefulness,
and sacrifices no principle, We must take
part In It. Is q matter Of duty. yif' 'ad', p


In this paper will be found q call signed
by indiVidusls Of all parties, calling pub
Iio meeting on the Slst to which We invite
attention. It is to be hoped that there will
be q general and full attendance Of the
people.-AshtabElG SeRtiHsl.


The Sentinel has been the only Republi-
can paper in Northern Ohio, within our
knowledge, that did not endorse the no.
party movement at the beginning. We
are glad to see it responding to the popular
voice. 90 EHfET9
Year: 1861

order shall be valid.


SEC. 2. The Commander in Chief shall
have power to appoint the regimental field
officers that may be required for the first
Regiment of the Volunteer Militia, which
shall be called into active service upon
any requisition of the President of the
United States; and the Colonel shall ap-
point the staff officers of the regiment
the Quarter Master to be approved by the
Governor, and before entering upon the
duties Of his Office he shall give bonds to
the Treasurer of the State in such sums
and with such sureties and conditioned
as the Governor shall direct and approve,
which bonds shall be filed in the office Of
the Treasurer, and in case of breach,
prosecuted under the direction of the
Auditor of accounts.


Sec. 3. This act shall take effect from
its passage.


Approved April 25, 1861.
Year: 1861

I saw him first at social party. He
took but a single glars Of wine, and that
in compliance with the request Of u fair
young lady with whom he conversed.


saw him next, when he supposed no
was unseen, taking glass to satisfy a
slight desire formed by his sordid indul-
gencc. He thought there was no danger.


saw him again with those of mis- own
age, meeting at night to spend sircrs
time in convivial pleasure. He said it
was only innocent amusement.


| saw him next late in fhe evening in
the street, unable to reach home | as
sisted him thither. He looked ashamed
when we next met.


saw him next reelipg in the street
confused stare was on his countenance and
words of blasphemy were on his tongue.
Shame was gone.


saw him, yet once more he was
pale, cold and motonless, and was carried
by his friends to his last resting place.
In the small procession that followed, ev-
cry head was cast down, and seemed to
shake with uncommon anguish. His fa-
ther's gray hairs were going to the grave
with sorrow. His mother wept with
grief to think she had ever given birth to-
such a son.


thought of his future state. l OPEN
ed the Bible and read" Drunkards shall
not inherit the kingdom OF heaven" y
Year: 1861

" Beautiful things are suggestive of a
purer AMI higher life, and fill us with
mingled love and fear. They have gra-
ciousness that wins us, and an excellence
to which we invoTuntarIly do reverence.
If you are poor yet modestly aspiring,
keep a vase of flowers on your table, and
they will help to maintain your dignity.
and secure for you, consideration and dei-
icacy Of behavior.
Year: 1861

~ We refer our readers to our tele.
graphic column. for the particulars of the
great fight at Manassas. The exact amount
OF the killed and wounded. it is impossible
to teil-but we are Of the opinion that both
sides haye exaggerated. and that the losses
will fall far short of the accounts given.


President Davis took command of the
middle division of Beauregard's command
at noon, and an exchange says, the only
command he gave was:


Forward my brave columns! For
ward The effect was electric. The for
tune OF che day was decided. The brave
fellows swept every thing before them.
Year: 1861

~ Ihe following extract, from the
speech of Ex-Gov. SEYMOUR, of Conneti-
cut. in the Legislature Of that State. on the
Introduction of his peace resolutions, re-
cognizing the independence of the Southern
Confederacy, we find in one of our south
ern exchanges. 1t speaks the sentiments
of an honest. brave man-who knowing
the right dare pursue it. Gov Seymour is
not aloEe in the course he has marked ou.
We are assured that leading Democrats. all
over that State. will raise the standard of
peace. and are for the recognition of the
Southern Confederacy:


"I go with all who are for peace meas
ures instead of war measures. There seems
to be radical mistake on the part of many
people-they seem to think the South can
bc conquered. Sir. this lie impossible. It
can no more be done than the South can
conquer the North. There are brave men
there as we'll as here. In revolutionary
days we knew something of them. In the
war of 1872 they rallied around our flag
and protected our commerce Do you think
you can secure their loyalty and affection by
force! Two or three sovereign States have
been overrun and trampled under foot al
ready. You have got kind of foothold
which you call "peace" but it IS not peace
it is snaothered ~ar. Maryland is in a
volcanic condition to-day and the same
spirit will rise at all times, in spite of all
the chains you can put upon it and of all
the ruin that is wrought. You may destroy
their habitations, devastate their fields, and
shed the blood Of their people; still you
cannot conquer them: Even in their
ashes live their wonted fires.''
Year: 1861

testators estate; and that these slaves are
not subject to the execution.


Nor was IL competent to levy upon
them on the ground of the widow being
entitled ~ an interest in the estate ID the
value Of them. The estate was unais.
tributed. and she had no such title in
severalty 10 those slaves as to render then,
subject to an execution against her.


II follows from these views that the
Court erred in dissolving the injunction,
whereby the slaves were subject 10 be sold
under the execution.


In these views Of the case, the ground
Of equitv set up in the cross bill that the
debt Of the plaintiffs in execution was
contracted for goods and money supplied
to the widow for the use of the estate, il
not taken into consideration. That ques-
ton win probably arise If that ground Of
relief in the cross bin is prosecuted in the
further progress of the case.


The decree dissolving she injunction ia
reversed. and the cause rsnaneied for fur
ther proceedings. and thacorn1sluinarta ~.
qaired 20 answer the cross bin within
sixty days.
Year: 1861

The HUMBOLDT Times concludes an able
article on Secession in the following words,


Every officer, however humble his station
throughout the country, must take an oath
first to support the Constitution of the Uni
ted States before he can enter on the dis
charge of the duties of his office. Every per-
son who becomes naturalized must also take
an oath to support the Constitution of the
United States, and every citizen by birth is
bound by the same allegiance. 1t is not in
the power of State to release citizen from
this allegiance, or to prevent any officer, who
may see proper to do so, from executing the
laws of the United States anywhere within
its limits.


Secession is reyolution-it is "dtssolving
the political bonds which have connected
one.people with another-and cannot be JUS
tilted on any other groundt than such as would
justify revolution.


Although we would not wish to use force
to compei any State to remain with us against
the universal wish of the people thereof, yet
We cannot recognize the right of peaceable
secession. 1t is fatal political heresy, and
if countenanced cannot fail to render Gov
ernmeut which is now the pride of every
true American, justly subject to the con-
tempt and reproach Of the civilized world.
Year: 1861

CHEAP FOR CAsH.-Joe Melbourne has got
sick of the Boot and Shoe business, and is deter
,>nined to close out The Cinnamon, he says, are
becoming more and more exacting every day
They want their boots at least yard long, so
great value do they attach to leather, while
they insist that the prices ought only to be half
what they were formerly. Besides, they win in
sist on examining the contents of every box in
the house before making choice. To add still
further to Joes Affections, they visit his store in
gangs, which obliges him to call in two men to
watch them-for stealing boots is one of the
strongest suits in their game of rascality. Joe
has fine stock. Give him CALL
Year: 1861

LAUGHABLE EXPLOIT WITH A HARE-Pat


Synon witnessed the following amusing incident
on Christmas A Dutchman, with his dog, was
in the woods on the hillside not far from Sweet
land. The dog started UP Hare near the large
ditch which traverses that region, and gave chase


The Hare made series of rapid bounds in the
direction of the ditch. and when arrived on its
bank leapt across it. The opposite side being
precipitous, covered with ice, and consequently
very slippery, afforded it foothold, and it slid
down into the ditch. The dog was hard upon its
launches, and plunged into the water after i.
The Hare, with quick instinct of preservation,
turned its head down stream, and struck rapidly
off with the current. Being more expert SWIM
mer than the dog, the Hare gained upon the lat
ter very perceptiby. The Dutchman, finding he
would lose the Hare at this rate, which he had
fondly begun to hope might be captured, ran
along the base of the bank with the view of head
ing it off. Having attained position some dis
tance in advance of it, and finding it unwilling
to forsake the water, the Dutchman, in moment
of excitement leapt into the ditch, and as the
Hare approached, caught it by the ears and
> bore it in triumph to the land. He had empty
sack lying on the bank to which he bore his
trophy, and into which he endeavored to thrust
it. The Hare resisted, and in the contest which
ensued, bit the Dutchman through the finger,
which caused him to drop it like "hot potato
The Hare took advantage of its freedom by max


ing-as Pat. describes it-some of the tallest
strides ever perpetrated by that kind of quad
ruped. The Dutchman followed it with his eyes,
shaking his hand to relieve it of pain in the
meantime, and sputtering round of oaths in
abominably bad English. The day being ex-
tremely raw and cold, and his garments dripping
with water, presented him spectacle of laugh
ter well commisseration, which few men
could have beheld without indulging in at least
one side-spltting volley. Pat. confesses his
want of good manners in this respect but in JUS
tifcation says that, taken altogether, the scene
was one of the richest and raciest he ever beheld
Year: 1861

GAME.-A lively business is being done just
now by amateur and professional sportsmen,
among the game. Quails come in rather slowly
but Hares can be had without number. Gus.
Wade, with his gun and hounds, is literally
death on the latter. His successful exploits are
ample for the supply of the entire local market.
We acknowledge the receipt of a fine young
Hare from this source, which was "Gif."
Year: 1861

COOP TEMpLAR BA1L.-The Society of Good
.Tepplars of this place held an agreeable Ball at
the Sierra Nevada Hotel on New Years evening.
There were brothers and sisters of the Order in
attendance from several of the surrounding mi
ming camps, who express themselves much pleas
ed with the nature of the entertainment offered.
Dancing was kept up till near daylight on the
morning of the second.
Year: 1861

BY HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.
1t lies around us like cloud
A world we do not see;
Yet the sweet closing of an eye
May bring us there to be.
Its gentle breezes fan our cheek;
Amid our worldly cares
It's gentle voices whisper love


And mingle with our prayers.
Sweet hearts around us throb and beat,
Sweet helping hands are stirred,
And palpitates the veil between
With breathing almost heard. .--
The silence-awful, sweet and calm
They have no power to break;
For mortal wold DIS are not for them
To utter or pertake.
So thin, so soft, so sweet they glide,
So near to press they seem
They seem to lull us to our rest,
And melt into our dream.
And in the hush Of rest they bring,
'Tis easy now to see
How lovely and how sweet pass
The hour of death may be.
To close the eye, and close the ear,
Wrapped in trance Of bliss,
And gently drawn in loving arms,
To swoon to that--frcm this.
Scarce knowing if we wake or sleep,
Scarce asking where we arei
To feel all evil sink away,


All sorrow and all care.
Sweet souls around us! watch us still,
Press nearer to our side;
Into our thoughts, into our prayers,
With gentle helpings glide.
Let death between us be as naught,
dried and van shed stream;
Your joy be the reality,


Our suffering life the dream.
Year: 1861

We have a right to expect Of the
young certain degree of youth; which
is very much needed. If you can cut
off the side brush of a tree, you weaken
the stump. 1t may look a little better
but the leaves provide the nutriment
for the tree. There is certain amount
of youthfulness in man, like the side
brush of Il tree. American youth have
the right of imaginative liberty, of the
liberty of feeling and impulse.


The man who sees things just as
they are, is generally meagre and poor
specimen of a man What you see de-
pends upon what you bring to see it
with. One man sees with his eyes,
hears with his ears, tastes with his
mouth, smells with his nose, feels and
and touches with his hands, and that is
all. 1t is material that he estimates
Another man sees more than the eye
can take in, or the ear, or the tongue or
the nose or the hand. [ hold that we
should encourage that romance by
which We may see more than the outside
of things-H. " Beecher.
Year: 1861




Tho richest thing Of the season. says
the Newburyport Herald, came off the
other day in the neighborhood of the
market. The greenest Jonathan i'm
aginable, decked out in slouched hat,
IA long blue frock, and pair of cowhide
shoes, big as gondolas, with huge whip
under his arm, stalked into billiard
saloon, where half dozen persons were
improving the time in trundling round
the ivories, and after recovering ffoTa
his first surprise at the to him singular
aspects of the room, inquired if "any of :
EN- had seen stray steer affirming
that "the blasted critter got away as he
came though town with his drove t'other
day, and he hadn't seen nothin' on him
since The bloods denied all knowl-
edge Of the animal in question, and with
much sly winking at each other, pro-
ceedcd to condole with him on his loss
in the most heartfelt manner. He
watched the game with much interest,
as he had evidently never seen or heard
Of anything Of the kind before, and
created much amusement by his demon
strations Of applause when good shot
was made-"J erusalemn: being favorite
interjection. At last he made bold to
request the privileges of trying his skill,
when he sets the crowd in a roar by his
awkward movements. However he
gradually got his hand in, and played as
we'll as could be expected for greenhorn.
All hands now began to praise him,
which so elated him that he actually ha-
gan to think himself second Phslah,
and he offered to bet a dollar with his
opponent, which, of course, he lost =
The loss and the laugh SO irritated him
that he offered to play another game
and bet two dollars, which he pulled out
of big roll-for it seems his cattle had
sold we'll and he was quite flush. This
bet he also lost, as the fool might have
known he would, when mad as March
hare, he pulled out a fifty spot, the
largest bill lie had, and offered to bet
that on another game. The crowd
mustered round and raised money
enough to cover it, and at it they went
again, when, by some strange turn of
luck, the gieeny won. He now offered
to put up the hundred he won against
another hundred. Ofcourse he could
not blunder into another game, so they
could now win back what they
had lost, and fcece the fellow of
his own roll besiles. They sent
out for a famous player, who hap
pened to. have money enough TO bet with,
another game was played which Jona-
than Won. Another hundred was also
raised and bet and won; and it was not
until he had blundered through halfa
dozen games, and by some uuaccounta4
BE run Of luck, won them all, draining
the pockets of his opponents, Of about
four hundred dollars, that they began
to smell a very large 'mice. When
every body got tired of playing, gawky
pulled his frock on over his head, took
his whip under his arm anil walked qui-
etly out, turning round at the door aid
"Gcntlemen, if yoa should
happen to see anything Of that steer.
wish you let me know" At last ac-
counts they had not seen the steer, hut
they came to the conclusion that they
had seen the elephant
Year: 1861

1Ake SpeAA O1


How painful to note the change
which years have made, whether it be
in the outward or the inward man? SO
intently occupied as we ever are with
individual interest, we rarely pause to
reflect, or to note how many changes
are in progress around us for moment
to consciousness; then the work of time
seems Ike the doing Of an enchanter,
and we stop and wonder for a moment
until we glance inward, and find that
there, alas! thought, feeling and emo.
tions are not as once they were, what
life was in the freshness of early years
and the world hath not chilled the
gushes of nature-nor taught us the
lesson Of experience.
Year: 1861

BE- CoeridSe, a very eminent poet
and yet a more eminent metaphysican,
says that hearers are of four classes
The first he compares to an hour glass,
their hearing being as the sand; it runs
out and leaves not vestige behind
A second class, he says, resembles a
sponge, which imbibes everything, and
returns it nearly in the same state it
was, only little fouler. A third class
he likens to jelly bag, which allows
all that is pure to pass away, and retains
only the refuse and the dregs. \ fourth
class he compares to the slave in the dia-
mond mines of Golconda, who east aside
all that is worthless, and retain and
preserve only whit is pure and precious