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Year: 1861

I make men proud OF the country they were
born in, or of the Government they have
chsen to protect them. air nothing, if it
costs more than the calculated number OF
millions of dollars to keep them. Let
them 60" saws our peace man, lit is pay
ng too dear for the whistle to keep them
at the expense of high taxes" This is
the spirit, both of the arguments and &C
tions, of those who gabble 50 constantly
of the "cost of the war" To these mean
souls dollar covers the glories and ira
ditions of our whole history and If it costs
five cents on the hundred dollars more 10
keepin mems minds that Washington was
an American, aud our Government his
work, than TO let his name perish forever,
they would vote against the tax. If it
were proposed that all who should suren
der the right Of suffrage should be exempt
from fifty dollars tax a year, they would
accept the exemption with delight. For
I
Just as soon pass for Mexicans as Ameri-
cans, and would prefer the Mexican sys-
TEN of secession at will to permanent
government that had power to collect tax
es. and purposes to apply them to. The
same spirit that makes them pardon in
suits that they are well paid for, and ac-
cept shame as profitable investment,
makes them Indifferent TO every senti-
ment of patriotism, Of pride in their coun-
try. or confidence in their Government.
Just as they balance personal honor
against compensation, they balance pat
riotism against taxation. 1t needs very
little reflection to show a sensible man
that their economy is as false as its spirit
is mean Daily Journal.


PARDoNABLE NEW ENGLAND BoAsT-
FuLxEss.-EIere is a specimen of Dragging,
done in the best New England style
Richard II. Dana was called upon at Cam
bridge, Mass. a few nights since, to speak
in behalf of the soldiers fund. He said
he felt in Dragging mood, and proceeded
after this fashion. Every body will ad-
nit that he did not 90 outside of the rec
ord On this continent, Massachusetts
established the first school, incorporated
the first academy, and endowed the first
university. She set up the first printing
press, printed the first book, and published
the fsrt newspaper, She launched the
first ship, killed the first whale, and made
the first discoveries in the Pacific and
South Seas. She digged the first canal
and built the first railroad; coined the first
money, and unfnrled the first national flag
She fired the first gun. shed the first blood
and gained the first victory in the war OF
the Revolution


She drew the first lightning from heav-
en-. performed the first painless operation
in surgery and invented the magnetic tel
egraph. She taught the first blind and
deaf mute to read and established the first
school for discipline of idiots. And now in
latter days, she came first to the relief Of
thee apital, and fired the first gun and shed
the first blood in the war of the Constitu-
ton. Shall the call of such a mother a.
this to her own children be met by an,
other spirit than that of the sincerest ad-
miration and love.
Year: 1861

But it is said we must have peace, and
could have peace if We would. / love
peace as much as any man. Its sweets
are as delicious to my taste as TO that OF
any human being. But when say this l
mean peace that is safe, peace that is
crowned with liberty and the blessings Of
an enlightened civilization. do not
mean that peace which is purchased by
foul dishonor; nor that peace which is but
another name for submission TO tyrants
Year: 1861

There is quite scarcity ofteachcrs
in this county the present winter;
quite a number, comprising some of
our best teachers, having gone to the
war, and others having left the busi-
ness for more lucrative employment
by the way, we mean to preach SER
mon one of these days upon the false
economy Of giving teachers meager
compensation for their services. A
person cannot afford to qualify him
self for teaching, while he knows that
he will not receive remunerative en-
ployment; good teachers will remove
20 some other location, where they
can obtain good wages; more than
this-but we did not intend to
preach our sermon just yet.
Year: 1861

4
The Richmond papers of the Goth
ult. contain the message of President
Davis to the Congress of the rebel
States. The following is synopsis
Of its most important points:


The operations of the army soon to be
partially interrupted by the approach
ing winter, have afforded protection
to the country and shed glorions lus-
tire upon its arms, throughout the try
ing vicissitndes Of more than one ar
duous campaign, which cntitle our
brave volunteers to our praise and
gratitude.


After more than seven months of
war the enemy have not only failed
to extend their occupancy of our soil,
but new States and Territories have
Year: 1861

AMBIGUous.-It is impossible to understand
more than half the pony news which comes by
telegraph. A week or two ago, we read some
thing about affair at Vienna. A number If
Ohio troops appear to have been fired into while
riding in the cars of railroad The attack was
made from perpendicular enbankment over
hanging the road; Bob Schenck drew his sword
and enjoined his men to stand firm; 'if the cars
had proceeded hundred yards further, there
would have been great slaughter;" and this is
the sum and substance of the story, so far as we
have been able to trace it, although we usually
devour the details of Atlantic news as published
by the Union-St Louis letter, "Ching Foo"
Supplement and all. We are waiting anxiously
to hear more from some "looker-on at Vienna"


Here is another instance of telegraphic obscur-
ity =


seen. Banks has discovered plan to destroy
the railroad between Washington and Balti-
more"


Does that mean contingency has arrived
when it is necessary the road should be destryed,
and Gen. Banks has discovered quick way to
do it or does it mean he has discovered plan
which has been devised by malicious persons to
destroy the road' The first is clearly stated,
while the latter is evidently meant Some of the
news received is even much more ambiguous
than this.
Year: 1861

REBUILDING.-Messrs. Clark Il Co. have
selected n new site for the erection of a
sawmill, about a mile and half northeast
of the location occupied at the time of the
confagratiou. They have already COM
'menced work on the edi6ce, and will remove
the old machinery to the ground SO soon as
it has been repaired, and section added to
their present rail road.
Year: 1861

THE BEAR LoosE.-Hercules, the young Fras-
er River bear which refused to fight the bull on
the Fourth, is kept fastened near his cage in
George Mitchel's stable yard. On Wednesday
he broke his chain, got into Georges stable, and
performed variety of antics, such as upsetting
barrels, pulling down the hay-racl and dining
upon such provender as came within the purview
of his burglarious investigations. A Spanish
lady who resides on the adjoining lot, sat sewing
in the front room of her dwelling. She heard
footstep entering at her back door, but sup
posing it to be her little son, returning from
school, paid no particular attention to the mat
ter. There was pattering Of feet on the floor,
approaching to her very side. After the lapse
of a moment, she turned her head with the view
of speaking to her boy, and beheld the bear sit
ting on his launches, and his paws extended
within few inches of her person The retreat
which she effected through the front door, can be
more easily imagined than described.


Hercules, like sensible brute, finding his
company not appreciated in that quarter, left the
house unbidden, without doing damage to the
furniture or even gratifying his curiosity by TAX
ing stolen peep into the larder. In his pere-
grinations about the premises, he discovered a
tank of water, into which he plunged, and where
he disported for few minutes in style that
might be termed {" are jolly" The alarm hav-
ing by this time been given, several gentlemen
repaired to the spot with clubs in their hands,
and without much difficulty persuaded brun that
it would be to his interest to get back to his den,
which he did, in short order, and was again cir
cumscribed to an area of fifty feet ofpromenading
ground, by having the divided links of his chain
riveted tighter than they had been in the first
instance.
Year: 1861

Capt. Battersby II have now in use at my Of
fee, the Leclair Lamp which obtained from
YOU I have given it fair trial, and am satisfied
that it is superior to any light I have ever used.
The flame is soft and brilliant, giving equally as
much light as two Kerosene lamps of equal size,
and at least three sperm candles. For cheap
ness it cannot be exceled.
Year: 1861

Mr.. President i do not propose to discuss
the merits of this question. 1 am sorry
it is pressed upon the consideration OF
this body at this time. A bill on
this subject will be reported at an ear
ly day by the Special Committee on
II Division of the State, and the question
will then come up in due form. And Sir,
do not want to see the hands of the Com
mittee tied at this time by resolutions like
these. l desire this Committee to be free
to discuss the measures proposed in these
resolutions without having any embarrass-
ment to contend with, or without having
its hands tied by any proposition of this
character.


1t strikes me, sir, that the best way to
dispose of these resolutions would be to
lay them on the table Let this Commit
tee report. presume it will report advi-
sedly when it does, having a member from
each county represented on this floor.
They are preparing a report; let us havei it.


l would like very much, if had not de-
termiued in the outset that | would not go
into the merits of this question, to pay nv
respects to my friend from Harrison.
have been following him, sir, for q long
time. he has assumed many positions.
wish to indicate to the Convention that
will make a motion to lay on tile table
before leave the floor. am not pre-
pared at this time to discuss the merits of
this question. did not anticipate it
would be forced upon this body at this
time. l supposed no one member would
seek to tie the hands of this Committee by
instructions, when the indication has been
thrown out that bill for dividing the
State is aboutto be reported.


But have been following the gentle
man for long time. have been mem
Der with him in several conventions and
have supported him often, but / must be
permitted to say here that if the gentleman
in former conventions had intimated the
same thing he has in this, be would have
found one minus, at least, at a certain time.
have heard him often before, but never
did hear him hold out single doubt as
to the ability of this government to sus.
Year: 1861

and folly Of those who are exciting rebel
lion in tue l!ltes Of the South. And if the
Peace Conference now in session at Wash
ington will cease to look for compromises
which none will respect, and conf1ne their
action to recommending the Convention Of
which We speak, their time would not DO
who'll: wasted. {


There will be large portion OF tile ~
puhic.ns, who will see a manifest impro-
priety in calling q Convention or Offering
anr terms while the seeding States are in
open rebellion against the authority Of the
Government. We are Of that number. 1t
is clear that Inauguration should precede
Adjustment; and it Is equally clear that tho
property and military strong-holds Of which
the United States have been disposessed
should be given up, and the supremacy Of
the law acknowled before the Convention
il sauthorized, else we shnll hive no assuran-
ccs that the States for whose satisfaction
the Convention will be called, will tnke
part in its labora. We do not wish 10 zee the
representative of the National Sovereignty
in the position Of a suppliant before SUBJ
iect nor do we wish to see terms offered
VII .th we are assured in advance will be
ins emily rejected
Year: 1861

We do not see that any progress il being
made BY the gentlemen in Congress who
propose to abolish the duties On Sugar; nor
do ne sec that Louisiana, fed and pampered
By those duties which come mainly from
the people Of the North, is any less insolent
aud outrageous than South Carolina. The
line Of Republican obligation in the prenli-
ses seems to be plain. Protective duties
on Sugar are m absurdity when Louisiana
ia trying TO do her best, When she is biting
the hand that imposes them, they rise to
the dignity Of q crime. Let US hare them
a]n!rsln1
Year: 1861

The omission Of q part Of a sentence in
an cditorinl article in yesterday TRIBUNE
made NC say that New Mexico could be
cut up into "twenty-four States each tue
size of New York'-an absr1dity tllat
needs not this paragraph for its correction.
Year: 1861

Don't get discouraged. Who ever gained anything by drawing down the corners of his mouth when a cloud came over the sun, or letting his heart drop like dead weight into his shoes, when misfortune came upon him Why, man, if the world knocks you down and jostles past you in its great race, don't sit whining under peoples feet, but get up, rub your elbow, and begin again. There are some people who even to look at is worse than dose of chamomile tea What if you do happen to be a little puzzled on the dollar and cent question? Others before you have stood in exactly the same spot, and struggled bravely out of 1t, and are neither halt lame nor blind, that you cannot do likewise. The weather may be dark and rainy-yery we'll laugh between the drops and think cheerily of the blue sky and sunshine that will surely come tomorrow Business may be dull :; make the best of what you have, and look forward to something more hopeful. If you catch fall. don't lament over your bruises but be thankful that no bones are broken. If you can't afford roast beef and plum pudding, cat your codfsh joyfuIly, and bless your stars for the indigestion and dyspepsia you thereby escape But the moment you begin to groan over your troubles, and count up your caIami- ties, you may as well throw yourself over the docks and done with it. The luckiest fellow that ever lived might have woes enough if he set himself seriously to work looking them up. They are like invisible specks of dust :; you don't SC 'em till you put on your specta- cles. But then is it worth while to put on your spcctacles to discover what is a great deal better let alone

 Don't get discouraged. little wife Life is not long enough to spend in inflamin@ your eye and reckoning your nose because the pudding won't bake, and your husband says the new shirts you worked over so long, set like meal bags" Make another pudding begin the shirts anew Don't feel down in the mouth because dust will settle. and clothes will wear out and crockery will get broken. Being woman don't procure you an exemption from trouble and care; you have got to fight the battle of life as we'll as your husband, and 1t will never do to give up without bold struggle. Take things as they come, good and bad together, and whenever you feel inclined to cry, just change your mind and laugh, Keep the horrors at arms length; never turn blessing round to see if it has got dark side to it, and always take it for granted that things are blessings until they prove to be something else.

 Never allow yourself to get discouraged, and you'll find the world pretty comfortable sort of place after all.
Year: 1861

A good character is a talsman which can never be wrested from us, and if 1t is lost, we alone are blameable. We may not be pos sossed of wealth, and poverty may threaten us; still, if we preserve our character intact, We have a source of consolation within us which cannot be deserted. We may have enemies; they may endeayor to crush us by detaming us, and may for a time seem to sue ceed; yet, if our good character is net fctl- tious, We can desPise their attempts and come out of the ordeal better for the efforts that have been made to ruin it.

 There have been persons who have borne superior character for long time, and which, by some unforeseen accident has proved to be all sham; and there are, doubtless, Q great many now living whose example is thought to be worth following, but whose reputation for uprighness, if they were as well known as they should be, would be soon damaged. But is difficult matter for them always to show the bright side, and suddenly, before they are aware that they have exposed themselves. the truth. is disclosed, and they are compelled to throw aside the mask which they have so long worn. The possessor of character which is truly good and not fcti- tious, weI always respect himself, and will also be respected by others; he will always find friends who will help him when necessary, and give him encouragement when he most needs it. But who is it that will respect or trust one who is discovered to have bad character? If he promises to reform, henay be encouraged to fulfill his promises but he is not fully trusted--a suspicious eye IS always on him, and 1t Is only after long time, when he is found to have really amended his life that he is received into favor. From the hardship that is to be undergone in re-estab- fishing his character from bad to good, 1t should teach all to beware how they do any thing which would injuro their good name. The world, it would seem, is possessed of q marvellous sagacity in discovering our fail ings, and is slow to forgive them; conse- quentIy, it is mark of wisdom to not allow our fellow creatures to say anything that Is derogatory to us, and the surest way to pre- vent them is to establish, on 8 firm basis: good character.
Year: 1861

seem to be pretty thoroughly exhausted Their


circulation, which rests upon nothing but
rotten discount line, spreads over three or four
States adjoining on the South, and is very large.
Nothing can await it but an explosion, as the
debtors of these banks must go down with the
general depreciation of property in the seeded
region. The "chiralry" were never remark.
able for paying debts, even in the best of times,
and in these revolutionary times, will pay
nothing. The history Of cotton banks has al
ways been history of bubbles, following each
other in beautiful succession.
Year: 1861

The people Of Virginia, who are suffering in
their business affairs from the present political
suspense quite as much as the people Of any
part Of the country, cannot but see that their
own politicians are pre- eminently responsible
for the prolougation Of this suspense. 1t was
because Hunter and Mason promised the early
cooperation of Virginia, that the secessionists
were originally emboldened to act, and the
secession has been kept alive only because the
conditional Union men of Virginia have, by
their votes and declarations, countenanced the
belief that this cooperation, temporarily with.
held, would finally be given. Indeed, these
conditional Union men, which is another
phraseology for conditional traitors, have given
present aid and comfort to treason, by threat
ening war, if the United States should even
presume to reinforce their own forts.


The people Of Virginia, as we believe, are
for the Union as it is, and we know that they
are perfectly Indifferent to the subject.matter
Of the slavery agitation kept up at Richmond.
This division of Territories into which slavery
cannot 60 under any circumstances, is an alb.
straction, interminably spun out by Mr.. Sum.
mers and rhetorically worked up by Mr.. Rives,
but it really interests nobody in Virginia, and
will control nobody's vote and nobody's action.
1t is an affair of the demsgogues and of poll.
ticians who are constructing platforms upon
which to run for the Legislatureiand for Con-
gress in May.


But the people..o of Virginia ought to see how
much they are losing, by permitting the poll
proposing ultimatums to the North, by getting
up border.State Hartford Conventions, and by
keeping the whole public attention concentra.
ted upon the negro. The necessary effect is,
not merely to divert Virginia from its great
duty Of loyalty.at this crisis, but to encourage
the revolted States to look for eventual aid
from Virginia.


If that portion of the public men Of that
State, who really wish to preserve the Union,
had behaved with common sense and common
courage, the present political crisis would have
been ended long ago. If they had taken the
ground of Senator johnson of Tennessee, we
should now have peace, instead of confusion.
But instead of condemning the revolt Of the
Gulf States, as being without justification as
they know it is, they have been weak enough
to insist, even for themselves, that they cannot
remain in the Union without impossible and
unattainable guarantees, and have involved
themselves in mesh Of ultimatums and prop.
ositions, which leave no alternative but the
secession of Virginia, or their own personal
disgrace.


But in spite of all these follies of its public
men, Virginia is, today, sound to the core,
and if the rebels will only commit some such
folly as an attack upon Fort Pickens, the pa.
triotism of the old mother of States and states.
men will be manifested with an energy which
will end all hopes of secession in that quarter.
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 a
most excellent advertising medium.
Year: 1861

EVACUATION OF FORT PrcKEys.-The Sc.
cessionists believe it to be essential to the es.
tablishment Of their Confederacy, that Fort
Pickens should be evacuated. Thus the Mobile
Mercury says:


"The country is sinking into fatal apathy,
and the spirit and even the patriotism Of the
people is oozing out under this donothing
policy. If something is not done pretty soon,
decisive, either evacuation or expulsion, the
whole country will become so disgusted with
the sham Of Southern independence that the
first chance the people get at q popular elec.
ton, they will turn the whole movement topsy
turvy 80 bad that it never on earth can be
righted again"


The determination Of the Government to
hold Fort Pickens, compelling jeff Davis to
maintain force at Pensacola which will ex.
hsust his resources, and perhaps driving him
into some desperate alternative of attack, set
ties the fate Of the conspirators.
Year: 1861

AUTUMNAL TIETs.-No one can longer
maintain, that frost has any special agency
In the autumn coloralon Of leaves Scien-
tldc men have long understood the matter,
and have explained the ripening Of the leaf
as simple process Of vegetable growth,
though the coloratOn Of the leaves at ma.
turity can no more be accounted for than
the red of the rose, the blue of the violet,
or the orange of the lily. The color which
leaves assume in the fall is due to the same
causes Bu! the populer idea that the
leaves are changed by the frost is so firmly
established in the minds of unscientihc and
unobservant people that it Is difficult to
dspel This year the foliage has assumed
the most gorgeous cOloring without a sign
Of frost; aud indeed seems to be more brill
liant on account of its non-appearance.-
This is perfectly natural, as the leaves have
been able to gradually aud freely assume
the colors which belong to their rpeness,
unObstructed by sudden cold.
Year: 1861

How CANADA SUFFERS FROM THE WAR;
We cannot wish for the success of the South
ern rebellion in the interest of the slave,
and furthermore we object to the separa.
tion Of the Republic in the interest of Cana
da. We desire peace on this continent, for
it is peace that has given us our present
development. ia perpetual war is kept
up between the North and South, Cauada
will suffer with the rest of the continent.
Her greatest progress has been made during
the times of the greatest prosperity in the
Northern States, and desolation there will
make depression aud embarrassment here.
II the North succeeds, we may look for a
speedy end Of the war, and return Of pros
rerity. II 1t fails, we must expect long
contest at present, and perpetual trouble
in the future.-[Toronto Globe.
Year: 1861

ALTURAs.-Irrepressible Alturas will claim
the attention of the incoming Legislature.
Petitions are already being circulated in
the Northern part of Sierra, praying for
the establishment of q ne county.