Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 2, Number 26, Plymouth, Marshall County, 25 July 1861 — Page 1

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OLD TIME3 AND NEW. Read at the Xeio England Society' Festival Xew York, December 22, 1S56. by Allen C. Sfooxer. of Boston. Twas in my easy chair at home, About a week ago, I sat aud puffed my light cigar As usual, you must know. I mu-d upon tne Tilgrim flock, Whose luck it was to land Jpon the almost only rock AmoBgthe rijmouth sand. ,u my mind's eve, I saw them leave Their weather beaten bark Before them spread the wintry wilds, Behind rolled ocean dark. Alone that little handful stood, While savage foes lurked nigh, Their creed and watchword, "Trust in God And keep your powder dry.' Imagination's pencil then That first stern winter painted, When more than half their numbe r died And stoutest spirits fainted. A tear unbidden filled one ere, My smoke had filled the other ; One sees strange sight3 at such a time, Which quite the senses bother. I kne-r I was alone but lo ! (Let him who dares, deride me ) I looked, and, drawing up a chair, Down sat a man beside me. His dress was ancient, and his air Was somewhat stiange aud foreign II civil'y returned my stare, And said "I'm Richard arren!" You'll find my name among the list Of hero, sage and martyr, Who, in the Mayflower's cabin, signed The fii st New-England charter. "I could some curious facts import Perhaps some vise suggestion But then, I'm bent on seeing sights, Aud running o'er with questions." "Ask on," said I, "I'll do my best To give you information. Whether of private men you ask, Or our renowned nation." Says he, "First tell me what is that In yon compartment narrow. Which seems to dry my eyeball- up, And ecorch my very marrow.' His finger pointed to the grate Said I that's Lehigh coal, Dug from the earth" he shook his head "It ia, upon my soul!" I then took up a bit of stick, One end was black as night, And rubbed it quick across the heartl;, When lo, a sadden lijjht! My guest drew back, unrolled his eye. And strove his breath to catch "What necromancy's that?" he cried Quoth I, "A friction match." ITpon a pipe just overhead I turned a little screw. When forth with instantaneous flash, Three streams of lightning flew. Uprose my guest; "Now heaven rae save," Aloud he houted theo "Is that hell-fire?" " 'Tu gas." said I, "We call it hydrogen." Then forth into the field we strolled, A train came thundering by, Drawn by the snorting iron steed, Swifter than caglca fly. Rumbled the wheels, the wh.9tle shrieked. Far streamed the smoky cloud, Echoed the hill, the valleys shook, The flying forests bowed. Down on his knees, with hands upraised In worship Warren fell "Great is the Lord our God," cried he "Hcdoeth all things well. I've seen his chariots of fire, The horsemen, too, thereof; O, may I ne'er provoke his ire, Nor at his threatenings ecofif." "Rise up, my friend, rise up," said Ir "Your terrors are all vain That was no chariot of the sfry, 'Twastbe New York mail train'" We srood within a chamber small Men came the news to know, From Worce.ter, Springfield and New York, Texas and Mexico. Itcme it went silent, but sure He stared, smiled, bur-it out laughing ; What witchcraft's that?" "It's what we call Magnetic telegraphing." Once more we stepned into the street ; Said Warren, ''What is hat Which moves across the way As softly as a cat? "I mean the thins upon two legs, With features on its head A monstrous bump below its waste, Large as a feather bed ! Ik has the gift of speech, I hear. But sure, it can't be human?" "My amiable friend," said I, "That's what we call a woman." Eternal powers ! it cannot be." Sighed he, with voice that faltered ; I loved the women in my day, "But, oh ! they're strangely altered." I showed him then a new machine For turning eggs to chickens, A labor-saving hennery That beats the very dickens. Thereat, he strongly grasped my hand, A&d aaid " Ti plain to see This world is so transmogrified. Twill ncTer do for me. YonrteUraphs,your railroad trains. Your gas lights, friction matches, Your hump-backed, rocks for coal, if our thing which chickens hatches. Have turned thevarth so upside down, No peace is left within it" Then whirling round upon his heel, He vanished in a min"t. at

Report cf the Secretary of War. The following are the most important paragraphs in the Report of the "Secretary of War. NCMBMt OF MEX IN SERVICE. Under the proclamation issued by you on the

I5'.h of April last, the Governors of different States were called upo.i to detach from the militia under their command a certain quota, to serve as infantry or riflemen, for the period of three months, unless sooner dischaigcd. The tall so made amounted in the aggregate to ninety-four regiments, making 73,291 officers and men. Of the States called upon, the Governors of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky and Missouri peremptorily refused to comply with the requirements made by the department. All the other States promptly furnished the number required of thern, except Maryland, whose Governor, though manifesting entire readiness to comply, was prevented from so doing by the outbreak at Baltimore. In the State of Virginia, Delaware and Missouri, notwithstanding the positive refusal ot their executive officers to co-operate with the government, patriotic citizens voluntarily united together. and organized regiments for the government service. Delaware HRd Virginia furnished each a regiment, both of which are on duty in the fi Id. In a .imilar patriotic spirit, the loyal peop!e of Missouri raised a force of 11,115 officers and men, making in round number?, twelve organized regime? ts, to sustain the government and to put down rebellion in that State. And to, a'so. the citizens of the District of Columbia, emulating thete honorab'e examples, furnished no less than 2,813 officers and men, making in all four full regiments, all of which are yet in the field, doing active and efficient service. Thus, notwithstanding the refusal of disloyal governors to respond, the government, instead of having been furnished with only the number of troops called for under your proclamation of the 15th April last, has received, and has now in service, wnder that call, in rouud numbers at least eighty thousand. Under your second proclamation of the 4th May last, calling for volunteers to serve during the war, there have been accepted up to this date, 29 regiments. A number of other regiments have been accepted, cut on condition of being ready to be mustered into the service within a specified time, the limitation of which has, in some instances, not expired. It is not possible to state how many of these m iy be ready before the meeting of Congress. Of the regiments accepted, all are i:ifa'Jtry and riflemen, with the exception of two ba'tallions of artillery and four reimonts of cavalry A number of regiments mutere I as infantry have, however, attached to them one or more artillery companies, anl there are als some regiment partlv made up o companies of cavalrr. Of the 2 )3 regiments accep'.e 1 for threo yeir, there are now 153 in active service ; anl the remaining 55 are mostly ready, and all of thona will be in the field within the next twenty dnvs. The total force n9w in the field miy be computed as follows : Regulars ami volunteers for three months and for th war 235,000 Add to this titty-five regiments of volunteers' for the war accepted and not vet in service 50,000 Add ne regiments of regular arrav, 25,000 75,000 Total force now at command of govnvnt 310,000 80,00(1 Deduct the thre mont' s volunteers. Force tor service alter the w.thdrawel of the three months mm 230,000 It will thus be preceived that after t'e discharge of the three-mouths' troops, there will be still nn arailab'u fore of volunteers amounting to 183,000, which, added to the regular army, will constitute a total f .rce of 2 10,03:) officers u I men. It will be for Congress to determine whether this armi sh ill, at this tine, ho increased by the addition of a still larger voluatecr force. ktimites for tub ve.ir. The reports of the c'iiefs oftha different bureaus of Lliis depigment, which are herewith submitted, present the estlmites of the prob.ible amount of appropriations re nitre!, in allition tothose already mide- for the yeir enliu ' June ."JO, 15G2, for the force now in the field, or which his j been aeeepte I and will be iu service within the next twenty days, as follows : Quartermaster's Department $71.233.2 10.21 Si bsistence " 27.278,7t1.5' Ordinance " 7.4G-U72.00 Pay 44 f7, 845. 412.43 Adjutant General's 4l!?,0:)!.na Engineer b'?5 ,000.00 Topographical Engineer Department 50,000.00 Surgeon-General's Departmett 1,271,641.10 Due States which have made advances for troops 10,000,000.0!) Total. . $185,296,397.19 or Intention. Was it Done Tgnorantly ally? The Albany Aryan calls attention to the inac curacy of the President's quot ition, in his late inesage to Congress, from the preamble of the Constitution of the Confederate States. Toe Presi. dent mvs : They have adopted a temporary National Con. stitution. in the preamble of which un ike our eod old one signed by W as'iinjton. thy mii 'We the people,' :mm sulrstitute IV the deputies of the Sovereign and Independent Slates.' Why 7 Why this de ibc-r ate pressing out of view the rights of men and the authority ot the p -oplo ? The preamble to the Constitution of the Confederate States, as wc find it published in the Atlant i (Ga: t Chronicle and Sentinel, reads as follows : We, the people of the Confederate Stat, each Stale acting in its sovereign and independent c.Vir ocfT.in order to form a permanent Federal Government, establish ju -tice injure domestic tnnpiility and secure th'j blessings of liberty to ouri'lvcs ard our p ospeiity iurokiu j the favor and guidance of Alini'in'y Go I do ordain and estaolish this Con.-titutiou for the Confederate States of America. Now, what could hive been the object of the President in making that pretended quotation ? Was the falsehood stated to give more point to his ar2umnt again t secession, or was it made in enlire ignorance of the subject upon whJch ho professed to enlighten the people 7 State Sentinel. Judge Bicknell has declined to sit in the case of Easiham vs. Gains k Co., of the Cairo nnd New Orleans Mail Company, owing to a doubt of his having jurisdiction as contemplat d bylaw. It will be remembered that on the first trial Col. Easthamgot a verdict of $11,001, but Judge Burke, of Knox county granted the defendant a tiw trial.

The Republican Patty Suppressing a Rebellion. According to President Lincoln, it is the Republican party which is to put down the Southern rebellion. In his late message to Congress he uses this language : "It is now fortbem (the American people) ,o demonstrate to the world that ihosc who can fairly carry an election, can also suppress a rebellion : that ballots are the rightful successors to bullets, and that when ballot? l ave fairly ai d censtitutionally decided, there ran be no successful appeal back to bullets ; that there can be no successful appeal except to ballots themselves; at succeed

ing elections. ,'Such will be a great lesson of peace, that what they cannot take by an election, neither can they take it by a war ; teaching all the folly ol beginnirga wr." That is, those who carried the election last November, are now to "d monstrate to the world" that they "can also su-press a rebellion." What a pity the President had not announced this idea in his proclamation calling for troops to conquer the South. How much fairer !t would have been then, to announce that it was the party that elected him to which he looked for the men and the money to sustain his Administration by force of urirs. It is a misfortune that the President can not raise above party considerations in discussing th momentous questions before the country. As in his inaugural, he recognized the Chicago platform as the guide for his Administration, so ow he can not direst himself of the fallcay that it is the Republican party which is to "suppress the rebellion" nd sustain the Government. Nor is the President alone in this absurd notion- While, in one sense, party lines arc forgotten, that is, so far as to accept the service of DrmoTats as well as Republicans to fijit the battles of the country, the theory nevertheless runs through nl! their political calculations, that it is th Republican party which is to save the Ihiion. and to suppress the rebellion. Yet it it rot often that the idea is so frankly cx'resed as in the paragraph we have quoted from the president' message. Should this war prove ?ucevsful. mid the sece ded States be reduced to subjection, we shall have no end to the partisan boast that the party "who ean fairly carry an elction can also suppress a rebellion ;" and that it is du to the political organization which elei ted Mr. Lincoln, that the Union was saved from dissolution. !t is insulting to the thousands of men who voted against the Republican party, but who are now fighting the battles of the Union, or contributing of their means to sustain those who h ivc gone to the war, to be thus officially to!d that it is not their services, but to those v ho carried the Presidential election, that the salvation of the country, if indeed it shall be saved by war, ill .e due We hope the Union may be saved from dissolution, and that the Government will prov equal to the immense strain upon it, caused by the pres ent civil war. We would scarcely stop to inquire j who s.ived it whether R. publicans or Demo erat ; but it does seem a little odd that while calling for troops without, distinction of pi rtv, the President should announce to the world that one party alone is to have the honor of suppressing he present rebellion. N Y' Journal of Commerce. A Strong Union Sentiment in Cal fornia The Democracy Sacramento, on the 14th anion-' other sentiments expressed, adopted the following unanimously: Resolved. That notwithstanding John Quincy Adams, on behalt ol the people of Massachusetts in 16.'15, preeented to the Congress of the United Mates a petition praying for a dissolution of the Union, ai.d Joshua R. Gtddings, of Ohio, iu le50 presented a simular petition from the people of Pennsylvania: and notwithstanding Mr. Banks I late Republican Speaker of the House of the presentatives of the United States, expressed his willingness in certain circomstaiiecs to 'let t';e Union slide,' and notwithstanding the Helper book, which was indorsrl by upwards of sixty leading members of the Republican party, coi.tains the recommendation of no., intercourse with slaveholders, and tli.it it is a well known principle of the party now iu powerat the national Capitol, that the Union and slaver cannot and ought not to exist logo her, still we are of the opinion that the Constitution and the Union, as our fathtis detigncd them constitute the best security for our liberties nnu prosperity, and we pledge ourselves to cling to them through weal or wo, through vi' or report, as the shipwrecked mariner clings to the last plank when night aud the teaapvst, close around him. That what we call "talking right out in meeting" although some people may regard the language as tol rably plain just at this time. It sticks pretty closely to the record, however all must admit. A Clear Case. Newspaper people are proverbially temperate as well as virtuous. We believe one ofthecralt did get 'tightly slight' a few dajs ago, and the following is a sample of his paper the next day: !' Yesterday morning nt four o'clock p. m-t a small n n n. named Jones, or Brown, or Smith, with a heel in the hole ol bis trowsrrs, committed arsenic by swallowing a dost of suicide. The crdic of the inquest returned a j .ry that the deceased came to the facts in uccjrdance wich his death. He leaves a child and six small wives lo lament the end of his untimely loss. In death we are in the midst of life.' Got. Wright. The Paris correspondent of the Ne York Times relate the folKrwing: A good story is going the rounds charged to the account of Gov. Wright, the American Minister at j Berlin, and who, I need not tell you, is liom Indi ana. l wo l.urop-ai. diplom its were talking about the Governor, ami one of thm who kin vt him. and who had just told the other tint the Governor spoke neither French nor German, unci I'ulish but ii diHerentiy, was asked by the other whatLn guage he did speak 7 "Why, Indiana, I suppos V was the reply. But the Governor has made himself immenfcly popular at Berlin, as well with the dipl miatic corps and the Government as with his traveling countrymen, nnd his departure will be deeply regretted. His succe-sor, Mr. Judd, 1ms been to Switzerland to h ave his family, nd quits Paris in a day or two for Berlin. The Memphis Avalanche says that if there ever was a saint upon earth it is Jeff Davis' new General, Bishop Polk. Such being the case, Fremont and Pir?2 ill 10 doubt cn.viire ,ur.

Mr. Lovejoy. The following jut censure ot the course pursued by Mr. Lovejoy, au abolition Äepresentative from Illinois, it from the Cincinnati Commercial, a decided Repi blican print. If we had said the same things, it would have been charged that we were influenced by partisan svmpathies. We are happy to notice that one Republican print has the nanlircss to condemn the attempt to divert this war fi om its true object, the preservation of the Union, and the integrity of the Government. The Commercial thus excoriates Mr. Lovejoy: A few of our snbscribers think we have done Mr. Lovejoy (M. C,) great injustice, in describing him as a great blockhead with a big voice. They don't know much about him. In that which we have had to sav of the individual,. ind the absence

in him of the qualities which distinguish men who ate useful in their day and generation, we had nothing to say of the merits of the propositions, n themselves considered, which he thrust upon the House. .Mr. Lovejoy s difficulty, was and generally is he wikS not minding his own bu iness. There are falsehoods implied in the string of resolu lions which he offered. He reads the New York Tribune, believes in it, becomes hot headed and i oars. A' a moment when the thing to do is to hush the pettj discord of old controversies, and make wap with nil the power of the Government, he rushes ir to make confusion. His resolution that it is not the dut of the Un.ted States Army to employ if.-clfin returning togrive slaves, insinuates that the army has been engaged in that buines , whi n it has not. The army has respected the laws of the States which it occupies. It has not made war upon the institution of slavery. Thatisvhat hurts Mr. Lovejoy. He would be happy to convert the war lor the maintenance of the Government into a crusüde against rlavery, uncoosciour or caieless of the fuct that such a course won d dt morolize the north, and produc infinite Io-sm'S and embarrassments of the most fatal description. The war has one object, which is clear s the sun the establishment of the authority of the ath ual Government in nil the States. There is i:o I'Ut-fOfe of subjugation States or emancipating slaves. Mn Lovejoy professes to be particulai in matters of principle. He thinks that he moves in a straight line, und w batet er he iiipingcs against must abide the conequences. If he were to make a journey, he should, to carry out his notiens.rcfuse Travel in a straight line. If he comes to a precipice, he nutet wul v over. What of broken bones 7 He isn't responsible for the attraction of gravitation. Now, in truth, this bu'il-headeduess that prides itself in straight lines, is neither statesmanship nor goou stnse. And Mr. Lovejoy don't go straight in his movements, though he ptetends to do so. There never was a more tricky attempt to arrive at a po'iit by indirection than he made in his resolutions. Does any one suppose he meant merely to say it is not the duty ol our soldiers? That is the way he wo!ded it, and tht i the way it was vot d upon; but he intended to assert that the army should be employed in the extinction of slavery. 1 1 he had expressed his meaning honestly, there would have been pei haps a dozt-u votes cast for bis n so!ut:on. The beauiy ot his course is seen in the act that he is regarded by Vallandigham, Burnett, and others, in the light of a comforter. He is worth more than half a dozen secession votes to them. We don't know how well he mav fulfdl the Divit-e injunction: "Love your enemies," They certainly love him. Frcrn cur tpeckl Correspondent Acocmpanying the Grand Aimy. P'cial DUpuMi tc Iii Chicigo Thins EJtTBEvu.LK, Va., July 19. Last evening the advance ol General Tyler's division tlx fiist of the Grand Armv in pulling foiwnrd toward Buckland, fell in with a marked batten of the enemy, nnd a strong force of their troops, at a place called Bull's Km . A sharp engagement ensued, th First Massachusetts Regiment sustaining the brunt. The enemy opened a palling fire of shot nnd shell, the first intimation our troops had of any immediate dang r. One of oui batteries of light artillery was quckly brought into action, and, for thirty minutes, returned the fiie that was received. Col. Richardson's Brigade, the fourth, composed of Michigan, Massachusetts and New York troops whs thrown lorward ns Kkiimishns, whith had the efiVct of waking up several other masked batteries. One on the opposite side of the river op i ed on our lines with shell, causing some injuries to citin ns who were in our rear, but killing no one, 1 he cannonading was kept up quite briskly until dark. The Second Michigan, Twelfth New Yoik, Sixty-Ninth New York, and Cnptain Brackett's Com pany of Second Cavalry, w ere the principal forces engaged. The heaviest loss was sustained by the New York Twelfth. Our loss is thirty-four killed nnd fifty -three wounded At dark the firing ccaed. nnd Gen. TIer made a requisition on Gen. McDowell for reinforcements. The enemy was largely reinforced during the night. This mornin the two forces rcmnincd quiet, in clear flight of each oth r, nnd ia easy thooting dint.ilicc. They hare lain in th's position all day, each party Mn ngthming its position, but neither caring lo make an n:gression. It 's thought that our shot look fearful cflVct urn the cm my yesterday. With the aid of spyglnsses they can be seen bun it g their dead, of whom tin le seems to be n larp number. A Met the rebi Is had been reinforced they charted upon our lines with fixed bainnets, but were most gallantly repulsed by our forces. This point is strongly contested because of its importance as a protection to the enemy" rear. Our forces w ill clu rge njion them to-morrow, und probably take the place by st"rm. In the meantime it is not nt all improbable tliMt Col. Jltiutzclman's division (the third) has inovtdon M-uiassas to night. It is supposed in thisenmp. If they have not moved to-night they will do so in the morning. Beauregard's forces are strongly posttc nt the Junctien ; but, after making a slight resistance, will doubtless fall back upon Richmond, ia railroad. The New York Tribune no longer carries at the head of its columns, as the "war cry of the nation," the declaration that our army must be In Richmond by the 20th of July. Wc suppose tho TMon hnqnit rryir-

Republican Ideas of Popular Rights. The Kepub icau papers are great on treason. Anything and everything that don't come to their standard is treason. It is treason to circulate petitions for a compromise or peaceful adjustiment of our national troubles, and it is propei to arrest persons circulating them. It is treason to question the coast itutional power of the President to increase the standing army without authority of law. It is treasonable to question the power of military commanders to refuse to obey a writ of habeas corpus; and more treasonable to question the authority of the President to confer such power on his subordinates. It is treasonable to object to squads of military visiting private houses, and without warrant from the civil magistrate, making searches and seizures. It is treason to question the right of the President to seize the private cor, respondence of t,ic citizen against whom no suspicion or complaint has been made. It i tresoa to question the infallibility of the President, and treason not to concur with him in all of his recommendations . It is treason to talk of the hard times; to refer to the distress over the country consequent upon the war; to ruin trade; to closed manufactories and workshops; to prospective heavy taxes. It is treason to say this might have been avoided had the Crittenden compromise been adopted and not spit upon by the Republican leaders. In fine, it is treason to be truthful and faithful to the Constitution and to the people. It is a very good thing that these Republicans have not tho power to the enforce their ideas of what constitutes treason. Had they the power they would shame despotism itself with their acts of tyranny. Cincinnati Enquirer.

Southern Newa. Louisville, July 13. The Hopkinsville Mercury reports that Quartermaster Allenworth, of the Tennessee troops, stated there on Thursday, that 'i.OOO of the State Guard w ere mustered into tLe Tennessee sei vice a lew davs ago. The same paper learns that 800 more of the Guard were encamped near Graysville, close to the Stat line. News reached Little Rock yesterday by way of Pocahontas that McCulIoch with 12,000 men had attacked 11,000 nun nt Springfield, Mo., killing 600, when the Federals surrendered unconditionally. "1 he Montgomery Mail learns that their regiment at Norfolk is nlUicted with the measles, though mildly, and that many of them need clothes aud money, not having been p.ii ! off. Richmond, Va , July 11. Ice is scarce ; 5 to 10 cents per jiound. Nashville, July 15. The Union nnd American, of the 14th contains a letter from Chuksville the lCth.that Brig. Gen. W. T. Withers is organizing a Kentucky brigade f.r the Confederates at Camp Brown, 3 miles from Clarksville. Withers has already about 1,9.00 Kentuckuns in camp and awaits orders from Davis to augment the brigade to 3,000. Colonel Ilawcs has just arrived from Richmond to command one of itheis' regiments. A letter to the same paper from a lady asks whether ladies can not be organized to administer to troops at Camp Cheatham, where she says soldiers are being decimated by disease. Augusta, Ga , July 11. A large concourse of people assembled to hear Vice President Stephens speak upon the produce lenn A committee wns appointed to procure subscriptions. The Charleston Mercury calls loudly on Northern Ftcedcd States to i aist mal send along produce and provisions for the Confederate army. i American G-iammar. Anerica is a proper noun, third person, singular number aud in the independent case. Het telegraph wires arc conjunctions and connect the roust iloM-ishing cities in the world. The Iron Horse is an adverb element an 1 causes passeugcis to be taken to any point on the continent. The Republican party is an expletive, not essentially, but merely as an insignificant ornament, und raouified by Abolitionism. Hcracc Grcely is a very common noun, neuter gender, and belongs to the hard cases ; agreeing with Joshua Giddings. John Brown is a notorious noun, third person, singular number and in the objective ease, and governed by old Virginia. Abe Lincoln is un awful, noun, in the objective case and governed by Sew anl. Giddings, nnd Grecly, and not agreeable with the Constitution of the United Stat. The Democratic party is a glorious, magnanimous and immortal noun ; in the independent case, agrees with American Liberty, Union and universal Sovereignty, nnd governed by the Con stitution of the United States. Ashland Union. Gen.Harnev. A correspondent at Clay Grove, M issouri, asks us to inlorm him whv Gen. Harnev was superceded in tlic command of the Depart ment of the West, und where he is posted nt. To the first point of the inquiry we are unable to nnswer, none of the reasons for Gen. Harney's supercession having been made pablic. To the second we reply that the distinguished soldier is iu St. Louis, and has been hero for the p;.sttwo mouths. We are to 6tate, in addition, that there is a strong probability cf his being shortly assigned to nn important command in astive service. St. Louis News. Burned to death. The Laporte Uuion says a young Irish girl, named Kate Griffith, was burned to death in that place on the 4th int. in Attempting to fiil a thiid lamp while lighted, irhe survived two horns of horrible suffering when death relieved hei. SShe was so badly burned that the flesh actually slipped from the bones of her arms. How ficipicntly people are warned by such uceideut.i and yet how caieless they continue to be. The publication of the St. Louis Journal having been suppressed by order of the military, the editor says he intends to submit to the order, but will appeal to Gen. Fremont when he arrives. As the motto of the Republicans recently was "Free Speech, Free Press, and Fremont," the Journal editor probably thinks the latter w ill not now repudiate 1'is associates. The editor w ill probably discovci his eiror. The Charleston folks, among other doing, fired thirteen guns on the 4th, in honor of tho old thirteer colonies. They no doubt felt peculiarly good humored when the gun for Massachusetts was fired off.

Rich and Rare. The following is too good to be lost these grave times. The edeitor of the Observer came to the conclusion that the editor of the Fayette County Democrat ought tobe hung, and thereupon he recommends that the treatment be adopted in the Democrat's case ; upon which the culprit remarks as follows : To be or not to be' IIuxc. The Observer reccommends forming a Vigilance Committee to aang traitors, and stigmatize us as being a traitor. We entei our solemn protest against being treated in this unchristain manner. Whtn we 4 shuffle off this mortal coi!,' we don't want a coil of hemp around our neck I It's very inconvenient, to say the least of it. 'But to return to our subject,' 'We would not die in summer time. " No, no! Not when the flowers are blooming and burstinglTTcir tender petals to the sun, and the sweet forest warblers greet the dawning dav with rustic song and cheering lay, and when the fishes bite so beautiful, nnd all nature looks so gay, and w hen we have just cast a new roller, (by the way, don't the inside of our paper look better this week than usual ?) and just ordered a lot of new type die now ? and leave all these and never get to wear any more 'new clothes' be hung upon a tree For little boys and girls to jeer at, And the noisy rabble in the street to sneer at !' 44 Nary time ! Egypt is a great place for Democrats, but they can't be raised cn trees ! 44 The editor of the Observer never liked us ; wc have been in nis wa to some extent ; and now he wai ts to cet revenge. 4 That's what's the matter.' He wants to have us killed so he can get to publish the tax list ! Oh ! you scamp ! you cannibal ! you murderous plotter ! you carnivorous cuss ! You ought to be ash imcd of yourself I"

A Good Rejoinder. - A worthy Lancashire ckegynian was roused from his sleep at 5 o'clock iu the inornins by loud talking at the side of a fish pond on his grounds. His reverence put his nightcapped head out of th window, and saw three men standing by the side of his pond. "What are you doing there ? said he. 4Fi.-hing," sa d they. 4,But you are trespassing on my land ; you must go away." "Go to bed again," was the rejoinder ; "your Piaster was not in the habit of sending away poor ! fishermen." The good clergyman could, of course, only turn An old lad)', observing a sailor going past her door, and supposing it to be'l.er Billy said : " Lilly, where is niy-cow gone ?" Clone to the devil for what I know," returned the sailor. "4 Well as you are going that way," said the o!d lady , I just with ) tu would let down the bars." An Irhhman, being about to enter the army, was a.-ked by one of the recruiting officers . 4 Well, sir, when you get h.to battle, will you right or rim 1" " Ah, faith," replied the Hibernian, with a comical twi?t of Iiis countenance,44 I'll be nfter doin, ycr honor, as the majority of ye does !'' The following contains a great deal of truth. that the practical mind will readily appreciate : Kittens are but little cats ; Mouse-trai s are not country jails ; Whales arc full as large as sprats ; They don't stuff geese w ith copper nails ; A German w altz is not a hymn ; The French are mostly bom iu France ; Fishes arc not a! raid lo swim ; And turkevs seldom learu to dance. An anecdote is told of the Duke of Wellington to the effect tint, nfter ha ing examined Perkins' steam gun with great attention, and havir:g asked a i.i inberoi leitineiit questions relating to its wei l.t.the mentis moving it, getting up steam, &c., he dryiy cbsetvid 44 Will, if steam guns had been invented first, what a capital improvement gunpowder would lme bun I" Railway official. You'd better not smoke, sir !" Traveler 44 That's what my friends say." R. O. 4 'But you musu't smoke, sir." T. " So my djctor telli nu." R. O. (indignantly "But you shan't smoke, sir ' T. " Ah ! just w hat my w ife saya." Cotton vs. Whisky. The editor of the Brook haven (Miss.) Advertiser, oilers the following argument iu favor of raising more com than cotton: Wcl.ave always been persistently in favor of planting a large crop of corn, even if cotton has to be a little i.eglected, particularly in times like these, whencommuiiieat on with the Ohio may be cut off at any moment. Corn is a necessity, but cotton is only a convenience. A man can live without a shirt, but what can do without whisky? Parke County. There was a very large and enthusiastic meeting nt Rockville on t Saturday, which was addressed by John G. Davis. A Company of Home Guards, for self protection, w as formed, numbering one huudn d and eighty seven. The Democracy of Farkc County are a unit, we understand, lor Compromise and the whole Union, without the loss of a siugle star. They are determined, at nl, hazards, lo maintain the rights guaranteed to them by the constitution given to us by our fathers. The conduct of the Republican leaders towards the Democrats there, as well as elsewhere, has been dictatorial, overbearing and tyrannical in the extreme. Terre Haute Journal. An exchange says : 44 It is st. ted that the blockade of Southern ports can be made effectual by the use of less than tncuty war vessel." The idea that tw enty vessels can blockade 2,300 miles of coast and 247 harbors is wi rthy of the brains that conceived the idea of saving this Uuion by war. The Confederates have been paving off some of their employees la'ely. The editor of the IndL ana Journal sys he has got a "Jeff. Davis half dollar." Model w'ves formerly took a stitch in time, but cow, with the aid of sew ing machines, tbey take one in no time.

AGRICULTURAL.

Buckwheat. Any time ep to th middle of July.willdo to sow this valuable grain, and almost any description of soil, dry, and not absolutely barren, w ill yield a tolerable crop provided it be moist enough. A shower or two, and the dew w ill bring it on afters nrds. We have even raised a good crop of buckwheat when sowed in a dry time in July, and it did not come up until the middle of August. The ground need not be plowed until nearly ready to sow, ai the fresher tha earth the aaorc readv will the seed gerniinati . It should, however, be light and fine. Haifa bushel to three pecks of sied to the acre is sufficient, as the stalk branches out like a tree, and the grain is Ivoiiie on e very tendril. Cool September Lights best fill and mature the grain. Early tonn, and blooming in the hottest weather, the seed is apt to blast in forming, and hence a light crop; but it fully set hi early September, before a frost, it rapidly fills, and gives a bountiful yield. When ready 4.o cut, which may be done while some ot the later kernels arc yet green, it should according to Us bulk on the ground, be carefully cut with a cradle or scythe, and lie a day or two to dry, and then be carefully forked together into little stocks to cure, anl not taken in until the stalks arc fully dry. It can thou be thrashed in a machine more effectually thin in any other mode, although it is easily beat out with a flail. When cleaned up, spread it thin over a floor, that it may thoroughly dry, si-ce being late in the teason, it is more liable to be damp than the earlier cut drains. Well stored, and kepi dry, the straw is a tolerable fodder for your stock of any kind, ud sheep will eat it greedily for a change. We have fed tans of it advantageously to ot r winter stock, while- for cattle bedding nothing is better. The virtures of buckw heat ts a table food w o neHl not enumerate. Buckwheat cakes re a lxury wherever known, and for poultry the unj ground grain is excellent. As pig, cattle or horse feed iti is better g-oun J than fed whole, end when groand is substantial and nutritious. Some farmers have a prejudice against growing buckwheat as it "fouls" the laud for the succc-ecing crop. Others think it injures che land iu its fertility. From long experience, we think otherwise. It kills wire worms. leave the soil light and free, and a crop of winter rye may be sjwed immediately on its stubble to good advantge. We believe in buckwheat as one of tbehtup!es of an annual farm. Agriculturalist. Seeding. Farmers would d well to recollect, ia seeding to grass th it about in proportion to the smallucss of the seed should be tin- t-hullowncss of the covering. Since the landing of the first settlers a t Jamestown, 8D'J .003 dollar's w-jrth of every million's worth has been lost by covering loo deeply. A large plant from a large seed, as buttcrnrt, walnut, chestn it, or bencs peas and corn , will force its way up through, a heavy accumulation of caith, in some cases even lifting the earth and stores in its progress. But with the small seeds it isothewise. Some of them will retain their vitility, and will germinate when the covering is removed,, but must perish soon, if deeply covered. Secretary Flint has asset tamed, that iu a pouuJ of w hite top seed there are 8, 000, CO J seeds; in a pound of red top fc,'G0,((!O; ni:d soon down from these high uumbers to 1.424 in a jiound of the red clover and no more than -116 in a pound of sanfron. Of course the numbers are supposed to be an average. The exceeding smalliucss of the seeds of the meadow grass shows that in order to save the expense of n enormous ouantitv of seeds and to secure anvth'njr like a uniform distribution of plants, the ground must be nicely prepared, making it a finely pulverized, smooth seed bed; tint the seed should be sown on a surface as smooth as youean make it,nn I nothing but the lightest bush, composed almost of mere twigs, should be drawn over it for covering. Better sow in a wet turn; and not cover at all than drag an ot din ry harrow over it. This, of the smaller gras seed. Vilb the larger, such as white clover, red clover, sanfoin and luootn the case is different: but even for these a shallow covering ite perferable. t-fTf. Reu Ccrxant Jklly. The currants for this purpose should be gathered in the dry, when fully ripe, pick and put them in a preservinj-pan, over a slow fire, to draw the juice out, which you must pour away from them as it comes, or it will waist! wheu you have got what juice you em from them, pass it through a flannel b ig, to t ik out ihn thickness; then, to evcrj pint of juice, put or.c pound and a quarter of loaf sugar, bioken small; put it over a brisk fire iu prcscmng-pau; when the who rises, takes it off with a spoou, boil your jell j for about ten minutes, try if it will jelly by dropping a little on a eold plate; if it will no.boil it till it will; then Iour it into your pott and glasses: let it stand aboat two days; then put paper dipped in brandy, on the top of the jel'y, an 1 skin over the pots or glasses: keep them in a dry place. Cooking Grkk Peas. Take the peas when full in the pods, nice and green. When shelled, wash the pud thoroughly; put them in the dinner -pot s cover or nearly so w ith water ;theu rover tight, and; boil until tenderskuu the.n out; put your peas into, the bro'Ji, aud boil them twenty t thirty minute; then season with swe?t cream, salt and pepper ta the taste. Try it. Ccac l or Bloat in Caitlk. One of our subscrihets informs us tint, when by accident or other wise cattle eat to much clover and are severely bloated thereby, they cau be relieved ia five minutes time by given them each two t Able spoonful of he trUhorn in a pint of water . Great Auk or a Horsk. Wilkes Spirit of the Times gives an account of a small Mack Galloway, eleveu hands high, which attaiucd to the greatest age of anyshorse of which wc have auy record. He was a resident of n saull village near Haddington, in Scotland. He was 96 years old anl at the timcof his death he w as hale as well as old. A few weeks before his death he trotted for several hours at the rate of seven or eight miles aa hour, and fed well in his oats and hy to the last. The people of GeorgU voted, on tb. 4th, eu tho qufcstion of ratifying tho Coiwitutiou ef the Confederate Sttes- 5a far as heard from, the vote was very 6mall the people secaioj to t ike but little inte re ft in tic atttcr.

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