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The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-10-23

sHSPLAsrERs.--we are reliably informed
that the business OF eounierfeiting shinplas-
ter nutes has commenced on large scale
This Is not surprising. since the majority u
them are pfiated with ordinary type aud in
such manner a. 10 render imitation an easy
matter; and. moreover, the mass Of paper
that has been thrust upon The community. j.
signed by sarIous parties, representing Presi.
dents and Cashiers. as well as By those Off J.
GERS themselves, and the consequences IL thai
the spurious notes are with great difficulty
detected. A baker, Of this CITY. a day or two
since. carried some forty. On The Meiropoli.
tan Savings Bank. 10 that institution. and
discovered that ihry were al bogus. We
have also heard thai counterfeit. are out on
the Old Dominion Savings BANK. and Il i.
presumed that the same game - played in
other instances. We mention these facts Tor
the sole purpose Of breaking down this shin
plaster business. Richmond Dispaiek.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-10-23
Ta1 RsurL FlOwra.-A Northern paper


THk REBEL RLowER.--A Northern paper
has the following;
The emblem used In some Of the rebel
States IL a curious flower which they work
on their banners. and they call il the Rebel
Flower. Il is of such that The wreaths Coz
the heroes arc made"
We have not met with such curious
flower" but the Rebel Flower has been
known in our State since the Revolution.
DR.. Garden, in bis " Anecdotes Of the Rev
olution," relates The following incident.
which shows that the CammomiIs. re-
ceiyed the name 81 The Rebel Flower from
4 patriotic lady Of The rebel Stale Of South
Car0linas
IAN officer. distinguished for bis inhu.
manity aud constant oppression Of the m.
fortunate. meeting Mrs. Charles Elliot 10
garden adorned with great variety Of How /.
ers, asked the name Of the Cam momils.
which appeared 10 flourish with peeuli ar
The Rebel Flower. she re-.
piled. why was the name giveni' said
the officer. Because, replied The lady, : Il
thrives most when most tfampled upon.
csSesi xs>sssls, p sss
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-05-01
Grunbiers.

For ourselves, We have no deposition 10 FIND
fault with the conduct Of either the National Or
State governments in the present crisis. We be-
lieye every thing is being done that can be to
remedy past defects and provide for presen; and
future emergencies.
But there are those who view N alters il df-
erent light, concerning whom the Adrertiser
has the following sensible remarks:
"There is class of Len who are never hap
DIV unless finding fault with somebody or some
thing. They grow fat by grumbIing. This class
of men are loud in their comp plants against Gov.
Blair, and every body else, because Michigan
had not her quota of troops in Washington the
next day, after the Presidents proclamation was
received. They have done nothing b It censure
the Governor aud militia of the State. But If
they would reflect but for moment, they would
see how unreasonable their complaints are, and
what folly it would be to rush troops into Wash
ington, unorganized, unarmed, without uniforms,
and in every way unprepared for active service.
1t was thought at Washington, and it is thought
here, that our quota had better get ready first,
and then march.
"Instead of Constant complaining of the de-
Law here, and doing what they can TO create en-
barrasment and difficulties, it would seem to be
more patriotic, TO labor 20 strengthen the hands
of the Governor and the military officers who
are doing all in their power to have our regl-
ment ready to march as soon as they are required
to do So Only four States, having an effective
military system, as We have not, have dispatched
a regiment to Washington. Our Governor and
all others whose duty it is, have done and are
doing not only ali that could be done, but all
that the administration require them to do
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-05-01
First Regiment.

The Detroit 1AdcertiSer furnishes the follow
ing cheering account of the First Michigan Reg
iment:
This morning the Marshall Light Guard,
Company L; Ypslanti Light Guard, Company
ii and Steuben Guards of Ann Arbor, Compa-
nv f, arrived here by the Michigan Central Rail-
road and immediately took up the line of march
for Fort Wayne. In the afternoon train over
the Michigan Southern Road brought the Hardee
Cadets, of Adrian, Company X, and Manchester
Guards, Company d, who also proceeded at once
to the Fort All of the above companies are at
tached TO the First Regiment, Colonel o. B. Will
cox. The three remaining companies composing
the regiment arrived here last night The steam
err Mississippi will be towed to the pier in front
of the fort this morning for the purpose of quar-
terng portion OF the troops.
"Thc officers and men at the fort are in the
best of spirits, and are working increasingly to
nut themselves in perfect readiness for active
dutv. They intend to place themselves in COM
plete marching orders within ten days, and in
orcr to do so, nearly ten hours each day are de-
voted to drill. The men noble set Of iel-
lows, and are anxious to have a chance to teach
traitors thar it is dangerous piece of business
for them to tanper with the laws of the United
States They are beginning TO fear that peace
will be established before they can have an OPP
portunity to wipe out the long list of grievances
borne by the North for so many years, and hope
most sincerely that if there is to be peace that a
good round fight may be sranted~them before
it is accomplished They have gone into this
business coolly and determnedly. and very
DESTROYS of making a trip 10 Washington ria
Baltimore.
The first regimental parade was had at the
fort Yesterday afternoon, and as fine set OF men
az ever came beneath the eve of field officer
responded to the order of Col Wilcox. The
Colonel is very much pleased with his regiment,
aud predicts that where Michigan's First Regi.
ment goes, there will be a vacancy in the ranks
of the enemy.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-05-01
A PROCLAMATlOS.

WAeyeas Tie States 81 South Carolina, Oeorg,a, As
b.ua F,orc~ Mississippi, Louisiana ienAs and 'rghia
unu niful Of the Obligations Of patriotism and duty
h.xs vitbout cause led the just and lawful
..thr,t,s Of the United States BY ccmoinatiCn rs
To be suppressed by the exercise OF the ciy
nyvs, have viientiy seized and destroyed the publ;
nroperty and have levied frstricda war against the
Constitute on, Government AMI people OF the hepuohe
And uksreoS, The President of the United STATES, III
Of his Cons nal duty ana for he PurPore
Of suppress ng such unau fa and IN
ton has made reqgisittdn upon me Tor portcn Oh III"
Nt "a this State for the furnishing OF which adequate
prov sion is made BY Law
Nos. therefore ia this exiTaor! nary In OF
der that the whole military power OF the siate may w
made AZ ,iabe and fur she'd Tor aiming
ana eauippng the f. ces be used in defense oil lie
e rites of the people ano IN the
the of the United States from
Se,,uet n and that the nsulted majesty Of the Naton
may be ftiy indicated, :,
;,,ue az the power N me vested by the Constitution, do
hereby convene the legislature Of this state in extra
.,.-ign requiring the Senator'S and Representatives to
assemble IN their resi- ec'ive chambers at the Capital IN
the city Of Lsn,ing Tuesday, the seventh Cay oil Nay
newt twelve re ock then and the I" CONSIDER
of TIE afo esid and :" adopt such measures as
the safety dignity and h of the country and the state
demands.
In testimony whsreof, have hereunto set my hand,
And ca used 70 b. axed the grest seal Of the state.
Dine Lansing, this twenty third lay 81 Spfii, IN the
year Il our LHt thogs I'd eight hundred aud sixty
one AMI &c the Independence OF the Cned states the
siShtym
by the .rrnOr, atSIiS bi.Aih.
JAMES u POTTER Secretary 81 State.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-05-01
The War.

The following extract from recent number
of the Detroit Free Press upon this subject,
meets our hearty appreciation
1.-THE country is now able and willing to make
enormous sacrifices of life and property for the
preservation OF the government. No nation ev-
err exhibited more patriotism, or greater unanim-
ity. However great the burden 10 be borne
however large the operations to be conducted
the masses are prepared for them. There must
be no halfway measures-no hesitancy. What
erer is necessary to condNset tie erpe itious-
u must Je done. generous and conhding
people are contributing their lives and resources
for the perpetuity of their free Institutions and
they wish oil the power of the nation TO be
thrown promptly and decisively into the combat.
The capital must be held at all hazards To lose
il would degrade Us abroad, and arouse an lndis-
nation so deep seated at home that il would turn
every man into a soldier, and give the war pro-
portions of ruin that are terrible 10 contemplate.
To lose the capital founded at Washington would
madden the people.
Baltimore must be occupied. This is war
Generals and statesmen must not hesitate to keep
open the best communications between the capt.
tai and the North. Nobs mus; not be permit
ted, any more than armies, TO turn back
the defenders OF the capital. Richmond
ought to be seized and held Virginia, at
the last moment, has abandoned the constitution.
Let her soil, rather than that Of the North, be
the battlefield The Ohio, of course, must be
commanded, and not only must southern ports
be blockaded, but so attacked, and threatened
with attack, as to compel the maintenance OF
armies for their defeBce. The war must be car
ried on with vigor with that humane cruelty
which restores the blessings of peace by doing
the most injury possible in the shortest space OF
time We do not say this in a spirit of changed
feeling towards the people of the South. We
say il in sorrow, not in anger. We say it be-
cause prctracted war destroys all hope of re
newed friendship between the sections, exhausts
| the national strength, and opens before Us pain.
| full uncertainties as 90 the future material and
political condition OF me country. Hostilities
must be conducted on the largest scale, to secure
an early and victorious peace. II is not to BE-
contemplated, even, that people so rich, SO free
and so happy, shall lInger through years of civil
strife, and become, Ike Spanish republics, The
theatre of endless petty wars, anarchy and pow
erty. This is the evil the apprehension Of vhicl
must unite the nation ia the exercise of the
utmost power, nOw, every dag and every minut,
until the government is secure. Let, then, eve
nv constitutional aid be given to the governmt ut
and LET our rulers meet the energy and strength
of the people in this, their moment OF fdll tide
channels"
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-05-01
SalutatOry.

It will be seen from the above, that the under
signed has taken the editorship Of the Repnbti-
ean In taking this position, it seems necessary
that We should say something about the course
We have marked out, although it is with extreme
reluctance that we make any remarks concerning
ourself We do not enter upon the duties before
us, to US almost entirely new and untried, with
any great amount of confidence in our own abil-
ity, but we promise that our best exertiOns shall
be devoted to making this paper interesting and
useful
Situated at the Capitol of the State, we have
access to many important sources of information
and shall at all times seek TO benefit our readers
BY whatever may be of interest to them and OF
importance to the citizens generally throughout
the State.
The Agricultural College and Reform School
claim and shall receive due share OF our at.
teution, and items with regard to the State De-
partmen,s which may be Of importance to bust
ness men, will be carefully noted from time to
time.
We shall endeavor to devote portion OF our
SPACE to matters of special interest to the farm
ing community, in which department We hope
to receive assistance from time to time from the
Professors of the Agricultural College.
Our best taste shall be employed in the litera-
~ and other selections for the paper, and our
best efforts put forth to make it Interesting and
instructive. As We have no pecuniary interest
in the publication of the Republican, We venture
to ask its readers, should they still find it worthy
of their patronage, to aid in increasing its circu
lation, and thus contribute materially to its pros
perity and usefulness
To those acquainted with our political views,
il need not be stated that we are thorough and
uncompromsing Republican, believing the prin-
ciples upon which that party is founded to be
right and just, and the policy it has adopted to
be intimately connected with the prosperity OF
the country.
But while this is our position as a Republican
we recognize the fact that the momentous crisi:
which presses upon Va as people, involving a:
il does the cxisterce 81 the Government, tbs
Constitution and the Union, should at least to
great extent. il not entirely for the time being
absorb all mere par,zan feelings and party con
alterations. The question presented to us rise:
above all other than common interests and com
mon hopes In the perils of this hour, we hal
evcry man a. a brother, who stands firmly 10y
our glorious Union, TO matter how widely hi
NAV differ from US in political views, and all who
do not SO stand We shall hold as traitors, believ
ing there il no middle ground for men to occupy
l. ~ CRAVATH.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-05-01
The Advantages of being Wary.

In all great enterprises much perhaps is lost
in hasty and premature action in any other
way. Especially in the present condition OF the
country, is discretion the better part Of valor
1t it impossibly 10 crush great rebellion in one
month, or even three, and it is folly TO strike a
blow until sufficient preparation be made to rem
der it reasonably certain of being successful
one But there is another reasOn-a painful
and humatng One-tor discreet action. Trait
ors ntest every department in the Government
service, and so despicable set of devils are
they that we shall not be at all surprised at see
ing them take the army oath, obtain positions of
importance, and then betray their commands.
The n. Y World, well says that the unrea-
sonableness Of recent newspaper attacks on the
administration, is forcibly illustrated by the nut
merous designations of officers in the army and
navy. Our special dispatches this morning state
that all the officers in the Washington Navy
Yard except Commodore Dahlgren, have resign
ed, and that within the last two days there have
navy, aud departments. We had previously
heard of the resignation of Quartermaster Gen
eral Johnston, who is in possession of all GEN
SCOTS plans, and We hear painful rumors affect
ing the fidelity of General Harvey. II is fearful
to think what the consequences might have
been, if the President, from mistaken eagerness
to keep up with the public impatience, had in
trusted important commands TO treacherous
officers.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-05-01

AN UNGRArEFUL CITY.-An exchange SAYS
few years ago the city of Norfolk was desola-
ted by Pestilence. While the South left her to
her fate. the North gave her prompt aud gener.
Gus succor. Tens of thousands of dollars we're
subscribed for her behalf; ship loads of supplies
were sent to her afflicted citizens; heroic men
and women braved danger and death by visiting
her as physicians and nurses. She now repavs
the heavy debtby slapping her beneiactor in the
face! She that should have personiied Graft
tude, becomes the most insolent, as she is the
most ungrateful, of our enemies. So true is il.
that those for whom We have done most, are of.
ten the least sensible of obligations.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-05-01

FEELING IN THE SrArE.-Everywhere through
out the State, the war feeling is intense. Men
are enlisting by scores and hundreds, money is
poured out like water, and everything like party
feeling sinks in oblivion. Michigan has not mo-.
we'd with the promptness of some of her sister
States, simply because she has hitherto devoted
little attention to warlike pursuits. and had
neither foreseen nor made preparation for the
present Conflict. Though consequently slower
In bringing her force into the field, she will not
be found wanting in bravery or strength when
the day of trial comes.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-05-01

ROMANCE OF THE TIMEs.-The Buffalo Com.
mereial states that young lady teacher in one
of the public schools of this city has brother in
the New York Seventh Regiment, now in Anna
polls, Nd. Yesterday she received letter from
st. Louis, Mo-, announcing that two remaining
brothers, long residents of that place, had Just
left to join the Southern army. She herself has
already offered her services as a nurse to the
United States government, and thus the family
are equally divided-two on the side OF rebellion,
and two on that of the Union and the constitu.
ton. God grant that the brothers may never
meet in battle.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-05-01
Trial BY Battle.

In the days Of chivalry the popular mode Of
settling disputes was by the trial of battle. Did
an avaricions land holder trespass upon the rights
Of his neighbor, and seek to wrest from him his
rightful property, the dispute was settled by the
arbitrament Of the sword and to the victor be-
louged the spois. In all cases the righteous
cause was supposed to rest with him Of the stout
est heart and strongest arm, and justice was
measured BY the standard of victory.
Gradually different, and, it was supposed, a
better state of things was brought about. Men
began to appeal to reason, instead of brate force
ard to feel the binding force Of law and yield
obedience to judicial decisions. As anarchy and
rapine gradually gave way to the potent infu-
ences of civilization and christianity, and peace
began to sow her blessings thick in the pathway
of the race, it was fondly believed that better
day had risen upon mankind.
Especially have the people Of this country
been fond Of Boosting Of the happiness and pros
peritv of this nation under the benign influence
of a free government. While the nations of the
old world have been rent with strife, We have
enjoyed the blessings of peace, and have -four
ished beyond all precedent Least of all was it
ANTICIPATED that here, where government was
founded upon the win of the governed, and
whore all had an equal voice in administration
and common interest in its prosperity, foe
would rise up from our very hearth-stoue and
seek 70 destroy the temple Of our republican in.
stitutions But so it is, and to-day We are in the
midst Of civil var. In speaking of this strange
cordition OF affairs, We wish now to notice but
one point, which must strike every impartial
mind. They whom We have been wont to con-
slider as brethren. but who arc now traitors to
sheir country, and consequently our enemies, are
noted for the promptness with which, on all &C.
casions even Of private grief, they appeal to
arms. We apprehend that for this cause, more
than for any other, they are entitled to the ap.
pellatiOn Of chivarous.
In the contest they have heretofore waged for
supremacy, they have held all the advantages
which power could place in their hands. Blu,
notwithstanding the advantages they possess.
ed, they have been beaten in a fair trial before
the people. Accustomed only to rule, and i'm.
psGient of restraint they appeal to arms for the
yindicstion OF their cause.
We who are accustomed to bow to the popu.
lar win, have looked on with amazenent al the
madness Of thsi- course. Slowly, reluctantly,
~ have come 10 realize their reasonable deter
aiaations and at last the necessity of resistance
d forced upon rs.
To-day We behold the grandest exhibition with |
which great people ever illustrated = page of
the worlds history. From the forests Of Maine |
70 the golden shores If the Pacific, the people |
have risen in their might to crush out this, the |
basest and most uuprovoked conspiracy ever re-
corded in the book Of time. Partisan feelings
.and prejudiees are swept away ike chat before |
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-05-01
Which - MAR.

The traitors who conspring to overthrow
the Government hare way of settling matters
in dispute peculiar 10 themselves.
Their seizure of government forts, their thefts
of public property, their attacks upon govern
ment vessels and other ike offenses are perfectly
iustifable in their eyes, while any attempt, no
matter how peaceful, on the part of the Govern.
ment to vindica,e its authority is stigmatized by
the most opprobious epithets az an outrage upon
the rights of the South not TO be endured.
The position occupied by these braggarts and
traitors, is thus cp'omized by the Washington
Star:
The seceders marched in armed bodies. and
compelled the guards of the United States forts
and arsenals to surrender them; but IL ,rds not
srdr.
With arms in their hands they captured mill.
ions of dollars worth of cannon, small arms and
munitions of war, belonging to the United
States; but It rds rcar.
They seized the ships of the United States ;
and applied them to their own use bit IL uas
not ,rdr.
They are besiegng the fortresses of the
United States, have surrounded them with mil
itary works. and cut eff their supplies; but II is
not ,cdr
But if the United States attempt to relieve
their beleaguered garrison, or even send them
provisions in an unarrned vessel, Il IS rar.
If they attempt to transport a cannon from
one fort to another, or from foundry to fort,
az IS scdr.
If they transfer soldier from fort to fort, or
from State to State, It is ,car.
If they send out a ship to protect their loyal
citizens. Il is ,ear.
To talk of executing their laws, protecting
their commerce, or collecting their revenue 1T is
'car, horrible ear.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-05-01

THE APPROACHING CoMEr-A communication
from Harvard Observatory announces that the
comet is growing brighter, and is already visible
TO the naked eye, near the tail of Draco. 1t
will pass across the Greater Bear, and will be
near the Bowl and the Dipper in eight or nine
days, but the most remarkable fact about the
comet is, that 1t will on the 18th Of May be al
most exactly where the earth has been on Fri
day, 10th inst, SO that, if its perihetion passage
were % days earlier, the earth would pass
through the body of the comet
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-05-01

the whirlwind Of popular indignation and ven
geance which is rising in its might and gathering
strength At every moment. They who have
made the appeal TO arms are now to take the
consequences Of that appeal, and in this trial by
battle to which our government is to be subjec-
ted, 10 zane man can doubt that victory viii rest
with the superior strength and resources which
our government can summon to its aid.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-05-01

A CoNJUGArIoN.-To the ticklish verb "to
kiss there Is of course proportionately tcklish
grammar, and the copjugation is as follows
=" Buss, to kiss; rebuss, to kiss again; pluribus,
to kiss without regard to number; sillybus, to
kiss the hand instead of the lips: blunderbuss,
to kiss the wrong person; omnibus, to kiss eve
ryhody in the room: erebus, TO kiss in the dark "
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-05-01

WAR TERNs.-A casemate is stone roof to
fort, made sufficiently thick to resist the force of
cannon balls, and a casemate gun is one which
Is placed under casemate. A barbette gun is
one which is placed on the top of the fortifca-
ton. An embrasure is the hole or opening
through which guns are fred from Notifications
Loop-holes are openings in the walls TO fire mus
kerry through.