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The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, 1863-07-18
independence Day.

Again the vert!c sun shines down
With bright and faithful ray,
But does it hight the men it warmed
On Independence Day p
Have we preserved the sacred gift
Of Liberty blood-bougLt,
With that eternal vigilance
Which former struggles taught?
Had this been so, say would the strife
That rends our country, live,
To bow our humble heads in shame,
And Joy TO tyrants give?
Alas! that in the human breast
Such poisoning passions dwell,
As blight the gifts bestowed by Heaven,
And make Of Earth He'll!
That, quite forgetting honor's hests,
And duties undenied,
We let security bring rust,
Prosperity bring Pride. -s~6-s,.
That claiming Right and Privilege
Peculiarly our own,
The lust for human bondage lives,
Thoughwe abjure Throne.
The upss germ our Fathers spared
Struck wide and deep its root,
And we, this independence Day
Must take its bitter fruit.
Truth makes Go Compromise with Sin,
Justice no peace with CRIME.
And Rctrbution, though delayed,
Still bides the "settins" time.
The work our sires, in former years
With noble zeal begun,
Could not be fnished by their hands,
But may by ours be done.
The crisis is upon us how
Our overweenipg foe
Strikes at our free and happy homes,
His last, and deadliest, blow.
Is there need to sound the trump,
Or beat the calling drum?
No! from each hardy hamlet, hear,
The cry is still "We Come u
We come in firm reliance on
The God of Truth and Right.
To chow the naughty slave!ords' hosts.
How freeborn men can fight.
The struggle shall be ended now,
Our sires so well begun,
And Freedoms final triumph
Be over Treason won
The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, 1863-07-18

-" How we'll he plays for one so young" said
Mrs. Partington, as the organ boy performed with
the monkey near the door, Sand how much his
little brother looks like him, to be sure"
The new South. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1862-1867, 1863-07-18
THE NEW SOUTH.

Published every Saturday Morning by
JOS. II. SEARS, Editor and Proprietor.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS PER Cory.
Advertisements, fifty cents line, each insertion.
Terms: Invariably cash.
OFFICE: Phoenix Building, Union Square.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-12-02
HOOPS AGAINST HEALTH.


D. J. c. Jackson, OF Dsusville, n Y, editor
of Lars II Life, has taken up a cudgel against
hoOps. Il has been generally supposed that
Aoops, on the whole. were beneficial to health,
but De- J. sa,s:
he hoopskifi IL the mos, Injurious article Of
clothing which woman ever put on 10 the lower
portion Of her body. She suffers in health moro
ironi g., than from the old pefticost, or close,
ueavy skiIt which used 10 be the fashion. for
,ne reason that by means of il, the lower portion
u the body, aud The lover limbs. are constantly
oaihed in a stratum or body Of air, which low
els the temperature of the surface of the body.
aud thus checks the circulation la the lower ex-
tremltes. Hab.tgated, a. b. this style Of dress
women are, 10 "A deficient circulation in the lower
portions of the body, abnormal conditions of
those portions take place, chiliness becomes con-
--sut, The blood fecedes from the surface OF the
imos, l. driven into tie upper pOrtiOns OF the
body, inducing congestion, aud as a consequences,
disease of the respiratory organs are much more
frequent than they otherwise would be.
No woman having any care for her health,
should ever wear hoOpskirts under any circun-
stances except when sitting 10 a warm room, or
reclining upon a couch or bed"
doctor, mayn't they retain the hoops. II they
~ill wear warm drawers or pants beneath them,
upon their limbs;
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-12-02
VOL. 8, NO. WHOLE NO. 449.
GOV. BLAIR AND THE DRAFT.

We notice that by some of our Democratic
I papers an effort is being made 20 cast blame on
GoY. Blair for what they term criminal delay F"
10 issuing his call for volunteers to I'LL the next
I draft, and for Withdrawing the State bounty 10
such volunteers
We do NOT know the reasons which influenced
the Governor in the course he pursued. but We
thiuA party press can occupy its columns 90
better advantage than in assailing our State
Executive for such acts a. this Whatever the
Governors reasons were. we believe he has
acted in manner he believes Tor the best inter
est OF the State. Regarding the delay in issuing
tie last call, If DELAY there was-Whch We cane
sect worked no injury TO any one. for it had
been already announced by the President that
all excess over the last quota would be credited
10 the coming draft IL could not therefore,
make any dferelce whether the call was issued
in one day or in one month, as regards volnn-
teering
AS 10 Withdrawing the State bounty, it is
true It is a small matter and, therefore, a snall
matter TO keep harping about We have 10
doubt but the Governor considers the matter of
volunteering about played out, and in this he is
not alone. Many good men in the State have
considered from the first, that the draft was the
best way 10 replenish the army in the field, and
that the system OF paying exOrbitsnt bOUnties
by individuals. towns, counties and States was
all wrong, and the sooner the bounty system
was abolished the better. Every citizen owes
bis services 10 the country that protects him
when il is IN danger, and no plan that has been
devised, so equitably distributes this service,
and equaizes the burthens as the drait.-Jack-
son Patriot.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-12-02
OLD BACHELORS.

Appleton's Cyclopedia contains the following
hint TO bachelors
" In the good old times il was considered un.
patriotic in a citizen 10 remain a bachelor al his
days BY the Spartan laws. those citizens who
remained bachelors after middle age, we're ex.
cluded from all Offices, civil aud military. At
certain feasts they were exposed to public de-
risi0n, and led around the market place. Altho'
generally speaking, age was usually respected at
Sparta, Yet this feeling was not manifested TO
old bachelors. Why should / make way for
YOU? said Spartan youth to gray headed old
bachelor who will never have a son TO do me
the same honor when am oldY The Roman
law pursued the same policy towards bachelors.
They had 10 pay extra aud special taxes, and un-
der Augustus a law was enacted by which bach
elors 81 ere made incapable Of acquiring legacies
aud devises Of real estate by bill except from
their near relatives. In canon law, bachelors
are enJoined TO marry, or TO protest chastity in
earnest by becoming monks"
Our government, AZ the present time, under
the conscrption act, compes bachelors TO 20 in
10 the army snd allows married men over thirty.
five TO stay al home. II seems to US that bach
elors are now and ever have been persecuted
set Of individuals. man nova DAYS has the
choice between committing matrimony aud go
ing into the army, in either case pretty sure of
rencounters, aud compelled to run great risks
For our part il is hard TO make choice, bat We
remember the old adage, between two evils
choose the least aud believe we prefer mus
ket= and cold lead in forty acre lot to broom
sticks and three legged stools in the close con-
hnes Of a small room.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-12-02

A WORD 10 MIcHIGAs COSGREssMRS We
desire to call the attention Of the Michigan dele
CATION in Congress 70 the matter Of the enlarge
rnent of the New York and Illinois canals pro-
posed over year since-in immediate c0nnec-
lion With the last scare concerning the Canadian
rebel plot. IL the light OF the recent explosion,
We may see how easily the lake cities might
be placed at the mercy Of an invader, provided
Canada was hostile instead Of friendly how easi.
ly England, IN case OF war with that power
breaking out suddenly and before We had time
10 prepare for defense, could destroy our lake
marine aud place cur border cities under con-
triDution.
The Importance Of enlarging the New York
and Lake Erie Canal, and OF the Illinois and Fox
River Canal, so that gunbOats can pass from the
Atlantic ocean into Lake Erie, and from the
Mississippi river into Lake Michigan, becomes
strkingy prominent and clear in the light Of
the recent scare. IL is great National mill
tarY necessity that may, at any moment,
become Of vital importance; and we trust that
our delegation in Congress will not forget their
duty in this matter a. Representatives and Sena-
tore from that border State which is most ex-
posed, and which has most at stake in the matter
Grand Rapids Eagle.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-12-02
JOSH nILLIvGs' ~EssA ON TIE MULE

The mule is half hoss aud half jackass and
then comes 10 a full stop, natur discovering her
mistake Tha weigh more ack0rdin TO their heft,
than enny other kreetcr, except a crow bar
Tha kant hear emmy quicker, nor further than the
boss, vet their ears are big enough for snow
shoes. You kant trust them with emmy one
whose life isn't worth more than the mules
The only wa TO keep them in the paster, is to
turn them into a medder jinin, and let them Jump
ost. Tha are reddy tor use just as soon as tha
will du TO absse. Tha haint got emmy more
friends than Chatham street Jew, aud will live
on huckelberry brush, with an okasional chase
after kanada thissel. Tha are a mOdurn in
venshun don't think the Bible deludes to
them at all. Tha sell for more money than enny
other domestic animale You kant tell their age
by looking into their mouth, emmy more than
YOU kould a Mexican cannOn's. Tina never had
no disease that club won't heel. If they ever
die, they must come right to life again, for
never heard nobody sa ded mule Ths are
ike some men, very korrupt at heart i've known
them to be good for months, jist 10 git a chance
to kick sumbody. / never owned one, nor new
er mean TO, unless there is United States Law
passed requirin it. The only reason why they
are psshunt, Is because they are ashamed ov
themselves. l have seen eddikated mules in
sirkus-th2 kould kick and bite tremeujis-
would not say what am forced to sa agin the
mule, if bis birth want an outrage, and he sini
to blame for it. Emmy man who is willing tc
drive a mule ought to be exempt by law from
runnin for the legislator. Tha are the strongest
creeturs on earth, and heaviest ackordin TO theil
size herd tell Nv one who fell oph from the
towpath on the kanawl, and sunk as soon as be
touched the bottom, but he kept rite or towir
the boat tn the next stashur, breathing through
his ears, which Was out ov water about 2 feet {
inches. i didn't see this, but an suchoneer tolC
me ov it, and never knew an auctioneer TO lie
unless be could make something out ov il.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-12-02
TIE BEwnCHED TERRIER
81 us AEkASsAw NIGHTINGALE

sam johnson Was = culurd mar,
Who lved down by the sea.
be owned a rat tan terrier
1lst stood bout one foot three.
Anl the Wy that Creature chaN el -p rats
Was Gorgeous fcr 70 see.
Ono DAY this lorg VS. siumberin'
Behind the kitchen stove,
When suddenly a wicked l-4-
ugly little cove
Commence upon Las faithful h-oA
VIII many jump O. rove
Then up arose that terrier,
With ffcnzy IL Lis eye.
And Nagchiu only long enough
IT, make telClil cry.
Commenced 90 tvs himself around
Al Alst wonderfully spry.
But all ~ vain his shape WAS sich-
- awful short Aul fat
That though De doubled up hissen,
Anu strained LlsseI al that,
His mouth was half an inch away
Frum where she varmiut sat
Tie tog SIT up an AWFUL ycwl
And twisted ike AL eel,
Emitting cries of msory
At every nip bed feel,
Anl tumblln down and Jumqil ~
And ruunn Ike a wheel
But stii that most autacious lCa
Kept Up a constant Chaw
Just where he couldn't De scratched out
By auy reach Ul paw,
And always hah an inch beyond
HIS victim su4ppn' Jaw.
sam Johnson heard the noise and came
To save lis Alimlle,
But when he see the critter spin
A barku al the while
He dreaded hilerfarbia
And then began 20 rile
- The pup is mad enough " said he.
And luggm' ID his axe,
Hs guy the rechii terrier
A pair Of awful cracks,
That stretched him out upon the floor,
A dead as carpet tacks.
MORAL.
Take warning by this terrier,
Now turned 70 slssige meat.
and when misfortune s lca shall come
Upon your back 10 eat.
Beware, OF you may die because
You can't make both ends meet
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-12-02
THERE Is no DEATH.

There Is no death The stars 60 down
To rise upon some fsrer shore,
And bright IN Heavens jeweled crown
They shine f0revermore-
There is no death The dust We tread
shall change beneath the summer bowers
To golden grain or mellow fruit,
Or rainbow tinted flowers.
The granite rocks disorgSnize
To feed the hungry moss they bear,
The forest leaves drink daily lifo
Prom out the viewless air.
There IS 30 death The leaves may fall,
The flowers may fade and pass away
They only wait through wintry hours,
The coming Of the Nay.
There is no death An angel form
Walks Ger the earth with silent tread,
He bears our best loved things away,
And then We call them " dead"
He leaves our hearts all des0late-
He piucks our fairest sweetest aowers,
Transplanted into bliss, they now
AdOrn immortal bowers
The bird like voice whose joyous tones
Made glad this scene Of sin and strife,
El1k5 DuW III ever LtstlAS -lAb
Amid the tree Of life.
And where He sees a smile too bright,
or heart too pure for taint and vice,
He bears It 70 that world Of light
To dwell in Paradise.
Born into that undying lie,
They leave Us but 10 come again,
With JOY We welcome theIn-the same
Except IN sin and pain
And ever near us, though unseen,
The dear immortal spirits tread;
For all the bOundless Universe
Is life-There are no dead.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-12-02

u rich farmers son who had been bred
at the University, coming home 70 visit his faith
er and mother, they having one night q couple
Of fowls for supper, be told them by logic and
arithmetic he could prove those two fowls to be
three. We'll, let us hear" said the old man.
"Wby this is one, said the scholar; "snd this, I"
he continued, " Is two; two and one, you know,
make three" Since you have made it out 50
vel" answered the old gentleman, your moth
er shall have the fret fowl, ! vii have the sec
ond, and the third you may keep yourself for
your great learning"
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-12-02
MAnRIAsE CrRrrncArEs NEcEssARr 70

AAAh4ASA NAhi i4FiNAAh9 -NASHSSAhA hOh
WIDOws' PENsIOSs.-It is especially important
just now that clergymen, in marrying a couple,
should not neglect to give a certificate Of the
marriage, or make a registration OF it. In the
case of the death Of soldier, the widow must
have certificate of marriage before she can re-
ceive pension. A New Jersey paper, in speak
ing Of this subject, as it respects that State,
says: Upon searching the records within the
past year for marriages, nearly half the unfortu-
nate widows have been turned away with the
remark The clergyman performing the cere-
mony has neglected TO comply with the law
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-12-02
A WORD ABOUT
AMERICAN WATCHES

After a thorough trial Of more than ten years, the
time pieces manufactured by the American Watch Co.,
Of wLtham, Mass, have gained hrm hold upon the
favor Of the public, and now, less than IS 900 OF
them speaking for themselves in the pockets Of the
people From very Insignificant beginning the business
has increased until justified in stating that WE
MAKE MORE THAN ONE HALF Of all the watches sold
n the United States. Repeated enlargement Of fac
tory buildings and the labor Of 500 operatives still
and unequal to supply the constantly increasing do
nand And We may here observe that notwithstanding
the high price Of labor and materials we actually sell
our products at less prices than i've years ago
refer 10 these facts only for the purpose Of proper
y Introducing another subject relative manufac
iare q watches Hitherto chief object has been to
make 0OOd watches for the million the lowest possible
pee-sOnething TO take the place OF the maksbelieve
watches called Azores - Lepines - English Patent
Levers &c, annually thrown upon this market, in
countless numbers, by European wOrkshops-watches
which the refuse Of their factories unsaleabs at
home and perfectly worthless everywhere.
his object we have accomplished, and now We have
announce, that we have commenced the manufacture
watches Of the very
HIGHEST GRADE KNOWN To CHRONONETRY
seeqaaed BY anything hitherto made BY ourselves and
unsurpassed BY anything made in the world For this
popose we have the amp.est facilities We have crea-
ed Al addition main buildings expressly for this
0nca Of our business and have filed il with the best
'OrKnen IN our service. Proatng BY long expert
soee, We have remOdied the form OF watches in
''01aeea such improvements have been suggested
- proved to be good from time time and have in
'a'ed new and severe tests OF isochronism, adjust
'sai and compensation. New machines and appliances
ave been constructed, which perform their work with
osamnAte delicaey and sxacttude, and the choicest
80 most approved materials only are used. Nothing
act wanting either in mechanical principles ma
salt
We eoniin1e 10 manafaeture our other well known
H--'ues under the following names:
" "APPLETOS, TRACY kC0."
"P. S. BARTLETT
And the Soldiers watch
"WM ELERY.u
me after the lowest priced watch we make is sub
-'N' reiAole time piece, eased in sterling silver
As pattern, and IS not liable to get out OF order
-. N marching or lighting All the above described
-'ehes i0sludng the sasss, which is named AsrrRI
nA1ca COHPAST,' are sold by watch dealers rener
-! throughout the country.
ROBBINS APPLETON
Agents for the American Watch Companv
tSlnside eowsn ,eo op-o.s---l - -
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-12-02

q young LADY, when asked 10 partake
Of the pudding replied: No. many thanks,
nv dear madam, by no manner Of means; / have
Already INDUCED the cismorous calls Of a craving
appetite, until a manifest sense Of fullness ad-
monishes ny stay ; my deficiency i. entirely and
satisfactorily satisfied"
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-12-02

~ little boy had colt and dog, and
his generosity was often tried by visitors asking
him, Just TO see what be would say, to give them
one or both Of bis pets. One day be told gen.
tlemsn present he might have bic colt, reserving
the dog much to the surprise OF bic mother,
who asked:
why, Sonny, why didn't you give him the
dog; ?"
Say nothing, say nothing, mother; when be
goes % get the colt III set the dog on him"
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-12-02

- Habits influence the character pretty
much as under-czrrene influence vessel; and
whether they speed Us On the way OF our wishes.
or retard our progress, their effect ia not the
less important because imperceptiole.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-12-02

e A Newspaper may be destroyed at night
It may light cigar; il may curl a lady's hair.
ALI only think of that, girls. An editors
thoughts, completely, sveetly, and exqBisitely
wreathed IN your rich tresses, snd-yesl nesting
down with you il your midnight slumbers, gent
ly 70 guard and peacefully keep watch over your
happy dreams.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-12-02

~ Mother. sometimes tie strings around the
fingers of their children 70 keep them from Tor.
getting We shall perhaps tie strings around
the necks OF toe rebel leaders, and they'l never
forget a. long as they live.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-12-02

A merchant lady advertising for clerk
''who could bear confinement" received an an
swer from one who had been seven years in jail.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-12-02

e An Irishnsn, illustrating the horrors of
solitary confinement, stated that QUITO one nun
dred persons sentenced 10 endure tins punisn-
ment for lifs, only fifteen survived Il.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-12-02

~ 4 Dutchman's heart-rending so,ioouy Is
described thus: "She lofes Shon Mickle 60 pet
ter rasI, peeanse be has cot kOople tolars more
as has"
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-12-02

= Why are hoops ike obstinate men' Be
csl-e thew often stand out about TRIES.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-12-02

A sOfin," said a. Irishman, is the
house man lives il when be ia dead
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-12-02

~ II the ant gives an example OF Industry,
II is much more than good many uneies 90.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-12-02

side they :aIe The next is very large class
Of men who, for precisely opposite reasons, some
how are opposed to the North ard in favor oi
the South; namely, those who have been accus-
toned TO make money, but find this interruptiDg
=ar has stopped their profits; and men that
want TO make money, but DO not, they are op-
posed to Is And between these two classes
lies al intermediate one OF men who are bewil-
derered and perplexed. aud see that business is
more or less affected, as it Is over the whole con-
tinent, by It's sympathetic relations with this con
tineut They say when will this war end; snd
as the offensive is on the Northern side, they
feel as though whenever the North viii stop az
gressing the South the war will stop. So in the
main they are against Us. 1t may be lowered
down TO this: that while there are very noble
exceptions here and there al through England
Inch that stand out of their class, above it and
against 1t, not speaking mpTehensivel y-the
commercial class OF England are against the North
and in favor of the South.
Mr. Beecher then spoke of the feeling of the
religious class aud the nobility, showing how and
Why both have in the main thrown their influ-
ence against the North and in favor Of the South
But Of Queen Victoria and the late Prince Con-
sort, he says:
1t is the impression throughout the realm that
the sovereign Of Great Britain has been from
the first our judicous but our steadfast friend
Ii is believed, and so represented 10 ME, that
her never rightly estimated consort was our fasi
friend, and that among the last acts of his life
were those which erased from documents presen-
ted to him sentences which would have inham-
ed the growing anger. lie died with the bles-
sing upon his head, Blessed are the peace-ma-
kers"
Of the present Administration he says
All through the British government, as at
present constituted land shall read you their
names by and by,) there are several that are
known to be warm and disnterested in regard
for the North, as there are others ia that gov
eminent who, it is known in Enghnd-at least it
was so represented 10 me by those who ought to
knOw-who would not hesitate to plunge the con
tinent into war for the sake Of dsrupting this
nation.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-12-02
FRUIT TREES
For Spring TransPIanting

HE UNDERSIGNED HAS AN
Il Agency from the Great Western Nursery Of Tole-
do Ohio for procuring contracts for trees shrubberv
&c, for the Spring Of tralspanting This Nurse
~ has the reputation OF supplying the best Fruit Trees
OF any similar Institution in the northwest and Is one
Of the llrgest and best conducted will canvass the
neighboring towns, far as able. 20 procure con
tracts those in Of any kind OF Trees or Shrubs
can call at my residence, II lansing where they
will nd Catalogues and descriptive lists from which
10 make their selections The trees will be delivered
promptly and good season and IN the best Of order
would refer 10 Messrs A. r. Burr. !. c Bailey J. "
shearer, Giilet, jr., H. lngersol. Grove Whitney
Lansing; Daniel sherman, Wscousta Mr Humphrey oi
Okemos 70 the quality OF the trees furnished from
this nursery 3 1 WILLIAMS
Lansing, Nov. 9, 1seS 546ms