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Year: 1863

The JUDICIAL TICKEr.-The Democratic
State Central Committee, at their late meet
ING in San Francisco, resolved to withdraw
the State Judicial ticket until after the gen
eral election. This action was taken to con-
form as nearly as possible to the spirit and
purpose of the amended Constitution, which
seeks to keep the election out OF the polti-
cal arena. The decision of the Committee
was a very wise one-and should be, and we
hope will be- adopted by the other party
They and we have equal interests in secur'
ing Judiciary as nearly as possible free
from any Of the taint or blenish inevitably
attaching to any man, no matter what his
adherent purity, who reaches the bench
through partizan machinery. The chief
merit of the amendments to the Constitu
ton is. that they provide for separation of
the judiciary from the political election
Those who hold the Constitution to be sub
ordinate to a party creed, should, from the
motives Of self interest, if from no hig her
consideration, DO all they can to carry out
the spirit of the Constitution in this respect;
hence we have reason to believe that the Re
publican party will concur with the Democ
racy in postponing the canvass for judges of
the Supreme Courts until the purely politi,
cal issues involved are disposed of by the
general eIection- CalaUeras Times.
Year: 1863




have always lived Democrat according
mncracy than mine


But al the present time new principals, new
measures. and new thoughts OF the future
must occupy our minds, rather than the bur-
led issues Of the past. The two years Just
gone by have taught Us great truths as a na-
tion- We have learned more in this than na-
tions OF old acquired in century To-day
with the enemy laundering al the gate of the
capital, the question arises, what car be done
to preserve the integrity Of the Union To
rescue the nation is the great duty of all pat
riots To do this We must unite with loyal
men everywhere The negro question must
not trouble as it Is dead issue OF the past.
No one need trouble themselves about thai.
And now about the habeas corpus. According
TO the Constitution it could be suspended on
ly when the safety of the county demanded
IT. That Is and ever shall be my motto.


By Dsmoeriic fTieads my peculiarly srcsl
tent Democratic friends a m4n high in Office
once thought Of snspending the hspess corpus.
Would yon like TO know the Circumstances.
1t was the occasion Of the conspiracy Of Aa-



ron Burr, ana the actor was Thomas Jefferson.
Once 1t was really suspended at New Orleans
and by whom Gen. Andrew Jackson. We
have rebellion on one side, aud an INVASION
10y Lee on the other, and i; the Constitution
ever Jusiihes the suspension OF this writ, II
would do so under our present circumstance.
When the war is over, viii 90 as far to pro-
tect those privileges any Democrats Nho
now stay al home and mock me. Ny Demo-
cratic friends, repeat it-pai down this re-
oeilion, and you won't hear anything about
the suspension Of the habeas corpus.


We hear great deal from the Democrats
about settling up this matter. | ask the
the question. shall We compromise to-day
Shall Breckenridge, with hands imbued with
the blood OF your brothers, come back and
take his seat in the Senate of the United
States Shall Wigfall come back and take
his place in the Laiis of \ atiouai Legislation
/ agree with my friends. they shall not ; and
IN closing l can only say that there is one
duty for US II in this hour of national peril
1t IS TO sustain the Government of the United
States When peace and reunited nation
comes again, then We can settle all our MI
nor ditierences.-Spesoh al Concord.
Year: 1863

After the joys Of earth.
After its songs and mirth,
After its hours of sight.
After its dreams so bright


What then
Only an empty name,
Only a weary frame.
Only q conscious smart.
Only an aching heart
After this empty name.
After this weary frame.
After this conscious smart.
After this aching heart


What them
Only a sad farewell
Only a world We loved too we'll:
Only a silent bed
With the forgotten dead.
After this sad farewell
To world we loved too we'll:
After this silent bed
With the forgotten dead


What them
Year: 1863

E- Soldiers in camp or on the field exposed to
changes Of the weather should have box Of
browns Bronchial Trochcs'' In the pocket, in
readiness upou the first appearance OF Cold.
Cough OF Sore Throat, which they are sure to re.
linn
Year: 1863




An Indiana soldier in Nashville, Ten
nessee, writing to his family in Indian
apolis, after des bing the S. to be
seen there, says:


"On my way to camp l came upon
very large house, before which a guard
was standing. | inquired what was go
ing on there. He said the building was
the penitentiary, and that it was full of
rebel prisoners. He told me to walk in
if / desired to, which l did. The first
salutation | received was from rebel
prisoner, who said: How are you, Yam
kee? paid no attention to him. Pres
emily he said How are you, soldierY
and commenced talking to me. He in
formed me that there was no use to fight
any longer-admitted that they could
not whip us, and asserted that we could
not whip them. He said that the rebels
were tired Of this war, and believed
there would be no more fighting for the
North had asked for an armistice. and
that, in the meantime, the difficulties
would be settled by compromise.


Il came to camp, and have been
thinking over what the rebels said to me
about the armistice and compromise. |
cannot see, for my life, what the North
wants OF an armistice at this time, when
everything seems to be in our favor. The
rebels acknowledge that they can't stand
the pressure that the Union army is
making upon them. The men are de-
Sertlng by fifties and hundreds at time
and coming to our lines to give them
selves up almost every day. They all
tell the same story, too, of destitution,
Encouragement and decentralization. Al
ter studying the matter over awhile. and
looking little deeper into it, | have
come to the conclusion that their own
friends at the North have been making
these propositions to them and not our
Government. The Northern rebels know
their own condition, but are too big cow
ards to come out boldly and fight for |
their principles; so they take this sneak
ing way to thwart the Government. am
not willing to yield to the rebels in this |
way | hated to leave my family and |
home as much as anybody, and under no |
circumstances on earth would l have
done so but for putting down this rebel
hon now and forever, and restoring the
of the Government. The |
traitor who will remain at home and con-
coct plans to betray us into the hands of
the miserable scoundrels we are fight
ing, ought not to go unpunished. | don't
think Parson Brownlows place way |
down below half hot enough for them;
1t ought TO be heated seven times hotter
for their reception than for ordinary
sinners. am out of all patience with
Year: 1863

alton and degradation of the citizens of
the States remaining in the Union, let us
b d the time when they may come to
their senses. To our minds it is certain
that dlsunion and permanent peace are
utterl y incompatible.
Year: 1863

and its attendant train Of symptoms, IL acts more like
charm than a medicine. There is nothing in the whole
range of the Maeria Medca that for moment bear
a comparison with il in this disease.


full account II this wonderful plant be- found In
the eleventh edition Of the u 3 Dspensatoy pages 1887
aud 1885,


series Of experiments, in which DIR. Bull has been
for years engaged has been brought successful
termination, and h. is enabled TO offer TO the public
combnatian of Cedron with other improved toncs the
whole preserved in the best quality of copper distilled
Bourbon whisky which Re confident has equal in
the world.


He mis- hit furnish volume of certificates but the pub
lie have long since learned to estimate such things at
their value The safest plan Is for every to test
for himself the virtues of a new medicine Give the
Year: 1863

From DR.. Theodore Bell, Of Ne,c York City.
Not only are your Pills admirably adaptedt to their
purpose as an aperient, but i find their beneficial
effects upon the Liver very marked indeed. They
have in my prBctice proved more effectnal for the
cure of bilious complaints than any one remedy
can mention 1 sincerely rejoice thdt we have at
length purgative which is worthy the confidence of
the profession and the people " ." ''''''
Year: 1863




p. A friend OF soldier who was suf-
foring from wound that may c,use him
to be a cripple for life, the other day said
to him:


well, Ton do you feel like gong back
into the army when you shall have recov-
cred from the effect of your wound ;,


The soldier thought a moment and then
replied


mo l believe not unless | could 60 back
either as an officer or a niger,


s@~ If stupid fellow is going up for
competitive examination, why should he
study the letter Pl Becu Sc it cin mako
even an ass Pass


I0~ you want your neighbors to know
"who you are,' give party and don't
\ nyitc the folks "who live next door"
Year: 1863

Those who neglect these six per cent
bonds the Interest and Principal of which
they will get in gold, may have occasion
to regret it. am, very truly, your friend


Jay Cooke,


Snhscrntinn Anent
Year: 1863

the homes of the border, IRE here can little
comprehend, are the results Of General
schofeld's pro~s1avery malignity:


The end is not yet. Kansas men are
not casily dishcartened, and they will take
deep and terrible vengeance on the rebel
prowlers. The act Of Quantrel has fixed
in that Department the limit Of the subser-
vicncy Of military rule to Coppcrheadism.
Hereafter, matters will begin 10 mend. 1t
will be seen that there are worse men in
the border than those who strike hard
blows for Liberty. It viii be seen that
there can be no worse man in military
command than he who read, lis duty, to
eayc Slavery first and the Union later.
Kansas did not need this bitter lesson, but
it will bear fruit for other portions Of the
Department in which this very tragedy
has been these months past preparing.
Year: 1863

House OF Delegates OF Virginia, Sit


ting at Wheeling Va.


Editors LntelligcHcer:


1t might be supposed from the number
of petitions sent to the Legislature agains,
the extension of the stay law, that the SEN
timent for aud against the measure was
pretty nearly balanced throughout the coun-
try, but such is far from being the fact
II the Legislature could but see for them
selves the movers and leaders against the
extension of this lAw-I mean if they could
know who they are aud ut what cost and
trouble they are putting themselves to, to
effect their object, and what meagre part
of tue community they comprise as far as
numbers are concerned-they certainly
would know how to act, and that quickly.
Almost every merchant in the towns and
at every cross road have their petitions
spread upon their counters, and all who
come within their influence are strongly
solicited to sign them, and if tho person
asked happens to be in debt to the mer-
chant dollar or two he will feel himself
under obligations to the merchant, when
at the same time he feels in his heart that
if this law is not extended he is bound 10
6eruined. Again we see the clerks and 9th
crs having interest in the banks Of the
country which your honorable bodies still
suffers to remain in state of suspension.
moving as it were heaven and earth to con-
summate their efforts, some times not open.
ly and above board AS men ought to act,
but slipping around in the night time solic-
iting names to their petitions, showing that
they are doing that which they would be
ashamed OF in the ltghtof day. Nor IS this
all. Ride around through the country and
you will find country cattle dealers aDd
grain dealers who have become a little
forehanded from speculations in these
articles, COTTON of their, poorer neighbor
through the agency of constables and sher-
IFS, who disposed of them under the ham,
mer. They too nre freighted with petitions,
and are now making it their business to
hunt up all their kith and kin, and those
tarrcd with the same stick as themselves, to
sign their papers, that they,may inaugurate
the good old times, when the last corn or
next to the last, would be sold from an al
most furnishing family.


These, gentlemen, are notpictures of-fan-
cy. The most Of you know some of these
facts at least to bs true, aud that the ma
jority of the petitions sent to your honora-
BILE body are COTTON up in this very way
Does such course represent the wishes OF
a majority of the masses. Far from it. "a


To make this matter appear in palmer
light, if possible,-Who, ask, are opposing
the extension of this lRw2 Is it not the
wealthy, the monied men of the country,
tue lawyer, the sheriff, the constable and
Year: 1863

There are many preparations sold under tn, name
Of Bltters put up IN quart bottle compounded OF the
cheapest "hIskey or common costing from 20 10
40 cents per gallon the taste disguised by AnIse or
Coriander Seed. This class Of BtIers ha. caused ant
will conIinue to cause long as they can be sold
hundreds to die the death ofihe drunkard Bv their
use the system is kept constantly under the influence
OF alcShoIc stmulanIs Of the worst kind the Il SIRE
TOR liquor Is created and kept up and The result Is all
the horrors attendant upon drunkard life and DEATH


Fyr those who desire and will have O Liquor Bit
ters'~ We publish the following receipt Got one bot
lie oil Hs9td"d GeTndn Bnters and miX with three
qnarts OF good Brandey or Whiskey. anu the result
will be preparation that with far excel in medical
virtues and true excellence any Of the numerous Ii
quor Blters IN the market. aud will cost much less
You will have all the virtues Of HooGanda Bte,S m
connection with good article of Liquor. at i much
less price than these inferior prelsrations will cost
Year: 1863

1T IS CONTEMPLATED TO RESUME THE PUBLI-
early day. under the patronage of the Con-
ference and under the direction and ownership of joint
stock Company composed of ministers and aymen to
cure its peTmanency.


Ii will be its name imports CHRISTIAN AdcOcdte. 1t
will sustain and defend the doctrines and discipline of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. South and labor to advance
Chrss Kingdom earth and promote peace and good
will among all men.


Besides its earnest religious character it shall be ad-
vOcate of the moral educational and industrial progress of
North Carolina welcome viSiter to every fdy and to
the camps of brave soldiers and faithful chronicler
of what may useful and interesting and of the current
-


All our travelling and local ministers and the stockhold
ers af the Company, specially requested to act as
Agents for the paper. .


The old subscribers of the AdDocate will be supplied with
the eg series the full amount due them at the time of
s sspeusion but as the mail books not in the posses
sion of the Editor he must rely upon the old subscribers
themselves and the Agents. to furnish him with their
names and post offices and the amount due them.


The Advocate will be well printed on good paper and will
contain an amount reading matter equal to any paper in
the State. ~.


During the continuance of prices the subscription
price will be 50 per annum, always in advance


Agents who send us ten more subscribers and
the Cash will be entitled to copy of the paper tor one
year desirable that larg list be sent in at once


Address VIM. E. PELL, Editor.


RaIs;oh N n Ian 1888 2-tf


sg- Ali former exchanges will confer favor oy
giving the above two or three INSERTIONS
Year: 1863

How TO TAKE CARE OF THE HAIR.-AS to men,
We saw when the hair begins to fall out, the best
nI.n is to have it cut short, give it good brushing
with moderately stiff brush while the hair Is dry,
then wash it well with warm soap sudS, then rub
INFO the scalp about the roots of the har, little
bav rum, brandy, or camphor water. Do these
things twice a month-the brushing of the seal
NAV be proftably done twice week. Damp the
hair with water every time the toilet is made
Nothing ever made is better for the hair than pure
soft water if the scalp is kept clean in the way we
have named.


The use of oils, of pomatums or grease OF any
kind, is runouS to the hair of man or woman We
consider it filthy practice, almost universal though
it be- for it gathers dust and dirt and soils wherever
it touches. Nothing but pure soft water should be
allowed on the heads of children. 1t is different
practice that rohs our women of their most beauti
iu ornament, long before their prime; the hair OF
our daughters should be kept within two inches
until their twelfth year.-HaEs JOurnaLo Of Health.
Year: 1863

EFFECT OF WAR ON HUMAN STATURE.-Dr. Bell
says that if the of war be long entailed on
nation, the physical energies of people may sutfr
by the loss of its finest population to such degree
that the succeeding generation will fall short of Its
standard stature, as was the case with the French
youth drafted for the army after the general peace
Thus in 1926 out of one Million thirtythree thou
sand four hundred and twenty-five young men
drafted to serve in the army, three hundred and
eighty Thousand two hundred and thirteen were
Sent back because they fell short of even the di-
mlnutiye stature of four feet ten inches French
Year: 1863

if 1t is white, with slightly yellowish or straw
eolored tint, buy it. If it is very white, with
blush cast with black specks in it, refuse 1t
Second, examine its adhesiveneSs; wet and Enead
little of it between your fingers; if it works soft
and sticky, it is poor Third, throw little lump
Of dry -four against dry, smooth, perpendicular
surface; if it falls like POWDER it is bad. Fourth,
squeeze of the -four in your hands, if it retains
the shape given by the pressue that, too, is good
sign. Flour that will stand all these tests it is safe
to buy. These modes are given by old -four deal
ers and they pertain to matter that concerns every
body, namely the staff of life.
Year: 1863

"Do you see this lock of hair ?' said
an old man to me.


eyes; but what of it? It is, | sup.
pose, curl from the head of dear child
long since gone to God"


"It is not. 1t is lock of my own
hair; and it is nearly seventy years since
it was cut from this head"


"But why do you prize lock of your
hair SO much ?'


cit has story to it and strange one.
[ keep it thus with care because it speaks
to me of God and of His special care,
more than anything else [ possess.


81 was little child of four years old,
with long, curly locks, which in sun, rain
or wind hung down my cheeks uncovered.
One day, niy father went into the woods
to cut upon a log, and I went with him,
and watched with interest the strokes of
the heavy axe, as it went up and down
upon the wood, sending off splinters in
all directions with every stroke. Some of
the splinters fell at my feet, and I eager
ly stopped to pick them up. In doing SO
| stumbled forward, and in moment my
curly head lay upon the log.


81 had fallen just at the moment when
the axe was coming down with all its
force. 1t was too late to stop the blow.
Down came the axe. I screamed, and
my father fell to the ground in terror.
He could not stay the stroke, and in the
blindness which the sudden horror had
caused, he thought he had killed his boy.
We soon recovered-I. from my fright
and he from his terror. He caught me
in his arms, and looked at me from head
to foot, to find out the deadly wound
which he was sure he had inflicted. Not
u drop of blood nor scar was to be seen.
He knelt upon the grass and gave thanks
to gracious God. Having done SO, he
took up his axe and found few hairs
upon the edge. He turned to the log he
had been cutting, and there was single
curl of his boys hair sharply cut through
and laid upon the wood How great the
escape! Tt was as if an angel had turned
aside the edge at the moment it was de-
scending on my head. With renewed
thanks upon his lips, he took up the curl
and went home with me IN his arms.


"The lock be kept all his days as a me-
mortal of Gods care and love. That
lock he left to me on his death-bed.'
Year: 1863

know that l was human being, and al
such was entitled to humane treatment
that such thing as refusing a prisoner +.
Bible was unknown to any civilized com
munity. His answer was that he was uo
permitted, under his orders, to let me
have one.


had great reason to be thankful that
my sons visit gave me an opportunity to
see the commandant, for from that time,
although h kept in solitary confinement, my
condition was made more comfortable
A better mattress was put on my bed, oc-
caslonally raw onion or a tomato was
added to my dinner, and twice, | believe,
some picked beets were sent me from the
cook-room.


My son was compelled to visit
Washington city, and obtain from the
Secretary of the War an order that effect.
before he could see me, AS soon as he
learned how | had been treated, he return
ed Immediately to Washington, and, with
the assistance of very kind friend, pro-
cured an order from Secretary Stanton for
my release from solitary confinement, and
that [ should have all the privileges ac-
corded to other prisoners. And thus, af-
ter twenty-five days of the loathsome and
worse than heathenish treatment, my dun
geon door was unlocked, aud | was per-
mitted to hold intercourse with my fellow
prisoners.


Such, my friends, is plain statement
of the manner of my arrest, and the treat
ment | received during the twenty-five
days of my solitary confinement. If it
affords any qualification to those Republi-
cans who caused my arrest, they are well
come to it. Their time will come some
day. "The end is not YETI