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Year: 1865

TERRIFIC BoNrAEDMEsr OF FORT fIsHER


AT Ave o'clock this afternoon the iron-cad column
reinforced by the heavy frgates, opened most terrific
and CALLING bombardment upon Fort Fisher which lasted
until dark The fort Immediately sIlenced, and did
again open during tho bombardment The scene was
indeed sublime ono, and, IL may be safely said was
never perhaps, paraeled In the annals Of ancient
modern naval warfare The Union shell rained upon the
Sort increasingly from the broadsdes which the neet
poured in with perfect range and appalling rapidity Dur
ing all this Tins the long column Of troops marching
useady and brsky down the beach towards the fort,
sstening the dreadful sounds that saluted


mortal ear and witnessing the effects Of the most hsllish
ongney invoked 10 subservc the dread purposes OF
Il was truly grand illustration Of the daring and
resolution Of an important arm Of the public defence
when that arm rises promptly and unselashy 70 the


broad level OF s capacity and duty Night alone put
posiod 20 tho absorbing spectacle.
Year: 1865

HARvEaTEEs.-The return home Of so
many soldiers inst at harvest time, to con
siderable extent supplies the scarcity Of
labor which has cost the farmers such high
prices for labor for two or three years,
and the following from the JaDesvilIe Ga
@e'tc is equally true here:


"Qaite number IF men have been
hanging around the corners Of the
streets fora few days past waiting for
some one to LIre them in the harvest field.
If they are expecting the high prices of
some former years, the seats of their
tI0wsers will get thin before they strike a
lob"
Year: 1865

~ It is Iumorel about town that a
young man was killed some time last
week on tie Calumet road, BY a wagon
running over him. After scme effort, we
could not learn the name, or the truth Ct
the story. Bat loss Of life is so common
that very little attention is paid to j. now
a>days.
Year: 1865

The Postofice Department has shown a
desire to meet the wants of the business pub-
lie by the issue of two new varieties of the
stamped envelopes, viz: The ordinary letter
size, with double rate, six cent. stamp. and
the official size bearing the single rate, three
cent stamp. Heretofore in sending letter
weighing half an ounce or more in the letter
size Government envelope it has been neces-
sary to use an adhesive stamp to paw the az.
cess OF postage, thus disfguring the appear
ance of the envelope and causing an increase
OF labor in the work of cancellation. So in
regard to the official size stamped envelopes,
with an enclosure of less weight than. a. half
ounce the use of the stamped envelope ne
cessItated loss of one rate of postage Both
OF these lnconveniences are obviated by the
issue of the new envelopes, which will soon
be for sale at theprincipal postofices through
out the country. The envelopes are of neat
appearance, having the embossed stamps in 4,
the usual form the color of that of the letter
size being purple and that of the official size
chocolate
Year: 1865

In consequence Of the length Of the
business report Of the Convention, we
are unable to give, this week, as we de-
signed, a full report Of the speeches
made oy the various orators at the even
ing sessions. Our next paper will con-
tain a full report thereof.
Year: 1865

How many beautiful actions are daily
overlooked by us, because they are so
little and so common. Take, for in
stance, the mother, who has had broken
slumber, if any at all, with the nursing
babe, whose wants must not be disregard
ed; she would lie and sleep awhile; when
the breakfast hour comes. patiently and
uncomplainingly she takes her timely seat
at the table The exhausted and weary,
she serves all with the refreshing cup of
coffee or tea before she sips herself; and
often the cup is handed to her to be refill
ed before she has had time to taste her
own. Do you hear her complain, this
weary mother, that her breakfast is cold
before she has time to eat it? And this
is not for one, but every morning perhaps
for year Do you call this a small
thing? Try it and seel Oh, how does
woman shame US by her forbearance and
fortitude in what are wFongfully called
little things. All, it is these little things
which are the tests of character; it is by
these little self-denials, borne with such
self forgotten gentleness, that the humblest
home is made beautiful to the eyes of
angels, though we may fail to see it, alas! till
the chair is vacant, and the hand which
kept in orderly motion all this domestic
machinery is powerless and cold.
Year: 1865

The power of discovering comic
point, of appreciating humorous hit,
and enjoying the fun of droll positi on,
is gift not to be despised 1t IS not a
vain, silly or unbecoming thing, as some
moping owls and grave dullards suppose.
It is, indeed, like all human faculties,
liable to abuse. and capable of being per.
verted to evil; but it is essentially good
gift, and ought to be turned to the good
account of which it is susceptible, and to
manifest itself in the increase of the
cheerfulness, the happiness, and the affec-
ton of social and family life.


We might go further. We might say,
and adduce much evidence to support
the proposition, that as humor is discern
ed only by those who can, to any extent
catch the feeling and spirit of humor is
one phrase or department of sympathy,
and thus the springs of mirthfulness and
kindness is not far distant; and many a
home, amid the alternations of joy and sor-
row that brighten or darken the course
of life, has found an ever-fresh gladness
in the comic vein and jocund humor of
some mirthful member of the family
Many of the best men we have ever
known-the best in the highest sense of
the term-with the best heads and hearts,
have been men who thoroughly apprecia-
ted and highly enjoyed true humor.


North British ReUielo.
Year: 1865

Blessed be the hand that prepares a
pleasure for child, for there is no say
ing when and where it may again bloom
forth Does not almost everybody re-
member some kind-hearted man, who
showed him kindness in the dulcet days
of his childhood? The writer of this
recollects himself at this moment, bare
footed lad, standing at the wooden fence
of poor little garden in his native viii
lage, while with longing eyes he gazed on
the flowers which were blooming there
quietly in the brightness of Sabbath
morning. The possessor. came forth from
his little cottage; he was wood cutter by
trade, andesp the whole week at work
in the woods. He had come into the
garden to gather flowers to stick in his
coat when he went to church. He saw
the boy, and breaking off the most beau
tiful of his carnatiens-it was streaked
with red and white-he gave it to him.
Neither the giver nor the receiver spoke
a word, and with bounding steps the boy
ran home. And now here, at a vast dis
tanee from that home. after so many
events of so many years, the feeling of
gratitude, which agitated the breast of
that boy, expresses itself on paper. The
carnation has long since faded, butit now
blooms Douglas Jerrotd.
Year: 1865

Reading the editorials of Copperhead
newspapers, and listening to the talk of
Copperhead politicians, now days, one is
positively driven, sometimes, in bewild-
cred state of mind, to ask himself, who
elected Andrew johnson? Whose can
didate was he Where was he nominated,
at Baltimore or Chicago And on which
happen to be that he was carried into the
Vice Presidential Chair? The history of
the election of the "boorish tailor" of
Tennessee seems to be getting much mix
ed, and somewhere or other there is an
extraordinary confusion of memory pre-
vailing. Not many days ago a good Union
friend of ours happened to meet certain
distinguished Copperhead Democrat, when
the following conversation ensued


Copperhead-Well, how do you like
Andy. J ohnson


Union Man-First rate He is doing


Copperhead-Ha! Ha! You are com
ing oUer to as, are yOu2


Our friend retired in condition of
dumb astonishment.


For time, we were inclined to attribute
this cool Copperhead appropriation of
Andy johnson, the "boor," the brute
and the "sot, to unmitigated impudence.
But latterly we have come to a different





cleptomania, and the wretched unfortu-
mates who are afflicted with it cannot
rightly be held accountable for their au-
dacious performances. They have so eat
en- of the insane root during the last four
years that their political wits are hopeless
| ly lost the shock of the downfall of the
rebellion has made an utter wreck of
their memory, and they have actually
persuaded themselves, as we are satisfied,
that they really are the original authors
and owners Of the administration and
policy of Andy johnson. There is no
other hypothesis that will account for the
phenomena of the case. The impudence
requisite for explaining them otherwise is
simply inconceivable


President Lincoln offered an amnesty
to the rebels, excepting seven classes from
the terms of its pardon These men were
furious at its exasperating harshness.-
| President johnson offers an amnesty ex-
Guiding the same seven classes and add
ing seven classes more to its prescriptiye
| list These men are at once delighted
with its generosity, and claim it as the
exact adoption of their idea. Will any
thing but insanity account for that p?
| President Lincoln put in operation the
machinery for the reconstruction of three
States-Tennessee Louisiana, and Ar
kansas-by the vote of loyal citizens un-
der the test of the amnesty oath. These
men went into ecstaeies of rage at the
''unconstitutionality of the proceeding
and voted solidly against the recognition
of the reconstructed States by Congress
President johnson continues in opera
ton the same identical machinery, as left
to his hand by his predecessor, and these
men are suddenly wonder struck with the
tHDemocratic" and Conservative excel.
lence of its principles Is anything hui
| lunacy supposable in this?


No, no. IF there ever was a clear case
of mania in the world, it is furnished ir
the instances of these wretched Copper
heads who caper with silly shouting aboui
President johnson. and pitifully fancy
ton. We must deal kindly with the poor
unfortunates.-BMfaLo Express.
Year: 1865

The excessive use of cold water during
the sweItering heat Of the dog days" Of
summer often results in serious and
alarming illness. 1t is therefore advisa-
bic that some beverage should be substi-
tuted for it, Of which those oppressed
can partake with safety. For this pur-
pose, we are aware of no better or more
refreshing drink than the following:


Take Of the best white Jamaica root
carefully bruised, two ounces; cream of
tartar, one ounce; water, six quarts, to be
boiled for about five minutes, then etrain-
ed; to the strained liquor add one pound
of sugar, and again place it over the fire;
keep it well stirred till the sugar is per-
fectly dissolved, and then pour into an
iearthen vessel, into which you have pre-
viously put two drachms of tartaric acid,
and the rind Of one lemon, and let in re-
main till the heat is reduced to a luke
warm temperature; then add table,
spoonful of yeast, stirring them well to-
gether, and bottle for use. The corks
must be we'll secured The drink win
be in high perfection in four or five days.
This is very refreshing and wholesome
beverage. and one which may be largely
partaken of without any unpleasant re-
suits, even in the hottest weather.
Year: 1865

Desert not your friend in danger and
distress. Too many there are IN the
world whose attachment to those they
call friends is confined to the day of pros
perity. As long as that continues, they
are, or appear to be, affectionate and cor
dial. But as soon as their friend is un-
der cloud, they begin to withdraw and
separate their interests from his, In
friendship of this sort, the heart has as
suredly never had much concern. For
the great test of true friendship is con-
stancy in the hour of danger adherence
in the season of distress. When your
friend is illuminated, then is the time,
openly and boldly, to espouse his cause.
When his situation is changed, or mis-
fortunes are fast gathering around him,
then is the time for affording prompt and
jealous aid. When sickness or infrm-
ity occasions him to be neglected by 9TH
ers, that Is the opportunity which every
real friend will seize of redoubling all
the aHeetianate attention which love sug-
gests. These are the Important duties,
the sacred claims of friendship, religion
and virtue enforce on every worthy mind.
To show yourself warm in this manner
in the cause of your friend, commands
esteem, even in those who have personal
interests in opposing him This honora-
Bile zeal of friendship has, every age, at
tracted the veneration of mankind. 1t
has consecrated to the latest posterity the
names of those who have given up their
fortunes and have exposed their lives In
behalf of the friends whom they loved
while ignominy and disgrace have ever
been the portion of those who deserted
their friends in the hour of distress.
Year: 1865

WHERE IS THE GOLD AND SILvER?-A good
many people are very much alarmed about the
finances Of the country, and fear that because
they do not see gold and silver in daily circu|a-
tion as they used to, it has all gone out Of the
country. Such people would be surprised If
they could look into few of the private
boards to say nothing Of the public receptac'es
of ths country, and see the nice little sums
laid by against time of need. all OF which
will come into circulation again in an amazingly
!. short space of time, as soon as financial
matters become more settled.
Year: 1865

There certain localities Ia North Carolina and
doubtless In all the States where every evil influence s
brought to bear upon noble soldiers and TO which
evidently owing mainly, many OF the desertions that
weaken our cause and disgrace the deserers their
famllies An officer at home account Of severe
wound received In battle speaking Of this days
ago and told In Office that the best and cheerful
soldiers returned gloomy and DISCONTINUED camp after
furlough. He said thai In demonstrating with one OF
his men, an acquaintance from his county, he had
succeeded In dispelling his gloom, when the apollo
gized for IT, remarkng that the fact s that III JEFF Davis
were 70 10 the settlement aud stay three weeks
he too would desert
Year: 1865




The Maryland Legislature, in the Of tho contested
Judicial election In Baltimore county has declared the
election OF Mr. the Once OF Judge OF the Eighth
Circuit Court null and void, and that he Is disqualified
under the constitution by OF dsoyaity, he
having been member Of military organization TO
sist the authority OF the United States at the
mani Of the rabeIlIon. A election Il ordered.
Year: 1865

BY order cs General Fry, commanding mt Augusta Ca
General Johnsons appeal TO his soldiers, and General
Lees amnesty order have been printed and circulated
broadcast the country where newspapers do not
reach in that department The effect Is visible in the
pass through Augusta.
Year: 1865

consider o. such changes In the Law a slavery


~ shall make that institution perform It's full share Of
Me national defence and from element OF weakness
eonsert II into ono Of strength This law not only
with that strong opposition incident and natural to vio


lent resisaAce but the discussion INDUCED in after It's
necessity was established and s asage certain was
and render fruttlees. We hope that the patriotic
shareholders will not by indifference Of property
permit the law 70 prove Of value but that they viii
eonscisnousy set wer to induce their slaves 70 vol
unteer and send forthwith 70 the army their quota OF
ssvea Many Of the best ofcers anxious 70 obtain
command Of negro regiments and many OF the
regiments are willing 70 receive negro companies. Gen
era Lee has urged the measure Congress has tho
act; the success or failure rests with the people.
Year: 1865

Governor Brown sent special message TO the Lessla
ture expressing his qualification that with him
In almost everything recommended In his late message,
except convention He fears the people may In future
imperatvcly demand convention at time less favora
BILE calm debeaon and the selection Of delegates of
known patriotism and loyalty. But while may differ
TO the best of correcting abuses admitted by
all to exist is the dnty Of every patriot TO do all In his
power 10 I'LL up strengthen and sustain gallant
armies and provide for the comforts Of the families Of
soldiers He recommends the passage OF law to
compel all civil officers who exempt TO faithfully and
congratnlates the Legislature country and army the
restoration Of General Johnston; appeals to Georglans
as Asme and in the field, while they demand the
ton or abuses and maintain the landmarks Of liberty to
permit proud banner 70 trail in the dust
to suffer- but strike with heroic valor in the
thickest Of tho aght till freedom and constitutional lib
ertV be firmly established
Year: 1865

YIRsr PARADE OF NEGRO TROOPS IN RIcHNoND


From the Richmond Sentinel March "a.


The announcement in the morning papers, that two
companies Of negro troops would parade In the after
noon attracted great multitude Of ladies' military men,
the square between four and Eve o'clock yesterday
witness the novel spectacle Tho streets In the vicinity
were also crowded with darkies


Az hakpa four O'Clock tho battalion. composed Of
three companies Of white convaescents from the hos
pta camps Winder and Jackson and two companies cf
marched down Main street under the command Of Maor
Charmbss brass band proceeded the battalion playing
Dixie" and other patriotic airs. The sidewalks were
lined with spectators Turning up Governor street. the
column marched TO the square. Az they entered the
square there was q rush from all quarters 70
wards the gate and leading thereto everybody
seeming intent upon satisfying tho promptngs OF curl
osity ct the earliest possible moment. The boys, who
regarded the whole affair sort Of froc cheered and
yelled very furously and aocether the presented
was quite remarkable and almost ludcrous Tho column
nled TO the right halted and faced towards the Capitol
the windows Of which were filed with ladies' After the
troops rested they reviewed by several officers
and then put through the manual OF arms.
messed the drill but those who did generally ooncsrrsd
In the opinion that Sambo could be taught TO handle
gun as well hoe The parade lasted but short time
In about half hour the order given to fright
face" and the battalion marched out OF the gate
Of the square and returned 70 their quarters The boys


This turnout was rather premature The negroes
clad In heterogeneous garb instead Of the uniform which
invests the position OF soldier with its chief attraction
sui the people wanted to see specimen OF the Corps
d'Aftqus and they gratfed. At the next parade
the negroes should be uniformed and well drilled


From the Richmond Enquirer, March 23l


The appearance of the battalion of colored troops
the square yesterday afternoon attracted thousands of
citizens to the spot, all eager to catch glimpse Of
the sable soldiers The bearing OF the negro elected
universal commcndation. While the square they went
through the manual Of arms in manner which would
have done credit TO veteran soldiers while evolutons Of
line executed with prompness and precision. Az
recognition Of their promptness forming the first bat
TALON Of coored troops In the coneaeracy it suggest
ed TO the ladies Of Richmond the popriety Of present ng
the battalion with appropriate banner.
Year: 1865

When book learning was rare, and tho
greatest and wisest sovereigus, such as
Charlemagne and William the Copquerer
could do more than make a mark as
an autograph that now would shame
common peasant, the possession Of knowl-
edge gave an important position to a man,
aud granted him many immunites hence
was derived 'the benefit of clergy as
plea against the punishment of crime and
the scraps Of Latin a criminal was some
times taught to repeat, was termed his
meek. verse as it saved him from hang
ing. The printing press put all these no.
tions aside, and very general spread of
kno wledge broke down the exclusiveness
of mon astic life altogether. Books null
tiplied abundantly and produced active
thinking. The laborious process Of pro-
duciug them by handwriting had gOno
forever, and we take leave of this subject
with representation of the working table
of a scribe, contemporary with the 'iven-
tion Of printing. The pages upon which
he is at work lie upon the slopiug desk;
OH the fat table above he has struck his
pcnknife the pens lie on the staudish III
front Of him. Bottles for ink of both COL
ors are seen, and an hour-glass 10 give
him due note oftime, A pair Of scissors
and case for glass to assist his eyes,
are on the right side, This interesting
group is copied from a picture in the gal
lery of the Musco Borbonico, at Naples.
Year: 1865

If the poor house has any terror for you
never buy what you don't need. Before
you pay three cents for a jewsbarp, my
boy, ascertain whether you cannot mako
just as pleasant noise by whislipg, for
nature furnishes the machinery. And be-
fore you pay fifteen dollars for figured
vest, young man, find out whether your
lady love would not be Just as glad TO see
you in plain one-that costs hafth mon
ey. If she would not, let her crack her
own walnuts, and buy her own clothes
When you see man paying five dollars
for Frcnchifed toy, that philosopbic
Yankee baby will pull to bits in FIVE miu-
utes, the chances are FIVE to one that he II
live long enough to realize how many
cents there are in dollar, and ifhe don t
he's pretty sure to bequeath that privilege
to his widow. When q man asks you to
buy that for which you have no use no
matter how cheap it is, don't say "until
you are sure that some ono else wants it
at an advance. Money burns in some
folks pockets, and make such pesky hole,
that everything that is put in drops tbro'
past finding.
Year: 1865

Councillor Codex and Sergeant Pleas,
who had been opposed to each other in a
case Of considerable interest, left the court
arm in arm to take beefsteak together as
the "gridron,"


"You made out your case we'll, broth
er," said Codex; sand it was no easy
matter"


My dear sir" replied Sergeant Pleas,
"I am never in better feather than when
have to prove that Giack is white"


swell" said Codex, 81 will give you a
knotty case for your ingenuity, Prove
TO me that that vile blackleg Thomas, who
swiudled you out of hundred pounds the
last Derby Day, is the best man in her
majesty's dominions.


THAT is easily done" said Sergeant
Pleas ''fOr, however good any other man
may be, no one will deny that a blackleg
is sure to be letter."