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Year: 1864

SroNING A BEAR OUT OF THE ROAD.
The Bangor Fhig says that one night
last week, as the stage from Calais was
passing along beyond Aurora, big bear
was discovered sitting very composedly in
the middle of the road and as he declined
to yield the right of way the driver and
passengers turned to and stoned him off
the track. Bruin growled his disappro-
baton of that mode proceeding, but fin
ally gave way to superior numbers
Year: 1864

BeAa 1t is said that General Butler will
remove his headquarters from Fortress
Monroe to Norfolk He probably wishes
to have the secessionists of that city, who
have manifested a disposition to give trou-
BILE, more Immediately under his eve.
Year: 1864

ADMIRAL BJcHANAN.-Tbis distinguished
officer has been heard Of by flag of truce from
Pensacola. He was doing well, and there are
strong hopes that his leg will Be saved. We
rejoice to hear this Of the gallant veteran. 1t
is said that he fought his ship on the outside Of
the Shield during, the action, just as he did the
Merimac in Hampton Reads-Mobie Ne,0s. I
Year: 1864

SCENE IN COURT OF JCsTIcE!-Some
months ago, the game-keeper Of an estate
near Dion, France, shot his wife. He said
the unfortunate occurrence was an accident.
The ministers Of Justice declared it was q
crime. He alleged that while in his cottage
examining his gun just before he went TO HIS
usual rounds, the cap Unexpectedly explod-
ed, and the whole load was lodged in his
wife's breast. Justice alleged on the other
hand that he detested and ill-treated his wife
(although she was a woman Of singuiafiy
mild temper and affectionate dispositon,)
and was enamored of a woman in the neigh
borhood. Various fragments OF evidence
were adduced to support these allegations
but no one witnessed the occurrence save
God and the buried wife and the husband;
consequently the jury were in that state OF
uncertainty in which men properly keep
themselves when the chain OF circumstantial
evidence lacks solidity. At this juncture Of
the trial the prosecutors Of the crown called
upon the accused (as is the practice in the
French Courts to explain how the accident,
as he insisted upon calling it, occurred
"Place that gendarme in the position your
wife occupied" This was done. "Show
us how you stood" The prisoner assumed
his alleged posture. every well; now take
this gun and show us how the shot lodged in
your wife," The prisoner was turned to the
gendarme who represented his wife. He
took the gun and held it midway his body.
The muzzlc was not pointed towards his
wife. He raised it higher. His wife was not
within range. Still higher. His wife con:
tinued to be out of range. Yet higher. Still
his wife was out of range. Higher-higher
higher Ha! the breach rests on his
shoulder in position take aim" Now the
wife is in range The muzzle points to the
very wound! Murderer! murderer self
branded murderer thou mayest well be
bleached to ashy hue thou mayest well cape
with outstretched mouth; thou mayest well
stand fixed as marble statue, though every
limb be quiyering with emotion, for thou
art doomed to the guillotine Of thine own
confession-not Of lip-but Of attitude.
Year: 1864

Company.-Sotice is hereby given, that there will
be sold at public auction, so many shares OF the
capital stock Of the Company, in front OF their
Office standing in the names Of the following per-
sons as may be necessary to pay all assessments
now due, together with cost Of sale and advertis
ing, on SATURDAY, May Iith 1854:
Year: 1864

FTHE PUBLIC AXE HEREBY CAUTIONED
J. not TO purchase or negotiate for the following
Certificates of Stock in the Napoleon Consolidated
Mining Company, as the same, or part Of the same,
have been sold according law for assessments due
thereon and will not be transferred on the books:


No Names No Shares Sks sold
Year: 1864

Lord Shaftesbury recently stated, in apublic
meeting in London, that from personal obser-
vation he had ascertained that OF adult male
criminals of that city nearly all had fallen in
to course OF crime between the ages OF
eight and sixteen years; and that If a young
man lived an honest life up TO twenty years OF
age, there were forty-nine chances in favor
and only one against him as to an honorable
life thereafter.


This is fact of singular Importance TO
fathers and mothers, and shows a fearful re-
spohsioiilty Certainly, a parent should Sc
cure and exercise absolute control over the
child under sixteen. II cannot be difficult
matter to do this, except in very rare cases
and II that control is not very wisely and efii-
GENTLY exercised, it must be the parents fault
II Is owing TO the parental neglect or remiss.
ness Hence the real source of ninety-eight
per cent of the real crime In country such
as England or the United States, lies at the
door OF the parents. II Is fearful reflection
Year: 1864

"lt [Peacel has become hateful word, and
should be left exclusively TO the use of Buffalo
orators in neghboring State, if any of that
sort still drivel and snivel Let us get rid of the
whole vile cant, and say at once we are for war,
and nothing but war, until, as Davis is said to
have said the last OF this generation falls in his
tracks, and then that we mean to pass it to the
next as an inheritance. 1t is for those who have
unjustly and wantonly invaded onr country to
offer US peace; and when they de, they riH still
Offer ii in rain until their armed men are with
drawn from the sod of these Confederate States,
and the JeioR flag Of stripes is hurled dotcn from
ersry fort sciihia our borders After that it will
be time enough to pirate about peace .Noic the
rery tvord is nonsense. IL Richmond Examiner,
Aug. 18th.
Year: 1864

ssThe North may cease to carry on active hos


tilities long before it will consent to recognize
our Independence, and enter into formal terms
dread of an invasion by us of tho North. and
more busy in trying to devise ways and means
10 repsl such apprshsndsd invasion than in re-
Year: 1864

attempt at secession He said that be
would take this occasion to remind them
that he had endeavored to be as good as
his word fLoud applause He con
tinued: Nor am | altogether insensible
to the new light shed upon old ideas by
events; and l am free to say tonight, in
this presence, that while few years ago
it was the problem of our future what
should be the future, what should be the
future destiny of the slave, and what
should be the process of his emancipa-
tion, while some supposed 1t would come
through English abolition societies, and
Others supposed that the immediate cause
would be the irrepressible agitation which
New England demanded, few men dream
ed, and none would have dared to assert,
that the real and actual and irresistible
agent in emancipation would be the
South itself, by raising the hand of trea-
son against the Constitution which pro-
tected it, CApplause The destiny,
the fatality, the destruction which they,
the traitors, have form down upon their
institution, ACCEPT AND nATIFY loud
cheers] and believing, as l do, that it
has been the prime cause Of this rebel
lion, nolo and heneetorth, and forecer, 1
hate it, and rriLf fsStrtke it ,e4enever 1 can
deal it b1o,c Enthusiastic cheers


These are but specimens The ball
has been slowly rolling over the noun
tain SHOWS, gradually increasing in vol
ume, till at length it is coming down
with the impetuosity of mighty >ava-
lanche. There is no human power that
can resist its course Those who yet
stand in its path will be crushed, and
their names will go down to posterity
covered with the same kind OF infamy
that molders over the memory of an Ar
mold aud Burr


In all this we see the woodworking
power of the Most High. Every change,
every event, has been so ordered as to
tell with most effect upon slavery. Have
we had victories2 They have out reused
the slave power to redoubied energy.
Have we had defeats? They have but
ENCOURAGED the rebels to persevere.
Have we offered compromises? They
have but made the breach wider. Have
we held out threats of emancipation
4HC1 lhCLGaoCO lIlC
Have we executed those threats They
have been met with fierce retaliation,
enkindling bitter irritation on both sides
and rendering pacifcation hopeless.
While the Southern slavemasters have
lost nothing of their old hauteur, while
they still think to dictate terms to the
North, as lord dictates to his serfs, the
northern heart has been gradually gain
ing feeling of manliness it had never
before exhibited Colored men are not
the only slaves that have been liberated
by this war Before it began, the cotton
losas had but to crack their whip in Con-
gress or in Wall street, and statesmen,
politicians, merchants, clergymen alike
covered before their imperious masters,
and hasted to fulfill their behests Thedays
of this degrading vassalage,we hope, are
ended The school in which God has
been educating US for three years is max
ing men Of US. We shall hever again
be the bondslaves of King Cotton
Year: 1864

A systematic effort should be made by
the friends of the Union throughout the
district to circulate sound political senti-
ment The Journal being a local pa
per, has advantages oyer its contempo-
raries in that particular; but we urge
again, circulate some Union paper-if
not the Journal at least one that will la
Dor as untiringly for the good of The
cause.
Year: 1864

much sooner in the South than in the North.
80 far as that element ia the problem goes


there can possibly bS no mistake that ft-is de-


eisivs for the North.


Now, bow about the other element? Will


money fail the North sooner than, men the


South This is question which is not 30 de-


terminable by dsfnste figures as the other


YET il seems to US that analogy auAbleS it to


be answered just as surely. Three years Of


war, as has just been shown by Mr.. Chase in


the table published yesterday, have lsAded the
| Government with q debt Of seventeen hundred
aud nineteen millions. 1t il safe to say that
three years more Of war will not more than
doubls that debt--nakins IL Id6a than thirty
five hundred millions.


1t is true thas the prices Of the materials of
war have greatly advanced but this is abund-
anIly Offset By the fact that a great number Of
ships and a vast AMOUNT Of material, which
will not have to be replaced, have been provid-
ed from our present indebtedness, and the 9TH
er fact that no small portion OF this debt ac-
cumulated before the tax and tariff systems,
now in operation, could be established to help
meet the current expenses. Gould we not
stand thirty five hundred millions Of debt with
out breaking down? The ans wer to this is
that Great Britain, with less than half of our
population and available revenues, had a heav-
ier debt than thar on her shoulders fifty
years ago, and SO far from breaking down un-
der it, she has all the while since been advanc-
ing with the strength of giant.


This is a decisive point. five can endure
the debt, regularly paying off its interest when
due, the whole financial system OF the Govern
ment is secure, and national currency, based
on the national credit, cao' be maintained To
the full extent required by the business OF the
people. The end Of the next three years would
see us heavily burdsned, to be sure, but still
uncrushed. But where would they fnd the
armies of the rebellioni If the last three
years have put FIVE hundred thousand EebeIs
hors du combat, and there are but four hundred
thousand able bodied men left, it needs no Ia
bored calculation to prove that, with the same
active prosecution Of the war, the last Rebel
soldier would be in the same condition before
the end Of the next three. The fighting Of the
"Confederacy be brought to stand-still
simply from the lack of men TO do the fight.
ing. And when the "Confederacy" ceases to
fight it ceases to exist. .....


We think we have fully answered the quea-
tiou we started with. If this be 80, il is a
weakness to doubt the final issue Of this war.
If the Northern people continue to sustain the
Government as they have done hitherto, the
final breaking down of the rebellion is as sure
unless Heaven turAS against us-as any
physical result can be. I
Year: 1864

BI c.. K. SMITH, SD o. v I.
We have left our homes and kindred,
To efend our eountry's cause
To preserve the Constitution,
4--. And sustain our sacred laws. 81. ....
Then wen rally round our banners,
And our battle cry shall be,
Freedom" DER our land and nation,
From the ocean to the sea
We have noble institute ons


We have rich and fertile lands,
And we now ha We come to save them
From the grasp of rebel hands.
They have raised the nag OF treason,
And betrayed their solemn trust,
And the flag Of our old Union


They have tramPled IN the dust.
They first fired gun at sumpter,
And declared they would withdraw,
If we did not give them slavery


And the power to make the law.
The dread war cry they are sounding
Hear it echo through the land
But we'll seize our arms and meet them,
And we'll fight them hand to hand
Now the battle fercely RACES,


And the cannon loudly roar
While our friends and foes are falling,
Weltering in their beds Of gore.
Thick and fast the shots are flying,
AL around US every where,
And the fatal bombs are bursting,
Hurting fragments through the air
On we march in line OF battle
81: Now we s'charge'' the dauntless foe,
And they wither down before us,
AS we deal the fatal blow.
But Oh, when the aght is ended,
Though we do tho victety gain,
Every heart is filled with sadness
- For our comrades who are slain.
Year: 1864

1t is prccept of the Christian religion
and it is q wholesome ineulcation Of all
writer's upon ublic o. personal morals,
that those who aili make the greatest sac
rifice 10 become reconcile to their breth-
rem, are most To:thy of commentator
No question of pride or imagined personal
dignity and honor should stand IN the way
Of such a consummation The dishonor
consists in not making the profered al
vances toward a reconciliation rather than


a doing it.


If our public teachers we're worthy cf
their positions, this is the lesson they
would teach at this time, and they would
apply it to our relations with the South.
Instead of cayiling upon the point whose
duty it is to make the first proposals Tor
peace, and whether such step would be
compatible with very lofty ideas Of pride,
they would urge that all such conslders.
tionS should be disrecarded, and that true
pride and true honor would consist in do.
ing the most to end this wretched and
bloody fcud between brethren.


Suppose satisfactory peace can DC
made-who cares whether the North or
the South took the first steps in securing
it? In the JOY which il would create. the
manner in which il was Effected, would
soon ea u minor and forgotten matter. If
we Of the North led the way in the path
that resulted in a satisfactory pc zee, ve
should have the reputation tha: We beat
our opponents in generosity and magma
nimity, and therein showed our SUPERIOR
ty.- Gin. Enquirer
Year: 1864

The Future of the Democracy.


We have seen nowhere the future ofthe
Democratic party so well discussed as in
the following which we take from COM
munication in the Albany Argus and At
las:


But shall We sink as party ? is the brief
Interrogation of the fearful. The answer
is easy and certain. If Despotism is to
triumph over free government, the Demo-
tracy is forever dead. If self-government
triumphs over kingly pretentions, we live
as victors. The people can find in their
response, the answer. As a party We never
stood better. As to hopeful consequences
we never stood SO strong. A minority BIZ
only few thousands, will escape the re-
sponsibility of power at the most critical
time in the n@tional existence. Scarcely
below majority, we are too strong to be
subjugatcd while the logic of experience
will surely bring US reinforcements, and
our enemy must register consequent deser-
tiOns


Taxation death and voc, are the lIxu-
ries with which our opponents must load
the tables of those they invite to their
feast, perchance of death Their guests
will be numerous, their rejoiccrs will be
few. Discord and belligerent republicans
or brutal anarchy, and extended densely
popular graveyards will be the ratrimony
bequeathcd, if they pursue falal policy
while rumors and blighting rccollections
will gnaw their yitals they are forced to


yield to Us 1t will be ours to suffer il
the former, 70 counsel in the latter,
while the power covers the responsible
ty.


Letro Democrat feel sad that his party
can n OF press the bitter cup to the lip that
is ultimately to turn in scorn and anguish
upon those who preside at the Table Of
Death


Let no Conservative mourn at tie seem
ing destruction that now blocks his path.
Adversely will purify, experience will
demonstrate in the future as in the past,
ur advertisements, prophecies. Self pre-
servation will show the necessity Of com
pleting our organization; the cause Of free
government will again summon US, rein
forced, to the contest; the medicine We are
now taking will deplete the system, and ii
the constitution is not entirely destoyed, it
viii outlive the quackcries of the present,
to be again restored by long tried specifics
we shall be called to the bcdstead TO ad-
aaiEister the rcmedy-the 'Tarcs and
Wheat viii aeaih li9e together in peace;
the Higher Law and its advocates will be
numbered amid the seourges of the race,
and the Constitutional Democracy will
rescue. from the wreck of misguided gov
ernment, the Tree of Liberty which they
planted and nurtured for eighty years,
and which shall again cast its lovely shad-
ow over them, while they in turn shall, az
in the past defend its roots.


DtMocR RATS, stand firmly by your
principles; and if amid the general wreck
the tree shall retain its vitality. you
shall be its reScuers, its defenders, its
preServers. Until the last hope sinks in
gloom nH dssperandum dc republican.
Year: 1864

GN- A shocking story is told Of o
man in Litchfeld, CT, who went to
sit up with sick friend. During the
night the watcher had On attack of
delirimn tremens, and in his frenzy
assaulted the helpless invalid and beat
him to death! When the sick cham
Der was entered at an. early hour in
the morning the madman was found
dragging tho corpse Of his victim
about the floor, kicking and stamping
upon him. The head of the dead man
was shockingly cut and mangled.--
The maniac murderer was with diff
ficulty secured, manifesting strong
determination to continue his work Of
violence.


The mannor in which this solicitoas
gentleman treated his sick friend
whom he went to watch, puts ono for
cibly in mind Of the way in which
President Lincoln has acted towards
the constitution which Le swore to
maintain.
Year: 1864

GENEROUS ACKNOwLEDGMENT-In a
speech made by Gen. Burnside at Cincin-
natl, after his successful campaign in
East Tennessee, be modestly and gener-
ously asc,ibed the praise to the full! CO.
operation he had always received from
the subordinate officers and privates under
his command He said, " Thousands of
men in the ranks deserve the credit that
is given to the leaders. They fight for
the country they love, being actuated by
genuine patriotism. | owe all my success
to the patriotism in the ranks, as also do
all other generals who have been successful.
The principal achievements of this war
are chiefly to be credited to the subor-
dinate officers and the devoted fighting
men in their rauks, who endure all and
dare all with little other object in view
than the defence of our common country.
have never been more conscious Of this
fac, than during my last campaign. For
one, | shall never forget what is due to
the men in the ranks"
Year: 1864

1t is questionable whether there is an
instance in the history of the composition
of our army to match the following which
we find 10 the Portland Advertiser: A
widow in Union, Maine, who has twelve
children, eleven Of them boys, has just
sent the eleventh son into the army. Oa
the occasion of his enlis;iDg some officers
aud friends made up purse of 5000 and
presented it to this patriotic matron, who
said she was sorry her other child was
not boy, SO that she might make still
smother Offering to her country.
Year: 1864

The Vallandigham family entertain
feelings of admiration, not to say love, for
the negro race in general, the female sex
in particular, that is incredible. The
race hasfurnished the stoc in trade and
the speech inspiring theme Of the Ohio
martyr for number Of years. But the
youngermembers of the family outstrip
him in heir affections for the 'down-
trodden African" Perley Vallandigham,
q nephew of the great Ohio martyr, is
married to and lives with negro woman
in this city. His brother, living on the
opposite side of the river, is also married
to negress-Muscdtine Journal
Year: 1864

LEwIsBURG DEPOT RoAD.-It is q
shame to LeWisburg-that passage be-
tween the Town and the Depot. The
mud is dismally deep, and at times no
heavy loads can be drawn through it, and
only small loads at other times. Last
Spring, quite a subscription was made
towards a Turnpike, but as the mud
"dried up" the subscription also dissp-
peared Can not preparations again De
made, and the right sort of q road be
provided in time for next Falls adverse
weather? 1t will be light work if all
interested take hold manfully.
Year: 1864

E1w. Everett says that when the history
of East Tennessee for the first two and a
half years Of the war shall be written, it
will di,c!ose scenes Of tyranny aud oppres-
SION of which there are few parallels in
the annals of the world and this at the
bands OF men who pretend to be waging
war for li-goverument, and TO priect the
rights of the minority against the rule Of a
numerical majority.
Year: 1864

Are articles likely to be 10 great demand
for the Army, should the war con,ioue
over the coming season. Vegetables Of
that sort are very healthy for those
usually living on bard bread and salt
meat Let every boy and girl who has q
cnance' try to raise something to swell
the sum total for the sailors and soldiers
Year: 1864

How long IS 1t since every Demo
cratic tongue was vocal with the
praises of popular sovefefgnty2 No
longer ago than the era of Kansas
when it was thought by the party
that slavery might he more readily
extended by it! Whatnow is the sit
uatioa in reference to that doctrine?
Why the Democrats apply it with
most ferocious vigor TO the rebels in
the Seeded States, and demand its
recognition SO far as they are con-
cerned in Withdrawing from the
Union; but 90 to the North they
seem generally disposed to resist it
IN opposing the draft. They are rot
willing to let the majority rule The
people, through their representations
in Congress. provided for the draft
bv large majority which was q
clear exercise of the right of popular
sovereignty. Why not abide by this
decision till it can be reversed in the
Constitutional wsy2 Can you not
trust the people 70 vote it DOWN.
Or are you determined to apply the
doctrine only in the interest OF sls-
verv and deny 1t when freedom is
concerned? Oh. Democrat, thou
art a strange reptile,I and thy name


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