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Year: 1861

Mr.. Van Dyke-at any rate not in
Brooklyn as 10 what he would do In
Charleston. | am not SO positive how
ever his may be, from this point we
must certainly a<cend-remain station
airy we can not.


But, | am asked, what is my remedy
for present evils When a man who
has manned himself in an attempt 10
take his own life, asks me what | am
going TO Go about il my reply will be.
| exceedingly regret your folly and
wickedness. but must decline assuming
any responsibility for the act, while de-
claring my readiness to do all in my
power to benefit and relieve him.


Ny remedy is, to stand firm. refuse
all compromise, do our whole duty,
think, speak, act, just as at other
times. and leave the men who make
the trouble to furnish the remedy !;
timidity, not 6rnness has been the
curse of every great and good cause
in which it has been permitted to enter.


Be Patient, forbearing, forgiving.
kind, this is Christ-like, IS divine seek
the best interests the highest good
of all but do not sverve hairs
breadth from the path of duty, for the
sake Of averting evils which, like the
stone of Sisyphus, must evermore
retu. n to plague and modest Us.


As Nelson said at Trafalgar g Eng
land expects every man to do her duty
This is the hour i'll which God and
Liberty expect every man TO do his
duty, assured that, as always under the
Divine guidance and protection, the
path of du'y will be found TO be the
path of safety. Ao1en.
Year: 1861

all the officers of his squadron into hi
| flag ship, Porter among the rest. ant


stated that he wanted 10 sound them OF
t the question Of an elective monarchy


South. Porter told them he shoult


cling to the flag his father used ant


fought for. About ITO Of the naval Of


ficers were retained under the naval bill


spoken OF, every one of whom was o


Southern procliyities, and l3O of whom


have since resigned their commands.


"At the same time this Naval bill was
taking shape, the unusually large number
of guns were moved to the Norfolk Navy
Yard. which Capt. Porter regards as
one Of the most important, and to be re-
taken at any cost at once. AT the same
time there was opened at Pensacola an
immense coal yard, and every man in it,
as at Norfolk, was known to be tool of
the South. The Navy Yard in this city
was pnt into the care Of Capt. Buchanan,
who was Secretary of the Naval Board,
and the revelations from this Navy Yard
have shown the secession tendencies Of
the employees. Pendegrast, who has
been put to the blockade off Virginia, is
a brother-in. law Of two strong secession



lists in the Navy, Blake and Barron:
and already several of his men have re-
signed. Meantime, Floyd was arranging
the plans for supplying the rebellion with
arms on land, SO that when tho Navy
should be all right on the seas, the Army
should be all right on land. Ship and
shore were both made sure as they could
make them. The time came, and the
South struck their blow-the North all
unprepared."
Year: 1861

BYw.s.
The toll of day is ended,


The night is at her noon;
And the harvest song swolls blithely up
Beneath the harvest moon;
Then tread a quicker measure,
And chant a louder strain
With dance and song the day prolong
That bring the golden grain.
From out the distant mountain
Comes the voice Of the cascade,
And the nearer dream of its silver stream
Makes glad the silent glade:
Through all the shadowy forest
Is heard the fall of leaves
And the timd hare treads stealthily
Among the nodding sheaves.
And now on every hillside,
The purple vintage glows
AS when deeper radiance falls
From daylight at its close;
No time is it for sadness,


Dependency, or fear,
When autumn comes in gladncss,
To crown the fruitful year.
Dear is the pleasant leaf time,
When all is soft around
When frost-imprisoned rivulets
Are melting into sound.
And dear, too, is the season
When spring and summer meet
When the woods are faint with odors,
And the hills are dim with heat.
But spring is but for pasture,
And summer but Tor show
While autumn, like a crowned king,
Has riches to bcstow
So he shall be the monarch
OF all the shining year,
And crown he shall wear, and q


sceptre bear


Of fruits, and the golden ear.
Year: 1861

Within few days we shall have ready
and at sea nearly, if not quite, four hun
dred and fifty vessels; and the nation
will have the satisfaction of know ing that
every one of this great fleet is perfectly
fitted for the uses which are to be made
Of it. The labor Of creating such navy
as this is not slight. The time in which
it has been done is not long. 1t might
perhaps have been made less if the gov
ernment had purchased, without inquiry
or examination, every vessel that has
been offered it but then We should have
the navy to make over again, as we have
had the army to recreate. In this, as in
most other parts Of life, the old proverb
holds true "The more haste tho less
speed" A prudent man makes haste
slowly,


Meantime there is reason to bslievo
that the public does not know all that is
going on in the coast-guard fleet. There
is silence before action and though
we are not permitted to be more explicit.
we may say that before many days there
is reason to expect that we shall hear Of
an imortant blow struck by our navy
We are not like y TO know Of it as soon as
the enemy, because he will feel it, But
let US be patiently y Post
Year: 1861

There Is not as yet, any definite ogauzaton of the
bloc ado fleet. Annexed however are the names Of
the vessels with armemens on board which bavc been
commissioned guard the different rors. None of the
regular vessels ordered ae inserted except those Oh
active duty or almost ready for their crews:
Year: 1861

DKowNED.-Franklin Hazleton, boy
nine years old, was drowned in the
Winooski River, in Moretown, on the
25th inst. He had been fishing with an
older brother, who left him at the river about
SIX o'clock in the afternoon. About an hour
after he was missed, and on searching for
him, his hat and fishing rod were found near
a rock, from which be had evidently slipped
into the river, and the lifeless body was found
a short distance below.-Freoaan-
Year: 1861

INVALID PENSIONERS is desirable that the
soldiers of the national army should know, es-
pecially those who come To this city to be dis.
charged, that they do not need the interven,
ton or assistance of attorneys or agents to
secure the pensions to which they are entitled.
We understand that it is only necessary for an
invalid, after his discharge, to present himself
at the Pension Office with his papers to receive
his pension, if his papers are made out In con-
tormity with the army regulations.
Year: 1861

Col. JoHH CocHRANE's SPEECH YESTERDAY
Col. Cochrape's regiment. the U. S. ChasseurS
received their winter clothing, and at !
o'clock dressed in their new and handsome
uniform. they appeared on parade. and, after
the usual military formalities. were drawn up
in the form Of hollow square. near platform
erected for the purpose, and were address,
by Col. Cochraue, in presence of Mr.. Secretarl
Cameron, and other distinguished gentlemen :
as we shall publish the speech in ertenso to-
day, we shall now only notice his views upon
the treatment Of slaves, during the present
contest


He assumed this was a war for the preserva
ton Of our national exstence-s war of self
defence, forced upon us by the South. aud tn Al
1t was our duty 70 use every means 10 on,
power TO crush the rebellion and thereby saw
our country from destruction. To do this. VT
had right to confscate the property Of th'
rebels-to seize their cotton and sell it or burr
it, as we pleased-to break up their railroads
to seize their arms and munitions of war, ant
to take their lives; and as their slaves wer.
now seen to be an important element of their





possession Of them. and, when necessary, pu
arms in their hands. that they might assist in
fighting this battle for freedom. and for maintain
ing their rights to common humanity and that
any General or other officer who failed or re-
fused to do this, was as unfit for the service a.
he who should decline to explode mine which
had been prepared for the destruction of his
army.


Up to the utterance Of this bold and noble
sentiment. the soldiers stood at ease. without
making any Demonstration; but as soon as they
caught his idea. which so fully accorded with
their own, they burst forth into a most rap
turous applause, and every sentence the Colonel
uttered in vindicaton of this doctrine, they
warmly aHplauded.


The Colonel said this was not Abolitionism.
but that the freedom of the slaves had become
military necessity and that it wss our right
and duty to make the best possible use Of
them, that the great power Of the rebels nigh,
be destroyed, and thus bring the war to a
speedy and successful termination.


At the close of Col. Cochrane's speecb,
and az soon as the enthusiasm which It had
created, sufficiently abated, the regiment
called for the Secretary. of War, who promptly
stepped forward, and in a brave and manly
little speech, said he heartily endorsed everlj
mord Col. Cochrane had uttered. and as though
be was desrous that his position on this sub
Ject might be fully and unmistakaby under
stood, he repeated, that the sentiments put
forth by the Colonel were bis own, and that he
was happy to hear them.


This declaration, certainly unexpected, was
hailed with tremendous cheers and as the Sc ere
tary descended from the platform the regimen
gave three hearty cheers for the Secretary o
War. and three more for their gallant com
mander.


We have only room to tender our thanks T.
Colonel Cochrane for his noble and patriot
speech, which but echoes the sentiments of tb
people and the army, and to the Secretary q
War for his public adoption of these sentiments
which is worth more to the cause than gran
and victorious battle.
Year: 1861

CHILDREN Of any age can now have their pictures
" taken perfect, as we have built Room expressly
for their Groups of Children also taken in frac-
ton of second, clear weather Mothers need not
have the trouble 10 take them Gallery dozen
times, and at last put up with carcature, If they
will but go once to


feblS-tf HUGHES, PREMIUM GALLERY
Year: 1861

nors and Presidents in South Carolina.
Tt was trick borrowed Of the JEFF. Davis
oligarchy, and the principles of the caucus
were the. principles Of the Montgomery
!. Constitution. We care not who may be
:ths men named for the ot1ces-the man
| iner OF thalr nomination il utterly odious
and detestable: It was q Star Chamber
edict; without the responsibility Of the Star
Chamber ITSELF It was bald usurpation
Of the rights Of the peop'e, which cannot
and will not be tolerated in free commu-


nifty.
Let it be observed that there was sim


gu1ar method in the disinterested patriot


ism Of this council Of seven. They have


given the Republicans an elegant nosegay,


and grabbed the whole basket Of fruit for Sc


cession Democrats. The office Of Mayor has


become little else than respectable figure
head in municipal Affairs The real power
and patronage Of the city government is


vested in the Board Of Public Works.


How generous in them to adorn the city


with Il Republican Mayor, while collaring


the Board of Public Works for partisans


Of their own kidney1 How kind in the


seven to give Mr.. Bryan the privilege Of
making reception speeches to excursion


parties in the name Of the municipality,


while turning over the patronage Of the
streets, the water works and the sewerage
construction to Gray and Con1ey! Oblig-
ing dogs!


That abuses have grown up under the


Convention system we will not deny, but
that anything like this usurpation was ever
possible or conceivable, no sane man will


believe. This evening the Repub-
1can voters Of Chicago will meet in ten


different wards and vote for delegates Of
their own choosing, to nominate ticket
for city officers. But for the disunion con
claVe Of seven, which nominated the
" Peoples Union Ticket the Democratic
masses would have exercised the same
privilege. Choked down in the exercise
Of this right they will act their Own pleas
ure in supporting the mongrel concern at
the polls. Groups of .discontented Doug
lasites may be found on every street cor
ner, cursing the impudence Of the cabab
and swearing vengeance on their noni-
nees. But that is none Of our funeral 1t
remains for the Republicans Of Chicago to
put an unexceptionable ticket in the field
and to place its candidates on the platform
Of economical administration Of city affairs,
and unwayering support Of the Govern
ment Of the United States in its conflict
with traitors, and our victory is certain.
Year: 1861

All hope of preserving the Union seems to
have been abandoned at Washington, and the
head of the Government and the members of
Congress seem to be casting about rather to
see what shall be done with the wreck than to
devise means for the safety of the ship. In
stead then of being faithful sentinels upon the
watch-tower they are traitors to their country
and to their immediate constituents. If they
had one spark ofthe patriotism that actuated
those who served their country at Kings Noun
tain or one particle of that virtue which illumed
the field of Yorktown peace could be restored
to the country in thirty days; but the great
difficulty is that the wrong men are in high
places, and instead of the affairs of our great
Government being in the hands of the great,
the virtuous and the good they are under the
control of demagogues, dolts and swindlers.


See the present condition of things at the
Federal Capitol-a President that attempts to
blow hot and cold at the same time--whose
whole course looks to policy instead of right,
and who evidently has neither the moral nerve
or the patriotism for the position he holds at
the present crisis in the affairs of our country
members of Congress instead of attempting to
allay the excitement which exists are using their
utmost exertions to increase it, while the heads
of Departments and their subordinates seem to
be engaged in general game to swindle and
impoverish the Government.


Under such circumstances what are the PEo-
PIE to do? Are they patiently to wait and
suffer until the country is ruined beyond the
possibility of recovery, or should they antici-
pate the revolution which now seems inevita-
BILE by marching upon the city of Washington
and ejeeting, by force, demagogues and knaves
from places which they have shown themselves
totally incapable Of filling? If the politicians
could be chok ed off the PEOPLE of the various
sections could settle all matters of dispute in
short time, but instead of suffering the people
to manage their own affairs the demagogues
have usurped all power, and they are using it
with vengeance This we suppose, however,
is one of the faults of our free system Of gov
ernment.


But something ought to be done, and some
thing must be done in less than sixty days, or
will have settled upon us. The question is
then, what is to be doneg IF we look to Con-
gress we have no hope; if VIC appeal to the
President in office we get nothing and if we
turn to the President elect lie gives us no con-
ISOLATION. What thens Well We leave it for
older and wiser heads 60 answer but it does
seem to us that nothing short of the most over
whelming and overpowering public demonstra-
tions on the part of the PEOPLE, themselves, will
arouse our rulers to a sense of the obligations
which rest upon them. Let these demonstra-
tons be made then and let them be made at
oDcn
Year: 1861

Here, men of the South, are the principles,
objects and purposes of the Republican party
in nutshell. The n Y. Tribune which speaks
by authority and which unquestionably fore
shadows the purposes of Mr.. Lincoln, says:


Union men of the South the day of COM
promises is over. Wewant to retain the Union,
but it must be as equals You have d right Gas
against us) to sustain Slavery we have right
to reject and condemn it. If you have right
to seek its diffusion, we have all equal right to
resist It, 1t those who wish slavery extended
are stronger than we, they will beat US if We
are the stronger we mean to beat them. If we
admit that we, standing in your shoes and See
ing through your eyes, would do as you do,
you should admit that you, standing on our
ground, would do as We do May the victory
enure to the Right"


Here it is in plain language, and the question
arises, can united South backed by the mil
lion and a half voters at the North, cast against
Lincoln, overawe and overpower the Black Re-
publicans, whose creed is here given, to
preserve the Union and secure to the people of
each and every State their rights under the
Constitution If not the sooner we know it
and separate the better, for the government
cannot endure with this {" irrepressible conflict v
going on.


Let united South save the Union if it can,
but if not let US present to the world shining
example Of herogc virtue and determined inde-
pendence. Though the Union, with govern
ment rightly administered promises much to
US and to posterity let it never be said that we
consent to its continuance upon principles that
tend to degrade US,
Year: 1861

Naughty rumor has connected the name of
Secretary Floyd with the little operations by
have changed hands at Washington City
Don't know anything about the facts but we
have heard that the Secretary of the War De-
partment vas " broke" when he went in. and
that he was likely to come out millionaire.
SO we go, but it is hardly in keeping with the
scriptural teaching that runneth somewhat in
this wise: He that soweth plenteously shall
reap plenteously but he that soweth little shall
reap little" Floyd has never sown much but
'cild oats Though he may leave the Cabinet
millionaire We fear it will be with shatter-
ed reputation.
Year: 1861

We see it stated gentleman in Halifax
and another in Granville offer each to be one of
hundred to give one million dollars to arm
the State, Is the war spirit high enough in
these parts to get response from Craven p
We pause for a teao replies.


Wonder if the two patriotic gentlemen allu-
= ded to have any idea that the other ninetv-
e|ght would be found? Hardly think So If
they desire to give ten thousand dollars each
for so laudable an object why spoil a good de-
termination because others cannot be found to
do the same? So we insist that they should
come dozen uith the dust.
Year: 1861

MINUTE MEN.-There was a public meeting
ot the Minute Men at the Court House last
might, which was attended by quite crowd,
and we learn, several names were added to the
list


Having other engagements we did not get in
TIL late, and consequently lost part of very
stirring speech made by D. K McRae, Esq
He urged that it was the duty of the State to
arm at once for the crisis which is already up-
on the South. The lateness of the hour pre-
Tents us from making more lengthy notice.
All present seemed to feel a deep interest in
the condition of public affairs as portrayed by
he speaker.
Year: 1861

GoIsG OuT.-Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi
and Florida will all declare themselves out of
the Union purins the present month. All these
States have determined on this course and moth
ing can prevent it. Whether they come back
or not will depend upon the action of the peo-
pie of the North. They will certainly go out.
Year: 1861

Pretty GooD.-A gentleman well known
in this city, and responsibly connected with
one Of our manufacturing establishments,
went home few evenings since, and in pre-
seuce Of his family was deploring the unfor-
tunatc state of afaas in the country and the
low price of manufacturing stocks His little
daughter, who was silent listener to the con-
yersution, took two neck-stocks from the ta-
BILE, and going around behind the chair occup'-
ed by the father, climbed up the back OF the
chair, aud holding up the two stocks over his
head, exclaimed, ' Father, here are two stocks
above parw The unsettled condition Of the
country and the low price Of stocks were for
gotten by him for the remainder Of the even
ing at least LotoeN News.
Year: 1861

observed cropping above the surface. Our
Indian guides affirmed that by going two
days. further east they could lead Us to a
place where a large vein Of coal cropped out
in two places, and were anxious to lead us
to it; but as this place was on the opposite
side of vast mountain range (of stratified
and metamorphic rocks) where it would be
difficult to reach with teams, we declined
going. Coal is the one thing needful here,
and it will be found, but railroad will have
to be built to it. In less than three years
there will be railroad from this place across
the Serras to California. A bill has Just
passed in our Legislature granting the right
Of way to California company, down the
Trucker and across the Territory two hund-
red feet in width. A preliminary survey
has been made and the report is very favor
able. The immensity Of the traffic across
the mountains demands some more cheap
and expeditions mode of freighting. Accor-
ding to the latest estimates there are now
four thousand heavy freight teams (of -four
to eight mules each) engaged in transporting
goods and machinery over the mountains
to make no mention of the numerous lines of
hacks, coaches, and saddle trains for passen-
gers.


We have just heard to- day ofFremont hav-
ing been withdrawn from command in Mis-.
souri,, and are not well pleased with the news.
Fremont should have had chance to show
the quality of his metal. This setting up,
pulling down and snatch,ng away of high
officers at times so critical will have the
effect of discouraging the soldiers and weak
ening their confidence in their superiors,
whom they will soon grow to think are but
weak and falliable mortals no whit more wise
than themselves. The boys are now on the
eve of battle and their leader is taken
away; of course there is murmurng and
discomfort, bad frame Of mind in which to
60 into battle. Popo is sent to lead them
and about the time this officer and his men
begin to understand each other Pope is re.
quired to give away to Hunter, and Hunter
and his men do not fairly understand each
other till - takes command. But, still
it is bad plan to be constantly criticisine
the action of the Government and bad as
this move looks it may have been necessary
There has been rumor to-day that sumte,
and Charleston were taken, but we don't
credit it. We look for big news this coming
week from the seat ofwar. In case of a great
victory over the rebels, you can rests assured
that many pound of powder will be igni
ted by your Union loving brethren of Neva,
da. Hopefully yours,


DAN DE QUILLr.
Year: 1861

AN HONEST IdFE.-The poor pittance Of
seventy years is not worth being villain for.
What matter is it if your ncighbor lies in :
splendid tomb? Sleep you with innocence.
Look behind you through the track Of time


vast desert lies open in retrospect wear.
led with years and sorrow, they sink from
the walks Of man. You must leave them
where they fall and you are to 60 Z little
further and you will find eternal rest What.
ever you may have to encounter between the
cradle and the grave, every moment Il big
with events, which come not in succession.
but bursting forcibly from revolving ard
unknown cause, fly over this orb with diver.
sified influence. &