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Year: 1861

| OCUL6 OF COtLLt CUTOtt2U, 4
Headquarters, April 26th, 1851.


I am informed from high authority that the


State of Virginia has adopted our Confederate
Constitution, and IS virtually member of our
Confederacy. called for volunteers because
did not consider Virginia as under our Govern


mem. But when am officially informed that


she has joined our Confederacy, shall consider


her as part of our Country, and to defend her


and Maryland is to defend South Carolina.-


Whatever troops may be ordered will be con-
sdered as Volunteers from South Carolina, and


there is no power to lengthen or change their
term of service; they are still Volunteers from
South Carolina for twelve months, and if they
leave the State, will be under the comm and OF
a General in the Provisional Army of the Con-
federate States. If two or more regiments are
marched together out of this State, will assign
to their command one of our Brigader- Generals,
who will command until General be appointed
or designated by the President of the Oonfeder-
ate Government. One of our noble regiments Is
now in Virginia, and the Palmetto Flag floats
from the beautiful hills of Richmond Another
of the same kind started last night. Yo1 will be
eager to follow wherever that banner waves.


Soldiers of South Carolina! Hold yourselves


in readiness to march, at the word, to the tomb
of Washington, an swear that no Northern
Goths and Vandals shall ever desecrate its sa-
cred precincts, and that you will make Of it an
American Mecca, to which the votaries of free
men and independence, from the South, shall
make their pilgrimage through all time to come.
Let the sons of South Carolina answer to the
call from the SONS of Colonel Howard who led
the Maryland Line in triumph over the bloody
battlefield of the Oowpens. Let them know
that We will return that blood with full interest,
and let them feel that they are now, as they were
then, our brothers. March to Virginia and lay
your heads upon the bosom of this mother Of
States, and hear her great heart beat with new
impulses for renewed and glorious independ-
ence. .


Surely the good and the virtuous of the North
ern States cannot sanction the lawless and bru-
tai despotism now inaugurated at Washington.


Be ready! Stand by your arms-mark time
to the tap of indeoendence and, at the word,
march forward and onward to the Borders
Our glorious old sister, North Carolina is with
you, and her freemen are in arms, join them in
the struggle for defence; and let tyrants know
that there are men why can make them hear the
ring and feel the weight of Southern steel. /
shall endeavor not to expose our own State, and
shall only march you beyond our borders under
pressing emergency but wherever the Confeder-
ate Flag floats, there too is our country, now and
forever. F. W. PIoKENs.
Year: 1861

No medicine ever offered to the public has
met with such universal and signal success as
Perry Davis Vegetable Pain Killer. 1t is sure
cure for all kinds of pain. Try it and thank us
for the suggestion. Sold by druggists.
Year: 1861

VERBAL V1oEs.-Indulgence in verbal vice
soon encourages corresponding vices in conduct.
Let any one of you come to talk about any mean
or vile practice with a familiar tone. and do Won
suppose, when the opportunity occurs for com.
mltting the vile and mean act. he will he as
strong against it as before2 It is by no means
an unknown thing that men OF correct lives talk
themselves into crime, into sensuality, into per-
dltlon. Bad language easily runs into bad deeds


Select any iniquity you please suffer yourself to
converse in It's dialect to use its slang, speak in
the character of one who approves or relishes if.
and need tell you how soon your moral sense
will lower down to its level Becoming inti-
mate with it, you lose your horror of it. This
obvious principle, of itself, furnishes reason
tor watching the tongue.-E D. Huntiaaoton.
Year: 1861

1t is my duty to advise you of my own con.


victions of the proper course to be pursued by


Maryland in the emergency which is upon u.s.


1t is of no consequence now to discuss the causes


which have induced our troubles. Let us look


to our distressing present and to our portentious


future. The fate of Maryland and perhaps of her


sister Border Slave States will undoubtedly be


seriously affected by the action of your honora


BILE body. Therefore, should every good citizen


bend all his energies to the task before US: and


therefore, should the animosities and chickering's
of the past be forgotten, and all strike hands in
the holy cause of restoring peace to our beloved
State and to our common country. / honestly
and most earnestly entertain the conviction that
the only safety of Maryland lies in preserving
neutral position between our brethren of the
North and of the South. We have violated no
rights of either section. We have been loyal to
the Union. The unhappy contest between the
two sections has not been fomented or encour-
aged by US, although we have suffered from it in
the past. The impending war has not come by
any act or any wish of ours. We have done all
We could to avert it. We have hoped that Mary
land, and the other Border Slave States, by their
conservative position and love for the Union
might have acted as mediators between the ex-
tremes of both sections, and thus have prevented
the terrible evils of prolonged civil war. tD-
tertainng these views, cannot counsel Mary
land to take sides against the General Govern
nent until it shall commit outrages upon us
which would justify us in resisting its authority.
AS consequence, can give no other counsel
than that We shall array ourselves for Union and
peace, and thus preserve our soil from being pol
luted with the blood of brethren. Thus, if war


must be between the North and South, we may
force the contendiDg parties to transfer the field
Of battle from our soil, so that our lives and
property may be secure. 1t seems to me that,


of all other considerations, our ge-
ographical position forces us to this, unless we
are willing to see our State the theatre of long
and bloody civil war, and the consequent utter
destruction of every material interest of our peo-
pie, to say nothing of the blood of brave men
and innocent women and children which will
cry out from our soil for vengeance upon US if
we fail to do all that in US lies to avert the i'm
pending calamity
Year: 1861

THE SECRET OF SUCCESS IN BUSINESS. clip
the following from the Syracuse Union and rec
ommend its truth to the consideration of our
friends: "When you find man doing more
business than you are, look at the advertisements
he has in the papers. The business man who
puts his sign in the newspapers, does much
wiser thing than when be fastens it over his
store, and who would think of negecting that |?
The man who advertises informs the public that
he wants trade, and his card in the newspapers
is an invitation to customers to come and buy
Where one person reads in the street. five hun
dred read it in the papers. No matter how well
business man is known, he can always pick up
new customers, if lie will take pains to let them
know where he is and what he has to sell. No
one can afford to not advertise; for by neglect
ing the means of securing trade be loses the best
part OF the profts''
Year: 1861

We, the people of the Confederate States, each
acting its sovereign and independent character, in
order form permanent federal government, estab-
lish Justice, insure domestic tranquility, and
the blessings of liberty TO ourselves and posteri
ty-invoking the flyer and guidance of Almighty God
do oroain and establish this Constitution for the
Confederate States Of America
Year: 1861

Eg- The Sac. Union suppressed the most
important part of Adjutant Gen. Thomas
port,-that which related to the state OF
affairs in the State of Kentucky The Union
is one of the best newspapers in the State
so everybody says.
Year: 1861

The HUMAN LuNG.-The lung of a man is
an aggregation Of bronchial tubues and
sir.sacks; these air cells are very minute,
sometimes the 2OOth of an inch. Between
these air cells runs the capillary blood. ves-
sells. Thus each side of blood vessel is
and the gasses pass to and fro through the
delicate wall of the cells, and through the
walls Of the capilaries, with perfect facility.
So crowded are the blood vessels that the
diameter of the ineshes formed by their
network is less than the 3OO0th of an inch
and the number of aircells is calculated at
not less than six hundred million!
Year: 1861

To PaEvENr HoRsEs FROM KICKING OR
PAVING IN THE SrALL.-Hitch trace chain
around the ankle or fetlock OF the foot most
use /, and let the other end of the chain lay
loose on the floor of the stall, and all will
be right.
Year: 1861

The MOUNTAIN WASoN RoAD.-We learn
from the Dutch Flat Enquirer. that the work
Of grading has been commenced, at the Cal.
ifornia House, six miles above Auburn, upon
the road lea ling to Nevada Territory by
way of Dutch Flat. The work on the lower
end of the road can be done to advantage in
the winter season--and the approach to the
Summit, in the Spring, upon the melting of
the snow. The work is mainly undertaken
by Sacramentans, men of wealth. who I'M
tlerstand what they are about--know that
the shortest line and easiest grades over the
mountains must become the tavorite route
for business.
Year: 1861

The Governor of Georgia has issued the follow
ing general order, under date of the 23i instant:


The Governor and COMMANDMENT Chief of this
State announces TO this Brigade the achievement Of
glorious victory by the Confederate arms under
the command Of the President. and Of Generals
Beauregard and Joseph L. johnson, over the Fed
eral forces, on the 2lst inst, at Manassas Va


The telcgraphic reports, from both our side and
from that of the enemy, are necessarily brief, but
they sufficient to assure US of a complete tri-
umph. and that the enemy has been routed and de-
mOralized- While cOngratulating you, soldiers of
the Fourth Brigade, on this glorious achievement Of
arms, it unfortunately, also, the Governors
duty Il announce to you the loss Of many gallant
GeOrgians VINO fell nObly in their cOuntrys cause
and in uphOlding the honor and chiValry Of the
State and that among these gallant dead the State
has to mourn one of her most tried and distinguish
ed sons. The accomplished Colonel Frames s.
Barlow is no more. With the news Of the victory
came also the sad tidiDgs Of his death in eontribut
ing bravely to its achievement Gallant brave, i'm
pulsive the soul Of honor and Of ChivalrOus bear
ing he sleeps a soldiers death in a soldiers grave.
Peace to his ashes and honor eternal honor to his
memory!


As a mark Of respect to the gallant dead from
Georgia, the Governor directs that at this camp,
and at all public stations of the State the flag Of
the COnfederaey be hoisted at half staff the day
after the receipt Of this order from sunrise to
set and that from revee 70 retreat half hour guns
be fired.
Year: 1861

The foil ,wing is the eloquent and truthful protest
Of the Democratic members of the New Hampshire
Legislature against appropriations for prosecuting
the war against the South


The undersigned claim their constitutional right
of entering upon the journal of the House this,
their protest against the passage Of bill entitled
an act to aid in the defense Of the country with
the following. our reasons therefor:


/. Because the bill compels US to approve, ratify
and confirm "all payments made by the governor
and council by their authority and directions, in
order furnish troops from this State for the de-
fense Of the United States for enlistpg arming,
equipping disciplinirg maintaining or transporting
Year: 1861

PRICE's SUCCESSOR IN MIssoURI.-We
learn, under circumstances which leave no
doubt OF the entire accuracy and reliability OF
the information, that Colonel Heath, atpresent
in the command OF General Floyd, in Western
Virginia, is to take command of the new de.
partment Of Missouri, with the rank OF mayor
general. General Heath will thus take com
mand over General Price, and the popular
rumor OF the latter officer being superseded
has this foundation. This new Arrangement
OF command in Missouri, and the singular ap
poiutment OF Colonel Heath to the major
generaIship of that department, have been
made by the president in consequence of the
recent admission OF Missouri into the conteder-
acy, which places that state, OF course, under
the military authority of the confederate exec
utye. General Heath was in the old federal
army, with the rank of captain.-Richmond
Examiner
Year: 1861

PRESENTATION TO LIEUT.. WooD.-Lieut
Wood of Co. A, fifteenth regiment, will be
remembered as the gallant young officer who
was carried from sick bed to the battlefield
of Balls Bluff, and was cured ly good dose
of fighting. He has since been promoted to
the captancy of the Blackstone company
His old companions in arms in company A
have presented him with valuable sash,
and the following speeches were made at the
presentation =


PRESENTATION SPEECH OF PRIVATE COOK.


Lieut. Wood: Dear Sir-I have been request
ed by the members of this company to offer
for your acceptance a present purchased by
their united contributions, and intended as
some small acknowledgment of their apprecia-
tion Of your character as an officer and man,
and as token OF love from this company, of
which you nave SO fUng DepI TITy-rIItJrr5
served in every capacity, from private to cap
tain, and, ! need not add filed every position
with ability. Accept, then, This SASH and
whenever you wear it remember ii as the gift
of those who will rejoice in your prosperity,
and sympathize with, and, If possible, aid you
in the hour Of adversely, which, we sincerely
hope is far distant.


RESPONSE OF LIEUT. WOOD.


Pirate Cook and Brother Comrades In this
token OF your love and respect, you have taken
me entirely by surprise. From my first con.
nection with Company A, my highest ambi-
ton has been to do my duty to the best Of my
ability. 1t | have done it to your acceptance
and satisfaction, wish for no better reward
than the approval OF your brave and noble
hearts. God helping me, no act Of mine shall
ever disgrace this generous giit of yours. The
prospect is, that ere long l may be called upon
to leave you, but never shall forget the brave
and generous hearted boys of Company A
and whenever l look upon this gift OF your
hearts, it will help to quicken me in the patti
of duty and remind me of that command-
each and every one Of which is dear to me as
an only brother Accept my hearty thanks
for your generous present
Year: 1861

PRESENT FOR PRESIDENT LINCOLN
There is now on exhibition at the store of MIR
Jacob March, No. 1S03 Grand street, valua-
bic watch OF curious construction, which is to
be presented by some leading citizen OF Viii
liamsburg, to President Lincoln. lie watch
is said to have been at one time the property
Of the royal family Of France. Besides being
timekeeper equal to the best chronometer, it
contains music box which plays several airs.
The dial is Of fine enamel, with painted
landscape view OF the palace of the Tuileries.
On the lace are also three moving figures of
solid gold and great beauty. The estimated
value Of the watch is 5000. But it is said to
be OF much greater value, by reason OF inter
estiug associations.-N T. Tribune.
Year: 1861

HELP FOR THE FUGITIvEs.-llarriet Tub.
man, one OF the most efficient agents on The
underground railroad is stopping in town for
a few days. She is very interesting clarac
ter, and can entertain her listeners with many
thrilling incidents Of her eyeniul life She
was formerly worked as a slave in Maryland,
but succeeded in escaping to the land OF free
women. From this time forward she devoted
her life to the work of making slaves into free
persons, and has spirited away so many
IRON slavery as TO have caused John
Brown to style her his captain. Those
who have not forgotten the double res
cue VI rugItr'r, WHICH iruPPe..~I
Troy last spring, will regard Harriet Tub
man with peculiar friendliness, Tor it was she,
under the newspaper cognomen of "Moll
Pitcher, who was the master spirit of that af-
fair, and who toied the save-hounds SO sue
cesstully to acquire a great newspaper
fame Over five hundred fugitiyes arrived in
Canada on one train" recently, and with
those already there and constantly coming,
and others in Kansas, there is a call for help to
start these unfortunate people in their new
life. Any secondhand clothing or other do
nation, left as soon as possible at the store of
w. & I. Brown, corner of Main and Pearl
streets, she will be very thankful for and will
put to good use.
Year: 1861

Those who have the greatest confidence in
others generally have but little confidence IN
themselves. If we have confidence in another's
capacity, it is because we lack this capacity our
selves.
Year: 1861

Harry said young lady on the seat before
us at the theater, g how l should love TO be an
actress" can al. .tress, Henrietta! why?'' Oh,
it must be SO Rice to be made love to in such
pretty words every evening"
Year: 1861

An old citizen furnishes as with some remarks,
as below, about our young navy. The Hessians
will have by the middle of October us steam YES
sells employed in the crusade against the South.
Our authorities will do we'll to be active and untir-
ing. Every available vessel and every gun ought
to be called into service:
Year: 1861

AN OFFsET.-Numerous instances where
women have been preserved from drowning
by their hoop skirts have been adduced as
evidence of their value. An offset to this
appears to be found in late distressing
case Of death resulting to lady ia Bath,
Me-. in consequence of her clothes taking
FIRE. They might have saved her life by
wrapping her in floor-rugs but tae stubborn
steel springs prevented, and the poor lady
was burned to death.
Year: 1861

SMALL. NOTE IsSUE.--A bill has passed both
branches of the Tennessee Legislature, authorizing
the Bank of Tennessee to issue change notes OF
denominations less than one dollar. The Nashville
Union says:


It was understood before the bill was introduced
into the Legislature, that the bank, if authorized
would issue such notes We believe the bill does
not limit the bank to any sum, and we presume q
sufficient amount will be issued to meet the wants
of the people. In the ABSENCE Of silver, these is
sues will be a grsat convenience, but we regret to
see this resort 10 supply the change necessary for
the business Of tue country
Year: 1861

We learn that Professor DeBow, who IS lining al
present, with the greatest usefulness to the pnohe
service the position of Superintendent OF the Loan
Office has engaged in the collection OF statiseies
and facts of all the manufacturing enterprises Oh
every extent and description that have been estan-
lisbed in the South since the commencement Of the
Year: 1861

Believing that the time has arrived when the
great Republican party of the United States ought
to be fairly represented in the daily press of the
National Metropolis, we have embarked in the
enterprise of supplying the citizens of the District
of Columbia with daily publication, under the
title of the "NArIoNAL REPUBLICAN,"


In its political department, this journal will
advocate and defend the principles OF the Repub-
lican party, and endeavor to disabuse the public
mind of groundless prejudices which have been
engendered against it, by the false accusations
Of its enemies. Having the utmost confidence
that the administration of Mr.. Lincoln will be
such as to merit our appreciation, we expect to
yield 1t a cordial, but not servile support In
the great issue that is likely to be made with bis
administration, by the enemies of the Republican
party, the people of Washington and the District
Of Columbia have more at stake than the people
of any other portion of our common country We
believe that to support Mr.. Lincolns administrs-
tion will be synonymous with maintaining the in.
tegrity of the Federal Union, against the machin-
atoms Of those who would rend it aounder. No
one can doubt upon which side of this issue the
people of Washington will be found, when they
come to realize that it is fairly forced upon them.
We feel confident, therefore, that in yielding to
the administration of Mr.. Lincoln a cordial sup
port, we shall have the sympathy of an immense
majority Of the people of this District and vicin-
ity.


1t is not our design, however, to make the
National Republican a mere political paper. We
intend, that as a medium Of general and local
news, it shall not be inferior to any other journal
published in this city. We shall pay particular
attention to questions Of local policy, and advo-
cate such reforms as we may deem essential to
the prosperity of the city, and to the advance
ment of the moral and material welfare of its
| inhabitants.


We deem it unnecessary, however, to multi.
ply promises, as the paper will Immediately make
its appearance, and will then speak for itself.
| 1t will be published every morning, and de.
livered to city subscribers at six cents per week
Mail subscribers, $3.50 a year, payable In ad.
vance.


The publication Office Is at the corner of Indi.
| ana avenue and Second street.


| LEWIS CLEPHANE 4 90.
Year: 1861

The Huntsville (Ala.) Advocate publishes
private letter from Hon. Jeremiah Clemens,
former y. 5. Senator, who was member OF
the Alabama Secession Cohtenton. The let
ter is dated january lIth, the day the seces-
sion ordinance was adopted. 1t is full of
gloomy iorcbodings. We make the following
extract:


God knows where all this will end. / see
very plainly the storms that are gathering, but
do not sec how we are to pass through them.
/ resisted the passage of the ordinance to the
last moment in every form, and then, when no
more was to be accomplished, did what l
had pledged myself to do on every stump, and
openly placed myself on the side of the State.


We are out, we have bid adieu to the stars
and stripes, and abandoned the high privilege
of calling ourselves American citizcnS--l am
not ashamed to confess that | could not res
train my tears when TIE old banner which /
have followed through so many dangers was
torn down, and the flag of Alabama was rails
ed IN its place. cannot restrain them now
when / am writing, but the deed is done, a
new era has dawned, and all that l can prom
Use is that no effort shall be spared on my part



If we are not already involved in war, we
soon will be. There is no hope of peace, and
he is but little better than madman who
dreams of a long exemption from invasion. l
shall meet it when it comes as a soldier should,
and fight through it as long as a hope remains;
when everything is lost, as fear it may be,
unless wiser couusels- should prevail than those
which have heretofore directed us, shall drag
my body to the nearest battlefield, and lay
down life which has lost its value.


Do nothing TO divide the people of our own
State. Our only hope is in their union. Tell
them so, and urge them as they love their fam
ilies-as they love their country-as they love
God and hope for heaven, to come out at once
in the support of the action Of the State
There is no other hope for us-no other chance
for peace, and that is poor one. .


JEKE. CLEMENS
Year: 1861

1t is astonishing to see how wei mon may
live on a small income who has handy aud
Industrious wife. Some men live and make a
far better appearance on six or eight dollars
n week than others do on fifteen or eighteen
dollars. The man does his part WELL but bis
wife is good-for-nothing. She will even up
braid her husband for not living in as good
style as his neighbor, while the fault is en-
tirely her own His neighbor has a neat ca
pable and industrious wife, and that make;
the difference His wife, on the other hand
is whirlpool, into which great many silver
cups might be thrown, and the appearance oi
the water would remain unchanged. 1t is on
ly an insult for such a woman to talk to her
husband about love and devotion.