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Year: 1862

lie Alarm IN hlehmond-Preparing'f3 T the Com


ing Shock.


The Richmond Eaqnirer of the 4th inst
says: Judging from the past, and from the
appearance Of the present, we have 70 right
10 expect anything else than the continuance
Of the war for anolher campaign and on very
grand scale.


Our people and government are all conscious
of the giant preparations which Lincoln is
maxim 2. His vast drafts of men are not all.
His ship yards sre sill busy. and gunboats OF
heavy draught and of light draught, cased in
iron armor, and fitted up with all the art of
war and all the appliances of ingenuity are
being constructed in great numbers Thus,
while great ar my is TO press Us on land, our
coasts are to be Infested, and our large and
small rivers peneirlted by mailed sunb pats.
Ii has become of late little fashionable to
9neer at eunboa's. There is no good reason
for this They are certainty 6orrlidaG!e means
of offtnse TO a people ho cannot meet them
the same way, And the rise in the .scers.
~A.ch TIE rains Of winter always produce, win
give them the power Of ascending to the heads
of navigation.


we must prepare for these gunboats, not
by fippauty sheering at gunboat panics ::
that would be very unwise. Not by timid ap-
prehensions Of inability to resist them that
would be very unwise also. But we must pre-
pare deienses on our rivers aud distractions
In their channels. We must try all the vir-
tues Of sharpshooters On the buuks, and sub.
aqueous batteries in the stream. We must
make 1t necessary for the enemy to move iu
ioree wherever he moves at all thus we shall
reduce the number Of his attempts We
should have river guards Of active, courageous
men, sullic ent to prevent the crews from land
ing and penetrating into the country The
crew of a gunboat is small, ard can BE- easily
overcome away from the vessel The shores
that we cannet defend must be relieved of ev-
erything that could r,waFd marauding parties
All movable property should be retired to a
suitable distance.


To meet the coming hosts Of the enemy on
land, our army must not only be sufficiently
Increased in point of numbers, but It's disci-
pine and efficiency must be promoted to the
highest degree and good citizens and good
soldiers must all cheerIully submit TO aud co
operate in whatever is necessary to secure
these results. 1t is thus and thus only that
the war is TO be safely and speedily cnded.-
All who desire these results as his first wish
should be willing to employ the means The
war is separating men from their business and
homes, and interrupting the industry and the
happiness of the country. Let US end it az
| soon as possible.
Year: 1862

PREMIUM UNION MAssAcRE.-T'he rebels
are mad and no mistake. They show it in their
Congressional proceedings. Some Of their
mad propositions to Tetaate for touching
their slave property by proclamation we have
noticed But Mr. Lyons in the House, caps
the climax OF ferociiy He proposes to give
a premium-in Confederate script we suppose
of $40 TO every negro who kills, wherever
found, a white Union soldier or sailor in arms
against rebeldom.


The Southern papers have had nnuch to say
about the atrocity Of inviting insurrectioR
against the slave masters, by offering TO free
slaves from bondage; but it appears that the
slave masters, in inviting resistance Of their
slaves against the lawful agents ofthe Govern
ment, aud giving them premium besides foV
massacreing them, go considerable step fur
ther in atrociiy. If this Infamous sRgges
ton had been made in any loyal legislative
body, it would at once be held up to the world
as an evidence of the brutality and want o
civilization of the people Of the loyal States
Now it is only one of the many barbarsms o
slavery.
Year: 1862

Con'd We hut make language express the
beautiful images of Nature how eloquent we
should be Could we trace in words the eX-
qusiie lint Of the aawer, or the sparkling of
The rippin wave, the majestic beauty of the
forest, or the graceful interminglng Of light and
shade; tho grandeur of the hoary cliff or the
loveliness Of The laughing plain; the joyous
ness. ofthe sunshine, of the tranquility of the
twilight gloom, the terror of the Storm, or the
nildness Of the evening breeze! Nature has
language of its own-a language which is
understood in every clime-wbieh speaks ST
lently to the heart OF every beholder, through
which many communicate with their Creator
and his own, but which can find no utterance
through the lips.
Year: 1862

The New York Tribune editorially says OF
McClellan's Order upon tile proclamation:


General Mcclellan in this order expresses
no other than a soldiers opinion of the Pres-
dents Proclamation of Freedom. TO have
done otherwise would have been held to justi
ry the very licence he was constrained to re-
buIle. But we happen to know that the
Generals personal conviction and deliberate
Judgment fully sustain and approve the Proc,
lamation, regarding it as a wise, just, and
recessaty measure Of National defense against
deadly and formidable treason. Whatever ad-
versa. sympathes and prePossession5 General
Mcclellan may at an earlier day have cher
ished have been dissipated by the stern eXpe-
rienee Of the last. year. lie gives to that
Proclamation and the policy it inauguratea
not merely the ready support of his soldiers
arm but the full approval of his understand
ing and the benedictiOn of his patriot heart
In fact, we believe, though we have no author
ity for staring that the proclamation was not
issued until after tIencral Mcclellan had sig
nifcd to the President that the time for H. in
his Judgment, had fully corae. Gen MeClel-
Ian has faithfully, for more than year sought
to save the Union without destroying slavery.
Not succeeding in that experiment, he was now
ready to give rs loyal and hearty support to
an effort to save the Union and let Slavery go
10 the wall. And that effort viii now be
made"
Year: 1862

If you use a fre-arm, take care that in
shooting off your arm you don't shoot of your
hand.


The best psuance We can do for envying
another's merit is to endeavor to surPass it.


The captain of g vessel is not governed by
his mate, but married landsman generally is.


Men wounded by the explosion of bomb
shells are wounded mortarly.


It is said sthe hare is one of the most timid
animals, yet it always dies game!" Why
shouldn't it, when it is made game Of
Year: 1862

So1LED POSTAGE STAMPs,-A Washington
dispatch to the Cincinnati Commercial says
that ii is not The intention of the Government
to refuse to redeem soiled or defaced or torn
postage stamps that have been used as curren-
cy. They cannot, however, be received as
proper stamps to put on letters that are to be
sent through the mails. Such must be clean
and unmarked hut the redemption of soiled
and defaced or torn ones, that have been usel
us currency, and not a second time for postage
will be provided for hereafter.
Year: 1862

IRoN FOR PEAcH TREEs.-The scales of iron
that accumulate around the anvil of a black
smiths shop, are more valuable than manure
for peach trees. A shoveIful put around a
healthy peach tree, will be very likely to keep
it in good condition; and it is said that trees
already diseased have recovered by the appli-
cation Of these scales. Iron in any form will
answer good purpose.
Year: 1862

L. N. GorscuAIx.-This great American
pianist gave his first concert last night, to q
full house composed Of the very elite Of the city,
who testified their appreciation Of the maguia.
cent performance by frequent outbursts oI
hearty applause. His pieces are polished and
presented with the skill Of . master. His style
Is charming In the most rapid passages, be
never becomes incoherent; never makes false
step.


His second concert will take place tonight
at Willards' Hall, and those who wish to heal
the works Of masters performed in the bright
eat style of the art" will not fail to be present
SEQ bis advertisement for the programme, which
embraces some pieces never before performed
In this city. An entire new programme is pre-
sented each evening. As he will give but ons
more concert in this city, all will avail them
selves of this opportunity for hearing the great
est pianist living.
Year: 1862

A MILITARY GovERSoR.-The appointment
by the President and Senate, Of Andy johnson
% Brigadier General, with the intent that he
shall exercise the functions Of Provisional
Military Governor Of Tennessee, Is gall and
wormwood to those who maintain that the
United States cannot, under any condition Of
facts, govern as Territories, States which have
seeded from the Union. What may be done
in Tennessee may be done elsewhere, and what
may be done for single week, or month, may
be done for one or more years. Everything
depends upon the peculiar circumstances q
each case. It may take five years before such
Q community as that Of South Carolina can be
safely invested anew with the attributes Of
State sovereignty, nov given up by its own
voluntary act. Wa,
Year: 1862

TA child of five. having seen her father
for the first tilne-he having been absent in
California was much astonished that he
should claim any authority over her, and on
an occasion Of rebellion, as he administered
punishment, she cried out. 81 wish you had
never married into our family"
Year: 1862

THE EVANSVILLE JOURNAL is now IN the 9th
year of its existence. During all that period ii
has sought to be in every respect faithful 'ehroni
cIer Of the times, the people and the country"
The circulation Of the JOURNAL Ia a gratifying
evidence that our labors appreciated. Never
before was a newspaper more necessary than ct
present. Ne man can fail TO understand the i'm
poftance of keeping up with the stormy times
in which we live. He who does not read nov, and
keep informed on the current events of the day,
will have the failure to do so for a lifetime
Year: 1862

tIUIl tIlo IIIDuIIO OI I Iucouus'J


DEAR SIR: Although did not anticipate
nor seek any reply to my former letter un-
less through your official acts, thank you
for having accorded one, since 1t enables me
to say explicitly that nothing was further
from my thought than to impeach in any
manner the sincerity or the intensity OF
your devotion to the saving Of the Union.
Year: 1862

We learn that Paul O. Cameron, ESQ.,, has re-
signed the Presidency of this Road In few days
we presume the Directors will elect his successor
The public in North Carolina as we'll as the Confed.
crate government are deeply interested IN this
Road. They are not concerned so much with the
past as with the future. The appointment of sue
cessor is therefore, matter of the highest consid-
Grafton. The condition of the Road and the public
demands upon 1t require strong, young, sober,
sensible, energetic, business mana man, if posi-.
BILE, of experience in Railroad matters. A man aoho
has his fortune to make,-not superannuated bro
ken down man Of wealth and ease, who is as hard
to stir as loggerhead in winter time. Nor is this
time for consulting the wishes of kinsfolks and
class politicians. The State demands the services
OF the right MANA man who would remove his
family to the Shops, and devote lis whole time to
the Road. There is another idea. This Road has
changed its assistants, subordinates, &C., too often
we fear At this crisis it is all important to have
proper head, to guide and to govern; but VIC have
observed that those Roads do best which are care
full at first in the selection of officers and employees
but who hold on to them as long as possible after
they have proven themselves worthy of confidence
We sincerely hope that the Directors may be sue
cessful in selecting the right man for that important
position.
Year: 1862

mai election in August Upon this pelnt, I think
tnere can be no doubt It has been said, that this
construction would operate as an Inconvenience


II the Office Of Governor were to become vacant af
Ter the election in August then there would be no
speaker OF the Senate to succeed him. Even ad.
mittlng this to be|true it argues nothing; for we
AL know that an Inconvenience experienced from q
provision in the Constitution, does not authorize
to change its construction. The Constitution pro-
woes that members Of the Assembly shall be bien-
nlally chosen. All seem to admit that they are
elected for term of two years. In 1885, the Con-
Astltutlon was amended and instead of each County
having Senator and two members of the House Of
Commons, different mode of representation was
substituted. Although the amended Constitution
was ratified in November 1885, an ordinance Of the
convention postponed its operation till the 1st of
January, 1886. The Constitution which went into
effect On that day, abolished the Assembly elected
unoer the old Constitution, and consequently the
first Assembly chosen under the new Constitution
was elected at the summer elections of 1886. The
term of the members of that Assembly commenced
from the election. If the term commenced at the
election then it must be so now, for the Constitu
ton has not been changed since that time"


The above appears to us to be entirely conclusive.
fso, then Gov. Clark's term as Senator from Edge.
combe and Speaker, will expire on the first Thurs
day in August next; and if Governor only because
he is Speaker he will cease to be Governor, or to
act as Governor, when the period mentioned shall
arrive
Year: 1862

LECTURE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE HosPITALs.-
We learn that number of ladies and gentlemen Of
this place, and ether parts of the State have nvit
ed and urged Henry W. Miller, Esq, to prepare and
deliver Lecture at various points, for the benefit
of the hospitals of the North Carolina Volunteers.
We sincerely trust that Mr.. Miller may be induced
to undertake this task The labor is one Of philan-
thropy and patriotism. to which Mr.. Miller would
bring exalted powers of intellect, and the result
would no doubt be highly beneficial to the brave
men confined by wounds and sickness in our hos
pitals. We hope soon to have the pleasure of an
nouncinc that Mr.. Miller has consented to deliver
the Lecture
Year: 1862

COLUMBUS Co., N c., Jan. q, 1862
W. W. HOLDEN, ESQ.,:


DEAR S1R:-Mr. Maultsby charges me with act
ing cowardly in complaining to you and not to him
for rendering me an oath which had right to &C.
cept or refuse. Mr. NJ. did not tell me that he was
going to administer the oath Of allegiance nor that
our lists he annexed the oath of allegiance. When
it. and he said it made no difference, and turned his
back and walked away. Had he told me he had no
law for it, should have complained to him at the
time but inasmuch as he treated me ndifferently,
did not think it my duty to go to him again. We
leave it for the people to judge who acted the CO.
ward. Mr. NJ says, that all took the oath without
a murmur so far as he knows, and that some even
expressed their delight at it. know there was dis
satisfaction at the time they took the oath. They
believed Mr.. NJ to be a gentleman who knew his
duty, and would do nothing but his duty
Afterwards finding themselves deceived, they are
much dissatisfied. Mr.. N. also says that as the
oath of allegiance was well administered, there will
be no need of appointing substitute for that pur-
pose before another revolution. Perhaps it was
we'll DONE so far as 1t was done at all; but there
were good many who did not get an opportunity
of taking the oath; for I do not think any wero
sworn who were not subject to pay war tax; and
not all Of them for some sent their lists by Others
Now, if it was an oath which all true Southern men
delight to take Think he ought to have given them
all chance. never charged Col. Smith with I'D.
ministering the oath of allegiance though expect
he was willing for it to be douR He has denied t.
and Mr.. Maultsby for him.


Yours, &c, G.
Year: 1862

GEN. CRIrTEsDEN.-We are happy in being able
to state upon the authority of the Nashville Union
that the charge of in6dety to the South made
against Gen. Crittenden in connection with the late
battle at Somerset KY, is wholly unfounded. The
battle was determined upon by council of war
they were misled by false scouts as to the number
Of the enemy. Gen. c., it is said, was constantly
under heavy fire in the battle, and bore his part
with great cooluess and bravery during the entire
fight
Year: 1862

We call the attention of Clerks Sherifs, and 9TH
ers charged with the collection Of the revenue to
the fact that the Convention has repealed that Sec
tion of the revenue law, exempting certain amount
of property from taxation. The following is the
section repealed:


"Everr Individual whose estate shall be assessed
at five hundred dollars, or less sum, shall pay no
tax thereon; and five hundred dollars of the as
essed value of the estate of each taxpayer shall be
exempt from taxation"
Year: 1862

We have been furnished with the following ab-
stract of taxables in the Burke district under the
act OF the Confederate Congress, authorizing the
issue of treasury notes and providing war tax for
the redemption thereof The collection of the taxes
in this district has been confded to Thomas A.


Dorsey, Esq, of Burke county, than whom no more
competent gentleman could have been selected, as is
evidenced by the prompt, neat, and correct manner
in which his returns are presented to the chief COL
Year: 1862

Our readers will find reading matter on the first
page. By some oversight we have omitted publish
ing the correspondence between Mr.. Ferebee Of the
Con ention and the Secretary of the Treasury, in
relation to the War Tax. 1t will be found on the
first page.
Year: 1862

Total amount Of taxables, $3,2O5,773
The taxes on which amount to sl6,59s ss-quite
an item in addition to the State and County taxes
for which they are already liable but which the tax
payers Of the district are disposed to meet cheer.
fully.
Year: 1862

We submit the following facts in the history of
the State, to the consideration of those who enter
tain doubts as to whether Henry T. Clark is only
acting Governor and as to the period when the term
of members of the Legislature expires -,


And first we invite attention to the following
communication, which appeared in this paper in
December, 1854


From the Standard of December 90, 1s54l


THE SPEAKER AND ACTING GOVERNOR.


The following highly interesting communication;
addressed to the Editors of this paper appears to he
conclusive in the view taken of the Speaker of the
Senate exercising the powers of Governor. The
statements made from the history of the State. may
be implicitly relied upon. We repeat, they settle
the question. p,
Year: 1862

In Cazenois, New York. recently, dis.
trict school gave an exhibition, embracing
a dramatic scene In which deserter was to
he shot. The act was performed, and the
lad who acted the part Ga son of Rev. E..
Swami fell dead upon the stage. 1t was
found that on loading the gun brass fer.
rule on the ramrod had slipped from its
place and remained in the barrel.
Year: 1862

OR, THE BUTTERFLY FLOWER
HE away, HE away, from the haunts OF men,
To the mountains come with me,
Where the burning beams Of the summers sun
Willis the leaf on the greenest .ree.
II a sense Of beauty you chance to own,
If that be part Of your dover,
You will thrill with delight when first you see
The beautiful Butterfly Flower.
For It dwells not by the rivulet's side,
Nor deep In the grassy glade
But chooses the parched, unsheltered plain,
Afar from the cooling shade.
II is a genial child of the sun
Tis not q child of the shower
And It gathers its life from the day gods beams
The beautiful Butterfly Flower.
II comes not forth in the flush Of spring,
When the earth Is clothed in green,
'Tis not till the sun pours his fiercer rays
That its beautious face is seen.
The lava soil, which it seems to love,
Bestows no fragrant power,
But no art can copy the matchless tints
OF the beautiful Butterfly Flower.
II closes It's leaves at the nights approach,
When its patron sinks TO rest,
Unfolding, with all a mothers care,
The petals within its breast.
And not till the sun pOurs forth his rays,
Long past the rising hour,
Does its leaves expand to the hight oil day,
The beautiful Butterfly Flower
A child fthe mountains child of the sun,
And a child of the barren soil,
It seems to breathe a lesson Of love
To the children Of want and toll.
'Tis cultured not in the gay parterre,
Nor the fonding Of pride or power;
But IL comes to adoTn the dreary wild,
The beautiful Butterfly Flower
And those who repine at their gloomy lot,
In this world of want and care,
Should know wherever their steps may trend,
There is something bright and fair;
That nature has given to every scene,
BY the spell of its magic power,
Some beautiful thing, II they will but heed,
Like the beautiful Butterfly Flower.


w. X. WEARB.
Pleasant Flat Nevada county.
Year: 1862

Heaven" So with many tears at part
ing, they went, solitary, down those avenues,
each chil,l upon its way and the child who
went TO Heaven rose into the golden air
and vanished.


Whenever these parIincs happened, the
traveller looked at the gentleman, and saw
him glance up at the sky above the trees.
where the day was beginning TO decline,
aud the sunset TO come on. He, saw too.
that his hair was turning grey. But they
never could rest long, for they had their
journey to perform, and it was always nec-
essary for them TO be busy.


Al last there had been so many part
ings that there were no children left, and
only the traveller, the gentleman and the
lady, went upon their wav in company.
And now the wood was yellow, and now
browns and the leaves, even OF the forest
trees began to fall


So they catae to an avenue that was
darker than the rest, and were pressing for
ward on their Journey without looking down
it, when the lady stopped.


"My husband" said the lady, IL am
called"



way down the avenue" Mother, mother.


IL was the voice of the first child who
said, " i am going to Heaven" and the
father said '' pray not yet. Sunset is
very near. ! pray not yet"
But the voice cried /" Mother, mother!
without minding him, though his hair was
now quite white and tears were on his face.
| Then, the mother, who was already drawn
| into the shade of the dark avenue, and
moving away with her arms still around
his neck. kissed him and said, My dearest
| am summoned and | go! F" And she was
gone. And the traveller and he were left
alone together.


And they Went on and on together until
| they came to very near the end of the
wood, so near that they could see the sun.
set shining red before the trees.
/ Yet once more, while he broke his way
among the branches, the traveller lost his
fri end. He called and called, but there
was no reply, and when he passed out o
the wood, and saw the peaceful sun guin.
down upon wide purple prospect, he cams
to an old man sitting on a fallen tree. S.
he said to the old man, g What do yo,
here ?" And the old man said with ealn
smile.


" am always remembering. Come ant
remember with me-"


So the traveller sat down by the side o
that old man, face 10 face with the seren
sunset; and all his friends came softly bacl
and stood around him. Thu beautiful child
the handsome boy, the young man in love
the father, mother. and children: every
one of them was there, and he had los
nothing. So he had loved them all, an'
was kind and forbearing with them all, an'
was always pleased to watch them all, an
they all honored and loved him.


And think the Traveller must be your
self, dear grandfather, because this is wha
you do to US, aud what we do to you.'