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Year: 1864




We regret to hear Of the sudden death
of Mr. Joshua Reed Giddings, the United
States Consul General in Canada. He
died in the bilIiard-room Of the St Law
renee Hotel, last night, at a q iarter to 10
o'clock. He had played one game of bill
iards, and was playing another, in good
spirits, at the moment he was strick6n
down by a disease Can affection Of the
nerves operating on the heart, we bclieve)
to which ne had long been subject. y
bystander reports TO US that in the midst
Of his game he sat down and leaned for
ward, apparently in an insensible state
The bystanders raised him and carried him
to sofa at the side of the room, and
thinking that he labored under a fit OF
some kind, they applied water plentifully
to his facc-in fact doused his face with
it. They again raised him up, and for a
moment he seemed to rally and recover
consciousness, but soon fell forward again
insensible, and expired in about eight
minutes from the time Of the first attack
His medical attendant (Dr Sutherland,
we understand, was Immediately sent for.
but Mr.. Giddings had ceased to live before
he arrived We hear that about year
ago he was severely attacked with the
same disease And it is fact that in
May 1856, he suddenly fell down on the
floor i'll Congress while in the act of max
ing speech. In January; 1888 he fell
down in the same way, and was for some
time supposed to be dead
Year: 1864

To show how closely our government
has copied the act of the british king to-
wards our Revolutionary fathers, we quote
the charges they made against King
George as follows: He caused the stamp
act to be passed. lie made the military
above civil power. He sent men into ban
ishment and exile without authority OF
law. He excited the negroes to insurrec-
ton. He disgarded the constitutions and
laws Of the colonies" Has not Abraham
Lincoln done all this, and even more and
worse No truthful man will deny it
These acts drove our patriotic ancestors IN
to rebellion. And the whole civilized
world held them justified therein But
We submit TO these tyranical acts in the
hope that the people will remedy aud re-
form them by peaceful means-through
the ballot box As long as that hope ex-
lists and as long as the ballot-box is free
so long will Tyranny be tolerated But
if the great right Of suffrage shall be
shown to take of their liberties, submission
Will become a crime and disgrace. Lei
men in power think Of this-FJenom Pa
per.
Year: 1864

Lincoln has increased his already i'm
mense unpOpularity among the Germans,
by his removal of the distinguished Ger
man Republican, General Sigel OF this
late act of the Administration the New
York Neus' correspondent says:


The supplanting of General Sieel by
General Hunter IS measure that is likely
to create some considerable disseniton be
tween the German Republicans and the
Government. 1t is considered that the
exchange is jumping from the frying-pan
into the fire. General Hunter has done
nothing in this war to entitle him to any
consideration as an able military officer,
and the public need not expect. any great
military exploits under his administration.
Returning 10 the subject of Sigel's removal.
| will state that the Germans in this city
are highly indignant at the Presidents S
action they swear it is Know-Nothing
move, that prejudice has been allowed to
prevail and that in future they will advise
their countrymen to let army matters Sc
verely alone. This feeling will no doubt
spread throughout the country, and the
Germans will be likely to settle the ac-
counts with Mr. Lincoln at the next Pres
idential election General Sigel is to be
retired from command and placed on the
official shelf during the continuance of the
war
Year: 1864

The action of Governor Seymour, Of
New York, in taking steps for the punish
ment under the State laws of all those en-
gagged in the illegal suppression of the New
York World and New York Journal OF
Commerce meets the appreciation of that
leading German Republican print, the St
Louis Arze:yer, which says:


IF any State is still able to protect the
rights Of the citizen against frivolous and
wicked violence on the part of military Pa
shas, it must be the powerful State of New
York lin Nev York such mill AIRY out
RACES against the freedom of the press and
the rights Of property of citizens can be tol
Grated, then let the people every where
bow their nec',s under the yoke OF the new
despotism aad It's rulers The originator,
OF these Outragc5 should also be indicted
in the civil courts, and punished severely
by suits Of damages. Here in Missouri
such suits are prohibited by the military
authorities, but in New York they are moi
yet SO far, and should be careful not to GEL
so far"
Year: 1864

Some music teachers orce wrote that
the Art Of playing on violin requires
the incest perception and the most sensi-
bility of any art in the known world y
Upon which an editor comments in the
following style: "Thc art of publishing a
newspaper, and making it pay, and at the
same time have it please every body, beats
6ddlin higher than kite"
Year: 1864

They are considering the question Of
repeating the three hundred dollar exemp-
tion clause in the Enrolment Bill They
will probably report in favor of the repeal
of that measure. 1t is the opinion of very
many of the Republicans, that it is the
only way TO raise an army
There is considerable sarcasm in that,
when the President has already had armies
to the amount of two millions and a quar- :
t2r.
Year: 1864

Old Abe will have his joke. The Wash
ington Union says, a western Congressman
was very anxious to know if Grant himself
had been heard from. The Z ident said
no-that Grant was like the fellow that
climed the pole and then pulled the pole
up after him.
Year: 1864

THE ERs.-A colored preacher
within our lines recently felt constrained
to preach against the extortions of the sut-
lers from which his flock had Suffered
After much deliberation he announced his
text as follows: Now the serpent was
more sMier than any beast of the field
which the Lord God had made
Year: 1864

MEN are Oftel amazed at the talent and
cunning that experienced villains employ
in carrying forward their plans of plum
der and crime. And it is not ungrateful
to Our feelings when we find officers of
Justice resorting to a measure Of talent
and cunning even greater than their own
to arrest and bring to punishment these
desperadoes in crime. The following in
cident in New York police life taken
from the Curiosities Of Crime, " is a case
in point on this subject. A Detective
tells the story as follows:


Several years ago I had with much diff
fculty arrested a clerk in leading jew
elry house, who for long time had not
only successfully purlOined from his en-
ployers, but had as successfully diverted
suspicion from himself. He made no
confession when apprehOnded, and was
very sullen; but l got facts enough to

give me a clue that the property he had
taken was sold to the Ehrwitz Brothers,
who for series of years had defed by
their fnesse" all the exertions of police
and magistrates. After commitment he
was "habeas oorpused plague on those
bothersome writsl Instead of being helps
to justice, as in olden times, they had got
to be mischievous, and oftentimes-as in
the case I now speak of-mere lodges to
help an escape. Being somewhat his cri-
minal guardian, I was selected to care for
him on his way to the judges chambers
and back again. The argument over, he
was remanded; for there was nothing N
the points made for the liberty Of this
citizen" as the counsellor with much
bUmbast contsndsd.


just by thee corner of Leonard and Elm
streets, as we were going to the TOmbs,
two intensely countrifed fellows came
along, and as quick as lightning seized


me by each arm, and just as quickly my
prisoner cut and run twards Broadway


The thing was so bold and audacious,


was a for moment paralyzed, and they


held tightly too, 1 assure you, In az
Year: 1864

The power of discovering comic
point, of approaching a humorous hit,
and enjoying the fun of d droll position,
is not a gift to be despised 1t is not a
vain, silly, or unbecOming thing, as some
mOping owls and grave billiards suppose.
1t Is, indeed, like all human faculties,
liable to abuse, and capable Of being per=
verted to evil; but it is essentially good
gift, aud ought to be turned to the good
account of which it is susceptible, and to
manifest itself in the increase of the
cheerfulne5s and happiness, and the af-
feetiOn of social and family life.


We might go further. We might say,
and adduce much evidence to support the
proposition, that as humor is discerned
only by those who can, to soma extent,
catch the feeling and spirit of humor, is
one phase or department of sympathy,
and thus the springs Of mirthfulness and
of kindness are not far distant; and many
home, amid the alterations Of JOY and
so-row that larken or brighten the course
Of life, has found an ever-hesh gladness
in the comic vein and jocund humof of
some mirthful member of the family.
Many of the best men We have ever
known-the best in the highest sense of
the term-with the best heads and tke
best hearts, have been men who thorough
ly appreciated and highly enjoyed true
humor.-NorM British Revie1g.
Year: 1864


mourn no more my vanished years;
Beneath tender rain,
An April rain Of smiles and tears,
My heart is young again.
The west winds blow, and singing low,
hear the glad streams run;
The windows Of my soul throw
Wide open TO the sun
10 longer forward nor behind
1 look in hope or fear;
But, grateful, take the good ind,
The best Of now and here
Plow no more a desert land,
To harvest weed and tare;
The mama dropping from Gods hand,
Rebukes my painful care.
I break my pilgrim staff, lay
Aside the toiling oar;
The angel sought SO far away
welcome 70 my door,
The airs Of Spring may never play
Among the ripening corn.
80 freshness of the flowers OF May
Blow through the Autumn morn -
Yet shall the blue-eyed gentian look
Through fringed lids to heaven,
And the pale sster in the brook
Shall see its image given.
The woods shall wear their robe Of praise,
The south wind softly sigh,
And sweet, calm days in golden haze,
Melt down the amber sky.
Not less shall manly deed and word
Rebuke an age Of wrong;
The craven flowers that wreathe the sword
Make net the blade less strong.
But shifting hands shall learn to heal,
To build as to destroyy
Nor less my heart for Others feel,
That the more enjoy.
All as God wills, who wisely heeds
To give or to withhold,
And knoweth more Of all my needs
Than all my prayers have told.
Enough, that blessings uudeserved
Have marked my erring track
That wheresoe'eF MY feet have swerved,
Ills chastening turned me back,
That more and more Providence
OflOye is understood,
Making the springs Of time and sense
Sweet with eternal good.
That death seems but a covered way
Which opens into Hight
Wherein no blinded child can stray
Beyond the Fathers sight.
That care and trial seem at last
Through memory's sunset air,
Like mountain ranges overcast,
In purple distance fair.
That all the jarring notes ofIfe
Seem blending in a psalm,
And all the angles Of its strife,
Slow rounding into calm.
And SO the shadows fall apart,
And so the west winds play,
And all the windows Of my heart.
open to the day.
Year: 1864

Arrangements are now completed to suP-
ply any demand for this article, which from
lack Of government stamps las not heretofore
been possible.


The public may rest assured that in no Gsse
viii the perfectly pure standard OF the Plant
alton Bitters be departed from. Every bot
lie bears the fac simils Of our signature on a
steel plate engraving, or it cannot be genuine


Sold by all Druggists, GrOcers and Dealers
hroughout the country.
Year: 1864

A JEALOUS woman in Washingto6'
cowhided her husband for dancing with
another lady, and eheerfully paid the
damages in the police court for the Opsr,
alton The poor man suffering from
bad cold, she kindly gave him bottle o:
cough balsam.
Year: 1864

Another wonderful ingredient, Of Spanish
origin. imparting beauty to the complexion
and brilIiancy to the mind, is yet unknown to
the commerce Of the world, and We withhold
its name for the present
Year: 1864

Loolss should not be wholly be-
meath the consideration OF any man.
Nature does not disdain them. Moth
ing is omitted that can enhance III
beauty Everything ls grouped and
arranged with the most consummate
skill, and with Che direct and manli-
est object OF pleasing exterior vision.
The man therefore, who plays the
on the strength Of neg.
lecting his attire, and no hopes that
the world will rate superiority Of
his intellect in direct ratio with the
inferiority Of his hat, Is no philoso-
pher at all because the truly wise
man thinks from Nature, through
himself.
Year: 1864

A Coon RuLE--A certain man,


who is very rich now, was very poor


when he was q boy When asked
how he got his riches, he said, "My
father taught me never to play till
my work was finished, and never TO
spend my money until I hsd earned
it. II | had but an hours work In 8
day, 1 must do that the first thing,
and in an hour And after this ! was
allowed to play and then I could
play With mitch more pleasure than II
l had the thought Of an unfinished
task before my mind. early form.
ed the habit at doing every thing ia
time, and It soon became easy to do
40. tits to this owe my prosperity.
Let every one who reads this do hike
wise.
Year: 1864

Williams was yet alive, and in the
town of Sandusky. Bu. the poor old
man could not really comprehend the
intelligence. Williams went to see
him, aud assured him Of his forgive
ness. In reply he merely said. "thanlS
you; I have been looking for you q
long time, and am glad you have
come at last p' His visits TO the lake
were hencetorth discontinued but
bis mind was irretrieveably gone.
Year: 1864

At wedding in Arizona the bride
groom was in his shirt sleeves and
the bride in her morning dress. The
cersus- talser performed the ceremo.
ny and great bucket of rye whisky
furnished the staple of the wedding
feast
Year: 1864

Nearly every daily paper on our exchange
list is published at higher rates than our
own. For weeks past the Cincinnati papers
have charged SO, while in Chicago and Lou
isville they have tor still longer period
been charging ten and twelve dollars per
year. We have stood two advances on US
in the price of paper, labor and ink since
we raised from six to seven dollars for our
daily. Last week we were crowded to the
wall with another advance in the expenses
named. We have no other way of saving
ourselves than by doing as merchants,
tradesmen and all other business people
do, viz advancing our scale of prices.
Last Friday the proprietors of the Inteli-
gsneer and the Register agreed to advance
II
Year: 1864

The HuMBuG PRICE oP GoLD.-We
hope none of our readers, or the public
generally, says an Eastern exchange, per.
nit themselves to be humbugged by the
quotations of the price Of gold. telegraphed
from New York. 1t is perfectly apparent
that no such difference as that printed
from day to day actually exists between
gold and currency. If there was, it twould
be seen in the price Of real estate. The
best of farming lands can be bought for .
very moderate advance on their value In
specie paying times. If bank paper or
greenbacks are worth only 36 cents in coin
for the dollar, lands that formerly sold for
1886 per acre, ought to bring over $l00.
Not only this, but capitalists, or holders
of paper, would be everywhere exchanging
their deprecated currency for land. This
is kind of property that will certainly
depreciate least and last. But nothing Of
the kind takes place, and the fact shows
incontestibly that the quotations for gold
are illusory. When the currency depre.
ciates in good earnest, the barometer forit
will be found in the increased number of
transactions Of real property. The soil
will be deemed the safest material for in
vestment, and everybody holding surplus
of bank notes will be glad to barter them
for shares in the bank that never fails and
is always good for dividends.
Year: 1864

THE WONDER OF THE BRAIN. - One
of the most inconceivable things In the
nature Of the brain is that the organ Of
sensation should in itself be insensible.
To cut the brain gives no pain, yet in the
brain alone resides the power of feeling
pain in other parts of the body. If the
nerve which leads from it to the injured
part be divided, it becomes instantly un-
conscious of suffering. It is only by COM
munication with the brain that any kind
Of sensation is produced, yet the organ
itself is insensible. But there Is cir
cumstance more wonderful still. The
brain itself may be removed-may be cut
away down to the corpus caiasMn,, without
destroying life. The animal lives, ada
performs all ib functions which are neces-
sary to simple vitality, but no longer has
mind; it cannot think or feel. It re-
quires that the food should be pushed
into the stomach; once there, it ID di-
gested, and the animal will thrive and
grow fat.
Year: 1864

Sanitary Fairs are glorious promoters
of feminine industry and health. Thoss
who pay literally for the sanitary good
Of the soldier, should think of the great
sanitary benefit they are conferring on
their daughters at the same time.
Year: 1864

PARTIEs.-Will some Of our friends Of
the Press allow Us to express the hope that
they will not, until the war is over and
our independence achieved, talk Or write
about parties-the Conservative party,
the Confederate party, or the so-called
Destructive party. We are convinced
that there are very few persons in North
Carolna-very few indeed-w.o/ care a
button about any mere political party
loyal people have no wish to build up
any party except that of the Confederacy,
or to pull down any party except the yam
kee party. They have no thought about
the spells now. Indeed there care no spoils
now There is not an office within the
gift Of the Legislature or Executive, State
or Confederate, which viii pay enough to
support It's encumbent. The only effect
Of office now is, that it may keep its posses
sor ont Of the army whore he ought to be,
and where, let him be assured, the time is
coming when he will! deplore that he was
not, especially if he should ever aspire to
any place of honor or profit.


We hope we shall be pardoned for Civ
ing expression to what we know to be a
common sentiment in this part Of the State
at least, that the press particularly can do
great good by ignoring party, or vast evil
by tanning its flames, especially among
the members OF the present Legislature,
who are expected to act for the good of
the State and the Confederacy and the
cause, and not for the benefit Of any mere
political party ObserOer. as
Year: 1864

ALL uUMBUa.-We have many in our
minds eye, residing not thousand miles
from Winston, to whom the foil OWN &
which we take from the Columbus Geo.
San, will apply:


Poor Confederate money! miserable
trash worthless paper! cart load wculd't
buy a splinter from q fence rail not
worth a-dogon! fit only for the fire
such are the expressions doled out by al
most every one; yet, singular anomaly
in human nature, the very men who abuse
and curse this money most strive hardest
TO get most OF it, aud when amassed, they
hug it to their hearts and love it as dear
1y as Life. No parting with this trash. Ii
it is only fit to be burned, they never put
a piece Of a rag in the fire, and it hurts
them worse to spend u dollar HOW than 1t
ever did Whoever hears of any OF those
who tell us what dollar was once aud
what it is now, who in such lugubrloas
tones attempt to depreciate Confederate
rags, throwing away anything OF giving
SO very largely to any benevolent object,
or even spending it for their own gratll-
cation or advancenent2 Most curious OF
all curiosities and wonderful OF all wonders
every body crying down our money, and
vet all e1,dcavoring to anass every cent
possible. and permitting rs little as pos
sible to leave their hands. 1t is not spent
~,ne fourth as literally as gold aud silver
was This cant is all humbuy. If Con-
tederate money is SO worthless and con-
temptible, what makes you want 1t SO
badly, strive So much to make it and love
it So dearly We yet have to hear of an
Instance where this trash has been thrown
away.
Year: 1864

] The public are already in possession of the
main facts connected with the recent grievous
disaster to the Union arms IN Florida. A
thousand poor fellows have been needlessly
butchered ,most of them from our own city
and neighborood, in an expedition which,
had it succeeded, would have done nothing
toward ending the war, and which was set on
foot avowedly for political and not for military
purposes. 1t would be easy, under the cir
cumstances, to comment in an indignant
strain upon the .a folly and crime of this
waste OF blood and treasure j: but we prefer
to state few facts which should be kept be-
fore the country. .s


L. The expedition against Florida was ex.
clusively the work of ABRAHAM LINCOLN. II
was undertaken not only against the advice
out without the knowledge of General HAL
LEcK and the Secretary of War.


2. 1t is universally conceded by military
men OF all parties that Florida has no strat.
egic value whatever. That the army sent to
night IN or occupy the state is an army vast.
ed, as much so as lift was sunk in the sea.


.. A thousand men-more or less-have
been killed or manned to effect some object
which is not the overthrow of the armed re-.
bellion. And if the conquest of that state is
preserved in it will be at the cost of manv
thousands of fruitlessly butchered Union
soldiers


4. The administration papers admit that
the object Of the occupation of the state was
political ore, to restore it nominally to
the Union before the rebellion was over
| thrown.


These circumstances should be borne in
mind, together with the significant facts that
Mr. LINCOLN is avowedly candidate for re-
election, and that his own private secretary,
JoFN Hay, has been sent to re.organize the
state poltically.-World
Year: 1864

!" Ansh ours 5refleesion alone in the room he
had taken at the rhotel, satisfied Huntley
that he was wrong in not going home. By
the aid of the night key he entered silently
at the very time his wife resolved to seek
him in the morning, and throwing himself on
a sofa in the parlor to think on what be
should next do, thought himself to sleep.


All was of course reconcled. With tears
of joy and contrition, Esther acknowledges
the error"she had committed, Huntly had
his own of blame in his impatient temper,
and thus he was also ready to confess the
dreadful suspicion that had crossed her mind
l. 1t was the first and last quarrel.
Year: 1864

E@ An editor of a paper in Cairo, the
other day met woman twenty one years old
who was the mother of eleven children. She
was refugee from Tennessee, married when
fifteen years old, and in nine months after
was the mother Of three live healthy children.
In the next twelve months she was the moth
er oftriplets again two boys and girl then
after pause oe eighteen months she pre-
sented her husband with another round Of
triplets, two boys and a girl. Her husband
lost his life at the battle of Stone River
Year: 1864

~ By the new Draft law, those enroll
ed before being 45 years of age, but coming
TO that age before the draft; may have their
names struck from the roll by satisfactory
proof of the fact to the Board. Those
coming to be 20 before the draft, are to be
enrolled. -..
Year: 1864

Deputy CIcTk.


In addition to the above footing of the
estimated expenses, it is thought that a
further sum of full 100000 will have to be
levied for the support Of the families Of SOL
diers now in the field This is tax that
canro: be ignored, although it will be a
very heavy one upon the tax layers OF the
county. The destitute condiion Of our
soldiers families must be considered in the
most beneyolcnt light.
Year: 1864

CouSTY JAIL.-This popular establish
ment seems to be very literally patronized
by those who have come in contact wit h the
laws. There are at present twenty five in
mates for various offences. Many Of thesc
are awaiting the November session of the
District Court. Owing to the greatly in
creased rate of provisions it is thought that
the price Of board will have to be in
creased