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Year: 1862

If there was any man which the lament
ed Douglas regarded with adherence, it
was Senator Sumner, Of Massachusetts.
Here is portrait that he drew of him
in 1854. Addressing himself to him. he
said :


"Is there anything in the means by
which he got here to give him a superb
ority over other gentlemen who came by
ordinary means? Is there anything to
Justify it in the fact that he came here
with deliberate avowal that he would
never obey one clause of the Constitution
of the United States, and yet put his
hand on the Holy Bible, in the presence
of this body, and appealed to Almighty
God to witness that he would be faithful
to the Constitution, with pledge of per-
jury on his soul, by violating both that
oath and the Constitution He came
here with pledge to perjure himself as
the condition of eligibility to the place.
Has he right to arraign us because we
have felt it our duty to be faithful to that
Constitution which he disavows, and to
that oath which he assumes and then re-
pudiates? The Senate have not forgot
ten the debate on the Fugitive Slave Law,
when the Senator said, in reply to ques-
ton whether he was in favor of carrying
into effect that clause of the Constitution
for the rendition of fugitive slaves: "1s
thy servant dog, that he should do this
thing ?" A dog, to be true to the Con-
stitution of your country? A dog, un-
less you are a traitor? That was his po-
sition and still he comes here, and ar
raigns us of crime, and talks about au-
dacity Did mortal man ever witness
such audacity in an avowed criminal %
Year: 1862

The relative TO the recall QC Gen. Mcclellan to
Washington TO be not true least premature
He is still at the Fifth Avenue Hotel beseged by VISITORS
comprising the most distinguished men in the country.
How the originated il il dilcu; TO imagine Not
cnv IL said he had left the city but also stated
that special train had been despatched for him. and that
he had safely arrived at the national capital where he
had several interviews with the President also as
serted that "Itte Mac had returned to the command Of
the army only The express condition that the present
heads OF the War Department should be removed.
Year: 1862

army holds its ground within sixty miles Of
Washington.


This is the public Judgment, and the over
ruling popular idea in the loyal North is the
necessity for a new departure on the part Of
President Lincoln, beginning with the unsound
timbers Of his Cabinet Time is precious
The drain upon the country of nearly
three millions of dollars day admits of no
further trifing. With the land and naval forces
which he now commands, President Lincoln may
put down this rebellion within three months.
Old Hickory, in his place, would have done it
in sixty days. Let Mr.. Lincoln put on the
mantle of Old Hickory, " assume the response
bility," strike out boldly for the confidence Of
the people, and all will soon be right and
bright again. Otherwise the country will become
more and more involved in danger, until the
great cause Of the Union and Of popular rights
and free institutions may be lost in endless
divisions and universal anarchy. The loyal
States have given him the means, and they look
to President Lincoln to save the life Of the
nation.
Year: 1862




THE HEauT OF IMpupENcE Of the coolest
pieces of impudence we have ever Witnessed is
the proposition of Alderman Boole to remove
the Commissioners Of the Central Park-who
have made the place what it is-and to put It
under the dominion of Boole & Coo The only
streets which are at all passable gust now arc
those which run through the Central Park. IF
the Central Park were turned over to the Com
mon Council it would become the theatre Of the
rowdies every Sunday, and . sort Of pandemo-
mum. 1t is now prohibited to the fast trotting
horses. Let Boole & Co. get hold of it, and no
private carriage would be any longer safe. It
would become scons Of filth and violence,
and what is now an ornament and o blessing
to the city would become . disgrace and q
curse
Year: 1862

A Blow AT THE BAsrITEs.--The Grand Jury


Of the Court Of Sessions have summoned
before them o number of witnesses. 10 ap-
pear on the 10th inst, against Edwin VI. stan
ton, Secretary of War, for violation OF the laws
of New York in the arbitrary and Illegal arrest
and Imprisonment of citizens Of this State, and
from all that we can learn il Is highly probable
indictments will be found against him. The
Grand Jury, il is understood. found their
action upon the charge Of Recorder Hoffman,
who expounded the law by showing that the
removal of any person from this State into any
other State or Territory TO answer to any charge
of having committed an offence against the
laws of either the United States or The State is
in violation OF the statute, and equally 10 viu


late it is an arrest with view to secret con
finement in this State; nor will II constitute any
legal defence to plead upon trial tba, the ar
rest, confinement or removal was by order OF
the President or any member of his Cabinet, or
other officer Of the government. This IL I'M.
doubtedly the law Of the State, and is part Of
tbs constitution of the United States, aud the
Secretary OF War had better look out II an
indictment should be found against him, as
there is every reason to believe there will bc,
Year: 1862

Power or IMAGTNATiOS.-In illustration
OF the power of imag agination, the case Of The
old lacy who watched The Vane to see when
her rheumatism was going TO begin, is not
equal TO that of the storekeeper. who paint.
ed the lower part OF the stove red, and saved
seventy.fve per cent in the consumption OF
wood thereby during the winter. The illu-
sion was so complete. that one man tried TO
make him pay for pair Of boots that be
had burnt on The stove.
Year: 1862

THE RU1Ns.-The wood work OF the
elevator buIditg was entirely consumed on
the night OF the fire, but during the entire day
yesterday the large quantities Of grain that
went into the cellar kept on burning and
throwing out moet fierce heat. Some Of the
wheat that ran on the outside Of the building,
will be saved, but it 10 much damaged. though
the entire lot Of grain stored there may be
said to be total loss. It will be sometime
yet before the FIRE is entirely extinct
Year: 1862

TuoUGHr ESSENTIAL TO HEALTH.-If we
could have our bodies healthy, our brains must
be used. and used in ordinary and vigorous
ways, that the life-gvng streams of force may
flow down from them into the expectant or
gans, which can minister but as they are min
istered unto. We admire the vigorous life of
the Greek, and with justice we recognize, and
partly seek to initiate, the vigorous gymnastic
and other means which they employed to Sc
cure it. But probably we should make a fatal
error if we omitted from our calculation the
hearty and generous earnestness with which
the highest subjects of art, speculation and
politics were pursued by them. Surely in their
case, the beautifuhnd energetic mental life was
expressed in the athletic and graceful frame
And were it a mere extravaganza to ask
whether some part of the lassitude and weari-
ness of life, of which we hear so much in our
day, might be due to lack of mental occupation
on worthy subjects, exciting and repaying a
generous enthusiasm, as well as to an over-ex-
ercise on lower ones? Whether an engross-
ment on matters which have not substance
enough to justify or satisfy the mental grasp,
he not at the root of some part of the mala-
dies which affect our mental couvalescence? t?
Any one who tries it soon finds out how wea-
rying, how disproportionately exhausting is an
overdose Of light literature" compared with
an eaqual amonnt OF time spent on real work.
OF this we may be sure that the due exercise
of brain-of thoughts one of the essential
elements of human life. The perfect health
of man is not the same as an OK or horse
The preponderating capacity of his nervous
part demands corresponding life
Year: 1862

CLOSING LINEN.-Inquiry is frequently
made respecting the mode of putting gloss
on linen collars. This gloss, or enamel, as it is
sometimes called, is produced mainly by fric-
ton with a warm iron, and may be put on lin
en- by almost any person. The linen to be
glazed receives as much starch as it is possible
to charge it with, then it is dried. To each
pound Of starch piece of sperm paraffine, or
white wax, about the size ofsa walnut, is us
ually added When ready TO be ironed the
linen is laid upon the table and moistened very
slightly on the surface with clean wet cloth.
1t is then ironed in the usual way with flat
iron, and is ready for the CLOSING operation.
For this purpose peculiar heavy fat-iron,
rounded at the bottom and polished as bright
as as mirror, is used. 1t is pressed firmly
upon the linen and rubbed with much force,
and this friction action puts ON the gloss.
"Elbow Grease" is the principal secret con-
nected with the art of CLOSING linen.
Year: 1862

We spend the best part of our lives in max
ing mistakes, and the remainder in rejecting
how easily we might have avoided them When
the fact is that the mistakes may have been
beneficial instead of the reverse, and that we
possibly could not have avoided them under
any circumstances.
Year: 1862

Very bad spelling is sometimes the best, as
in the case of the English beer-vender. who
wrote over his shop-door "Bear sold here
Tom Hood, who saw it, said it was spelled
right, because the fluid he sold was his own
Bruin.
Year: 1862

We are now prepared to manufacture our
goods with dispatch, as our force is much larger
than heretofore


We have the best of workmen and no effort
will be spared on our part to give entire salts
faction to all who may favor us with their pat
rOnage. nOI0-3m
Year: 1862

THE EMANCIPATION PKOcLAMATIoS.--Lincol
Infamous proclamation is crea ting as much conster
nation in the North it expected to do in the
South. The Chicago Tfwes says:


Two days ago the President was wonderfully
strong in the confidence of the country, not be-
cause of his military conduct Of the war, for, in
the opinion of all men, that had been disastrous,
but because hs hsd steadily manifested an appa
ren.ly nfexibie determination to adhere faithfully
to the Constitution in the political management
of the war aud In the administration Of the gov
erumeut. 1t was the merit of this adherence
that, Ia the minds Of all good and right thinking
men, covered his multitude Of sins In the military
conduct OF the war. So long as he seemed to be
fast anchored to the Constitution, good and right
thinking men never ceased to hope and believe
that experience would teach him to correct and
overcome his military mistakes, and that finally
the government OF the Constitution would prevsii
over rebellion, and that the Union would be -es-
tablished.


Now that he has cut loose from the Constitution
now that he has resorted to the same higher law
then the Constitution for the professed purpose OF
suppressing the rebellion by which the rebellion
justifes itseif-good and right .h mixing men know
not what to think believe, whittier 10 turn for
anchorage. They are slGittsn with sease OF alarm
and disnAy. They feel that the foundasions Of the
Government are unsettled, II not broken up--that
the ship is adfft without MASTER compass rudder,
and that the chances Of wreck are vastly greater
than Of safety.
Year: 1862

ka-U 10 IACe VI CCUupicXOU, VAN puTpOSeS DOlQ ID
the one and the other.


Holland took up arms to defend her civil and re.
ugious rights. Spain wished to make ker sub
missive dependent, politica ly. The doctrines of
the Reformation had become established in Ho,-
land Spain determined to extirpate Leresy, and
re-established Catholicism She assailsd the civil
end religious conscience Of Holland. Death was
considered by the brave Dutch es being preferable
to submission In both particulars was Spain foi!ed.
The Republic was established and freedom to wor-
ship God secured


We have taken up arms TO secure our civil and
religious rights The Union WAS Perverted from it's
purposes so that it became benefit to others and
an injury 20 US, and we determined to leave it
Coercion was threatened and we resisted it. Hence
this war is as clearly war for natural rights as
that Of the Dutch with Spain.


This is war, also, on our own part, for con-
science sake. In this reSpec wa are misunderstood
But the mistakes of Others do affect that which
we hold to be truth. God has made US the cura-
tors of an inferior and dependent race. A blind
fanaticism would disturb their present happy po
sition. Such q change ss thst which it pro-
pcses would not only destroy ths structure
of civil society, but would disor. aniza every rel-
gous institution, put ont the light of tie Gospel,
aud overwhelIl both races IN a common ruin. IL
we wers disposed tameiy to Yield our civil rghts,
which are most dear to tbe human heart We fight
for religious we'll civil liberty, and in contest
for these interests death is preferable to defeat


Whether the parallel is to be continued in the
length of the two wars, no human sagacity can de-
termine That it VIII be long and wearisome
one, it requires no particular foresight to deter
mine Our present glorious successes will but in
fame our enemy. He can put two millions of men
into tho field. 1t is the impression of the writer
that he will not abandon this struggle until he Is
fairly assured that be cannot bring third element
into t-an element now the source Of our strength.
1t will take time to assure him of failure But be
that time long short, ii do our duty there can
be no doubt az to the result. But we must do our
duty-every man must do it; for before this war
endSthe services of every man will be required.
Year: 1862

BIZ MISS UNLOCK.
Wavy and bright through the summer air.
Like a pleasant sea when the wind blows fair,
And its toughest breath had scarcely curied
The green highway to a distant world;
SOFT whispers passing from shore to shore
As from hearts resigned vet desiring more.


Who feels forIorn,
Wandering thus down the path through the corn:
A short space since and the dead leaves lay
Mouldering under the hedge-rJy gray,
Nor hum OF insect voice of bird
Ger the desolate field was ever heard
Only AZ the palid snow
Blushed rose-red in the red glow


Till one .,lest morn,
Shot up in life the young green corn.
Small and feeble. slender and pale
1t bent It's head to the wntry gale
Hearkened to the wren's soft note TO cheer
Hardly believing that spring was near;
Saw chestnut buds out and companions blow,
And daisies mimic the vanished snow


Where it = as born,
On either side of the path throdgh the corn
The corn the corn the corn,
Rising wonderful, morn by morn
First, scarce high as a fairy's wand
Then just in reach Of a chld's wee hand
Then growing, growing tan, brave and strong,
18th voice of new harvests in its song


While in fond scorn,
The birds out-carol the whispering corn
\ strange, sweet path, formed day by day,
How, when, and wherefore, we cannot say
No more than Of life-paths do we know
Whittier they lead us-why we 90;
Or whether our eyes shall ever see
The corn in the ear or the fruit on the tree;


Yet who's forlorn2
lie who watered the burrows can ripen the corn
Year: 1862

A DEVOTED WoMAN-It is stated that
Mrs Henry Baylis, the wife OF New
York merchant has left a home OF ailu-
ence and ease and is now devotlng her
whole time and energies TO the relief Of
the sick and wounded soldiers at York
town. She has not only volunteered to
endure the priyations and discharge the
disagreeable duties of hospital life, but
she has studied the profession OF surgeon
and nurse so that si.e can care tor a
wounded limb eqnal to any OF the army
surgeons
Year: 1862

were thrown directly into her The ca
rondelef received n, damage FROM the
steam of the 1ykaASuS.


The Federal ram Queen Of tie Vest,
which lav directly in the path Of the 4r-
kansas IS she came down, was the recipi-
ent of a large portion of the FIRE. The bow
of the Queen was protected by bales OF
pressed hay. which proved decidedly a
better protection than iron-plating Not
a single shot passed through them, but
several large shells were picked out of
the hay, in which they had buried them
selves, and were extinguishcd before they
burst
Year: 1862

q General Augustus Cesar Dodge finds
himself under the necessity of coming out
over his own signature in Burlington paper
rc declare his loyalty TO the Government. If
MS life had been fully up to the requirements
of the times, he would have been saved this
INTERCHANGEABLE Nosres Rerst>r.
Year: 1862

No man can be democrat and at
the sap.e time a disunionist -D0yiestown
Democrat


As any rate we know some people who
are called Democrats by themselves and
disunionists by everybody else.
Year: 1862

"Henry is the only left handed person on
the premises!" he groaned, and gazed on me
as though be wished me to deny his statement.


But could not. l knew that his own son
was the guilty party.


ASK mo no more" I said, with tears in
my eyes, for the fathers deeply moved me.


The secret is locked up in my own breast |;
and neither to you or any living being will I
ever call the name Of the one whom suspect"
The stricken man grasped my hand, and
with sobs and tears begged my pardon for tho
wrong he had done me, and thanked me for
the assurance I had given him.


On the following morning he brought me
fifty dollars. in eight different bills. all marked
with the red cross"


Il know all, now. he whispered in broken
accents. b. kind to me, and Let not this 60
out to the world"


! kept my promise. and lived TO see the old
man smile again; for when Henry saw the
deep agony of his father, his heart was touched
and he not only acknowledged all his wild
sins, and humbly begged for pardon, but be-
come true and good man, and an honor and
ornament to society.
Year: 1862

Heroic CONDUCT OF Tw" UNI,N LADIES
AT ATDANvlLLE KENTUCY.-The conduct Of two
Young ladies of Danville, on the occasion Of
the arrival of the rebels at that place, was
equal to our idea Of Sparton courage. For
many months a beautiful specimen of the Ma
tional flag has Aoated from the residence Of
Mrs. Tailor, an estimable widow lady, and
when the rebels took possession Of Danville,
it was but natural that they should seek to re-
move tho hated emblem. A squad Of half a
dozen men was sent to Mrs. Taylor's residence
to take possession of the flag. but they were
confronted at the door of the residence by
Miss Maria and Miss Matte Taylor, the two
accomplished and charming daughters Of the
patriotic widow-the young ladies' announc-
ing their determination to defend the cherished
banner. The chivalrous half.dozen returned
toAlleir commander and reported that it would
require force equal to full company to cap
ture the flag, and company was accordingly
dispatched to make the capture Arriving in
front Of Mrs. Taylor's residence, the comman.
der of Of the company demanded the surrell-
der Of the flag; but the two young ladies
az lin made their appearance, bearing the flag
between them, each armed with revolver.
in response to the demand for the flag. the Ia
dies informed their prosecutors that they
would never surrender it to rebels, and, draw
ing their pistols, vowed that they would shoot
the first rebel that polluted tho sacred emblem
with his foul touch. The company Of rebels
retired. leaving the ladies in quiet possession
Of their flag which they yet retain.
Year: 1862

A fact referred to by our Washington
correspondent cannot be too often repeated
liz we would understand tho nature and
character OF the present war. AS our for.
ces move forward into the mountains Of
North Alabama they find the Union feeling
more decided than ineitber West Tennessee
or Kentucky. The reason is that the
mountains cherish few Shareholders. Gould
a moral thermometer be constructed %
measure the degree Of loyal sentiment ia
any community, it would be also precise
measure Of the number of shareholders 10
that community. In the districts where
there are no slaves there is no quarrel with
tho government; where there are few slaves
tho quarrel is slight one, but where there
are many slaves there is open iDsunection.


A map, known TO most Of our readers,
which shows in white and black the rela-
tive proportion Of the free and slave inhab-
itants Of al the counties Of the southern
States, shows at the same time the relative
force Of the rebellion. In truth, military
leader might direct his recruiting ser.
vice and military movements according e
the indications Of that map. In the white
parts he would find friends and nssistauts


and 10 the black, enemies whose malignity
would deepen with the depth Of the color
Year: 1862

THE PROPRIETOR WOULD RESPECTFULLY
call the attention of Citizens of Eastern and Central
North Carolina TO this Hotel Those desiring healthy
pleasant and retreat either from the heats of the
summer the ncursOns of hostile foe will find here
everything they desire The climate of Buncombe is
world renowned, and its LOFTY mountains and de-
files render it safe from the ncursons of the enemy.
The Hotel is lately fitted up, the servants experience
ed and the Proprietor acquainted with his business.
In connection with the Hotel there is q LiCery Stable
where Hack BUgges Sudles and Horses be obtained
at a moments notice.
All of the Stages have their office at this Hotel


JAMES N. BLAIR,


Proprietor.
May 90, 1892 4l-l2tpd.
Year: 1862

As man was driving cattle and wishing
to alter their course, he called out it boy
al short distance, TO turn them. Says the
boy, they are right side ont now. Well.
head them then. They have heads on
Whose boy are you? don I know : I'll go
in and ask mother
Year: 1862

TIE emanciPationists all speak of the
abolition of slavery as if it were TO be a
punishment of the South. We firmly be-
lieve iha. in the end il would prove 10 be
greater pu nisament 10 the North.