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Year: 1864

Kind stranger, pause, ere thou dost tread


With thoughtess step the sacred mound,
Oh ! trample not above the head,


Which lowly lies beneath the ground.
Look not with cold and fearless eye


Where sleeps the lov'd one. God forbid
That ONE should careless pass her by,


Whose wasted form the clods have hid
Let memory claim for her a sigh


The sacred spot with tears bedew
OH why should loving mothers die?


And SHE was ours-so kind and true.
As glows the sun with softened ray,


When sinking in the beautious west
So she, her trials DER for aye,-


Sank sweetly to her heavenly rest.
The sleepless nights, the days of pain,


Were o'er at last-so patient borne
The tired spirit,-not in vain,


Sought deep repose at early morn.
Soon in the East the rising sun


Again with splendor decks the skies,
Fit emblem of the immortal one, ..
So soon in glory to arise.
But though the hearts now left behind


Are crushed and broken with the blow,
Yet, look above and be resigned
There's one who knows the orphans woe.
With bursting hearts surcharged with grief,
Overwhelmed by sorrows mighty wave
With scalding tears our sole relief,


We bore her to the silent grave.
The dust we gave to kindred dust,


To sleep till bursts the rising day
But while IT lies in holy trust,
The sound hath sped its Heavenly way.
lhe PARTHENoN is the school paper publish
I'd by the young ladies of the New Hampton lr
Fairfax.
Year: 1864

The New York Commercial Advertiser
shows by statistics that the high prices
Of produce are caused chiefly by specula-
ton. 1t may not be generally under
stood. but it is the fact. that the rise in
prices Of commodities generally has kept
Year: 1864

Talk as we may about the bounce and
brag of our American brethren. they are Il
nation of gigantic men. Their language is
much more in harmony with their true po-
sition than ours would be- Thcirvcfy ideas
seem to share in the majesty of the king
dom of nature around them. There are NO
such forests in the world as theirs, no such
waterfalls. no such rivers no such noun
tains and. we might almost say, M such
men We are indebted to America for our
scwing-m.chncs and for that little idol OF
The hour. the stitching machine Add 10
Ibis something incidentally more important.
tbr pri.ting machine Itncvor entered in
Year: 1864

The Fayetteville OJserUer thus notices the Presi.
! dents recent Macon speech:


There is no doubt that President DavS's speech
! ct Macon published in our ast) was badly report
! ed. II is not in his style But we do not agree


with those who complain of his very remarkable
| declaration that twO-thirds of the army are away
from their posts. We think It likely that he said


one.thIrd but be it two thirds or third instead
| of encouraging The enemy, we think the statement
calculated to have the very opposite effect They
fancy that we have all our men in tie fed, and
cannot raise any more to take their places. The
President undeceives them. He shows them that
whilst whipping them with one-third there remain
two.thirds of our fighting population as reserve
10 fall back upon.N


First, it is likely the President said One-third /;


next, if he said twothrds, it was most encourag-
ing statement, especially to the enemy, and where
fore? Was there ever such reason given by a


sane pen to a sane people? "The President un-


deceiyes the North, ,"-he tells them that we have


whipped them with one-thrd, and that when we


fall back on our deserters, who constitute most of


the two thirds that then we shall commence TO fight


in earnest! Our "reserve" is composed OF ahsen-


tees, that is, not to put too fine point upon it


deserters and when these shall to fall back


and we shall in term {" fall back" upon them, then


may Yankeedom trembe! Such is the argument


by which the Observer seeks to justify the revela-


ton very irjudiciously made by the President in


his speech in relation to deserters Human servlty
could descend no lower.


The most contemplate of all political bpeds is
that person who was once Henry Clay Whig
then Union man, then Conservative, and then


sort of dependent ally or adjunct of the original


secession party. The originals sometimes evince


modicum of independence in their comments on
the conduct Of their leading men, but there is no
spirit no independence, no manhood in the bipeds


referred to. They lost al this when they forfeited


their self-reSpcct in allying themselves with the


originals Little children, keep yourselves from
idols" Conservatives, beware of any affiliatOn
with the originals. They will never respect you,


and what is worse, you will not respect yourselves


when you shall have knuckled to them as the O5


serrer has done. You can continue with them only
by saying Yea, verify, Mr. President, to every


thing they may say or do.
Year: 1864

PAINT Me- AS AM" Paint me as I am," said
Oliver Cromwell to young Laly. ':lf you leave out
the scars and wrinkles will not pay you shilling"
Even in such trihe the great protector showed
both his good sense and characteristic taste in the
desire that the wrinkles in his countenance should
not be lost in the vain attempt give him the reg
ular features and smooth blooming cheeks of the
curl pated minion OF James First He was content
that his face should go forth marked with all the
6lemshes which had been put upon it by time, by
war, by sleepless nights, by anxiety, and perhaps
with remorse; but with valor, policy and authority
and public cares, written in all their prIncely lines
If men truly great knew their own interest, it is
thus that they would wish their minds to be por-
trayed.-Ed Reuieto.
Year: 1864

No State has been so much abused by President
Davis and his special friend as North Carolina and
vet the President now says she stands head and
shoulder abovethe rest. We are thankful for justice
though it comes tardily.- Conservative


We are not thankful for any such justice Our
good old State can afford to do without it. Her
highest eulogy is the fidelity and valor of her sons,
and her chief consolation is derived from sense Of
her own integrity. 1t can make no difference nO'0
what Mr. Davis may think or say of her but it is


little singular that he did not discover her merits
and commence to eulOgize her publicly, until one
of his friends was chosen CD second time to be
her Governor.
Year: 1864

yxNHE CONFEDERATE ASSESSORS FOR


WAKE COUNTY will meet the citrzhs of this
County at the following times and places for the purpose
of Assessing the TAX KIND in Wheat Oats Rye, Cured
Iay and Wool Those producers who failed to give IN the
rucs of last year must coue forward and comply with
Year: 1864

Only the other day our nerves were
worked up to explosion point by an &C
count Of perilous surgical operation, by
which woman's trochea was opened TO
remove a silver dime which had lodged
there. And how on earth did a silver
dime ever get into woman's windpipe
Simply because she was careless, and
laughed with her mouth full Of small
coins. Was there no other place where
she could keep her three cent piecesl


We do feel sorry for creeping baby
when it gets hold of the bars of the crate
by mistake, or cuts its finger, or bumps
its head. but with grown people who suf-
fer their own reckIessness we have very
little patience.


What is the use of wonan's convert
ing her mouth into pin-eushen, and then
expecting our sympathy, when a sudden
sneeze or an unexpected cough imperils
her life z


What Is the use of a mans balancing
himself ON an oscillating chair, instead OF
sitting up straight like Christian? Are
ace expected to find vinegar and brown
paper for the confusion on the back of his
head when finally he comes down with a
crash land serves him right y?
What is the use of woman picking
the ears with a long knitting-needle, al
half the women do, when a child running
against her would send the instrument
three inches into her brain if she has got
any?


What is the use of mans handling a
loaded gun as though it were a broom
| handle, and then accuse Providence be
cause the charge goes into his head OF
foot, as he might have known it would


What is the use of woman's buying
arsenic to poison rats, and putting it just
where the children will be sure to get al
it? What does she suppose her,reason.
ing faculties were given to her for?


What is the use of leaving children tc
play by themselves in a room where there
is fire, or postponiDg the the sweeping ot
that dangerous chimney until "to-mor
row ?"


What is the use of endangering life BY
the use Of the fiend camphene as long as
any thing else viii give light? Those who
persist in this practice must have great
er fancy for being burned to death than
the rest of the world


In short, what is the use of careless
people
Year: 1864

Correspondence OF the New Y orK Herald.


HEADQUARTERS 18TH ARMY CORPS, Near
Point Of Rocks, Va, Sept. 10-The rebels yester-
day Unexpectedly awoke from the silence they
have for some time past maintained, and sa-
ment. The new signal tower opposite to Dutch
Gap received the attention of the heavy guns
at Howlett's and the 10.inch PARROTS at the
new battery they have thrown up to command
the bend of the river above the canal Nu-
merous shells flew all around it and over it,
but fortunately the enemy did not succeed In
striking their target. If they had, the tower
is SO constructed that several of the supports
could be knocked away without infiicting ma
terial damage. Every part of the work is SO
strongly braced that three uprights would Do
amply sufficient to support the structure, even


The rebel batteries capable Of throwing shells
with any chance of effecting damage to the
tower are only two in number-the Hewlett
House battery and the new one on the river
bank to the right. The latter commen ced
firing at an unusual elevation about noon, and
was shortly joined by Howlett's. The minute
the latter opened with its 200-pounders, it was
replied to by our water battery. Capt. HUB
bard, Of the 1st Connecticut, who commands
here, answered SO rapidly and effectively that
he soon absorbed the entire attention of the en-
emy, who continued to shell him for nearly
three hours.


The fight was visible in all its details from
the top Of the tower, where Lieut.. Amsden, OF
the Signal Corps, gallantly maintained his po-
sition throughout. The firing Of Hubbard's
OO-pounders was splendid, and every time the
smoke was observed rising from his battery
the enemy could be seen running from the ir
guns to their gopher holes and other places Of
Security Sometimes they retreated with such
precipitancy that the sponges were left in the
guns The position Of the signal officer in the
tower was certainly peculiar one. He could
look right into the muzzles Of the eneny's
guns, see every preparation they made to shoot
at him, and then hear the shrek of the 900
pounder through the air, apparently only q
few feet from his head. For nervous man it
would have proved unendurable.


The damage to us actually amounted to
nothing further than a severe scare to the
negro teamsters, who laid the whip unmerci.
fully upon their poer unfortunate steeds, and
vanished from the scene as rapidly as possi-
BILE. With the enemy, however, it was quite
different. What material damage was inflicted
is at present, OF course, only known to them
selves but after the cessation Of the firing their
earthworks bore unnistakable evidence OF
hard usage. Men were busily engaged until
dark in repairing damages, and could be seen,
with Wheelbarrows and shovels, hard at work.
Gen. Gibbon, accompanied by Major Read,
was at the water battery throughout the whole
OF the firing, where, ii they had not safe po-
siton, they at least had one that gave them
the opportunity Of witnessing what was going
on. .s. a.-s-
Year: 1864

SENATE April s-Tbe bin increasing the New.YorI
City Court House stock 100000 amended tC
provide that the accounts shall be approved by the arch
jtect and then passed. bill authorizing the authori
tics Of Brooklyn 10 raise money for tho armory in the
Eastern District Of that city was introduced. The Sol
dierS Voting bill made the special order for Tues
day next. Among the bills passed were the Albany
Bridge bin; and a bill to amend the charter OF the
Home Insurance Company # New-York.


AssEgBLY.-The Railroad Committee reported ad
versely on the bin to prevent the oyeIcroWdng Of city
railroad ard the report accepted but subse
Quenty the vote iCeonsidcrcd and tho BIZ sent to
the Committee Of the Whole. The Senate bin to in
crease tie capital stock Of tie Euc Railroad was re-
ported without alteration. The bin authorizing the
contructIon of stone stairway an enfrince to the
Park at Fifth avenue and Eighiysixh street was or
dercd 10 a third reading favorable report was made
ca the bill TO open AID improve Seventh avenue from
Year: 1864

IN north end Of the Park 70 Horicm. The bill TO In.
crease the pay Of police force ordered TO third
readng also the bills to incorporate the Seventh Ward
Savings Bank and the Indemnity Company. The bill
for public market in Brooklyn wos reported complete
Bills provide an armory for the Eighth regiment OF
militia and authorizing the German Savings Bank 10
receive increased deposits were passed. resolution
for the adjournment of the Legislature the 18th inst
was adopted. A resolution instructing our Senators
and Representatives in Congress to vote for the repeal
of all laws of Congress exempting United States secnr'
ties from taxation was laid resolution instruct
ing the Clerk Of the House to have the report OF the
Bank Committee on National Banks printed forthwith
gave rise to very exciting discussion on the mers oi
the report, lasting till the adjournment
Year: 1864

We ask the attention Of Congress and the


country to the speech herewith printed of the


Hon. JAMES NJ. SCoyEL in the Senate of New
Jersey on tho proposition that the Constitution
Of that State be so amended as to prohibit the


granting hereafter Of monopoles such as
that with which the country is now OPP
pressed for tho benefit of the Camden and


Amboy Railroad Company. Such efforts
are made at Washington to bcfog this
matter by representing the resolve now pending
as an attack on Nen-Jerssy, that the counteract-
ing truth ought to be thoroughly disseminated.
The real estate of New-Jersey would DO worth
millions moro to-day if that monopoly had
never existed, so that two or more rival roads
were carrying through passengers from New
York to Philadelphia on different routes at 81
Year: 1864

Remonstrances from many of the leading rail
road of the country presented to the
House Of Representatives yesterday against the exten
sion Of the Goodyear patent.


ORGANIZATION OF UNION CLUBS.


Various political clubs have been organized IN
Washington and among those most recently formed is
the Ohio Union Club with Solicitor Jordan as President
The society devoted to the support ofhe future nomi'
nees of the Baltimore Convention.
Year: 1864

SMALL CHANCE FOR Observation-Disclosures
which have been carefully kept during the
past year, show that $52, 100000 Of gold
and silver were received in this city from the
various mines of the Pacific coast Of this
amount $l2, 100000 comes from the eastern
slope of the Sierra Nevada, S5,O00,00O fron
Oregon, Idaho, Washington and British Co
lumbia, 81 100000 from Mexico, mostly in
coin, the balance being the produc, Of the
mines of California, west of the Sierra Ne.
vada. These figures exhibit considerable
increase upon the treasure receipts of last
year, for which the silver mines of Washoe
are entitled to all the credit. Considering
the present wonderfully activity in mining
enterprises, it is probable that another year
will show larger increase in the production
of precious metals than has the last; bu.
$55, 900, 900 may be regarded as IN outside
estimate of the product Of s64 from all the
mines of the Pacific coast, over which the
United States exercise jurisdiction. Should
the General Government act upon the sug.
ceston of the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, and levy a tax of five per cent. up
on the gross production of all our mines,
and should every dollar of the tax be collect
ed the amount realized would be 80, $50 900.
Does any one believe that half of the tax
could be collected? What system is TO be
devised that will ascertain the amount of
gold taken from a wilderness country one.
fourth the size of Europe? How many Off
GERS will it require to search out and assess
the taxpayers! Does it seem probable that
the Government would realize enough to
much more than pay for the expenses of col
lection? OF course if the product of the
mines is to be taxed five per cent the in
come tax at present paid would have to be
remitted to all persons whose incomes are
from the mines. Under the present system
the profits arising from the principal mines
are taxed from five to ten per cent, SO that
our profitable mines are already yielding a
revenue to Government. There are so many
difficulties in tho way of taxing the mines,
and SO little prospect of deriving much rev.
enue from them, that Congressional interfer
ence may hardly be expected, unless Caiforl
MIA and Nevada set the example, San +.
Bulletin.
Year: 1864

The SroCK INTEREST Notwithstanding
the evidences before us, says the Morning
Call, but few have any real conception of
the magnitude Of tho stock interest Of tho
country. During the last year, some four
thousand certificates of incorporation Of
mining companies were filed in the office of
Secretary of State. On an average, each of
these certificates represents two thousand
shares of stock-in all, eight millions shares
Suppose each is assessed twenty-five cents
monthly, (and no mine can be worked for
less than that amount) tho sum of two
millions dollars per month will be called for
to keep the wheels moving. We presume
that, in reality, a larger sum than this is
called for. The miners must do something
to return this sum. At present, the yield
from quartz mines (silver and gol,D is about
one million dollars per month. 1t is calcu-
lated, however, that by next Spring this sum
will be more than tripled.
Year: 1864

The army correspondent of the New York
News writes: Our experience since we crossed
the Rappahannock has proved the incorrect
ness of the current belief that the army of
General Lee is half starved and scantily
clothed The prisoners captured by us say
that they hal plenty of rations and clothing
A new supply of winter clothing was issued
to them shortly before we advanced on them
so unexpectedly. Within the Notifications
at Rappahannock Station, | saw evidence Of
their having buried new uniforms. picked
up and examined a jacket which had been
torn off wounded man. A bullet hole
pierced it through the left breast immediate
ly over the heart of the wearer. | suppose
the poor fellow may be clas,ed with those
who were, but are not. The jacket was
made of heavy wooden cloth of a greyish
color, and saw many other pieces Of cloth
ING of the same material and color lying in
different places over the hill, and all satu-
rated with blood. In many places the rocks,
stumps, and earth were saturated with the
same precious fluid.


The public need not believe al the stories
of desertion from the Confederate army. If
all the stories of this kind which have been
published were half true, every rebel in the
South would be on our side 10y this time.
Desertions are almost Of daily occurrence, it
is true; but the same is true of every army,
our own not excepted. They are isolated
cases, and the enemy receives more con-
scripts in one week than be loses by deser'
ton to our ranks in six months. | know it
to be true, however, that some of those cap
tured by us recently, express an unwilling
ness to return to service in the Southern
ranks, but majority express determine
ton to return to their duty as soon as ex-
changed and fight us again wherever they
may meet u.s.
Year: 1864

RUMoRs.-The Democratic Press of Fri,
day has the following:


A meeting was held at tho Russ House
on Wednesday evening, 20 consider the pro
priety of starting an evening paper in this
city to be the especial organ ofshe "Straght'
wing of the Abolition party of this city, and
champion the cause of that faction during
The Presidential campaign. 1t is contem-
plated to bring the Sonora Flag here, and
and the men who run that paper will be in
stalled as the leading spirits of this new
organ. Colonel James and other appointees
of the Administration, in this city are the
movers in the matter.
Year: 1864

Round the musician the young men and
maidens formed ring and began to dance
There was little talking, and that little was
in an undertone. They went to work with
the utmost gravity and decorum. Scarcely
laugh was heard-nothing approaching to
a shout the whole night-nevertheess, thew
enjoyed themselves thoroughly; | have no
doubt whatever of that. The nature of their
dances was somewhat incomprehensible. 1t
seemed as if the chief object of the young
meniwas to exhibit their agility by every spe-
Gle of impromptu bound or fling of which the
human frame is capable, including the rath,
er desperate feat of dashing themselves flat
upon the gronnd. The principal care of the
girls. seemed to be to keep out of the way of
the men and avoid being killed by frantic
kick or felled by random blow. But the
desperate features in each dance did not ap


pear at first. Every man began by sezing his
partners hand, and dragging her round the
the circle, ever and anon twirling her round
violently with one arm, and catching her
round the waist with the other, in order
as it appeared to me-to save her from an
untimey end To this treatment the fair
damsels submitted with pleased though bash


full looks. But soon the men flung them off
and went at it on their own account; yet
they kept sort of revolving course round
their partners, like satellites encircing their
separate suns. Presently the satellites as,
sumed some of the characteristics of the
comet. They rushed about the circles in
wild ertatic courses; they leaped into the air,
and, while in that position slapped the soles
Of their feet with both hands. Should one
deem this an easy feat, let them try it. Then
they became little more sane, and waltz
or something like it, was got up. 1t was
really pretty, and some Of the movements
were graceful; but the wild spirit Of the gens
re entered the men rather suddenly. The
females were expelled from the ring alto
gether and the youths braced themselves for
little really heavy work; they flung and
hurled themselves about like manacs, stood
on their heads and walked on their hands
in short, became company of acrobats yet
always kept up sympathetic feeling for
time with the music. Good Words.
Year: 1864

We regard it as the high of impotence
for ihose who have been the cause of this
war, and have hounded off TO death those
Who had no share in producing l., TO ihrus,
themselves forward as the eulogizers of
those whose blood is noon their skists.
Year: 1864

Dull REcEvTIoN.-Not single gun was fred
net oheer went up in honor Of the nomination Of
Mcclellan from the Peace-War- Democracy Of Oro-
Vile. Coed news from the Federal Army having
been received about the same time. jolhdcatou
on their part would have needed an explanation, as
the Democracy Of the present dag never celebrate
Federal victories