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Year: 1860


1t was a story the pilot told, with his back t.


his hearers
Keeping his hand on the wheel, and his eyes


on the globe of the jack-staf.
Holding the boat to the shore, and out of the


sweep of the current,
Lightly turning aside the heavy logs of the


driftwood,
Widely stunning the snags that made US sar-


donie obeisanee.
Anthe soft damp air was full of delicious per


fume
From the young willows in bloom on either


bank of the river
Faint, delicious fragrance, tracing the indolent
In luxurious dream of the river and land OF


the lotus.
Not yet out of the west the roses of sunset were


withered;
II the deep blue above, light clouds of gold


and of crimson
Floated in slumber serene, and the restless riv-
er beneath them
Rushed away to the sea with a vision Of rest


in its bosom.
Far on the eastern shore lay dimly the swamps


of the cypress;
Dimly before up the island grew from the riv-


ct s t4 pdnses,-
Beautiful, wood grown isles,-with the CLEAN


of the swart inundation
Seen through the swaying boughs and slender


trunks of their willows;
And on the shore beside US the eotton-trees


rose in the evening,
Phantom like, yearningly, wearily, with the


inserutable sadness
Of the mute races of trees. While hoarsely the


steam from her 'seape-pipes
Shouted. then whispered q moment, then shout


ed again to the silence,
Trembling through all her frame with the


mighty pulse of her engines,
Slowly the boat ascended the swollen and


broad Mississippi,
sweeping on, with nearing masses


of driftwood,
Daintily breathed about with haze of silvery


vapor,
Where in his airy flight the twittering swallow


alighted,
And the belated blackbird paused on TIE way


to its nestings.
Year: 1860

The Republican papers complain that
Douglas makes the same speech, or rather
proclaims the same doctrine, everywhere
Louisville Democrat.


No, sir! They complain" that he makes
the same speech at every point where he
proclaims the same doctrine, but that as
soon as he changes his latitude he changes
his doctrine without improving his speech
He lacks intellectual fertility enough to find
new dressings for his doctrine as long as
he keeps it, and Republicans laugh (or
complain" as the Democrat las it) at his
machina-made speeches, but they don't ac-
cuse him of the same infexibility of opin-
ion, by any means. He is not orator
enough to make more than one speech, but
he is politician enough to advance dozen
different opinions. And if it don't suit
his purpose to be frank. he is cautious
enough to keep his opinion to himself An
illustration of both these characteristics
may not be out of place.
Year: 1860

Pursuant to notice meeting of the opposition party
was held last night at the Court House. for the purpose
of appointing delegates to the opposition State Conven-
ton to meet at Raleigh the 22d day OF next month
Asa A. Brown, Esq., presided and F. D. Poisson, Esq,
on behalf OF a committee resolutions reported
res, charging the Democratic party with all the evil
dongs Of all other parties, also with corruption and


desire for spois etc. The resolutions also approved
of the holding of Convention at Raleigh and author
lied the Chairman to appoint thirty delegates thereto


Mr. Poisson being called upon, spoke for so1le time
in advocacy of the resolutions, which were adopted
Several other gentlemen who were called upon declined
speaking at that time and upon motion tie meeting ad
jOurned.


We do not wish to allude in any tone of censorious
criticism to meeting of our fellow citizens especially
at this time when there is really no excitement, and
ought to be division among the people of the South
but we would remind friend Mr.. Poisson, of few
facts which he to have forgotten last night while
ubilatng over the passage Of the Fugitive Slave Law
under Mr.. Fillmore, and those facts are, that of one
hundred and nine votes cast for that bill in the House
of Representatives, eghtytwo cast by Democrats
while of seventyfve cast against it, fty-seven were
Wings and only eighteen Democrats The Northern
Democrats voted tweny-six for it, to eighteen against
it, while the Northern Wings voted three for it, to fifty
seven against it. In the Senate the showing in favour
of the Democrats was still more decided. When the
bill had been carried through both houses by Democra-
tic votes mainly, Mr.. Fillmore could not make up his
mind to sign until backed up by the official opinion of
the law member of his Cabinet and late as last
month"; in letter to the big Union Meeting at New
York, Mr. Fillmore aludes to his performance of this
Constitutional act painful duty,"-evidently one
that he would rather have not discharged. Then as
now the body Of the conservative strength was supplied
by the Democratic party, and then as now, feeble
minority willing, gentleman said last night, to
cast the Democratic party into oblivion" 1t would
deserve to be cast into oblivion if it resigned the leader
ship where it has to do the fighting and submit to be
strp of its aures by those who have not helped it to
carr them


Under all the circumstances the meeting was very
fairly attended.
Year: 1860

BG~ We remember reading of celebrated painter o.
the Dutch or Flemish School, think who like many
other meritorious artists, bard up and did not
find that he could live comfortably on reputation alone
as indeed few people can. Suddenly his death
nounced and the world finding out what it had lost his
works were in eager demand at prices beyond anything
that the living artist could have hoped to realize When
all had been thus disposed of the artist suddenly


turned up and soundy rated for the ruse he had
practised To be sure it a deception, but we must
regard his offence venial while it taught, ought
to have taught his contemporaries lesson upon the in
justice of compelling to die in order tosecure the
means of living.


We thought Of this so far at least it goes to show
the added value which the death of the artist attaches
to work of real merit looking day or two since at
a potrait of Washington by the venerable Rembrandt
Peale in the possession of S. n Martini Esq., of this
place, which Mr.. Martin purchased last year from the
artist it being copy Of the original portrait of Wash
ington, painted by Mr.. Peae in 1895. Apart from its
intrinsic merit as work of art and we regard it
perior to Stuars it will have added value as be-
ing among the last portraits Of Washington painted by
one who had seen known conversed with and studied the
features and expression Of the ilustrious Chief MIR.
Peale is now above eighty, and in the of nature
must soon pass away he is about the last, we be-
leve the very last Of the painters who transferred to
canvass the lneaments Of the First President We be-


eve that there in existence about seventy copies of
Peaes Washington, mean copies painted by himself
and the time is coming when the possessor of one of
these will prize it above all price.


In this picture there OF the feebeness of age
1t appears to have all the vgor of strong manhood both
in the painter and the sitter Stuarts picture has al
ways struck being too DID, and the expression of
the face lacking in frmness and energy few months
since Mr.. Peale delivered in Boston, lecture Wash
ington and his portraits, of which he has full series
taken at different ages and by different artists The
lecture lasted two hours, without symptom of
WEAKNESS on the part of the speaker his audience
But Of course his race must be nearly run who
painted Washington in 95, must be far beyond the
Psalmst's limit Of three score years and ten.
Year: 1860




Shall we have Union o DiSuniOn mo H.


MEssRs EDITORS In attempting the solution of this
important problem have all along presumed, as shall
continue to do, that of the South know our rights
under the Constitution and mean to maintain them-
This assume postulae. Let us then in the first
place. turn attention to the increase of the free States
all to be formed out Of public territory already Or
ganized, as compared with our own Kanzas is free
and Nebraska and Utah will follow in the same track.
All North of Indian Territory with the country on the
Pacific slope, and who will of the reverse in
regard to New Mexico and Arizona are destined under
present circumstances to the same condition. What
shall this ratio of increase be put down at? Will YOU
have it two to one? Set down at thatalthough
unable to discover probability of even that one
on the Southern side. Now, each new State will be
entitled to two Senator's aud know not how many Re-
presentatives who will surely not be in our favor if thew
follow recent examples in the rec States How long,
wish to know, can we expect to preserve any thing
like equilibrium of power, when it is remembered
Mers Editors that the avowed policy of these fanatics
is No slave States into this Union" Grant the
progression to be SLOW still it is progression to-
wards that final majority which consgns us to the ten
der merces OF the higher law and excludes from any
share in the unoccupied public domain. Kanzas is an
instance in point The Union zeal may thus be easily
accounted for. Why, indeed should not the North ex
to the Unon when it affords them the means of such an
easy triumph the South, with any amount of pot
cal supremacy in prospect So any addition be-
comes probable on our side of the conederacy will not
the freedom shrekers and Kanzas patriots be drawn in
to service once more?


In my opinion the Union ointment that was to soothe
all political asperties, has, up this tme proted us
just this far and 1t has, to all intents and
Purposes excluded from the public territories and It
has not checked the increase of these Abolition fanatics
who, from handful of miserable and misguided enthu-
siasts have grown and gained strength until they now
include among their ranks much of the intellectual ab
ity and wealth of the North Their creed, as lately
propounded enoins social nonntercourse and uncom-
promising hostility to the South. 1t speaks great
swelling words about the equality of racss and hold
ing the image of Christ in bondage 1t brands all
sayewners as yrans and denounces the Constitution
OF our fathers compact with hell 1t breaches from
thousand pulpits every Sabbath, and calls upon
thousand congregations for their prayers that the day of
emancipation may soon dawn. It lectures against US in
the public balls and makes proseytes from the chair Of
Year: 1860

HE STATE AND DISTRICT CoNVENTIoNs.-Our friend
of the Fayetteville Caronan is opposed to the general
holding of the District Conventions after the State Con-
VentiOn if by so doing it is meant to subordinate the
District Conventions to the State Convention or restrict


their freedom of action So far as the appointment of
delegates to Charleston is concerned we agree with orr
friend of the Caronian-the District Conventions have
the same right of appointment, CONTROL or instruction
over the district delegates that the State Convention has
over the delegates at large else why district conven-


ons But in State matters the State Convention the
highest authority, and certainly in all matters the sepa


rate districts could act more understandingly after
the party, through its delegates from all parts of the
State had enjoyed the advantage of friendly communion


We do not in any event. anticipate any real discrepancy
or variance between the district Conventions or between
them and the State Convention, but after consultation
in State Convention, even apparent variance might be
avoided. We do not at all assume for the State Con
Vention any position of authority the district Con


ventions, but simply advisory position so far as the
Charleston Convention goes The district Conventions
not called to take cOgnzance of questions of State
policy, and we trust they will not If held after the
State Convention, they certainly would not and il
was in view Of considerations connected with this
matter much more than with the Charleston Con


Vention that we wished to see the time for hodine
the District Conventions postponed. Our suggestions
have been favoraby received by a good many of the
Democratic papers and Democratic politicians Of tht
Year: 1860

from which mankind suffer over large part of the poba
the consequence of diseased action the SYSTEM induced
by the poisonous miasm of vegetable decay This exha
ation IS evolved by the action of solar heat
below the horizon this vapor fingers the surface
and the virus taken with through the lungs into the blood
mere IL acts as an irritating poison on the internal vscera
ana eXcretng organs of the body The liver becomes
pd and fails to secrete not only this virus also the bile
from the blood Both the virus and the bile accumulate
the crcuatlon and produce violent constitutional
The Spleen the kdnevs and the stomach sympathze with
the liver and become disordered Also Finally the instinct
slo concentrates the whole blood of the body the inter-
nal to force them to cast The blood
ne surface and to the central organs with congestive
Then the FEVER follows which the blood leaves the cen
al organs and rushes to the surface in another effort
to expel the irritating poison through that other great ex
creorythe skin In this also it fails the system aban-
dons the attempt exhausted and waits for recovery of
strength to repeat the hopeless effort another day These
are the fits or paroxysms of FEVER AGUE Such con
is not removed.


We have labored to find and have found an antidote


AYERS AGUE CURE,
which neutrazes this malarous poison in the blood and
stimulates the liver to expel from the body AS should
And does rather does what C service to
those subject to this infection. taken in season expels
who use 1t free from its attacks keep the system in health
although exposed to the disease Consequently not only
induced by this malignant influence such as Remittent
Fever Chill Fever Dumb, Masked que Periodical Head
matism Gout Blindness othace Earache Catarrh Asthma
Papitaons Painful Affections of the Spleen Mysteries Col
anu fahlu AHecIlons OF the Stomach and Bow
es all OF which, when arising from this cause will found to
assume more or less the intermittent type. This AGUE
removes the of these and cures
the disease. ~ ~
This accompshes by stimulating the excretories to ex
pei the virus from the system these organs by degrees
become habted to do this their office of their own
Hence arises what term dCcimddtiOn Time NAV ac-
compish the end but often life long enough or
sacrificed in the attempt while this AGUE CURE does it
and with safety We have great reasons to believe
this is surer we'll safer remedy for the whole class of
diseases which are caused by the masmatic Infection than
any other which has been discovered and it has still anot
er important advantage to the public which is that it is
cheap well as good


PREPARED


DIR. J.. c. AVER 4 co.


LOWELL,
Year: 1860

A HANDSOME DIvIDEND.-We notice in our adver
tising columns that the Greensboro Life Insurance
Company have declared divided of ninetve per cent
from their earnings of the last year.
Year: 1860

Of the crime your Committee are unable
TO dctermi0c.


1t is due to Senator Bigler that upon
being Informed of the testimony Of the
witness Karncs, he promptly divavowed
any kno1ledge Of the use of his frank in
connection with auy such transaction
See his letter, printed with testimony.
Year: 1860

7Hcrc ore no old 1comeu! Every one
Of them, at no matter what age, if she be
GOOD and owing, treats him to glimpse
Of the infinite, And not alone the inf
mite Of the momcnt-oftcn that of the
future. She breathcs upon him, and it
is a Gift. All who see him afterwards
saw without being able to explain it,
" What, is he possessed? He is born
genius ?"
Year: 1860

I give you this charming vision Of a
young girl for a guardian and for a Men
tor, for a prcceptor and a governor. When
she is seventeen or eighteen years old,
the relations between you Will change.
As a wife, she will come into your house,
and think it very pleasant for Won to be
come master in your turn. You will
thank God, whose inventive kindness has
made woman for you-woman, the divine
contradiction
Year: 1860

INsTiNGrIvE SENSE OF THE DoG.-The late Mr..
Justice Williams, whilst on visit to Lord
Brougham, felt q pain in his chest, but did not
mention it to lis host. On his way through Lon
don he consulted his physicians who considered it
of no grave Importance. On reaching his seat in
Suffolk, he was seemingly quite WELL and went out
daily to shoot After a week or ten days he was
somewhat indsposed; he went out, however, riding
before breakfast, but did not dine at table some
visitors being there. Lady Williams left him pretty
well in the drawing-room, and returned after din
ner, but before the company retired from table.
She found him apparently well, and playing with
her lapdog. She went again to the dining-room
and returned for the dog in three, at most four,
minutes.


No sooner did she open the door than the animal
set up n loud bark, and rushed past her violently,
barking and howling all the way. She asked her
husband what allied the dog. but received no an
swer She repeated the question, akd seeing him
as she thought asleep called his servant to see il
his head was not too low. The man said, "NO, he
is sleeping comfortably" She approached him
and again asked him to speak. She observed ont
eye nearly open, the other half closed, but his coo
as usual. This servant, as well as another, though
that lie still slept but her adyship felt sure he wa
gone-and SO it proved.


The Law Review, after relating all the efrcum
| stances of the case says: We have entered int
this detail on account of the very remarkable cir


eumstance of the dogs instinct 1t is quite clea


that the poor animal was aware of the fatal chang
| some time before any observer OF our own specie
! could discover that the spirit of its master ha


passed from this world. Many stories have bee
| told of such instructive sense, but 1t has neEe
4 before we believe. been established on snGh irrt


tragabie evidence as the facts above detailed col
sttute,n ICassells Popular Natural History
Year: 1860

FROM Rio JANEIRo-Adviees from Rio are to
the 18th Of June There was at that time some
excitement caused by the preaching of some
foreign Capuchns in the capital, who were handled
by portion of the public press in pretty rough
manner. Fresh meat was very scarce in Rio, and
the price had risen to 20 and 22c pound. Ac-
counts from Bahia and other provinces where
the famine is prevailing positively sickening.
a case is mentioned Of poor woman who, having
become frenzied at seeing her children dying OF
starvation, actually killed one, in the hope that
her arrest might be the means of saving the lives
Of the Others. The line of steamers between Rio
and New York it is expected, will commence run
ning next December.
Year: 1860

The present has been remarkable for the number
mocratic friends in announcing the accession of dis
tngushed gentlemen of the Opposition to the support of
Breckenridge and Lane. At first it confidently
serted that the Hon. WASHINGTON HUNT although the
President of the National Convention which placed Bell
and Everett in nomination. wond not give these gentle
men hearty support Next it reported that ExPre
sdent FILLMORE had avowed his preference for another
the public declaration of Mr. to the effect that he should
vote for Bell and Everett in November next if nobody
else should do so We then heard that the venerable and
distinguished Senator from Kentucky, the Hon. JOHN j.
CRTTENDEN had given in his adhesion to Breckenridge
and Lane-a rumor which has been eecuay sienced by
recent speech delivered IN Kentucky A still more
startling report next obtained currency to the effect that


the Opposition Convention of Alabama had refused to en-
dorse the nominations of the Constitutional Union party
and close upon the heels of this canard followed the ae
cation that the Hon JOHN POOL the candidate of the Op
position for Governor of North Carolina had pledged him
self to the support of Breckenridge and Lane Besides
these and many similar announcements daily among
reported recruits to the Democratic party" the of
distinguished gentlemen who have been numbered in its
ranks for the last five ten years We recognise the
thorty of distinguished to give weight and dignity


to good cause but the anxiety betrayed in the effort to
rob the Constitutional Union party of among its
greatest ornaments and supporters is at tribute to


the latter and confession of weakness the part those
who resort to such expedens for producing in the public
mind false impress of their strength
Year: 1860

rences often as purposeless in point of dignity as
they are groundless in point of fact. Where GER
tain number of " editorial columns" are appointed
to be filled every day with "orignal matter of
some sort upon subjects of some kind, and where of
course the same space and prominence are given to
the blossoms of the day." whatever they may be,
the reader soon learns to rate these lessons at their
average value, which, from the necessity of the
case, not being very high tends to impair the infu
ence of the editor, whenever being called to treat
high theme, he would desire to secure for his OBJ
seryations the special attention to which they may
be entitled in consideration of their Importance but
which they little likely to receive at the hands
of readers who have come to perceive that their
editorial teacher measures his ucubrations accord
ing to the length of his columns and the width of
his sheet, rather than the height of his argument
and the breadth of his views


While, then, we do not deny that to a journal
situated like our New York contemporary, there
may be sufficient reasons why it should have daily
articles for the amusement of the istless, and for
the information of those whose "powers of inde-
pendent thought are expended on their business"
We may be permitted to suggest that readers of
another class demand different regimen in pro-
portion to their capacity for another species of diet
So long any considerable number of men shall be
found to possess the requisite leisure for political
studies, whether they be private citizens anxious to
discharge with intelligence and fidelity the measure
of their civil obligations, politicians and states
aiming to fill with dignity and usefulness their
place in public stations, we suppose there will be
a demand for just such 3important documents"
/" letters" and "speeches" as readers of another
kind fnd it more convenient to skim through"


in the shape of compends, summaries, and abstracts
prepared by those whose professional task it is to
provide for the large class who are unable or un-
willing to "seek the fountains" stock of ideas
gotten at secondhand, but large enough for +" the
casual conversation of the day"-that being, ac-
cording to the "World," all the "use" which
such unfortunates have for topics demanding pa
tient study and Independent investigation.