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Year: 1864

Captain DAILY. Captain DAILY lived long
enough to make this statement.


Gen Haywood, on the shooting of Dalv
called his men to pick up their arms and
tall back, which order they ATTEMPTED 10
obey. Our men again fired, when thew
again threw down their arms. and 0ave
themselves up as prisoners. This second
Volley added large numbers to their killed.
and among them Haywood, who was shot
In the head.


The prisoners number between s and
oO9. After two hours fighting the battle


Inc same correspondent states that the
rebels report that the rebel Gen. Hooker
was killed that day


A special to the World, dated Washing
ton, Aug. 23d, saws:


The Star this evening ssys that when the
boat left City Point yesterday morning
Warren was warmly engaged with the
enemy, who were trying to dislodge him
from his position on the Weldon Railroad.
His position is of such strength as to be
deemed impregnable.
Year: 1864

A COIOred Man Nearly Murdered Ro.


cause He Refused to Enlist as a SUB.


stItute.


80 From The Detroit Tribunel


There appear to be some very unprinei-
pied men acting in the capacity of substi-
tute brokers in this city, men to whom
the severest punishment would be exceed
ingly mild in comparison with the outra-
ges they commit. For several days past
the daily press has contained accounts Of
the swindling of these men, vet they carry
on their work with as much vigor as ever.
On Friday evening last, about nine o'clock,
an inoffensive colored man named John
Williams, who resides In Canada, but who
has been employed on snma Of the steam
ers plying TO and from this port was pass
ing up Randolph street, when he was acost-
ed by two men In. light wagon, who, in
apparent playful mood, induced him to
get in and ride. He was driven up Graft
ct street some distance, and when he de-
sired to get out he was thrown down in the
wagon. handcufed, and held down by one
wretch while the other drove the team rap
idly up one Of the streets leading to the
woods at the northerly outsA irts OF the city.
A revolver was placed At his head and ha
was threatened with instant death if he
dared to make any resistance or raise an
alarm. After he had been taken to the
woods, he was told by his prosecutors that
they would give him two hundred dollars
if he would consent to 60 as substitute
to this he refused peremptorily. He was
then knocked down with billet Of wood,
and given a short time for reflection. Still
persisting in his determination not to en-
list shot was fired in close proximity to
his head, and he was kicked and beaten in
the most terrible manner, and left for dead.
The men jumped into the wagon and
drove of. All night long Williams lay in
the woods, unable scarcely to move, and
fearing to make an attemp lest his perse-
cutors should perceive him.. On Saturday
morning, at daylight he managed to crawl
out of the woods and make his way to
some friends on Lafayette street, where he
was humanely cared for.
Year: 1864

A number of the enemy came through
our lines yesterday and gave themselves
up as prisoners of war.


Everything looks favorable.


If we can hold this position, and we
certainly can, there is no hope for the Re
bellion.


The rebels have but SIX days rations in
Petersburgand must conquer or yield soon.


We have now this morning) unbroken
lines from the APpSttomax beyond Weldon
Railroad.
Year: 1864




RICHMOND, May 2I.-A message from the Presi.
dent to the House, yesterday, in response to res
olution as to whether the public safety requires
continuance of the suspension of the writ Of hdbeds
corpus, he says the reasons given in his special
message at the last session exist in un6iminished
force. The present juncture especially REQUIRES
continuance Of the suspension Its effect has been
most salutary, and TO that law, in considerable
degree are we indebted for the increased efficiency
of the military preparations which have enabled
our gallant army, under the Providence Of God, to
beal back the invading forces that still threaten US.
There seems to be but little ground for hope that
the Congress will repeal the act suspending hGbeds
corpus, and thus re establish civil liberty. Mr..
FOote delivered an able argument in the House on
Thursday last in favor of the repeal, and Mr. Rves
had the floor for Friday.


If the above teiegrsphic dispatch was intended to
operate the Legislature of this State now in ses
sion, hope the object of those who prepared the
dispatch will be defeated. Our Legislature owes it
to ITSELF to the people Of the State, and to the great
cause of civil liberty itself to protest in the most
earnest and manly terms against the act suspendng
hG6eas corpus.
Year: 1864




We copy to-day an article from the Progress from
which it appears that some time since, Gov. Vance
approached Nh. Pennington, and asked him to make
the Pregress bis organ and that after Ar. Penning
ton had sold one fourth Of the establishment to Mr.
Richardson, the Governor approached him on the
subject of buying the balance and promised that
in the event Of the purchase he, the Governor,
would retain Mr. Pennington as foreman, and thus
save him from cOnseription What will the honest
people of the State think Of such conduct The
Governor wants an o-gan-that is, q newspaper to
advocate his re election and finding he cannot in
Auence the Editor TO 60 for him. he offers to pur-
chase the establishment, and as an inducement to
the Editor to sell, he promises to protect him from
conscription Fellow citizens these statements are
true, and we lay them before you as a specimen Of
the political corruption existing in your State
administration


Gov. Vance says in his speeches that he is poor
man. The Progress establishment is valued in gold
at ten thousand dollars Where did Gov. Vance
expect 70 get seven thousand five hundred dollars
in gold, with which to purchase the balance OF
the establishment he admits in his public speech
es that be has sent of the Advance, without au-
thorly of the Legislature five bales of cotton and
sold them to the Yankees but this cotton lid not
fetch him more than one thousand dollars in gold
We repeat, where was the money to come from to
purchase the Progressf Is there Vance cOrrtp-
tion fund IN existence made up by those wealthy
men who hold Office under him, or who expect 70
hold Office, to be used to carry the election and to
keep him and his friends in power?


Finding he could neither influence Mr. Penning.
ton nor buy him out, the Governor assa:led him
violently on the stump, and has descended so low
as to take up and repeat one of SPelman's false
statements about Mr.. Pennington personally. But
we need not dwell on this part of the picture Mr.:
Pennington, in the very well written article which
we copy from the Progress to day, has done the
Governor the most entire justice.
Year: 1864

Gov. Vance declared in his W Wilkesborough speech,
that f North Carolina should secede from the Con-
federacy by her own sovereign action he would
stand by and see her coerced in other words, he
would not go with his State, but, by standing
tral as her Governor be would prove himself false
we will not say traitor-to bis native land II
any one doubts the truth of this statement let him
read the speech referred to.


But in his Fayetteville speech he says he " can
conceive of circumstances under which it might be
necessary" for the State to secede; and what good
reader, do you suppose those circumstances are
To resist aggressionp No To preserve liberty
No. To aid our CO StatesP No. What then p
Why, he says "1 the fortunes Of tOar turn against
us, it may become necessary" That is, if Atlanta
and Richmond should fall, or If Gen Lee should
be defeated, the Governor thinks the State should
secede. Did he say that to the army? "If the
fortunes of war should turn against US" he would
quit the Confederacy! He is good Confederate as
long as the fortunes Of war are with us, out let
them "turn against u.s. and be is good secession
ist He SAID it fellow citizens Examine his speech
as published in his organs, the Fayetteville Gro
Rnian, thew ilnington Journal and the Coafedsr-
ate, and you will find Just as we have quoted it.
We hope those gentlemen who expect to be Vance
candidates tor the Legislature will have good time
of it over this extract from the Fayetteville speech
and good time generally in reconciling the views
of the two speeches referred to in this article.
Year: 1864

FORSYTH MOVING We publish this week the
proceeding Of several meetings appointing delegates
to County Convention to be held at the Court.
house on Saturday the 2Sth of this month, to nom-
mate candidates represent this county in the next
General Assembly. We have heard Of number
of District meetings having been held Of which wO
have not received the proceedings.


1t was never more important than now, when the
military is making rapid inroads on the civil power,
that we should have good and true Conservatives
10 represent in our Legislative bodies, who will
defend the liberties Of the people and to it that
the military power is kept IN its proper sphere, as
provided by the Constitution, which declares that
the military should be kept subordinate to the civil
power. Meetings should be held in every Captains
District and every true Conservative should attend
SdIe0s Press.
Year: 1864

at a. His assauit on US was nnproSoked and On.
necessary, and he is welcome to all the capital he
can make out Of our early poverty or our humble
employments. We were considered . marvellous
proper parsonage by the Governor and those who
reSel in the sunshine Of his favor, as long As We
supported him, but when We felt it to be our duty
to take sides against him, as between himself and
Mr Holden, we at once lost Caste in the charmed
circle. We thank God that we have been aba.
against all the reverses Of fortune to reach our pres


ent position. Though humble We arc content with
it-Fro1resa ltff'E
Year: 1864

The liberties Of every people, 10 all Representatives
governments, remarks the Charleston Mercury, may
be said to rest upon three grand corner stoues:


i. Open sessions, in Representative bodies Of the
people, BY which their Representatives are made re-
sponSible 10 the people


T. Freedom Of the press, By which all the pro.
ceedngs OF the government may be canysssed and
exposed for the jud sment Of the people.


y. Freedom Of the person from arbitrary arrests
by the government.


Two out Of the three Of these great corner stones
of liberty have been overthrow BY the government
OF the Confederate States and the third only failed
to be oyerthrown by the interposition of the Sen.
ate VIII any one, having the least conception Of
the great objects of the war we are waging, either
in its initiation progress fail to see the necessity
OF Convention after the war Is over to fe-adjust
in these vital particulars the relations between the
Confederate government and the Statesf
Year: 1864

Corn sold here yesterday at Sl5 per bushel, new
issue. There is not much downward tendency in
prices yet though it is very evident decline must
speedily begin. There is increasing demand for
money aich is obliged to.afeot prices -SaIisbugy
Watch1adn
Year: 1864

Smith O'Brien says, that 200, 900 Irishmen
have been killed in the Lincoln war, and he
adds


81 shall not inquire how many of tl,sse
Irshmen have been Induced by the eloquence
of General Meagher to fling themselves into
a premature grave, but feel convinced now,
as in 1861, that if the Irish population Of
America had thrown the weight of their
influence into the scale in favor Of peace,
the miseries of war which have devastated
region that ten years since enjoyed
greater amount Of material prosperity than
any other portion Of the globe, might have
been averted."


Mr.. O'Brien adds this melancholy reflection:


These men have fallen in the prime Of
life, in the vigor of youth and strength.
Had they fallen in contendiug for the free
dom of their country, their memory would
have been consecrated in the annals Of
Of patriotism. Their heroism would have
been admired even by those who hate our
naton-but truth compels me to say that
these brave men are now regarded as mere
mercenares, who, for the sake Of handful
of dollars, enlist themselves in strife, the
sole object of which is to determine whether
one'thrd of the citizens of the States shall
be governed according to their own free
choice, or Shall he coerced by force TO subj
,nil to connection and gave! pmeDt shl~b
they repudiate and auhof"
Year: 1864




laughable yet mortitying incident oc-
Cured at merry-making in the upper part
OF the city of Memphis, recently. Music
and dancing were the order of the evening,
at private residence, where some twenty
couple had engaged to pass a pleasant
evening. ln order to make room for the
dancers, stove was removed out of the
room, and the hole through which the pipe
passed through the second floor, covered
with small piece of thin board 1t so
happened, untoruna ely, that the pipe had
been held in its place by small sheet of
tin which had the aperture cut in the middle.
The upper apartment in which th,s man trap
was situated, was used by the ladies as sort
of retiring room, to which they repaired
whenever they wjsh3a to re-arrange their
dlsordered carmen mootb their lresses,
or re powder .he'r Ca ks. Late in the
evening, reu.p q ts} of full proportions
rushed hastily % g., room to improve her
toilet when, unlu KY, she bore her dainty
foot, and her one hundred and sixty pounds.
avoirdupois, upon the aforesaid weak and
treacherous board. AS you have already
anticipated it gave way with crash, and
down she came, driving her comeIy limb
through the orlhce, tar above the knee,
and what is worse, the jaggered edges of
the tin would not allow her to withdraw it.
The merry groups down stairs were startled
by the appariton of a neatly stockinged,
finely tapered leg, hanging above their
heads between the upholstered joints of
their extempore dancing ball. There we're
screams and confusion on the part of the
ladies, and rushing up to their unfortunate
sister while the Others looked the other way,
Of course. TO be sure the exhibition would
have been considered all right in the ballet,
but this did not happen to be in the ballet
To make the matter as brief as possible, we
would add, that pair of timers shears
were brought into requsition before the
damsel was released. Although her distress
and confusion would not permit of her
appearing again that evening, the remainder
OF the party continued their festivities until
the small hours.
Year: 1864

Most people, even many intelligent re-
formers, says DR.. Lewis have the idea that
to sleep in cold room is good-essential
to health. 1t is an error. 1t is better to
have an open fire in your bedroom. The
atmosphere is not only by this means con-
stanty changed, but with the fire you will
keep the window open, which will add
greatly to the needei ventilation But
more than this, with the fire you will have
fewer bedclothes over you, which is gain,
as large number of blankets not only
interferes somewhat with the circulation and
respiration, but prevents the escape of those
gases which the skin is constantly emitting
Even furnace or stove heat with an open
window, is better than close cold room
Interchange with the external atmosphere
depends upon the difference between the
temperature of the air within and that with
out. But let us have the open fire. Let u.
60 without silks, broadcloths, carpets, ano
tinery of all kinds, If necessary, that we may
have this beautiful purifier and difuser o
joy in all our houses. In my own house
have ten open CRATES, and find with coal a
eleven dollars the ton the expense is frightful
and if it were in any other department o
housekeeping should feel could not affort
it; but in this | do not finch, SO importan
! do deem the open fire.
Year: 1864

The Boston Commonw eathy, Senator
Summers organ, says:


The thirty-eighth Congress is about to
assemble. The Senate will have large
Administration ma ority, and the House
one sufficiently large to elect the caucus
officers. We say this without having care
fully examined the tables, for we assume
that the Administration would not have
resorted to its somewhat extraordinary means
of carrying elections in the Border States,
unless it had been sure that these means,
successfully used, would give it working Q
majority We do not find fault with the
machinery used to carry Maryland and
Delaware. Having nearly lost control of
the House by its blunders in the conduct Of
the war from March, 1861, to the fall of
1862, the Administration owed it to the
country to recover that control someho "
To recover it regularly, was impossible; so
irreguIarity had to be resorted to- Popular
institutions will not suffer, for the Copperhead
element will have much larger number of
members IN both branches than it is entitled
to by its popular vote. Ohio, with its ninety
thousand Republican majority, will be rep
resented by five Republicans and a dozen
more Copperheads. 1t is fitting that mis-
representation of popular sentiment in the
great States of the West should be offset,
if necessary, by loyal delegation from
Maryland and Delaware, won even at the
expense of military Interference. If laws
are silent amidst the clank of arms, we must
take care that the aggregate public opinion
of the country obtains recognition somehow
Or Of har
Year: 1864

On child being told that he must be
broken of bad habit, he actually replied
"Papa, hadn't better be mendedS"


why is niger as good as a white manl
Because God created them both. On that
theory jackass is equal to MajorG General
Year: 1864

RAIN, Snow, &c.-Rain is caused by a
cloud moving into stratum of cold air, by
which its particles are condensed, and run
into drops too heavy to float in the atmos
phere. Snow is produced by the cloud be-
coming frozen before its particles have COL
lapsed into water. Hail is caused by the
freezing of the drops after they begin to fall
as rain. Dew is the falling of the vapors of
the day when they part with the motion in
the cool OF the evening. A fog is cloud
floating on the surface of the earth, and a
cloud is fog floating in the atmosphere.
Year: 1864

New YORK, Jan. pa special to the
Herald from the Army of the Potomic 26th,
says: had long interview to-day with
an officer of high military rank in the Ar
my of the Potomac, who has had oppor-
tunities for frequent conversations with de-
serters from the rebels. He does not believe
any part of Lees army has been sent out of
Virginia. lie does believe there has been a
fight among the rebels on the south side of
the Rapidan, that there is a general distrust
of the fidelity of rebel pickets, that the SOL
dicrs in Lees army are anxious to grasp at
the earliest period the olive branch of peace
held out to them by the amnesty proclama-
ton, take tho oath of allegiance and become
again good cit zens, that there is actual des-
titution in the rebel army, that their supply
of rations is very short, and it is with the
greatest difficulty that enough reaches the
army to make even the small daily issue
that is furnished. Supply forageis so short
that cavalry horses are cared for very poor
ly, and nearly all picketing is done by rebel
infantry, the object being to keep their
horses in condition for service when the
spring campaign opens.
Year: 1864

0 the black page is writ with ink of He'll,
That tells the story Of Coumbias fall
How sectional traitors, with purpose fell.
Made in her Capital fearful ball
OF revolution. that should crush the wall,
The very bulwarks of her sacred peace
And brought upon her sons both great and small,
A debt, bloody issue, that should CEASE
But when the band Of Death should. bring them


sweet release.
Year: 1864

Then win the verdict Of the world be given.


In view Of all that Is, and might have been.
Had men but listened to the voice Of Hoaven-


Had moreof virtue, and far less Of sin.
Then viii appear howruin eamc to win 1913
Ascendency in Conuess--how above
The voice Of patriot reason. rose the din
OF sectional clamor, void Of Nationailove,
] That sought the very heart Of Freedom 10 remove
Year: 1864

XIV.
Not in the Roman Forum, when afar
The eagles of the nation led the flow
OF Latin domination, did the star
Of empire burn with more fervd glow!
Not Cataline, and matchlcss Cicero
When they before the Senate of the world
Mctin their strength and power did the show
Of mighty issues equal that, when hurled
To dust the Union was and new flag unfurled.
Year: 1864

Oh thou stern Goddess Of the balanced scale!
Discerning Nemesis! TO thee we yield


The just narration Of Disunion's tale.


When future writers history pen shall WELD;
When no strong arm Of prejudicecan shield ~
The partial page from mcondemnation-when
Weak interests coverts arc no more concealed,
| Then will the truth appear. if not till then; ID


And falsehood's scales will fall from of tho eyes
| of men.
Year: 1864

Then like giant in his godlike power,


Who sees his friends beat down before the foe
Stalked forth the mighty Douglas in that hour
Into the arcna-and with eyes aglow,
He cast his glances on the threatning row


OF factions opposite-and with tho tongue
Of the Athenian thunderer struck blow


On Additions shield until it rung,


And in Seccssion's face tho singing pieces flung
Year: 1864

XXXII.
Columbia's Senators beheld around,
A representative from every State;
What awe and interest-how deep, profound.
Should have pervaded every breast, when fate
Thus verged our land on war so desperate:
Not when great Henry in Convention cast
The die that made our country separate
From England did an interest 50 vast
Call on the Futures hope-the Present and the


Past


XXXIII.
For Wisdom to be guided to a just
And patriotic settlement of all
Disturbing Issues-here to curb the lust
OF sectional dominion-thcre to call
Back wandering stars, that wandered to their fall
Oh for the broad and mighty views Of those
Who lifted up the Revolutions pail
OF National distress and from the throes
Of Wars wild chaos wrung balm for all their


woes.
Year: 1864

FuRH1ruRE.-The attetion of our readers
is directed to the advertisement of Charles
Hill, I'd street, between Main and Harrison,
in another column. Mr.. Hill has got large
and elegant stock Of household furniture
which he proposes to sell at prices that
cannot but suit. He has q great variety
Of everything pertaining to that line, and
when he sells an article you will find just as
represented. His goods arc Of the most
fashionable and substantial grade. Call
and look them over before buying.
Year: 1864

BC1tN1 FARMs.-A number Of the SOL
diers Of the First Regiment who do not in
tend 70 rs.enlisting, have come to this portion
Of the State in search of farms They gen
orally desire such as are improved, and say
that IN no county have they found them 50
difficult to purchase. In other counties
farmers are seized with the gold fever and
wish to dispose Of their property. bat here
they seem perfestly contented and prefer
not to sell. p. < r. = -