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Year: 1861

We shall feel under obligations to any of
our friends who may from time to time get
possession of late Northern papers, if they
will bring or send the same to this Office.


We will also pay literally for such papers
to any ono who will furnish us with them.
Year: 1861

cession States, the object Of which
is to ,cxasperatc those who have


enlisted in the movement to encourage


them by false stories Of pccuniary distress


and suffering from want among the labor-


ing masses Of the North, and to render


more potent the reign Of terror by which,


for the time being, all conservative and


Union-loying sentiments hare been sup.


pressed. The secession organs abound


with dispatches Of this character, which


are made the basis Of the most violent ap-


peals to the Southern people appeals that


never would be made were there not press


ing necessity for them. There can he no


question but that this course is dictated by


dlstrust in the masses. Tho lending trai-
tors evidently fear the consequences of
leaving the people to their own thoughts,
to the promptings Of their innate loyalty.


An occasional letter from the South, writ


ten despite the surveillance under which
the mails have been placed, reveals the cx-


istence Of Union sentiment-the nucleus
around which strong and powerful party
will rally ut the first indication Of return
ing reason The leaders know the fact
and fear it. Not any less significant is the
silence Of Senator Hammond Of South
Carolina. He is not heard from in


any. Of the secession bulletins that
come to hand. He evidently has his
eye upon the *'mudsills" Of society in his


own State. So likewise in regard to the


conduct Of MI: Sidell. He openly an


nounces that Louisiana is bound to leave


the Union, but ut the same time he is can
ddate for reelection to the United States


Senate, and has himself urgad fer that Of


fee by his organs. He swims with the


current, but his action proves that he
knows the current will soon change its di-
rection. These are bnt n few Of the many


indications, adverse to the aims Of the Sc,


ccssionists, that every day now produces
Year: 1861

The following WIS tho vote In the House Of
Representatives on Mr. Abrams resolution,
THAT we fully approve the bold and Patriotic


'act Of Major Anderson, in Withdrawing from
"Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumpter, and the do
Termination Of the President to maintain
"that fearless officer in his present condition,
"and we will support the President in al con-
"stitutioral measures to enforce the laws and
Year: 1861

How A SOLDIER FEELS IN BATTLE
a young French officer thus writes Of his
first experience in battle;


"Our officer kept us back, for we we're
not numerous enough to charge upon the
enemy. This was most prudent, for the
murderous fro, so fatal to the white coats,
did us but little harm. Our conical balls
penetrated their dense masses, whilst those
of the Austrians whistled past our cars
and respected our persons. 1t was the
first time l had faced fire, nor was I the
only one. Well, am satisfied with my
self. True, l lodged the first balls, but
Henry ". did the same at the beginning
of every battle. 1t is in fact physical
effect, independent of the will.
| But, this tribute paid, if you could only
feel how each shot electrifes you. It is
like whip on racers legs. The balls
whistle past you, turn up the earth around,
kill one, wound another, and you hardly
notice them. ou grow intoxicated, the
smell of gunpowder mounts to your brain.
The eyes become bloodshot and the look is
fixed upon the enemy, There is something
of all the passions in that terrible passion
excited in soldier by the sight of blood
and the tumult of battle.


Everybody who has tried it testifes to
The peculiar intozication that is produced
by being in battle. There is an infatuating
influence about the smell of powder, the
shrill whistle of a bullet, and the sight of
human blood, that instantly transforms
men from towards to heroes-from women
sometimes to monsters. No one can tell
Of the nature of mystery of that influence
but those who have been in the fray them
selves"
Year: 1861

MAN is like SNOWFALL Leave him
lying in idleness against the sunny face of
prosperity, and all the good that is in him
melts like fresh butter in dog days but
kick him round, and he gathers strength
at every revolution.
Year: 1861

and pitiful, that | was on the point of
springiDg ashore to follow her. But the
packet started, and my last glimpse of her
beautiful face was, when she turned again
to look at the receding boat, under lamp
post.


l have never seen her since-but if she
still lives, she may know how well re.
member, and how much happiness l wish
My FELLOW PASSENGER,
Year: 1861

An old soaker in Boston being found in
the gutter on rainy night, the water
making a clear breach over him from head
to heels was asked by passer, what he
was doing. 81 agreed to meet a man
here"
Year: 1861

ExPresident Buchanan is resolute not to
be forgotten in the popular manifestations
Of patriotism. Addressing letter to a
Union meeting in Chester county, Penn, he
says /: .... .....-


''This is the moment for action, for
prompt energetic and united nction-and
not for the discussion of peace propositions
These, we must know, would be rejected by
the States that have seeded, unless we
should offer to recongnize their independ-
euce, which is entirely out Of the qucs-
ton.


| 1t would be querulous to breathe above O
whisper that the moment when prompt,
energetic, united action" could have saved
the country from these present calamities
| lay last winter in the hands Of Mr.. Buchan-
an, aud be threw it away. Let the past
rather gather its misdeeds itself, and in cit
ing the words of the Elk Pres dem words,
We fancy, not without an undertoue Of re-
gret--it will be enough to note them as
the most emphatic indication the rebels can
possibly receive of the transformation their
treason has effected in Northern sentiment
Six months have barely passed since Mr..
Buchanan sent to Congress that desperate
message in which be argued the non-exis-
tence of power in the National government
to coerce retiring States. He based his
own inaction upon this deficiency OF con-
Stilutional warrant. The powers he then
declined to arrogate himself he now freely
ascribes 10 an administration so diverse
from his own in politics, that he exhortS the
people to sustain the administration in the
Vindication of an authority which he so
lately thought the National Government
could not justly exercise is perhaps an ex-
treme, but is certainly an unquestionable
measure OF the change which has taken
place among the public men, who through
out last winters political discussion, scout
ed the idea of coercion. The rebel leaders
can hardly blind themselves to the fact, that
all of the Northern Statesman, who for two
generations gave them the control of
The National Administration, not one can
be found elsewhere than 10 the ranks OF
their implacable euemies.-N Y Times.
Year: 1861

There is no denying the fact tha
the government wants more men, aud thai
too, without delay. And to men who have
no regular employment, it becomes mat
ter of interest to see how much they can
make by enlisting in q three years campaign.


A man, if he is economical, can save in
three years from his wages the sum of $3.50.
The 500 dollars bounty would make the
sum $3.50. Now if he was paid once in
two month, and should invest his wages in
treasury notes, the interest would amount
to $46, making 1896 for his three years.
work, besides his clothes and food. In ad-
dition to this, that saved from the rations,
if used ndventsgiously, would make quite a
little sum, and the land that will be given
at the end of the war will swell the sum
still more making the grand total 1892. II
is not pretended that all, or many, would
save this amount. But all might do so by
exercising rigid economy.
The above calculations are on the suppo
stion that man is not married. If be is a
married man, he would have the same a
mount, minus the interest, for the support
of his family, or if bis wife could support
the family by the aid of the sum paid by
The state, he would still save the same sum
as the unmarried man. This is the merce-
nary appeal to men to enlist There are
higher motives TO actuate every man, aud
when they are both combined, patriotism
and the pocket, the effect should be to fill
up our regiments at once, and send such
a body of men 10 the seat Of war as shall
effectualy crush this rebellion. The conn
try wants men. but she does not call upou
them to work for nothing, and if every man
who cannot make as much aE something
else would enlist, the Union army would be
filled up in week, with as many good men
as are wanted
Year: 1861

Bot the lesson of defeat would be imper.
fecily learned, did not the army and nations
alike gain from Il a juster sense than they
before possessed Of the value of individual
life. Never has life been SO much prised
and so precious as 1t has become In Amer
lea. Never before has each Individual been
OF SO much worth. It costs more to bring
up man here, and he is worth more when
brought up, than elsewhere. The long
peace and the extraordinary amount Of
comfort which the nation has enjoyed have
made rs (speaking brosdly) found Of life
and tender Of il. We Of lhe North have
locked with astonishment at the recklessness
of the South concerning It. We have
thought it braver to save than to spend 20;
and questionable Humanity has undoubt


edly led us something into feeble sentimen-


talties, and false estimates Of its value


We have been in danger Of thinking too


much Of IL, and Of being mean spirited N


It's use, But the irst sacrifice for which


war calls is life and we must revise our


estimates OF its value, If we would conduct


our war to happy end. To gain that end


no sacrifice can be too precious or too costly.
! The shudder with we heard the first re-
port that some three thousand Of our men
were slain was but the sign Of the blow
that our hearts received But there must
be no Swinging from the certain pospect
Of the death of our soldiers. Better than We
should fail that million men should die on
the battlefield II is not often that men
can have the privilege to offer their lives
for a principle and when the opportunity
comes it is only the coward who does not
welcome it with gladness. Life is of no
value in comparison with the spiritual prin-
ciples from which It gains its worth. No
matter how many lives it costs to defend b
or secure truth or justice or liberty, trnth ,
and justice and liberty must be defended &
secured Selfpreseryation must yield to
Truths preservation. The little human
life is for to day--tbe principle is eternal
TO die for truth, to die open-eyed and re-
solutely for the good old cause, is not only
honor but reward. Suffering is gift not
given to every one, said one Of the Scotch
martyrs, and | desire to bless the Lord with
my whole heart that he has counted such
a poor thing as / am worthy of the gift Of
suffering. Atlantic Monthly.
Year: 1861

Every man should do his best to own


home. The tirst money which Le can spare
should be invested in a dwelling where biz
family can live permanently. Viewed as q


matter of economy this is important, not only


because he can ordinarily build more cbeaply


than he can rent, but because Of the expense
caused by the frequent change of residence
A man who early in life builds home 70,
himself and family, will save some thousands
Of dollars in the course of twenty years, be-
sides avoiding the inconvenience and t,oubs
OF removable, A part from this there is
something agreeable, in our better nature in


having home. 1t is form Of property


that is more than property. 1t speaks to


The hear. eplistA the sentiments, enables the


possessor. The associations that spring up
arornd it as the birtli.plac Of the children
as the scene Of life holiest emotions as the
sanctuary where the spirit cherishes its pur.
est thoughts, arc such a. all value where
their influence is exerted. The greater part
OF the happiness Of this world is found at
home on this account we should do all 10
our power 10 make home attractive. Not
only should we cultivate surh tempers as
serve TO render It's intercourse amiaole and
affec,ionate, but we should strive to adorn it
with those charms which good sense AMI re-
6nement SO easily impart to It. We say
easily, for there are persons who think that y
home cannot be beautiful without a consid.
cradle outlay Of money. If you let the 50:
shine and sky adorn your yard. they wiAsi0
more than an artist.


Nature delights in beauty. She loves to
brighten the landscape and make it agrees
ble to the eye. She hangs the ivy around
the ruin, and over the stump Of a wi.hered
tree twines the graceful vine. A thousand
arts she practices to animate the scenes and
please the mind. Follow her example and
DO for yourself what she is always iaboring
to do for you. Beauty is \ divine instru.3
mentality. 1t is one Of Coils chosen forms
Of power. We never see creative energy
without something beyond mer existence,
and hence the whole universe is a teacher
and inspirer Of beauty. Every man was
born to he an artist, so far as the apprecia-
lion and enjoyment Of beauty are concerned
and be robs himself Of one to precious gifts
of bis being If he fails to fulfil This beni6cent
purpose o! his creation.
Year: 1861

The GREAT TUNNEL OF THE Alps The
engineers employed in boring the eight mile
tunnel under Mount Gents, in Savoy, have
put into operation an ingenious device for
supplying the tunnel with air, which dis
penses with any necessity for the construc-
sion ofverticaI shafts. They work the bor-
ing. machiD es in the tunnel by means of com-
pressed air furnished by stationary engines
on the outside. Thus there is no smoke and
heat in the tunnel, and the air forced in
keeps up an adequate circulation, without
which the laborers would soon suffocate.
There was considerable difficulty, at first, in
the adjustment of the pipes aud valves, but
they have been at work since the lst OF jan
uaIy with great success. The engineers now
fear no other obstacle to the rapid progress
Of the great work, unless some of the almost
unfathomable little lakes on the mountain
should be tapped, letting in a sudden and
destructive deluge upon The workmen and
machinery. . ~
Year: 1861

DARING RoBBERY-A daring thief entered
ajewelry store at Chicago, on Friday, bought
a watch and other jewelry, desired the clerk
20 make out bill, and while this was being
done politely wished the clerk ''good even
ingp and decamped with the watch although
the clerk was at his heel, he so fastened the
door that the clerk was some time a pris-
Oupr
Year: 1861

EY 1t should be borne in mind that the
Daily Nescs contains the latest intelligence
received at this point The paper does not
90 to press until after the arrival Of the mail.
1t is delivered by Carrier for So per year or
81 for six months.eGl }s .. s.....
Year: 1861

the Federal Cabinet of Washington
will be disposed cordially to coope-
rate in the work, SO that it shall per-
manently conciliate all rational claims.
Whether the question is to be dealt
with by the general combination
which seems thus in prospect, or by
England and France alone, it is evi-
dent that further delay is at an end.


It is su1mised in some quarters
that it is the object of the two pow
ers to, have a strong force in the
Mexican waters, and thus take ad-
vantage of any contingency that may
arise during the pending conflict be
tween the Northern and Southern
States.
Year: 1861

The Sugar Crop.-The weather,
we learn from the Franklin Register,
has been very favorable for planters
during the laat two weeks. That
paper says:


The planters, to use an old phrase,
are making hay while the sun shines,
and are now, with but very few ex-
.ceptions, ready to commence harvest
ing the immense sugar crop, which
will exceed-if not cut short by an
early frost-that Of any former year,
by hundred thousand hogsheads.
All agree in saying that they have
never seen the cane so large and so
full Of sacharine juice-although We
are yet thirty days behind the usual
time to commence rolling, will yield
fully fifteen hundred pounds of sugar
to the acre. All our planters will be
fully employed i'll rolling between
now and the Goth day Of the month.
Year: 1861

substance OF the speech


ofS' D STANTON, ESQ.,, LATE BELL ELEcroR AND UNION
SENATOR N THE LEGIsEAruRE, AT THE MEETING
TUESDAY NIGHT
had left home before the ,ac.-.;a. e .,
dispatches that now agitate and excta tha v,asIs
am nos authorized, therefore in stat;rs, r


the position of the people in my part Of fhs ststs


ufon the question now most prominent befor- ri.


meeting But will venture however to ssy +hs,


there is no man in my county willing to see Tenne.


seeans enlist under the requisition Of Lincoln so


fight our brethren of the South. And veutrra


further to say that it will meet the unanimous An,


probation of our people If our Government viii re-


spond to Mr. Lincoln By telling him that he cannot
get single volunteer in Tennessee. l. as well a.
those whom represent love the Union of our faith
ers and have done all that we could towards its
salvation actuated all the time by the hope that
the difficulties might and would have been settled
without blood and think that If the policy OF the
evacuation of certain forts, intimated by Lin
coins Cabinet in the outset, had been carried out
ia good faith, the conflict of arms might have been
averted But having reclaimed those forts after
said intimations to the contrary, and thus involved
kimsef in duplicity which has betrayed the hopes
OF the Border State, he cannot expect Tennesseans
to rally to his support in contest which might
have been 80 easily arrested. When nothing else
but fight will suffice, it is but natural that Tennes-
scans will go with the South. The rod Of correc-
should have been applied to the Northern, our first
aggressors, and then we could have tolerated its
application to the South or the second offenders.
But it having been neglected in the first instance,
we cannot encourage it in the second. Without
beligerent hostility, we might acknowledge the
fault Of the Southern seeding States, but having
come TO blows, for those who are most close
ly identified with US in interest and sympathy. If
my brother should become involved in dispute
or difference with stranger, / am ready to &C
knowledge the error of my other and TO persuade
him tc make apologies at all times before the fight
comes on but after the fight comes, 1 am for my
brother, then, without respect to the wrong or
causes Of the fight new say that as q Tennessee
an, can never consent to enlist under Lincoln
against the South especially since his manifest in
difference to the critical position Of the Border
States, in the contest And to active particI-
patton upon our part in behalf OF the Southern
Confcderacy, am willing to abide the will of the
majority of my State. to the Government Of which
owe higher allegiance than to any other Gov
ernment on earth and wherever the flag Of Ten
nessee wanes, beneath silken folds viii be found
the gallant sons whom have the honor to repre-
sent.
Year: 1861

The sober second thought of the people of th 2
North is beginning to have its effect, and the
desire for peace is beginning to manifest Itself.
Snoh sentiments are beginning to be expressed
in Iowa, Connecticut and New Jersey, and II
will not be long before very palpable reaction
will be exhibited in all of the Northern States.
The sensitive pocket nervs is beginning to twltoh
AID will soon be in spasrnodic convulsioDs. They
ha se now 1000 troops in the field, at an ex-
pense of 500, 900 per month, and find that
100000 men are needed, which will involve an
expense of $4,000, 900 per month. A debt Of
countless millions, total prostration of business
and consequent poverty and want are beginning
to stare them in the face In New York a re
action has already begun to manifest itself, ant
The New York Nesos says that, "if mass meet
ing could be convened in New York City of al
who are really in favor of Immediate peace, ever
at the cost of the ackno wledgement Of the indie
nendence of the Confederate States, it would
ontnumber the monster Union manifestation O
seven weeks ago, and be characterized by al
earnestness aud sincerity that We're wanting Oh
that OCCASION The war spirit has greatly sub
sided. and it cannot again be stimulated to it
former furious madness, unless it be effected b,
an invasion of their territory. If we remain
upon our own soil with sufficient force to driv
the enemy out and to be able to prevent then
from coming in at any point, the war will sool
be ended by the enormous expense to whic
they will necess arily be subjected. When the
6nd that tlav ara winnip q no lanreis gaini n
victories, acquiring no glory, making no pro
gress in sutjngating the South, but only impov
erishing and rnining their Own section, they wi
realize the wisdom of acknowledging our indie
pendence.
Year: 1861

We feel gratified to learn that another volun-
teer company is about to be organized in the
gallant village OF Waynesboro. In few hours
cn Saturday evening last thirty eight names
were drained. This county has now fourteen
companies organized, thirteen of which are in
the service, and several more will soon be ready
to take the field. This patriotic and gallant
county, like the Widows crnse seems to be in
exhaustable. If we had q few more Augusta
counties, we could confidently bid defiance to
all the forces of the North. This people will
never be conquered. Their motto is Liberty
or DEATH" They would rather die all freemen
than live all slaves.
Year: 1861

of this place, who returned q few days since from
our camp at Laurel Hill this side of Phillippa
that on Tuesday night last, one of our scouting
parties, numbering 25, met scouting party o.
the enemy, numbering about 90, W thin less
than two miles Of our camp at Laurel Hill
Both parties fired, and both retreated. None Of
our men were hurt A lady being in that neigh
borhood wrote to friend in Huttonsville that
the enemy buried eight the next morning


Our party retreated because they supposed
from what they had learned previously that the
scouting party Of the enemy consisted of about
900
Year: 1861

A few days sirce the Boot and Shoe factory
OF this place sold one bill to gentleman of Ma
con, Georgia, amounting to about one thousand
dollars. This is but the beginning, sin pie ear
meet of what will be done in future. The YAM
KEGS will soon lea n that we can live without
them. The question is whether they can live
without rs.
Year: 1861

- A scouting party belonging to the James
City Cavalry was attacked Monday week, near
Hampton, by scouting party of the enemy,
who succeeded in killing one of our party, after
losing three of their men. Our party consisted
only OF three men, each of whom killed one of
the enemy. The poor fellow who was killed on
our side was Samuel Pryor of Richmond, but at
the time of his death was member of the
James City Cavalry.
Year: 1861

Those who know themselves to be indebted to
the spectator Office" for advertising OR JOB
work are most respectfully and earnestly request
to pay up as soon as possible. Bills for jeb work
are due as soon as the work is completed, and
for advertising as soen as the time for which ad
vertisements were ordered to be published eS-
pires. Any time given on such bills is an ndul
gence to the person owirg them.
Year: 1861

Black Republican papers admit that they have
not Sufficient number of vessels to enforce an
effective blockade of Southern ports. England
says she will not recognise or respect a blockade
unless it is an effective once
Year: 1861

~ The blockade will punish the North more
than the South. Already the cotton mills OF
New England are running out of supplies of raw
cotton, and mills stopping in consequence. We
hope the South will never permit them to have
another bale &C any price. There will soon be
weeping and wailiug amongst the poor devils
thrown out of employment for want of cotton
and market for their yankee productions. Old
England will now take The place of yankeedom
in getting our raw cotton and in furnishing us
the manufactured article.