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Year: 1863

We cali lie special attention of our COM
mcrclal readers to the report Of the Com
mittcc Of the New York Commercial As.
sociation and others, detailing their action
before the Committee Of the New York
Legislature, urging the enlargement Of the
New York canals. Tic report will con-
vince the West that the 1ea1ing business
men Of New York are satisfied that unless
the capacity of the New York Canals is
largely increased, and the enormous tolls
heretofore charged, arc greatly reduced.
New York must i'll few years loose her
control Of the vast and rapidly increasing
commerce IF the West. Whether they
can induce the Legislature to act as the
Importance Of the subject demands, re-
mains to be seen.


Whatever New York may do should
furnish no reason for our Canadian neigh
bors to relax their efforts to enlarge their
canals and secure their share of the trade
ofthc West. Before their Ottawa or their
Georgian Bay Canal can be built, or the
Welland enlarged, the West will furnish
them, the enlarged Erie Canal and all our
railways, with all tic freight they can pos
s1bly transmit to the seaboard. The f,ct
paIpablc TO all men who will examine the
subject, and often demonstrated in these
columns, that the production Of the Vest
IS only limited by its means of finding
cheap transit to the ocean still remains,
and the only question 10 be determined in
Tue future is whether the St. Lawrence or
the New York routes shall best acconno-
and therefore in the end secure the larcest
share Of this immcnsc trafIc.
Year: 1863

~4o ~AN0 ALI 1710 AONc OF WAR


There is club in New York CITY like
tie one the spurious Democrats keen 70


ing in Chicago. There, as here, it is made


up Of men who profess patriotism, but act


as though they were enemies Of the couu-
Try; OF those who say they arc for the Con-
sututlon, but cannot condemn the men
who have rebellcd against it; Of those who
Claim TO be for the Union, but think the
Traitors had good reasons for taking up
arms against It; and generally Of that class
OF 1fail, sllaky, and diseased men, who can't
bcsr the. thought that any party
should succeed but their own party,
many Of whom would rather dis
union should triumph than be put down
by such means as they don't approve; and
when the choice is between cmancipation
or the disruption Of the Republic, thcy
raticr think negro freedom the worst of tile
two. These clubs gather into their meet
lngs all the secret secesh, the snealinc
traitors, disappointed politicians and sore
heads, men whose love Of place and spoils
is large and fierce and more than a match
for love Of country, the toadies and lick
spitt1es Of Southern aristocrats, those who
regard the blacks as their rivals and aro
jcalous and savage lest the negro, being
the ADLER and better man, push them out Of
place and employment; the men who in.
Yite civil discord, and long for disturbance
and confusion in our midst, as they hope
great gain for themselves from any
trouble or disorder-in word. all
that are least patriotic and least
loyal, all who sympathize with treason
and lore traitors, all who are backward
and cold in the cause of freedom, and for
ward and determined in the defense OF
slavery. It would move our curious in
terest, did it not rouse so deeply our dis
like and indignation, to note what kind Of
political principles, views and measures,
were announced and defended at the meet
ings Of those clubs 1t wouldbe q rare
Year: 1863

The Republican majority in the city Of Cleveland
ID about G50 on very heavy vote.


sandnsky elects Union Mayor by aas majority.
and all OF the ticket By about the same. This ii
a Union gain Of moro than 800 since last fall,
Year: 1863

CoTroN One of the most intelligent
members OF the last House, who has just
returned from a tour OF observation in
Mississippi, represents to the Admins
tration that not 10000 bales of cotton
will be raised in the entire South this
year, and that next not a single bale
will be raised unless the Government
Immediately set to work to save the la
Dor Of slaves, who are threatened with
destruction by starvation aud exposure.
Not less than eighteen hundred thou
sand field negroes are penned in Geor-
gia and Alabama-driyen from the outer
slave States.
Year: 1863

is scarcely any one whose time is SO much oc-
cupied, that he cannot find any spare monbnts
to devote to the perusal of interesting books.


He should be impartial. 1t is very natural
for teachers to love respectful and obedient
scholars more than those whose dispositions are
the opposite, but is is his duty to treat all alike;
for all have the same claim upon his time and
energies He should love his scholars, and re.
member that they are human beings placed un-
der his care to receive instruction, and ndt as
mere subjects over which he is to rule with all
the tyranny of a despot. Scholars have their
rights, and no person is fit to teach who does
not feel it his bounden duty to respect hose
rights. He should instruct his pupils morhiIy
as well as intellectually. For if the moralb of
our youths are not properly cultivated, the
more intellectual training they receive the grtat-
er will be their abilities for doing evil. u is
more necessary then. that true principles of
morality are instilled into rheii minds than that
they reach the ''pinnacles of the temple of ici-
ence." These, though numerous and important,
are scarcely tithe Of the duties obligatory upon
those who occupy the almost sacred position of
instructors to the young.


Yet the duties of the schooroom do not all
rest upon the parents and teacher, the pupils
come in for a large share. They should love
and respect their teacher, he holds the position
Of parent, and if he is what he should be, he is
entitled to the same regard and respect. They
should strive to improve themselves. They
should endeavor to preserve the reputation Of
the school. They should be social, and treat
one another like brothers and sisters. In some
qpboolc fhara n nfn tina
should always be discouraged by the teacher.74 l.
They should be interested in the school, and es-
er ready and willing to receive instruction. =
These and many other duties devolve upon the
pupils. And when parents, teachers and pu-
pills learn their several duties, and perform them
Alright, and all go hand in hand together, work
ing for the same purpose and desiring the same
results, then will the Common School System
flourish, and the Peoples colleges become .
national honor
Year: 1863

Bob Shorty from the right line of the triangle,
and remained in that line themselves. This was
the second days battle.


On the following morning it was discovered
that fresh Confederacies had come up from Par
is. These were attacked irresistibly by the
whole Mackerel Brigade, and only succeeded in
making stand when they found, as it were,
the left line of the triangle.


You will perceive, my boy, that great piece
of geometrical strategy had been thus achieved;
but it now turned out that the General of the
Mackerel Brigade had made mistake, and
most serious one. While taking his observa-
tons with his ingenious glass instrument, he
had seen just double the number Of triangles
(2) that might be formed by certain great STRAIT
egetical evolutions, as he had just double that
number of the Confederacies; but, in his haste
he had neglected to divide the ascertained num-
Der of triangles by two, as he should have done;
and now he discovered that only one triangle
was formed, and that by the unseemly and chuck
ling Confederacies. Such q nice thing is STRAIT
egy, and so easily is it deranged. .


Owing to this error Of course nothing more
could be done, and ON Tuesday evening the
Mackerel Brigade returned, full of enthusiasm,
to their original side Of Duck Lake. The affair
had been merely reconnaissance.


Last evening, my boy, was talking to the
NIackerel Chaplain about this singular strategi-
cal affair, and says he: e


sGod help us! The skeleton regiments we
have left standing are scarcely more than the
skeleton regiments we have left sleeping; and
only the sleeping ones can look upward"


Let gentle charity, my boy, silence our tongues
to the dread mistake that is past; for he who
made it, lost by it the glorious Immortality his
meanest soldier slain has won. Yours, gently,


ORPHEus G. KERR.
Year: 1863

GA friend tells story of witness who
makes very nice distinction in the shades of
lying Being questioned by lawyer as to the
general reputation of another witness for truth,
the witness was asked whether the individual
was not notorious liar.


"Why," said he, rolling an immense quid of
tobacco in his mouth, s'not exactly SO; but he
is what I call an Intermittent liar"
Year: 1863

What is Of more immediate interest to
US, gold has declined in price nearly four
hundred per cent, it is said, in ten days.
In the face of our late Disasters in the
Southwest, and the anxiety about Charles
ton, it is cheering to find tfat all the efforts
Of the brokers and speculators have been
unable TO keep up the unnatural price oI
gold, or rather to maintain the unreason
able depreciation Of Confederate currency
We cannot help concurring in the justice
Of these remarks by the Examiner:


"The brokers have certainly done great
mischief These men have q direct, man
ifest interest in diminishing the value o
Confederate currency; they have the whole
matter under continual manipulation; snt
it Is expecting too much from human self
ishnes to suppose that they will not ge
as many Confederate notes for their sol'
Year: 1863

Mr.. Lincoln himself is now the great
justifer of the Southern rebellion. In his
inaugural he says:


"If, by the mere force of numbers, ma
jority should deprive a minority of any
clearly written Constitutional right, it might
in moral point of view justify a revolu-
tion-it certainly would if such right were
vital one"


No justification existed for the rebellion
when il began; but who can say that the
present differentiation to confscate, devas-
tate, and destroy all the property, and every
interest of the Southern half of the United
States does not justify, by the simple law
of nature, resistance to the last? Are not
these measures plain attempts to deprive
minority of clearly written Constitutional
rights? We have the authority of Mr.. Lin
coin himself that they are, and that he has
no right to make them. -
Year: 1863

We have thousand and one r,s
.nors about .lte-strcrtg, which vary so,
that It is n matter Of i.npossibiii,y.
to arrive at any correct conclusion
lan rcliah.o gentleman is again at
large.
Year: 1863

We call general attention to the following extract
from letter IN the Richmond Enquirer of the 22d
instant The letter is endorsed in an editorial as
containing accurate and reliable information upon
the late great battle" We will presume that the
letter is devoted to account OF the part taken by
Pckett's Division in the battle of Gettysburg. The
style of the writer is after the manner of Abbot
and Headey. After detailing with great effuson of
rhetoric, the superhuman gallantry Of Gen. Picketts
men upon Friday he proceeds


"Now Pettigrews command emerged from the
woods upon Pickett's left and swept down the slope
of the hill to the valley beneath, and some two or
three hundred yards in OF Pickett. l saw by
the wayering of this line they entered the con-
flict that they wanted the frmness Of nerve and
steadiness of tread which characterized Picketts
men, and that these men would not could not stand
the tremendous ordeal to which they would be soon
subjected. These were mostly troops, which
had been recently brought from the South, and. who
had, perhaps, never been under fire-who certainly
had never been in any severe fght-and l trembled
for their conduct"


Thus having conducted the "brave Virginians" Z"
into the enemy's works" and hearing " their glad
shouts of victory he again turns his batteries up
on Pettigrew thus:


"Let US now look after Pettigrew's division.
Where are they now? While the victorious shout
ofthe gallant Virginians is still ringing in my ears,
l turn my eyes to the left and there all over the
plain in utmost confusion, is scattered this strong
ulNlSlOn. 1nelr llUe lS' UTOheuj luey are uylnR,
apparently panic stricken, to the rear. The gallant
Pettigrew is wounded but he still retains command
and is valnly striving to rally his men. Still the
moving mass rushes pell NELL to the rear, and Pick
EFT is left all alone to contend with the hordes of
the enemy now pouring in upon him on every side"


1t will not be pretended that the Enquirer did
not know that Pettigrew's Division Che was acting
as Major GeneraD was composed principally, per-
haps altogether of North Carolinians 1t was made
up of his own and other brigades. The Progress of
yesterday contained the sad record of the ruin of
the 26th Regiment in that brigade; -" Killed SO
Wounded 483; Aissing 87". Enough is known of
the other regiments to assure US that the brigade
has been literally destroyed. Most of the counties
in this State are in mourning! Hardly man in
the State but has lost friendl Yet the solenanI-
ties of this funeral occasion to North CaroliBa
to DO polluted by the baseness and falsehood Of this
hireling of the Press,-of whom it may be aDubted
whether he was ever in Pennsylvania in all thA
course of his miserable life And his saaders are
to be endorsed by paper widely circulated through
the South, and visiting many households in North
Year: 1863

DEATH OF LIEUT.. Iowa RoYSTER.-Among the
number of distinguished young men from North
Carolina who fell at the battle OF Gettysburg we
regret to find the name of Lieut.. Royster of this
city. He was shot down by cannon ball far ahead
of his men, waving his sword, and cheering them
on in the desperate charge upon the heights in the
rear of that town. on the third day of the fight
An order had been given to fall back but the brave
young Lieutenant heard it: not, till unsupported, he
rushed into the jaws of death.-Spirit Of the Age
Year: 1863

The Chicago Canal Convention closed ycster.
day, after unanimously adopting resolutions in
favor of the construction or enlargement of canals
TO connect the Mississippi river and the Atlantic,
and also from the Atlantic to the great lakes. The
delegates were unanimously of opinion that all
works undertaken for these purposes should be of
a national character, and made as free to COM
merce as the lakes themselves, as soon as the ma
tiona advances made for their construction should
be repaid. A committee was appointed to pre-.
pare memorial to the President and Congress,
with the view of obtaining the necessary legisla-
ton.


The following are the earnings for May on some
Year: 1863

CHEERING. From all parts Of the State
comes the cheering intelligence that the
conservatives and honest Republicans are
deserving the Abolition ranks and enthu.
siasticalIy rallying under the proud old
Democratic flag. This may account for
the rumor, generally believed. that the
Abolition ticket will be Withdrawn in a
few days. If they run they will be dis.
gracefully defeated. and Low, Highly and
Shannon are not ambitious to be defeated.
In our own county the Democracy are
gaining largely every day and the signs
are that we shall carry the county by an
overwhelming majority.
Year: 1863

CArToLtc FAIR.--We hope our readers. in
every section Of our county, will not forget the
Catholic Fair for the benefit of St. Patrick's
Church, which comes of in this city on the
last day Of this and the first Of next month
The ladies have long been engaged in making
splendid articles for it, aud it promises to be
the fuest affair Of the kind ever attempted 10
our county.
Year: 1863

I0E U1kAFX IN CHECAH1U~


Tic city is filled with rumors relatiye
to the draft Of the most ridiculous descrip-
tion, and all Of which are unlounded. We
sreak authoritatiyely in saying that no or
lcrs have yet been received for draft in
this Suite, or in any part Of it. The draft
Till not take place until every arrangement
is.maGe to haye it fair and satisfactory, and
Q sufficient force will be in readiness to en-
cure its enforcement without any interfer'
cnce, or the repetition Of the disgraceful
scents Of murder, robbery and incendiaris1u
which have characterized New York.
Year: 1863

IHE STEAMBOAT NEw WORLD.-It is ru-
morcd that tho Government intends TO purchase the
steamboat New World which is soon to be superseded
by the Constitution. for the purpose Of converting her
into floating hospital
Year: 1863

Understanding that the men. or party. who
take issue with the Unconditional Union Party
Of this county have placed. or are about to place,
my name upon their ticket as candidate for the
Office Of County Commissioner. l take this orpor-
tunity of saying that such action is entirely un-
authorized by me. and has my earnest disappro-
val. am an Unconditional Union man. and as
such am supporter of the present Administers
ton in It's efforts to preserve the Government Of
our fathers. and l sustain the President in his
Proclamation of Freedom. his suspension of the
writ Of habeas corpus, and am in favor Of arming
the negroes to fight rebels and traitors. am
not an office seeker, and do not wish to be placed
upon record as seeking to ride into office upon
the votes of disaffected men and Copperheads
and wish it understood that shall support
the action of the late Union Convention, which
50 boldly and plainly enunciated its principles.
As said before, 1 wish no Office, and rs an old
soldier my highest ambition is to lay down my
life, if need be, in defence of my country.


-r GEORGE WARE.
Year: 1863

ty, except Florence, has yet developed its min
ing resources to advantage, is lack of population
This evil has been aggravated by periodical
"rushes' for new scenes of adventure which have
been encouraged by the newspaper press to the
profit of the owners offerries and wayside houses,
and the detriment of the permanent business in
terests of the country.


To read the mining news of this section of
country, one would suppose that there was no
place but Boise; Orc Fino was worked out Elk
city never was a good mining camp; Newsome's
creek humbug, and Florence the biggest sell
since Similkameen. All this is to be inferred
from the sileroe of the press in regard to these
places,


If the true interests of the country are con-
suited, the new mining discoveries will be left
alone, or only so much reported about them as
may be thoroughly authenticated. In this way
the judgment of individuals will be left unbiased
by exciting stores which in nine times out of ten
are founded on truth, but so exaggerated that
they bear but faint resemblance to the reality.
The injury inflicted by this course of procedure is
incalculable, and it is time it should be stopped
Year: 1863

The Canvass for Delegate.


The Old Henry clique, of which Scran-
ito is the tail, have now got things arranged
to their satisfaction, and they calculate
with entire confidence on reaping the re-
ward cf their schemes. Perhaps if the pre-
cincts of the internal regions were raked
with fine tooth comb it would be difficult
to find mates for some cf the loafer politi-
clans who have been engaged in butchering
up the noble domain of what was once
Washington Territory for no purpose of
public utility, but only to secure the cleo
ton of some understrapper of the old Hen
ry clique to the office of delegate to Con-
gress Even if no one of the lately i'm
ported ofice-holders should be found avail
able as a candidate, there are still several
old acquaintance of Mr.. Lincoln's who
have been living for years on this coast,
now holding Territorial offices, who stand
ready to be elected to that lucrative posi-
ton. Among them A. G. Henry may be
looked upon as the leading man,-and one
whose politics have the scrofulous faint
which should condemn him to the political
pest-house at the head of Salt river, or to
place much better fitted to his deservings.
We have no fears that he will be elected
to The delegateship, but mention him as
one who is willing to be elected,


Notwithstanding the fact that the politi-
cal managers of the Old Henry clique deem
their game secure-in spite of the veners-
ole trickster who has been sent up to man
age Idaho-in defiance of all the patronage
of Government and the INSCRIPTIONS arts
of the whole tribe of Olympia swindlers,
we can yet elect man TO represent the
people of Washington Territory, if the in
habitants of this section of the Territory
are united. Having nearly half the votes
in the Territory east of the Cascade Range.
enough honest men, who have not consort-
cd with the Old Henry clique, can be found
to make a majority. 1t is true that men
who will connive at murder, which they
were too cowardly to execute with their
own hands, will not sickle at stufing bal
lots, but the whole matter will come before
patriotic House of Representatives which
will not allow justice to be tramplcd
under foot-men who will break the power
of the thieving office holders who are rob-
bing the nation, with professions of patri-
otlsm in their mouths.


The Old Henry clique is as much hated
on the Sound as here, and honest people of
that country feel that through the instru-
mentality of men connected with that ne
farious clan, murder has been rendered
venial ofense, and public robbery elevated
to the dignity of patriotic practice.


To rebuke these men-to defeat their
rascally schemes-to disappoint their hopes,
at the moment of apparent fruition,-to Sc
cure to the people of this Territory a rep
resentative in fact, and to forever discour-
age the practice of importing politicians to
manage the local affairs of this Territory, it
is only necessary for the people to will it,
and to act This we arc assured they will
DO at the proper time.
Year: 1863

New DIGGINGs.-Mr. Mossman brings
news from Auburn that considerable ex-
element existed there the fore poit of the
present week about new mines which have
recently been discovered on some small
streams not far from the Auburn mines.
Year: 1863

have been in this city, Placerville, two days,
and / must say that this is the most lively mining
camp it has ever been my fortune, or misfortune,
(as the case may be) to visit l am informed, how