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Year: 1862

'IF You PLEASE. Great men, distin.


guished women can afford to be polite; but


many pretendcrs to social distinction, and


young people aspiring to notice, think il


becomes them TO show a conscious superior.
ity to those 10 lower grade of life The
following is in point:


When the Duke of Wellington was sick,
the last thing he took was little tea. On
his servants handing il to him in a sancer,
and asking him if he would have it, the Duke
if you please" These were
his last words. How much kindness and
courtesy is expressed by them! He who
had commanded the greatest armies in Eu
rope and was long accustomed TO the tone
of authority, did not deSpise or overlook
the small cOurtesies of life. All how many
boys do! What a rude tone of command
they often use to their little brothers and
sisters, and sometimes to their mother!-
They order so. This is i'll bred aud unchris-
tian, and shows coarse nature and hard
heart. In all your home talk remember,
IF You please Among your playmates
don't forget "If you please" To all who
wait upon you or serve yen, believe that
'ff you please" will make you better served
than all the cross and ordering words in the
whole dictionary Don't forget these three
little wOrds-"J yoU please"
Year: 1862

Give us action-speech no lon ger
Cheer no fellows to the fray
Words are well but deeds are stronger
Out ourselves and lead the way.
Should each man but urge HIS neighbor
go ye forth and reap the plain,"--
Holding hack himself from Tabor
Where would be the rippened grain 1?
When goes up the roar Of battle,
Stoutest voices are but weak
Not of cause and duty pratte---


Let your silent service speak.
Have you wives ?--do soft eyes, pleading,
Hold you with their gentle spell
Other hearts are torn aud bleeding,
Other men have homes as well.
Urge then not the smoking altar,


With such gifts as these to sirew,
If Won feel your bosom falter


When the gods appeal to you.
Point not out patti 10 other


Which your feet refuse to tread
Follow with yonr earnest brothers,
Though it lead among the dead
Even now The forest arches


With the tramp of men are rife
Join your brothers on their marches
Join them in the surging strife.
Whether drummer hoy or colonel,
Matters not be duty done
Battling for truth eternal,


All are equal-rauks are one.
Should you win brave dismission
From your conntry's holy wars,
Yours shall he high commission,


Bearing date among the stars
But bring deeds-not mouthings merely,
Urging others to the fray
You that see the paths so clearly,


Yours the feet should lead the way.
Year: 1862

"The support of the 'contrabauds' now costs
the Government 100000 per day.


We find this paragraph going the rounds
of such journals as the Boston Courier, the
New York Herald, and the Cincinnati
Enquire Why not add, what is more true
that the support Of slavery now costs the
nation over one million dollars per day. and
that If the sIaye.owners had not been en-
couraged to rebellion by such sheets as
these who now use every opportunity to
msrepresent the government, there would
have been no contrabauds.
Year: 1862

SALT.-Wc learn from the Wilminst on Journal
that company has leased salt marsh in Bladen
county, and will commence the manufacture of
salt Immediately. The marsh cove RS about thirty
of ground, and during dry season the salt
is seen on the grass and around the edges of tn c
marsh
Year: 1862

MORTALITY IN THE FEDERAL ARMY.-An idea
has hitherto prevailed amongst civilians that
the mortality amongst our troops in the field
greatly exceeds that Of the European armies.
The injudicious practice Of sending the sick
and wounded to the hospitals in our large cities
has of course helped to strengthen this belief.
Il was uOless to try to convince persons
entertaining it that there were good reasons
for assuming that the contrary was the fact,
inasmuch as no troops in tie world are better
fed and clothed than ours, and furthermore
because the superior intelligence of our North
ern soldiers has taught them the necessity Of
strict attention to hygienic precautions. All
doubts on the subject are about to be put an
end to by the first statistical report Of the
Sanitary Commission, which will make Its
appearance in the course of week or two


Il shows conclusively that. 30 far from the
Year: 1862

mortality Of our troops being in excess, it =
much below that Of any of the European
armies. The first nine months Of the war have
been taken by the statistician Of the commits
sion as the basis of his calculations, and he
has carefully classified ell the various causes
of death, 80 as to afford an opportunity Of
distinguishing climatic or local from other in
fluences. The value of such record cannot
be sufficiently appreciated It will not only
serve as guide to the medical department in
our army, but will aid medical science gene
rally, by adding to its stock Of hygienic facts
and combinations.
Year: 1862

The TAX UPON GAs.-Until within the last
river were blistered with one Of the most OPP
pressive and insolent monopolies that could
have been saddled upon them by Legislative
jobbery-the old Brooklyn Gas Company.
After standing it for number Of
years, their patience at last got worn
out, and they started an opposition
called the Citizens Gaslight Company No
sooner were the mains Of the latter laid than
the old company published notice stating that
they would serve those who lived wherever the
pipes of the new company extended with gas
at the reduced price of ten shillings the thou
sand cubic feet, continuing the old price of
81 so to all beyond those limits. This unfair
but characteristic system of competition of
course retarded in a measure the progress OF
the new company, but nevertheless, did not
prevent a number of the consumers from giving
their custom to it, sufficiently large to pay a
handsome dividend on its capital and to keep
its stock at par, or nearly so, up to the present
time. Notwithstanding all that it has had to
contend with, the new company is now in po-
sl1Ou W ueCilue oduuiluS upOH us CustOmerS
the tax which, under the powers surreptitiously
introduced in the Excise law, it would be en-
titled to levy on them. The old company has,
on the contrary, decided to pursue the same
grasping policy which has gained it SO much i'll
will, and will exact its pound of flesh under the
new law We point to the example of the
Citizens Gaslight Company of Brooklyn as
not only in the highest degree creditable to 1t
as a body, but as proving how little justfca-
tion the other companies of New York and
Brooklyn have for transferring this tax from
their own shoulders to those of their customers.
Here is young company carrying on an op-
position against an enorm ously wealthy and
Inscriptions monopoly, and having need Of
all the capital that it can procure, which mag
unanimously refuses to sbirk this tax because 1t
feels that it would be unjust to ask its GUS
toners to pay it. Its conduct places that Of
the rich and overgrown New York companies
In all the more odious light, and makes out
still stronger case for the interference of the
Legislature.
Year: 1862

EUROPE AND GARIBALDI.-The Sandman
government seems to have captured an
elephant in Garibaldi. Our European advices
by the Bohemian state that it is decided
to bring him to trial. But what then? In
point of fact, the decision is delicate and
difficult. Garibaldi, released, may be again
dangerous. Garibaldi exled or in prison
may, however, be absolutely fatal; for the
Italians could not endure to see him made q
martyr, and the revolutions which he almost
inaugurated may be precipitated and convulse
Europe. Undoubtedly, however, Garibaldi took
the wrong method to accomplish his purposes
in opposing his own government. He would
have done better to have remained in the Cham
Der of Deputies, instead of sulking at Caprera,
and either have forced the Ratazzi administra-
ton to adopt his views or turned it out of power
peaceably. This could have been done easily
had he but had patience and waited. Now he
hxs only proven that he lacked craftsmanship
which is, perhaps, the worst thing his enemies
ever truly said Of him. He is like Moses
who shNtld refuse to wait until the Red Sea
had divided before him. He is like man who
wishes to s.t sail at low tide, but who finding
the ocean at high tide, goes to work with a
bucket to thro,v the water back. A little
patience, and the Aide would fall of itself. A
little patience, au0 Garibaldi's opportunity
would have come >him. 1t remains to be
seen whether this Opportunity has been
fastened or delayed by the results Of the recent
emeae.
Year: 1862

The WORLD CHANGING Irs CoLoRs.-The poor
World sees prospect Of . windfall 1t crows
like croupy cock that catches glimpse OF
daybreak. 1t seems to be skedaddling into the
democratic party, but appears to have as much
difficulty in getting across the lines as the
rebels have in getting across the Potomac
Perhaps, after all, it will be overtaken by its
republican associates, soundly drubbed and
brought back captive, like some Of the rebels
at Hagerstown. Or perhaps the present move
of the World Is only raid undertaken. like
Jackson's, for the sake Of securing supplies for
its hungry editors. Or perhaps it is only
feint contrived by Thurlow Weed to distract
attention from his real plan of operations. We
know that it was announced some time ago
that Thurlow Weed was coming down here to
take charge of the World, aud to swallow and
digest the democratic and conservative republi-
can parties, somehow or other, for the purpose
Of organizing an opposition to the Tribune radi-
Gals. Now that the radicals have decided to
nominate Fremont for Governor, Weed has an
opportunity to make his proposed combination
very effective; for of course he cannot support
Fremont, as that would be equivalent to an at
tack upon both Lincoln and Seward. On the
whole, therefore, the political situation in this
State is becoming vastly amusing and interest.
ing. Very few people know what day will
bring forth, and those who do know are, like
us, not too anxious to let the cat completely
out Of the bag just at present The color Of
the cat may be guessed at, however, by those
who look at the wrigglings Of its tail In the


Worlds recent editorials
Year: 1862

THE Mosr IMPUDESr LIE or THE DAY.-The
Evening Post Of yesterday says that the HERALD
"openly urges General Mcclellan to break up
the government at the point of the bayonet."
The fellow who invented that lie oughtto have
one ear cropped and the other nailed to
post--an improvement upon the ancient style
of punishment
Year: 1862

only intended embrace incurred
wealth prosecution and not all the expenses the Com


onwea and the DEFENDANTS but without some Interpretation OF
the Legislature this statute give trouble Auditor


t the intention of the General Assembly
wealth be chargeabIe with all the expenses of witnesses
o fees and other in drunken and peace
the Auditor hopes the Legislature will that will
make plain what charges be paid and what paid
by the Auditor.


the Act of the General Assembly passed February 1Oth 1852
called the Military Fund Bill" The section provides that
the Governor of the Commonwealth shall United


states the monies heretofore advanced by the State for military
and place them the credit the State Treasury Moth
ing has been received into the Treasury the
The second section provides that addition the
collected and placed the credit the State
provided for the additional of Forty Thousand was
appropriated aid in the further organization arnn


ing and supporting the military forces of the State the
of the United States that might hereafter be mustered into the
service of the United States Under this provision the
has paid $1507 SO the regular the General
semb In the opinion of the Auditor this ought
pead Surely there be the State to be paDg
bills belonging to the National Government when she here
the seat of Government officer whose business expressly
provide for the support armng equpPng and transporting
her troops While this law remains it is only temptation
to persons who cannot obtain payment the
ular officers to hope for relief under this provision And


with all due Difference to the Legislature the Auditor would
ure the opinion that $4,000 already paid in aid this object
by the State and likely returned again qure enough
for the paying Counties the State


The Legislature viii that for Lunatics Jail and
Asylum there paid during the last fiscal year. 5000 IS


dI WESTON Fa Delng now nearly completed
ought to be furnished rapidly possible lunatics
Of the State might be better provided for than many
by being confined in cell in the Jas


large number of the female luna of the State kindly
provided for at the Lunatc Asylum Columbus Ohio gem
offer Of the State of Ohio the portion of
these afflicted of citizens and provide them deserving
the thanks of the Legislature Without this provision many
them must have suffered sorey if indeed taken
them away The to make ample provision
hem and hoped that the General Assembly will not
this important duty afflicted lunatics of the State


AS matter of interest herewith present Table showing
paid proposd Counties of the New
State Treasury of the State This Table taken from
the Report of Auditor j. W. Bennett 1S596O Table
shows only the Tax Land Property Capitaon Licenses
To this may be added least Thousand Dollars
for Taxes Banks Railroads. Express
Companies which would give grand total at least Six Hun
dred and Twenty Thousand Dollars paid Treasury the
State by the Counties of the proposed New State 1860
Year: 1862

purposes of Education the Gaaton into
the Treasury for the preeedngyea The Second Auditor
it out among the several Counties Cities and Towns
hang Courts under the provision the 4h
the same Chapter The Second Auditor apportion
BY the white population of each County City and Corporation
the State Under this rule there would not be much
County and much the largest share would Counties
Towns OF the Eastern part Of the Sta that paid part


the Fund into the Treasury think therefore the whole Chap
ter ought to be repealed. - asa.a a2t5g sa7


Table g. will exhibit the received the Banks of
this Commonwealth bonus under provision of Chapter
s48 section 48 of the Code Virginia by section


apnd for the payment Of the interest the public debt the
Year: 1862

A PONDERoUs BALL Arrangements are be.
ing made, says the Pittsburg Chronicle, TO put
the two immense guns at Fortress Mon:oe-the
Rodman, fifteen inch smooth bore, and the
Union, twelve inch ri1ed--in a condition for
offensive operations. RIfled projectiles are
making for the Union, and huge solid for the
fifteen inch gun. at the Fort Pitt Works. The
ball is not exactly solid, but is so cast as to
secure even greater strength than if made solid,
the core being but four inches in diameter.
This opening is filled with lead, the ball when
complete weighing 430 pounds. They are
not made Of the common metal used in other
shot and shell, but of the very best quality OF
gun Bloomfield at that-almost as hard
as chilled iron, and nearly as tough as wrought
iron.
Year: 1862

DART OF A FURNISHED HOUSE FOR BOARD.-A
L gentleman having handsome furnished, house would
let furnished floor and privilege II Kitchen and take board
70 for would let the half of house and
make favorable arrangement. Address Johnson Herald
Year: 1862

GENERAL LASDER.-The President, through
the Secretary Of War, has complimentsd Gen.
Lander on the activity and enterprise mani
Tested BY him and the Officers and soldiers Of
his command. They have shown how much
may be done in the worst weather and the
worst roads. The prominent success Of Gen.
Lander Is, the Secretary says, - happy pre-.
sage Of what may be expected when the army
OF the Potomac shall be called to the field by
their gallant general"
Year: 1862

u A Connecticut match maker has tho
following postscript on his advertisement Of
"Superior Friction Matches,"


N. B-I would here caution the boys not
to come and see my darters unless they think
Of striking up match. Their time is money
for keep them to work. suppose they
must get husbands now while they are young,
if ever, and therefore you fellers that really
want wives, come on. But you who only
want to joke and take up the gals time. keep
away from the factory, if you please.
Year: 1862

TA letter writer giving the details Of
the battle of Fair Oaks, saysi


Some of the dead rebcls were found with
pieces Of paper pinned on their clothing. Civ
ing their names with request that they might
be properly buried, and their graves marked.
so that when the war was over their remains
could be fo,ind by their relatives and friends.
if they shonld wish to remove them to rest BY
the side Of their kindred. Their request win
be relgiously fulfilled by our men. But Whist
contrast to the treatment our dead receive
when the rebels are the victors!
Year: 1862

EMANCIPATION AT WAsHiNGToN.-About
two thousand claims have been made under
the bill emancipating slaves in the District
Of Columbia. 1t was thought about a thou
sand more wonld be presented. Some Of the
claimants are Of very doubtful loyalty-but
they take the oath Of allegiance for the sake
of the pay. One Of these gentlemen, well
known for his reasonable aifinties, was asked
by good natured loyal friend how he man
aged to take the oath. His reply was, II
consider myself in the hands of the Yankees,
prisoner, and whatever do to save life or
property is really forced out Of me; am not
responsible for it. And when my Southern
friends take possession here, if they ever do,
l shall consider myself absolved from any
oaths l may have taken to keep myself out
of jailw This was cool and bold, and par
ticularly Southern in its style morality. At
least one fourth of the money appropriated
under the emancipation bill will go into the
hands of rebels; but as they readily take tho
oath, there is no help for it.
Year: 1862

ANCIENT REMAINs.-A story is being cir.
culated Of wonderful discovery in q small
valley surrounded by deserts, somewhere be.
yond and northeast Of the Fast Walker. 1t
is said that large quantities Of broken pottery
Of a strange pattern strew the valley and that
crumbling remains of furnaces are numerous
also that the lines of the walls of a number of
large buildings are plainly traceable. Not
satisfied with all these wonderful things, the
discoverers Of this wonderful valley dug
among the ruins till they bro't to light mum.
Der of earthen jars or vases filled with gold and
silver coins bearing strange devices and Of
square and oblong shape. The hills in the
neighborhood are said to be full of shafts and
tunnels, while along their sides are walls and
excavations marking the course Of the roads.
We would not advise people to stampede to
this ancient mining camp for the purpose of
digging upcrocks Of gold. There is, doubtless,
about the same foundation for this story, that
there was of that wonderful bridge said to have
been discovered on the East Walker in the
fall of so, and which had such run in the
California apapers.-Ierritorial Enterpyise.
Year: 1862

What food for reflection does this theme
present TO the mind ! The festivities of
Christmas have come and gone, and soon the
New Year will be welcomed, with all its
uncertainties for the future, its hopes and its
doubts, with each individual. whatever may
be his station or position in life. Yet how
much more are those hopes and doubts mag.
niiied at the present eventful period in orr
national career. Hundreds of thousands of
those who welcomed the last New Year with
high hopes, now sleep their last sleep in
patriots or n traitors grave. The tread of
contending and hostile armies engaged in
deadly strife, shakes the nations centre,
causes the blood of every patriot to tingle in
his veins, and calls upon each individual to
contribute of his means. and, if need be, to
offer up his life in the defense of those prin-
ciples SO dearly purchased by our Revolution.
airy fathers. Our nation is now undergoing
its first trial, as by fire, in perpetuating those
principles to those who may come after US.


Never, in the history Of the world, has
there been New Year so laden with





important events as the FIRST day Of
j, nunry, 1868, will present to the entire
civilized portion Of the globe. On that day
we are solemnly promised that the President
of the United States will issue a proclama-
tion which shall loose the shackles Of mil.
lions of human beings, who were born in sla.
very, and that they shall 60 forth the
equals, as far rs their liberty is concerned,
OF their masters, never more to be compelled
to submit to the lash of the slave driver, or
the lust of their amalgamation masters. The
slaves in all the States in open rebellion will
on that day be free men, and have the legal
right to demand compensation for their ser.
vices. As to the question of time that may
expire before their rights may be enforced BY
law, we deem that secondary matter, and
does not initiate against the just retribution
that is soon to be visited upon the heads of
all engaged in the unholy work OF endeavor-
ing to destroy this benifcent Government.
We hope that before we shall be called upon
to record the close of another year, this hor-
ribly cruel war will be brought to a close,
that our people will have returned to their
usual peaceful pursuits, the broad princi
pies Of liberty forever established under the
Constitution, and that " We may know war
no more forever"
Year: 1862

COMMITTED The Indians Sam and Dick,
who were arrested by the Sheriff last week at
Dog Creek, on charge of having killed two
Cinnamon, had an examination before JUS
tice Keen, and were committed to await the
action of the Grand Jury, soon to assemble
in this place.
Year: 1862




The lot of the husbandman is by
no mems one of unceasing drugerY.
as many would have it, but a most
important, and when rightly managed,
agreeable vocation. Cincinnatus, the
old Roman patriot, delighted above
everything else in the peaceful quiet
of his little farm, never leaving it.
except in response to the call of pa
triotism. Washington pronounced
the employment of farming the noblest
of all others. Prince Albert is a de-
voted patron of English agriculture,
while Louis Napoleon counts his acres
by the thousand. Agriculture is the
basis of all other pursuits, the great
motive power which sets in motion
and regulates I'll the vast and intri
cate machinery of trade and commerce.
Then, let no farmer underrate his pro-
fession, or envy those engaged in a
seemingly more elevated employment.
Make the homestead a place of at
not only to yourselves, but
to your children, and your sons will
not desert the farm, on reaching that
age when they may render valuable
assistance, to enter the already too
thorougfares ofbusiness, and
your daughters will be content with
the daily rounds of their duties, in
stead of craving the excitement and
gaities of the city. Make your home
beautiful, guarding it securely with
those surroundings which will ever
keep out the spirit of discontent.-
The tidy yard encompassing your
dwelling, with its gravel walks; the
neat picket fence in front, entrenched
with row of shade trees; the grape
arbor in the garden, with flower beds
on either side; all these, which are ac-
cessible to the farmer, are in them
selves sources of enjoyment--and how
easily and cheaply secured. Furnish
the family circle with useful and en-
tertaining reading matter. If it is
not afforded by the district library,
possess a library, however small it
may be, of your own, and devote the
long evenings to the intellectual de-
Year: 1862

A child beginning to read becomes delighted
with newspaper, because be reads the names
Of things which are very familiar, and will
make progress accordingly. A newspaper
in one year is worth quarters schooling TO
child, and every father must consider that
substantial information is connected with ad-
vancement. The mother of a family. being
one of the heads, and having more immediate
charge of children, should herself be instructed.
A mind occupied, becomes fortified against
the ills OF life, and is braced against any ener-
gency- Children, amused by reading or study,
are OF course more considerate and more easily
governed. How many parents who have not
spent twenty dollars for books for their ami-
lies, would have given hundred to reclaim
sen or daughter who bad ignorantly or
thoughtlessly fallen into temptatiou2