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Year: 1862

CHOOSING A W1FE.-Choosing wife is
perilous piece of business. A wife should
be selected on the same principle as a calico
gown. Bright colors and patterns are not
always the best economy. Nothing like
suns and showers of matrimony to bleach
out deceptive externals. Don't choose the
treasure by gas-light, OF in the parlor sit
ting. Broad daylight is the best time.
Bear in mind, sir, the article once bargained
for, you can't exchange it if it don't suit.
If you buy watch, and it don It run as you
expected, you can send it to a jeweller to
be repaired in the case of wife, once
paired you can't repair She may run in
the wrong direction-vary well, sir; all
that is left for you is to run after her, and
an interesting chase you will probably find
it. If you get a good wife, you will be the
happiest fellow alive; if you get bad one,
you may as we'll sell yourself for two and
six pence at once Just as well to con-
slider all things beforehand, young man.
Year: 1862




Tic public in cities will be the gaincrs By the
bill which on Friday passed the House, rcla-
tive to the establishment of branch postoficcs
in cities. It authorizes and directs the Post
master General il, in his judgment, the public
interest or convenience may require it, to
establish one Or more branch post Offices to
facilitate the operations Of the post office in
any city or place, which, in the opinion Of the
Postmaster General, may require such an ad-
ditiona1 accommodation for the convenience of
the inhabitants; and it shall be deemed the
duty Of tie Postmaster General to prescribe
the rules and regulations for the branch post
office which may be established.


The Postmaster General is also authorized
TO charge ono cent in addition to the regular
postage for every letter deposited in any
branch post office to be forwarded by mail
from the principal Office, and which shall be
prepaid By stamp; and one cent for every let
ter delivered at such branch office, to be paid
on delivery; provided that no letter shall be
stnt from the principal Office to such branch
Office for delivery, except by request Of the
party to whom the same may be addressed
:snd provided the expense Of such branch ser
vice shall not exceed the rcceipts on account
thereof
Year: 1862

for preparation. He would add another suc
gestion, if he dared Danish liquor from the
camps. Let us, he said, be temperance men
until the war Yves over, and then we can be
jolly once more The interview was private
one, and was very pleasant to all parties,
Year: 1862

The Secretary of the Navy has for
mally given notice that the spirit ration
will cease in the Navy from and utter
tho first of September, in accordance
with the Congressional enactment.--
There is to be paid to every person
now entiNod to spirit ration, Eve cents
commutatiou IN addition to his present
Year: 1862

DETECTION OF JERE CLEMENS. The
Atlantic (Ga) Commonwealth thus
hearalds the detection of one of the
shining lights of the Southern Confed
eracy


The numerous admirers of the gift
ed Alabamian (Jere Clemens) will
learn with feelings of the deepest regret
that he has forsaken the Confederate
cause, and given in his allegiance to
the Lincoln Government. He was in
Huntsville at the time of his capture
by the Yankees and made no effort to
escape. Only a few weeks after their
arrival lie became very intimate with
the commanding General, and now goes
about the streets representing the
Southern cause in its worst light an d
endeavoring to persuade all his friends
to join with the Federal cause. so far
he has only found four of the citizens
of Huntsville who were so destitute Of
principle and honor as to link their
destiny with the destroyer of our homes
and our peace, This comes from a
source entitled to the highest credit.
Year: 1862

COLUMBUS, August Z, '62.
To The Ladies of Ohio


Your energy and goodness of heart
have given but little opportunity to
those in authority to make suggestions
as to how you can minister to the wants
of the soldiers, and thereby aid in main
tanning our good Government, and win
for yourselves the smiles of Heaven
As some Of you may, however, be igno-
rant Of the fact that our troops are suf.
fering for the want of vegetable diet, l
beg to recommend to you that you
cause to be put up large quantities of
picked cabbage, cucumbors and onions
and that you also see to it that an abun-
dance of fruit, particularly apples and
peaches, be dried and put away for
the soldier. God has blessed us with a
plentiful supply Of all these articles
this season. You will bo glad to know
that the health of our army has greatly
and our various hospitals arc
now we'll managed.
Year: 1862

The afternoon OF the l1th cleared oG finely and a,
about two O'Clock several Of the gunbosts belong


ing 10 Burnside's expedition came down from
Roanoke Island and anchored together, GONE little
distance from the swash There eight Alto
gehsr and their arrival put end 70 all further arg1-
rent that the feet going 10 Norfolk. As the day
advanced freeh additions made 10 the eet--steam
Transports gcubosts and large number Of sailing craft
coming down frcn above For time as far as the
eye could roach the sound dotted with the vessels
and a. fast they arrived they collected together,
presenting . most formidable appearance. sevs.
raj vessels In from sea also during
tie day; but q they were on the other side
Of the swssh Il impossible to correctly ascertain
their nsmes, with the aid OF q powerful marine
glass One Of them was evidently Long Island Sound
boat judging from her build. The vessels lay all night
st anchor, and on the morning Of the 18th the FIRST
povs was made. The Jersey Blue was lying At some


little distance from the rest Of the vessels and some lt


Gle anxiety felt board when we saw (, OF Tho
runboats steaming OF towards Nowbern ard yo not
having yet received orders The day was emarisa


oily hns one and the consequence that everybody
was In the best Of spirits and tho favorable weather
WAS looked upon happy Of the success Of the
expedition. II was about seven 2Gl2Sk In the mInug
Fhon the feet began TO move and as they started away
On their mission they had the appearance of 1ook
of birds than Of hostile armada Tie gunboats led the
way, Startling some little tmo before the others followed
" vas Al 4Es e2ked upon as reconnaissance. but the
Year: 1862

From what We learn by the occasional
Southern papers that find their way North
ward, We can fix the premium on gold in
all the disloya1 States at about 40 per cent.
AS gold never changes its value, we are
enabled to mark the depreciation of bank
notes as well as the shinplasters Of the Coy
ernmcnt in all Secessia. The spectacle,
though only 8 reproduction of what the
world has seen many times before, ought to
be instructive to our rulers at Washington
and to warn them that any attempt to
carry On the war without appealing to the
people for new taxes as the basis of every
new loan will end in disaster. Let them
remember that bits of paper are not and
never can be made into money, and that
though the people are taxed up to their
ability to pay, we shall not have basis
broad enough for our national currency to
secure it from decline below Tic gold
standard. In this matter of money the
North has the South at disadvantage
which the ability Of the two sections, in all
else being equal, would decide the war in
our favor. If Congress is wise, it will not
give up the vantage ground Stick to the
specie standard That's the command for
SUCCESS in commerce as in war and the
wider the departure from it the greater the
danger Of discontinue and ruin.
Year: 1862

How great are the powers Of Conven-
ton to make new Constitution, and
within what limits is its action confined ?
are questions variously answered There
are some who seem to suppose that Con-
Fennon can do almost any thing that all
Old laws and institutions are laid in its
hands, to be preserved or destroyed, as it
deems best; that 1t has the a1hplest power
and c1earest right to re-mould and fashion
the State as it chooses; and that there is
no check or control to its A1mightiness,
sare what is to bo found in its own wisdom
and virtue. It represents the people, and
can do whatever the people might.


Indeed, many Of the Delegates seem to
hold that they embody and carry with them
all the sovereign authority and preroga-
tiyes Of the State; and that the living ex-
tract. The distilled essence Of the power aud
wisdom Of all the people has been drawn
Of, and is bottled up and preserved in their
skins. The great body Of the people, with
its many limbs and members, may be, it
is true, spread all over, and be lying around
loose in any part Of the State, but its vital
powers. its thinking faculty, its soul is to
bc found in the Convention.


NoW-tase1 never is 8 representative body
IN free State that has any but limited
power, and whose action is not strictly
confined within fixed and measured bounds.
The people authorize their servants to alter
and revise their fundamental law. but they
charge them by the very nature Of the
trust, to keeptheir alterations and reyisiona
within the recognized limits prescribed
to all popular and free governments
The principles and maxirns which IN,
derlie al our State constitutions. and
are established and settled in all
our Bills Of Rights, and never to be for
gotten or departed from and whenever II
any particular the Convention varies from
these prescribed principles, it does 50 with
out autiority, and all such acts arc null
and void No fancied notion Of its grea
powers OF its superior Office will shield
such proceedings from contempt and sact
laws and provisions from being rejected
and thrown down, in which it has usurpe6
power or passed an act not within the
Year: 1862

str:isAtencd lines Of all delegated authority.
/ And With the duty to keep clearly in
=: view, i'll all its action, the forms and boun-
(: carics, well settled and understood Of all
:: republican governments, it is also under
solemn obligation to pay all respect to the
prevailing and known opinions Of the peo-
Pie concerning great questions and leading
measures Of policy. No man can doubt,
for example, what is the opinion Of the
people Of Illinois as to secession and rebel
Ion; and any representative body which
shall try to n,islead or betray that feeling,
or tliwart and hinder the efforts Of the pco-
pie to support with all their power
the General Government: and much more,
any who shall seek to uphold the hands, or
III any way protect and defend the cause Of
treason, would he guilty Of the grossest
usurpation, the bo1dest defiance Of thc..peo-
pie, and Of atreachery and crime for which
no punishment would be too heavy, no in
fanny too deep. And Of this NC may be as
sured, that whatever difference Of opinion
there may be as to the best measures forts
suppression, the people ofulinois look with
inezpressible indignation aud abhorrcnce
upon this conspiracy and rebellion; and
they will never pardon any man who, in
this hour of its need, shall fail to do all he
can, loyalty and truly, to uphold the Union,
and beat down and crush out all who war
upon it.


Whatever the skill and study Of the Con-
venhon may devise and adopt amid all the
suggestions and plains for rccasting the
form, and readjusting the several depart
ments and powers Of the State Constitution
nothing can be more clear proof Of their
conscientious fidelity to the trust which is
devolved upon them, than to find out what
the wishes and wants Of the people are,
and seek to make them tic end and aim Of
all its labors; and not be spending all its
time and strength in deyising ways and
prcte1ts to make the people accept laws
and provisions designed solely for individual
profit and party aggrandizement. It is
most unwise to insert in d fundamental
law, which from the very permanence Of
its nature, is most difficult to modify or
repeal, any provisions which are not clear
II and indisputably in accordance With the
views and opinions Of the people; and the
Convention should resist with all its force
the exercise Of any power of doubtful or
disputed right, or the passage Of any pro-
visions which may open the way to agita-
lion, disturbance, and we know not what
conflicts hereafter.
Year: 1862

1 Gen: sigel is preparing to return to his
old occupation as teacher OF mathematics.
He is tired Of being snubbed by an Admins
tration which he has served both wisely and
too well. His great mistake is In not being
West Pointer. To lack this is fatal to any
mao.
Year: 1862

~ Propositions that are likely to pass are
pending in the Wisconsin Legislature to in
crease the railroad tax to four per cent of thefr
gross earnings. and totlinit the rate OF interest
to seven per cent
Year: 1862

The knapEaeks Of the French and German
armies are made Of calfskins, tanned with the
hair left on. They shed the rain better than
those formed Of plain leather and they are not
SO mucl, affected with heat and cold as those
fra1ned of waterproof fabrics, because the
hair is 4 good non-conductor.
Year: 1862

The Tax Bill is undergoing critical ex-
animation in the House. The ingenuity
Of the Representatives Of particular inter-
ests is excited to the utmost to secure vari-
GUS reductions and exemptions, and their
labors seem generally to be attended with
success. But We see no proposition any
where to lay q tax on bank paper-circu-
taking notes evidences Of what the banks
owe, upon which, contrary to all CONNER
cial justice, they are receiving interest,
Bank paper, once in the history Of the
country, was subjected to taxation; and a
large revenue was desired from it but,
since then either the banks hayegot stronger
or the statesmen have got wiser, and the
proposition to renew the levy seems to
meet with no favor. Mr. Lovejoy, of this
State, did, We believe, give notice that he
was moving in the matter, and that he
would present to the House the result ot
his cogitations; but if he has done any
thing to make good his words, we have
overlooked the fact in the proceedings
VIII he permit us to give his memory a
flip, that vote on his proposition may be
reached
Year: 1862

We give to-day TO the exclusion of al
most all other matter, the new tax bill as
recently passed by Congress. Following
the example of most other papers, we
might have published the bill in parts run
ing through several numbers Of the Jour
nal but We prefer to give it entire in
one issue, that our readers may consult all
its provisions at the same time, and COM
pare its requirements with each other
The bill interests everybody everywhere
and should be examined attentively by all
our citizens. Its public necessity and im-
portance are acknowledged and felt by all
loyal people, and to make its pro visions
available to the government the bill shoul,
not only be thoroughly understood bu
strictly complied with by the people.
Year: 1862

grants unconditionnl'y. It is now thought
Tint this course will not be taken, but that thc
State will grant further Indulgence, upon the
promise Of more zca}ous efforts to push the
roads to completion. A proposition to
allow the roads to use fiat rail for a
Temporary purpose, and thus SAVE a large
present outlay, meets with considerable favor
Year: 1862

Flour and Grain in Store in Chicago.


The following table shows the estimated amount
Of our and grain in store in this city Oh the asth
Of March, compared with that Of last year Of same
1afo.
Year: 1862

The following is copy of the ConscnPtion Act passed
recently, by both Houses of Congress:


An ACT to amend act entitled An Act to provide


further for the public defence-apprOved 18th April,


1862


TIE Congress of the Confederate Sates of america do
enact That the President be- aud he is hereby authorized
to call and place in the military service of the Confed-
crate States for three years. unless the shall have
been ded, all white who residents of the
Confederate States between the ages of and for
ty-ive years, at the time the call calls may be made
and who not at such time times legally exempted
from military service; such parts thereof as in his
Judgment may be necessary to the public Defence such
cali calls be made under the provisions and according
the terms of the act TO which this is amendment
and such authority shall exist in the President during the
present to all persons who are may here
after become eighteen of and, when
rolled all persons between the ages of eighteen and forty


five shall serve their full time prOUGed that if the Pres
den calling out troops into the service of the COufed
States shall first call for only part of the persons
betV the ages herenbeore stated he sh call for those
between the of thirty and other less than
understood repeating modifying any part of the
to which this is amendatory except herein expressly
stated and proUded further that those called under
this act and the act to which this is amendment shall
be first and Immediately ordered to fill to their maximum
number companies batalons squadrons and regiments
provide for the public Defence approved 18th April 1862,
passed and the surplus shall be assigned to
organizations formed from each State since the
that sct placed organizations to be occred by
the State having such residue according to the laws there
or disposed of as provided by law proUided that
the President authorized suspend the execution of this
or the which this amendment, any locality
where he may find impracticabe execute The same
and that in such localities and during such suspension,
the President is authorized to receive troops into the Con-
ederae under of the passed by the Coned
Congress prior the passage of the further
provide for the public defence approved 10th of April 1862
Year: 1862

press:


The Raleigh Standard of the 2lst states that corres-
pondent has written letter his signature for
publication, which reflects severely upon the management
OF the End N. c. Hospital in this city.


The attack is regarded BY the patients in that hospital
and disintereSted gentlemen in this community
fable Dr. j. c. Warren, the Surgeon in charge is
absent sick urloug in condition at present
to meet the unspeced charges reflections to which the
STANDARD refers When the public hears the testimony of
patients and medical who intimately acquainted
with the management of this hospital will regard
as inferior to any in the State Of North Carolina else
where"


The bare announcement Of the name of DR.. W.
U. Warren, we repeat, as the Surgeon in charge of
that Hospital, is sufficient guarantee to every per-
son in North Carolina who has any knowledge of
that gentleman, that no blame could be attached to
him or to any institution or subordinate under his
Immediate care. Our correspondent whom we sup
pose to have been sick soldier the friend of sick
soldiers, does not speak Of DR.. W., and we are in
clined to believe that he ignorant as we WERE
and did not know that DR.. Warren was connected
with the institution. He gives the name of gen.
tleman as the surgeon of the second N. G. Hosp
Ia" of whom know nothing. Had he spoken
of DIR. W. as the surgeon of the Hospital of whom
he complained, should not have noticed his COM
plants.
Year: 1862

We have been requested to give notice that
meeting of the Conservatives of Wake County will
he held at ehe Court House, in this City, on Sdtur
dav. tie fourth day Of October to nominate can
ddate for the House of Commons to fill the vacan-
cy occasioned by the death of HENRY W. MILLER.


The Conservatives of the County owe it to them
selves and to the cause to elect some suitable per-
son to fill the vacancy referred to- and it is the opn
ion of many prudent and fair-minded Conservatives
that the surest way to effect this object and at the
same time to ensure continued harmony, is to hold
meeting and nominate We hope to see full at
tendance on the occasion.
Year: 1862

We have received a statement made by number
of the inmates of the Peace Institute Hospital
planning of bad treatment at the hands of one of
the stewards or attendants in the Hospital. DR..
Hill, the Surgeon in charge, has been confined to
his bed for several days past by sickness This
will account in all probability, for the treatment
complained Of We trust, if this complaint is well
founded, that the proper remedy will at once be
applied. An attendant who neglects his duties, or
who maltreats or insults our brave soldiers who
confined to Hospitals, should be promptly dis
charged.
Year: 1862

hICHHUND, Sept. Zy
In New York 25th speculation stock advanced from
to per cent and the amount sold very large Gold
advanced to e and afterwards receded to 100 Exchange
held at 1872 The Herald SAYS Wall street frantic such
imitation of prces-such reckless scramble for
immense transactions in gold many of which were larger
than Wall street has seen for many years.
Year: 1862

The cry of some of the radical jour
mails, that Democrats are traitors" does
not seem to have worked satisfactorily.
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican, which
calls this new definition of treason cen
larging the boundary Of Secession, says


What's the use? Everybody sees how silly
and unjust these charges are, and if they are
also uttered in malignant temper they damage
those who make them much more than those
against whom they are leveled 1t is not true
that all loyalty and patriotism are monopolized
by either party. If it is, we may as well sur
render to jeff. Davis first as last, for he will
certainly conquer us if half the Northern people
are with him. Let us have done with all this
nonsense. The times are too serious for it. 1t
was bad enough in peaceful times to accuse of
all sorts of corruption and iniquitiy those who
did not vote our ticket; but to charge men with
the high crime of treason, who are fighting our
battles, or vieing with us in noble selfsacrifces
for the Union, is indecent and monstrous.