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Year: 1861

rights are, or that they are really willing
to assert them in the face of opposition
The wheels Of society are so profuse!y oil
ed 10y custom, that most persons grow up
in the belief that it is probably right to do
What everybody e|a9 lacs, that fashion is
queen 10y divine right


\ proper school education would be very
effective i'll overthrowing such cnfeaLling
notions; the teacher could by judicous
questions and familiar illustrations. induce
his scholars to think for themselves, to
consider whether it is wise to surrender
their own opinions and conscientious con
Victions to the clpric;ous dictations of pop
ular fancy. Children should be taught
that it is their duty to study into every
thing within the range Of their thoughts,
that this is one Of their Heaven bestowed
rights, and should be most iealo Isly main
tanned. This right is superior to all mere
courtesy, and still need not check the flow
of genial cordiaIity toward all; it is indi
vidual, my personal gift from Sod, and
must be guarded well.


II teachers would instruct their pupils.
as opportunity offered, in their rights and
in the Just regard which should lie cher
ished for the rights Of others, the peace
and happiness Of society would be greatly
augmented, every just ENACTMENT would
find far more intelligent and cordial sup
port, and whatever might be deemed ty-
ranical or impoltjc could be far more wise
ly and efficiently opposed. Is not this
matter worthy OF the serious consideration
Of teachers and Of the community? S.
Year: 1861

Every woman has right to be beauti-
tu}; that is the secret Of her power. her
mission, the key which unlocks her desti-
ny. But while she has right to be beau
tiful, she has no light to be its opposite
that IS an injustice to society, which has
right to expect from her its lovcliness, its
a.aeo and attraction. There are many diff
-rcat kinds Of beauty, and it is a great
mistake 10 imagine that ii consists wholly.
U5 .oior, form, or texture. There IS the
beauty OF innocence and the beauty of
truth, the beauty Of childhood au1 tla
beauty Of the matron, the beauty of wis
dGu and the beauty of simplicity. The
lowest kind of beauty is that merely physi-
cal perfection and splendor which receives
no aid from voice, look, or expression, but
Is married by tie action OF the mind upon
its fair and smooth surface. just as the mud
is stirred in a shallow pool by any slight
circumstance which touches its depths
The ideals Of the ancient poets are all beau
tiiul, bat the characteristics are distinct
and separate, so that there Is DO Hat and
wearjsome samcness; and the beauty Of
form with which they are endowed is sim
ply the vehicle or expression OF the men
I'll idea they wish to convey. Thus, the
serene maCton, the brilliant coQuette, the
imperious queen. the tender and delicate
maiden, the timi4 young wife. and the
thoughtful nurse, have all an individuality
OF the;r own, to which their outward ap-
pearancc is the visible sign and index
Their dress should naturally correspond to
these mental and physical Indications so as
10 preserve sense OF musical harmony
and fitness throughout the entire structure
There is nothing that disenchants as soon
as the discovery Of folly, Ignorance, stu
pidity, bad temper, or vile passions be-
meath fair and seductive form The pos
session Of any fine and noble qualities, on
the contrary, illuminateS the plainest fea-
lures and dullest complexion much better
than scores Of costly powders and cosmet-
les Women who desire to be beautiful
make great mistake in trying to increase
their attractions, or make themselves charm
ing, after any other persons pattern. What
IS adapted to one style would destroy the
effect Of another; and for every woman to
adopt an arbitrary mode or standard of
dress is fatal to the aggregate Of feminine
beauty, whose great charm Is variety.


1t is natural to have admiration, power
and influence, and almost all women may
not only obtain these but retain them, by
being themselves in the very highest and
most perfect sense Of which they are capa-
bic, instead of weak and diluted imita
ton of somebody else. When the fresh
ness of youth and girlhood has departed,
let them be succeeded, naturally, by the
matured grace of womanhood, and these
by the dignity of middle age. The afec-
tation Of pretty coquetries aud Juvenile
simplicity by sallow specimens of ancient
spinsterhood-o worse; by women who
bear the name of wife and motherhood
not only outrage all true ideas Of taste and
! propriety, but deprive those who indulge in
them of their natural claims to attention
and consideration. When all women are
natural and true, then they will all be beau
tiful
Year: 1861

mouutaincers, aud he generally starts on
such expeditions before sunrise. lie makes
a very light break fast, merely piece of
bread and a slice Of cold meat or cheese,
which he eats like peasant, without sit.
ting at table; but he always makes a
nearly jlnrer, laying aside all etiquette.
without court or chamberlains On Sun
day, the day Of general reception at the
palace, the doors are thrown open at |
o'clock, aud anybody who feels disposed
may enter till three If any person des-
Tres 4 private audience, he must apply by
letter, and on the morrow or following day
will surely obtain it, for Victor Emanuel
opens all letters himself One day. when
out shooting he met peasant, who, on
seeing the king bring down two partridges,
right and left, with his doubIe-ba -barrelled
gun, went to him, and said: You shoot
we'll, you do 1t was not a miss was it 2
responded the king. PERHAPS YOU could
rid me OF q fox that steals my hens -
Most willingly III you do. will give
you two lnutte.' (2e.) Agreed, said the
king. i will come tomorrow morning
With my dog and shoot your fox Give
me your hand on it, said the man. The
king immediately shook hands with him,
and, true to his word, went the next morn
ing, found the fox, and snot it. Thank
God for that exclaimed the peasant
You have fairly earned your two mute,
and there they are The king took them
aud said This is the nrst money ever
earned The next day IN exchange for
the two mute, his majesty sent a dress,
necklace and earrings for the peasant wife
1t is impossible to be more easy Of access
than is Victor Enamel. He goes out
alone on foot, and enters the theatre at the
public door, One day the FORTRESS at Ag-
nes theatre caught gentleman in the act
Of pu6iug the smoke Of his cigar at her
cat, which he had found in the corner and
kept there. Rushing forward to rescue
her fayorite, she seized the tormenter by
the arm, and on his turning aronnd, rccog-
nized the king
Year: 1861

Retri5utige Justice.-After the attack of
the Charlestonians on the Star of the West,
a brisk controversy was carried on through
the local press concerning the person who
was entitled to the credit Of firing the first
shot at that vessel The end of the dis
pute was the recognition of one St. Clair
Morgan as the man who did the deed. st.
Clair Morgan wore his laurels proudly, but
after enjoying the praises of all Charleston
for a season, he betook himself to Florida.
At Pensacola, on the 2Ist ultimo, he had
a deadly quarrel with an officer Of Captain
O'Harra's company, belonging to Bragg's
army. a challenge was given, duel was
fought, and Morgan fell dead at the first
shot. The bail from his antagonists pis-
tol entered the lower part of the abdomen
and passed entirely through his body. So
died St. Clair Morgan-the first man who
fred hostile shot in the South.
Year: 1861

e2Babies are quick to perceive the
high value put upon their silence, and use
their cry as an instrument of offence and
defence-erying to depraoate some things,
or to obtain a concession of others, oftener
than from any sense of pain. But the
sooner they are given to understand that
to raise their Ebenezer is not a sure way to
gain their object, the better for all parties
concerned. This is best done, not by
chastising them-for this is to excite a
Year: 1861

4 few weeks ago the Rev. Mr.. Brown,
formerly a citizen Of this county, deliver
ed a sermon in the Methodist church Of this
borough. After the delivery OF the dis
course proper, the gentleman arose and
spoke of the delightful spirit Of peace and
harmony which characterized the dclibera-
ton Of the East Baltimore Conference du-
ring its last session at ChambersbuTg, and
then speaking of the lamentable difficulties
which were producing so much painful ag-
itation throughout the length and breadth
Of our nation, he offered up a short but ell
oquent prayer to God for the preservation
of our liberties and the restoration of IA
tional tranquility; and then thrilled his au-
dience with the following: [ am in deli
cate health, and painfully apprehensive Of
the dismembsrment of this Union. re-
quested my family ere I left Baltimore, in
case it pleased God to remove me from this
world while war and treason distracted the
country, that they should forbear, as Is Gus
tomary, to wrap me in shroud or winding
sheet, but that they should envelope me IN


the folds of the flag of my country, that
the stars and stripes which | SO ardentiy
loved on earth should go down with me to
/ the tomb.
/ Standing before the large assemblage OF


peonls With hair whitened by age and eyes
Year: 1861

REACTION IN EAST TENSEssEE.-From the Knox
vile Register of the goth, we learn that the
Union men of East Tennessee, under the influence
of Liucolns late manifestations, are coming over
in crowds to the Southern cause. They give proof
of their sincerity by the voluntary manner In which
they come forward and especially by the fact that
they bring their guns and give them up to the Con-
federate service. The subjoined letter from one
of them shows that many of these people may
have been acting from sincere conviction, and the
whole affair is another proof that moderation and
not blood thrstness should rule in dealing with
the frailties of our felow-men: " -..


MARYYIIE Tenn, Dee H. 1851.
Gen. VIM H. Carroll! Commanding b ,igade Knoxville


Dear SU-Having heretofore failed to realize
fully as | now do, that the separation between the
Government of the United States and the people
the Government of the United States having failed
to extend its authority and protection over the peo
pie of the State of Tennessee; and believing that
obedience and loyalty should be commensurate
with the protection afforded by any Government,
am willing to, and now do pledge myself against
any act, word or deed, of any kind that would in
any way directly or indirectly initiate against
1.-The Government of the Confederate States, or the
peace and quiet Of the community in which live,
and will give said Government support commensu-
rate with the authority and protection it now eX
tends or may hereafter extend over me, in com
mon with all good citizens of the same. | hereby
transfer Myself property, honor, and everything
pertaining 10 me, to The Confederate Government
to the same extent heretofore regarded them due
| to the Government of the United States.
Year: 1861

TOTAL INpEPENpENCE-As an instance evldene-
ing the determination throughout the South to be
completely emaneipated from the Northern con-
troll we give the following item from the Peters
burg Wa.) Express, of the 18th. Though the pro-
scrihed in this case was q Delaware man, and we
yet have some hopes of Delaware, we welcome
the event as indicating healthy tone of feeling


The large force Of workmen at the Petersburg
car and locomotive foundry, on Old street,, We're
on a strike for about two hours yesterday morn
ing, because of the appointment of James Myers
a native OF Delaware as foreman of the foundry
1t was the opinion of the hands, that as the south
is now fighting to be independent of the North, 1t
is due to Southern citizens that Northern man
should not be placed in high position over US.
Matters took such a serious turn at the foundry,
that it became necessary for Mr.. Myers to resign
or be removed, which was DONE and after some
little delay, everything resumed its wonted sereni
tY. There was no strike for money-nor did
money have anything to do with the disturbance.
The Woikmen were not satisfied to have North
ern superintendent, and openly expressed their
discomfort and refused to work under him.
Year: 1861

THE TELEGRAPH.-E one was expecting to
hear further news last night from the vicinity of
Drainesyille, but were doomed to disappointment.
The telegraph, ,,from some at present unaccount
able cause, was entirely silent. Possibly the labor
necessary to forward such an immense amount of
trash as we have recently been afflicted with, has
been too great for the physique of the operators,
compelling them to desist and recuperate. great
institution is this telegraph! Chained lightning
and bottled thunder! Little truth and heaps of
blunder!!
Year: 1861

We must not be enemies. Though passion
may have strained, it must not break our
bonds of affection. The mystic chords of
memory, stretched from every battle field
and patriotic grave to every loving heart
and hearth-stone all over the broad land,
will yet swell the chorus of the Union when
again touched, as surely they will be, by
the better angels of our nature.
Year: 1861

concerned either imperfeotly understood OF
unknown. For this error the British Gov
ernment has 8 right to expect the same
reparation that VIC as an independent Slate
should expect from Great Britain or from
any other friendly nation in q similar case
Year: 1861

GEN SHIELDS, the Illinois hero of the Mexican
War, in a recent lecture in Sacramento upon the
Character, Life and Tines OF Gen. Jackson
said:


"Oh, if we could only recall him Gen Jack
SOM now, said The lecturer, from that cold tomb
If God could send him to us for eight years or
even eight months, to be replaced in the Prcsi
DENTAL chair and again to rouse the cry "The
Federal Union it must be preserved" But we
have no such men. In all this wide land, amid
this fever of dissolution You have not only not
one man but not one combination Of men that
can call up and unite the great heart of the
American people,


Here we are, Brccknridge mon, Douglas
men, Bell men or Republicans, scrnmbling after
little places here or there. while the whole ex-
stence of the Union is threatened. They are
fighting about their places upon the floor when
the house is on fire. They are scramblng about
the pantry instead of getting buckets and fire
engines to save the building. They are like the
Legislature of Louisiana, which was wrangng
about door keeper, while the British columns
were marching against New Orleans.


/" / do not know how Andrew Jackson would
act in this crisis | dare not say-but believe
that at any hazard he would execute the laws,
and let the consequences be what they may.


81 do not want a mutated Republic. | want
the whole. Some say Let South Carolina go ~
give you my word that if am called upon to
select an army will leave all such men out Of
my ranks. The man who talks that way thinks
he is a gallant heroic fellow. "Let South
Carolina 90, she is an annoyance anyhowW The
man does not see far into that millstone. | am a
military man in small way, and tell you if
one regiment can rise up in mutiny and be per-
mitted to march out Of the camp, with colors
flying and drums beating would not give a
pinch Of snuff for the army it would leave behind.


al only say this / am not for a Southern
Republic. nor for a Pacific Republic. am for
an American Republic, one and ndyisible."
Year: 1861

THE EYE.-Van and forgotten are all the fine
offers of hospitality, if there is no holiday in the
eve. How many inclnations are avowed by the
evc though the lips dissemble! ! How often does
one come from a company in which it may easily
happen he has said nothing that no important
remark has been addressed to him, and yet in
his sympathy with the company, he seems not to
have sense of this fact, for a stream OF light
has been flowing into him and out Of him through
his eyes. AS soon as men are off their cenfers
the eyes show it. There eyes, to be sure, that
give no more admission into the man than blue
berries. There are liquid and deep wells that a
man may fall into there are asking eyes, and
asserting eyes, and prowling eyes, and eyes full
of faith, and some of good ard some of sinister
omen. The power of eyes to charm down insan-
ity or beasts. is a power behind the eyes, that
must be victory achieved in the will before it
can be suggested to the organ but the man at
peace or unity with himself would move through
men and nature, commanding all things by the
eye alone. The reason men do not obey us is,
that they see the mud at the bottom of our eyes.
Whoever looked on the hero would consent to
his will being served he would be obeyed.-
Emerson.
Year: 1861

AN EFFEcTUAL CURE FOR THE EARAcnE. -
Take a small piece of cotton batting, OF
cotton wool; make depression in the CEN
ter with tho end of the finger, and Oil il
with as much ground pepper as will rest on
Ave cent piece, gather IL Into ball and
tie up, dip the ball into sweet oil and insert
il in the ear, covering the latter with cotton
wool, and use bandsge or cap 10 retain It
in it's place. Almost instant relief will DO
experienced. and the application is so gentle
that an infant will not bo injured by It, but
experinee relief as well as adults. So says
an exchange.
Year: 1861

aB-Tho most intimate friends of Con.
Scott have no hopes that no will ever return
alive TO this country, many oven anticipa-
ting that if the sea is rough he may not sur
vive the voyage He was very feeble on
tho day of his departure. There is sadness
10 the thought that he may die in foreign
land. .- ,... ... ....
Year: 1861

Thurlow Weed, till of late, the head-deyil of antSa
very agitation now, whether mieu by remOr.e or ter
ror-srcken at the consequences of his own mischief
makog among the most Jealous advocates Of compro-
mise, and willing to make almost any concession
required TO the tremendous emergency la late
issue of his paper Albany Evening o'Tnai) after de-
Tending himself against the ngs and jeers Of some Of
his late coaborers he says:


"This glorious Union in the perpetuity Of which the
hopes Of many millions garnered up in which the
welfare Of unborn and untold millions lis concerned-is
worth ALL and than all that offer it its behalf
And So too he lives imperled, the blood that to
be she'd the wives that are be widowed and the chill
dren that be orphaned worth immeasuraby more
than the sacrifices Of opinion and pride hat would cost
IN fham
Year: 1861

The ANALGANATIoN OF LANGUAGES is a grow
ing tendency in this age to appropriate the most
i've words OF other hnguages and after while to nco-
porate them into own thus the word Cephalc which
is from the Greek, gnifyng "for the head" is be-
coming popularz in Connection with Mr. Spaldng's
great Headache remedy, but it will soon be used in =
general way and the word Cephalic will become
common as Eecrotype and many others whose dsiinC-
ton as foreign words has been away by common
usage until they native and to the born"
Year: 1861

GREAT DIscoyEEY.-Among the most important Of all
the great medical discoveries oftbis age may he consd
cred the stem of vaccination for protection from Small
Pcx, the Cephac Pill for relief Of Headache, and the
use of Qinne for the prevention of FeyeFs either OF
which is a sure specific whose Dement'S will be experenc
ed by suffering humanity long after their discoveries ar
forgotten.
Year: 1861

Did you ever have the Sick Headlcheg Do you
remember the hrobbing temples the fevered brow, the
loathing and digust at the sight Of food. How totally
unfit you were for pleasure conversation study. Onc
of the Cephalc Pills would have relieved ON all
the suffering which you then experienced For this and
other purposes you should always have box of item
hand TO use as occasion requires.
Year: 1861

THE JAMES SHELL FAILURE - 1t will be remem-
bered that it vas claimed for this shot that soon
as it struck any substance it would expl' de, and
thus scatter destruction on every side From the
experiments of yesterday, it was perfectly 'bvI"us
that the shell would not explode unless the cap on
the shell is touched. Two-tbirds ot the shot hrtd
bounded into the water, and the cap being upper
most the she'll did not explode To make this
snecies of shot effective it will be first nec-s ssary
to guarantee that the shell will strike upon Ger
tain portion, as otherwise it is wurthess.-Cor. ~.
Year: 1861

ALEXANDRIA, July 9.-The first passenger train
on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad made a
trip to Cameron's Run this morning with Company
A Of the Zouaves, and Company | of the Michigan
LIST regiment. Cameron's Run is about four miles
out and is the farthest point the road to which
our pickeIs at present extend
Year: 1861

Or STYLE.-In his recent lecture on books,
Thos. Starr King said:


To many persons, two novels by different
authors read as much alike as two multipli-
cation tables. Yet no two styles are alike.
They differ, and must differ, because souls
and men and passions differ. Style is to
the matter asatmosphereis as to Landscape
Hang a New Hampshire air over Florence,
and is it Florence still? Strip the style of
De Quincy of his matter, and it is like
taking the sound out of grove Of pines.
No one has yet sounded this mystery of a
style how it is that an item penned by one
man is commonplace, and the same fact
stated by another is rifle-shot or a revel-
alton; how words locked up in form can
contrive to tip a wink how phrase may be
full of infinite suggestion; how page may
be as gorgeous as a tropical landscape, or as
cool as December day in New England.
The style is the man.
Year: 1861

A PEACE AMDAsSADoR.-r The Paris M0Hde"T, OF
the 18th of May contains this announcement;


In consequence of the perpleXity into which the
# ought not to surprise any to learn that doubtless
yerv soon an eminent English statesman will visit
the United States to make pacific proposition to
the contendng parties there 1t will be person
age towards w44om all eyes will be turned, as he
undertakes to perform his task
Year: 1861

Cen. Magruder was apprised Of the approach Of
the enemy at Bethel, by de8erter from their
ranks, who came in advance and informed him of
1t ID time for him TO make every preparation to
n3eat the attack
Year: 1861

The Baltimore american we'll and forcibly
says:-"It the South is dissatisfied, remove the
causes of her discomfort where they are reasona-
BILE. In the calm judgment of her people can
she ask more, and can we give less 2 But if she
is at all events resolved to 60, why prevent her
She will find the experiment for her interest, or
against it. If the latter, she will soon return, a
hrmer friend than ever to the old Government.
Ii the former, should we endeavor to coerce her,
fundamental principle of our Government is
violated, for we seek to hold large body of our
people without their consent and against their
will. Were it not the part of wisdom, then, to
let them go in peace, and thus secure the benefits
of harmony aHd good neighborhood9 As interest
is the common bond of our union, the secession
OF the Cotton States does not necessarily inter-
fere with the allegiance of the remaining States,
who know it is their interest to remain; while
the chances are that the seeded States will not
try sad experiment of which they will shortly
repent the trial. In any case, then, need we
have to suffer the desolating horrors of civil
WARP"