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Year: 1861

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No immediate fruit will be seen to spring
from the little trials Of strength like that
at Harper's Ferry On Wednesday; but
cyesy such encounter accustoms our men
to the use Of arms, the sound Of cannon,
the whiz Of round shot and the Kissing Of
shells gires them confidence in their own
proves, teaches them the quality Of their
enemy, and prepares them for the great
struggle which cannot now be far off The
eknmish Is the alphabet Of War; and in
some way our troops must acquire it. Such
~ encounter then as that Of which we
speak, occurring every day somewhere
along our lines, would soon convert our
raw levies into yeteransIft to take the field
against the best disciplined troops in the
ve1ld. We beg Col Geary to hit 'en
again.
Year: 1861

mounted in New York harbor. We have
no doubt the Atlantic States will readily
assume this new obligation, as indeed the
most of them lave virtually done SO for
some months. It will not be long before
the coast will be made to bristle with Co
1umbiads, ready for any who may be AMI
biticus to test their metal.
Year: 1861

SINGULAR ESCAPE FROM STARVATION g.
The Memphis Argus gives the following ac-
count Of a miraculous escape from starvation
of a gentleman residing in LanderdaIe county,
Tennessee, near HaIe's Point:


Last week he was out hunting in large bot.
tom in his neighbOrhood, and he observed a
wild goose fly out Of large cypress stun o,
which was some twenty feet high His know.
ledge of the habit Of these geese led him 10 be-
iieve that the goose had a nest in the STUMP.
On the outside Of the stump were a number Of
vines, which he pulled up TO peep in and get
possession of the eggs. After he had succeed
ed in gaining the top ofthe stump, he discover.
ed large number Of eggs some six or eighl
feet down inside. The nest, he supposed was
on firm foundation, and he accordingly lei
himself down inside but when he struck the
substance on which the nest was built, he dis
covered that it had no foundation, and soon
found himself sinking to the bottom OF the
tree.


The inside OF the tree was rotten and would
not bear his weight. Now he was in a dilem.
ma, five miles from any habitation, inside Of a
stump twenty feet high, with no prospect of
any assistance, with nothing to subsist on but
the goose eggs; he screamed and yelled until
he was nearly exhausted. no one coming with
IN hearing distance. On the third day after
bis " incarceration I" two gentlemen were out
hunting and came within hearing distance
They were very much frightened at hearing a
man greAning inside or the stump, and for some
time they could not reconcile Themselves 10
what it meant but having learned that the gen.
tleman had been missing from home several
days, they soon were satisfied that it was no
"ghosG " inside the tree. They procured axes,
and soon the prisoner was liberated. He swears
ne never will attempt to rob goose nest siIua-
the as that one was sgan.
Year: 1861




Persons who, by flags of truce, reach here.
via Norfolk. from Richmond and other cities
10 the Sonth, bear witness to the comparatively
lIberalized state of feeling prevalent at Nor
folk. have before referred TO the fact that in
that city there is a Union League that has
grown so influential as TO cause yGen Huger to
be unwilling to undertake TO deal with it, lest
he should make (for the rebes) a bad matter
worse. have heard gentlemen lately speak
Of the liberal treatment received at his hands
in "passing through the dreary land" of Sc.
ccssondom, as we'll as the general department
of the community, differing in so marked a
manner from what they saw elsewhere as TO
make them feel that they were in another land,
and indeed about to emerge from darkness int o
light II is well known that Gen. Huger went
into the service Of jeff. Davis. not only at a
late day, but with extreme reluctance, and
with the assurance to his Union friends that he
joined the rebellion in the hope OF being useful
in giving it speedy termination, and more in
love for the old flag thun with spirit of resent.
ment,
Year: 1861

An old man! Can this be so? At heart
am as young as ever. Aud Mary, with her
bright hair parted smoothly from brow
that has slight furrow upon it, is still the
Mary of my early days. 70 me she can
never grow old, nor change. The heart
that held her in infancy, and sheltered her
in the flush aud beauty Of womanhood, can
never cast her out till life shall cease to warm
it. Nor even then, for love still lives above.
Year: 1861

SUICIDE OF THE President or THE SAN Fran
CISCO IARNoNIE-Ar Conrad Knus, well
known and respectable German, committed
suicide some time during night before last, at
his room in the liclveia House, at the cor
uer Of Sansome and Market streets 1t is
supposed that the deed took place early yes
terduv morning. Deceased was President Of
the German singing society known as the
San Francisco Harmonic On Saturday night
he made a speech ON the occasion of the pre-
seutalon of a banner to the above named Sc
cietv Jy many German ladies of this city
Mr. Kuus responding for the society, after
the presentation 10y Miss Louisa Meyer He
was not happy in his remarks, and seemed
to have forgotten a part of what he had in
tended to say, or in some way got confused


At any rate. he was much dissatisfied with
himself and at about two o'clock retired to
his room As he did not make his appear
ance yesrrday morning, after waiting until


after ten o'clock, one of his friends knocked
repeatedly at the door and getting no answer.
it was broken in when tie unfortunate man
was found dead in his bed with bottle OF
cyanurate of potassa on the table near by,
from which he had evidently taken the fatal
Il Sc. An inquest will be held to-morrow "
(Tuesday) evening and meantime DIR. Ray
mond, Resident Physician of the City and
County Hospital, viii make an analysis of
the contents Of the stomach. Deceased was
a machinlst hy trade, and a native of the
Canton of Zurich, in Switzerland He was
aged thrty-siX years Alta, NondoN
Year: 1861

w n
docs Crisadoros Excelsior Dye present stronger
claims to public confidence than any other Hair Dye
in existence


BECAUSE
it is the only one that has ever been ansyAed ana
publicly approved by the highest Chemical aut'oriy'


ALSO
or the reason that other dye has ever oeen suec
ted to chemice! analysis at all.


MOREOVER,
besides being free from every poisonous Ingredient it
confers finer black or brown, and in shorter space
Of time than any other dye in the World. Sold every
wbers and applied by ell Hair Dressers. oElsTADoao
70. Astor House New York mhio
Year: 1861

WE have no account, as yet, of the pro-
ceedings of the Democratic Central Commit
tee, which met on Wednesday last. Sierra
Citizen.


Neither have we; and what is more, we
fear we can't get any-for it did not proceed
TO do anything but adjourn, 60 home and
come together again at some future time for
consultation. The fact is, Mr. Citizen, it did
not know what to do, or how to do it.-.Soc
Ree
Year: 1861




Nr. Editor Having passed through the
day of fasting and prayer, set apart by our
worthy President, within the walls of Fort
Macon, Imagined it would not be uninterest-
ing to yourself and your readers 10 know how
the day was observed within. After the morn
ing gun announced the rising of the sun, and
the flag had beenunfurled to the breeze, by the
roll of the drum the garrison were summoned
to prayer, which was observed with perfect
respect and attention. Prayer being over and
the Ken being dispersed about the Fort silence
Teigned within. No duties, no drilling, no
practice to be executed on this day it is day
of fasting aud prayer and everything was as
quiet as the Sabbath The day being spent and
the loweringOf the flag announcing the setting
of the sun, again were the garrison summoned
to service, which was performed by clergy
man tromBeaufort who granted his services
for the occasion.


Three hundred soldiers, with uncovered
heads, were assembled upon the parade
ground to listen to a chaste and eloquent dis
course by the clergyman present. The ser
vice, which was listened to with perfect silence
and interest, was concluded by hymn when
the music of hundreds of voices was borne upon
the wind Of heaven to the throne of God on
high, asking for protection, blessing and saliva
tion. After the hymn was concluded the
soldiers were dismissed to their quarters
where they could reflect upon what they had
heard during the day.


Strictly also was the day observed in Beau
fort by its inhabitants The stores We're
closed and the streets quiet and prayer WAS
observed in all the churches except one. Long
viii this day be remembered by the soldiers
of North Carolina ANXIOUS.
Year: 1861

ANOTHER LETTER FROM Ma. FAiLANnIGIIAM
The lion. G. l.. Nallandigha:n, member q
Congress from the Dayton District III Ohio, has
written letter giving his opinion. at the so
licItation of some OF lis constituents, on the
present state of affairs. The letter is dated
May 18th. lie argues at length against cocr-
cion-2nd the policy ofthe Black Republican al
n2inistratIon and concludes thus in regard It
Lncolns war proclamations


Waving the question Of the doubtful Icgaii-
ty Of the first proclamation Of April 18th. call
ing ont the militia for three months" und,l
the Act of 1875, I will yet vote to pay them
because they had no motive but supposed lu-
tv and patriotism to move them anl IncTc-
over, they viii have rendered almost the entire
service required Of them, before Congress shall
meet. But the audaciOus usUrpation of prcsi
dent Lincoln for which he deserves iippcach-
Enent in daring against the letter OF the very
Constitution, and without the shadow OF law, t.
raise and support armies" and to 'provide
and maintain Z navy" for three or five years
by mere executive proclamation, [ viii not
vote to sustain or ratlfy-never Millions foI
defense: not man or dollar for aggressive
and offensive war.


The war has had many motives for its com,
mencemcnt, it can have but one result, wheth-
er it last one year or fifty years-final, eternal
separation, disuniOn. AS for the conquest and
subjugation Of the South, [ will not mpcach
the intelligence Of any man among you, by as
suming that you dream Of it as at any time OF
in any way possible. Remember the warning
Of Lord Chatham to the British Parliament =
"My Lords, you cannot conquer America. y
A~public debt Of hundreds of million, weighing
US and our posteirity down for generations, We
cannot escape. Fortunate shall we be five es
cape with our liberties. Indeed it is no longer
much a question of war with the South. as
whether we ourselves are to have Constitu-
tons and a Republican form of Government
hereafter in the North and West.


In brief | am for the Constitution first anC
at all hazards; for whatever can now be saved
of the Union next and far peace always, as
essential to the preservation of either. But
whatever any one may think of the war, one
thing, at least, every lover of liberty ought tc
demand inexorably, that it shall be carried OF
strictly subject to the Constitution


The peace policy was tried it arrested Sc
cession, and promised a restoration of the
Union. The policy of war is now upon trial


in twenty days it has driven four States anc
four millions and a half of people out of The
Union and in the Confederacy of the South
In little while longer it will drive out, also
two or four more States and two millions o.
three millions ofpeoplc. War may, indeed, b.
the policy of the East, but peace is necessity
to the West.
Year: 1861

z Many of our citizens are gone to fight the
battles of our country and many more are soon
destined to follow. Many of them too, are poor
men leaving destitute and helpless families re-
lying soley upon the cold hand of Charity for
a scanty substance This is war in which
all should take part


The poor have nothing to contribute but
muscle, and the rich who feel no fancy for fight
ing have abundant opportunities for displaying
their love of country, by caring for and max
ing happy the wives and Children Of those
who go.


None should be allowed to dodge his share
of the responsibility. All of those who are
able and refuse to bear their proportionable
share Of the burthen of the war, either by ac-
tually fighting the battles of the country, or
assisting with their means accordig to their
ability, should be branded as towards and hipo-
critics, and those who, instead of extending COM
fort and aid to the destitute families of the
soldiers in the camp, delight themselves with
expressing them deserve as they will receive,
the just indignation and contempt Of all hon
est and patriotic people No man, in the pres
ent aspect of our condition, who possesses the
ability can Withhold his material aid without
sacrificing his last claim to the honor of being
considered a christian, a patriot or even true
man; particularly those, if any there be, who
clamored 50 Justify few months ago for i'm
mediate secession, and now refuse to assist in
any way to avert the war which was thus
brought on, deserve Eothng but endless dis
grace and eternal banishment from decent So
Ciety
Year: 1861

We learned from a gentleman, down from
Raleigh on Saturday evening, that the Congen-
tion has accomplished nothing during the
week, save the destruction Of the seven Reg
iment bill and the ensendering of i'll feeling
among its mennf ers. If all the glory so re-
Gently won for our glorious old State is to be
sacrificed upon the altar Of party feuds in the
Convention, We much prefer that that august
body would adjourn, Cur informant assures
us that whatever of intelligence the members
might possess on other matters, not man of
them could give the faintest idea when the
Convention would adjourn
Year: 1861

We received no further news about the re-
ported battle at Newport News. There seems
to be fighting down the river in that neighbor-
hood but no reliable information had been re-
ceived at Richmond and Petersburg up to Sat
urdar morning.


More About the Battle OF Bethel.
Year: 1861

BISHOP ANDREW ON TEE WAR.-Bishop An
drew, in a letter to the Southern Christian
Adc0cate, lays down the following proposition
as a basis for his belief that the South will
prevail in the impending struggle with the
North:


1st. Because our cause is righteous Cd
The people of the South thanks to Lincoln's
folly and perfidy-are now very nearly unit
Sd. We are fighting at home and for home
We ask only to be permitted to govern our
selves. We wish to relieve our late associates
from all participation in the sin which has sore
ly troubled their consciences. 4th. We have
soldiers enough-an army made up of the very
best material and commanded by officers sec
ond to none on earth; and, finally and a5ore
oil, we look up for Gods direction and blcs-
sing Thousands Of our soldiers are Christian
men, who are not ashamed to confess Christ
in camp; and every day thousands of prayers
go up to God invoking his guidance and aid
In many of our Churches prayer meetings are
being constantly held, in behalf of the coun-
try, and our sons and husbands and brothers
on the tented felds-and will not God hear
and answer.
Year: 1861

Joseph Srowden, a free man Of color has
petitioned the Common Law Court of Memphis
to allow him to become the slave of Mrs. Sarah
Ann Dare Of that city. In his petition he
states that he is tired and dissatisfied with Iiy-
ing in Pennsylvania or any of the free States,
and that he has heretofore lived and desires TO
live among the Southern people.
Year: 1861

Col Magruder and his command had only
gone three NJ les down the road when thev
learned that the enemy they were in pursuit oi
had retired to reinforce, and intended making an
attack on Us IN short time, as soon as they re-
turned The entire camp was arranged for the
assault
Year: 1861

The majority report reairms the doctrines of
States rights and declares Interference with
Slavery by the Federal or other authorities or
the people controversy to the Constitution, Of
fensive and dangerous condemns the formation
of geographical or sectional partes-demands u
fair partition of the Territories and equal pro-
lection observation-disclosures it is unwise, impoIitic
and offensive to accumulate within the limits of
State, interested in the irritated pending ques-
tons of war of the deepest Importance an un.
usual number of troops and munitions of war
INDUCES in the hopes of restoration of the
Union and fraternal feeliEgs-recommend the
repeal of unirendy unconstitutional Legislation
and the adoption of proper amendments to the
Constitution-concedes the right of State to
withdraw for just causes-alludes to the position
of the Federal Government disclaiming power
under the Constitution to recognize Withdrawal


without expressing an opinion on the question
of power-it desires to confer on the Govern
ment powers necessary to deal peaceably with
the question involved, and if necessary recog-
nize the separate independence OF seeding States
make treaties and pass such laws as separation
make proper. 80 ~.


The majority report commends the people of
her sister States to respond at their earliest con-
veniencc to its position and amendment to the
Consultation to be proposed hereafter. In case
Virginia fails to obtain satisfactory responses
from slaveholding States she feels compelled to
resume sovereign powers and throw herself on
her reserved rights. 1t lis made an indispensable
condition that a specific policy be adopted to-
ward the seeded States-that no attempt be
made to reinforce or recapture the forts or ex-
act payment of imports on commerce or any
measure calculated to provoke hostlities-thst
Virginia will regard any hostile action by either
side as hurtful and unfriendy and as leaving
Virginia free to determine her future policy.


The report recommending Conference of the
Border States at Franafort, KY, the. last Mon.
day in May, the foregoing will probably not fully
meet the approval Of the Union members, be.
cause it apparently recognizes the legal right of
Year: 1861

The only question, for the disaffected part Of
the South to settle is, whether they will take
their part in the glorious inheritance of the
American nation, living safely, peacefully and
prosperously, or whether they will sink into one \
OF the most pitiful and contemplate attempts
at notoriety which modern times have witness
ed; whether they will be a fragment Of bro.
ken star, wandering off into darkness, or be q
part of glorious orb, careering through the mid
heavens with unsurpassed brilliancy. 1t is
question for themselves As to the National
Administration, IL has but one course to pursue.
1t must carry on the Government, in all its parts,
according to the Constitution and the laws, no
matter what may be the fate OF traitors, and no
matter what resistance may be offered. If an
arm shall be raised or a shot fred against the
American Government, it viii be the signal for
such an outburst of patriotic fire as was never
seen since the revolution. The mighty heart of
the nation will beat througha all its arteries; and
what no Statesmen can settle in the Cabinet will
be set aside by the spontaneous combution of the
people. Hill and valley will ring with the cries
of patriotism; and whether it be in Tennessee
or OHIO, in Missouri or Massachusetts, there will
be one grand shout for the American nation and
the American Constitution. One grand ava
lanche will sweep the traitors away. ......


If the Secession States still want to try their
fortunes alone let them contrive some other
way than resisting the authority Of the United
States. Let them. appeal to q National Conven-
ton to part, if possible, in peace. The Gov
ernment can do nothing fo- them. Separation
isnot one Of the events provided for 10 the Con-
stitution and it cannot be accomplished by any
force. The crisis is at hand. Let the people
of the Secession States think twice before they
rush on the thick bosses Of the Government


In any event whatever, We spprehend nothing
for the great body of the American nation. - d
Even a fracture would be but temporary; and
sooner or later, the parts must come together,
and the American Empire overspread the conti-
nent. ~ q. pIG2a7 9d .3ys lHG It9t5 3
Year: 1861

~ Six insane persons were removed from
the County Poor House and Jail in this City to
the Lunatic Asylum Monday last. Judge Wight
man, who accompanied them, says they were
perfectly delighted with the place. The spacious
airy halls and pleasant rooms, and there are
none that we saw that are not pleasant, impressed
them all favorably.


Mr.. schappell, of Mills County, passed through
this City on his way to the Asylum, the same
day. with one insane man from that County
The building will soon be full at this rate.
Year: 1861

The Petersburg (Va.) Express, until recently
Union paper, is now very nearly up to The marx
of secession. Speaking of the humbu8 propo-
sitions of the late Peace Conference at Washing
ton. the Express says:


We cannot say that we rejoice at the brighter
prospect now opened before us OF compromise
of existing difficulties, by which further secession
will, for the present at least, be prevented. we
have, until very recently, been warmly anu 9li
cerely for the Union. But, really, we nave 'Iel n
so much dsgusted and sickened with Black he
publican impcrtinences nsoences and meallnesser'
ssslat we have arrived at that state OF leean8 III
(which we utterly Indifferent about any luitnci
political connection with such gracelesS, hl8et
able set of scamps. TO belong to the same country
with them is in our view Illumination ana SllShia
to any honest and honorable cit'zeh' W SPeah P.lh
OF the rabid wing, of course, OF that ParyIol tho
Loveioys the Stcvcnses, the Grows, the liicklnas,
of the House and the Chambers, the BinGhams,
the Fessendens, and the Preston Kings OF the
Senate. 1t is barely possible that they may, some
of them be reformed from thelr VlllalhouS tastes
and propensties by the force of changed crcum-
stances and become wOrthier OF living IN q ClVl
lied land than they now are. But the Ethiopian
skin is hard to be vhitened and the leopards spots
are not easily removed.


That's the talk. 1t is not the mere election of
Lincoln that as ca sed the Gulf States to break
up the old Union, but it s the fact limited at by the
Express, IL at W. cannot get along on peaccab!e
anu friendly terms Win Ihe majority Vi thc MI
ern people and we can do so because all our
ideas, feelings and sentiments are radically differ
ent. They are one race Of people and we are an
other and different race. The Express, too, no
doubt realizes the fact that the question IS now
reduced down to the simple alternative OF staying
in the Union or going out Of it. The Peace Con-
ference was perverted from its original objects,
and became an effective agent of Abolition
trickery and deception. The Northern men IN IL
never intended to make fair settlement and they
never would have respectcditf one had been made.
But, even if it had been done, it would have been
powerless for the reconstruction of the Union.
The Gulf States are out of the Union and they are
going to stay out. There is not the shade OF Il
shadow of any probability of present reconstruc-
ton. Virginia has then to elect whether she VIII
remain in an Abolition Union where she will be not
only powerless but constantly insulted and imposed
upon, or whether she will be an hOnored equal in
the Confederated States Of the South. We cannot
doubt what will be her eventual determination
but the wonder and the mystery with US is why she
should hesitate about doing thing that she is
bound to do sooner or later. We accept the manly
shhaHge Of front on the part of the Express as al
Indication that the Old Dominion will soon be founC
where she naturally belongs-on the side OF the
SnItl,