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Year: 1864

Dir Editor: VIII you be kind enough to allow
me space in your paper to address few remarks
to the ladies who are addicted to the habit OF using
snuff Enough has not jet been said concerning
this injurious practice. Nothing is mors difficult
to be accounted for even by men of acute and pro-
found observation, than the strong attachment of
human species to practices which are absolutely at
war with nature and hostile to. every principle of
true enjoyment and happiness. Snuff not only
has tendency to corrupt the physical powers, but
also the mental faculties, and yet it is habit
which is daily Increasing among the females of
our country. We can very easily account for our
attachment to food and even to those luxuries
of life which have anything tempting In their use,
but to account for our attachments to habits and
practices which absolutely disgusting offensive
and highly injurious to health, and which almost
invariably leads to immoral and dangerous exees-
ses, am compelled to refer them to the degener-
acy of our species. Dear ladies feel an interest
in yoar welfare, and beg that you will abstain
from snuff dipping or eating It appears that the
for this horrid practice, in many instances
is, that snuff serves as good tooth powders but
think this only preext for the filthy and dis
gushing practice. 1t taints the breath, deranges
all physical sensations and the nervous system, and
imparts to the rosy cheeks of youthful beauty the
delightsome complexion of cake of beeswax. H.


Soon after going to Virginia became acquaint
ed with ayoung lady of the first respectability
whose kind heart was possessed of every noble and
generous sentiment, who was in the habit of using
snuff. She was taken dangerously ill, and it be-
come necessary to physic her, and the result was
that she vomitted nearly half pint of snuff which
soon cdused her death Now, how can our young,
blooming and tender girls bear to use snuff when
it is evident shat it injures them? | have been
soldier in the field for forty months and address
the ladies this subject because feel interest
the and want the of
discontinued. Therefore, let me entreat you, my
lady friends, to take soldiers advice and taste
not the uncIean thing. za.


SERGr. W d. RUSSELL
Year: 1864

A Confederate soldier, recently returned from q
yankee prison. advises that tobacco be sent to our
prisoners at the North instead of money. With
tobacco anything can be bought that is wanted,
and it commands very high price.
Year: 1864

An Act TO authorize the formation of new commands
to be composed of supernumerary officers who may
resign to join such commands and to limit and re-
strict the appointment of officers in certain cases.


The Congress Of the Confederate States of America
Year: 1864

pany-Norice is hereby given that an assess
mcnt of One Dollar per share was this day levied
Oh the capital stock Of the company, payable to
the Secretary Immediately.


By order Of the Board Of Trustees.


ri I'm GEO w TJTRNEY Sec'y
Year: 1864

At a certain age, children of both


sexes delight in stories. It is as nat


ural as it is for them to skip, run and
jump, instead of walking at the staid
pace Of their grand parents. Now,
some parents, very well-meaning ones.
too, think they do a wise thing when
they deny this most innocent craving
any legitimate outlet. They wish to
cultivate. they say, "a taste for good
reading" They might as we'll begin
to feed newborn baby on meat, least
nursing should vitiatc his desire for it.
The taste for meat will come when
the child has teeth to chew it; so will
the taste for solid reading" as the
mind natures, i. e., if it is not made
to hate it, by having it forced violent
ly upon it's attention during the story
loving period. That there is time
for all things" is truer of nothing
more than of this. Better far that pa
rents should admit it, and wisely in
dulge II, than by too severe reprcs.
sion, give occasion by stealthy pro-
niscuous reading. @
Year: 1864

A man who all his life had been q
temperance man, bought four or five
thousand barrels of whiskey, and came
to consult me as to whether thought
it was wrong Says /: "Have you
bought it?" He said he had. "Then
it is too late to come to me-" said /.
/" But do you not think that man
might be justified in making money,
if he afterwards does good with it?"
he asked. Now, was there ever any
thing more absurd ? You know that
the devil spins silk as well as hemp or
flax and when he wants to catch
trout that will not bite if it can see
the line. he spins line so small that
it cannot be seen. and then the fish is
caught. If there is ever an invisible
line with bait at the end of it, and the
devil at the end Of the rod, it is when
a man is going to make money in
bad business for the sake of using it
to do good with. If there is ever a
time when Satan laughs and says, "a
have caught gudgeon |" it is then.
Year: 1864

One cents worth Of stout wire bent
10 the shape of the letter U, is q good
protection against burglars. Hang
the curved part of the wire on the
door knob, and let the two extremities
pass through the bow Of the key after
the door is locked. Then the burglars
may rage in vain, unless they break
down the door.
Year: 1864

We should read books not to quote
them. but to strengthen our intellects
and to suggest thought Of our own.
We fatten sheep with grass. not to
obtain a crop of hay from its back,
but to be fed with mutton and clothed
with wool.
Year: 1864

Old Mr. V, well-to-do farmer out
in Illinois, had some Marriageble Daughters;
and, being one of that class of men who
think that their daughters should get mar
ried as soon as they are out of their short
clothes, felt somewhat chagrined that his
Gals should remain no his hands 50 long.


Now there was a young fellow in the
neighborhood who had been waiting on
the v gals for some time, and had
gone the rounds from oldest to youngest;
and the old man had been anxiously waiting
for, and expected young B to ask his
consent" for some of the girls, but as yet
had waited in vain. B, however,
had proposed and had been accepted; but
the old folks had not been made acquainted
with the fact.


Now, in the meantime. young B
had purchased fine horse of the old gent,
and had given his note on six months time
for enc hundred dollars. Well, payday
was fast approaching, and B--had not
the ready" to meet it; so the day before
the note become due, young B made
his way over to the old gent determining
to ask him for his daughter-hoping there
by to get an extension on the note at least


As good luck would have it, he met tn
old man in the yard, and was about to g
through with that somewhat embarrassin
ceremony, of ''asking consent, when i'm
agine his surprise and JOY, the old gent brok
out with the following =


| Look here, B, you young rasca
you have been courtin' my Gals fo
more year; you've been gadin' and cut
tin round with the the hull on 'em. Now
your note comes due tomorrow, and L
tell you what Til do You shall marry on
of the gals, | don't care snap which-an
Ill give you a good settin' out, and you
hundred dollar note to boot; and if you don


I'llsue you by thunder. ;,


1T a bargain, says B. III do it,
And the next week there was tall wed
ding down at the old man V 5; am
to this day B chuckles over the way
the old man gave his consent without ask
ing, 'and Il hundred dollar note to boot.
Year: 1864

CoEDEMyED TO HUNo.-A negro fellow named
Hsnry, employed by the Central Railroad Company,
was sentenced to be hung by the County Court OF
Hanover on Friday last on the charge ossettng fire
to the wheat and straw stacks of Mr. Day, of that
county, and afterwards arning himself and waylay-
ing him on the highway On the night Of the de-
struction of the wheat and straw stacks Henry was
shot at by little OF Mr.. Day and struck III the
leg spirit of revenge for which, it Is supposed, in
duced him to make assault upon the youth s
and Indignation was shown on the part Of those who
aware of his crime, and il with the greatest
difficulty that the officers could protect linn from
immediate execution.
Year: 1864

Nothing OF Importance has occurred III the Uci-
nifty oi Mobile since the surrender Vi Font Morgan.
The people are making vigorous preparations toi
the defence OF the city having resolved that It shall
be held to the last extremity \ New York paper,
speaking Ut the chances of Fa1agut'a trying his
heavy artillery further up the bay, saya 1t is
well that public expectation should not be too eX-
acting The, achievements thus far Of incalou-
liable benefit but the demand for the presence of
portion Of the fleet at the entrances to Wilmington
become houIly more pressing
There is work here Ill store tov fleet, take 1t,
even more urgent than the Immediate capture Of
Mobile"


The truth Is, that the Yankees dumb
founded at the proceedings Of the Tallahassee and
the apprehcn5ions that "morc OF the same sort
are to follow her wake, that they now call upon
Farragut to relnquioh his present hopeless task and
AID III the rescung OF their commerce from certain
1fIin
Year: 1864

DEPLoRABLE AFFAIR.-A mans life was
taken at one Of the Neshoto mills recently
under circumstances which make it more
than usually deplorable. The particulars,
as near as We can learn, are as follows
The deceased and another employee Of the
mill were disputing, relative to some work
which the deceased desired done, and which
the other party refused TO DO. A third
party stepped up, and after hearing the
dispute, took sides against the deceased,
which exaspera:ed the latter so much that
he struck ,heinteIfering party two or three
times. Whereupon that individual said
that if the blows we're repeated be would
defend himself, or something to that effect.
The deceased then struck him, and the
latter picked up piece of edging and
struck the other on the head, injurng him
so that he died shortly afterwards, although
there was no perceptible mark on the un,
fortunate nan as the effect Of tie blow.
A post mortem examination was made by
DR.. BALLOON. who reported that the from
la bone was fractured, which caused death.
That i. was unintentional was so clearly
evident that the jury refused to bind the
prisoner over, and the man was set free
We think his conscience will sufficiently
punish him for the deed.
Year: 1864

P. S.-We have cut Of Jackass
which would probably have been more ap
propriate than the above, but we refrain
from using it in this conuection-out OF
respect for the jackass, Of course. a


The above we take from the Fond du
Lac Press, and regret very much that we
have not the illustration accompanying
the article. 1t is a representation OF
dark colored individual, in the attitude of
speaking, with uplif.ed finger, hair on
end, and mouth wide open-probably as
ha looked when he gave utterance to the
remark heading the article. .-


The same Individual delivered rant.
ing, political harangue to moderate sized
audience at the Methodist church ia this
place last Sabbath evening, who were SO.
duced into attendance by the announce
ment tia. lecture would be delivered on
the state of the country. How they we're
disappointed can be ascertained by asking
anv who were present, for we have YET 70
see the Individual or woman-who
does not think i. was the talk of a fanatic
devoid Of all reason and common sense
His arguments in favorstof the reelection
Of Mr. LINCOLN were certainly original, if
they bad no other virtue, and from his BIT
ing sarcasm-weli, just deliver as! If
beisterousness were merit, then the spea-
ker delivered the best speech we ever lis
tened to. For the present we will content
ourself by saying in reply to bis allusion
o JERE's dog that men opposed to the
editor of this paper in politics all say that
the reference was unnecessary, unjust, and
uncalled for.
Year: 1864

Man ISJURED.-The schooner Alle.
ghany bad one of her spars struck by
lightning, and put into this port for re-
pairs. While the men we're engaged in
putting in new mast, they had occasion
to send one Of their number aloft, when
the spar swung out of place, falling and
carrying the man with it, who was hurt,
though not seriously.
Year: 1864

A late number of tho Frazer's Mag
azine has the following:


Doubtless you have remarked with
satisfaction how the little oddities of
men who marry rather late in life are
pruned away speedily after their mar
riage. You have found a man who
used to be carelessly dressed, with a
hugh shirt collar frayed at the edge,
and glaring yellow silk pocket hand
kerchief, broken Of those things be-
come pattern of neatness. You nave
seen man whose hair and whiskers
were ridiculously cut, speedily become
like other human beings. You have
seen a clergyman who wore a long
beard and in little while appear with
out one. You have seen man who
used to sing ridiculous sentimental
songs leave them off. You have seen
a man who took snuff copiopsly, and
who generally had his bosom covered
with snuff, abandon the vile habit.


A wife is grand wielder of the NOR
al pruning knife. If Johnson's wife
had lived, there would have been nc
boarding up of bits Of orange peel; DC
touching all the posts in walking along
Year: 1864

mas In store a large and well as


sorted stock of BOOTS and SHOES
OF the best qualities. and will con.
unue to receive the whole season.
aireet nom the manufacturers, the
best and latest styles, which I will
sell as low as any House in the West
Year: 1864

The NEWS OF The DAY.


From the Army of Northern Virginia We
have intelligence that "an IL quiet" IL the
present good weather continues the clash of
arms will soon resound again over our once
peaceful hills. The great struggle can, OF be
much longer deferred.


1t was extensively rumored during the day
yesterday that the enemy were landing near
Westover or Harrison's Landing, on James
river; but up to the hour OF going to press
We had no confirmation of the rumor.


The reported advance ON the Peninsula
turns out to have been small affair. The
party only numbered about $50, who came
within two and q half miles of Tunstali's
Station, on the York River Railroad. They
also Visited Cumberland, a point on the Pa
munkey river, between the White House
and West Point We learn OF no damage
done by them while on this expedition.
Year: 1864

Liquor L:censes-Under section IA. chap.
ter 81 ofthe Code of Virginia, it is necessary
ior merchant who takes out liquor H.
cense, whether to sell by retail or wholesale,
oy the bottle or by the barrel, to obtain
from Court permissiofi to do 80. As mat
Ter OF general Interest, we quote the entire
section "If the merchant shall desire his
license to include permission to sell by re.
tail wine, ardent spirits, or a mixture there.
OF, he shall obtain from the Court of the
county or corporation in which his store is
situated certificate that he Is a person of
good character, and that the Court sees
no objection to such permission being
granted" This order tho Code makes i'm
perative upon all who sell liquor, and to
avoid trouble IN the futars all merchants
who have obtained liquor license should
apply to the Hastings Court, which meets
on the second Monday In May, for permis-
sion to sell the same
Year: 1864

Beaufort was coming up the river man
was arrested going down the stream in q
snail boat. He was armed with rifle and
thirty rounds Of cartridges. He claimed to
belong to the 9th Alabama regiment, and
said he was "going to Mobile" He was
brought back to the city.
Year: 1864

~ The pressure upon our advertising col
umns compels US to curtail eur general reading
matter somewhat, but In day or two we shall
have more news space at command. Mean.
time, our subscribers will find some very in.
terestiDg reading apropos to the season in the
announcements made BY our holiday adver-
tisers.
Year: 1864

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE-I IMMENSE DE.


STRUCTION OF REBEL PROPERTY.


Rear Admiral Porter, under date of the 18th
instant, informs the Navy Department OF the
destruction OF the blockade runner Petrol,
driven ashore by the gunboats at New Inlet,
Cape Fear river. She was fired upon and
snnk, and finally totally destroyed by north
east gale. Sh had on board a large cargo Of
arms and munitions of war, all of which are
lost


Rear Admiral Porter reports that within the
lost fifty days the feet has captured five mil.
lion five hundred thousand dollars worth of
the enemy's property in blockade runners.
Year: 1864

I PITY her, she's so plain.


'MargaretY


Yes


Certainly, she is very plain; but then,
she is so good


Goodness is very we'll in its way, but
handsome face and fine person will do
more for a girl than goodness, was re-
piled.


In worldly point Of view, you meau?'


The first speaker did not answer this
remark. Itsuggestcd thoughts not Who
lily in agreement with the sentiments Just
uttered.


The subject of conversation was the
youngest Of three sisters. She was call.
ed hOmely by almost every one; yet it is
but fair to say that she was too often seen
as q foil to her handsome sisters, whose
bright eyes, regular features, rich com
pIezions and free, graceful carriage had
won for them the appellation of the two
beauties


Parents are not always wise and just
The fact of being a father or mother
does not, as a matter of course, lift per-
son above his or her natural weaknesses
and defects of character, or change mate
rally the old estimate of men and things
The mother of these girls was very far
from being a wise woman, and quite as
far from being just towards her youngest
child. The beauty Of the two elder sis
ters she sought to increase by all the
available arts of dress; while the very
plainness and cOarseness of the attire
which she deemed good enough for Mar,
garet, made the latter seem homelier than
she really was. Margaret not being an
ornamental appendage of the household
was made useful. While her sisters dres,
sed and saw company, she was at work
and often at work for them. She fell
the unjust discrimination, and often cried
over it, when no one saw her; but neither
rebelled nor complained.


I pity her, she is so plain This wa:
often said by those who saw Margaret il
contrast with her sisters. But it always
happened, that those who had any true
knowledge in regard to her character
would answer, But she is so good


There is beauty in goodness. That
was her compensation. If the outer gar,
ment was plain, the inner form and true
substance of her being had a symmetry
and grace beyond what the flesh puts OF
in its most envied perfection. And com
pensation went further still. The soul ii
in perpetual effort to impress a likeness
of its quality in the face; to mould thu
features into an image of itself. If thi.
law was in favor of Margaret, it wa
against her sisters; for while she wa
living in self-denial, and in a patience il
possession of her soul, both willing anC
doing right in every relation, no matte
how unpleasant, they were Cherishint
pride, selfshness, vanity, WOrldliness, en-
w and ill-nature.


The time came, as years progressed
when it was no longer said, l pity her
she is SO pain Not that any saw sign
of beauty in her face; but it was no lon
ger perceived as homely. She did no
appear in company as frequently as he
gay and brilliant sisters, who always hat
around them a circle of admirers; bu
when she appeared she did not sit alone
Year: 1864

ious liberty, shall again stand forth in
bright relief, united, purified and ehas-
tened by our trials, as an example aud
encouragement for those who desire the
progress Of the human race It is not
given to our weak intellects to understand
/ the steps Of Providence as they occur;
we comprehend them ohly as we look
back upon them in the far distant past !;
so it is now. We cannot uuravel the
seemingly tangled skein Of the purposes
of the CreGtor-they are too high and
far-Teaehing for our limited minds But
all history and His own revealed word
teach US that His ways, although inscru-
table, are ever righteous. Let US then,
honestly and manfully play our parts,
seek to understand and perform our whole
duty, and trust unwaYeringly in the be-
nefcent God who led our ancestors across
the sea, and sustained them afterwaTd
amid dangers more appalling even than
those encountered by His own chosen
people in their great exodus.


He did not bring US here in vain, nor
has He supported US thus far for naught.


IF We do our duty and trust in Him,
He will not desert US in our need. Firm
in our faith that God will save our eoun-
try, Re now dedicate this site to the
memory of brave men, to loyalty, patri-
otism, and honor. cloud apllluse.)


The New York World, speaking of
this Grafton, says;


We need do no more than direct the
attention of our readers to the ardent pa
triotism, the wise and comprehensive
craftsmanship, which shine through and
illuste this touching and heartfelt tribute
of the first soldier of his time to his gal
liant comrades who have fallen in their
country service.


MCCLELLAN ENTHUSIASM


The New York papers have much to
say about the enthusiasm that greeted
General Mcclellan wherever he went ou
this occasion. As he descended from the
platform, after delivering the oratiou, the
crowd rushed around him and gave three
rOusing cheers. 1t vas impossible that
the officers wiz surrounded him atiemp-
ted to keep thsn away, assuring then
that no demonstration whatever would
be allowed. They followed him theWholt
distance to has hotel, cheering and gras-
ping for his hand, which was shaken a
every step by persons catching itaith an
almost frantic enthusiasm. -.-. f