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Year: 1864

The Government Is not In receipt Of any war
news mp to the hour Of our going to press with
this edition. II may no that the armies are
resting, for human nature cannot endure every
things but It Is more likely that Gen, Grant is
crushing In Lees army or laying siege to Rich.
mond, and cannot stop to report the fact. It
is true that In all the battles fought between
the RSpidan and Richmond Lee has had the
choice of ground, and yet could not prevent
Grant from .faHkiag hin and mdrehing on
Richmond. Notwithstanding this, the Rich.
mond papers say that Lee was victorious" In
every fight. How bad the defeated Grant must
feel, after carrying the rebel army all the way
to Richmond on his bayonets, to read such a
statement
Year: 1864

MEA short time since the engineer OF a
freight train in Connecticut dumped an
engine and two cars into an open draw bridge,
though the signal was all right, and the bridge
could be seen in approaching for a thousand
feet. The New Haven journal says only last
fall this engineer was a fireman on the New
York and New Haven Railroad, and left be-
cause he didn't know enough to handle
shovel respectfully.


GH-lt is said the courts have decided that
If man writes his name on the back of a
bank note he is holden for its payment in case
of the failure of the bank His liability is
not changed though he connect with his name
his business card. II this be so those penu-
rious men who attempt to cheat the newspa-
pers by making bank notes their advertising
medium, may find themselves btten and that
they have selected rather dangerous mode
Of defrauding the printer.


sVThe Argus of Saturday had column
and half OF extracts from New York papers,
to show that the design of the Administration
is to prolong the war till after the Presiden-
tiai election. ii this Is Mr.. Lincoin's game
it must be confessed that he played it very
shrewdly when he appointed Gen. Mcclellan
TO the command of his principal army; much
more shrewdly than he did when he superse-
ded him by an active, fighting General.


sBrThe Kennebec Journal says it is a good
time, now the dusky steam-car runs frequently
between Augusta and Gardiner, +" for the three
sister cities to join hands in loving concord
and throw away every practice of bitterness,
jealousy and envy. There is no occasion for
incompatibility, even of temper, between these
cities, but they should be one in purpose, one
in influence, and then they cannot fail to be
one in prosperity" This is all as true as
preaching, but railway communications dc
not always tend to harmony of feeling or unity
Of interest.
Year: 1864

A NATIVE ARTIsT.-The Transcript has
an article on "Water Colors," complimentary
to Mrs. Elizabeth Murray, wife of the British
Consul for this port, from which we clip the
following:


We have recently seen some specimens OF
the skill OF young lady OF this city, in this
new branch of art, which are decidedly en-
couragings We have had occasion heretofore
to allude to some elegant wreaths aud crosses
of autumn leaves in water-coiors furnished to
fairs for benevolent purposes by Miss Julia
Furbish. She has now, under the guidance
of Mrs. Murray, attained Il proficiency in
sketching the human face, and in the use of
colors, which We do nor think is excelled by
many American artists - certainly by none
who work in water-colors. She has copied
and filled out an unfinished sketch by Mrs.
Murray, entitled "The Gipsy Cigar Girl" A
roguish, laughing face full of arch vivacity,
but not without touch of untamed passion
that startles you. The whole power and in
tensity of the original is transferred to the
copy with marvellous fidelity. Miss Furbish
has also finished portrait of a lady friend,
which shows the same power to sketch from
life as to follow the copy Of teacher: 1t is
not only a striking likeness but has great
merits as an original work Of art. We trust
these are but the first fruits of brilliant ar
tistic career in new field, where the laborers
are now few.
Year: 1864

YOUTHS HISTORY OF THE REBELLION.


This work is by the author of the Pioneer Boy"
and several other works of that kind, and Is the
most interesting history Of the rebellion for youth
that has been published. 1t Is entirely reliable
matter OF history, and inspires the young with true
patriotism and desire to see the country restored
to peace, the basis Of freedom and universal JUS
tce The style of the work is such to interest the
young reader and leave lasting and beneficial i'm
preston. 1t is published by Walker, Wise & Co,
Boston. For sale in this city by Bailey Noyes.
Year: 1864




Our first camp iu the Umpqua Val
ley was beautifully located on the
south bank of the river upon broad
stretch Of prairie dotted here and there
by abrupt bluffs, crowned with a
heavy growth of timber. Just at tho
foot Of one of those hill forests lay
our camp, and spread over the ground
with no protection or covering save q
blanket these rough pioneers and adj
venturcrs lay in as much ease and en-
joyment as if in palace, and upon
the best of beds. Our frugal evening
meal was scarcely over when dark
ness almost impenctrable closed
around US and rain began to fall in
torrents. Woll habituatcd to all such
annoyanccs, the larger portion Of the
company wore soon soundly sleeping
Indifferent to rain, Indian wars or
other trihes. But two Of tho party
had imagined something terrible about
to happen, and their fears drove sleep
from their eyes and sense from their
heads. They lay only a few feet
away from Captain Nesmith, and
when they supposed him sleeping
indulged in sundry structures upon his
carelessncss in conducting a force of
so much importance and SO little
strength through an enemy's country.
Both were Lieutenants, elected by
vote Of the volunteers before leaving
Salem, and both felt the responsibility
of thcir stations. Darius was the
more valiant Of Of tho two, but Jones
was not much his Inferior aud after
having fully canvnssed tho careless
ness of allowing tho whole company
to go to sleep without single sentry
on duty, their fears went back to
the Indian we had seen in the NOR
ming in such outlandiih guise. From
the Indian thoy came rapidly to the
hard night and favorable opportunity,
and as they turned the subject over in
their minds their apprehensions al


most became realities and they pic
tured the whole neighborhood in ruins
the inhabitants and our little band all
slaughtered, and the triumphant saw
ages dancing over our scalpless heads,
while our little clocks Of hair" orna-
mented the belts of our sanguinary
foes. To such wild extremes did thoir
vagaries run that they soon sat up
and began pcering out into the bleak
night with the evident expectation of
discovering lurking foe somewhero
in the vicinity. The wooded bill STAN
Year: 1864

THIN SKINNED PEopLE.-Occasionally
one meets with individuals whose moral
cuticle IS as sensitive as the leaf Of the
mimosa. Every random conversational
shaft is, in their estimation, as palpably
intended for them, as was the arrow la
beiled "for the right eye of Philip" for
that morarch's dexter optic. 1t is pain
ful to be in the society of such people.
One is afraid to speak, lest he should
hurt feelings that are always on the qui
uire to be hurt. Censure fault common
to the race, and your thin skinned &C.
quaintancc at once appropriates the strict.
ure. In vain you generalize-.he focal.
ICES the focal point being self. Con.
science has, in some cases, its share in
bringing homo q casual expression to the
business and bosom OF an individual
but egotism and conceit are. we believe,
at the bottom Of good deal of the NOR
bid sensitiveness one encounters. a man
or woman must be very vain who imag4
ines that his or her particular weakness
is a matter of sufficient Interest to society
to provoke its continual ridicule. BE as.
sured, ye of the tender moral epidermis,
that most Of the expressions at which
ycu take umbrage would have been utter
ed though you had never beea born the
world has something else to do than to
make caps to your measure, and if, by
chance, you come across one about your
size, don't suppose it was got up specially
for your caput-thetc are plenty Of
heads that it will fit besides yours. The
best way is not to put it on.
Year: 1864

Not the Least Interesting in the Fair.


large banner, with appropriate inscription. marks
this stand which extends along the whole length OF the
left side OF the first section Of the building The nscrip
to the effect that the contributions there displayed
from the Metropolitan police Of New York. amounting
in the aggregate 20 the sum OF - 900 This
tion comprises the stalls OF Mrs. w. II. Mcvickar and
Mrs J. X. Warren who win offer for sale all kinds OF
gentlemens furnishing The assortment they have
on hand is large and complete in every department OF
masculine necessities In this probationary e Mrs. Sid
ney Ashore takes charge OF the lower end Of the STALL


where she displays collection Of cunning toys
that win the little to open their eyes and the
'.parents' - purse at the time The contributions
Of the Metropolitan police worthy Of all
or the decorations OF this section only say that
they gotten up with great taste and elegance On either
side Of the stall pastoral piece Is hung curious.
ly worked in CLOTH representing woods, streams.
flowers, &C. The eject In the distance is enchanting,
especially under the influence OF the lights which fash
from above through calcium conductors and other bril-
liant refecors grand pavilion OF American flags covers
the whole sand in which have the usual ornamental
tion or rifles. bayone, trumpets swords, shining
teens &c. The arms OF Rhcde Island stand out boldly
relief in the CENTRE and look proudly down upon the
gay scene below
Year: 1864

. He tall OF the leaf Is whisper to
the living.


BETTER be the forgotten than the
t fergeJM wife.


PLAIN words make the most ornamen-
\ ted sentences.


F FRIENDSHIP which flows from the
heart cannot be frozen by adversely, as
the water that flows from spring does
not CONCEAL in winter.
The labor Of the body relieves US
from the fatigues of the mind-and this
it is that forms the happiness of the
[ poor.


IL good society we are required to do
| obliging things to one another ; in gens
teel society, We are required only to
say them.


INDIGESTION and Industry--Two
things seldom found in conjunction.
THE mind, ike the body, wearies
/. more from the want Of action, than from
excess of it.


IDoL-What many worship in their
own shape, and would be ashamed to do
80 in any other.


ToNGUE-The mysterious membrane
that turns into sound, Drink IS its oil,
eating is its drag chain.


THE worst education which teaches
sslf-denial, is better that the best which
teaches everything else and not that.


THERE are calumnies that kill wo-
man, but do only a sli ght injury to men,
as certain reptiles kill with poison in
the warm months, and only wound in
the cold ones.


AN Englishman is never happy but
when he is miserable, Scotchman
never at home but when he is abroad,
and Irishman never at peace but when
he is at war.


A PERSONS secrets, like the figures
upon the magic porcelain of the Chinese,
are invisible when the vessels are empty,
but apparant when they are filled with
liquor,


THERE is a thread in our thoughts
rs their is pulse in our hearts; he
who can move the other knows how to
feel:


The gentle tendrils Of a woman's
heart sometimes twinc around a proud
and sinful spirit like roses and honey
suckles around lightning rod, clinging
for support to what brings down upon
them the blasting thunderbolt.


HYPoCHoNDRIA--The imaginary
nalady with which those are attacked
who have no real ones


We do not die wholly at our death
We have mouldered away long before.
Faculty after faculty, interest after
interest, attachment after attachment
disappear We are torn from ourselves
while living; year after year see us no
longer the same, and death only con-
signs the last fragments of what We
were to the grave.


The King of the Belgians was very
anxious for his son to marry the daugh-
ter of the Emperor of Brazil, but the
Count de Flanders did not like to give
up being Belgian bachelor, for the
post of being Brazilian Benedict.


The Chicago Post rather likes and thinks
the country will certainly approve General
Grants style OF removing noncombnttants
A few days before the battle of Chattanooga
the rebel commander, Bragg, sent to Grant
flag of truce advising him that it would be
prudent TO remove non combattants who might
still be in Chattanooga. Grant made no
reply, bnt proceeded 10 remove the rebel COM
battants, so that non combattauis might remain
without imprudeuce
Year: 1864

When was about forty years of age
took command of the ship Petsrsam. She
vas an old craft, and had seen fall as
much service as she WAS capable Of seeing
with safety But her owners were willing
to trust valuable cargo in her,so | would
not refuse 10 trust myself. We were
bound to Liverpool, aud nothing unusual
happened uu,il about the eighth day out,
when we ran foul of small iceberg: 1t
was early in the morning, before sunrise,
and not above six or eight feet of ico was
above the wafer, il having nearly all been
melted in the warm region of the gulf
stream. did not think we had sustained
mnch injury, for tho shock was light but
was very angry, aud gave the lookout
a severe punishment, without stopping to
inquire whether he could have seen the
berg in time 10 escape it.


My cabin boy was named Jack Withcrs.
He was fourteen years of age, and this
was his first voyage. l had taken him
from his widowed mother, and had prom
ised her that | would see him we'll treat
ed, that was, if he behaved himself. He
was bright, quick, intelligent lad. |
soon made myself believe he had an awful
dipsositiou. / fancied that he was the
most stubborn piece of humanity / had
ever come across. l made up my mind
that he had never been properly governed
and had resolved to break him 10. told
him I'd curb his temper before I'd done
with him. In reply he told me that !
might kill him if liked and ! nogged
him with the end Of mizzon top gallant
halyards till he could hardly stand.
asked him if he'd got enough, and he told
me might fog him more if | wished to-
felt strong inclination to throw him
overheard, but at the moment he stag.
gered back against The mizzen.mast from
absolute weakness, and left him to him.
self. When reasoned calmly aboat the
boys disposition, was forced to acknowl
edge that be was one of the Smartest cd
most intelligent and faithful lads hal
ever seen. When asked him to do any
thing he would be off like a rocket; bu
when roughly ordered him TO do it, tbsr
came the disposition with which l found
fault,


One day, when it was very near nosu,
Year: 1864

The Memorial Diplomariqas makes itself
responsible for the extraordinary state
ment that at a recent Cabinet Council
on the Danish question, Queen Victoria
rose from the table declaring that she
could come to no decision without con
sulting with Prince Albert, retired into
her closet, and on emerging, announced
that the Prince was hostile to any act
of war by England.


This unmistakable proof Of mental
alteration is said to have determined
Lord Palmerston to urge the abdication
of the Queen; and the fact that, instead
of joining his mother at Osborne, the
Prince Of Wales has gone with his
princess to St Leonards, is interpreted
as an in dicatiOn that Edward VII is
preparing to mount the throne and to
inaugurate new foreign policy in the
affairs of Great Britain.


1t is certain that the present attitude
Of the English Government cannot long
be maintained if England is to keep
her place as a power OF the first rank
and if the abdication Of Victoria is a
necessary preliminary to vigorous and
honorable action on the part OF Great
Britain, that abdication Is likely to be
insisted upon and accomplished with no
delay.
Year: 1864

On the 22d ult there was q crowded
meeting in Dublin Of Irishmen. who
were called to assemble and protest
against "the recent vote Of the CorpO-
ration Of Dublin, by which College
Green has been assigned away to King
William Ill and Prince Albert and the
statue of Henry Grattan excluded there
from for ever


There was a jolly row, and not Tam
many Hall in its widest moments has
been the scene Of greater confusion.
The Fenians burst on the stage. pos
sessed the house, and tIiumphed over
all their enemies.


The London Times thus sums. up the
affair.


The Fenian Brotherhood have gained
their first victory ON the sacred soil of
Ireland From all the Northern States
OF America the eyes Of the expectaut
Irish may now be turned to the spot
where, amid the din Of conflict and the
shouts Of victory, the green nag has at
last been uniurled The long-promised
invasion has come off The wrath Of
millions, so long nursed and so success
fully kept hot, has at last blazed forth.
These Irish who, whether in Ire
land, or England or America, must
always have somebody to hate and
something to charge with all that goes
wrong with them may at last welcome
the arrival of the day when they may
appear as invaders and conqucrOrs in
the old cities Of the Celt. Further. IL
must now be announced, with horror
and dismay, that after a terrible and
enduring conflict, the Fenian Brother
hood have made themselves masters OF
one Of the principal public buildings
Of the City OF Dublin.


Whether the invaders came direct
from America we cannot tell, for. al
though il was remarked that the Fed
eral American uniform was worn among
them, that may possibly be accounted
Tor by engagements entered into on
this side the Atlantic However that
may be, whether the uniform was the
mark Of a prudent desertion and an
igDominious fight or Of honorable dis
charge combined with an equally hon
orable poverty, OF whether the smart
coat was but bravery bought with a
bounty to be earned hereafter, there it
was. That long-expected American
uniform appeared in Dublin, and II
there were any powder IN the lrish
magazine now was the time Ter it to
explode.
Year: 1864

INCIDENT OF Tue MISSOURI REBEL RAID.
During the recent advance Of the rebels
towards Jefferson City, young man in
charge Of store near Beuf Greek Bridge
was subjected to a novel mode Of treat.
ment by the invaders, and one not alto.
gether agreeable to person Of strong
temperance proclvities. Two rebel horse
men first dashed into the town and called
at the house Of Colonel Reese. Their
summons was answered by young lady,
ard to their inquiries as the whereabouts
Of the Colonel she replied that he had left
for Washington two days previous. They
intimated that they had important bust
ness with him, and after stating who and
what they were, bowed gracefully to the
young lady and dashed away. They then
proceeded to the store of which the young
man alluded to had charge. After few
words Of conversation they asked him
who he intended to vote for, aud he re-
piled tina; he thought favorably of Nc
Clellan. They responded 10 the effect that
they hoped he wouldn't do any such
thing; that they preferred to have Lin
coin elected that they "knew Lincoln
WIS u-u IOOi, out ulun KNOW 80 wen
about Mcclellan" that he might be
smart man, and that the South might not
be SO sure Of success under him as under
Lincoln. Having expressed themselves
in substance as above, they called for
whisky, and liberal supply of the article
vas brought forward. Of which they par
took freely. Every time they drank, how
ever, they insisted on the young mans
joining them and drinking an equal quan-
tity with them. Not being accustomed
to such strong potations, the young man
soon fell into a state Of Inconsistencies,
and while in that condition his rebel vis-
itorS took their departure. AS soon as
they were out of sight, a few Of the lady
friends Of the young man came to his res
cue, and finally succeeded in restoring
him to consciousness. He had barely
become sober, however, before another
party Of rebels dashed into town and sub
jected him to like mode Of treatment,
and after them another party, SO that for
a period OF four days he was kept dead
drunk for the great portion of the time.
He relates his experience now with q
great deal Of sober earncstneSs.
Year: 1864

THERE never was, says the Sonora
Democrat, in the history Of the country,
such class Of blood. thirsty fanatics as
now rule the nation. They possess none
of the fine feelings Of human nature
their ears are deaf to the cries Of distress
and misery they have no compassion
for the poor and oppressed of the land
Their sole delight is in blood and carnage,
rapine and devastation. They read with
delight the accounts Of the wanton de-
struction of the homes Of helpless women
and children in the South by our soldiers
gloat over the tidingS that thousands Of
our fellow. beings have gone down amid
the carnage of battle, and hold high car
nival at the recital Of the revolving acts oI
negro regiments turned loose upon I'M
protected, dvfenceless women. The ma
tion is drunk with blood - madness has
seized upon the people = their hearts are
turned to stone. o, when shall reason
and humanity hold sway once more in ouT
unbsppy land!
Year: 1864

Ifit necessary in order to clear the case of the
Supreme Court, the Legislature should abolish all
such offices as Justices of the Peace, &c.-Confed
crate.


Tho Editor of the Confederate is lawyer, and
ought to know that the Legislature has no power
to abolish the Office ofJustice of the Peace These
officers are constitutional officers, and hold their
places during good behavior.


But the Confederate to crafty its DestructiUe pro
pensties and to PROSTATE the State at the feet of
Confederate power would evidently be gratified to
see the Supreme Court itself abolished Courts,
and civil law, and lawyers are in the way. They
embarass the progress ofthe "powers that be to su
pre- me dominion. The people are already subjugs,
ted. Patronage, and conscription, and impress
ments, and the bayonet have done that; and now,
when thereis only remnant of freedom left consti-
tutonal offices must be abolished, and if the Courts
cannot be abolished, they must at least be tied
up by "clearing" them of cases. so that they
may exist only as matter Of form. Call you this
liberty Is it for this that our State is suffer


ing and enduring what no State ever suffered or
endured beforef


Every step made by such papers as the Csnfed'
crate towards the destruction of civil liberty
furnishes an additional argument in favor of pea CO.
Give US peace and liberty will revive and live again.
Give us peace, and D estructiveism will die. Give
us peace, and our people will once mole be free'
prosperous, and happy.
Year: 1864

CoNFLICr-GEN MARTIN IN BUSINESS The
last Salisbury Watchmqn contains an advertisement
signed By James W. Wilson, Engineer and Super
intendant of the Western N. Railroad, in which
he states that special order No. 16 from Brig Gen.
Martin, forbidding the shipment of farm products
from the Western part of this State, ais unwar.
ranted by any power given him by Congress-
& that freight this Road will be shipped as here.
tofOre"-and that agents will obey orders issued
by no one except the President or Superintendent"


We are not informed Of the reasons which have
influenced Gen. Martin in this matter but what.
ever they may he, he is bound to respect the civil
law. We take it for granted that every bushel of
grain in the Western counties is needed to support
the people in that section and if any of this grain
is being sent to Salisbury to be distilled into whis
key, cannot blame the General for stopping it by
the strong hand We learn that three hundred
bushels grain are consumed per day, by the gov
ernment dstillery at that place, in making whiskey
If this is So we hope the Legislature will take steps
at once to abate this distllery as a nuisance and
curse to the people.