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Year: 1861

& NE ! N - Il II y " M Il a N L.
That times very hard. and money very tight,
That the people have not 0Tk, and in bad plight
And that. for all extras, they must pass them by
Of this and other matters the people they complain.
Andt makes me feel sad TO see their faces filled with


pain =
Even if my money lose, they can share it awhile
All OF my Kitchen Goods Cutlery and Carpets as well;
Also, my CrUu6ery aud Glass Ware at discount am


selling,
With Broons and Bru hes, and everything, all cannot


be telling.
Therefore ladies and gentlemen, GUY upon this


invitation
For have full supply of House Furnishing Goods at


my Foetical Station
1t located in the Bay state Block, at the Poets



Here have good Stock of Goods, and CHEAP any,


upon nv honor.
Now coine and all bay your goods, and soon times


for better will change,
And money is little. 1t will hold out if you buy at


the Poetieal Exchange
And should my capital the end of the war be light
Why then here is energy and ambition wic is in tor the


fight.
Forliie is battle field and if do right my customers
And We can put flight hard times with one vigorous


sally.
And, in conclusion my customers thank for the favors
TINT past;
Also for those which receiving in the way of pat


ronage-may ii always last.
B.-The people respectfully invited to call at
the Poetical Exchange and examine my Goods, which
and Of the latest pattern.
-ieIg diff ORS0N n. HEATH.
Year: 1861

HANDSOME OrFER-Dr. LANCER in
formed the Mayor yesterday that he would
volunteer his services to the extent It attend.
Ing 70 the medical wants Of fifty families
Of men Who volunteer from this city. and that
he would do it free Of charge. II vas gener.
ous offer on the psrt Of the Doctor. and vas
thankfully ACCEPTED.
Year: 1861

SOLDIERS MlTTENs.-The recent call for
knit mittens for our men in the army is being
answered by many patriotic women. The
large number required Immediately makes it
necessary THAT there should be many hands
employed. They might answer good par-
pose, made of strong material, lined, and firm
ly stitched together. Those unaccustomed to
knit could in this way lend helping hand.
Will not some charitable, ingenious person
furnish pattern, and have it circulated
through the county, to facilitate the good
work? SOLDIERS FRIEND.
Year: 1861

NllrTErs FOR THE FIrrEBNrH.--We under
stand that the clerks in this city are taking
nleaspNs to procure yarn sufficient for two
huadred pairs of mittens, for the men of Col.
Deyens' regiment Some Of the ladies' of the
city will knit the mittens, and we presume
they will find fingers and knitting needles for
all che yarn that may be furnished them.
Year: 1861

I to be blamed? That there is diver.
sity of interest in the Union no one has


denied. That this is the case also in


every State, is equally certain; and that
| it even extends to the counties Of indi-


vidual States can be as readily proved.


Instance the southern and northern
parts Of Virginia. the upper and lower
parts of South Carolina. Have not
the interests of these always been at
variance? Witness the county of Fair
fax (that in which Washington and his
correspondent lived). Have not the
interests of the people of that county
varied or the inhabitants been taught to
believe so? These are well known
truths. and yet it does not follow that
separation was to result from this dis
agreement.


He would have the several districts OF
the Union adjust their differences on
these principles, and settle their contro-
versies by votes and not by arms, IN the
Union, not OUT of it. And he fore
warned the southern States that if the
eastern and northern States were dam
gerous IN the Union, they would not
be less so in SEPARATION. The voice
of warning and counsel had been un-
needed. and now the question has come
to a bloody arbitrament. May God
preserve the right. - Christian Times.
Year: 1861

SHERIDAN AND TIRE BooTs.-Sheridan
had always taste for the art Of du-
ping, and he had begun early in life;
soon after leaving Harrow. He was
srending few weeks at Bristol, and
wanted new pair Of boots but could
not afford to pay for them. Shortly
before he left he called on two boot
makers, and ordered Of each q pair,
promising payment on delivery. He
fixed the morning Of his departure for
the tradesmen to send in their goods
When the first arrived he tried on the
boots, and complained that for the right
foot pinched little, and ordered Cris-
pin to take it back at nine the next
morning. The second arrived soon
after, and this time it was the LETT loot
which pinched. Same complaint, same
order given; each bad taken away the
only pinching, and left the other be-
hind. The same afternoon Sheridan
lett in his new boots for town, and
when the two boot makers called at
nine next day. each with boot in hand,
we can imagine their disgust al finding
how neatly they had been duped.
Year: 1861

pass, both for himself and wife. from


the Secretary of War. through the in


tefgention Of the British Counsel. and


be had left the city when the fight oc-


Cured at Manassas on Sunday follow
ing. At the time Of the battle he was
so near the scene of action as to hear the
esnnonadfng. He took the cars from
to Petersburg. and from
thence travelled north on horseback and
in wagons, drawn for the most part by
oxen. His expenses for the journey, for
himself and wife, are sl95. Passing
through Maryland he found Secession
rampant. and he gives it as bis opinion
that there are more Union men in Rich
mond alone than in the whole of Mary
land.
Year: 1861

NEW YORK, October This morning Cap
tain Michael Perry, late commander of the
steamship Columbia, was arrested and sent
to Fort Lafayette on charge of being en-
ployed in the service of the rebels. The po-
lice have been searching for the Captain
since the oath of September last, but he man
aged to eyade them until this morning.


From the course adopted by the prisoner
during his stay in Charleston, in hosting the
Palmetto flag, aud from his conversation
subsequently, there appears to be but little
doubt of his completely with the rebel Gov
ernment
Year: 1861

WHAT THEY WILL REQUIRE-France will
need large amount of grain from this coun-
try, for her harvest has been very bad in
both quantity and quality, and, in conse-
quence, fresh meat, mutton particularly, has
risen nearly twenty per cent pound. Tho
French buyers are now IN the New York
market purchasing grain in large quantities.
In England the wheat crop is below the
average in quantity, and is deficient in
weight Both these countries will, there
fore, have to call upon the United States for
breadstuAs, and, fortunately, our harvest has
been an uncommonly good one, which,
joined to the very abundant crop of the
previous season, will leave US in condition
10 supply the demand which will be made
upon Us. This will not only keep up the
prices for farmers, but will also help 10 pro-
vide the country with coin necessary for war
purposes, and strengthen the Government
aud people in the struggle against formid-
able rebellion. There is vast deal of differ
ence in the ability to carry on war between
sending our principal crops abroad and hay
ing them shut up by blockade, and under pro-
hibition Of expectation, as is the case in the
rebel States.
Year: 1861

p ESOLVED THAT THE GOVERNOR, IN THE


~ event of the invasion of the State or if i'm his
Judgment, the State should be in imminent danger of
invasion before the next meeting of this General AS
semoly, bc authorized to call for companies Of volun
loeIS, and organize them into batt;ons and regiments
IN such manner as in his Judgment may be most cxpc-
dent for the defcncc OF tho Statc-Resolutons of The
last General AssenLIU
Year: 1861

Under the above resolutions / will receive conip,-
nies of infantry, with &C men, at the Fair Grounds in
Columbia and form them into Battalions and Rcei-
mcnts Immediately: Provided, they come with arms
such as they can procure fit for active service las |
can promise no arns) and supplied with four days
provisions. None need present themselves unless they
have arms They will be ordered orcport for DUTY to
the Confederate General commanding ut or near
Charleston and will be considered us enlisted for
special service reserve, for the defence of the
State Although they may be received into Conlcd-
crate service yet it will be under special passed
August 2l. 1861 entitled San act to provide for local
defence and special service"


In the present emergency it is Hoped that every
man will do his duty and act Immediately. Col f. w
McMastcr will be assigned the duty of receiving these
companies and organizing them at the Fair Grounds
All companies ready TO march for this rendezvous
will Immediately notify him at Columbia.


+. w. PICKENS
November Is
Year: 1861

NICE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN YANKEELAND.- The
Bsrnsnhle Patriot says:


Our people are suffering much from their inabil-
lily to sell their fish.


10 which the Boston Post ruefully reples


Our people are suffering from inability to buy
Year: 1861

brow and is a divine form of immortal youth and glory: these are golden Mlestones in our lives, and all our dusty paths lead backward to them, and from them the distances are marked upon our brows and hearts they are crowned with the transfgured Past-the angel and not the mortal Memory.

 But when we have the Great Milestones with their stone images of age and weariness and decay, the child that we leave, sleeping and smiling marble in the snow of the old man s bosom, steals from the arms of each and leaps before us, and presently we see far of, where the sun touches some night whence the breath of morning brings us the souls of diviner flow ears, the true Golden Milestone of our lives standing; and the the marble child, gleam- ing with glory and crowned with a sun wreath and lifted with wings, from the Great Milestone that marks the bettes years"

 An, the better years We the Milestones of the mortal ebb and flow of Time-we "let the dead Past bury its dead" We put our own dead beautiful and loved in that dead Pasts hearses, and still we move on and trust the smile and forget tears; and still

 "On the soul

 Bright from the hill-tops of the beautiful

 Burst the attained goal'-

 the Golden Milestone of our longing. And we learn the lesson that between Here and There is life, and that the Great NIilestones are but devices of the Way We are pilgrims batwann
Year: 1861

AN INFANTS SLEEP-Dr James Wilson, in paper upon "Afections of the Heart, ? read before the Royal College of Physicians, in London, indulged in the following sweet strain, in speaking of an infants sleep: " So motionless Is its sweet slumbers, that, in watching it, we tremble, impatient for some stir or slumber that may assure us of its life yet is the fancy of the little sleeper busy, and every artery and every pulse of it's frame en- gagged in the work of growth and secretion. Though his breath would not stir the smallest insect that sported on his lip-though his pulse would not lift the fower-leaf of which he dreamed, from his bosom; yet, following the emblem of tranquility into after life, we see him exposed to every climate-contend- ing with every obstacle-agitated by every passion and, under these various circumstan- ces, how different is the power and degree of the hearts action, which has not only to beat but to " beat time through every moment of a long and troubled life P
Year: 1861

+%tIA THOSE WHO ARE DETERMINED TO
x bravely do or bravely die, In defense OF the
Constitution and Of our country, are invited
TO tend the Shields Guard meetings, to DO held in
North Market Hall every evening during this and
next week.
Year: 1861

AN lMPRDMPrU ACCOUNT OF TIE SIECR or
SuMTER.-While the reporters were seated
at a table, busily engaged in transcribing
the various statemets they bad received
from the officers of Major Anderson's com
mand, an officer who had previously
stood quietly in the background suddealy
addressed them in most emphatic man.
ncr, Substantially as follows: "Gentlsmsa
of the press, ! earnestly entreat that yoa
will clearly set b. fore ear coun'rymen at
the North the fact that Fort Sumter was
not evacuated while there was o cartridge
- fire, or powder enough left to make one
with. Never did famished men work more
bravely than those who defended that
fortress, knowing, as they did, that If sue
cess:ully defended and h cid b. them, there
was not even a biscuit left to divide amoag
them. They never would have left it
while protecting wall stood around them,
had they been provide with provisions
and ammunition Every man was true and
faithful to his post, and the putlio may
rest assured that hunger and want Of Am,
munition alone caused US to leave Fert
Sumter. We were all exposed to most
terrible fire from all quarters, and it was
only by exercising the utmost caro- that
the officers were enabled tc preserve the
men from a terribls slaughter. Yos may
further state, gentlemen, that Fort Sumter
is hardly worth tho holding had there
been the full fighting complement Of men
within its walls, the fort would not hsvs
afforded suitable protection to one half of
them. The enemys shot rained in upon
and about US like hail, and more men in
Sumteriwould only have made more havoc,
As it was we are fortunate in having -.
capped without the loss ofo OF those brave
men who were willing to die for the dag
which waved over them. 1t was . painful
sight to all to see the Stars and StTipea
finally hauled down, but We all felt that
we had done our duty, and must submit
Tho fort was not surrendered, bot evo0r
ated almost upon our own terms
Year: 1861

How MAN LOOKS BEST. Street dress OF
ball dress 1t is thus discussed by writer in
"Backwood :" "1herc are men who are lords
of all they survey in morning costume, who hide
their diminished heads in the restraint of dress.
coat Is it too much to say that dress may
have something to do with the ease and savoir
aire of the grand mauner' The habit OF
changing from one costume to another, involved
in full alternate participation in all the pur-
suits and pleasures of london and the country.
must facilitate that feeling Of being one and the
same unGer all circumstances, so essential to
ease; while the practice of assimuaing every
garb to the idea Of self andestablishing feel
my of real ownership and mastery, goes far to
give composure, dignity, and even elegance to
the department. Joe Gargery is described o.
looking cowed and desponding in his Sunday
clothes they oppressed and overpowered him;
the clothes had, in fact, the ascendant. There
is no dress, however fantastic, however novel,
however HON, lyor gorgeous, that fine gcntle-
man will not subdue to an absolute subordina.
ton; nothing shall be able to hide or disguise
him he shall be supreme, able to cast off each
in turn, and be himself alike in al.s Thus not
only the taste and quality, but also the variety
of his costume, sets him off if he is master of his
own art"
Year: 1861

GARRIcK's STUDY or INsANIrY.-A worthy
man, whilst playing with his only child at an
open window, accidentally let it fall upon the
pavement beneath. The poor father remained
at the window, screaming with agony until the
neighbors delivered the child into his arms a
corpse! He instantly became insane, and from
that moment never recovered his understand
ing! He passed the remainder of his long and
wretched life in going to the window, and there
in fancy playing with his child, then appearing
to drop it, Immediately bursting into food of
tears, and for while filing the house with his
wild and unearthy sbrieks. He then became
calm, sat down in state OF profound gloom,
his eyes fixed for long time on one object aud
his mind intcnsly absorbed in the contempla-
ton of fearful image Garrich was often
present at this hcarrending scene Of misery,
and ''thus it was" he said "l learned to miute
madness"
Year: 1861

Too Tnur-When a rakish youth goes
astray. friends gather around him in order to
restore HIM to the path of virtue. Gentlencss
and kindness are furnished to win him back to
innocence and peace. No one would ever have
suspected that he had sinned. But when
poor coudding girl is betrayed she receives the
brand of society, and is driven from the ways Of
virtue. The betrayer is honored, respected,
esteemed, but there is no peace for her this side
of the grave. Society has no loving helping
hand for her, no smile Of peace, no voice Of
love. no voice Of forgiviness. These are earthly
moralites unknown to Heaven. There is deep
wrong 10 them. and fearful ara the oonsu.
qrcvces
Year: 1861

A WEIGH STEP. MoruER,-T is a story
narrated Ola Wrch weaver. that he could tell
by the look of the egg whether the bird would
be worth anything or not He reminds me Of
an old monk | heard Of who, on man passing
him, could tell whether he were an honest man,
or kuave, by the smell. But the Welsh
weaver was even more clever than this. He
could not only Judge Of eggs, but hatch
them A badger once carried off his setting
her, and no pumed nurse was near to supply
her place. The weaver thereupon took the
eggs Uhere were six of them) to bed with him,
aud in about two days ha,ched them all ! OF
this brood be only reared cock and hen
The cock was gallant bird, that used to win
hitches of bacon for his master at cock.6ghts ;
and the hen was as prolific as Mrs. Partlett
could desire. The result was, that they kept
their step mother, the weaver. in bacon and
eggs for many month and the two days
spent in bed were not so entirely thrown away
as might, at first sight, appear.
Year: 1861

A lover once wrote to a lady who rejected
him, saying that he intended to retire to some
secluded spot, and breathe away his life in sighs
To which the lady replied by enqniring wheh.
er they were to be medium or large size. The
man ha. not siuce been bearj frcm.
Year: 1861

There can be nothing more miserably unfortH-
nate, in the present alarming condition of the
country, than being obliged, TO great extent, 20
refer the difficulties between the North and the
South TO the members of the present Congress
The truth Is, the people have no confidence in
majority of those gentlemen. however distasteful
or disagreeable it may be TO them to hear it.


There IS to -day among the members such
spirit of dare e-devilism, OF want0n recklesness
of all consequences TO themselves, or 20 the ma
ton they represent, sometimes manifesting Itself
in trfng, AXE child oEan IDIOT, with the most
serious subjects, and sometimes in seeking a ma
licious revenge for some imaginary personal or
political grievances, that one might select from
group of inmates of the lunatic asylum on tie
other side of Charles river, set of men quite
likely to adjust the great question of the day.


Look at our own Representatives in the Senate
Ii is all very easy for Mr.. Summer, when he reads
the names of some fourteen or fifteen thousand
of his neighbors, asking andpraying him, as Their
Senator, 10 agree upon some terms for an ADJUST
ment of the quarrel now bring poverty and ruin
upon themselves and their families-it is perfectly
easy for him; snugly and comfortably seated in
his prlor, with no family TO care for, with nice
salary of three thousand year-easy enough
We repeat. for him 10 say with sneer, that this
is all gas''-all . wind.


Reverse the picture Give Mr. Sumner the
position of one of our merchants, struggling 20
sustain ms credit and gOod name; give lim the
place of the poor mechanic, with hls wife and
children crying for bread, out of employment, IN
despair for means of daily subsistence let him try
TO borrow a small sum for rent or groceries,
fuel, with which TO exc out cold, wretched win
ter, and perhaps try in vain; and our word for il.
the tone and sentiment of the Senator will change
at once. He win give up his war for sent
fnenf" He will be altogether willing that negro
should work as well as white man. A listle
practical experience in this troubulous and per
picking world is worth infinitely more than aii
the books in the British Museum


So of Senator Wilson, who gave gbled &C
count of the memorial from Newburyport- Lei
him come back, resume his trade, and provide for
his family, for one quarter, with his too long
neglected kit of tools and there would be no fer
of his treating their petitions and prayers for
settlement with contempt


We speak to-day in behalf Of thirty or forsg
thousand tcoTking men.-Bosfon Courier.
Year: 1861

Hon. HORACE HEFFsES-Sir: Upon re-examnation Of
the first of your friend, Col Walker find il stated:
''The offensive language Of which you complain Is not
specified Believing it my duty TO exhaust every effort
obtain honorable adjustment Of the matters in con-
troversy between before proceeding further. now
specify the charge substance which desire withdrawn
and which will prove satisfactory TO is the charge
that for the last two three years had been wading
deep in swamp land frauds and specusons in Jasper
county


My friend, Colonel Milroy will hand this to your friend,
Colonel Walker, and any communication you wish to make
10 me can be handed either To Col NJ. my friend, Mr.
Gordon, at l03 Spencer House


Yours, G. c. MOODY.
Year: 1861

The RARILY OF "GENrLEMEN. ."-Perhaps
gentlemen are rarer personages than some of
us think. Which of US can point out MANY
such in his circle? Men whose aims are gen
erous, whose truth is constant and not only
constant in.' kind, but elevated in degree,
whose want Of meanness makes them simple,
who can look the world honestly in the face
with an equal, manly sympathy for the great
and small? We all know hundred whose
coats are very well made and score who
have excellent manners, and one or two hap
py beings who are what they call in the
inner circles, and have shot into the very
center and bulls eye of fashion, but of gen.
Hemen how many? Letus take little scrap
oil paper and each make out his list-7Rdck-
CTdU.
Year: 1861

A clergyman in a country village desired
his clerk to give notice that there would be
no service in the afternoon as he was going
TO oGcidte with another clergyman. The
clerk, as soon as the services were ended,
called out, 81 am desired to give notice that
there will be no service this afternoon, as Mr..
man"