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Year: 1861

The Republicans have been very
anxious that there should be but one
ticket in Ohio this fall. They even
offered 10 drop their name and unite
with the tory Democrats, in order to
avoid, by fusion, the overwhelming
defeat awaiting them at the polls
They now have a chance Of proving
their sincerity by supporting the can
didates of the Union Democracy
They are men to whom no exception
can reasonably be taken, known as
they are to be honest and capable
Again, they are men who are deeply
imbued with a love for the Union as
it existed under the happy admin:stra.
tions OF Washington, Jackson and
Harrison. The platform on which
they stand is equally unexceptionablo
aud meets with the approval Of good
Union men everywhere. Now, then,
let these patriotic Republicans make
no nominations, and support these
men with whom thoy can find nc
fault, and we shall indeed have buI
one party, and that a Union Party
HnlsbMougk Gazette,
Year: 1861

The First Chapter of the Chronic


CleS of John, whose Surname


is Marshall.


/. And il came to pass in the fourth
year Of the reign of James the third,
whose sur name was Buchanan, that
a new ruler should be appointed ; for
many of the tribes had declared that
they would not have James to rule
over them.


2. And iHasmuch as the people Of
the provinces were much divided in
sentiment, about who should be the
ruler of this great nation, a portion
of them met together at a city in one
of the provinces Of the South, and
they could not agree and they sepa-
rated, the one from the other.


8. And it came to pass soon after.
ward, that the people of the North,
who had not had ruler of their own
peculiar views for many years, and
who were exceedingly anxious to be
fed at their masters crib, held a great
meeting in one OF the northern prov.
irces, in city called in the original
tongue Chicago.


4. And it was so, that they chose &
man to rule over them who was ia.
nous in bis day and held in great es,
timation ; because he lifted up his AK
upon thick trees ; and on the sixth
day of the eleventh month the people
cast lots, and the lot fell upon Abra.
ham, whose surname was Lincoln.


5. And when the people OF the
Southern provinces found that a bra,
ham was chosen, they@ecame very
wroth and it was so that their wrath
could not be restrained.


6. And they said, one to another,
90 to: lot Us separate from the people
Of the North /; and let US make king
from among our brethren, and let us
not bow our uecks to the yoke oil
Northern Abolitionism.


7. For it was so in those days that
the people of the south country had
servants Of the seed of Ham-whom
they born in their houses and bought
with their money; ard this circum-
stance was a cause of strife for many
years between the tribes who dwelt
in the North and the Tribes Of the
South.


s. For in the days of George, whose
surname was Washington, the people
of the Northern provinces found their
climate too cold for the aonG or Ham
and they sold their brethren the seed
of Ham, because they were unprotita-
BILE unto them and they said, one to
another, let US serve ourselves with the
seed Of Japeth--with the Hiberians
and Gauls they are more near o.
kin-and will not be 80 hard to sub
due,
Year: 1861

If there is to be but one party, may
it not quite as we'll be a Democratic
as a Republican party


II there is to be but one ticket in
the field, may not that ticket be Sc
lec.ed quite as we'll by Convention
to meet on the 7th of August, as by
one to assemble Oh the 18th or Goth VI
Augusta


Democratic Party is quite as good
a name as Union Party. A mere
name or change ofname, does not eff.
feet the essential labor of thing
Names are nothing. "Conjure them
-Brutus will start spirit as soon as
Caesar. ."-EagIe.
Year: 1861

U Biting cartridge is the usual
way of tearing it topen. The Scientf-
ic American says, by filing the upper
edge of the handle of a fixed bayoner
until it is quite sharp, the soldier, in
stead of being required to bite his
cartridge, can rip it open neatly and
rapidly, by drawing its end upon tho
edge of the bayopet handle. All the
bayonets used in the army should be
filed as suggested the expense would
not be over one cent for each, while
the improvement would be of incal-
culable value if introduced into the
army,
Year: 1861

Sir The period for our Congressional
elections is approaching, and the crisis demand
ing representative men, eminently qualified
and recommended by experience, ability, and
answering fidelity to the interests Of the
South, adopt this method to inform you
tilut many gentlemen, in whose judgment and
intelligence you may well confide, earnestly dc
sire that you shall represent our Congressional
District in the Congress Of the Confederate
States. need not remind you that two of the
largest counties in the District you represented
so ably and faithfully in the Congress Of the
United States, are embraced in the new Dis
trict; nor is it necessary that | shall
inform the citizens Of the other coun
ties composing the present District, that
you we're the popular choice for re election in
the old District They have already learned
that fact from the public conventions held ir
the several counties Of the District. And
they also recollected that your Congressional
career had been so distinguished and satisfac
tory, that no opposition from any party OF
source, was contemplated. 7onr political
views and public service have been embodied
in the history Of the country, and approved
and accepted by your constituents. In conclu
sion, shall indulge the hope that you will
respect the judgment and desire OF your nu-
merous friends in the district, and through hou
the State. and announce yourself candidate
for election to the next Congress of the Conted
crate States. AN OLD CONSTITUENT.


September 10Th, 1861.
Year: 1861

The act of Congress, throwing open our
whole coast to the entry Of vessels, permitting
them to land their cargoes at any point "!th-
out regard to ports OF entry, iuiled to become
q law, not having been sent to the President
for his approval. This is very much to be re-
yre.ted: but we are assured the Government
will not object to vessels availins themselves
of the good intentions Of Congress, even II the
law did fail to receive the Presidents signature
Year: 1861

The resolution offered in the Senate to-day,
by Mr.. Foster, that Mr.. Wigfall be expelled
from the body, on the ground that he had dis
claimed all allegiance to the United States,
was postponed for further consideration to.
morrow. We do not understand why the Sen.
ator from Texas should be alone, of all the
Senators from seeding States, subjected to
this extreme measure. The most ultra dis.
union sentiments have been proclaimed all
through the session by Southern gentlemen,
almost without rebuke, and with no action
being taken in the premises. Senators from
six States have formally withdrawn from the
deliberations Of that body on the distinct
ground that their allegiance was due to States
which had seeded from the Confederacy, and
they arc still numbered among the members
Of the Senate. Mr.. Mason, in almost every
word which he utters, does not hesitate to avow
that the claims of his "honored State" upon
him are paramount to those Of the United
States and that he is doing all in his power to
break up the Union. We do not see why fish
should be made of one, and fowl Of another. II
secession is unconstitutional, they have all been
equally guilty, and all should be treated alike.


In our view, the question should have been
put distinctly to all the Senators who have left,
at the time of their leaving if this act Of theirs
was to be understood as their resignation Of the
office of Senator. If they refused formally to
resign, steps should have been taken to compel
their attendance on the body, and, in default
thereof, their seats should have been declared
vacant. The expulsion of poor Wigfall at this
late day, because he is less cautious in his Ian
guage than other Senators who hold to the
same doctrine, and who are much more dan.
gerous, would seem like flying at rather small
game and as he is greatly amusing, and withal
comparatively harmless, we are opposed to
giving him any greater notoriety, or e1alting
him into martyr.
Year: 1861

p% Ne regret to announce that Governor
Seward is suffering from an attack Of lumbago,
which confines him to his chamber. 1t is to
be hoped that the attack is temporary, and
that he will return to his official duties in q
few days.
Year: 1861

The Southern secession papers are endeavor.
ing to impress the minds of the people of the
South with the necessity of military dictation
by forcing the meaning Of the Presidents in.
augural into declaration Of an intention 10
open an aggressive war upon the South. In
this they wilfully misrepresent both the words
and the intention of that document.


Mr.. Lincoln, as the executive head Of the
Government intends simply to fulfill all the
obligations which the people have imposed
upon him by his official oath, among which are
the execution of the laws, and the safe keep
ing of all property belonging to the United
States.


Now, suppose Mr. Lincoln were to do what
these crafty politicians wish, namely, give up
all claim to the United States property in the
seeded States, sanction the robbing of the
Mint, the firing upon the United States flag,
and other ouLrages, should we have Govern.
ment at all If the Government of the United
States is to exist any longer it must be by those
very means which Mr.. Lincoln points out in
his inaugural, and not bysanctioning treason.
If they do not suit the political leaders Of the
South, it cannot be helped the interests Of
the country are too vast and have been too
long enjoyed by all its citizens to permit them
to do otherwise than endorse the policy of the
inaugural.


If that policy is to bo made the pretext for
base politicians to ride roughshod over the lib.
critics and peace of the Southern people, and
they allow them to establish military despot.
ism over them, it is their business, not ours.
They must suffer, and when that suffering
comes, they will discover that in supporting
treason they have resigned their liberties into
the hands of traitors.
Year: 1861

Texas papers of the latest date report the
wheat crop throughout the State as unusually
promising, and an early and abundant harvest
is expected Some of the journals, with this
prospect before them, are making light of the
Republican predictions here, that starvation
must go hand in hand with secession.
Year: 1861

The Missouri Democrat, which rejoices that
q" the chair of the Chief Magistrate is filled once
more by a man and ruler" thus Significantly
alludes to contingency which will have the
effect of creating healthy public sentiment in
relation to one of the positions of the Presidents
inaugural:


"There is not an honest merchant in Mis-.
souri, that will not demand the rigorous enforce
ment Of the revenue laws, the moment foreign
merchandise begins to be smuggled across the
border from the free-trade cotton Confederacy.
Aye, the revenue laws as we'll as the fugitive
slave law will be executed, and every citizen
who is not at heart a rebel will at least give no
opposition to the Administration in the per.
formance of either task"
Year: 1861

are double, the stairs leading to the top
being between the walls the windows so
arranged that the light is not obstructed
by the stairs-you see the last story is
up ready for the dome proper, and yet it
must be sixty feet in diameter and some
thing over sixty feet above main roof Of
the capital building; look down there on
the grounds around the capital at the
masses Of iron yet to be used in Flushing
this dome. You say, $50 much weight
will crush the building" Well, it looks
like it and the only foundation We have
for our faith, is the assertion of eugiu.
eers, "That granite will stand SO great
pressure as to bear all this great weight
and have latitude still for all the extra
surges of winds and tempests. hope
their conclusions are drawn from right
premises, SO that the goddess of liberty,
that is to be placed on the top of the
dome, will have a sure foundation.


Going down Pennsylvania Ave-ue, af.
ter leaving the capital, we were accosted
by two Of the members of the Syracuse,
N. Y. regiment, asking for little money
to buy something to eat. We cnquircd
into their necessities and heard the
common story, "Their commissary had
not made provision in advance for his
regiment, but coming with them, instead
of day or two ahead, and being entire
ly new 10 the business, the regiment suf.
fers for provisions before he can begin to
supply them with rations" There has
been good cause for complaint from our
volunteers in too many casses, but the
General Government has made ample
provision and is not the guilty party
Too many of the commissaries receive
their appointments, from the several
States, through and for political influence
merit and fitness for the place are too
seldom considered in making appoint
ments to public affairs. / would sooner
look for good commissary among hotel
and steamboat stewards, than among po-
litical aspirants, whose only qualifications
were influential friends. | hope all
commissaries will take the hint from
this, and, if there is any business tact
in them-havc their acquisitions ready
aud properly authenticated to present to
the proper department on the arrival of
their regiment LoRzo.
Year: 1861

June


The rebel Congress will never meet in
Richmond. 1t is the fixed determina-
tion of the Government to have possess
sion Of that hotbed Cf secession before
the Fourth of July. No less than nine
ty thousand freemcn of the North, strong
with the consciousness of fighting for a
right cause, and amply provided with all
the requisites for successful warfare, will
be moving towards the capital of the
illfated Old Dominion in less than two
weeks, and sweeping the last vestige of
treason from this side of James river, ere
the people of the loyal States will unite
in celebrating the national anniversary.
OF the ninety thousand, thirty five thou
sand will push onward from this point
towards the Blue Ridge, to meet the
rebels in battle should they attempt to
dispute thsir advance, and cut off the
retreat of their secession forces at Har-
per's Ferry. Twenty thousand will in
wade Virginia soil under General Patter-
son, from southeastern Pennsylvania -
Twenty thousand, under Gen. McClel-
land, will cut their way towards Win
chester and Strasburg: and fifteen thou
sand, under General Butler, aided By a
naval force, will gradually make their
way up James river.


! General McClelland will not trace the
windings of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad after concentrating his forces at
Grafton, but will follow the turnpike
from that point to Winchester. A strong
force will be collected in Western Vir.
ginia, in addition to the corps d'armee
of General Sherman, for the protection
Of the Unionists in that section and di-
versions towards the southwestern por.
t!on of the State.


The control of the railroad extending
from Richmond via Lynchburg, across
southern Virginia, through Tennessee, is
said to be one of the main points Of Gen
Scotts plan for the summer campaign
With its possession, and the occupation
of Memphis, secession in Tennessee will
soon be crushed out.
Year: 1861

The Slavepen Cavalry captured 1t Al
exandria, remain at the Navy Yard on
board a steamer. They don't talk like
enemies. They declare they we're great
ly mistaken in regard to the feeling os
the North.


Had they understood it, they would
never have taken up arms against the
Government. Some wish to join tho
United States service. Several, among
them the Captain, profess themselves Un.
ion men at heart, but were forced into
their unwilling position.
Year: 1861

Fort Sumter. He Furthermore says, and
as high officer at the head of the War
Department, the iAtimation had a mark
ed official significance, that he would
prophesy the capture Of Washington, for
certainly no sane man could ever suppose
that he expected to have the Confederate
flag float over the Capitol at Washington
without first driving out the Federal gov
ernment, and this could not be done
without carrying the war to that city.
Furthermore, if it should ever float over
Fanueil Hall, it could only be BY the sub.
jugation of Boston, to say nothing Of any
other portion Of the North. The Pro-
clamation of the President of the United
States was not issued until three days
after the attack upon Fort Sumter, aud
yet in the face Of such facts as these, our
Southern friends say We are making uu-
holy and wauton warfare upon them
We ask them in all candor, if it would
not appear upon the psge Of history one
of the most cowardly things in the world
to see free people tamely allowing their
government to be driven from place and
power without au effort to sustain it?
Year: 1861

A SOUTHERN PRoPHEcY.-In less
than sixty days Abe Lincoln will be an
object Of curiosity. With ball and
chain on his leg he will be engaged at
his old business-one for which he is 20
we'll adapted-of mauling rails on the
plantation Of some southern planter
Columbus (Ky.) Crescent
Year: 1861

We hear from Washington that the most
recent OdVlces from nearly all our Ministers
abroad give more cheering information than
has yet been received concerning the temper
aud disposition of foreign powers with refer.
eHce to the United States and Ihe rebellion we
are engaged in suppressiDg.
Year: 1861

This popular Minister arrived here last week
nm his way to the seat Of war on the Potomac
4o .ct 90 Chaplain of tie Stanton Artillery in
accordance with the request OF that company
We are sorry to announce that his health is such
that he is compelled to forego his purpose to act
as their Chaplain. He arrived here last week,
and preached in this place on Sunday last, but
IN CONSEQUENCE Of his erteebled condition, was
forced TO abandon the idea of going to bis place
of purposed destination, and returned to his
home on Thursday lsst.
Year: 1861

OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCUPAL CHUKCH,


FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA.


THE time has arrived for the annual resumption of
i study in this Institution; but, as is known to the
public, the premises of the Seminary not in the
hands of it's authorities. 1t has been thought expe
dent therefore, that notice be given to all whom it
may concern, that as soon it shall please wise
Providence to restore the buildings their proper
control they shall be opened again for Theological
instruction and should that event be long postponed
that classes will be formed and a course commenced
elsewhere of all which due notice will be given
In the meanwhile it is hoped the former students of
the Seminary and those who may wish to join it for
the first tme will hold themselves In readiness to take
up it's sacred studies when opportunity is offered, and
even in larger of the proper spirit of their
work, because of the sad interruption.


WILLIAM SPARROW,
Staunton Oct 1861 Dean of the Faculty
.S-Papers friendly to this Institution will please
Oiv va this an insertion.
Year: 1861

enemy, in slave or other property, must furnish
proof by deposition taken before any Judge OF
the Confederate States, or commissioner Of his
court, or notary public-or if none of them are


in the county, then before a justice of the peace
The depositions, with the party's affidavit OF
ownership and loss, are to be placed on file in
the State Department for future action.
Year: 1861

For several months past, we have been able to
put out only halt sheet. This has been owing
altogether to the falling off of our advertising
patronage. We would have to double our rates,
if we kept up our paper to its usual size. If we
had suspended entirely when the war was com
menced, il would have been pecuniarily, far bet
ter for Us. We were induced TO keep it up in its
present reduced form, because we elt responsible
in some degree, to accommodate cur patrons, by
furnishing them the news In these exciting times.
And, from the large accessions that we have had
to our subscription list, since we have been pub
fishing half sheet, we have presumed that it
was the general desire OF our subscribers that
we should hold up, even with Ealf sheet.


Now that the beginning of another year has
just set in with the majority of our subscribers,
We desire to give fair notice that We do not ex-
pect to publish more than half sheet, during
the war. On account of the annoyance, indeed,
that it gives, to defray all expenses, being able
to collect comparatively nothing, we should pre-
fer, SO far as our interest is concerned, to sns
pend entirely, until the usual business of the
country is resumed.


With this notice, however we have concluded
to continue half sheet, to those who may
choose 10 continue their patronage. But we
must remind our patrons that We are in the
midst OF embarrassing times; and whilst we
Lave to pay cash, for everything necessary to
operate our business, not one fifth OF what was
due Us for the past year, from subscribers aud
advertisers has been raid.-Lerington Gazette.


As the above remarks of the Editor of the
Lexington Gazette in reference to his paper are
equally applicable to the Spectator" and the
country Press generally, We have inserted them
that our readers may know how seriously The
papers are affected by these war times.
Year: 1861

THE MINERAL WEALTH OF NORTH CAROLINA
vey Of some of the middle counties of the Old
North State, says that the developments OF nat
ural wealth are astounding:


"The coal fields are ample for all the South
the mining interests are of incalculabe extent
The auriferous ores are of wonderful richness
The siver and lead mines are not surpassed il
value by those eff any country, and yield zinc
lead, copper, silver and gold"
Year: 1861

PROMENADE CoNCERr.-Our readers must
not forget the Grand Concert tonight at the
Inauguration Ball Room. We understand that
number Of seats will be provided for the &C.
commodation of the public.
Year: 1861

TWENTY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS sAvED.-Nlr. Sr.dino has sold two millions of bottles of his lebrated Prepared Glue and it is estimated that each bottle saves at least ten dollars worth of bro ksr furniture, thus making an aggregate of twenty millions of dollars reclaimed from total loss by this valuable invention. Having made his Glue a household word, he now proposes to do the world still greater service by curing all the aching heads with his Cephalic Pills, and if they are as good as his Glue Headaches will soon vanish away like snow in July.
Year: 1861

GREAT DIsCovERy.-Among the most imper4ans of all the great medical discoveries of this age may be considered the system of vaccination for protection from Small Pox, the Cephac Pill for re- lief of Headache, and the use of Qunine for she prevention oi reVers, either of which is a sure speclnc, whose benehts will be experienced by suf tering humanity long after their discoveries Are forgotten.
Year: 1861

HUMBOLDT MINING REGIoN-This region
of country is attracting the attention of mi
ners, and many have left this county recently
to try their fortunes in hunting for the pre-
cious ores it is said to contain Gold, silver
and copper ores are said to abound in large
quantities, and are represented as of fabu-
lous richness. Such may be the case, but
certainly they are not to be found near the
river, as none of the indications" present
themselves to the eye of the traveller as an
outcrop, as the writer of this can testify from
observation made in 1859, during which sea-
son he, in company with many miners, and
not few whose knowledge of minerology
was respectable.


The generally barren and desolate state of
the country is well understood, there appear
ing nothing but brushwood and sage brush,
with here and there few stunted willows
near the bank of the river. High up in the
Humboldt Mountains, and in Thousand
Spring Valley, where this river has its origin,
there are some fine groves of Cottonwood, but
as the traveller descends all is changed
Whatever the labor of the miner will produce,
in this inhospitable country, will be dearly
got at any price.