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Year: 1860

Hail to the roses, enclrcling the chaliceI


Hail to the ivy All hail to the vine
Abuse has peryerted-then whispered to malice,


There's woe in the goblet, and poison in wine.
With brows all encircled with garlands of vine
leaves, an


And lips we'll impurpled with kisses of wine
And fingers incarnedined- -blushing Of wine lees,


We twine new dance to the god Of the vine.
Hail to the god Of the thrysus and chalicei


We pledge him in blood that is almost divine
For who can believe such slander-but malice
, There's love in the goblet and poison in wine
Hail to tho god Of the vineyard we're singing


The rich breath Of Autumn's aroma of wine;
And while through the valley tho echo ia ringing


WON pledge new bowl to the god of the vine.
Year: 1860

We epublish to-day a letter from gentleman Of
Onsow giving his views relative to general poll
ties State and Federal. Our columns are open
to all who wish to express their views on the pres
cnt state ofthe country parties, provided they
will net impugn the motives of those with whom
they differ and will refrain from personalities
We wish to enlighten but not to excite, unneces-
sarily. the masses. We will not only most cheer
fully insert such articles but we solicit them from
all no would like to be heard, or who feel that
good would come of an expression of their views
III the present troublesome times. From whom
then shall we hear next
Year: 1860

A the South has taken in hand the arduous
task of correcting the Of Northern fanatics
on the negro question, would it not be well to
teach Northern sharperS lesson upon our reVe-
nue. system


Our merchants go North and buy goods, and
our laws say they shall pay tax into the State
treasury on the same, but Northern drummers
by thousa1dg food our country every season. ta-
king orders from our farmers and mechanics,
amounting TO thousands Of dollars, for goods and
merchandise, which they ship direct to them;
thus. not only deprivng our merchants of their
profits and running their business, but cheating
the various States out of 4 large anonnt Of re7e-
nue.. Now. would it not be wise in us to levy
a tax on all such fellows equal to the revenue thus
lost 7-if not equal to what we charge our own
people for a license TO peddlc


We have been Informed, upon good authority,
that the board Of commissioners in the town of
Portsmouth, Va, have led off in this matter and
now require all such sharpers to pay tax
Would it not be we'll for Newbern to follow their
exagnple7 Come, what say you? Examine your
!aygivers and see fits constitutional 1fit aint,
let our next Legislature make it so. BY examln-
ing the records at our Hottest, you will find that
from one to three hundred Of these Yankee drum
mcrS visit our town every season, ana II you levy
tax Of oily one dol ar on each, you at once IN
crease the revenue of the town from one to three
hundred dollars. which would be an item; but
put it at ten dollars and you have revenue of
from one to three thousand


At first thought, you may think this a matter
Of but little consequence, but if you will take the
pains to look into it a little, you cannot fail to
see that the suggestion is good one. Hundreds
Of our farmers trade direct with the Northern
merchants by shipping their cotton, turpentine
and other articles of export to them and getting
in return their groceries, clothing, &c. These
drumlucrs. while out here among our farmers and
business men, take memorandum of what they
want, and when they go home they go to work
aud ill the order and ship by the first vessel, and
when the crops have matured, receive the pro-
duets Of the farmer IN return. Thus monopdlis-
ing the mercantile business and robbing the
State treasury Of large amount Of its Legitimate
Year: 1860

maturely considered III well balanced mind
these sentiments cannot fail to meet fully the
unanimous approval of every high minded and
be said on this subject, for it is theme rich in
character and one which demands for its investi-
CATION men of the most cultivated intellects -
Therefore win submit these feeble and primeval
remaks to the perusal of the community, still la
boring under the most perfect convictions that
the principles which cherish are pure and just.


Very Respectfully,


Yours. &c,


C.. HUGGINS.
Onslnru Co 1SSQ
Year: 1860

1t will be recoected that adjourned meeting of
those favorable to a re-organizat of volunteer
system and the establishment of new companies will
be held at the Court House to o-morrow CTnursday)
evening. 1t is earnestly desired that all who We're
present at the first meeting we'll those who
were not attend tomorrow night as it is expected
that business of importance will be transacted No
citizen should STAY away.
Year: 1860

JOHN +. JONES, PROPRIETOR.


The undersigned respectfully announces to the
travelling public tn at he has taken charge of this old
and popular establishment, and is prepared to
accommodate travellers and private families with
board by the day month on the most accommeda
ting terms


His TABLE will always be furnished with the best
provisions that home and foreign markets afford


The Washington Hotel has large rooms, is nearer
the Depot the Court House and the business streets
than any other in the city.


An OMNIBUS will always be at the Depot and
Landing On the arrival of the and steamboat to
convey passengers to the Hotel free ofLr charge.


By stopping at this Hotel passengers will have
ampleti me to obtain meals.


Having also large and commodious Stable and
an excellent Ostler he is fully prepared to board
horses by the day, week or month at the most rea
sonable rates.


August 2wly JOHN F. JONES.
Year: 1860

CoLD WEATHER--A flat boat of slaves arri sed
on Monday. but before the hands engaged on the
tlt could get to the wharf they overcome with
cold and hailed boat and left the fiat in the river
Being on the water without fire, had they not been
taken off the probability is that they would have
persisted with the cold
Year: 1860

The newspapers of New York to which the
South owes peculiar debt for their course during
the John Brown excitement, are the New York
Express, New York Democratic News, New York
Day Book and New York Herald
Year: 1860

partnent of Literature. We sell as low as-and i'll
many cases, lower than-any other house in the
country; and with every book of the value of one
dollar more, present some useful Gift without
extra charge
Year: 1860

THE Manner OF MR. STEWARDS DEATH.-
The immediate cause of Mr.. Stewards death
was not stated correctly yesterday. His
companion had laid his gun in the bottom
of the wagon. covered with buffalo robe
Mr.. Stewart, standing at the rear OF the
wagon, was putting his gun in, stock hrst'
when it struck the hammer of the other gun,
diseharging it. The charge passed through
the buffalo robe and the body of the wagon
before it entered his own body.
Year: 1860

MANS TRUE SmlEHE.-Ada Clarke, u pleasant
lady correspondent Of the New York Saturday
Press, give her ideas of the true sphere of man.
It is rather sarcastic, and we suspect, intended
rs a buresque on strong minded womcn's no
tions and teachings. It's worth reading:


:" confess that though often admire The wri-
tinps Of men, it always pains ne 10 see man cX-
posing himself to general remark and to the gaze
Of women, by thus coming publicly forward.
The sacred precinct Of home is the true sphere o!
man. Modesty, obedience, sobricty, are the true
male virtues. We love to see the sweet male
violet hidden under domestic greens. mean
not to say that men have never succeeded in
writing but compare them with the great mis-
frcsscs Of art and where are they ? Echo answers
Gone out for horn in case OF fire. keys may
be found next door, There is something cncm-
mate in the literary or artist man, that our sex
repudiatrs We do not want him to be too hi shly
educated we want him sweet, gentle, and thick
ekulled There are many things he can learn
with impunity. He should learn the multiplica-
tion table, for instance. lie should learn to read.
also, because the works Of Mrs Sherwood, r. $.
Arthur and the publications Of the American
Tract Society, should sometimes begule his gen
tie hours but above all things in his education.
let not the sacred dumping be neglected. DO
not suppose | would keep the man in ignorance
but wy puzzle his BRAIN built for the cultivation
of the moral seuse with such abstruse sciences
as geography, history, grammar, spelling, gaug-
ing etc.


II must not be supposed we do not love men
in their proper sphere We are willing to love
cherish aud protect them. But we do not want
them as rivals-we wish to be able to unbcnd to
them. Their strength must lie in their weakness
When We take them under the wing OF our love,
let them not take to growing.


Let no prOanc woman suggest that men have
- right to enter the arena OF the arts, ia proper
ton as they exhibit capacity for them. | will
Indignantly ask what capacity has to do with
sphere? | will brand her us a dangerous radical
il she say that whatever nature has fitted him &c
do she eXacts Of him. ! will ask her if She means
10 say that these things are to be managed on 50
low scale as that Of nature aud truth? We
want all Our men alike to the least atom, and all
Of them stepped in the kitchen to the very lips"
Year: 1860

THE CALIFORNIA SYOD AND THE SABBATH
The Synod of Upper California, whose scs-
sion was held in San Francisco has Just
closed. The following in reference to the
Sabbath was adopted by unanimous vote of
the Synod:


"Your Committee on Sabbath Observance
report that the Sabbath continues to be
desecrated, as in years past throughout the
State. They would have changed Gods
holy day into holiday, and even many
Christians, insensibly yielding TO the pre-
Willing tendency, do not hallOw it as its ga
credness demands, nor as their spiritual in
terests require.


We believe that this disregard of the
Sabbath is one of the greatest barriers
against the promotion of morality and re-
ligion among the people; that il neutralizes
q large share of our Christian efforts, and
that it is fatal to our social, commercial,
and national prosperity.


To counteract this evil, we recognize


l. The duty of every Christian TO set be-
fore the world the example of a Sabbath
kept strictly holy.


2. The duty of every Christian minister
to give the subject of the Sabbath special
attention in his pulpit m:nistrations.


8. The duty of the Government to pro-
tect the people in their right to the enjoy
ment of quiet and peaceful day of rest
from secular labor.


4. The duty of every friend of the Sab
bath to USE every legitimate influence to Sc
cure the election of such men to the Legis-
lature as will restore to the people the right
of which they have been unjustly deprived.


We also recommend that this Synod, in
conjunction with the Congregational Asso-
citation OF California appoint committe to
act in concert with similar committees ap-
pointed by other religious bodies in this
State, in devising measures for securing the
passage, by our Legislature, of a law for
the protection of the people of this State,
in their right to the enjoyment of the peace
and rest appropriate to the Sabbath day"
Year: 1860

would not kiss the sweetest lip


Unless il kissed me, too;
As well fr m the young rosebud sip
The mornings clear cold dew.
Nor clasp hand, though soft and warm
Unless it pressed mine own;
Id rather love the perfect form


Carved out of Parian stone.
would not worship eyes though bright
And beautiful they be;
Unless they bend their living light
On me-and only me
| would not love a form that heaven
Itself hath stamped divine,
If but dreamed her love was given
To other heaven than mine.
Year: 1860

Think of Queens first signature Of death
warrant, where tears tried to blauch the fatal
blankness of the booming ink of traitors
adhesion to deed of rebellion, written in gall;
of forgers trembling imitation of anothers
writing, where each letter took the shape of the
gallows; of lovers passionate proposal writ
ten in fire; of proud girls refusal written in
ice; of mothers dying expostulation with her
wayward son written in her hearts blood; of
an indignant fathers disinheriting curse on his
first-born, black with the lost color of the gray
hairs which shall go down in sorrow to the
grave-think of these, and of all the other i'm
passioned writing to which every hour gives
birth, and what a strongly potent, Protean
thing, a drop of ink grows to be All over
the world it is distilling at the behest Of men.
Here despairing prisoner is writing with a
rusty nail his dying confession of faith on his
damp dungeon wall. There an anxious lover
is deceiving all but his bride, with an ink which
she only knows how to render visible. Belea-
guered soldiers in India forts are confding to
the perilous secresy of rice water or innocent
milk their own lives and the fortunes of their
country. Snip-wrecked sailors, about to be en-
quilted in mid-ocean, are consigning to float
ing bottle the faint pencil memorandum of the
spot where they will soon go swiftly down in
the very jaws of DEATH Everywhere happy
pairs, dear husbands and wives, affectionate
brothers and sisters, and all the busy world, are
writing to each other on endless topics, witt
whatever paper comes to hand, whatever ink
The varied stream thus forever flowing is the
intellectual and emotional blood Of the world
and mo one need visit Egypt or summon an
Egyptian magician, to show him all the acts
all the joys and woes of men X lected from the
mirror of a drop of ink.-Macmatian Maga
etne.
Year: 1860

Hate not. 1t is not worth while. Your life
is not long enough to make it pay to cherish
il-will or hard thoughts towards any one.-
What if this friend has forsaken you in the
time of need, or that one having won your ut
most confidence, your warmest love, has con-
cluded that he prefers to consider and treat
you as a stranger? Let it all pass. What
difference will it make to you in a few years
when you go to the undiscovered country p
All who illtreat you now, will be more sorry
for it then, than you even in your deepest dis
appointment and grief can be.


A few more smiles, a few more tears, some
pleasure, much pain, little longer hurrying
and worrying through the world, some hasty
greetings and abrupt farewells, and our play
will be 'played out" and the injurer and the
injured will be led away, and ere long forgot
ten. Is it worth while to hate each other?
Year: 1860

William Lenard, of South Groton, Ma@,
gives the following statcmcnb in the New Eng.
land Farmer, of his experience with coal ash
ct as manure:


"On an old moving field too mitch run down
we top-dressed square piece of ground fairly
with clear coal ashes early in the spring
While the crop was growing, at all stages the
difference was preceptiblc. When ready for
the sythc it was more in quantity and as to
the quality, it produced equal parts Of herd
grass and red clover If the clover was not
introduced by the agency of the ashes we do
not know how it was introduced, FOR four years
none was seen there before. or in any other
part of the field and this was the only clover
seen in said field the past season Both grass
and clover were more vigorous, green aud live
II within the top-dressed square, and just AZ
visible all around was the crop, which said as
audible as grass could say, In its declining
state that il had received no such assistance
from this individual fertilizer. a


"Or hillside not at all renowned for its
wealthy propricties in soil. we planted the
Davis seedlings and Jenny Lind potatoes, in
clear coal ashes, half shovel full IN hill.-
Below, on equally as good ground, we planted
the same kinds Of potatoes in compost manure
and the cenl ashes, single handed, turned out
the largest, best, ihiress and most nurmerous
quantity Of potatoes In reality, they were
the best we raised on the farm. Almost side
by side, IN compost manure, our potatoes were
somewhs' = tes' With rnt in the ashes they
"a potAso.|
Year: 1860

DR.. Halls Journal of health says that there
are three things which every man should dc
the moment he is satisfied that he has taken
cold 1st, eat nothing I'd, go to bed and
cover up warm, in warm room Sd, drink as
much cold water as he can or as he wants, or
as much hot herb tea as he can; and thus US
ing himself, in three cases out of four the sub
ject will be cured in thirty-six hours. On the
contrary, if he allows his cold to go two days
unmolested, he can swallow nothing that will
affect it in the least; and the cold, with such
a start, will run its course of about fortnight
and whatever is swallowed then, by way of
physic is useless hinderance. 1t is a mis-
chievious though somewhat popular falacy,
" feed cold and starye fever" Feeding
the cold is feeding a fever; a cold always
bT ings on fever, and never begins to get well
until the fever subsides and every mouthful
swallowed is so much fuel to sustain the fires
of fever 1t is indeed fortunate that as soon
as the cold is fairly seated nature allows no ap-
petite otherwise the most common cold might
be followed by very serious results, and unless
upon very sturdy constitution would almost
prove fatal.
Year: 1860

Teach your children to work, good friends
and readers. No matter if you are rieh-is
that any security that you will always remain
so? Is it any reason that your children should
not form useful habits? The day may come
when the fact that they once learned to work,
will be of more value to them than all the gold
of California. 1t is not worth while to despise
the good old fashioned monosyllable, work,
whatever your station in life may be. The
niaa that cannot help himself is, at best, pitt
full atom in creation the woman who does not
understand the machinery of her own kitchen
is at the mercy of dependents. If yon have
money enough, work for the sake of health and
spirits and selfrespect If there is one among
all the readers of Life Illustrated who is suffer
ing his children to grow up ignorant of these
things, let him stop and think whether it is his
duty to go on longer in such course. He is
arming them for the battlefield of lfe-has he
right to withhold the weapon of all Others
that they most need-the one which will prove
serviceable when others give way and disappear
Teach them to work teach them never to b.
ashamed of honest labor, and you will infuse
strength and vigor into their lives, that will b.
worth an hundred snowy accomplishments
Life Illustrated.
Year: 1860

There is a tendency to overprune among all
amateur fruit growers and more particularly
among all who are just beginning to grow Or
namental shrubs and trees. There is not one
forest tree in ten that will bear the eternal
clippings to which they are subjected Use
the knife and shears only to assist nature,
when trees are brought into unnatural situa-
tions. OF the evergreens, don't cut away the
lower limbs till you make your tree look Ikea
big broom with the handle stuck i'm the ground.
In all pruning of fruit or ornamental trees, or
shrubs or vines, don't make a cut till you
think what for-with what object or what will
be the effect. This is always necessary 10 pro-
vent over pruning. q
Year: 1860

The illness of the body usually brings out a
latent power and philosophy of the soul, which
health never knows and God has mercifully
ordained it as the customary lot of nature
and i'll proportion as we decline into the grave
the sEoping path is made smooth and easy to
our feet; and every day, as the films of clay
are removed from our eyes, Death loses the
false aspect OF the spectre, and we fall at least
into its arms, as wearied child upon the bo-
som of its mother.-Su EduUard B. Lytton in
Earnest MattraUers.
Year: 1860

A man once travelling by a stage coach in
Michigan was unfortunate enough to be on a
poor road where he was obliged to go on foot
and carry fence rail to help pry the stage
out of mud holes. Becoming exhausted and
impatient, he addressed the driver: "Look
here, old fellow, I've no objection to paying
ten cents mile, for my fare, and no objec-
tions to going on foot, but Ill not carry this
rail another rod"
Year: 1860

The eastern friends of Bishop Whipple
of Minnesota have sent him by the Ameri-
can Express, a splendid black horse It is
a fine, noble animal, and great favorite
with all the express men through whose
hands he passed.
Year: 1860

LOGIC. As n specimen of the utility Of
logic, we give the following:


A sharp student was called up by the
worthy professor of a celebrated college and
asked the question.


Can a man see without eyesl'


Yes, sir" was the prompt answer.


How sir" cried the amazed professor,
"cAN man see without eyes! Pray sir,
how do you make that out!'


He can see with ONE eye sir" replied the
ready.wited youth; and the whole class
shouted with delight at his triumph over
metaphysics.
Year: 1860

on certain day and if mutual appreciation
did not follow the interview. why there was
no harm done. Most people would have
put this down as trap to give me a journey
for nothing. did not. A presentiment
impelled me to accept and keep .he engage
ment.
Year: 1860

Mr.. Ruskin, after many years Of de-
votion to art, has betaken himself to
political economy. where he is likely t.
make as much ofa sensation as hereto
fore. Not that his views are altogeth-
er novel, but his way Of putting them
IS sure TO attract attention.


For example, Mr.. Ruskin, curiously
illustrates the principle Of the depen-
dence eff wealth upen poverty. The
only value Of dollar lies in the fact
that some man is so in want of it, that
he is willing to give his labor in ex-
change for it, Otherwise, a million Of
dollars would not be Of the slightest
use. The greater the poverty, the more
pressing the wants of people around you
the greater is the value Of your dollar
the more service will it briug you
But suppose a whole community rich;
what will you do with your dollar:
You might as well land on an unhahit-
ed island No man can be rich, unless
somebody else is poor.


Where there is no poverty, labor
must be universal. | may have the for
ty millions Of an Astor, and yet be com
PEELED to black my own boots, and boil
my own potatoes. ifthere is no one about
me who wants my money enough TO be-
come my servant II is clear that one
might possess million acres Of land,
and houses, and property Of all kinds,
with more money than there is ia Wall
street, and still be obliged to work day
by day unless there were people around
him who. from choice or necessity,
would sell their labor '-a. & -8naiH


The real element Of all wealth, then,
is poverty The rich are dependent on
the poor. England is rich because
some millions her people are 80 poor
as to be obliged to sell their daily labor
for daily bread. ao 9a sH


To wish to be rich, then, is to wish
that others may be poor. To wish to
be rich is 10 wish for the power ofcom-
pelIing a certain number Of people to
labor for our benefit; and this is true,
without respect to latitude or longitude
true in Europe in .America-true in
the North as in the South