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Year: 1861

Curious CALcuIATIoN.-The vast number
of inhabitants who do live, and have lived,
upon the face of the earth. appear, at FIRST
sight, to defy the power OF calculation. Bat
if we suppose the world to have existed six
thousand years; that there now exist one
thousand million; that a generation passes
away in thirty years; that every past gen
GRAFTON averages the present; and that four
individuals may stand 10 one square yard,
we find that the whole number will not oc-
cupy compass so great as one fourth the
extent of England. Allowing six thousand
years since the creation. aud generation
to pass away in thirty years. we shall have
two hundred generations. which. at one
thousand millions each. will be two hundred
thousand millions. which. being divided 10y
four will leave fifty thousand millions of
square yards; there are in square mile
three millions, ninety-seven thousand. six
hundred square yards by which. if the for
mer sum be divided, It will give sixteen
thousand, one hun6red and thirty-three
square miles. the root of which, in whole
numbers, is about one hundred and twenty
seven; so that one hundred and twenty
seven square miles will be found sufficient
to contain the immense and almost in
conceivable number of two hundred thou.
sand nillions of human beings.
Year: 1861

All then these sister foes were weak and poor,
And linked their doubtful destinies in one;
The giant Tyranny was at the door;


But strong in Union, noble deeds were done
Mighty and rich and proud to-day they stand
But love with fear and poverty is fed,
And warning factions threaten the fair land


Don't helm theml DON'T do that till am deadl
Year: 1861

EDITORS CHICAGO TRIBUNE, -"


GENTIEMEN We are desirous OF -enAseing
in the marine service, and having been in.
formed that there was an Office open in your
city for enlistisg marines, would like to know
if such is the fact.


Should there be. such an office, will yon
please to hand this to the officer in charge,
and We would Ike to got an answer as soon
as possible. There are three Of us that. are
desirous Of entering that branch Of the service,
and will, if the opportunity can be had at Chi
cago, 60 on at once.


On behalf Of myself and two others, yours
roancoffr111u
Year: 1861

We respectfully suggest to the Legislature, now
in session, the propriety of authorizing guardians
and others holding trust funds to invest them in the
bonds of the Confederate States. Also that the
Sherifs of the Counties be authorized to receive
Confederate treasury notes in payment of public
taxes.


Legislation of this kind would tend to strengthen
the Confederate government by giving our people a
direct pecuniary interest in it, while no evil could
result from it to those whose funds would be thus
invested. If the cause of the Confederates States
shall fail, there will be no hope for either property
or personal liberty
Year: 1861

We publish the following bill introduced on last
Wednesday in the Senate by Col. Brown of Caswell,
which contains important provisions in relation to
troops hereafter to be raised in this State


"Be it enacted by the General assembly Of the
State Of North Carolina and it is hereby enacted by
the authority of the same, That in any future re-
QUESTION of troops upon this State by the Coneder-
ate government that it shall be the duty of the Ad-
jutant General under the direction of the Governor
to credit the respective counties of the State with
the number of State and volunteer troops which
they may then have in service, and to apportion
the acquisitions upon each county, to place them
On an equal footing the troops in service from each
to be taken into the estimate


Be 1t further enacted, That this act shall be in
force from and after its passage"
Year: 1861

The proceedings of Thursday are crowded out.
But little was done beyond the usual routine of Le-
gislative business large number of resolutions
and bills are already before the Legislature to
py their time two or three months if properly dis
posed of perhaps, but still they come in.


The House passed the second reading of Mr.. Foy's
proposition to dissolve the Conyenton, by vote Of
SO to 2S We reserve for the future all comment on
this strange proceeding.
Year: 1861

We learn that there are seven companies Of cay
airy at Kittrel's belonging to Col. Sprui's battal
ion, and that the eishth-Capt. Hayes company
will soon be added. Those who have seen these
companies speak of them as embodying as fine ma
terial for dragons as ever smelt powder.


1t is important that two moro companies should
be added, so as to make regiment. Depend upon
it. at least two regiments of cavalry from NorthCar
olina will be needed. The want of this arm of Of
fense as well as Defence was sensby felt in the bat
tie of Manassas We must not be too considerate
about the cost of the war; when all we hold dear is
at stake Let US provide every thing necessary, no
matter at what cost
Year: 1861

The subjoined resolution was submitted by Col.
Brown of Caswe, in the Convention of the State
at its late session, proposing to submit all amend
ments made at that session and afterwards, to vote
of the people. 1t passed its first reading, and not
having been afterwards reached was not finally act
ed on. By rule of the Convention, that all un-
finished business shall at its next session come up
for consideration, it will, no doubt if the Conven-
ton again assemblies, be acted on and passed, and
thus preserve the great cardinal principle of Re-
public-that all changes in the Constitution shall
be submitted to the people,:


BE 1t ordained By the people Of tho State Of
North Carolina, In Convention assembled and 1t Is
hereby ordained By the authority Of the same That all
amendments to the Constitution of the State, made
at the present session of the Convention or at any
of its adjourned sessions shall be submitted togeth-
err to the decision Of the qualified voters of the State
for ratification or rejection, at such time and under
such regulations as the Convention may prescribe"
Year: 1861

A secular contemporary, in an article on
"Preaching and Hearing" has this para
graph: "A lady recently, in giving her views
Of the preaching of minister to whom she
had listened several times, said: i thought
il was the business of the minister to feed
the sheep. This man does not feed us. ne
throws only clubs and stones at us and
sends us bleating and hungry home.' Many
one might gather useful hint from this
a. to the proper mode of dealing with his
flock. Harshness, severity, and fault finding
accomplish but little good in the family, in
the Church, or the world"
Year: 1861

M. Taloureau, of Paris, has discovered a
method Of hardening paper under the intlu-
ence of hydraulic pressure, by means of an ad-
mixture of bitumen, so that it may actually
be substituted for iron pipes. Experiments
to test the strength of these pipes have been
conducted under the great clock tower at
the House of Parliament in London. Two
of the pipes of five inch bore and Il half an
inch thick, were subjected to hydraulic power,
and they are said to have sustained, without
breaking or bursting, pressure of22o pounds
to the square inch, which is equivalent to
4O6 feet head of water. The cost Of the
pipe is said to be one half that of Iron. The
committee reported that "lhe material. while
it possessed all the tenacty Of iron, with one
half of it's specific gravity, had doubled the
strength of stoneware tubes without, more
over, being liable to breakage as in the case
Of other material which often causes a loss
to the contractor of some 20 to 25 per cent
on the supply" Besides the incalcu'able
utility of this discovery, it surpasses the re,
Gently invented paper bricks, or the paper
cannon lined with copper which the Chinese
are said to have employed for years.
Year: 1861

A JAPANESE SoENE-Under porch and
in an angle by the side of their house, a
man and his wife are enjoying tub of
warm water in the open air. He is seated
on the rim of the tub, with his legs in the
water; his wife, fine buxom young woman,
is busy with bundle Of flax, instead of a
sponge, rubbing down his back; both are just
as they came into the world, and evidently
as Indifferent to their neighbors as they are
TO them. Nobody looks at them, yet it is
contrary to our idea Of propriety, and we do
not like seeing children in the neighborhood,
but so it is. Onced Week
Year: 1861

legs, awkward arms and one shoulder higher
than the other; his hair was red and shaggy;
his eyes small and gray; his nose long, and
much turned to one side; and lips compressed
He wore hat without n crown, tied around
with a string; a large, rusty frieze coat; knee
breeches unbottoned at the knees; and not any
shoes or stockings. He had the above-men-
toned coil of slight rope in his hand, but no
weapon Of any kind. When we had mutually
surveyed each other, / thanked him for his
kindness in assisting me to the top of the pre-
ciRisc.


He looked for an instant, and then replied:
= " "Thunder-an-age; but if it was not fer the
honor and glory Of the green leaf which you
have in your hat, but it is would make a
borroch of you before you would have felt il
itself But what the dickens brought you
here! Faix, an you have a bould foot, any
how. Let me now tell you for wanst, niver
again let the sole Of your foot kiss the face of
this road, unless vou want to make food for the
divers among stones below"


So saying he threw himself on his hands and
knees, and feet foremost, descended the path
with degree Of celebrity which should have
considered utterly impracticable half an hour
before.


For considerable time kept aloof from the
scene Of this alarm. Almost a month had
elapsed from the period of this occurrence,
when the village was thrown into a state of





on the green, one Sunday afternoon. Around
Nellie, the piper, were gathered boys and girls
young men und maidens, while the favorite
lass of the village was dancing with gentle
man who had lately arrived All was mirth
and gaiety, when suddenly man was observed
running at the top Of his speed from the direc-
tien of okiah. The dance ceased. Every eye
was fixed on him. He was covered with dust
and sweat


Boys, can any Of Yees save me?" cried he,
dashing in among US, and wiping OFF the sweat
from his forehead with the sleeve of his coat
Holy Virgin, can't one of yees hide me2 The
poliss are after me, and I'll be kilt if yees
don't help me ~


Run to the rocks, cried out several voices
at once, pointing to the ledge at the southern
side.


Tim, your sowl," cried one to a little fell
low. :. Tim, show the poor fellow the way to
Hag's Hole; and Tim"-here he whispered
something in the child Is ear; and in a moment
afterwards they both started off at a sling trot
toward the hand cliff. The fugitive had
outstripped his pursuers more than he calcu.
lated, for he was far out of sight before they
arrived. The dance, Of course, had broken up,
and the party separated, either to talk over
the matter, or to turn to other amusements,
when two policemen entered the village, and
began to search for their man.


TO BE Continued
Year: 1861

Not a day passes which does not reveal some
event or tendency in political affairs which de-


monstrates the absolute necessity of the Demo-
cratic party. The divided and helpless condition
of the Republican organization-the total failure
of their leaders TO comprehend the struggle
their factious opposition to the President because
he has followed the ineritable gravitation which
forces Administrations 20 Democratic policies
the growing monarchical spirit in one wing Of
that organization, and the disregard of the Con
sttution by another-all prove that strong rad.
ical party, devoted to the Constitution as il is, Is
now, as in the days of jackson and jefferson, an
imperishable necessity Of the country. We say
radical, because the conservatism OF American
institutions is the most radical support of the
mocracy As in the past they have been, so


in the present they are. the only organization
devoted to free institutions for white men, and
who are unncumbered with policies and isms
which render the Union of the States impos-
sible. They the only party which has


tered the war with entire constitutional loyalty,
and who have neither by word nor deed embar-
rassed the Administration in the prosecution of
it. They well knew that this must be Dem
ocratic war in order TO be successful one,
and they have made il a Democraticwar. Who
ever doubts this, let him look at the composition
of the army; let him mark the conduct of Demo-
cratic Generals; let him listen to the teachings of
Democratic leaders upon the stump in all the
efforts which have been made 10 supply the Gov
ernment with men and money. These are fscts
spread upon the page of American history. there
to remain forever, with all the other chronicles
of glory. power and prosperity already prolusely
recorded by the Democratic party i'm their long
administration OF the country. They stamp them
as the governing power, and the very brains ol
the nation, and prove that, while elections msy
go against them, they still govern the country


because they are true to its greatest necessities


We say that az this very instant they goseru
the country They are the tie which binds Ken.
Year: 1861

Present appearances afford fair prospect that
by June or July next we shall have reduced the
South to Submission, and be left with an army OF
seven or eight hundred thousand well trained men
at our disposal 1t is probable that of this num-
Der at least two hundred thousand will have served
under the rebel flag. They will, for the most
part, have acquired such taste for a military


life that their relish for civil occupations will be
lost and they will be eager for active service no
matter where. The question arises, what are we
TO do with such an immense army? And the
conquest of Canada, of Cuba and of Mexico is at
once suggested. There is nothing that the South
erners would like better than the annexation of
the last two and the feeling the North is strong
ly in favor of Wrestling Canada from the power Of
England. Cuba we could take with very slight
effort, and it would be almost as easy to make
ourselves masters of Mexico, while Canadais is in
capable of offering any resistance to the march of
a large army across her frontier. The few forti-
ications and the handful of British troops that
guard the chief cities would be swept away like
toys before the overwhelming strength of our in
vadng forces. Moreover, in the conquest of
Canada we should derive moral al from the ele


ments of political discord there prevailing and
the disposition which is more or less felt through
out the province for a union with the United
States. Thus, with little more expense than will
be incurred in the suppression of the rebellion,
We may achieve these great results, by which We
shall largly extend our territory, add to our ma
tional wealth and greatness and give formda-
BILE blow to both England and Spain, in return for
their treachery in taking advantage of our present
troubles to aid in the destruction of this Union
and carry out their own designs on this continent.
Had it not been for this war; would Spain have
dared to take possession of st. Domingo or to
join England and France in a coalation against
Mexico? Be it remembered that we construe
this into an open menace, and that when the
proper time comes we shall resent it at the can
mons mouth. The conduct of the British Gov
ernment, and the tone of the English and Cana


dian press towards this country, since the out
break of the war. have been too exasperating for
Americans not to look forward with pleasant an
ticipations to the results towards which we have
pointed. And as for Spain, her sovereignty in
American waters is doomed-N Y. Herald
Year: 1861

tucky, Missouri, East Tennessee, Maryland, and
the loyal parts of Virginia and North Carolina
to the Union. They, and they alone, constitute
the support of the President against the turbulent
factions which assail him. If il were mot for
them, the abolition tide would sweep away for
ever every vestige OF loyalty south OF Mason and
Dxons line, and would involve the North in
strife the consequences of which we hardly dare
name.


They have from the outset been in favor of a
vigorous prosecution of the war. They required
real yigor such as would have characterized Jack
son or Douglas under similar circumstances. They
understood that all talk of emancipation. hang
ing and confscation woald be mere nonsense in
the ears Of men who, by turning rebels, dared
emancipation confiscation and hanging. 10 them
this talk was like saying TO soldier, :" Y ou may
be killed if you 60 into battle" The soldier
would reply, of course, al know that as well as
YOU" What was needed was men and money
actual fighting material; and this they resolutely
labored to give the Government They stuck at
once, as the Democracy always do, at the true
business aspect of the situation. The great ne
cessity of the country, after Sumter fell, was
fighting. That was the Democratic view, at
least-so they have gone into the fight, While
their Abolition opponents have gone into the
talk. But they have gone into the fight foe the
sake of the Constitution. They therefore deny
the power of the Gov. lment to alter the insti-
tutions of States The Administration has as
sumed the same grounds. They were obliged TO
do it, because they could not carry ON the war in
any other way. Even the present Congress, af
ter the defeat of Bull Run, were compelled to
occupy the same position by the adoption of the
Crittenden resolution, and TO recognize, with an
emphasis unknown in our national legislation, the
great legal fact of property in man. They could
not help themselves. They were obliged to do
that or TO make eYery man, woman and child
south of the Ohio the subjects OF JEFF. Davis.
Theory gave way to fact, and the dogmas
which the Congress had carried the election we're
swept away by their first acts oflegislation. Thus
the Democracy are triumphant, even when the
Republicans hold the Government. They can
not cease to triumph without the destruction OF
the Government. When their ideas and spirit
no longer dominate in this terrible crisis of the
Year: 1861

THE Heartfelt any one, while sitting
down. place the left leg over the knee of the
right one. and permit it to hang freely, aban-
doning all muscular power over it. Speedily
it may be observed to sway forward and back
through limited space at regular intervals.
Counting the number of those motions for any
given time, they will be found to agree exactly
with the beatings of the palse. Every one
knows, that at fire, when the water from the
engine is forced through bent hose, the ten
dency is to straighten the hose land if the
bend be sharp one, considerable force is
necessary to overcome the tendency. Just so
1t is in the case of the human body. The ar
teries are but system of hose through which
the blood is forced by the heart. When the
leg is bent, all the arteries within it are bent,
too, and every time the heart contracts, the
blood rushing through the arteries tends to
straighten them and it is the effort which
produces the motion of the leg alluded to.
Without such occular demonstration, it is
difficult to conceive the power exerted by that
exquisite mechanism. the normal pulsations
OF which are never perceived by him whose
very life they are.
Year: 1861

FRosr MUsIC.-I was once belated in Canada
on fine winter day, and was riding over the
hard snow on the margin of wide lake, when
the most faint and mournful wall that could
break solemn silence seemed to pass thro'
me like dream. | stopped my horse and
listened. For some time | could not satisfy
myself whether the music was in the air or in
my own brain. l thought of the pine forest
which was not far off; but the tone was not
harp-like. and there was not a breath Of wind.
Then it sweled and approached and then it
seemed to be miles away in a moment and
again it moaned, if under my very feet. 1t
was in fact, almost under my feet. 1t was the
voice of the winds imprisoned under the pail
of ice suddenly cast over them by the peremp-
tory power of the frost. Nobody there had
made air holes tor the place was wilderness;
and there was no escape for the winds, which
must moan on till the spring warmth should
release them. They were fastened down in
silence; but they would come out with an ex-
posion, when, in some still night, after a
warm spring day, the ice would blow up, and
make crash and a racket from shore to shore
So was told at my hosts that evening, where
| arrived with something of the sensation Of
haunted man. 1t had been some time before
the true idea struck me, aud meanwhile the
rising and falling moan made my very heart
thrill again.
Year: 1861

DRIVE ON.-The best advice to the young
man just setting out in the world, is to ssdrive
on" In other words, live energetically
And do it we'll. Do it, as far as possible, in
the completest manner. In this way alone can
an efficient, useful and successful career be ac-
complished. s'Drive on.'' But not reckless
ly. We suppose that whoever gives this short
article perusal, will understand that it is ad-
dressed to young men who think before they
act; who are, in short, possessed of little
common sense, such as every young man
should strive to obtain, and without which he
viii be poor, indeed. Davy, or David, which
is all the same, as of old, was shrewd fellow
once said, ssBe sure you are right, then go
ahead" Whether or not Crockett gave utter
ance TO the saying, it contains great truth
and the wisest of counsel. 1t means simply
this-Study aud know what is best, what right,
what honorable, what useful, what profitable
in life, and then drive on, neither to the right
or left. Why so many young men fail in life
Why they look upon the retrospect with so lit
tie to rejoice over and so much 10 regret, is to
be found in the fact that they have not started
right, and driven on as they ought. Their en-
ergies have been spent in the wrong direction,
and have proved fruitless OF good. They have
failed either 10 comprehend the true purposes
and ends of life, or have allowed themselves
to cowardiy evade them. ssDrive on'' should
be the motto of all young men. Let them
know themselves, know what they purpose in
life, and they will have none but themselves
tn blame if they do not succeed.
Year: 1861

LEAVING HoME.-We can conceive of no
picture more interesting than one which might
be drawn from young man leaving his home,
the scene of all his earthly associations, to try
his fortune in distant country, setting out a
lone for the "forest." A father on the de-
cline, the downhill of life, gives his parting
blessing, involing the best gifts of Heaven TO
rest on his beloved offspring, to crown all his
effort with complete success; tears gush from
his eyes, and words are forbid utterance. A
kind, most afectiopate mother, calling after
him as he is departing from the parental abode
and with all the dangers to which he is TO DO
exposed rushing into and pressing uponzher
mind, she says, $50 my son-remembert tere
is right and a wrong way" Her advice IS
brief. Language is inadequate to the express
sion of the feelings that then crowd on the
mind of yirtuous child. Every reader has
case of this kind, and may have been the sub
ject of one in some respects similar. Here
may be found eloquence more touching to
whom it is delivered than even the orations OF
Cicero or Demostheneel tr
Year: 1861

An English lady of rank recently tied her
legs together and jumped from the tower of
church near the gambling spa of Hamburg.
Her injuries were fatal. Desperate losses at
roulette inspired the act.
Year: 1861

How TO PUzzLE REPUBLICAN PoLITI-
cAN.-lnquire of him monthly the prin-
cples OF his party for twelve consecutive
months and make verbatim notes of his
answers every time, TO each Of which
make him aflix his signature. At The
close of the year, confront him with the
various reports,