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Year: 1861

shelis he columbiad guns with which this novel hat.


terry equipped bear the south wall Of Sumter, the


line Of re being at angle Of about thirty five degree
This is not Of oouree considered favorable for breach.
ing bat owing 20 the fact that the wall is loop hoed for
muskety throughout s entire length which, OF course
weakens it great DEAL the effect OF shot upon 1t would,
we think, a. the distance OF $50 yards, effect
breach within reasonable time The work is in charge
Of several companies OF the regular army Of the Con-
iederate States employed to reduce Fort sumter this
battery viii prove quite formidable


THR INFERIOR OF FORT JoHNsoN-GUN BATTERY.
Year: 1861

An INCIDENT OF THE NINETEENTH CENTCRY--
Romantic Etopement on an Or Hed.-The De-
troit Free Press relates the following, for the
truth of which il youches, but we don't: An
OK team attached to a lumber sled, and bear
ing astride its cross beams a coarse grained
Young man and a buxom girl of about eighteen
dragged its slow length along Larned street
Yesterday and halted in front of Justice
Purdy's office. The couple dismounted and
entered the office, where they made known
their wishes, and requested to be married i'm
mediately. The eypeetant bridegroom said
he had come to town with a load OF produce
for his employer, who owned the team, and
as Susan wanted TO buy kaliker dress, he
had brought her along on the top of the bags.
On the way in they had talked the matter
over and in view of the fact that they sorter
liked each other, and had done considerable
courtin' on the sly, concluded to get married.
They declared themselves of age, and took the
bonds for better or for worse. The bridegroom
was very much elated, and kissed the bride an
unreasonable number OF times. Then he re-
ques ted the Court to kiss her, and even went
so far as TO intimate that all respectable per-
same privilege. He was especially eiated on
the newspaper question. Put 'er in, he
said, in Il reckless manner. ''Pnt 'er IN the
paperf and make Susan's name all capitals
I'll pay for big letters. What's the use in
getting married to putty gal unless you can
jubilation the thought OF the old man struck
him, and he sobered down as though a shower
bath had fallen on his head. Come Susan''
he said, taking her hand, s.let,s go home and
see IL out Lord won't he be madf" And
he drew 4 sigh and switched up the cattle,
whose slow gait seemed all too fast for his
palpitatins hopes and fears
Year: 1861

PERILs OF THE WHALE FISHERY "A letter
from JOB n. sherman, third mate of the ship
Mary Ann, of Fair Haven, Mass gives the
particulars of his escape from death while
pursuing whale. The whale struck the boa I
and threw him right across the monster s
mouth so that both legs were in its mouth
and then went down with him. Fortunately
the whale soon came aslp SO the man could
breathe. In the meantime, he had extricated
one OF hls legs, but the whale immediately
Went down again, carrying Mr. Sherman
down the second time. Mr.. 5. then thought
OF his sheath knife, which he used upon the
whale under jaw, causing it to let 90 its hold
Wneh Mr = arose to the surface of the wa
ter, about ships length from the boat and
he was rescued, nearly exhausted, by seizing
him by the hair of the head as he was sinking
On examination he found himself with q hole
In one leg large enough to receive an egg
Year: 1861

Stooting.-One night last week free negro
woman, residing near the corner of 23d and
Main streets, was sitting quietly up stairs
with child in her arms, when a gun was fired
In the neiShborhood ana Il targe nail crashed
through the weatherboarCiing and penetrated
her lett arm, above the elbow As matter
OF course, great CONSERVATION succeeded the
event, but as soon the excitement subsitied
In some degree. physician was sent for ana
the nail was extracted from the limb The
gun must have been heavily loaded, to have
driven the nail through the house with such
force. 1t was a novel idea, too, to use n nail
instead OF bullet. 1t is not known whether
the gun was fired at random or not, though the
police have some suspicious in regard 10 the
matter. The woman and child certainly had
a narrow escape.
Year: 1861

The city Guord is the name recently adopted
by the Company under the command of Capt.
Cropper. The original title of "Fire-S Side
Protectors was not military enough to suit
the times
Year: 1861

Cincinnati steamboat men have been
thrown into fever from the Governor of
Mississippi ordering cannon and n military
company TO Ficksburg to hail all steamboats,
passing The Abolition journals of Cincin-
ma Il howl over it, and are greatly incensed =
We would like TO see them help themselves
Year: 1861

The TYPo AND THE EDIroR.-The lawyer
editor of a country paper who wrote very
blind" hand was frequently annoyed by com
positors' inquiries concerning words which
they could not decipher. One day compost
or, who was as little acquainted with the
disposition of the editor as he was with The
hand writing, entered the sanctum, and holding
the copy before his eyes, inquired what Ger
tain crooked mark stood for. The editor die
not wish at that time to be interrupted, and
exclaimed " Go to the devil


The compositor retired not to his Satanic
majesty, but to the composing room. Wher
the editor read the proofs, be had the pleasure
to see line of his leading editorial read


9" He (Mr. Webster) will, in all probability
go to the devil"


The copy was looked for, and the crooked
mark was rendered" be nominated"
Year: 1861

WHAT Is RED TAPE p" Red tape" is an
English expression, originated by Carlyle, and
made popular by Dickens, designed to repre-
sent the ceremOnious delays and official for
malities characteristic of the British Govern
ment routine. 1t is similarly used in this
country to ridicule the tardness with which
everything is effected by the formation of
government officials.


BEAUTIFUL THoUGHT.-There is but breath
of air and beat of the heart between this
world and the next. And in the brief inter
val of painfulness and awful suspense, while
we feel that death is pressing upon us, that he
is all powerful ard we are powerless, and that
the last faint pulsation here is but the prelude
of endless life hereafter we feel, in the midst
of stunning calamity about to fall upon us
that earth has no compensation sufficient tc
mitigate the severity of our loss But there
is no grief without some muni6cent provision
to soften intenseness. When the good and
the lovely die, the memory of their deeds, like
the moonbeams on the stormy sea, light up
our darkened hearts, and lends to the surround
ing gloom beauty SO sad, so sweet, that We
would not, if we could, dispel the darkness that
enyirons It.
Year: 1861

We never see a man bewaling his i'll fortune
without something of contempt for his weak
ness. No individual or nation ever rose to
emidence in any department which gave itself
up to this childish behavior Greatness can
only be achieved by being superior to misfor
tune, and by returning again and again to the
assault with renewed energy
Year: 1861

DOUBLE SEcEDER--The slaves who run
away from their masters in Virginia are set to
work at once by Gen. Butler, and made to
keep at it, much to their annoyance. One of
them having been put to it rather strong,
said: Golly, Massa Butler, dis nigger nebber
had to work so hard before; guess dis chile
will secede once noah y
Year: 1861

No State in the Valley Of he Mississippi ofrs great AZ In
duceinen to tho settler the State Illinois There por-


ton o tue world where all Of the conditions of climate and sob
admirably combine podoe those two est corn sad
wheat, Us the praiTies Of Illinois
Year: 1861

m closely printed volume Of nearly 900 and Will be
postpaid any part Of the country receipt ofPee s
Ant. wanted in every and county In the United state"
to whom the A ses commission will be paid Send for SPec
men copy at once which win be free Of postage with m
particulars Of the agency, receipt Of the pIice, $I


J. w. BRADLEY, Publisher,
Year: 1861

ROCK SPRING HOTEL.


MARY S. MCCALEB, PROPRIETREss


OLD STAND.
hm1 THE SUBSCRIBER takes this method of returning
:R her sincere thanks to her friends tor the


liberal patronage her house has received for the past
few years. and would respectfully inform the public that
prepared accommodate BOardeTseher Transient
or Regulation the most liberal terms.
Her being situated the South side of Chestnut
street. below Front convenient location to business
Her table will all times be found amply provided with
the the market affords Her rooms are IN the best
possible manner rendering every comfort and
to her guest in her power.


continuance of public atronage respectfully solicit
ed. MAR s. McCALEb
December IL, l86O.-dtf.
Year: 1861

B6Our list both daily and weekly is steadily on the
increase. This morning received thirteen new Dai-
ly subscribers from Washington, N. c. and one from
Fayetteville at the latter place our list is quite large
but still they Now that Washington and Green
vile have been placed in close connection by mail with
Wilmington, we hope friends in these places will
exert themselves in our behalf The Postmasters will
cheerfuy agents in forwarding subscriptions
n
Year: 1861

HANOVER COUNTY.


WHEREAS information hath this day been made to
w James GARRISON and F. II. Bell, two acting Justices
Of the Peace in and for said county upon the oath OF
size five feet five or six inches high rather good looking
P Moore runaway and lies out supposed to be lurking
about the county, in Long Creek Lower Black River and
Upper Black River Districts committing acts of felony and
Peter in the the State of North Carolina to
render himself forthwith to his said MASTER or some other
person and we do hereby order this proclamation to be
published the Court House door, and two other public
places New Hanover county and we warn said slave II
he does not Immediately surrender himself aforesaid, it
shall may be lawful for any to take him dead or
alive without accusation impeachment of any crime
whatsoever Given under hands and SEALS this I'd day
of August, A. D., 1860. , o,>


F. H. BELL j. P, (Seal)


a. | WILL GIVE a REWARD OF TWENTY-FIVE
x DOLLARS for the delivery of the said PETER to me


at my Plantation alive, Fifty dollars for his head
Ano o I96O-5Otf JAS. P. MOORE.
Year: 1861

The Secretary of the Treasury announces that
all invoices claiming to be made out in the new
silver form of Austria, must be accompanied in
each case by consular certificate showing that
fact. Forty.six cents and l9-lOO is the Treasury
computation.
Year: 1861

A RAILROAD CONDUCTOR AcoUITrED.-We have al
ready stated the fact that s. B. Jones, conductor
upon the Mobile and Ohio Railroad was Undergo
ing trial for murder, at Memphis, for causing
the death of a lad who was run over by his train.
The jury remained in consultation some three days,
but finally returned verdict of not guilty. The
length Of time they out shows that there were
grave doubts in regard to the verdict
Year: 1861

SUDDENLY DRIED UP-At Folsom the
other day some miners, while running tunnel
into hill at that town slapped the basin" and
the consequence was that the water ran out in
torrents, and the wells on the hill, much to the
surprise and annoyance Of the families which
there reside, suddenly dried up.
Year: 1861

ADVANCE WAGES TO BE PAID TO THE SAILOR IN
PERsoN.-It being found impossible to overcome
the combined influence of the sailor boarding house
keepers, in abolishing the pernicous custom of
paying advance wages to seamen, Judge Hoar, of
the Supreme Court in this State, has decided that
the wages must be paid directly to the seaman,
and not at his order, thus establishing in him at
least a nominal control over his own money,
Year: 1861

n, EEILs Tl OF THE WHALE FIsHERY.-A letter from
OF Falrhaven, gives the following particulars of his
escape from death while pursuing a whale: The
whale struck the boat and threw him right across
the monsters mouth so that both legs were in its
mouth, and then went down with him Fortnnate


" the whale soon came up, so the man could
Dreath-ln the meantime he had extricated one of
his legs; but the whale Immediately went down
again, carrying Mr.. Sherman down the second
time. Mr.. Sherman then thought of his sheath
knife, which he used on the whales under law,
causing 1t to let go its hold when Mr. Sherman
arose to the surface of the water, about a ships
length from the boat, and be was rescued nearly
exhausted, by seizing him by the hair of the head
as he was sinking. On examination he found him
sell minus his pants, and with hole in one leg
large enough to receive an egg.-Ne,o Bedford
Year: 1861

Thrown UVERBoARD.-The rumOr that The Mar.
quis of Devonshire had thrown his daughters
drowned him, is explained by the London Times as
a Misrepresentation of the common idiomated
phrase, "thrown overheard" 1t is said that
letter was written by of the party on board the
Sylrhide to a friend at Turin in which he DESERT
bed very trivial disappointment sustained BY
another of the party by the words we have quoted.
The phrase, however vague, is in such common
use, and so perfectly understood in its restricted
glishman would probably have Inexperienced its
meaning.
Year: 1861

The importatons at New York last week suddenly
and unexpectedly ran up to nearly five and half
millions of dollars. The European merchants express
great confidence in the speedy and peaceful set
tlement of our political troubles, and while they
credit the New York merchants for all they re-
quire, many are also sending volunteer consign-
ments.
Year: 1861

with whom she had many natural sympathies,
but has brought down the storm of war upon
her own head, and it has now become manifest
that she can never have peace, except by re-.
turning to her old stat,,s in the Union. What
ever uncertainties may be supposed to exist as
to the final fate of the Gulf region, there can
be none as to the final fate of Virginia, and it
is equally foolish and criminal 10 protract q
struggle, the issue Of which is already irrevo-
cably settled. The western half of that State
obstinately refuses to leave the Union, and the
retention Of this city as the national capital,
being resolved upon by the country, The re-.
maindtr of tho State will not be allowed to
leave the Union. The nation must hold Fortress
Monroe, Chesapeake Bay, the whole course Of
the navigable Potomac, and access 10 the West
through be>Valley of Virginia, while IL can
tolerate no alien jurisdiction within striking
distance Of Washington in any di ection.
These ore absolute necessities, resulting from
the location of he national capital, and they
can be satisfied in no other way than by re
taining Virginia a3 q part Of the Union. The
country. can never make peace on different
terms.


The sensible men of Virginia ought by th


time to sec, that the ideas upon which tina


State was carried into the Southern Conied


eracy were wholly iallacious, and that peace !


obtaiuabe only by rectilying that deplorabl


error. Virginia has continued the contest lonI


enough to illustrate her fidelity to her presen


allies, and to satisfy all the requirements q


pride in her military resources She ought no,
giving up hopeless and eXhausting contest.
Year: 1861

[STORY OF A RAILROAD ENGINEER.1


| was running night express train, and
had 4 train Of ten cars-and all were well
loaded | was behind time and was very
anxious to make a certain point thus | was
using every exertiOn, and putting the engine
to the utmost speed to which she was capa-
bic. | was on a section of the road usually
considered the best running ground on the
line, and was endeavoring to make the most
of it, when conviction struck me that |
must stop.


\ something seemed to tell me that to 20
ahead was dangerous, and that | must stop
if I would save life. / looked back at my
train, and il was all right. l strained my
eyes and peered into the darkness, and could
see no signal of danger, nor anything beto-
kenIng danger, and there | could see five
miles in the daytime. | listened to the
workings Of my engine, tried the water,
looked at the guage, and all was right. l
tried to laugh myself out Of what | then
considered q childish fear; but like Banquo's
ghost it would not 20 down at my bidding,
but grew stronger in its hold upon me.


/ thought of the ridicuie l would have
heaped unon me if did stop but it was Of
10 avail. The con7iction-ior by this time
it had r;pencd into 4 cOnYiction-that
must stop grew still stronger, and l shut of
and blew the whistle for breakers according
II. l came 70 Z dead halt, got eft, and went
ahead little way, without saying anything
to anybody what the matter was. had
lamp in my hand, and had gone about sixty
feet, when | saw what convinced me that
premoniti0us are sometimes possible. l
dropped tie lantern from my neryeless
grasp, and sat down on the track, utterly
unable to stand for there was a switch, the
thought Of which had never entered my
mind, as it had never been used since had
been on the road, and was known to be
spiked, but was open TO lead me off the
track This switch led into q stone quarry,
whence stone for bridge purposes had been
duarried, and the switch was left in case
stone should be wanted at any time, but 1t
was always locked, and the switch rail
spiked. Yet here it was wide open, and had
Inot obeyed my premOnition-warning-
call it what you will should have run into
it, and, at the end Of the track, only about
ten rods long, my heavy engine and train,
moving at the rate of 80 miles per hour.
would have come into collision with q solid
wall of rock, eighteen feet high. The con-
sequences, had l done so, can neither be I'M
agined nor described but they could, by no
possibility, have been otherwise than fatally
horrid This is my exT erience in getting
warnings from q source that | know not. and
cannot divine. 1t is a mystery to me-a
mystery for which am very thankful, how
ever, although | dare not attempt to explain
it, nor whence it came.
Year: 1861

PCLvERIzE THE MANUREs. Few farmers
comprehend the importance Of attending to
this item in the preparation of their stock OF
fertilizers. They are often carried to the field
in the spring, IN the cOaTsest form possible,
the hay and straw not fermented at all, and
the coarse clods carried into the yard last sum-
mer not broken. They are spread in this
state, and the large Jumps are plowed under
so that they are not Immediately available
for the sustenance Of plants. Plants feed
mainly at the extremities of the rOOtlets
through mouths too small to be seen by the
naked eye. The finer the manure is
made the more easily it is dissolved in water
and the sooner it passes into circulation.
This doubtless is one reason OF the almost
immediate visible effects of Peruvian guano.
1t has been passed through the digestive ap-
paratus of birds, and reduced to much
finer powder than it could be by any mocha
nical means. So small quantity as q hun-
dred pounds, spread upon an acre of now
ing in wet May day, will improve itss ap-
pearance in q very short time.


All observing farmers have noticed that
the finest and most thoroughly workedfcom-
post, other thugs being equal, gives uniform
ly the best results. The minute division Of
lue PARTICLES Is ldNOTdDlt u tHe CuSUttCuA GUN.
binations that take place in the soil. 1t
becomes much sooner available, aud the cul-
tiyator gets an earlier return for his invest
ment IN fertilizers.


Fortunately, at this season, VIC have a very
powerful agent that we can put to this work
if communion without any expense. The
frost, with fair chance to work, is better
than any clod-crusher or mill to powder q
compost heap. One of the best means oL
economizing frost for this purpose, IS 70 pow
up the yard whenever there comes a NAV ,
or say twice month. Every turning OF the
contents of the yard exposes new surfaces TO
the action of the frost. We have found 1t q
yerv profitable employment to fork over the
COMPOST heaps in the barn cellar, and IN the
cold during the winter. Where the heaps
are large, this can be done quite rapidly,
even in freezing weather; and the more it
freezes and thaws the finer it becomes. Heaps
thus turned and thoroughly beaten up with
a shovel, come out in the spring fine ho-
| mogeneous mass, good to spread and plow in
admirable for dropping in the hill, and first
rate for top-dressing grass land.-Amsr'oan
Agrieultarist.
Year: 1861

The report is that the commissioners of
the Southern ConfederacY," who are now
at Washington, are in dissatisfied state Of
mind. They, of course, want to be recosniz-
ed as officials of regular gOyernment-
which recognition, of course, they cannot
have. Even if their new confederacy were
authorized by the people of the ''seceding "
States, there would be no hope of their off
ciaI recognition by President LINCOLN. RE
will hardly be taught in his school. But to
make the matter worse for them, the fact is
that their new government, 50 called, is not
yet recognized in any formal way BY the peo-
pie a home. Here is what the Baltimore
American says on that very point


wanting then, in the essential point necessary
to the existence Of government, these self consti-
tuted rulers Of form Of government confesselly,
yet. neither ratified Tor accepted by the people
they claim to representa- government which
may, or may net, exist, as the people shall here
after decide-send commissioners 70 demand
cognition from our government before their own
people have recognized it Suppose for mo-
ment our government should comply with so
monstrous Il request. Suppose, afterwards, the
Southern people should reject the new confeder-
acy ? How ridiculous would be our position -
Might We not be obliged to sustain this formal
government We had recognized asainst the peo-
pie Or if this formal government were swept
from political existence, would il not be with
some humiliation We hereafter reinstated in eur
Union people who, but for our own act had
never been out ofit.'
Year: 1861

The talk is strong that an extra session of


Congress viii have to be called. Indeed we


do not know how 1t can be avoided. 1t is
evident that there must be authority given


to the Government to raise by enlistment or
volunteer engagements large force. to
check the progress of the rebels in the cot
ton States. The generalization of what few
troops the Government nominally has, where
they are under Southern officers, is 50 great
as to make them unreliable till there has
been thorough wedding out Of such Of
fcers IS are ready to tread their oaths of Of
fee and their commissions under foot, at the
call of what they consider State authority.
ind if the troops were all true, they would
not begin to suffice for the cxigenc;es of the
time. IF the rebellion goes on much longer
at the rate it has gone thus far, 100000 men
are more likely to be needed to que!l it than
a lass number.
Year: 1861

\ young farmer visiting his sweetheart il
Albany, n. Y. left his horse 50 long in the
street, that kind hearted lady had police
man called and the horse taken to a stable,
When the lover came at last, he couldn't find
his horse, thought it was stolen, telegraphed
all round for it, and finally found where it
was But while driving home, the police
arrested him at Troy, on the strength of the
telegraph dispatches he was put into Jail,
and had to send home for somebody TO iden-
tify him as the owner of tho beast. He
threatens to sue the lady whose sympathy tor
the horse led to the original difficulty.
Year: 1861

There seemed a presence half divine
Floating unseen above,
The shadow Of calm thoughts, the sign
Of maiden faith and love;
As if some spotless heart had shed
A dew Of pUreness there,
Which brooded DER the placid bed
And glorifed the air"