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Year: 1861




Mr. Editor The election for delegates to
the Convention is past, and Augusta, true to her.
self, has not only vindcated her loyalty to the
Union, but distinctly expressed by her vote that
she will never surrender to any body of men the
power to dispose of her most vital interest at
their discretion. Whilst the voters of the coun-
ty fully estimate the dangers which threaten the
destruction of our glorious Union-the necessity
for some action to avert the impending ruin and
to protect the honor and interest of Virginia,
they have nobly repudiated everything that
would needlessly precipitate' the country into
revolution. Party distinctions were ignored,
personal preference discarded, and as one united
body, linked together by the great and conserva-
tive principles which lie at the base OF our social
institutions, they have met the issue. The peo-
pie have not only shown by their vote most
ardent attachment to the government created by
their Fathers, but presented the proud spectacle
of repelling every influence but that of patriot
ism, amidst the elements of discord and wild
sectional strife. Whilst this is the proud atti-
tude of the voters of the county, yet simple JUS
tice constrains me to say that none occupy q
more enviable position than Hugh W. Shetfey,
Esq. Yielding to the solicitations OF his fellow
citizens, he announced himself as one of the can
didates to represent the county in the Conven-
ton. The zeal and ability he displayed during
the canvass has not only endeared him to the
people, but won for him laurels of which be may
be Justly proud. With every assurance that he
was most highly appreciated by his countymen,
he voluntarily retired from the contest, unwil-
ling to cause any division in the conservative
vote which would endanger the election OF the
ticket which he believed represented the great
interests of the country. The man who aspires
to Office for the sake of the general good and
xolf of q
country, can never betray the confidence of bis
fellow citizens that man is Hugh W. Sheffey.-
Let the people of Augusta remember in after
DAYS that in this crisis the principles most dear
to them were paramount with him, and that the
syren voice of ambition had no charms for the
man who knew no devotion but to that OF his
country. A CoUNTYMAN.
Year: 1861

You walk in shady lanes; you stand and
look and look at the rugged bark of old
trees you help to pruue evergreens, you
devise flower gardens and winding walks.
You talk to pigs, and smooth down the
legs Of horses. You sit on messy walls,
and saunte- by the river side, and thro'
woodland paths. You grew familiar with
the internal arrangements OF poor mems
dwellings,; you see much of men and wo.
men in these solemn seasons when all pre-.
tcnces are laid aside; and they speak with
confidence to you of their little cares and
fears, for this world and the other. You
kneel down and pray by the bedside of
many sick !; and you know the look of the
dying face we'll. Young children whom
you have humb ly sought to instruct in the
best of knowledge, have passed away from
this life in your presence, telling you in
interrupted sentences whittier they trust
ed they were going, and bidding you
not forget to meet them there You
feel the touch of the weak fingers still
the parting request is not forgotten. You
mark the spring blossoms come back; and
you walk among the harvest sheaves in
the autumn evening. And when you ride
up the parish on your duty you feel the
influence of bare and lonely tracks, whore,
ten miles from home, you sometimes dis.
mount from your horse and sit down on a
gray stone by the wayside, and look for an
hour at the heather at your feet, and at
the sweeps of purple moor'and far away.
You 60 down to the churchyard frequently;
you sit on the gravestone of your prede-
cessor who died two hundred years sco
and you count five, six, seven spots where
those who serve the euro before you sleep.
-Recreafisns Of a Country Parson.
Year: 1861

Just when the red June Roses blow
She gave me one--a year ago;
A Rose whose crimson breath revealed
The secret that its heart concealed,
And whose half shy, half tender grace


\ year ago-a year ago


To hope was not to know.
Just when the RED June Roses blow
! plucked her one-a month ago;
It's half-blown crimson to eclipse,
] laid on her smiling lips;
The balmy fragrance of the south
Drew sweetness from her sweeter mouth,


Swiftly do golden hours creep,


To hold is not to keep.
The red June Roses now are past,
This very day broke the last
And now its perfumed breath is hid,
With her beneath coffin lid
There will its petals fall apart,
And wither on her icy heart:


At three red Roses cost


Ny word was won and lost.
Year: 1861

BOLDLY AND Frankly SPOKEN.-Ths
telegraph reports Mr. Seward as having
said to some Illinois citizens, who called
on him -


" Let it not be said that the Republican
party won its first, last and only victory
over the dissolution of the Union. Remem-
ber that the way to maintain the integrity
of the Republican party IS to maintain the
Union.'


That is true, and Mr.. Seward deserves
the applause Of his party for his boldnsss
and frankness. What will the Republican
victory be worth when it is gained over
the dissolution Of tho Union Republican
Radicals, have you asked yourselves that
question?
Year: 1861

New City Military Corps.-rhe advertiser proposes
10 oTennize Military Corps Il sufficient number will unite
In the movement the purpose Of military insTuetion
beth practical and theoretical None will be admitted to mem
beshp but those who sble and will devote s least three
evenings each week study and drill. Address MILITARY
Box No. l00 Herald Once
Year: 1861

aggressor; so this same necessity should
be the measure of the harm we do him :
and we ought to be always disposed to
reconcilement as soon as he has done us
Justice, and we have nothing further to
apprehond. ."-Burlam. The ancient
semi barbarous perversion Of natural
| Law,-'Ghc Law Of Retaliation, as it
was called, can eye for an eye, and a tooth
! for a tooth"-is reformed and superseded
by humanity, Christianity and civiiza-
ton. More earnestly does this rule, die
tatcd by them, apply to such conflict
as that which has arisen between the peo-
pie of the United States who were and
should be, politically and socially, breth
ren. Whether they can or may be restor-
ed to national harmony is not the ques
tion now in hand; but we, at least, are
prohibited from closing the door thereto,
by acts of injustice, and the contrary spirit
is enjoined BY the law, to which we our
selves appeal, by our own declarations =
by duty, and it may be aided, by our
own ultimate good and safety--to now to
estimate the guilt of q war forMot purpose,
namely: for the subjugation of the people
of the slave-holding States, or those which
are in rebellion, with the intent an for
the purpose of abolishng or extcrmina-
ting negro slavery therein. This is true
whatever may be individual opinions up
on the abstract question--of the lawful
ness of negro servitudc, as it exists in
those States The Jesuitical assumtion
that the end sanctifes or iustlies the
means, is as false in logic and true states
manship; as it is in morals; since acts Of
aggression, in that spirit and with such q
purpose as certain to be overtaken, sooner
or later, in their actors, by retributon
and punishment; in which, as well as in
the aggression, the innocent necessarily
suffer with the guilty-in the action or in
the re action The amount and extent oil
evil and human suffering which must at
tend such war, carried on for such pur-
pose, hereinbelore mentioned, would be
too appalling to be contemplated, even
in prospect.


One further observation is here in place
namely the assumption, which has been
made and heard, and that III high quar-.
tcrs, that the war may be purposely made
the occasion and the means of elIecting the
purpose, herein mentioned and referred to
and would be justified by, or because of,
the acts oftho Southern rcbelliouS leaders,
or those engaged in the seeding revolt
is not only untre in morals and principle,
but as an argument is of no value; since
if it prove anything, it recognizes the
right of one party or State to withdraw
from the common body, to violate the
Constitution, because another party OF
State has wrongfully done so while this
wrongful party is still, by the others, held
to his engagements in and to the common
body-a proposition or assumption, too,
which, if it were worth anything in le-
gal and Constitutional logic, as it is not,
would equally justify the Northern Abo-
litionists in acts of secession and disunion
because slavery exists by law in the South
and its people seek to maintain it there
In truth the assumption is made by mer
of that class or party. But too mnct
space is already occupied and the writer
must pause. "A. n.
Year: 1861

TKE EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND THE Ma
T1oNAL TROUBLES N. Y. Church
Journal states that there will be no schis.
matical division of the Episcopal Church in
consequence Of the separation of the Con-
federacy. In the organization Of that
Church each State composes Diocese, and
each Diocese, like each State, is sovereign
and independent Their national organize,
tion resembles the. Federal organization,
and consequently according to the Journats
not only will the effects Of State secession,
upon the diocesan relations of the church
10 the eeceded States be at once recognized,
but where, as in the case of the Bishopric
of Alabama, the concurrence of the Nation
al Episcopate may be necessary to fill va
cancy, the promptest measures will be Ia
ken by the Northern Bishops to give the
requisite sanction to the elections in Ala.
bama, and to every other act necessary for
the entire independence of all the dioceses
in the Seeded States. This is in perfect
harmony with the noble attitude of the f.
piscopal Church in the North from the be.
ginning, which has always and everywhere
set its face as flint against abolitionism,
and every other ism, and which is composed
of body Of clergy and iaity which would
have done honor to any age and any nation
of the Christian Church. -. f.
Year: 1861

THE Policy OF THE SOUTHERN Con-


M1ssIoNERs.- ERs.-WAsHINGToN, March 3d.


The nervousness which has been privately


developing itself for two or three weeks


past at the South, in regard to the policy of
the Confederate States Commissioners at


Washington, has broken out at last in a
captious leader in the New Orleans Delta,
which will be followed up, it is understood,
by general volly from the entire war wing
of the secessionists To the ability and con.
summats tact and address of the Commission
ers the country is indebted for the peace it
now enjoys, and the removal of federal
troops from the seeded States, which will
soon take place. Their policy has been
"masterly inactivity" from the start-par-
ley, diplomacy, the avoidance Of all abrupt
issues, accepting every overture for time,
with the conscious knowledge that if the
administration could afford to ask for delay
their true policy was to give it. By this
means an opportunity has been afforded
President Davis to concentrate an over
force on Fort Pickens, rendering
its abandonment necessity, and affording
time for deliberation on the question, which
must inure to interests of peace.-N York
Herald.
Year: 1861

A PRETTY ROMANCE Spo1LED.-Tbe
"gallaut" correspondent of the New York


Times went little too far when he para
ded the overwhelming attention which he
professed to receive from Col. Maxcy Gregg.
All about the "fair lady" may be strictly
true, @ but certain are We that this vera
cious correspondent is total stranger to
Col. Gregg. Col. Gregg did not know
there was such biped in the city until the
advent of his letter, and we are of opinion
the knowledge which he now possesses will
not strew roses in his path. Col. Gregg's
affability is everywhere acknowledged but
what be might, could, would, or should do
in an emergency like this, We are sure we
don't know. In the meantime let US ask,
what will be the next story, and who will
be made to father p Charleston Mercury.
Year: 1861

oldest, most respectable citizens. About
five o'clock on Monday afternoon be was
summoned before the committee, and then
and there informed, for the first time, that
he was suspected, and that it was necessary
for him to decamp without further delay
He at first hesitated in admitting his guilt,
but upon one of his letters being produced,
at once perceiving that he was entrapped,
he acknowledged to the whole matter and con.
fessed that he was deserving the traitors
doom. The committee informed that, in
consideration of his wife and two little chill.
dren, it had been determined that he should
be allowed to depart with his neck unbro.
ken, although the righteous indignation Of
the people generally pronounced in favor
of his being suspended to the nearest tree.
After arranging his affairs in such man.
ner as to secure creditors against loss, this
senior Committee turned him over to anoth.
er Committee, composed of younger men,
consisting of twelve, who were to have ex,
elusive charge of him, and were instructed
to place him on the cars the next morning
for immediate transport to more congenial
cline. This duty they performed satisfac,
torily, and at early dawn on Tuesday morn
ing he was escorted to the Depot, and start.
ed for Indiana or some other free State
Before this, however, the said Committee
conducted him to the suburbs of the town
and in the still hours of the night, after re.
ceiving full confession of bis guilt and g
voluntary acknowledgment that his traitor
GUS conduct deserved nothing short of death,
twenty stripes were administered in ap
proved style He made no resistance, and
felt grateful, be said, that his punishment


was so light. Afterwards his hair wa'
closely clipped on the right side.-Ander
son Mtelligencer.
Year: 1861




Fort Sumter never is, but always to be,
delivered up. We are heartily sick and
tired of hearing, by telegraph every day,
that Fort Sumter is to be evacuated. 1t
has been the daily announcement for two
or three weeks, and the day of evacuation
has been fixed again and again, and the
day has come and gone, and Fort Sumter
still holds out in defiance of the immense
appliances for its destruction. The latest
news from Washington now is, that the or
der to evacuate is conditional, namely:
evacuate if unable to hold out any longer.


1t has cost the country an immense
amount of money, preparation and excite.
ment to get the Government at Washing
ton to the point of ordering d conditional
evacuation. We apprehend that the Gov
ernment of the Confederate States is now
in condition to hasten up the determina-
ton of Abraham's Government. 1t would
probably be wise economy in the Govern
ment to do so. If it is prepared to capture
Fort Sumter, it is costing the country a
great deal to watch and wait for it to cru-l-
Bile down by the abrasion Of time. The
Government is concentrating great many
troops at Pensacola. We are mistaken in
those who have control of public affairs, if
this is for any idle purpose. If any inter-
esting occurrences are to take place at Pen
sacola, the forces that watch and wai' at
Charleston, after the fall of Fort Sumter,
might be actively employed, SO as to be
making the best use of their time, which
they seem now to be throwing away.


We just now had call from an excel
lent mechanic, who came to consult US about
the prospect of getting employment at the
Navy Yard at Pensacola We told him
that while Fort Pickens frowned down up
on the Navy Yard the Government could
carry on no work there. Perhaps that's the
clue to the movements of troops towards Pen
sacola-the Government wants the Navy
Yard to begin to build ships We hope
then that they will "hurry up the cakes
about Fort Sumter, in order to be more
able to hurry up the cakes about Fort
Pickens. The country is sinking into
a fatal apathy, and the spirit, and even the
patriotism of the people is oozing out under
this do.nothing policy. If something is not
done pretty soon, decisive, either evacua
ton or expulsion, the whole country will
become so disgusted with the sham of
Southern independence, that the first
chance the people get at a popular election,
they will turn the whole movement topsy
turvy SO bad, that it never on earth can be
righted again.
Year: 1861

ARREST AND EXPULSION OF AN ABo-
LITIoN1sr.-This community was thrown
into state of unusual excitement on Mon
day evening last by the arrest of one "Dr.
Horne, Resident Dentist" charged with
having used incendiary language and ex-
pressing abolition sentiments in letters writ
ten to certain Black Republican "brethren"
in the Northwest The arrest was made,
after careful investigation, and the most
convincing proof, by committee of our
Year: 1861

HARD TINES IN WAsHINGToN.-The
Washington Star, one of the papers new
y converted to Abolitionism, and which
systematically re-vamps the falsehoods Of
the New York Tribune about suffering at
the South, gives the following doleful pic.
ture of the times in Washington:


For many months past, and at this time,
hundreds and hundreds of honest working
men here, as elsewhere, are unable to pro.
cure days work many are now in almost
state of starvation. In fact, they would
be at that point were it not for friends, and
dealers in groceries aud other necessaries
Of life, who have thus far given them cred
it. The owners of the houses many o
these people occupy can get no rents from
them. This state of things cannot last
Many have families dependent upon theil
daily labor for subsistence, and in times
when employment was easily obtained
found great difficulty in making both ends
meet All these men ask is employment;
and that, it seems, they cannot get now
Many of them tell US (for they often ap
peal to us) that they are in the habit Of
leaving their distressed homes morning af
ter morning, after very scanty meal, with
fixed determination that, if possible, be.
fore they return to their families, they will
get some employment; but, alas bitter
disappointment meets them. They have nc
means to leave this city, and if they had,
no one can tell them where they may obtain
work If these troubles continue for any
considerable length of time, no one can
foresee what the consequences may be-
Public as we'll as private Improvements are
everywhere curtailed, and in most cases al
together suspended. Very few, if any, who
have a dollar, will risk investing it any.
where now, while so much uncertainty ex.
lists.
Year: 1861

AS there is reason for the milk in the
foreign cocoanut, so there is one for it in
the domestic article. New Rochell has the
honor of being the residence CT Richard
Lathers, ESQ.,, formerly Of the City Of
Charleston, s. G., the same gentleman who
originated and engineered the famous Pine
street meeting, gotten up mainly to glorify
himself. 1t is also the residence of several
Federal Custom House employees, whose
bread and butter being seriously threatened
by recent appointment by President Lin
coin, are ready to bid for pay and ratious
from the crib of the Southern President.


The Albany Atlas and argus also ap.
pears to have scented the reconstruction
idea on the basis of the Jeff. Davis Consti-
tuition, for it has of late been praising that
instrument as "admirable. We may ex-
pect soon to see jeff Davis Commissioners
among US, and the Democratic press through
out the North with full accord supporting
the plan. On our part, We are ready for
the day which is to witness the opening Of
such a contest, and We trust that the ma.
chinists and scenes .shfters whose Office it is,
will not long postpone the lifting of the
curtain
Year: 1861

Mr. EDITOR May | use the columns Of
your paper to complain of a nuisance


Assuming an affirmative, announce at once
the name OF the nuisance e,-Perlume pro
nouncad by the Vulgar pufume, by the refined
pdhfume, by young ladies pioom.


Like the rose, 1t smells the same under any
name in all other respects its resemblance to
the rose Is not apparent.


BY strange delusion, every boy and young
Miss who is the happy possessor Of phial Of
this abominable mixtureof musk and cinnamon,
is firmly convinced that be or she has secured
the genuine "Lubin."


Alas poor Lubin your ghost would rise and
confront these rash adol9scents, were 1t not for
the protective aroma which guards their per-
sons You couldn't stand that, you know But
where this nuisance is most unboarable is at
church. In most other places, one can drop
everything and frenctically rush for fresh air;
if in Summer one can make an excuse and get
to the window: il in Winter a littlc snuff or
tobacco may be surreptitously dropped on the
stove il all other resources fail, one the recipe
Will answer for t,co just as well can faint and
hu secure vinegar or salts al the hands of al
tentiyc friends. But at church you are at the
mercy O) Of these ollnctory toymentolS, your
ueNVlVus hIc VVaIuAeui YOUR peace ltI>tCutcui
your amens adulterated, your attitude altered,
your thoughlrulress threatened, your responses
reduced and your piety prf0Hea Instead of
quietly attending to the duties which brought
you there, your mind is left to unsavory re-
lections


You mutter something about there being no
sense in these vile scents, and wishing this in
conse were out. You resign yourself to mar
tyrdom during the remainder of the service
You return home, with or without the aid
your friends or the sexton, according to the
strength Of your constitution, in state Of mel
anchoIy, and with no appetite You reflect
day or two. You wonder why persons addicted to
the use of these ollensyenesses do not keep by
themselves and enjoy the monopoly by going to
the woods or remote fields and there anoint them
to the full content of heart and nose You re-
solve to write to the Freeman about it., and to
advise all who would not be thought nuisances
to abstain, in Church, at least, from the use of
the cheap perfume, pahume or p1om aforesaid.


II, G.
Year: 1861

Perhaps the people generally may inquire what Is
the mailer at CARROW'S ne store. when after look
ing around some they find out that this is the
very place to buy cheap Goods. Under the present
crisis such an inducment will lead any man. woman
or chIld 10 stop in. without searching further. and


this is where the bargains are. The greatest pains
has been taken by the subscriber to select choice
and desirable stock Of Fancy Dry Goods, including
Casslmeres Cloths, &c. The greatest and effort
will be made To show the public his new assortment.
Zee ling sure, after close examination, they will be
ready To buy The fact is this idea has been suggest
ed by several. Come and see his cheap lot Of Sugar
for 6l, !. 8 and ~ cts per lb. apI.4t
Year: 1861

tidings from the South will be regarded with
the utmost interest and anxiety here. In
view of the possibility Of collision, and the
contingency OF a demonstration against this
capital precautionary measures for its dc
cd Immediately


The statement which has gained currency
that the presence cf detection has been dis
covered III the troops now stationed here, is
entirely uEtoundcd, as far as is known at the
proper department., after careful inquiry.
Efficient and competent officers are to be put
in charge of the dcfenses and selected with
reference to their qualities for this speciel
service.
Year: 1861

pS- we'll regulated and Proporfionate quantity
Of bile upon the stomach, is always requisite for
the promotion of sound heatn-it stimulates di-
gestion and keeps the intestinal canal free from al
ObstruCtions. When there Is a deficiency Of bile
the bosy Is constantly costive On the other hand
over abundance of bile causes frequent nausea
in the stomach and often promotes very at
tacks of disease, which sometimes end in death