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Year: 1864

Early in the days of our childhood we
learned one important fact-that there is
"man in the moon !" and straightway We
proceeded to ask our mother number Of
pointed questions about the matter. She
satisfied our youthful curiosity by telling
US that he was placed there long, long ago,
for stealing head of cabbage, and that
he has ever since been kept at hard labor,
"piling brush" or collecting branches of
trees as they are trimmed off by axemen,
preparatory to burning them out OF the
way. And when we look at the moon,
and see dark figure upon its disc, some
what resembling, in outline, the shape of
man, and near it an additional dark spot
which might or might not be a pile of
boughs, we go great deal further than
our mothers-we believe the story; and,
having believed it, we secretly resolve in
our minds never to commit theft lest
similar fate should be ours. And thus the
silly fable at once becomes an important
engine In forging and forming the char
acter of the man. The Indian mothers
have a story somewhat like that Of
the "man in the moon," which they
tell to their children rs our mothers tell
the story to us-with this difference, how
ever: they believe the story themselves,
while our mothers do not. Here 1t is !:
"Very long ago seven little boys took 1t
into their heads to have feast after the
manner of their fathers, and they went to
their mothers, praying for permission.
Their mothers refused them; after which
they decided to rebel and have the feast
anyhow. They procured little white
dog to sacrifice; and, having placed 1t
upon the fire they commenced dancing
around as they had seen their fathers do
on momentous occasions. While they
were thus engaged they were suddenly
caught up by some invisible power aud
carried off through the air. Their moth
ers heard their cries and came forth from
their lodges, only to see them mount higher
and higher, until they took their place
among the stars in the sky, to dance on
for ever and ever" When the Indian
mother tells this story she points out the
seven stars of the Pleiades; and the EN-
bryo warrior trembles to think what an
awful fate might befall the youth who
was SO thoughtless as to disobey his
mother. .-
Year: 1864

Cosr OF WoRSING A MINE.-The Gould Il
Curry Mining Company have taken out OF
their mine, during the past month over half
million ofdollars. and the dividend declar-
ed was only Sl25 per share, and as there are
200 shares in the mine it will show that the
entire amount which the stockholders receiv-
ed w's Sloo, 900, the balance apparently go
ing tor working some mines before the stock
holders receive their dividends We do not
mean to say that the expenses of the mine are
always as great as they have been the past
month.
Year: 1864

with small per centage of copper.


These two companies have built a house on
theis claims for the convenience Of workmen.


The Bully Hill Company are running their
lower tunnel night and day, and are also
sinking their shaft at the rear of the upper
tunnel, following rich veins Of copper and
silver ore. which lie in strains running near
and parallel to each other


Everything is being done to facilitate the
rapid development Of the rich mines in this
district
Year: 1864

A Washington letter writer says the
passage of this bill is considered triumph
for the Anti-Slavery party. TWAS bitter
ly opposed by the pro-slavery men and Sc
cessionists, who urged that the time lor
holding the Convention was too near,
that there was no compensation for freed
slaves. and that there would be military
interference. Thus one by one the border
States are wheeling into line as free States.
and the work Of regeneration goes on.
Year: 1864

An unusual number Of refugees from
the South are entering our lines in order
to escape the rebel couscription. They
state that on the night after the passage of
the act conscripting all persons liable to
do military duty, ninety refugees were
caught by the rebel pickets along the
Chickahominy. These were given q pass
for thirty days. with orders to report At
the expiration of that timc for duty.


Fears are entertained in Richmond of an
insurrection on the part Of this class, and
the rebel authorities will not allow more
than 500 conscnpts to accumulate at camp
near Richmond from apprehension Of such
an ttempt. Bands are being orgsnizcd
in many parts of the South for the pur-
pose of resisting the conscription.
Year: 1864

It has been stated to you by Mr.. Lee
dom at the close of his remarks in the
court room above, that he would be fol-
lowed by one better prepared to address
you. must therefore say, that I am
here without preparation, and to mo it is
sudden and unexpected thing that I
now stand before you I must also say
that Z am quite unused to speaking in
the open air, and I may readily make a
mistake III the pitch Of my voice, and SO
Iah to be heard, OF in the effort to be
distinct, I may destroy my power Of ut
terahce before ain through.


I have, however, spoken once before
from this very place, at the beginning of
the War and it was then my impulse, as
well as my duty, to incite you to sustain
the call for men. It had then been pro
nounced by the lawful authority vested
with the power of deciding it, that an
insurrection had broken out, and it was
the duty Of the United States to suppress
it. As an attorney and counsellor at
law. sworn before more than one court,
20 support the Constitution of the United
States, had 40 choice. That Constitu-
ton requires the suppression Of insurrec-
ton; and it points out the mode of doing
it, and that is BY military force. It is
provided that Congress shall have power
to provide for calling forth the militia,
to suppress insurrection. 1t was not a
question whether the Insurrection was
justifable; it was enough to know that
it existed: and when called upon by the
President Of the United States, it became
the duty Of every man in the country to
give the call support.


At the beginning of this insurrection,
its suppression was thought to be job
of but a few weeks. Your President
when he called for $4,000 men, declared
by this, that it was a momentary thing.
Your Secretary Of State announced to all
the Governments Of Europe that the war
would be Of but few months duration.
Your Secretary Of the Treasury declared
to the same effect when he advised Con-
gregs that it was to endure but a short
time, and that it would not be necessary
to lay taxes upon the people, bat the
charge might be met with borrowed mo-
nev. From that time to this; we have
been IlaBoring under this terrible mis-
take. Even during the last session Of
Congress, it became matter of popular
agitation to raise a million of men for
ninety days to 90 and take Richmond, as
if It were mere moonlight work, and
that achievement certain to end the war.


There was bat one man who saw the
Rebellion IN IT'S true proportions, and
that man was GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN.
Within seven days after he was placed in
command Of the army, he proposed a
force of 2730O0 men, which was then
deemed eztravagant-and he submitted
to the President that We must end the
Year: 1864

Arrangements are now completed to sup
ply any demand for this article, which from
sok OF government stamps has not heretofore
been possible:


The public may rest assured that in no case
viii the perfectly pure standard of the Plant
stion Bitters be departed from Every bot
tle bears the fac siHsi1e Of our signature on a
steel plate engraving, or iteannot be genuine


Sold by all Druggists, GrOoers and Dealers
nlroughout the cOuntfyl
Year: 1864

PosrPoNEMENT OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CoNvESrIoS.-TLe republican pot is boiling
finely. The whole party, OF what is left Of il,
will soon be in regular stew. One wing is in
favor Of adheripg to the time called for holding
the conventIon-in June; another is in favor Of
postponing 1t until next September, after the
summer campaign, and another--in the absence
Of another wing we will take the tail-is in
favor Of holding no convention at all. The
drst favor the nomination Of Lincoln, are
wise enough TO see he ID. losing ground every
day and oppose all delays; the second prefer
awaiting the result Of the summer campaign,
and the latter see that II General Grant be sue
ccssful there will, in reality, be no necessity
for holding convention at all. In the mean
time let tho rcuublicar stav simmer on.
Year: 1864

WHAT ARE THEY CRYISG ADouT?-We notice
that all the republican papers are abusing
Judge Barnard for simply saying that one Of
the editors of tie Evening Post was practising
miscegenation regularly with black woman.
But suppose this be true, do not the repub-
lcans justify. approve and encourage just such
practices? And suppose it to be false, ought
not the Post editor to thank Barnard for giving
him good reputation among the members OF
the Loyal Leagues! So, in either case, we see
no reason why the republican papers should
raise this hubbub. What arc they crying
about?
Year: 1864

Our COMMON SCHOOL SYsTEM-THoRorGH
REFORMATION NEEDED.-The disgraceful abuses
which have 80 often been exposed in the man.
agement of the common schools Of New York
are matters which call for the timely and reso-
lutte action Of the Legislature. Our public
schools, in the hands Of a lot of wretched ward
politicians, instead of being a great public
benefit, are very rapidly being converted into
an irrcdeemable public nuisance This arises
from the fact that the men who, through politi-
cal influence, succeed in obtaining control over
the schools are, morally and Intellectually, un-
fit for the Offices to which they have aspired
What is to become OF our children and of the
whole rising generation if their future destinies
are to be controlled by the vicious, the igno-
rant and the immoral! We have already had
occasion to allude to the system OF wholesale
immortality developed in the affairs Of some Of
our schools, and to the improper intimacy which
has been shown to exist between certain COM
missioners and some Of the female teachers.
The result Of such conduct as this is that the
children who frequent the common schools
acquire, at an early age and in an almost i'm
perceptible manner, the seeds of vice and
crime which in after life almost always ripen
into violent crimes against society. The only
remedy for this state of things is that the Legis
laturc should interfere to change the orgauiza-
ton and functions Of the Board of Education,
making its form and powers as much like those
OF the Police Commissioners as is possible.
Mr.. Bene diets bill. introduced into the State
Senate short time ago, proposes to deal
with the matter by changing the mode Of elect
ing the Board of Education and other school
officers. This is very good move; bat until
the influence for evil of the petty ward poll
ticians be entirely extingushed, and the school
system be made 60 conform to the principle of
the Police Commission as nearly as possible,
there will be no hope for q sound and thorough
reformation of existing evils, which is now SO
greatly needed.
Year: 1864

Charleston Convention OF April. 1860, after
wrangling till May. adjourned over, at the point
OF the final rupture, to the 18th Of June, and
from Charleston to the cooler climate of Balti-
more. The power Of the majority OF Congress
over this question is still great, though
considerably diminished by its concessions to
the Executive


By the last Congress, in view Of the possible
contingency Of an opposition majority in this,
everything was granted that the administration
asked for to carry on the war, and much more
than was necessary in the way Of military
financial and political powers. The present re-
publican Congress has reasons enough to de-
plore those folles. It was found that these
extraordinary powers conceded to President
Lincoln have been used by him not 80 much
to put down the rebellion as to secure another
answer to this indictment.


What can he say Has he not uselessly sac
riiced the lives of hundreds Of thousands of
our brave soldiers In his blundering military
adyepturess Has he not thus squandered away
thousands of millions of treasure, Has he not
rather encouraged than attempted to check the
frightful corruptions, spoliations and waste
fulnes1 Which, in high places and low, have
marked the management Of this war; And
what is he now doing with General Grant.
The General as we are told, has had nothing
to do with tho reorganization Of the Army of
the Potomac. He was kindly relieved Of that
trouble by the President and General Halleck.
The act of Congress reviving the grade of
Lieutenant general would 1t was hoped, effect
the removal of Halleck; but he is still retained
at the Presidents elbow, to assist him in manag-
ing Grant. This, too, is an item in the bill Of
complaints which the majority of the republi-
cans in Congress have made up against Abra-
ham Lincoln. In assumptions Of power in
claptrap cant and low cunning, they have found
him sort Of backwoods imitator OF Crom-
we'll, but utterly incapable Of initiating old
Oliver in anything else


We cannot be far out of the way In the
opinion that the party In Congress which pro-
nounces its Executive a failure holds the
balance of power against him, and will exer-
else it to some purpose. We count upon the
shelving Of Lincoln through the postponement
of the Baltimore Convention.
Year: 1864

didst thou not discover his powerful
strength ? and should ! encounter him on
the banks Of the romantic lake il might
be that would invountarily Journey to
the Celestial Empire!


L--liast thou not often said that thou
would'st give tho last dollar and the last
man to wipo liberty and justice from the
face Of the earthI


ESQ l did, but meant myself to be
the last man, and my gold and silver gods
to DO the last dollars.


LII understand thee we are of ono
mind.


E.--Will the government not hold the
dutchman to an account


LII Captain Blair was half as good q
man as General Mcneil he would stop Ex-
lines dutch foolishness by sending a bull
let through his Uranium


Eli thou canst get Provost Marshal
Blair removed, and myself appointed in
his stead, I will have every Copperhead
man, woman and child bound hand and
foot, and cast into the bottomless Loeb
Lomond ; Provided, Chase will give me
fifty dollars per head, in grconbacka for
all thai can get drowned.
L.--CowardIy fool! thou art yet pale
from the trembling fright it caused thee
when EXline mentioned the kettle of
boiling water.
Year: 1864

rsTIf, in playing euchre, lady partner
should help" you must you consider her
in the light of friend and sister?


nsyWherefore is it that one year in the
highway department entities an official to
the general character of highwayman


Iss~Why is an Irishman's joke like an
Irishman? Because it is pat.


kyOnc thousand recruits for our ar
mics are said TO be on the way from Ger
many.
Year: 1864

EXCHANGE OF PREsoNERs.-Some five hundred
Confederates recently exchanged for an equivalent
of federals, arrived at Richmond day or two since
and went into quarters at Camp Lee. Gen. B. F.
Butler having been appointed special agent for the
exchange of prisoners at City Point, our govern
ment has refused to recognize him in that capacity
on account of his being under the ban of outlawry
by the proclamation of President Davis, for his con-
duct at New Orleans. The Richmond Hbiq, sin
view of so desirable end as the liberation of so
many of our noble boys, now the tenants of fedora
prisons, expresses the hope that the President
may not find it incompatible with the dignity and
duty of the government to waive the outlawry and
recognize the Beast"


We have received number of letters from sol.
d!ers making inquiries in relation to the exchange of
prisoners. Some of them state that Gen. Winder
mas informed them by letter that all prisoners that
were paroled and brought out to City Point up to
the 2Sth July last were exchanged" but does not
state whether there has been any exchange since.
Ihe inference is that prisoners paroled since that
period have not been exchanged, though we are not
able to answer the question so as to place it beyond
doubt We trust some of the Richmond paper,
will explain the matter, as considerable number Of
Paroled soldiers feel an interest in knowing.
Year: 1864

We publish 70 day very able letter from John
n GImer, ESQ, Of Virginia, to the members


-rcongress from that State in relation to the pro-


.sit;on to place those who have hired substitutes
!. ,srvice. Mr. Gllmer writes like an old STYLE


Ione,t Virginia statesman Such men are as valuable
tbev are rare Imagine the scorn with which John
T.,1or of Caroline, and William Writ, ahd Thom-
=. R;tchie would have turned from these modern
DroDostons to break the deliberately pledged faith
of the government


This whole matter of substitutes may be put in
, nutshell The government enacted q law allow
ing persons who owed to it military service to put
nersons in their places as substitutes. Persons
aysed themselves of this law, wherenpon the gov
eminent discharged them from service. This was
a contract But the government now turns round
and forces these persons into service, and thus
breaks the contract We opposed the enactment
of the law, because we thought it wrong in prnci-
pie 1t Das wrong. 1t put the money of one man
in one scale, and the blood of the meneyless man
in tie other; but it was passed, and the govern
ment thus pledged its word to those who availed
themselves of its provisions. 1t was wrong to pass
tie law, and it is wrong to break it We
know that thousands who obtained substitutes
ought to have gone in themselves, and those of
them who aided in bringing on the war ought to
20 in now, of their own accord; but this does not
Justify the violation of solemn engagement 1t is
a mistake to suppose that the soldiers are in favor
of this breach Of faith. The honor of the country
is as dear to them as it is to Others and that honor
is dearer even than success A country without
honor is no country at all. North Carolina is an
honest, faith. keeping State. There is no feeling
among our people, even the poorest of them, which
can be gratiied by trampling on the vested rights
of the rich. The poor know that if the rich are
not protected in their solemn contracts there is
nothing that will protect them but that all classes
are in danger of being deprived of their rights
Besides, many of those who have procured substi-
tutes are poor men, who sold their last acre of land
or expended their last dollar for that purpose
When solemn contract is broken by the govern.
ment whatever pretext the safety of all classes,
we'll as the repose of society, is in danger Con-
tfdence is what all new governments need, and
without it success is hardly possible. character
is as essential to nations as it is to individuals"
Year: 1864

An EXAMPLE FOR MILITARY MEN.-Gen Jackson


like all great military commanders, was especially
remarkable for his attention to details. Nothing
was too small to escape his eagle eye. Upon .
march he vas always to be found with his wagon
train On one occasion, when one of his wagons was
stuck in the mud, and the Wsgoners were standing
around and cursing the mules, without doing any
thing to remedy the difficulty, he suddenly rode up


allighted from his old sorrel took rail from the
fence, and went to work himself-an example which
instantly recalled the men to sense Of their duty


and the wagon was soon put on terra .frm1. He
then superintended the filling up of the hole in
which it had sunk, as to secure the uninterrupted
transit of the rest of the train. This was Gen. Jack
sons style of doing business. He kneG how much
the great operations Of war depend upon what an.
pear to be the most trIfing details He never lost
a thousand dollars worth Of public PROPERTY while
he was in the army. Those who imagine that all a
commanding General has to do is to fight battles,
make an egregious mistake Some of our military
popinjays seem to think that the eclaG of the bat
tle-feld and fuss and feathers make up the sum Of
military glory. If they would e-nulate the fame of
jackson they must adopt his habits Of patient prac
tical labor and his thorou1 and absorbing after
to details.-Rieh. Dis,ldtch .aol
Year: 1864

The present Congress expires on the 18th Of Feb
uarh Propositions have been made.t TO assemble the
new Congress as soon as the old one expires but no
final action has been had. From the way in which
they have commenced We think the present body will
do enough for the present. Progress.
Year: 1864

ABuJE OF TIE HABEAs CoRPUs-The admirable
spirit striking facts and clear and forcible STYLE Of
the communication which we publish in another
column, on abuses o" the great writ of right" will
strike all who may read it The author has had
peculiar opportunities ofinforming himself, both up
on army matters and legal proceedings and the re-
suit is that he makes suggestions which may if
properly observed defeat all cases of fraud while it
will leave the rights of honest applicants unimpair-
ed We ask public attention to the article Fay
etteulue Observer


We copy the article alluded to above. There is
no doubt that the Habeas Corpus writ has been
used, recently, for base purposes and lawyers who
ought to have been in the army fighting for their
country, have been too ready for large fee to get
men released from military serYiee-GhGrlotte
Democrat


This is a grave charge against members of the
bar. If it be true that any of them have been too
ready for large fee. to get released from mil
itary service" they have acted very improperly But
we do not believe it. For every man improperly
released by the aid of lawyers, ten have been un
justly and Illegally forced into service The writ of
Aabeds corpus is the great bulwark Of personal lib
erty. A government which fears the operation of
this writ or interPoses its power in any way to pre-
vent its operation, is despotc in its purposes if not
in its character and does not deserve the respect
or the confidence Of freemen- That the writ has
been abused we do not doubt-every good thing is
liable to be abused but this does not justify covert
attacks on the writ itself The Fayetteville 06scr.
Ger was at one time fearless and outspoken cham
Pion of this writ and ofevery other means by which
tyranny could be checked and the Constitutional
rights of the citizen maintained; but since it has
joined the Destructives it seldom if ever raises its
voice in favor Of personal liberty or against the
strides of military power.
Year: 1864

Banner Of promise, by fresmen unfurledl
Beacon Of hope to waiting wsrld


Shining above is the starry throng,


A rift in the murky clouds of wrong
Clouds that shall roll from their beams Of light,
Till the whole round dome is blue and bright
Year: 1864

There is no social art in which it is
so generally desirable to excel, as in
Conversation. The man or woman
who can fulfil al, the conditions of
talking well, has ut command means
of success which, when directed by
common sense, is fully equal TO all
afforded by birth and for
tune combined. With it the woman
of moderate personal attractions can
draw around her admirers, while the
mere beauty remains wall-lowcr


ATTENTION IN CONVERSATION.


The best takers are the best list
eners," is an axiom which has been
repeated in one form or the other, in
every cultivated language. The du-
ty of paying attention to what other
people say is a fundamental law ofthe
social code" You may be able to
startle with your wit, move with your
lpathos, and thrill with your eloquencc
but all this will not save you from
being frequently positive annoy
ance, unless you have occasionally
what Sydney Smith desired in a 10.
qnacious gentleman--a few flashes OF
silence.