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Year: 1861

GE.,s" We have been compelled to reduce
oar Issue for this and the coming week to u
half sheet, in order not to miss our regular
weekly issue. We have lot of paper now
ON the road, anl should il reach us in time,
will re .'imc our full dimensions next week.
Year: 1861

either hand. with constantly accelerating
velocity, rush in strange turmoil around The
sun. and then move more and more slowly
away on their solitary courses into the
depths of space.
Year: 1861

again 1t was Yadak recovered from the random blows
which had Prostraed him Yadak who could see in the
dark as well as a cat or ghou Then a flash of light
ilumned the platiorn--Yada had removed the can
non from the trap and men rushed up with torches
st. John cursed in helpless agony he saw count Mario
pointing out hisfeRrfl fate Allison Hartly and Amar
lie raved as the taceof Clara his wife, rose from tbs
trap But he saw nothing of Rosetta-of his child of
the daughter whose heart he had stolen in the garb Of
lover and crushed with the aJrocltv of a devil
One movement mere and he would be mass of shat
tered flesh and bohe he plunged over backwards
those who watched bis fate mis- old look of scorn and
naughty defiance flashed from his clear ana eaala-Iike
eyes smile OF iron derision cured his proud lips
They heard his last shout OF daring pride and then they
gazed in awe upon ghe empty space and heard with


trembling the crash tnat told chat St John was no uore
coHC4UsroN NEXT WEEK.
Year: 1861

The Baltimore Sun begins an editorial on
the condition of Maryland as fellows


"There is no doubt, and our experience con-
firms the belief, that the great majority OF our
citizens, would to-day, if the independence of
the Confederate States, including Virginia,
were about to be recognized, vote to unite the
State OF MARYLAND and the city of Baltimore
with the Southern nation. We say that such
is our firm belief; if we mistaken, it is with
the most substantial assurance that our belief
is we'll founded. But how to prove or disprove
such an opinion By a vote Of the people
noac, for or against secession7 By no means
for of the great mass of the people who be-
lleve with US, that in the event of a peaceabe
division, the interests of Maryland would unite
her with the South, nine e-tenths also concur
with us in the principle and policy we have
maintained throughout the whole of the Sc
ccssion movement, from the beginning That


is to say the assertion of Southern Rights
through the equality Of the States IN the
Union. Failinsin this, to await the issues of
that policy which might be resorted TO, what
ever it may be, tor the final adjustment of the
questions pending between the sections, and
then to re-enioy our condition in a restored
Union, or to elect in the other event, between
q Northern and Southern Confederacy. This
is common sense and practicable policy.
So it will be seen that while Maryland is
awei into submission to Lineoin's rule her peo-
pie know and feel that their interests and af
fections are with the Southern Confederacj
The fact is Virginia and other border States
waited to long
Year: 1861

the history of revolution, as to think that the
Southern States will not in the end maintain
their independence For what then, is this
war waged The war is utterly objectless.-
Does any one presume that the Federal Gov
erpnent can retake all the forts, arsenals and
other public property in the seeded States p
The thing is utterly impossible.


"You, then, people of Maine, should not
give your voice and arm for the prosecution of
a war which can bring neither honor ad
vantage to your sovereign State-awari in which
the flag can gain no new lustre, and which
will bring long years Of anguish distress and
poverty upon all our people Let your whole
Influence and power be exerted rather in be-
half of peace-that peace which must come
sooner or later, either through anicable
treaty between the North and South, or under
the drawn sword of some military dictator"


The New York Daily Neecs although it has
raised the United States flag, refused to do so
upon comp ulsion. The conduct eff the propri-
etor shows how easy it is for one resolute man
to resist mob. y yelling crowd came to his
office and demanded its proprietors to raise the
Stars and Stripes, under the meanace of the
sack and destruction of the Office The pro-
prietors met the mob at the entrance and de-
fed them. They informed the nfuriated rab-
BILE they would not be dictated to by them !;
and that they might proceed with their work
of destruction, at their peril. They went
away The next morning, agreeably to their
own purpose, they raised the ensign of the
Union We find the following allusion to the
event in the n. Y. E:cpress:


THE News OFFICE.'-From Wall street
the mob went to the Office of the Neaos, where
by this time increased to about twenty thous-
and they howed and yelled like madmen.-
The Neacs' proprletors were resolute, and would
not Weld to the demands of the mob to show
the flag"


What contrast to the conduct of the Her.
aid and Express! Nothing good was expec-
ted of the former, but Of the latter who mar
ried Virginia lady, and has so often received
the hospitality Of Virginia homes If there
was true man on earth, we thought it was
the man Brooks. Alas No one expected
him to be falthless to his own section, but who
would have supposed shat he would leap from
a conservative position in the front rank OF the
seething mass that howls for our destruction
The n. Y. Journa{of Commerce pursues much
more manly and honorable course.
Year: 1861

An EXPENSIVE CoNcERN.-Lincoln has run
up the expenses of his rurnp concern to one
million dollars per day. This with the falling
off of his revenue must and will very soon
bankrupt the concern. The fact is they can
not raise sufficient funds at present to pay cur
rent expenses Great is the Black Republican
Government at Washington We think it
more than probable that before his term is out
Lincoln will become the victim of the very mer-
cenaries he is now mastering into service.
Year: 1861

IMPORTANT NOTICE.-We are requested on
behalf of his Excellency, Gov. Ellis. to give no.
tice that all applications for office, civil and mill
tary will hereafter be fIei in the proper depart
ments, and will receive respectful attention, and
those who receive appointments will be promptly
notified of the fact. Applications have Become
so numerous that to each of them is out OF
the question; therefore, only those of the ap-
pointees will hereafter be answered by notlhca
lion of the appoiutment. This course has become
absolutely necessary in consequence of the great
increase in the business of the Executive Depart
ment.


We are also requested to state that his Excel
lency, the Governor has so far recovered his
health az To be able to attend at his office at the
Capitol, where he will receive persons on bust;
ness from ten to one o'clock daily State Journal
Year: 1861

We visited Morehead City, Beaufort, Fort
Macon. &C., &C., this week, for the first time IN
nearly year.


There is considerable evidence OF improve
mcnt at Morehead City since our last visit IN
the erection of houses, improvement and en-
largement on the hotel, the new iron tressel
work at the Railroad wharf, &c. The improve
ment on the Macon House is very striking
feature having had some "a or 25 new rooms
added, also force pump and fixtures Tor sup
plying water throughout the building even to
the third story. The water arrangement is an
advance upon the accommodations OF any oth-
er hotel in the State so far as we are advised.
The people of Beaufort and Carterett were de-
cidedh a Union people until very recently, but
now they all say that the State must come out
of the old Government and take position some
where else. We were at the election at Beau
fort on Monday and were sorry to see that two
candidates were polling for seats IN the Con-
yention, inasmuch as it engendered strife and
contention Mcssrs. Leecraft and Thomas, the
former candidates, were contendng for honors
and when we left yesterday morning, the final
result was not KNOWN, lnc IIleluS VI oO"h E"li-
<lidates claiming the victory.


Mr. S. d. Pool was beating up for volunteers
to a company designated The Old Topsall
Rifles" of which he is captain. AS soon as he
obtains hundred he intends to offer their ser
vices to the State for the war.


We were highly gratified to witness the en-
ergy and'tact displayed at the Fort and would
take pleasure in giving full detail OF Its
strength, &c, but the boys are anxious to have
fight and it is feared that "Old Abe would
not send his war dogs down upon them If he
knew their true condition


They shipped one poor unfortunate wretch
yesterday morning with his head half shaved
for stealing a watch from free negro


Go and look at the fort, and scrutinize the
weapons of death concentrated there II you
want to learn a lesson in human nature that
you'll never forget
Year: 1861

FALLEN.-Washington City is a magnificent
ruin The refined social circle which existed
there formally has been entirely broken up,
real estate has become valueless, the hotels are
empty and but for the tramp of the base hire
lngs there concentrated grass would grow
in Pennsylvania Avenue 1t will rise no more.
It's former grandeur has departed forever.
Year: 1861

MONTGOMERY May SO p. M.-The Con-
gress was mostly in secret session to-day. 1T IS
understood that they engaged in making
arrangements for vigorous and successful prose
cution of the war-placing the Confederacy IN the
best POSSIBLE condition of defence. 1t is also un-
derstood that contrary to what was supposed, the
Confederacy had control of sufficient arms ord
nance and ammunition of every description to put
into the field 10000 men for one years cam
paign.


public session to-day The Congress in secret
session passed an act to raise additional force
to serve during the war. and authorizes the Pres
ident to accept the services of volunteers without
regard to their place of enlistment Another act
was made public W hich authorizes the Postmas
ter General to issue a proclamation any day he
may select taking entire charge of the postal
matters of the Confederate States.
Year: 1861

New FLoUK.-Flour is already in market
made from the new crop in Texas, and in a
few weeks an abundance may be had from the
new crop in other States. The harvest all
throughout the South bids fair to give an abun-
dsnt yield. Ne danger off starvation.
Year: 1861

Is 1T RIGHT ?-We see that a vessel has
cleared from Wilmington for New York with
Naval Stores. Now We would respectfully
ask our State authorities and Safety Commit
tees, is this right. They refuse US pork, seize
arms and ammunition shipped to the South,
and harrass and annoy us in every conceivable
way; and this being so should we suffer
Naval Stores shipped to them from the South.
We protest against it.
Year: 1861

Mu1rARY.-The Elm City Rit1emen and
Ncuse Cavalry are now encamped at the Fair
Grounds near New bern. We think it likely
that the Light Infantry will be with them IN a
few days


The ranks of the Beauregard Rifemen are
rapidly filling up and the company it is thought
will be ready to march in a few days.


We learn that it is very probable that camp
of instruction will be established here in a very
few days and that companies in this and the
adjoining counties will be ordered here for in
struction We can sec no just cause why there
should not be an encampment at this point.
Year: 1861

If we are not greatly mistaken powerful re-
action will develop itself in the North in less
than sixty days. The people of that entire
section cannot and will not suffer all their ma
terial interests destroyed simply to please Lin
coin and his fanatical advisers. The following
letter to the v. Y. Day Book from Connecti-
cut shows that there is opposition to the war
even in that State:
Year: 1861

hesitate, however, in their resistance TO the
mo- oyements Of an unmatured, dubious and
ricketty Government which, hardly able to
stand upon its feet, undertook to emulate the
conqucss and glory Of Old Rome in the
paniest days Of her power. They certainly
would resist the seizure Of any territory by
by the Confederacy in question. The North
would also resist it, and the South, now com
planning Of a possible hemming in of its insll-
tuition by a Gordon Of Free States, would find
itself shut in more closely than it had ever
dreamed was practicable in all the night
mares Of its past existence.


We need not follow out the results OF
state Of war between the South and other
Nations We need not point TO the insuirec-
tions Of Southern slaves, urged on to deeds OF
slaughter, rapino and violence such as only
the black blood knows when it is aroused and
let loose upon the white races. The imagina-
tion shrinks appalled, from the picture, and
yet these things will be.


IT is said that the branch of the Knights of
the Golden Circle in this State have in view
the establishment Of Pacific Republic, not
50 much for the sake ola Pacific Republic as
for the purpose of taking away so much
power as may be possible from the Northern
Union. BE that as it may, let us look a mo-
ment at the practicaLilty Of such a Republic
Whence would come its armies and naves,
when most OF these would be needed, to-wit ::
at the outset? What would prevent San
Francisco from being leyccd to the dust, by
bombardmcnt? What would prevent the
landing of English troops all along the coast
of Oregon and California, for the purpose OF
extending the limits of the adjoining British
Possessions? Whence would we obtain arms
and ammunitons? We have no ships to
fight their way upon the seas, and we have
no railway over which to transmit them
from the States across the mountains. Say
we put II hundred thousand men into the
field, where are their arms and provisions
lfthcy have these, who are to cultivate the
fields, attend to the various avocations Of in
dustry and provide for the sustenance and
shelter of women and children? ? With no
arms and ammunition, both men and women,
with their children, would be driven from
the cities into the mountains. There they
would be met, if not by famine, by the saw
age Indians of the Plains, the allies Of the
Mormons. but too ready to make their in
roads for slaughter and for plunder The
Mormons themselves would not be idle; and
ia short, the inaugurators ola Pacific Repub-
lie would find themselves met and foiled at
every turn that it would be possible for them
to make


This is bat mere shadowng Of the diff
cultes to which we could point. But even
this ought to be sufficient, we should think,
to deter any rational man, having any home
to bind him or any ties to hold him, from
embarking, either by word or deed, in the
mad scheme of a Pacific Republic
Year: 1861

by shooting his daguerreotype. lie was un-
successful, however. 1t is the third attempt
he has made within the last three months
cause, broken sleep brought on by intense
devotion to a pretty young lady with auburn
ringlets.


To CoRREsroNDENTs.- The Milwaukee News
gives the following sensible advice to news
paper correspondents:


Never write unless you have something to
write about. Never write with pencil, or
pale blue ink, on bright blue paper. Never
write on both sides of the paper Never write
to crafty personal pique, or to get an enc
my's name in the paper. Never send your
production until you have re-read it and
carefully punctuated it. If it is your first
effort read it three times, and then submit it
for examination and criticism to a mean per-
sonal enemy You will be apt to Judge of its
merits by its length-so viii the editor
Your rule, "the longer the better"-his, "the
shorter the better" A tremendous thought
may be placed in a small compass, made as
solid as cannon ball, and like that projec-
tile, cut down all before it. Short articles
are generally more effective, find more read
ers, and are more generally copied than long
ones. Pack your thoughts close together,
and though your article may be brief, it will
have more weight, and will be more likely TO
produce an impression. Many an article is
written SO badly that the editor has not time
or patience to read it. The common p. S.,
"Fix it up, Mr.. Editor" condemns the whole
You should fix it up yourself The authors
name should accompany it, or it is entitled to
no respect. but the greatest failure is in
writing poetry, and perhaps the best rule for
this is to let it alone altogether Not one
effort in a thousand has any merit and most
new writers are apt TO have an attack Of this
disease Finally, friends, if these suggestions
be followed we shall be very happy to re-
ceive your communications
Year: 1861

The Ladies-If we have not often spoken
Of the promptiude Of the ladies of Richmond
and the exhibition their part of the most
tender solicitude for the welfare Of our brave
volunteers, it is not because We did not appre-
ciate, at its full value the thousands of evil
dences daily afforded Of woman's devotion to
duty and that self-sacrifcing love inherent in
her very nature for the true and brave who go
forth to defend their fresdes from the ap-
proach of rufhanly invaders. The Richmond
women are doing their part in putting our
bold soldier boys" on an assured basis OF
s1lrcess
Year: 1861

ARRIVAL OF ARMS FROM BgLGIUH.-We learn
that dispatch was received in this city, on
Saturday. from Montgomery, giving the graft
fying information that the Confederate States
Government had just received ten thousand
stand of splendid arms from Belgium, and
that large portion of them would be sent AZ
once to EIrginia.-Lyach Rep.
Year: 1861

The RiRe-It is an encouraging fact that
nearly all of the troops arriving here from the
South are armed with the deadly rife; and
still more encouraging, that the men know ~
70 use the weapon.
Year: 1861

On a distant prairie, at nightfall, a
way-worn and weary traveller was
overtaken by snow storm. When
the first few flakes came softly drop
ping down, he looked eagerly around
in the hope of discovering place Of
shelter but none was to be seen
only the trackless waste of rolling
lands, and far off hills in the direc-
ton whittier he was going-so far off
that he feared he never should reach
them. With the departure of light
the snow began falling faster, the
winds blew keener, the road over the
prairies was soon hidden from view,
and the traveller felt that he was lost
on trackless waste, without star
to guide him across dangerous coun.
try.


This is terrible !" said he, aloud.
" / fear much l shall nc"cr come to
my destination. If had but COM
pass and a light | should not fear, for
l could resist the effects of cold long
enough to reach the hills, and there |
should find human habitations, or at
least the shelter Of Il rock. Now,
may go in circle till | freeze, and be
no nearer help. What fool was,
to leave the river side and cross the
prairie for the sake of few miles
more or less journey. No matter
must battle it out now, Heaven help
ing"


And battle it out he did, most man
fully. He drew his cap down over his
ears and brow, and his fur collar up
over his mouth, and thrusting his
hands deeper in his pockets, passed
on through the yielding snow. The
gloom increased, the wind came sharp
er, and through the heavy clothes the
traveller began to feel the effects O
the cold. His feet grew numb, his
arms chilled, and after an hours rapit


walking, he suddenly paused
How do l know whittier | am
going?" he exclaimed. perhaps
! have already turned aside from TIN


straight line, and am wandering o.
Year: 1861

CORNER OF EAST WATER DETROIT STREETS,


NIL WALkEE


This House is located in the business part OF
the City, convenient To the Cars and Boats
gE Omnibus and Baggage Wagon alway.
on hand To convey Passengers and Baggage to
and from the Boats and Cars free OF charge.
Year: 1861

the verge of destruction. O, that
could shake off this drowsy feeling
that is stealing over me. know that
it is the precursor Of rest in this
cold winding-shect of snow. Great
Heavens, | am freezing to death -
shrieked he, bounding forward with
renewed energy. Action-action-
action is life, and life is too sweet to
lose yet


He hurried along with a springing
motion, stamping his feet vigorously
at every step, and swinging his arm
to keep the blood in circulation. Yet
with all his efforts, he knew that the
angel of death was folding his white
wings silently but surely around
him.


"Dcspair-no !" he cried, "not
while the memory of my loved wife
and dear children is left to me.
will struggle on for your sakes, and
fight the storm.fiend to the last en-
tremity. Oh, just Heaven, for the
sake of the innocent ones whose only
stay is my right arm, help me to re-
Slst-heip me to triumph


At this moment he plunged into
hollow, his feet strodc over ice, and
he heard the voice of a Strcamlct sing
ing of life and action beneath its lev
crust. At the same time the smell Of
wood-smOkc salutcd his nostrils.


Oh, Thou who rcigncst above" lie
calculated, d" | thank Thee that Thou
hast heard my prayer. Help is near
me-


lie recled heavily onward through
the binding snow, and saw Just be-
fore him low shed one more strug-
gle, and he fell against it. In an in
stant he OWNED its character. With
last desperate effort he found the
door, threw it open, and rushing in,
flung himself at full length upon the
floor, knowing only that he was in an
atmosphere reeking with the fumes
Of bacon, and warm with the smoke
which rose from pan Of smothcred
Goals in the centre Of the place. 1t
was a settlers rude smoke-house, left
to care for itself during the long win
tcr's night, and the travellers CRATE
full heart sent up a tribute to Heaven
for this place of refuge in the desert
Of snow.
Year: 1861

EHILDREN of any age can now have their pictures
~ taken perfect, as we have built Room expressly
for their Groups of Children also taken in frac-
ton of second, clear weather Mothers need not
now have the trouble 10 take them to Gallery dozen
times, and at last put up with caricature, they
will but go at once TO


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