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Year: 1861

The common school gives the key
of knowledge to the mass of the
people. l think it may with
truth be said that the branches of
knowledge taught therein, when
taught in a finished, mastery manner


reading, in which include the spell
ling Of our language ; firm, slightly,
lcgible handwriting, and the clcmcn-
tai rules Of arithmctic-are of great
er value than all the rest which is
taught nowadays at school. | am
far from saying that nothing else can
be taught at our district schools but
the young person who brings these
from school, can himself, in his winter
evenings, range over the entire field
of useful knowledge Our common
schools are important in the same way
as the common air, the common sun
shine, the common rain, in,-invaluable
for their commonncss. They are the
the corner stone of that municipal Or
ganization which is the characteristic
feature Of our social system they are
the fountain of that widespread intel
ligcnce which, like moral life, per-
vadcs the country. From the hum
blest village school there may go forth
a teacher who, like Newton, shall
bind his temples with the stars Of Ori-
on's belt,-with Herschel, light up his
cell with the beams Of before undis-
covered planets, with Franklin, grasp
the lightning Edward Erreit.
Year: 1861

ment that some kind assistant wipes
the death damp from the brow of the
dying, we cannot exist without mutu.
al help. All, therefore, that need aid,
have a right TO ask it of their fellow
mortals. No one who has the power
of granting it can refuse it without
guilt
Year: 1861

A Coop REsoLUTIoN.-The following reso-
luton was adopted by unanimous vote OF the
young men attending one of the public schools
Of a western city. Its adoption here would
certainly do no harm;


ResOIUed. That prcfane and UulgGr IAN
guGge is a disgrace to any one who uses ii
that the boy who practices it has PooI
chance of becoming man in manly sense
and that the young gentleman who is guilty o
using it, is not worthy the name of ma" in
manly sense.
Year: 1861

SPRING WoRK-THE CRoPs. Our farmers
have generally commenced their Spring work
Wherever the ground is in condition to be dis
turbed the plow is moving briskly, and should
the weather be favorable, the greater part Of
of the oats crop will be put in the ground du-
ring the present week. Many of the farmers
are also blowing for corn. The grain and
grass fields, as general thing, look very we'll.
The wheat has fresh and healthy appearance,
and seems to have been exempt from any seri-
Gus injury during the winter months. Many
persous are also busy in the gardens.
Year: 1861

HERE, in our opinion, is some very reasonable
advice /" Stick to your home newspaper. No
matter If you are poor. None are so poor as the
ignorant, unless it be the depraved, and they too
often 60 together Keep your home paper, tho
il may not be so large or so imposing as some
city weekly; but remember it is the advertiser
of your neighborhood and daily business, and
tells you what is going on around you instead of
thousand miles away. If it is not printed on
as nice paper as the others, pay the subscription
regularly and promptly, and rely upon it the
natural pride of the publisher will prompt him
TO improve it as fast as possible"
Year: 1861

Crouch no more by the ivied walls,


Weep no longer over her grave,
Strew no flowers when evening falls


Idly you lost what angels gave!
Sunbeams cover that silent mound,


With warmer hue than your roses red
To-morrows rain will bedew the ground


With purer stream than the tears you shed.
But neither the sweets of the scattered flowers
Nor the morning sunlight's soft command,
Nor all the songs Of the Summer showers,
Can charm her back from that distant land.
Tenderest VOWS are ever too late


She, who is gone, can only know
The cruel sorrow that was her fate,


And the words that were mortal wo
Earth to earth, and vain despair


Nor the gentle spirit has flown away,
And you can never her wrongs repair,


Till you meet again at the Judgment Day.
Year: 1861

LINCOLN "GETs HIS DANDER UP-A Washing
ton letter writer says "Mr. Chase took the
President severely to task for even thinking of
evacuating Fort Sumter whereupon the Presi-
dent is represented as rising in all his majesty,
and informed Mr.. Chase that be merely invited
him to seat in the Cabinet for the purpose of
consultation alone, and not to dictate as to what
his actions should be, and if Mr.. Chese or Blair
were not satisfied with this position tney had the
privilege of retiring"
Year: 1861

FEMALE B0LTERs.-The school children of Red
BlnH have made arrangements to celebrate the
advent of May in right good style They elected
Miss Baker to serve as Queen by a two-thirds
vote, whereupon the other third boted the con
venion and elected another Queen and will have
another celebration!
Year: 1861

The men who have enrolled their names
as volunteers, and are about 10 enter lhe
service, will perceive from the following
sec,ion of the act OF 1922 that in their ao-
sence their properly will be fully protected.
The Act saws No execution or other pro
cess shall issue against any officer nom
commissioned officer or private OF the mi
6tia. ween called into actual service, under
a reouisition of the President of the United
States, or in pursuance Of the orders OF ;he
Governor of this Commonwealth, nor shall
any such process issue against him untlI
thirly davs after he shall have returned
from duty to his usual place OF residence OF
until forty days after he shall have been
discharged and the Court, Alderman OF
Justice OF the peace from which or from
whom any such process shall have issued
shall ouash the same as soon as the TACT oil
any such person being enlisted on Inc pup
lie duty shall have been proven, and all
the costs which shall have accrued IN COM
mencing or conducting and such process
shall be paid by the person or persons VINO
shall have applied for the said execution
or other process.
Year: 1861

The groundwork of all manly character
is veracily. That virtue lies at the lounda-
ton of every solid How common II is 10
hear paren.s say, al have faith IN my child
so long as he speaks the truth. he may
have faults. but know he will not deceive
me | build on that confidence They
are right II is lawful and just ground 10
build upon. And that is beautiful conh-
dence. Whatever errors temptation may
betray child into, so long as brave, open
truih remains there is something 10 depend
on. there is an anchor ground, there is
substance at the centre, Men OF the world
feel so about one another. They can be
tolerant and forbearng so long as their er'
ring brother is true. Ordinary commerce
can hardly proceed a step without good
measure of it. If we cannot believe what
others saw 10 US, we cannot act npon 1t, ann
10 an immense extent that is equal 10 say
inc that we cannot act at all. lTuth Is
common interest When we deteud Il, we
defend the basis of all social order. Wheh
we yindicate our foolhold When we
plead for it, il is like pleading for the AIR oi
health we breathe. When you undertake
10 benefit lying man, it is ike putting
your foot into the mlre.
Year: 1861

AAO" unu VvnoS ~ ANC0us


Read much, but not many works. For
what purpose. with what intent, do we
read We read not for the sake of read
ing, but we read to the end that we may
think. Reading is valuable only as it
may supply the materials which the mind
itself elaboratcs. As it is not the largest
quantity of any kind of food taken into
the stomach that conduces to health, but
such quantity of such kild as can be
best digested; so it is not the greatest
complement Of any kind of information
that improves the mind but such quan-
tity of such kind as determines the in
tellcct to most Vi igorous energy. The
only profitable kind of reading is that in
which we are compelled to think, and
think intensely i; whereas that reading
which serves only to dissipate and divert
our thoughts is either positively ly huyttul,
or useful only as an occasional relaxation
from severe exertion. But the amouat
of vigorous thinking is usually in the in
verse rrtio of multifarious reading. Null
tifarious reading is agreeable, hut as a
habit it is, in its way, as destructive to
the mental as dram drinking to the bodl-
ly health. "Our age" says Herler, lis
the reading age and he adds, at would
be better, in my opinion, for the world
and for science, if instead of the multi
tude of books which now overlay us, we
possessed but few works good and ster-
ling, and which, as few, would be there,
fore more diligently and profoundly stud
ied."-Sir William Hamilton.
Year: 1861

Ono Of the most remarkable cases-re.
markablc as to the amount involved, the
difficulties attending its prosecution, the
perseverance and heroism displayed by
the party most largely concerned-was
decided by the Supreme Court of the
United States, yesterday. We of course
alude to the celebrated suit Of Mrs. My
ra Games, relict of late Gen Gaines, for
the recovery of the property belonging to
the estate Of her father, Daniel Clark -
The case turned upon the legitimacy Of
the plaintiff, and the extraordinary quail
tiles exhibited by her throughout the try
ing ordeal through which she has passed
in prosecuting it to a successful and tri-
umphant conclusion, demonstrated long
ago that she was nerved rather by sense
of honor and an undying devotion to the
memory of her mother, than by desire
to gain possession of the princely wealth
to which the decision entities her. The
history of the case is too familiar to our
readers to render it necessary to recount
the facts on which it rested 1t is enough
to say that in the elements of romance
and of womanly heroism, the jurisprud-
ence Of no country presents a parallel to
it. Thousands upon thousands who have
never seen Mrs Gaines, will rejoice on
account of her triumph, to achieve which
she has devoted all her energies for, wo
believe, nearly quarter Of a century.


But the flavor of romance in which
this case is embalmed does not cease with
the deci ion which has just been render
ed. Tho estate involved is situated with
in the State of Louisiana--n,ost, perhaps
all of it, in New Orleans Louisiana
claims to have withdrawn from the Tn.
ion. If she should succeed in maintain
ing that claim, it is not very probable
that the order of the Supreme Court to
place Mrs. Gains in possession of her
property, will be obeyed. Aud here the
question Of secession comes up in a new
shape. Will the Government enforce the
DEGREES Of the United States courts in the
seeding Statess If so, will State Sow
creignty intervene to prevent Mrs. Gain
es from the enjoyment Of her we'll won
rights? Will Mrs, Gaines, as a last re.
sort, begin de nouo in the courts Of the
New Confcderacy? Are we not correct
in styling this case The Romance Of Law?
Chicago Tribune.
Year: 1861

So says the Nashville :. BsR7sr' u. article de-
precating the introduction of by-gone issues into
Legislative dscourses and action Wecordially agree
with our Tennessee contemporary that this is no
time for re-opening old disputes. 1t is indeed, no
time for elimination and recrimination. Our duty
is to meet the enemy at the threshold and repe him
1.-The common blood which has been shed and that
which must be shed washes out all personal jeal-
ouses, all political prejudces, all party affiliations
schemes and purposes as it cements our hands and
hearts, Let us postpone the formation of political
parties until the independence of the Southern Con-
federacy shall be rendered absolutely secure through
the united valor of the Southern people


The above sensible remarks from the Richmond
Enquirer we fully endorse. Let those who claim
to be par excellence the friends and the promoters
of the war, cease their libelous and venomous at
tacks upon the old Union men who are doing all in
their power to promote the war; and we would never
raise finger to throw them back Let the authori.
ties treat the old Union as equals and brethren
in common cause, and no word of complaint would
ever escape our lips.
Year: 1861




We have spread before our readers at different
times number Of well written articles upon the
bad character and prospective evil effects of the
present Stay Law, and also several, advocating the
necessity of some law for the protection of debtors
against the ruthless hands of merciless creditors
we take the liberty to-day of inserting, among
others, private note from friend which presents
one or two strong cases in favor of some such law.
we have not been disposed to trouble our readers
with our own views upon the subject but we were
anxious that the public should make up its own
Judgment from the views of persons more directly
cognizant of the effect of the law than ourselves,
and from those who had constant access to the private
views and feelings of the masses.


personally, We are opposed to the enactment of
any law which is unconstitutional. We believe in
the doctrine of strict construction of all constitu
tlons and of maintaining them intact and nviolate
until amended by constitutional means. This is
the only safe rule for the maintenance of the rights
and liberties of the people in Republic or State
We prefer what is right, just and honorable to
what is best or most expedent in certain In
alVidually we have no need of Stay Law or any
other relief law for protection. Perhaps one
half of the community in our situation


From what We have been able to gather of public
sentiment in the State, of the opinion, that
very large majority of the people are decided in
their opposition to the present Stay Law. 1t is un-
doubtedly more unpopular than the former one
passed by the same body. The people were not
prepared for radical change in our Court system
They doubtless prefer the restoration of the Courts
But while We are confident that large portion of
our people are opposed to the present Stay Law we
cannot close our eyes and ears to the evidence
before us, that large numbers are decidedly
in favor of some law for the protection of honest
; debtors during the war. All are agreed that the
property Of our soldiers, while in the army, should
not be liable to ruinous sacrifices under the sheriff.
; hammer. Besides these there is a large class Of
persons whose property and means of making mon.
ey have been rendered almost worthless by the war
Were they forced opay their debts they would be
ruined beyond recovery, and their families reduced
well nigh to starvation. Again, number of oui
merchants are indebted at the North. Under the
saapestration act if the Stay Law were abolished
and no relief Law provided, these merchants xeul
be compelled to pay up to the Confederate govern
ment in short period. To do that, they would b
obliged to press severely those who owe them. An


if this were done, who does not foresee the distres
which must follow? 1t would seem, therefore, Will
the Convention is pressed to rescind the present Sta
Law, it must not be blind to the condition and want
of that large class who protection agains
speedy collection of debts at this time.
Year: 1861

The last Legislature very properly provided 1or
the establishment of Hospt in Petersburg va,
for the benefit of the sick and wounded N. G. SOL
ders in Virginia; and through the exertions OF Dr.
johnson, the Surgeon General and the benevoence
of our people, very excellent accommodations for
the sick have been made, and all necessary and ef-
fcient provision in the way of surgeons nurses,
&C., have been provided. The institution is honor
able to the State and creditable to the Surgeon Cen
eral and those concerned in fitting it up


But is this enough? Ought there not to be a
HOSPITAL here? We think so. We do not suggest
a yery large and expensive establishment. house
or houses, if necessary, in different parts OF the
city, ought to be rented and furnished for the large
number of sick soldiers who are almost daily stop
ping here or passing through, as well as for those
who are in camps near the city.


For the last six months scarcely company,
battalion or regiment has passed through the city
from anv ,art of this State or from the South, that
has not oeen Obliged to leave some sick soldiers
here. In some instances no doubt, some poor TEL
lows have been compelled to 60 on who were just
able to travel, because of the ineciency Of our ar
rangements for taking care of the sick. Some OF
our citizens, both ladies and gentlemen, have done
what they could for them. A few families have
had to bear most of the burden, and we know one
family has been seriously burdened and incommoded
by their unremitting attentions to the poor SICK
soldiers. 1t is well known that even if the State
were to attempt to pay one or more families foI
such sacrifices, no monied consideration could pay
them After the best we could do, under the cir
cumstances number have died here who possibly
might have recovered if they could have been better
provided for.


Now is it not better that the State should take
this matter in hand? If necessary, let the Conven
ton make provision for hospital, or let one OF
more houses be rented and furnished, and with suit
able attendants let it be placed under the genera
superintendence of the Surgeon General and undel
the immediate oversight of the excellent Surgeon al
the camp DR.. E. Burke Haywood. Let it oe hos
ptal and home for the sick soldiers passing
through from any quarter of the South, and fol
those who may be sick in the camps near this city
Winter is coming on it will be difficult to make the
sick comfortable, and medical and other attention.
cannot be so well bestowed upon them in the camps
OF as they are now provided for in the town. Were
all OF them removed to the city and placed in one
two or three comfortable houses and well cared for
as they could be, their sufferings would be greatly
mtgated. We throw out these hints to be consid
cred by all concerned but with no wish to dictat,
to those who are better acquainted with hygen'
regulations for the army than we are
Year: 1861

A CoRREcTIoN.-For some time the rumor has
been going the rounds of the papers, that at the
late session of the Louisville Conference of the NJ
E. Church. South, about the close, every minister
OF the Conference and Bishop Kavanaugh who pre-.
sided, were compelled to take the oath of allegiance
to Lincoln's government &c. A correspondent of
the Richmond Dispatch at Norfolk, says the follow
ing correction was given to that statement by Bishop
Andrew, on Saturday last to the Virginia Confer.
ence in session at Norfolk The correspondent says:


Bishop Andrew took occasion to correct some
misapprehensions which have gone forth as to the
action Of Bishop Kavanaugh and the preachers of
the kentucky Conference The preachers were not
all required to take the oath, but only such as were
travelling in the Louisville district None others
were forced to take it. and as to Bishop Kavanaugh,
he not only did not take the oath, but on the floor
OF the Conference assured the Conference that he
would take no oath of any kind whatsoever, and,
IN point of fact did not and would not have done
so, whatever might have been the result. So that
the representation which has gone forth to the
world that the Conference, from the Bishop down,
was required to take an oath, was untrue. a mere
exaggeration. Thus much is due to Bishop Kay
anaugh and as we'll to yourselves"
Year: 1861

The Wilmington Journal complains, very justly
too, that our North Carolina regiments have gone
to fight for South Carolina, and Jet our men who
have North Carolina money in their pockets have
to lose Of ten to fifteen per cent on their money
Small business for the chiyalry
Year: 1861

For the Standard.


Mr.. Holden:- e -,


SIR: was glad to see in your paper Of the 9Th
instant your expressed determination no longer
quietly to submit to the charges openly made BY
some, and industriously insinuated by all, Of :hA
original secession papers and politicians that tho
old Union men unfit to Gil any post Of trust or
distinction in this our countrys hour Of peril but
that those who made the revolution are alone deem
ed capable and fit to conduct it Esfa /. .!


Sir, you are right in saving that there is . very
large majority of the old U5sion men now in North
Carolina, who did all they could to avert this wSr
and all its horrible consequences, who warned the
bloody warfare, but who, when the war came, were
willing to forget the past, and anxious to unite IN
one common resistance to Northern aggression+
and, Sir, they proved their sincerity by going then
selves, sending their sons, and pouring out their
treasure like water to maintain the Southern cause
They have never stopped to enquire who it was that
brought the revolution, but have been constantly
pressing forward with unfaltering steps to drive
back the invader, and maintain the Southern cause;
and now for such class of men to be prescribed
and stigmatzed as unsafe, not ft to be trasted,
either in cicit or military positions of honor and
responsibility, is more than poor human nature can
bear. 5.s tTs, r. s'!fao


Yes, sir, the old Union men, as a class, -"oweit
to themselves, to their children and to their memo
res to unite in the majesty of their strength and
hurl from pouer and place all those who have thus
stigmatised and traduced them, or who have con-
niued at it in Others Sir, you may depend upon it,
the old Union men who are n0W the strong South
ern men, are ready to do it. There is a sincthered
feeling of indignant resentment throughout the
land; and when an Englishman and an Irishmdn
to be placed at the head OF the Executive organ
in North Carolina, and they are allowed (without
rebuke) to assail the patriotism statesmanship and
integrity of two such men as Gov. Graham and
Hon. Bedford Brown, and hold them up as unsafe
to be trusted (even elecors that feeling cannot
be smothered any longer,-it will burst out 81 -


lrepeat sir, am glad that you have given the
warning; if it is unheeded the consequences viii
not rest with you. We look to you as an able and
fearless defender Of our patriotism, honor and
our just rights; and let the consequences be what
they may, am with you to the end -. III


DEMOCRATIC CONFEDERATE. b.
Year: 1861

As the newspapers are full of remedies
for this dangerous affection of the throat
some of them very good, and some of them
very silly, we will give one which we know
TO be used by some eminent physicians, and
which we have never known to fail If ap-
piled early Diptheria, in its early stages,
may be recognized by any person of ordin-
airy capacity, by two marked symptoms;
the sensation of bone or hard substance
in the throat, rendering swallowing difficult
and painful, and marked factor, or unpleas-
ant smell Of lie breath, the result Of irS
putrefactive tendency. On the appearances
of these symptoms, if the patient Is old
enough to do so, give him piece Of gum
camphor, of the size of marrowfat pea,
and let it be retained in the mouth, swal-
lowing slowly the saliva charged with It
until it is all gone. In an hour or so give
another, and at the end of another hour
third a fourth win not usually be required,
but if the pain and the unpleasant breath
are not relieved, it may be used two OF
three times more, at little longer intervals,
say two hours.


If the child is young, powder the cam
phor, which can easily be done by adding =
drop or two of spirits OF alcohol to il, and
mix it with an equal quantity Of powdered
loaf sugar, or better, powdered rock candy,
and blow it through quill or tube into its
throat, depressingsth tongue with the haff
Of spoon. Two or three applications will
relieve. Some recommend powdered aloes
or pellitory with the camphor, but observa-
tion and experience have satisfied US tiat
the camphor is sufficient alone. 1t acts
probably by its virtue as diffusible stimu-
liant, and aniiseptic qualities.--N. r En-
dniner.